Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

We have become a feudal society: inherited wealth, inherited poverty, inherited privilege, and inherited disadvantage.

"Hereditary aristocracies are poisonous for lots of reasons, but one of the most pressing problems they present is political destabilization. ... if you think that the cops will lock you up for a crime for which a rich person would escape justice, then why obey the law? Why vote? Why not cheat and steal? Why not burn it all down?"

@pluralistic :

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/01/intergenerational-warfare/#five-pound-blocks-of-cheese

#novennber

You can’t reduce breaking news about decades old conflicts into viral TikTok videos without discarding years of context, nuance and generational pain.

And when TikTok is where 20% (and growing) of 18- to 24-year-olds are getting their news, we’re going to find ourselves in a serious mountain of shit.

Yup, fuck it. Just cancelled my Max and Netflix subscriptions. Streaming companies ruined the streaming industry, and I no longer want to be annoyed by them.

I'm going back to DVDs.
And I'm *this close* to going back to VHS.

Where's the nearest Blockbuster?

No NAT November is an annual event that encourages Linux sysadmins, developers, and network engineers to go thirty days without setting up NAT. Who is up for some challenge?

Ancaps: “The logic of the capitalist market will inevitably drive prices down!”

Actual capitalists:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/14-big-landlords-used-software-to-collude-on-rent-prices-dc-lawsuit-says/

@HeavenlyPossum (shaking head salt) Comrade Smith tried to warn us 250 years ago, but we refused to listen.

"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices."

The effort to expel George Santos from Congress passed

lol. I lied.

It failed.

There are no morals or standards anymore. A hair stylist has infinitely more training than what is required to be a congressperson

24 Republicans voted to expel while 31 Democrats voted against the measure

‘MURICA 🦅

ACAB includes elf on the shelf

Mike Johnson’s says he can’t be full of hate because he’s a Christian

Ok.

Neo-Nazis, Westboro Baptist Church, American Nationalist Society, American Vanguard, Fight White Genocide, Proud Boys, Stormfront, State Militias, NE Minutemen, League of the South, Southern Nationalist Network, C-fam, Family Watch International, your mom, American Immigration Control Foundation…

And your own wife’s conversion therapy practice

🇺🇸

Chuck Grassley and James Comer Brag that 40 Informants Couldn't Substantiate a Crime against Biden

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/11/01/chuck-grassley-and-james-comer-brag-that-40-informants-couldnt-substantiate-a-crime-against-biden/

Pro-tip: If a candidate or a Supreme Court justice has accepted money from Harlan Crow, they’re dirty. Don’t trust them. Don’t vote for them. Get them out.

This article is a masterclass in how reporters can write in elaborate circles to avoid saying clearly what they know to be true.

What they WANT say is:

Trump regrets all the times lawyers made him obey the law. He wants lawyers so fanatical that they will flout the laws and let him do whatever he wants.

What do we call such lawyers? “More aggressive.” “Ideologically and temperamentally suited.”

The reporters sincerely hope you will decode their euphemisms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/us/politics/trump-2025-lawyers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7Ew.2BLi.EAMrJJIHGcFe&smid=url-share

Fuck Lindsey Graham!

LINDSEY GRAHAM THREATENS REVENGE ON DEMOCRATS IF THE SUBPOENA HARLAN CROW AND LEONARD LEO https://www.politicususa.com/2023/11/01/lindsey-graham-threatens-revenge-on-democrats.html

Oh c’mon… who among us doesn’t make 200K a year and have no bank account…?

What Is Happening With Mike Johnson’s Money? | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/post/176550/where-mike-johnson-money-bank-account

Suppose a group of Oath Keepers from Alexandria VA committed an atrocity in DC. Terrible, terrible atrocity.

Suppose in reaction the govt used the opportunity to declare it was time to destroy the Oath Keepers once and for all.

Suppose the govt told everyone in Alexandria to evacuate within 24 hours and shut off all water, food & fuel to the area, and then all communications.

/1

#Gaza #Hamas

As Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric go down one by one in the Trump Organization fraud trial, remember: “The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that she did not exist.”

Harlan Crow and a few billionaires have provided Clarence Thomas with: 

-38 destination vacations

-26 private jet flights

-6 helicopter flights 

-Yacht voyages

And we're going to let Thomas rule on Moore v. US, which could permanently shield billionaires from a wealth tax?

Mapping changes in temperature: every year from 1850 to 2023

https://climatelabbook.substack.com/p/mapping-changes-in-temperature-every