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

@noricenolife @flexghost

If they don't have a legitimate destination to deport people to, or if they can't even be bothered pretending it's about migration, they'll just put people they want rid of in "temporary accommodation" until a "solution" is found.

Poor editing: You have to read a long, long way down in this otherwise interesting article about Goodreads to learn that it is owned by Amazon.

That fact should have been right at the top, given Amazon's overwhelming clout in the book-sales business.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/18/goodreads-review-bombing

Retail theft went down and the national retailers federation had to admit 5% not 50% of theft was from criminal gangs. This whole panic was concocted to close underperforming and unionized stores and the media bought it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/business/organized-shoplifting-retail-crime-theft-retraction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek0.cMux.iabRLNkE-vqu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Tesla removes Disney+ from vehicles amid Elon Musk’s Twitter beef with Bob Igor; drivers forced to watch other streaming options as Autopilot careens them into semis.
https://electrek.co/2023/12/18/tesla-removes-disney-cars-amid-elon-musks-beef-bob-iger/

all my 2024 new year's resolution are going to be things I'm already good at. because I could really use the wins. this is what self-care looks like, baby

I just saw that the dude who beheaded the Satanic Temple Statue has already raised over $75,000 to cover his legal funds.

So yes, my cat who has never beheaded an innocent statue and is not an unhinged right-wing politician, indeed deserves to raise at least $75,000.
https://gofund.me/40393797

@grumble209 One of the less well understood brutalities of nuclear strategy is the defensive role of missile silos. They're not intended to protect the places they're located, but rather the exact opposite. They're there to attract missiles from the adversary, forcing them to waste their weapons destroying remote missile fields (the "nuclear sponge").

I guess we shouldn't be surprised by the news that Scalia and Thomas began their grift as a protection racket.

#elonmusk

Trump vows the “largest deportation in American history" of minorities if elected

Which group is undesirable?

That’s not how fascism works. It’s whoever they want whenever they want

First, brown folks

Then? It’s the Muslims, they gotta go—they’re why the economy is bad

Then? Those gays. It’s why your kids are all gay—they gotta go

Then who knows

All while some minority groups in swing states are throwing a tantrum saying they won’t vote for Biden. Ruining us head-first into fascism.

Curation/aggregation remains an amazingly vast -- and under-appreciated -- opportunity on the Internet .

Decentralized networks are giving smart folks a new opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity -- and we are all the beneficiaries.

Flipboard is doing some of the most interesting, and important, work in this genre.

Read this from @mike to understand this excellent new trend.

https://medium.com/@mmccue/flipboard-begins-to-federate-4a80d6bdc209

@christmasbot wait i’m pretty sure this bot is counting down to UTC Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day

RE: https://misskey.heonian.org/notes/9nf3f1umpg

Remaining X advertisers BEWARE: Prominent racist, anti-trans, anti-Semite Elon Musk removes Disney+ from Teslas to punish Bob Iger for removing its ads from the failing service. https://electrek.co/2023/12/18/tesla-removes-disney-cars-amid-elon-musks-beef-bob-iger/

Droogs:
*Sorry if paywalled*
Brass knuckles, beatings, fear: Random attacks on teens loom over Preston Lord murder case

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/queen-creek/2023/12/14/gilbert-goons-random-attacks-surface-after-preston-lord-murder/71856971007/

Occurs to me that the majority of people I know or will meet will not know the term “Droog”. However, trust me that these affluent young men in the Phoenix area are exactly this.

Tesla announces that Tesla Autopilot will no longer crash into competitors’ cars, only other Teslas.

#BREAKING #NEWS: Election interference #alert

Due to #GOP led lawsuits against the #Biden administration, the #US #Government is no longer briefing #Meta on foreign influence campaigns. The #conservative #legal campaign against initiatives established to avoid a repeat of the 2016 #election (when #Russia manipulated #socialmedia in an attempt to sow chaos & swing the vote for Trump) is leaving us & our #elections vulnerable to Russia & others AGAIN.

https://engt.co/416ibYX

#uspol #uspolitics #trump #2024election