Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

I don't know why people aren't making the point more to Republicans that US doesn't "give money to Ukraine." It gives money to US arms manufacturers to make and send arms to Ukraine. The money stays here.

"Fascism is a counterrevolution to a revolution that never happened. It's a group of guys looking around at a society that hasn't really meaningfully changed and declaring enough is enough, this has gone too far!"

Any and all systems (I'm not talking about capitalism) run by racists won't function properly. Garbage in, garbage out. The question always has to be is it the system itself, or is it those running it. There's a difference.

@ashwin @TauCeti
I don't know what a Panpsychist is, but until their studies on the theoretical sentience of the currently recognized non-sentient is reviewed and verified by the greater scientific world vegans will have to go by modern scientific understanding regarding sentience, as that is the most advanced verified scientific perspective we have today.

Earlier today, my home was targeted in a swatting attempt. This is alarming, appalling, and dangerous - and it puts real people at risk. Read my full statement: https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-congresswoman-shontel-brown

Since we’re defunding UNRWA based on the actions of a fee, we’re defunding the police too, right?

#NoBillionaires #TaxTheRich

I'm on Nerds of a Feather's recommended reading list for my story, 'Mid-Earth Removals Limited' in The Sunday Morning Transport!!

I'm so happy because I love this funny little story so much!

I see a ton of my friends and acquaintances here too. Congratulations!

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/nerds-of-feather-2024-hugo-award.html?m=1

We interrupt our regular schedule for this short squirrel boop.

*BOOP*

#sillyScribbles #photography #boop #squirrel #silly

AP and the #WashingtonPost haven’t completely ignored the story—although the #NYTimes, as of this writing, has more or less looked the other way. But as the right celebrates Greg Abbott’s defiance and legal scholars worry about a constitutional crisis, the two big papers and the major wire service have clearly underplayed the standoff’s significance.

https://fair.org/home/the-real-border-crisis-texas-vs-the-constitution/

The state spending more resources on prisons and incarcerating people over education is disgusting. The states disregards human potential over profit. The state perpetuates crime. Instead of punishment, people need education and rehabilitation. We need to uplift people, not continue the cycles of imprisonment.

Google has just unveiled an AI upgrade for Android. Google’s AI will read and analyze your private messages, going back forever.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/28/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/?

Abolish capitalism, exhibit eleventy-million:

"Moderna is quadrupling the cost of covid vaccines, from $26/dose to $110-130. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel calls the price hike "consistent with the value" of the mRNA vaccines. Moderna's manufacturing costs are $2.85/dose, for a 4,460% markup on every dose...

What will Moderna do with the billions it reaps through price-gouging? It won't be research. To date, the company has spent >20% of its covid windfall profits on stock buybacks and dividends, manipulating its stock price, with more to come...

It's not an outlier. Big Pharma is a machine for commercializing publicly funded research and then laundering the profits with financial engineering. The largest pharma companies each spend more on stock buybacks than research."

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/nationalize-moderna/#herd-immunity

#Pharma #BigPharma #Corruption #Medicine #Covid #Vaccines #Capitalism #Healthcare #HumanRights

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