Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

I haven't posted about one of my first loves in a bit; Old Time Radio.
Here is a good collection:

https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio?&sort=-week&page=2

Landed in Austin, Texas, US.

Black Angels remembered for treating tuberculosis patients decades ago - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NecWXcYlgCQ&ab_channel=CBSNewYork

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. - Sun Tzu

Moderna plans to increase the price of its COVID-19 vaccines by more than 400 percent.

Remember, Moderna received $1.7 billion to develop the vaccine, and has already raked in $36 billion in revenue.

This is what corporate greed looks like.

Capitalism is a wasteful scam.

I keep seeing people assuming that the efforts to require verified government IDs to access social media and other websites (such as the new laws in Utah) are being pushed solely by the Right. This is incorrect. Most of the efforts are bipartisan, and they are being driven by high level Republican *and* Democratic politicians at both the state and federal level, on a "protect the children by forcing everyone to be fully identified and tracked when they use the Internet" basis.

4 YEAR OLD: I can't sleep, Daddy. I'm afraid of Frankenstein.
ME: Don't you mean Frankenstein's monster?
4 YEAR OLD: I do not. Personally, I find unethical and irresponsible scientific practice far more terrifying than any monster and so should you.

My latest: a deep dive on why no, Bitcoin isn't pumping because it's a "safe haven" from banks. Please for the love of god stop printing nonsense.

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/no-bitcoin-isnt-pumping-because-its

Holy shit.... lightning and massive thunder crack over Malibou Lake just now. Absolutely insane weather for Los Angeles. #CAwx

Clay at Polk - trees down all over the city

Antisemitic tweets have more than doubled on Twitter since Elon Musk took over, a new study finds.

Asked for comment, Musk's press department auto-responded with a poop emoji. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/20/antisemitic-tweets-soared-twitter-after-musk-took-over-study-finds/

Jim Jordan should not be chair of the House Judiciary committee. He should be on trial for his role attempting to overturn the 2020 election! My article explains it all: https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/jim-jordan-shouldnt-be-chair-of-the

Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took over the platform – new research.

In the days after Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, the social media platform saw a “surge in hateful conduct,” which its then safety chief put down to a “focused, short-term trolling campaign.” New research suggests that when it comes to antisemitism, it was anything but.

Rather, antisemitic tweets have more than doubled over the months since Musk took charge, according to research at tech firm CASM Technology and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue think tank conducted. https://theconversation.com/antisemitism-on-twitter-has-more-than-doubled-since-elon-musk-took-over-the-platform-new-research-201830

I've been reading books from 1918-1948 and about those years and it often makes me think of this quote.

I feel the world is in such a dark place and worse is probably around the corner. Texts about and from the period of the Spanish flu, '30s Europe, WW2... they're depressing, but also informative.

It's important to learn how societies slip into cruelty and repeat past mistakes (or strategies...) over again.

It helps to read about people surviving and questioning the world around them.