On my blog: Who Belongs https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/16/dei.html #blackhistorymonth #harm #politics #rant

It would appear that Google’s web crawlers are ignoring the robots.txt that I have on https://git.mills.io/robots.txt with content:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Evidence attached (see screenshots): – I think its the the Small Web community band together and file a class action suit(s) against Microsoft.com Google.com and any other assholes out there (OpenAI?) that violate our rights and ignore requests to be “polite” on the web. Thoughts? 💭

Leftist Extremists Leave Linux Kernel, Demand Conservatives Be Banned
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States With More Maternal-Fetal Specialists Had Lower Rates of Maternal Death
Rachael Robertson,  Investigative Writer  -  MedPage Today

_Stephan: The Dobbs decision has had an impact on the wellbeing of women that is not getting anywhere near the media or political attention it should. If you are a fertile woman living in a Red State and planning to have a child your life and the life of your fetus are at much higher risk than if you live in a Bl … ⌘ Read more

Fedora-based Linux Distro Goes on a Ban Party
Universal Blue - a Fedora-based Linux project - bans their most active forum user for questioning political activism, deleting all criticism. ⌘ Read more

Great Tech Industry Survey of 2025
Help answer the most pressing questions within the world of computing, ranging from technical to political. ⌘ Read more

America’s Crisis of Morality
John B. Alexander,  Commentator  -  Daily Kos

Stephan: John Alexander gets it exactly right in my opinion. As I said in my previous comment, American democracy has ended, not as a political opinion but as an historical fact. If you are not doing something to speak out in some way against what is happening you are complicit.

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[ANN] MoneroTalk #339: Monero’s Place in Policy & Regulation in 2025

This episode is a recording of an X Spaces discussion with Douglas Tuman, John Bush, Stoic.XMR, BawdyAnarchist, and others about whether or not the Monero community should engage in political activism to push for pro-privacy, pro-Monero policies in the U.S. The participants debated the merits of lobbying for regulatory clarity versus focusing purely on grassroots, opt-out strategies that avoid government intervention altogether.

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On my blog: Stop Doing Their Work for Them https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/09/resist.html #harm #politics #rant

Famous Historical Myths That Were Created for Political Purposes
History is full of myths that have shaped national identities, justified wars, and influenced public perception. Many of these stories were deliberately crafted or distorted for political purposes—turning leaders into legends, framing conflicts in black and white, or erasing inconvenient truths. In this list, we’ll uncover some of the most famous historical myths that were […]

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Tennessee Republican women’s group cites Hitler in promoting its reading list
Sarah Dolgin,  Political Reporter  -   Chattanooga Times Free Press

_Stephan: Tennesse Republican MAGAt women apparently see Hitler as a hero and a model of leadership. As the link at the head of this report shows, it appears that after posting this laudatory reference they were sufficiently embarrassed publicly that they have subsequently taken their Hitler reference off … ⌘ Read more

** In reply to: The politics of accessibility – Brian DeConinck **
In reply to: The politics of accessibility – Brian DeConinck

A devastating perfect blog post.

The core concept of digital accessibility is that everyone, including people with disabilities, should be able to access information and accomplish tasks via computer independently.

Continuing later,

This is an intensely political statement, backed by decades of protests and lobbying and litigation. … ⌘ Read more

Trump Pardons Anti-Abortion Activists Who Blockaded Clinic Entrances
,    -  MedPage Today | Associated Press

Stephan: With all the other devastation being wrought by “king” Trump on the American government this hardly got mentioned, except in the medical newsletters. But “king” Trump’s purpose is clear. He and his MAGAt party are going to try to make political control of a woman’s body the national norm.

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Trump ends program to lower prescription prices, make disease therapy available
Josh Moon,  Investigative Reporter  -  Alabama Political Reporter

Stephan: We are only at day two but already you can expect your drug prices to go up. With Executive Order 14087 Trump reversed Biden’s attempt to lower the cost of drugs and treatments for cancers and other diseases. And I think this is just the beginning.

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I hope to ignore US politics as much as I can in the next few years – it can really bring you down. Let’s also hope Trump and his oligarch friends don’t cause too much harm until then. ⌘ Read more

10 Fashion Trends That Were Ruined by One Person
It’s not always easy to stay on top of the newest trends. Whether it’s an exclusive pop-up shop or just raiding thrift stores, everyone wants to have the latest looks and express themselves. Some fashion choices have been spoiled by a single person or event, while others became taboo due to political associations. Here are […]

The post [10 Fashion Trends That Were Ruined by One Person](https://listverse.com/2025/01/19/10-fashion-trend … ⌘ Read more

U.S. Political Parties Historically Polarized Ideologically
Megan Brenan,    -  The Gallup Organization

_Stephan: I have been telling you for years about what I call The Great Schism Trend. As this report from Gallup confirms this trend is real, and the split is growing ever greater. We are increasingly becoming two countries in a single nation. I think we will stay one nation, but I also think real power is going to move to the states, and they are going to become … ⌘ Read more

In farewell speech, Biden warns an ‘oligarchy’ in America is threatening democracy
Zoë Richards and Megan Lebowitz,  Politics Reporters  -  NBC News

_Stephan: Normally, I would not feature something so well-covered by all manner of media, as President Biden’s final national address, but these comments by the President are not getting the kind of coverage they should. We are on the edge of becoming an electoral autocracy, and I think this is goin … ⌘ Read more

Review: OpenMandriva Rolling Linux Distro
A Non-Woke, Truly Independent, Big-Tech-Free, Linux OS focused on the code instead of politics? Yes, please! ⌘ Read more

@johanbove@johanbove.info But which one(s)? 🤔🤔 Serious question; my neighbor next door swears by the BBC and ABC (I’m Australian); but honestly even those news sources are full of political rhetoric and non-facts (opinions, etc) – I have yet to see a single news source of actual facts and nothing more.

What Makes Someone Wise? Global Study Finds Cross-Cultural Agreement on 2 Major Factors
,    -  Nice News

_Stephan: A reader sent me this, and I found it a very interesting report on research about wisdom. I see so little wisdom in our politics and religion today, and so little understanding of what defines it, that I thought you might like to see this report as well. To download the research paper upon which it is based: https://www.nat … ⌘ Read more

Washington Post Top Political Reporters Flee for The Atlantic As Part of Ongoing Staff Exodus
David Gilmour,  Staff Writer  -  MEDIAite

_Stephan: It is getting very little coverage but, as the oligarchs buy the major newspapers or television channels, journalists of integrity are fleeing and finding other positions. I don’t know how any of the major papers could do the equivalent of SR, because the owners wouldn’t permit it. The re … ⌘ Read more

Carter, in death, becomes symbol of lost political ‘decency’ in U.S.
,    -  Agence France-Presse (France)

_Stephan: Carter was elected President just as I was walking away from a career in government because of what I saw as the indecency of the Nixon administration, and the weakness of the Ford administration. I had been appointed by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird to the MIT/Secretary of Defense Study Group on Innovation, Technology, and the Future, and b … ⌘ Read more

Global Elections in 2024: What We Learned in a Year of Political Disruption
Richard Wike , Moira Fagan and Laura Clancy,  Research Staff  -  Pew Research Center

_Stephan: Here is a report on elections across the globe. Note the trends. It is my opinion that the economic issues and the cultural ones are actually not the causes but manifestations of a deeper existential issue, a humanity wide precognition  of the climate change catastrophe that is grow … ⌘ Read more

More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility
Jeffrey M. Jones,  Staff Researcher  -  The Gallup Organization

_Stephan: Here is another aspect of the changing coherence consensus emerging on healthcare. Note particularly the difference by political party. Republican voters simply do not understand that they are going to be severely impacted by the chaos Trump, Musk, and Johnson are trying to get the country into. That said, I think a new coherence … ⌘ Read more

Kennedy’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine
Brenda Goodman,  Reporter  -  CNN Health

_Stephan: Former heroin addict Robert Kennedy, Jr. had a worm in his brain, and I think the worm won. Perhaps that explains a level of stupidity, unlike anything I have ever seen in politics. Anti-vaxxer Kenedy and his lawyer Aron Siri have literally killed hundreds of thousands who followed their anti-vaxxerism. And Kennedy is t … ⌘ Read more

Trump’s ‘Government of Billionaires’ Boasts Combined Wealth Greater Than New Zealand’s GDP
David Gilmour,  Staff Writer  -  msn | MEDIAite

_Stephan: On January 20th we will officially become a government of oligarchs, grifters, and sex offenders, headed by a multiple felon, rapist, and traitor.  Welcome to the USA. That may sound like a politically partisan statement, but it isn’t. It is a simple statement of fact. One can only imagine h … ⌘ Read more

TikTok Still On Track for January Ban as Appeals Court Upholds Ruling
Popular social network TikTok did not receive a reprieve from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and it is still facing a ban that is set to be enacted in January, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Transcript: Expert Stunned as Trump Picks 9th Billionaire for Top Job
Greg Sargent,  Contributing Writer  -  The New Republic

Stephan: When I tell you that the United States is about to become a racist, genderist, christofascist authoritarian nation, that is not a politically partisan statement. It is an emerging factual reality.

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Notepad++ Has “Anti-Elon Musk” Release
Marketing software using extreme political stances is becoming increasingly common. What will the result be? More from ⌘ Read more

‘Monumental Victory for the Ocean’: Norway Halts Plans for Deep-Sea Mining
Olivia Rosane,  Staff Writer  -  Common Dreams

Stephan: Here is some more good news that will affect the wellbeing of the entire Earth. Bravo Norway.

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One campaigner called it “a testament to the power of principled, courageous political action, and… a mom … ⌘ Read more

Btw about social: found very interesting thing about twitter:

The legal basis that X asserts in the filing is not terribly interesting. But what is interesting is that X has decided to involve itself at all, and it highlights that you do not own your followers or your account or anything at all on corporate social media, and it also highlights the fact that Elon Musk’s X is primarily a political project he is using to boost, or stifle, specific viewpoints and help his friends. In the filing, X’s lawyers essentially say—like many other software companies, and, increasingly, device manufacturers as well—that the company’s terms of service grant X’s users a “license” to use the platform but that, ultimately, X owns all accounts on the social network and can do anything that it wants with them.

When Technology and Society Clash
Lydialyle Gibson,  Associate Editor  -  Harvard Magazine

Stephan: This profile of Harvard Professor Latanya Sweeney, who has been analyzing internet information and its effects on politics and society as a whole confirms my own studies (see SR archive, and search on Consciousness and the Weaponization of Lies). Sweeney though is a bit more optimistic than I am.

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‘Delete, delete, delete’: Musk’s political plans put millions of Americans at risk
Elon Musk’s company stewardship gives us some clues about what his role in a Trump administration might look like, and it’s not good news – for anyone. ⌘ Read more

Explaining Politics with Warhammer 40k ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Some (US) Election Comments https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/27/project-2025.html #politics #rant

The Stallman Report - A Hit Piece on the Free Software Founder
An anonymous author. Strong political bias. Dubious motivation. Canceling an old man with cancer because he makes controversial statements. ⌘ Read more

EFF: Calling for Genocide of Jews is OK, but Republicans Protesting is a Crime
The Electronic Frontier Foundation pushes extreme Leftist politics while pretending to fight for privacy and free speech. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Holding Universal Access to All Knowledge Hostage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/08/internet-archive.html #politics #rant

MP Ed Husic discusses federal government’s bid to make AI safer
Today federal politics reporter Liz Daniels speaks to MP Ed Husic about the Albanese government’s bid to regulate the booming AI industry. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Weird Enough? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/01/weird.html #harm #politics #rant

Sam Whited: Luddism in Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot Series

Without use of constructs, you will unravel few mysteries.

Without knowledge of mysteries, your constructs will fail.

Find the strength to pursue both, for these are our prayers.

And to that end, welcome comfort, for without it, you cannot stay strong.

Becky Chambers has always been known for her political science fiction.
Whether it’s criticisms of the overly-bureaucratic and often classist, but
ultimately well-mea … ⌘ Read more

Vice President First Names
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President Venn Diagram
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party%29

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party%29

NixOS commits “purge” of “Nazi” contributors, forces abdication of founder
The Linux project descends into chaos as political activists enforce extremist politics. ⌘ Read more

Asked ChatGPT 3 yesterday to tone down an angry message I had to send, as in make it still polite, but make sure to get the message across, and it succeeded pretty well.

Political Staffer Horror Stories ⌘ Read more

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Political Genius ⌘ Read more

The Future of Computing: A.I. and Advocacy. …Seriously?
Microsoft, Firefox maker Mozilla, & Red Hat envision a future where computers are focused on Artificial Intelligence & Political Advocacy (and Activism). Where do others, like Apple & Ubuntu, stand? More at The Lunduke Journal: http://lunduke.com ⌘ Read more

The War for Linux
Widespread discrimination based on Ethnicity, Religion, & Politics across the Linux World. Red Hat, IBM, The Linux Foundation, GNOME, elementary, Linux Mint, and more are involved – bullies working to exclude those they don’t like. They are at war against the very soul of the Linux and Open Source world. ⌘ Read more

TikTok local profits surge as potential ban looms
New figures show TikTok is a money-making machine locally, despite mounting political and regulatory pressure. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal gets a little Political!
The Lunduke Journal adds political topics, simplifies subscriptions: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5514785/the-lunduke-journal-adds-political-topics-simplifies-subscriptions Lunduke Journal Link Central: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4619051/lunduke-journal-link-central-tm ⌘ Read more

The War on Meritocracy in Tech
Try to leave political leanings at the door on this one. The topic is critical to the entirety of the computer industry… and all nerds need to understand what is happening (regardless of political leanings). How to Support The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5460921/how-to-support-the-lunduke-journal ⌘ Read more

in the matter of political voice in the US money is speech and therefore companies use their “free speech” to donate and gain access to politicians. Therefore companies are people. Thanks a lot “citizens united”

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained?ref=foreverwars.ghost.io

in the matter of political voice in the US money is speech and therefore companies use their “free speech” to donate and gain access to politicians. Therefore companies are people. Thanks a lot “citizens united”

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained?ref=foreverwars.ghost.io

Tabs more popular than Spaces. But Spaces users are happier.
Plus: Do Generation, Ethnicity, or Politics impact the choice of Spaces / Tabs? ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net It is the new “politically correct”. Something that was used to describe acting in a more civilized way with one another. Turned into a scapegoat for the other side to label, demonize, and attack.

@bender@twtxt.net It is the new “politically correct”. Something that was used to describe acting in a more civilized way with one another. Turned into a scapegoat for the other side to label, demonize, and attack.

‘Don’t give a stuff’: People ‘not engaged’ in politics
Sky News host Rita Panahi says people currently aren’t “engaged” in politics.

“I took out some A4 pictures of the premier of Victoria, the prime minister, the opposition leader, the federal treasurer,” Ms Panahi said.

“Just to see if people recognised these people.”

Ms Panahi said “barely anybody” recognised Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan.

“That just shows you that people are not politicall … ⌘ Read more

‘Outsider’s wet dream’: Donald Trump embraces Javier Milei
The meeting of former US president Donald Trump and Argentina’s President Javier Milei is an “outsider’s wet dream”, says Sky News host Paul Murray.

The two greeted each other at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland on Saturday.

Milei could not contain his excitement while meeting the former US president for the first time.

During the encounter, Trump tol … ⌘ Read more

The Final 5: February 26, 2024
The Final 5 is a daily recap of the roller coaster that is American politics. It’s not your regular newscast and that’s something we’re proud of. ⌘ Read more

GOP laments 2021 ‘failed coup’, vows to ‘continue pushing to end democracy’, with Trump at forefront
Former President Donald Trump cast November’s presidential election as “judgment day” and declared himself a “proud political dissident” during a speech before conservative activists outside of Washington Saturday as he again cloaked his campaign in religious imagery. Speaking at the Conservative Political … ⌘ Read more

Meet Zander: Our Pet of the Day
Zander is a polite gentleman with a quiet demeanor. He can be shy at first, so he’d love a home with a calm and relaxed vibe. ⌘ Read more

Trump-Biden rematch looks more likely after Nikki Haley loses SC primary
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley took a big hit in her home state over the weekend, losing the primary by double digits to former President Donald Trump. Wall Street Journal senior political correspondent Molly Ball joins On The Hill to discuss the latest in the run up to the 2024 general election. ⌘ Read more

Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh submits resignation
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday he was resigning to allow for the formation of a broad consensus among Palestinians about political arrangements following Israel’s war against the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. ⌘ Read more

Politics daily briefing: February 26
All the latest political developments, as Rishi Sunak faces calls to publicly address the fallout from remarks made by MP Lee Anderson after an Islamophobia row deepened on Sunday. ⌘ Read more

Chris Kenny calls for national leadership on ‘anti-Jew hatred’ and ‘Islamist extremism’
Sky News host Chris Kenny has called for national political leadership on “anti-Jew hatred” and “virulent Islamist extremism” running amok in Australia.

Mr Kenny said shocking vision has come to light showing pro-Palestinian protesters in Melbourne celebrating the fighters in Gaza.

“In other words, the Islamist extremist terro … ⌘ Read more

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Sam Whited: Software is Political

I recently attended the inaugural Free and Open Source Software Yearly ( FOSSY)
conference where I gave a talk in the XMPP track.
Though my talk was just a brief technical overview of the XMPP protocol, I also
gave some quick ending remarks about why I think it’s the correct choice to use
as a universal standardized chat protocol.
The closing remarks were written … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, …Victims of Political Repressions https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/10/30/repression.html #programming #project #devjournal

Political speech is something I shy away from. But, of course, that is political.

Sometimes there are things that you can’t ignore. There are, perhaps, many such things…right now there is one that I’m particularly close to, close enough that I am made to look because I am in some way directly implicated in it.

I am Jewish. I was raised so, and live so today.

Being raised a Jew I was constantly taught to“never forget.”

There seems to have been a forgetting.

A genocide is being perpetrated against Palestinians. I r … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Affirmative Action in Gentle Terms https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/09/affirmative.html #harm #politics #quora #rant

Russia blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam is an incomprehensible war crime. Among other things, it drains water from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, water that is needed for cooling. They are trying to generate a widespread disaster.

They must be stopped, immediately, without hesitation. This is unacceptable behavior, crossing every red line we have no matter our politics, without any doubt.

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This guy is just such an idiot lol.

• There’s no such mass migration to “the south”. Tons of people are leaving Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, and New Mexico for instance. I don’t know enough about the states with net influxes like Texas and Florida but I suspect they have policies that make it attractive for people to move there
  
• Not everybody is able to take account of long-term trends when they make housing decisions. There are financial reasons, family reasons, educational reasons, etc that impact such decisions
  
• But of course, most laughably, cheap energy is fast becoming a thing of the past, and so the problem isn’t “solved” by cheap energy, it’s just kicked down the road. And ffs, cheap energy is literally causing the very heating that he pretends air conditioning will “solve”–like “solving” your drinking problem by staying drunk all the time
  

This oversimplification to drive some kind of political point is so embarrassing coming from someone who pretends to be a university professor. It sounds like a teenage doofus from a 1980s movie talking. He well knows all these things, but he decides to present these views anyway.

SUSE CEO out effective immediately, replacement CEO not available until later.
A failed IPO, political attacks, and purchased “awards” are the legacy of the departing CEO of the oldest Linux company. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Fiction — Bank on It https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/19/banks.html #freeculture #politics #scifi #fiction

Monetising Politics ⌘ Read more

comparing politics to constrained optimization: taxes are equivalent to the penalty method, while regulations are equivalent to barrier functions.

**This is how every news program should start, what political interviews first question should be about, the first impact assessment to every decision that is made.

The world knows how disastrous >1.5C is, pretends to be doing what is needed to avoid it, but we’re heading to 2°C.**
This is how every news program should start, what political interviews first question should be about, the first impact assessment to every decision that is made.

The world knows how disastrous >1.5C is, pretends to be doing what i … ⌘ Read more

Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla
Payments to nonexistent companies? Funding politics? Reliance on a single customer? And that’s just for starters. ⌘ Read more

How Lunduke handles conflict, personal attacks, & political differences in the Tech industry
Listen now (51 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - September 7, 2022 ⌘ Read more

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“The Unluckiest Man in NSW Politics” ⌘ Read more

lw karma political compass

to fend off possible accusations of bias: good leftist humor was /r/liftcommunism, /leftypol/ was great too sometimes, and I liked the political catgirl comics. Existential Comics is not funny (except the Beetle in the Box comic), although some of the old comics were indeed existenital. I don’t have a strong opinion on /r/COMPLETEANARCHY and /r/FULLCOMMUNISM.

@adi@twtxt.net Also, I noticed you followed me on Twitter, but you might enjoy @anths if you want techie stuff instead of Oregon politics. 🤣

Conservative leadership race turns nasty between Poilievre and Brown

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After the decline of traditional faith, the ensuing churn of political religions makes me believe that total religiosity is largely conserved; we’ve just been shuffling it around between better or worse vessels. The Theory of Displacement Value

»In an apparently non-political case of imitation of Quảng Đức, the young son of an American officer based at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire. He was seriously burned before the fire was extinguished and later could only offer the explanation that “I wanted to see what it was like.”« lmao

Maybe I should write down my political views and thoughts in extra posts on my German blog in the future, instead of putting them in the monthly review and then translating them as well. English readers probably won’t get much out of it… Sorry! ✌️ ⌘ Read more

‘Trump filed a lawsuit Monday in DC District Court against the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and the National Archives in an effort to keep records from his presidency secret by claiming executive privilege.’ — CNN Politics

That only increases one’s curiosity about what’s in them.

Traffic Jam’s on Highway’s and Roads emerge from users, not highway or roads infrastructure. #sarcasm href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23disinfo”>#disinfo** ⌘ Read more

Germany’s Far-Right Political Party, the AfD, Is Dominating Facebook This Election – The Markup ⌘ Read more

I was on a call this evening discussing various redistricting proposals. Some dude seriously asserted that over-representation by Multnomah county in regional politics might lead to… genocide. 😳

On the blog: Age Cohorts, Ruining Things, and Apocalypses https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics

On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Typhoon, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/14/typhoon2.html Generations in a Nutshell https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics