An interesting read for all (US) people:
Two Americas, One Day: The Truth We Must Speak Now
As we honor Dr. King’s legacy—a vision of multiracial mutual support and justice—we also face a presidency that many fear will be antithetical to Dr. King’s dream.
Written by Eric K. Ward
Published on January 20, 2025
some snippets:
This inauguration day starkly reminds us of the two Americas we inhabit. On one side, we honor Dr. King’s legacy—a vision of multiracial mutual support and justice. On the other, we face a presidency that many fear will be defined by domination, division, and policies antithetical to Dr. King’s dream.
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Authoritarianism Is Here
Let us not mince words: authoritarianism is here. Policies like Project 2025 and Trump’s cabinet appointments make clear the goal is not governance but domination—a domination that seeks to divide, dehumanize, and destroy. These are extraordinary times, demanding extraordinary responses.
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The Dangers of Collaboration
Collaboration may come dressed in the language of pragmatism but make no mistake: it is a weapon of authoritarianism. It asks us to trade justice for access, to sacrifice the most vulnerable for proximity to power. This is not compromise; it is complicity.
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We must also remember that our destinies are not predetermined. The coincidence of MLK Day and Inauguration Day is not a harbinger of doom but a profound reminder of the choice before us—to despair or to act. It is an opportunity to galvanize toward justice and to reaffirm the commitments that Dr. King championed, turning this moment into a catalyst for change. This is a call for courage and mutual support—a call for us to plant our flag and reaffirm our commitment to justice and governance that serves all communities.
https://newsone.com/5868445/mlk-dream-vs-trump-presidency/
[#]trump #MartinLutherKing #MLK #Inauguration #Collapse #CrashCourse
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Already before inauguration Turnip supporters are getting regrets for their vote:
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/regret-grows-as-trump-voters-realize
[#]USpolitics #Trump #MAGA #Collapse #CrashCourse
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Why Cheap Renewables Won't Save Us?
An interesting look at the reasons. Here it is shown, once again I should say, that capitalism doesn't work when it comes to long-term thinking. Capitalism is about short term profit above all.
So, would the world be saved when be could kill the capitalist system?
Well, we would be much better off I'm sure, but unfortunately when it comes to saving the planet, or our civilisation for that matter, I don't think so.
When it comes to the energy transition, there are two main factors that are not mentioned in this explanatory video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkIMf_hVOfQ
[#]energy #Renewables #PV #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy #Overshoot #Capitalism #ClimateCrises #ClimateChaos #GreenNewDeal #GreenWashing #profit #EnergyTransition #Collapse #CrashCourse
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More people got followed by
Elon5555 @ mastodon.social ?
Claims to be Elon Musk
5 posts no followers...
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Little faith in humanity.
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... and what are you going to do when your charge controller breaks down, or your inverter after TSHTF?
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Experiencing Death
What does it feel like to die?
The natural conclusion to collapse is death. The death of the environment, civilization, social norms, plants, animals and humans. This is the end result of our quest for indefinite growth, but rarely are the details discussed.
I do not wish to glorify death. Instead, by detailing the excruciating process, I hope to give the word greater meaning, forcing people to consider the consequences of their actions or at least appreciate their health.
Those who have never witnessed death only have media as a frame of reference, where it is usually portrayed as quick and conclusive. One moment someone is alive and the next they're dead. In some cases, there may be an implied dismantling of life - such as a character fighting cancer - but the suffering is muted and expedited for the sake of entertainment.
The masked reality is quite different.
Anyone who has witnessed death knows it is often messy, agonizing and frightening, dragging out for longer than you might expect. Personally, I've witnessed or managed three deaths. I consider myself lucky in that regard. (I realize this number only has one way to go.)
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https://www.collapse2050.com/experiencing-death/
[#]death #dying #collapse #crises #PolyCrises #CrashCourse #pain #suffering
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A good passive form of protest...
Here’s a New Year’s resolution for Trump’s America: no snitching
Are you, like millions of Americans, feeling hopeless and fearful about the dawning of a new age of fascism? And are you, like millions of Americans, in search of a New Year’s resolution that won’t require you to lose weight or go to therapy? Happily, both of these problems can be solved with one action: resolve to make 2025 the year of no snitching.
Choose as your New Year’s mantra that great civic-minded slogan: “If you saw something, no you didn’t.”
Bad times are coming. In less than a month, Trump will return to the White House, with far fewer checks on his power than he had the first time around. He will be surrounded by a team of sociopaths, internet-poisoned bigots and single-issue quacks who have figured out that for the low, low price of absolute loyalty, their boss will grant them the absolute right to pursue their deranged passions as far as they please.
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A resolution not to snitch will, I assure you, be condemned as anti-American. So it is. The US relies on snitches to carry out secret drone strikes, to kidnap foreign nationals to black-site prisons, to send Swat teams breaking through the door of your friend who sells weed, to sic the code enforcement squad on your neighbor who has not kept their lawn trimmed to the mandatory length. Snitching is as necessary to the US’s most oppressive impulses as oxygen is to fire.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/03/new-year-resolution-no-snitching
[#]trump #resist #CivilDisobedience #CrashCourse #Collapse
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When I checked my Mastodon account yesterday, after a few days of attention to other more pressing matters, I was surprised by over a 25 new followers (I guess I have to thank you @breadandcircuses for that 🙏 (and follow this guy if you don't do so already, for more climate and related stuff) ).
Well, what to say.
Let's hope I don't disappoint you all and that I may keep you pleased with interesting, provoking, absurd or mind-boggling posts.
A good excuse to repeat my post about my new years promotion.
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A new year and hopefully, for a change, some changes for the better.
Although the incoming new US presidency shatters my hopes, because it is a perfect illustration of the convergence of Technology and totalitarianism as I describe and explain in Crash Course.
Until the date that this guy will ascent his throne, my book is minimally priced, so you can buy a controversial book, before it becomes illegal to do so.
https://crashcoursebook.eu/index.html
[#]books #promotion #Trump #CrashCourse #TalkCollapse #Collapse #NewYear #Year2025
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Farmers across the United States are sounding the alarm bells about what Donald Trump’s mass deportations will do to their businesses, which would then impact the entire country’s food supply. Farmers say that if Trump goes through with their plans, the prices of food will not only skyrocket, but the supply will dwindle down to the point where we could see massive food shortages. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.
https://youtu.be/Sm0iMBObkys
[#]FoodSecurity #foodshortage #trump #farming #CrashCourse #Collapse
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As a privacy focused engineer with an awareness about the negative side-effects of Electric Vehicles (EVs) like mining, promoting driving and mobility instead of acting against it, I am still driving a smokey, stinky diesel car, albeit not much.
The practical reasons are three fold:
Read here about the scandalous privacy issues.
‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen / A new study from the Mozilla Foundation found that all 25 of the car brands it reviewed had glaring privacy concerns, even compared to the makers of sex toys and mental health apps.
(Guess what : Tesla was the worst (privacy) offender out of all 25 car brands reviewed in the report....)
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/6/23861047/car-user-privacy-report-mozilla-foundation-data-collection
[#]car #EV #ElectricCars #transport #capitalism #GreenWashing #privacy #data #CrashCourse
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I Wish you lots of Sense, Sanity and Sensibility in 2025!
About the picture: a painting by Gustav Klimt titled 'Januar'
About Januar
The artwork titled “Januar,” created by the artist Gustav Klimt in 1901, is an allegorical painting in Art Nouveau style.
On one side, there is a statuesque individual with wings, reminiscent of classical angelic representations. This figure is holding another, smaller and more feminine figure in an intimate embrace while also poised as if offering a gift, perhaps symbolic of the new year. Intriguingly, this winged figure’s feet seem to morph into the roots or base of the composition, grounding it in an organic, yet fantastical foundation.
On the opposite side, a cloaked individual lurks, shrouded in darkness. This figure may be representative of the ending of the past year or could signify caution or the unknown that typically accompanies the onset of something new, such as the turn of the calendar year. The overall layout is rectangular, bordered with geometric precision, and the word “JANUAR” is prominently inscribed at the base, underscoring the thematic focus on the month of January.
[#]2025 #BestWishes #GustavKlimt #Art #ArtNouveau #CrashCourse
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Yep, we probably all new it, but she gives the reason for it all:
Why we failed?
https://www.collapse2050.com/why-we-failed/?ref=collapse-newsletter
[#]Collapse #TalkCollapse #CrashCourse #psychology #denial #capitalism
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You might want to start using Linux, but you don't know where to start and which version to install?
Well maybe this might help for you:
https://distrochooser.de/en
I have been using Linux for at least 10 years, and I am using MX Linux now, after trying and using Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu and Lubuntu.
I have relatively old hardware, so for me it was important that my Linux is a bit light-weight.
After filling in the questionnaire, I was a bit confused by the result. There was not much difference in all the versions mentioned, and my favourite MX was way down the list.
Well anyway, maybe it's useful for you.
[#]Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Computing
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👍 I just learned something new on the internet.
The way clothes are repaired here in our house has a name, it's called
Sashiko, it is the Japanese art of visible mending.
Just that you know it, and you can be hip as well by using a Japanese word when you show your repaired trousers. 😂
Photo of a person seen on the back. The person is wearing repaired jeans. Various patches are applied and no effort is taken to make the repairs invisible, on the contrary various other-coloured patches are used besides yarn of a totally different colour.
[#]Repair #sewing #clothing #Sashiko #mending #ecological #cheap #RightToRepair
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Tips for Xmas presents-on-a-budget, and yes, skip the merchandise...
Below a browser screenshot of the Guardian webpage of the Dog on the Moon cartoon. The cartoon is about not partaking in the Xmas buying rave, but at the same time it advertises Dog-on-the-moon merchandise.
It's the money that counts...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/dec/16/here-are-first-dog-on-the-moons-tips-for-christmas-on-a-budget
[#]capitalism #money #buying #Xmas #CrashCourse #Guardian
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This looks like a 'must-see' film:
The man behind Amy and Senna has turned his attention to ‘techno-authoritarianism’ in the genre-defying 2073. He talks to our journalist – one of the movie’s unlikely stars – about the events that fed his dystopian vision
read all here:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/15/asif-kapadia-2073-amy-winehouse-senna-maradona-trump
This theme also perfectly fits with what I'm telling about the Technosphere in my book. Where I try to explain how Technology does what it does.
Not a happy X-mas film, that's probably why they release it just after X-mas 😜
[#]film #2073 #technology #authoritarianism #totalitarianism #collapse #event #CrashCourse #TalkCollapse
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"Do things have to get worse before they get better?
Yes, says Dana Fisher, Director of the Center for Environment, Community & Equity and author of Saving Ourselves. Dana’s research suggests that witnessing the inevitable mass repression of fellow citizens through state violence or incarceration will mobilise the public to take action against climate-denying leaders. "
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/from-the-ashes-dana-fisher
Lets hope so...😜
[#]Collapse #Climate #ClimateChaos #CrashCourse
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The guy behind the accusations is not a dumbo either...
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151721941
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Hmm, interesting, to say the least:
Cyber-Security Experts Warn Election Was Hacked
'Musk is guilty as fuck'
Rachel Donald
Nov 19, 2024
Cyber-security experts across America are raising the alarm of wide-scale election fraud securing Trump’s victory — and the data is compelling.
Two open letters penned by computer scientists and hacking experts have detailed how the USA’s election software was compromised and the relatively simple hack which could have then been used to fix the results in the seven swing states. They are calling for an immediate hand recount in key precincts which, they say, should swiftly show that a number of these ballots never existed.
There are already numerous articles online stating that this is a left wing conspiracy, and Elon Musk himself has warned that those raising concerns about the “hoax” will face “the hammer of justice”. However, the articles debunking these concerns have only focused on the claim that Musk used his internet service Starlink to steal the election. As detailed below, this is not what the cyber security experts are warning of — although Starlink may have played a role.
The Data
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The key data raising concerns that a hack may have been deployed is the number of bullet ballots which exist for Trump in swing states. Bullet ballots are when voters vote for one candidate—in this case the President—and don’t fill out the rest of the ballot. Every year, in every state—including in the past two elections Trump ran in—the percentage of bullet ballots is around 1%. This trend has stayed consistent in the 43 non-swing states in the 2024 election. However, the percentage of bullet ballots is not just anomalous in swing states for Trump this year—it is off the charts.
According to one of the open letters, in Arizona, Trump’s percentage of bullet ballots totaled 7.2%. In Nevada, 5.5%. In comparison, bullet ballots for Trump in Oregon, Utah and Idaho—the three states which border Arizona and Nevada, with equally fervent Trump voters—count for less than 0.05% in each state.
The same pattern continues across the other swing states, with an astonishing 11% of votes for Trump in North Carolina being bullet ballots.
Whole article :
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-security-experts-warn-election-hacked
[#]BulletBallots #TrumpCheated #ElectionFraud #ElectionFraud2024
EDIT <<<
READ ALSO: UPDATE/DEBUNKED?
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/election-fraud-debunked
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