TonyStark, to random
@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

Can you still call yourself pro-life if you eliminate the mandate that overheated, dehydrated workers are allowed to take breaks to drink water to keep them alive? 10 minutes every 4 hours isn’t enough, anyway.

But then I get to the part that explains that workers of color will bear the brunt of it. #FuckOffGregAbbott

New Texas law will get rid of water breaks for outdoor workers amid extreme heat -
https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-texas-law-nullify-local-ordinances-protecting-outdoor/story?id=100272286

bronakins,
@bronakins@sfba.social avatar

@TonyStark

OF COURSE NOT … but the self-branded “pro-life” gang was always ONLY ever about amassing political power. It was a marketing gimmick straight outta “1984”!
#prolife #1984 #inhumanity

FTM_nl, to random Dutch

Nederland steunt in Europa een Frans voorstel om het afluisteren van journalisten zo makkelijk mogelijk te houden. Het plan houdt uitzonderingsregels in stand waarmee overheden zogenaamde spyware in kunnen zetten zonder onafhankelijke toetsing.

Lees het stuk hier. https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/eu-wil-journalisten-kunnen-afluisteren?&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=OverheidsspionageJournalisten

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar
JamesGleick, to random
@JamesGleick@zirk.us avatar

Reminder that Republicans have chosen to wage war on teachers and librarians. We need teachers and librarians. They are people who are always underpaid, working for our children and our culture. How can attacking teachers and librarians be a good political strategy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/hernando-county-ron-desantis-book-bans-democratic-governors/

HistoPol, (edited )
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@JamesGleick

The answers are actually quite easy:

  1. fascist strategy of streamlining of society ("Gleichschaltung der Gesellschaft")

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/biopolitics-of-education-in-the-third-reichs-special-schools-and-elite-schools/E187EFBA9D9B8E71293A8741BE4BCCE5

  1. People that hold the key to knowledge are dangerous to an elite's power based on imaginery solutions.

-》 #Orwell's #1984

"Who controls the past controls the future"

-》 #bookburnings in #Fahrenheit451

lydiaconwell, to Blog

#CaitlinJohnstone | #Propaganda Restricts Speech More Than #Censorship Does: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

This blog post is about the illusion of freedom, similar to what is described in the #book #BraveNewWorld

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/05/30/propaganda-restricts-speech-more-than-censorship-does-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/

This is why I think Brave New World is a better book that #1984

I wrote about that here: https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/05/24/brave-old-book/

#PsychicDrool #Blog #US #Elections

nformant, to random German

Das erste mal Ayn #Rand (:
Es fing mir fast zu plump an und hab immer an #1984 gedacht, aber es hat sich gut Kapitel für Kapitel aufgebaut :blobcatbook:

bacteriano, to random Spanish
@bacteriano@mstdn.mx avatar

A veces no nos damos cuenta, pero nos cobran impuestos por tener mascotas. Ando haciendo mi cierre de gastos del mes y estaba checando un ticket donde compre alimento de gato y galletas para humanos.

Las galletas de humano libres de IVA. Pero el alimento de gato causa IVA 🤔 y si mejor les doy comida de humano y me ahorro el 16%

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar
EU_Commission, to random
@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu avatar

Not everything we see online is true.

Before hitting the share button, practice a thorough check. These crucial questions will guide you:

✔️ WHO is behind it?
✔️ WHAT is the source?
✔️ WHERE did it come from?
✔️ WHY are you sharing it?
✔️ WHEN was it published?

Together, we will triumph over , one click at a time.

heckler,

@EU_Commission Reliable information can only come from EU's ministry of truth approved sources 😉 😉
#truth #1984

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Um… yikes?

's Neuralink says cleared for human test of brain implants

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/337487

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@GottaLaff

Some days, I could just jump off a cliff.

This reality is fast becoming an amalgamate of all the negative I read years ago:

,
,
,
,
, , including its ,
,
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and
.
Hopefully, we are not also heading for already (?)

These are only the ones out of the top of my head.

ruialves, to ai

ChatGPT-4 has been granted access to the Internet! Are we one step closer to the AI Apocalypse?
#AI #ChatGPT #Tech

https://medium.com/the-generator/bot-or-the-beast-openai-unleashes-chatgpt-on-the-internet-69e975d82b56

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@ruialves

(2/n)

"... #PKD's #SecondVariety, and not even #TheMatrix, but just as #surveillance technology has surpassed what was possible in #Orwell's #1984, in particular in the #PRC, we are moving beyond #Fahrenheit451, too.

The biggest trouble is that the ancient #Viking #Norns seem to be weaving all those #dystopian fates of humanity into one.

In the May 15th #TheEconomist's Editor's Picks podcast, they were looking historically at the impact on productivity growth...

asahi95, to random

Can we please not make #1984 a reality? :ms_worried:

t3rrybowman, to random

It's almost like democracy is a block of ice slowly melting in the late winter sun, with a squadron of fascist tinkers chipping away at the edges with hammer, sickel, chisel and awl. #LifeImitatesArt #WakeUp #BeAfraid

#1984 #HandmaidsTale #Fahrenheit451#BraveNewWorld #AnimalFarm

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