And it works!

#Capitalism #CapitalismIsADeathCult #ClassWar

Young Palestinian artists turn Gaza’s ruins into art
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/24/young-palestinian-artists-turn-gazas-ruins-into-art?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Middle East News @middle-east-news-AlJazeera

The United Kingdom is escalating its censorship and mass surveillance. When Mullvad tried to criticise this with the TV ad “And Then?”, it was banned on British television.

https://media.mullvad.net/andthen/30s/Mullvad_AND_THEN_30s_US_ProRes422_Webmix_4K.mov

The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.

A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience

"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor — who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."

Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

#HumanRights #Solidarity #PeopleOverPower #ProtectHumanLife

I saw a post on Mastodon saying that we shouldn't be wishing/hoping for the AI bubble to burst as it will hurt lower/middle-class folks.

Guess what the AI bubble is doing right now? Jacking up electricity bills and property values for smaller business who want to move or expand.

Cities, counties and states are giving datacenter companies years of property tax rebates or nixing them completely. That impacts everything from local services, education, emergency services, etc.

The mad frenzy for hardware (processors and various forms of memory, spinning drives) is causing the cost of tech goods to ramp up dramatically, impact those who are trying to purchase equipment (schools, libraries, etc.) that are already strained by the lack of property taxes.

Miss me with you being on your high horse and actually understand the impact that the AI bubble bursting has for the lower/middle-class folks.

#AI