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Daniel Rourke Nov 12, 2024

Elon Musk would not know how to handle the Gremlins

Daniel Rourke Nov 12, 2024

X is fast becoming a Republican echo chamber, thanks to its Musk-Trumpification. And everyone else is fleeing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/29/elon-musk-x-republican-democrat-twitter-election/

On Elon Musk’s X, Republicans go viral as Democrats disappear

Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and much more likely to go viral now that the world’s richest Trump supporter is running the show.

The Washington Post

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Daniel Rourke Nov 11, 2024

We haven't talked enough about this https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-pager-attacks-b2644731.html

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40 and injured 3,000 people

Israeli prime minister says pager attacks and assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah were carried out ‘despite opposition of senior officials’

The Independent

Daniel Rourke Nov 11, 2024

Everyone else: searching Bluesky for all their 2019 Twitter friends

Me: searching Bluesky for all the people who commented on my 2005 Blogger blog

Daniel Rourke Nov 10, 2024

“The turbulence that Trump is about to unleash – alongside pain and cruelty and hardship – is possible because that’s where we already live: in information chaos… we’re through the looking glass.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power

A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power

The era that began with the Great Disruptor’s first term is over. Beware the emerging elite

The Guardian

Daniel Rourke Nov 10, 2024

So, this is how it starts https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1855119856649355729?s=19

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

YES!

X (formerly Twitter)

Daniel Rourke Nov 8, 2024

Capitalism's gonna capitalise
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/07/sales-dystopian-books-trump-election-handmaids-tale-on-tyranny

Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory

The Handmaid’s Tale has risen more than 400 places on bestseller charts since Wednesday with a similar rush for copies of On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

The Guardian

Daniel Rourke Nov 6, 2024

"The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation."
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/?s=09

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won

The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

Waging Nonviolence

Daniel Rourke Nov 5, 2024

Oh hell no. No. No.
https://www.ign.com/articles/new-movie-in-the-works-set-in-david-cronenbergs-the-fly-universe-that-wont-be-a-remake

New Movie in the Works Set in David Cronenberg's The Fly Universe That Won't Be a Remake - IGN

There's a new movie in the works based on David Cronenberg's The Fly, but no, it's reportedly not a straightforward remake.

IGN

Daniel Rourke Nov 5, 2024

Vote. Please

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