Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳⚧

Vancouver, British Columbia 🇨🇦 🏳⚧ ☮🏳🌈
*YES! universal social justice, human rights | environmentalism | unions | social democracy
* NO! capitalism | inequality | fascists | genocide

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Is intermittent fasting better than counting calories? Maybe not, but you might stick with it
https://apnews.com/article/time-restricted-eating-intermittent-fasting-weight-loss-c8a7a8e0bafc5b6f6faa9f30bfcc0646

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting

#fasting #diet #health #IntermittentFasting #TimeRestrictedEating


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Planet Funk - Lemonade (Benny Benassi Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzLcM8xbsiA

Planet Funk - Lemonade (Benny Benassi Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EnkbQyY650

Planet Funk - Lemonade (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5DmenLd9fM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5DmenLd9fMkk
Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #house #PlanetFunk #BennyBenassi


Orcas demonstrating they no longer need to hunt in packs to take down the great white shark
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240302171519.htm

paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/1814232X.2024.2311272
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w3Ao4pgTwM

#orca #sharks #predation #ecology


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🎵 Morning ☮-in

Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVdlpZ4M-Hw

Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard (from The Concert in Hyde Park)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu1bH-4bDLg

Bonus!  😀

Paul Simon - Kodachrome (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rlDTK6QI-w

Paul Simon - Kodachrome (from The Concert in Hyde Park)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6TERVMCUhI

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #PaulSimon #ClassicRock


Oldest fossil human footprints in North America confirmed
Two new lines of evidence support the 21,000 to 23,000-year age estimate of the footprints first described and dated in 2021
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231005161809.htm

Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adh5007
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37797035/

#Americas #anthopology #prehistory #NorthAmerica #fossils #HumanEvolution #HumanMigration


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🎵 Morning ☮-in

Alison Krauss and Union Station - Man of Constant Sorrow - Sung by Dan Tyminski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJ8xEByUf4

Amazing instrumentalists!  🙂
Alison Krauss & Union Station — "Choctaw Hayride" — Live | 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGt9ls7dh74

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Krauss_%26_Union_Station

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #AlisonKrauss#Union Station #bluegrass #country #DanTyminski Am


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Ancestral genetic components are consistently associated with the complex trait landscape in European biobanks
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.04.560881v1

The genetic structure in Europe was mostly shaped by admixture between the Western Hunter-Gatherer
...
Heart rate, platelet count, monocyte percentage and many other traits show stratification similar to height and pigmentation traits, likely targets of selection and divergence across ancestral groups.
...

#genomics #GWAS #biobank #bioinformatics #genetics


Delta is fourth major U.S. airline to find fake jet aircraft engine parts with forged airworthiness documents from U.K. company
https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/delta-fourth-major-us-airline-fake-jet-aircraft-engine-parts-forged-airworthiness-documents-uk-company-aog
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37775073

AOG Technics: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22AOG+Technics%22&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1

#AOGTechnics #aircraft #aviation #counterfeit #CounterfeitParts #fraud #PublicSafety


The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (1969) 4K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1gX66TOu8k

Bust a move!  🤩

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (DanceVideo) TheVillany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2b9T8NEUM

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (Extended Rework David Kust Candy Remix Edit) [1969 HQ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIYjRPOCpmE

#MorningPeaceIn #Archies


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Liver microRNA transcriptome reveals miR-182 as link between type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease in obesity
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.02.560594v1?rss=1

#miRNA #microRNA #miR-182 #T2D #diabetes #FattyLiver #obesity #HepaticSteatosis #liver #CellularSignaling

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BBC Gives Up On Threads (By Instagram), Sticks With Mastodon
https://darnell.day/bbc-gives-up-on-threads-by-instagram-sticks-with-mastodon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37759871

#mastodon #bbc #MetaThreads #XCorp #Twitter


2023 Nobel: Chemistry

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 to
Moungi G. Bawendi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
Louis E. Brus
Columbia University, New York, NY
Alexei I. Ekimov
Nanocrystals Technology Inc., New York, NY
for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2023/press-release
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37762968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_dot

#2023NobelPrize #chemistry #QuantumDots #nanotechnology #imaging


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

Mr. Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyc0JSd5q7U

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #BuffaloSpringfield #ClassicRock


Instant evolution: AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds
1st AI capable of intelligently designing new robots that work in real world
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231003173425.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wph_Im03cn0

* compressedbillions of years of evolution into mere seconds. It's not only fast but also runs on a lightweight computer & designs wholly novel structures from scratch — w/o human-labeled, bias-filled datasets.

[PNAS] Efficient automatic design of robots
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2305180120

#AI #ML #robotics #evolution


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The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived
A novelist transforms the physicist John von Neumann into a scientific demon
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/maniac-book-benjamin-labatut-john-von-neumann/675443

The Wikipedia entry describes a jaw-dropping intellect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann

#JohnVonNeumann #mathematics #physics #intellect


🎵 Morning ☮-in

The Monkees - I'm A Believer (Original Video HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQUnxNEDqk

Bonus! 🥳
The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXpKiY2MXE

#MorningPeaceIn #Monkees


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In forming long-term memories, vascular cells are crucial
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231002124239.htm

Neuronal activity drives IGF2 expression from pericytes to form long-term memory
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(23)00664-5

#LTM #memory #IGF# #MolecularBiology #LongTermMemory #neuroscience


James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orion
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66974738#
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37736194

#astronomy #JWST #plants


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Bob Marley: Could You Be Loved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBqW6yKz8WA

Could you be loved - Bob Marley (original video)
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Namaste 🙏 🕊

#MorningPeaceIn #reggae #BobMarley


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🎵 Morning ☮-in

Nina Simone - Feeling Good (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRNrgDIJfo

Namaste 🙏 🕊

#MorningPeaceIn #NinaSimone #FeelingGood


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Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?
Physicists and philosophers recently met to debate a theory of consciousness called panpsychism
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-consciousness-part-of-the-fabric-of-the-universe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37715145

#consciousness #panpsychism


🎵 Morning ☮-in

[audio] The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMG-Mi9I0-k

[live: rocking performance!] The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight // New Mother Nature (Running Back Thru Canada)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXKvC3kpVMc

#MorningPeaceIn #Guess Who #ClassicRock


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nostr:npub1kjd2wgkcw52y72dtln6dek4k5hls8dh0yufpdpu8eh0lezwj59nss4wccu  Link(s)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Phillips_(musician)#Abuse_allegations
Repressed memories? Mental instability?

WILSON v. PHILLIPS (1999)
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/4th/73/250.html
Ref. to:
Wilson v. Phillips
1996https://www.recoveredmemory.org/legal-cases/wilson-v.-phillips


🎵 Morning ☮-in

The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk

The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' (Official HD Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOok1WzZbOY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Dreamin%27

Fun fact: living in Halifax, Nova Scotia we all knew of Denny Doherty:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_%26_the_Papas#Denny_Doherty
https://canadianmusichalloffame.ca/inductee/denny-doherty

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #MomasAndPopas #HalifaxThree #LovinSpoonful #CaliforniaDreamin #DennyDoherty


Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much? 😺 📦
Why do cats like boxes? Pretty much for the reasons you’d expect — except they seem to like fake boxes just as much as real ones
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-do-cats-love-boxes-so-much
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37685885

If I fits I sits: A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159121001258
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27087469

#cats #felines #FelinePsychology #AnimalBehavior


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Joni Mitchell, courage, survivor, activist

Joni Mitchell Both sides now (Mama Cass Show 1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NdsnFZm0X4

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (Live, Newport Folk Festival 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiluPSmAF8

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bdMSCdw20

Joni Mitchell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell#2010%E2%80%932022:_Health_problems,_recovery,_and_archival_projects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell#2022%E2%80%93present:_Return_to_live_performance

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #JoniMitchell


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Carole King - It's Too Late (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKxmnrRVHo

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #CaroleKing #Tapestry


2023-09-26 RSS feeds - news items of interest
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A4 cont'd 3/

* admins of official “One Million March For Freedom” Facebook group linked to “Hands Off Our Children”
* lists group of socially conservative Muslim activists & contributor to American right-wing website as spokespersons
* Kamel El-Cheikh, Dr. Bahira Abdulsalam, Mahmoud Mourra, David Krayden

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #CultureWars #KamelElCheikh


A4 cont'd

* many organizers, groups behind marches have well-documented track records opposing 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, protesting vaccines & public health order, or subscribing to wide range of far-right conspiratorial narratives
* 1MillionMarch4Children emerged following rally led by Christian Nationalist youth group & an anti-trans activist targeting 3 Ottawa-area schools 2023-06

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #CultureWars


Addendum 10
See also addendae 3-5

They’re Ultrarich Techies, and They Want to Build a City From Scratch. What Could Go Wrong?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/opinion/solano-county-flannery-associates-billionaires-build-cities.html


A3 cont'd 2/

* like Trudeau/Poilievre duopoly in Canada (https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111041914630205318), Biden/Democrats the only hope for democracy in U.S. GOP neofascist tsunami
* Biden: old, white, conservative, structurally embedded in capitalist system - neoliberalism: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111075893584568433

Still apropos - 2023: Biden the only serious Democratic nominee (really: all of U.S.? AOC? ...) for 2024 U.S. presidential election?
https://files.persagen.com/01/Vice_News_Tonight-2020-04-15-us_2020_election-disbelief_only_choices_biden_trump.mp4

#Democrats #GOP #Biden #corporations #neoliberalism


A3 cont'd

Montana Judge Ruled State Constitution Bans New Fossil Fuel Plants
Young residents won a lawsuit charging that construction of new gas power plant barred by state constitution
But “pro-climate” President Joe Biden arguing fiercely against letting SCOTUS hear similar case
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/held-v-montana-court-constitutional-right-climate-change-youth-generations-environment

#Democrats #GOP #GOPmenace #Montana #SCOTUS #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #DoJ #FossilFuels #Biden #corporations #DefundCorporations #neoliberalism #StructuralViolence


Life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment wins US$3-million Breakthrough Prize
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02890-1
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37535537

* triple-drug combination Trikafta helps 90% of people w. cystic fibrosis
* inherited disorder affecting lungs, other organs
* mutations in gene that makes the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR)
* involved in production of mucus, sweat, other fluids

#CysticFibrosis #Trikafta #disease #medicine #BreakthroughPrize #CFTR


🎵 Morning ☮-in

House of Pain - Jump Around (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzpxjuwZy0

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #HouseOfPain #JumpAround #HipHop


A4 cont'd 2/

* Trump’s primary rivals have taken that message to heart
* DeSantis, who spoke before Trump PVS, didn’t even mention aborrtion even though 2023-04 he signed into law a 6-week state abortion ban that should have been a FRCapplause line
* Ramaswamy also neglected to mention the topic despite being on record as supporting six6week state bans that would treat abortion like “murder.”


A4 cont'd

* most notably nominating 3 conservative SCOTUS justices who helped overturn Roe v Wade 2022-06
* Trump also warned Republican extremism on abortion was losing them elections
* criticized Republican politicians for extreme anti-abortion rhetoric
* if they don’t speak about it correctly, they’re not going to win
* explaining it "properly" is extremely important
...


Addendum 4
See also A1 re: Trump

Trump Schools Evangelicals on How to Talk About Abortion
Extreme rhetoric—and policies—are costing Republicans elections, he warns
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/trump-vote-pray-stand-evangelicals-abortion-elections

* At Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand conference in DC (https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111047767369153930) Trump ticked off long list of his pro-life accomplishments
...

#Trump #SCOTUS #Roe #FRC #FamilyResearchCouncil #PrayVoteStand #theocracy #GOP #GOPAC #neofascism #WedgeTactics #rhetoric #ChristianRight #neoconservatism


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Elon Musk, $269.3 billion USD net worth 2023-09-11
* If Musk spent $1 million/day would take 736.5 CENTURIES to deplete wealth
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111049297750914546

#capitalism #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires


Addendum 9

Waiving GST just a start. 3 ideas to get more housing built in Canada
Governments need to step up: experts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-housing-crisis-build-1.6968475

* federal gov. decision to eliminate GST on purpose-built rentals expected to add tens of thousands of units to housing market: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-gst-rental-apartments-1.6966608
* just 1st step needed if Canada wants to close housing gap
* speed up approvals process
* more construction workers needed
* lower interest rates for financing

#AffordableHousing #Canada #housing


A6 cont'd 4

UAW President Shawn Fain: “It Is Long Past Time to Stand Up for the Working Class”
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/shawn-fain-speech-uaw-stand-up-strike-working-class-unions-uaw/

* speech to United Auto Workers members, Shawn Fain laid into the Big Three
* explained the UAW's new “stand-up strike"

* [Oy! 🤨 ] invoked Bible to declare their battle a righteous fight for justice 🤦♀

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein #populism


Addendum 3

[2020] Populist leaders & the economy
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20202045
PDF: https://files.persagen.com/01/funke2020populist.pdf
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37533146

* >25% of nations governed by populists.
* study: macroeconomic history of populism
* 51 populist presidents/prime ministers 1900-2020
* economic cost of populism high: GDP per capita 10% lower after 15 yrs
* economic disintegration, decreased macroeconomic stability, eroded institutions result f. populist rule

#populism #protectionism #macroeconomics #GOP


cont'd 3/

https://persagen.com >> seach:
"cicero institute" OR "joe lonsdale"
"Reducing Street Homelessness Act"
"chip wilson" OR "pacific prosperity network"
"vancouver is dying"
homeless* AND discriminat*
...

See also: Billionaires, existential risk from
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111071729378344690

#JoeLonsdale #Musk #DefundBillionaires #homelessness #CiceroInstitute #corporations #DefundCorporations #neofascism #ModelActs #ModelLegislatin #discrimination #GOP #GOPmenace #capitalism #socialism #PublicHealth

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/076/189/898/521/962/original/54218d2af0dc9002.png


cont'd 2/

PPN funded the anti-addition, anti-homeless "Vancouver Is Dying" propaganda - used to elect a political neophyte mayor of Vancouver; used by TBA in recent Alberta election.

Back to Lonsdale: model acts (carbon copy legislation distributed to U.S. legislatures to enact neoconservative agendae) are a bane of U.S. politics.

Like ALEC/others, the Cicero Institute churns out model acts including this gem:

Reducing Street Homelessness Act
https://invisiblepeople.tv/private-prisons-for-homeless-criminalization
https://persagen.com/docs/cicero_institute.html


cont'd

That solution includes the demonization of homelessness and the involuntary (for-profit) incarceration and treatment.

Billionaires profiting from human misery; poverty industrial complex.

Vancouver, B.C. Canada billionaire (who behind the scenes funds elections of far-right political candidates here and Alberta - e.g. Take Back Alberta far-right group) has the Pacific Prosperity Network.
...


Addendum 6

Perusing my morning informational feeds and this parasite popped up via the Hacker News post (I script the most upvoted &/or commented to be emailed to me, daily).

An article by billionaire neofascist Joe Lonsdale, https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/jefferson-and-americas-lost-idea, espousing his twisted ideology. The HN discussion, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37532234, thus far fails to correctly identify Lonsdale for who he is, the danger he presents.

Lonsdale's Cicero Institute cloaks itself as a solution to the issue of homelessness.


A1 cont'd 3/

At https://Persagen.com I (Victoria) maintain a rather large bespoke ontology:

Eureka! Persagen's ontology
https://persagen.com/html/intro_02.html#/5/0/9
[L/R arrows to nav.; content fades in]

which places "neoliberalism" under "capitalism" - i.e. it is a capitalist tool.

Economy - Economic systems - Capitalism - Capitalist systems - Neoliberalism (ont-uid: ahk7weif | This is the main entry for "neoliberal | neoliberalism". | ...
https://persagen.com/docs/neoliberalism.html

#Neoliberalism

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/076/027/561/932/601/original/86476eb9db625f69.png


Quite impressive.


A1 cont'd 2/

They all self-identify as "libertarian," cloaking their neoliberal ideology espoused in this addendum.

Moreover - regarding the U.S. / increasingly Canada - I equate "neoliberalism" with the neofascism agendae / policies of the Republican Party.

#economics #SCOTUS #neoliberalism #neofascism #GOP #GOPmenace #capitalism #corporations #DefundCorporations #PrivateEquity #DefundBillionaires #democracy #socialism #liberalism #CharlesKoch


A1 cont'd

I adopt the pejorative use of the term "neoliberalism" when discussing Western governments / economies - particularly the U.S., Canada, U.K. ...

For the U.S. particularly I associate "neoliberalism" with the drive by organizations (World Economic Forum; Cato Institute ...), persons (Charles Koch) to defund government, reduce government regulation, advocate legal personship (e.g. freedom of speech applied to corporations: McConnell / SCOTUS / Citizens United / ...).
...


Addendum 1


cont'd
[thread] Liberalism, neoliberalism

Neoliberalism cont'd

* predominantly advocated by them
* policies: economic liberalization incl. privatization, deregulation, globalization, free trade, monetarism, austerity, reduced gov. spending
* seeks increased role of private sector in economy, society

#history #economics #liberalism #neoliberalism


[thread] Liberalism, neoliberalism

Liberalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism
* political/moral philosophy
* based on rights of individual, liberty, consent of governed, political equality, right to private property, equality before law

Neoliberalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism
* modern reinterpretation of 19th-century liberalism
* assoc. w. free-market capitalism
* gave rise to conservative & right-libertarian organizations, political parties, think tanks

#history #economics #liberalism #neoliberalism


Addendum 1

See also: Large Language Model for Science: A Study on P vs. NP
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111075811764052825

#LLM #GPT4 #PvsNP


A13 cont'd

See also: Complexity Theory’s 50-Year Journey to the Limits of Knowledge
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110929452269888517

#LLM #GPT4 #PvsNP #PNP #mathematics #logic #complexity #metacomplexity #ClaudeShannon #KurtGödel #ComputationalComplexity #TSP #P_vs_NP #GraphTheory #Boolean #MCSP


Addendum 13

Large Language Model for Science: P vs. NP
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05689

* LLM to augment/accel. research on P vs. NP problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versus_NP_problem
+ unsolved prob., theor. comp. sci.
+ asks wh. every problems quickly verified can also be quickly solved
* in-depth thinking w. LLM for complex problem-solving
* GPT-4 produced proof schema, engaged in rigorous reasoning throughout 97 dialogue turns (Socratic method)
* concluded P ≠ NP in alignment w. Xu & Zhou 2023

#LLM #GPT4 #PvsNP


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Indigo Girls - Power Of Two (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj0yVN8pFNw

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #IndigoGirls


A1 cont'd 5/

Postscript. Another issue that I have with the term "grooming" is an implicit understanding that the victim (gen. a juvenile) is compliant i.e. a willing participant. They are victims - mentally, psychologically, emotionally, financially - who are preyed upon by those with power and influence. There is a majority/minority inequality that the pedophile / sexual predator / child abuser uses to their advantage, with no concern for their victim. Psychological control of the victim.


A2 cont'd 2/

https://persagen.com >> search:
chevron
chevron AND donziger
chevron AND barrett
exxon OR exxonmobil
"shell plc" OR "shell USA" OR "shell canada" OR "royal dutch shell" OR "shell oil"
"bp plc"
"american petroleum institute"

#Exxon #ExxonMobil #ShellPlc #BP #Chevron #ConocoPhillips #AmericanPetroleumInstitute #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #ExtremeHeat #EcologicalDestruction

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/073/569/008/152/573/original/137786451c2fc4dd.png


A2 cont'd

Oregon County Sues BP, Chevron, Shell, Exxon for $51B Climate Damages
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110645499062622887

Multnomah County, which includes Portland, sued 17 companies, including Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP ... blaming them and seeking $51 billion in damages for the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave that killed about 800 people.


Addendum 2

California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/business/california-oil-lawsuit-newsom.html

* claims Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, American Petroleum Institute misled public
* downplayed risks of fossil fuels
* actions caused tens of billions of dollars damage
* seeks special fund to pay for recovery

#Exxon #ExxonMobil #ShellPlc #BP #Chevron # ConocoPhillips #AmericanPetroleumInstitute #GlobalWarming #DefundCorporations #FossilFuels #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby


Addendum 18

Far-Right Activists Planning Anti-Sex-Ed Convoy Targeting Alberta Teachers
https://pressprogress.ca/far-right-activists-are-planning-an-anti-sex-ed-convoy-targeting-alberta-teachers-association-building

* Alta. teachers targeted by planned convoy in latest wave of far-right protests targeting schools, educators
* leading event is Benita Pedersen, fam. to Alta.’s far-right
* key organizer, Take Back Alberta

>> search: "Benita Pedersen" OR "take back alberta"

#Canada #populism #Saskatchewan #ScottMoe #FarRight #education #transphobia #Action4Canada #SOGI #ChristianRight #HumanRights

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Addendum 17

Saskatchewan Child Advocate: Pronoun policy could run contrary to human rights laws, needs changes
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-child-advocate-pronoun-policy-could-run-contrary-to-human-rights-laws-needs-changes-1.6563883

* Sask. Child Advocate says prov. gov.'s new policy regarding use of different pronouns in schools could violate human rights
* policy req. students  <16 y.o. to seek parental consent before changing pronouns or preferred first names

#Canada #populism #Saskatchewan #ScottMoe #FarRight #education #transphobia #Action4Canada #SOGI #ChristianRight #HumanRights


A3 cont'd

* FRC plans to turn out conservative Christian voters. elect right-wing candidates in swing states
* FRC board chair, fmr. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann) pitched for contributions
* warned 2024 election “might be last chance” to save the U.S. 🤨

https://persagen.com >> search: "Jody Hice"
"family research council"
"frc action"
"family research council" AND "leonard leo"

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/people/jody-hice

#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRCAction #ChristianRight #theocracy


Addendum 3

New FRC Action President Jody Hice Wants $4 Million for 2024 Super PAC
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/new-frc-action-president-jody-hice-wants-4-million-for-2024-super-pac/

* Family Research Council’s religious-right activist conference Pray Vote Stand
* FRC’s political arm FRC Action; President Jody Hice talked about group’s voter turnout plans for 2024
* FRC Action hopes to raise $4 million for its super PAC
...

#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #HateGroup #FRCAction #PrayVoteStand #transphobia #disinformation #ChristianRight #theocracy #LeonardLeo

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Addendum 2

Billionaire megadonor couple funding election denial with extensive influence machine and dark money network
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/09/billionaire-megadonor-couple-funding-election-denial-with-extensive-influence-machine-dark-money-network-uihlein

* Dick, Liz Uihlein conservative megadonors
* est. vast network of dark money groups, conservative super PACs
* donated $250+ million to federal candidates, political groups since 2016

#Uihlein #neofascism #DarkMoney #neoconservatism #AmericanPrinciplesProject #DefundBillionaires #ChristianRight #superPACs #Trumpism #GOP #GOPmenace #AmericaFirstAction


Addendum 1

See also:

Billionaires, existential risk from
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111002623984509563

Right-Wing Billionaires Funneling Money to Stop Ohio Abortion Ballot
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110816458886633573

* $4 million f. billionaire right-wing megadonor Dick Uihlein
https://persagen.com >> search: uihlein

[2022-11-28] Inside Billionaire-Backed ‘Hub for Election Denial’
Dick Uihlein backing election deniers
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-billionaire-backed-dick-uihlein-hub-for-election-denial-restoration-action

#Uihlein #neoconservatism #AmericanPrinciplesProject #DefundBillionaires #ChristianRight


[thread] 13
Neoconservative, Christian Right billionaires Richard "Dick" & Elizabeth "Liz" Uihlein

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Elizabeth_Uihlein
* founders of Uline; ultraconservative donors
* Richard heir to Schlitz brewing fortune

https://persagen.com >> search: uihlein
uihlein AND "critical race theory"
uihlein AND "christian right"
"American Principles Project" AND uihlein

#Uihlein #neoconservatism #CRT #ChristianRight #homophobia #transphobia #AmericanPrinciplesProject #LibsofTikTok #ChayaRaichik


Addendum 13
Neoconservative, Christian Right billionaires Richard "Dick" & Elizabeth "Liz" Uihlein

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Elizabeth_Uihlein
* founders of Uline; ultraconservative donors
* Richard heir to Schlitz brewing fortune

https://persagen.com >> search: uihlein
uihlein AND "critical race theory"
uihlein AND "christian right"
"American Principles Project" AND uihlein

#Uihlein #neoconservatism #CRT #ChristianRight #homophobia #transphobia #AmericanPrinciplesProject #LibsofTikTok #ChayaRaichik

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/071/672/192/005/139/original/fd10f6a6508cee0e.png


A6 cont'd 3/

UAW Members Are Striking Against Corporate Power. Americans Overwhelmingly Back Them
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-members-strike-corporate-power-union-public-opinion-backing-autoworkers

* United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said “We fight for the good of the entire working class”
* Americans believe him. In massive numbers, they tell pollsters they back UAW over Big Three auto companies

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein


Addendum 4

Bogus “Edutainment” May be Coming to a Classroom Near You
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/15/bogus-edutainment-may-be-coming-to-a-classroom-near-you

“Edutainment”? 🤨

* it’s what PragerU, a business/media shop (NOT a university) run by right-wing talk-show host Dennis Prager calls its videos & curriculum materials for school-age kids 🤦♀
* Florida & Oklahoma public school peddle PragerU materials
* Texas could be next

#PragerU #education #edutainment #neoconservatism #DeSantis #Florida #Oklahoma #Texas #disinformation


Addendae 3

Joe Lonsdale/Cicero Institute
PragerU

Chris Rufo's message spread thru right-wing channels
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110945862769594954

* Cicero Institute, founded by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale
* Manhattan Institute's Heather MacDonald on homelessness, Cicero Institute
* PragerU: 23' in video

https://persagen.com >> search: "chris rufo"
"manhattan institute"
"joe lonsdale" OF "cicero institute"
"cicero institute" and "homelessness" AND legislation

#PragerU #ChrisRufo #ManhattanInstitute


A1 cont'd 4/

This post meandered a bit from my original objection viz-a-viz the CBC, but it hopefully provides additional context (at least from my point-of-view).

There are historic and topical concerns in the use of language; choice of words matters.

#CBC #MeghanMuphy #TERF #JordanPeterson #trolls #pseudointellectualism #transphobia  #FreeSpeech #CultureWars #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories


A1 cont'd 3/

Regarding "free speech," LGBT supportive persons/groups can of course leverage the same media / venues. However, LGBT groups almost universally (as far as I know) are by nature inclusive, even of non-LGBT allies.

Therein lies the fundamental difference, in my opinion. Providing forums to TERFs like Meghan Murphy and pseudo-intellectual populist trolls like Jordan Peterson enrich and empower them to the detriment of a significant, vulnerable  proportion of our population.
...


A1 cont'd 2/

Providing a forum for "free speech" is the same timid response that taxpayer-supported organizations like the Vancouver Public Library give when providing a forum for Meghan Murphy (who profits from that speech).

Ditto notorious transphobe / far-right troll / pseudo-intellectual Jordan Peterson, who's been provided venues to speak at universities.

The "E" in TERF is "exclusionary:" Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Peterson likewise employs populist rhetoric to divide.
...


A1 cont'd

"Transvestite" used to be a common word to describe cross-dressers; today the use of that word is discouraged as being derogatory.

Regarding the CBC: in previously providing a forum for TERF Meghan Murphy, CBC lowered the bar under the guise of free speech. That's not a history to be proud of; hence my added concern over their editorial practices.
...


Addendum 1:

I'll expand on my post.

At the end of the day, "groom*" is a word in the English language. Times change, however.

In 2023 however - amidst a societal tsunami of polarizing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric / legislation / violence - and as a trans person I take exception to the CBC normalizing the use of that word.
...

#CBC #MeghanMuphy #TERF #JordanPeterson #trolls #pseudointellectualism #transphobia  #FreeSpeech #CultureWars #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories


A1 cont'd 4/

* 2023-08 Cdn 🇨🇦 government advisory: LGBTQ going to U.S.
* Spring 2023: Uganda passed “Kill the Gays” bill; radicalizes Ugandans into hatred of LGBTQ community
* 2023 Heritage Foundation publishes “2025 Mandate for Leadership” manifesto
* plan to turn U.S. into theocracy: https://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110815932448867640

COMMENT: my slides highly relevant:
https://persagen.com/html/intro_01.html

Also
https://persagen.com >> search: "heritage foundation"

#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia

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A1 cont'd 3/

* since expanded to involve the organized exportation of homophobia & transphobia around the world through a well-funded network of extremist Christian groups & organizations
* echoes found in current wave of anti-trans & “Don’t Say Gay” laws adopted in much of U.S. in response to similarly manufactured panic
* laws criminalize gender-affirming care, even worse: some states passed laws allowing trans youth to be taken f. their homes
...

#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia


A1 cont'd 2/

* events in U.S. & Canada around queer/trans rights reminiscent of early stages of terrifying campaigns seen elsewhere
* ostensible concern about corruption of children paves path to ultimate/explicit goal of outright eradication
* escalation of decades-long effort spearheaded by American evangelicals to incite legislative crackdown against LGBTQ people
* began w. Anita Bryant, Pat Robertson in U.S.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110516256380019977
...

#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia


A1 cont'd

* events in U.S. & Canada around queer/trans rights reminiscent of early stages of terrifying campaigns seen elsewhere
* ostensible concern about corruption of children paves path to ultimate/explicit goal of outright eradication
* escalation of decades-long effort spearheaded by American evangelicals to incite legislative crackdown against LGBTQ people
* began w. Anita Bryant, Pat Robertson in U.S.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110516256380019977
...

#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia


[thread] Politics, LGBTQ+, repression

Transphobia: https://persagen.com/docs/transphobia.html
Discrediting the Transphobic "Bathroom Predator" Myth: https://persagen.com/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html

Weaponization of language:
Anti-transgender Rhetoric; Use of Language: https://persagen.com/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html#anti-transgender_rhetoric-use_of_language
GOPAC memo of 1990: https://persagen.com/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html#gopac_memo_of_1990

#GOP #GOPAC #GOPmenace #transphobia #homophobia #lgbt #TLM #BTLM #TranslivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #neoconservatism #CultureWars #populism #ChristianRight #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #HumanRights


Addendum 2

[Canada] Ottawa Police Board Facing Constitutional Challenge Over Rules Limiting Speakers at Public Meetings
Community groups accuse civilian police board of violating Charter Rights, free speech
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111022226567081220

#Canada #Ottawa #police #PoliceAccountability #PoliceState #neofascism #DefundPolice #BLM #BTLM #FreeSpeech


Addendum

Video shows South Bend police targeting cop watchers w. Indiana law
https://therealnews.com/video-shows-south-bend-police-targeting-cop-watchers-with-new-indiana-law

* cop watching movement proliferated as video evidence of routine police abuse surfaces online
* Indiana cop watcher accosted by police wh. walking down public sidewalk filming w. cell phone
* encounter took strange twist when police tried to give him a ticket for exercising his 1st amendment rights

#Indiana #police #PoliceAccountability #1A #PoliceState #neofascism #DefundPolice #BLM #BTLM


[thread] Police state, militarized police

See also: Stop Cop City
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110625392845663044

#police #LawEnforcement #PoliceAccountability #accountability #1A #PoliceState #neofascism #GOP #GOPmenace #DefundPolice #BLM #BTLM #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter


A6 cont'd 2/
See aldo A5 cont'd

Big Three Autoworkers Striking Against Concessions While Shareholders Reap Bonanza
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-uaw-strike-big-three-automakers-stock-buyback-shareholders/

* 2023-09-15 UAW launched landmark strike vs. Big Three automakers for inadequate pay, job security
* m/w automakers auth. $5 billion stock buybacks

U.S. auto strike expected to affect Canada in deeply integrated industry
https://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/u-s-auto-strike-expected-to-affect-canada-in-deeply-integrated-industry-1.6563010

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein


A6 cont'd

United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-strike-shawn-fain-big-three-automakers/

* UAW launched historic strike, 2023-09-15
* workers at 3 plants across Big Three walking out
* UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring an "all-out strike is possible"
* 1st time UAW has struck all three major automakers simultaneously

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein


Addendum 6

UAW on Strike: In Historic Move, Auto Workers Target All Big Three Automakers at Once
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/15/uaw_strike_big_three_automakers

* 1st time in history, United Auto Workers launched simultaneous strike against Big Three U.S. automakers: Ford; General Motors; Stellantis (parent company of Chrysler)
* UAW President Shawn Fein (https://uaw.org/executive-board-2-2/uaw-president-shawn-fain/) announced targeted strikes at 3 facilities

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein


Addendum 5

Planned Parenthood Will Resume Abortion Services in Wisconsin
1849 anti-abortion statute unenforceable, state judge said
https://truthout.org/articles/planned-parenthood-says-it-will-resume-abortion-services-in-wisconsin

* 2022-06: PPWI halted abortion services after SCOTUS overturned federal abortion protections (Roe v. Wade)
* PPWI was uncertain whether1849 state law; blocked by Roe ( 1973)
* judge Diane Schlipper ruled that lawsuit challenging 1849 WI law could proceed

#Wisconsin #abortion #Roe_v_Wade #PlannedParenthood #PPWI #Roe #Schlipper


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/3

As an example, in the past the CBC in the past provided a forum for notorious transphobe Meghan Murphy to argue her divisive rhetoric/ideology: https://persagen.com/docs/transphobia.html#meghan_murphy

#CBC #transphobia #homophobia #lgbt #CultureWars #rhetoric #ChristianRight #FarRight #populism #neoconservatism #WeaponizationOfLanguage


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2/

Weaponization of language: https://persagen.com/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html#tactics).
LGBT grooming conspiracy theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_grooming_conspiracy_theory

As the de facto, taxpayer supported national news organization in Canada in my opinion - particularly as a trans person - the CBC should be more sensitive to this issue and the language they choose, accountable for their decisions, and held to a higher standard than the rest of the popular press.
...


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As I said, "applicability." You are correct (above).

However, in North American culture/media the term "grooming/groomer" has been co-opted/weaponized against the LGBTQ+ community.

Particularly in attacks on queer/trans persons by the right-wing / far-right / Christian Right neoconservatives/populists.
...


Akiyoshi's illusion pages
https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37522106

Optical illusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_illusion
* aka visual illusion
* illusion caused by visual system
* characterized by a visual percept that arguably appears to differ f. reality

#perception #illusions #OpticalIllusions #VisualPerception

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/069/791/711/678/772/original/dfebd0a471119640.png

Page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately.


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Johnny Cash - Solitary Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVHnWyDmdw

Neil Diamond - Solitary Man - 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2lJ8V0aX0

NEIL DIAMOND - Solitary Man (Hot August Night III) (Live-2012) (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXaP1O_dT0k

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #JohnnyCash #NeilDiamond


Addendum 16

Idiots: no body is claiming this. Classic wedge tactic / attack.
Next they'll push the "litter box" anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory!  🤨 🤬

Litter boxes in schools hoax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoax

Saskatchewan school division says it's not letting students identify as furries
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-school-division-says-it-s-not-letting-students-identify-as-furries-1.6562115

Furry fandom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom

#Canada #populism #Saskatchewan  #ScottMoe #FarRight #education #CultureWars #transphobia #Action4Canada #SOGI #ChristianRight


Addendum 1

https://persagen.com >> search: exxonmobil
exxon* AND "climate change"
exxon* AND ecolog* AND destruction
exxon* AND tillerson
...

Oregon County Sues BP, Chevron, Shell, Exxon for $51B Climate Damages
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110645499062622887

#Exxon #ExxonMobil #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CorporateEthics #corporations #DefundCorporations #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGas #CO2 #CO2emissions #EcologicalDestruction #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #HumanRights #Tillerson


[thread] Exxon, climate change

Exxon min. climate change internally after conceding fossil fuels cause it
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199570023/exxon-climate-change-fossil-fuels-global-warming-oil-gas

Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change
Public statements v. diff. f. practice, Tillerson era
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-climate-change-documents-e2e9e6af

#Exxon #ExxonMobil #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CorporateEthics #corporations #DefundCorporations #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGas #CO2 #CO2emissions #EcologicalDestruction #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #HumanRights #Tillerson

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Addendum 4

Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Oust Top Elections Official

* Senate GOP escalating fight over who can det. leader of group supervising 2024 elections
* Meagan Wolfe, 2019, unanimously confirmed  by WI Senate
* suing to keep post
* yrs of criticism propelled by Trump 2020 election attacks

Meagan Wolfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meagan_Wolfe
* U.S. election official; nonpartisan administrator of WI Elections Commission

#Wisconsin #MeaganWolfe #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #ElectoralFraud


[humor] xkcd 2828: Exoplanet observation
https://xkcd.com/2828
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2828:_Exoplanet_Observation

#xkcd #astronomy #exoplanets #humor #cartoons

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Addendum 14

DeSantis Spreads Vaccine Skepticism With Guidance That Contradicts CDC
CDC recommended at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccines for most Americans 6 mo/older
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/us/politics/desantis-covid-vaccine-booster.html

* DeSantis admin. advised Florida residents under age of 65 skip updated boosters 🤨
* “I will not stand by & let the FDA & CDC. use healthy Floridians as guinea pigs for new booster shots” 🤨  🤦♀ 🤨

#DeSantis #antivaxx #disinformation #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CDC #PublicHealth #Florida #GOP #GOPmenace #EBM


A5 cont'd

Hillsdale College and charter schools
https://persagen.com/html/intro_01.html#/40/0/4
* L/R arrow keys to navigate (content fades in)


Addendum 5

Moms for Liberty Flips a School Board
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/13/when-moms-liberty-flips-school-board

* policies eliminated safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students, restricted racially inclusive reading materials
* Pennridge School Board then voted to hire Vermilion Education
* MI-based consulting company: limited exp., questionable curricula

#GOP #M4L #MomsForLiberty #ExtremistGroup #neofascism #CultureWars #ChristianRight #education #ExtremistGroup #HateGroup #transphobia #TLM #TransLivesMatter #CRT #BLM #VermilionEducation


A5 cont'd

No Accident Poverty Just Jumped
Spiked after lawmakers let antipoverty programs expire
https://inequality.org/research/poverty-spike

* 60% incr. 2021-2022 b/c politicians allowed proven income support programs to expire
* frising prices, low wages, high rents, broken healthcare system
* w/o safety net/level playing field, financial security often out of reach for families

Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Statistics: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2023/income-poverty.html

#GOP #GOPmenace #poverty #ChildPoverty #HumanRights #inflation


Addendum5
See also A3 cont'd, above

Child Poverty More Than Doubled in 2022 After Congress Let Tax Credit Expire
https://truthout.org/articles/child-poverty-more-than-doubled-in-2022-after-congress-let-tax-credit-expire

* child poverty skyrocketed in 2022 after lawmakers allowed pandemic stimulus provisions to expire
* left millions to languish even as pandemic & its economic consequences raged on

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2022: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/income-poverty-health-insurance-coverage.html


Kudos to The Narwhal! 🥳 🎉 🎈
nostr:npub1kc3ddedaykl56scs5yklfvuk763lhmlj5x72h8q0qk53f69a27asukvzct

The Narwhal picks up three 2023 Webster Awards nominations
From invasive species to tensions between communities & extractive industries, our B.C. bureau’s dogged reporting is up for the province’s coveted journalism awards
https://thenarwhal.ca/webster-award-nominations-2023

The Narwhal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narwhal
https://persagen.com/docs/sources.html#narwhal

Jack Webster Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Webster_Awards

#Narwhal #InvestigativeJournalism #IndependentNews #IndependentJournalism #journalism #NewsMedia


Comment: populist troll wars: Poilievre seeks whole enchilada (all things) ... don't be fooled.

Pierre Poilievre Rails Against ‘Authoritarian Wokeism’ in Response to Policy f. Doug Ford’s Gov.
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce hit w. friendly fire in Poilievre’s latest right-wing culture war crusade
https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-rails-against-authoritarian-wokeism-in-response-to-policy-from-doug-fords-government

#Canada #Ontario #education #transphobia #DougFord #PierrePoilievre #duplicity #ConservativeParty #neoconservatism #populism #CultureWars #FarRight #ChristianRight


A10 cont'd 2/

* Insite relentlessly targeted/attacked by
Conservative Party of Canada (incl. populist shill Pierre Poilievre - see preceding Addendae)
other conservatives
billionaire Chip Wilson & his Pacific Prosperity Network's propaganda/attack populist media "Vancouver Is Dying"

#Canada #Vancouver #DTES #Insite #VCH #addition #PublicHealth #neoconservatism #populism #ConservativeParty #KenSim #ABCVancouver #PierrePoilievre #ChipWilson #DefundBillionaires #PacificProsperityNetwork


A10 cont'd

* Insite does not supply any drugs
* medical staff present to provide addiction treatment, mental health assistance, & first aid in event overdose/wound
* Insite recorded 175,464 visits in 2017

Comment: Insite saves lives, and engages an under-priviledged population (largely abandoned by gov. - see A6 cont'd, above) w. public health services.

#Canada #Vancouver #DTES #Insite #VCH #addition #PublicHealth


Addendum 10

See also A1 cont'd 2/, 3/ above

Relentless targeted/attacked by the Conservative Party of Canada, other conservatives, and billionaire Chip Wilson / Pacific Prosperity Network's propaganda/attack populist media "Vancouver Is Dying", Insite saves lives, and engages an underpriviledged population (largely abandoned by gov. - see A above) with public health services.

Vancouver’s first supervised injection site marks 20 year milestone
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-s-first-supervised-injection-site-marks-20-year-milestone-1.6561761


Addendum 2

Quebec billionaire accused of paying minors for sex to sell Future Electronics for $5B
Robert Miller stepped down as chairman, CEO in 2023-02
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/robert-miller-future-electronic-sale-1.6966761

* Miller faces class-action lawsuit alleging he paid underage girls for sex
* selling Future Electronics Inc. for $5 billion to Taiwanese semiconductor distributor WT Microelectronics
* Future Electronics wholly owned by Miller

#Canada #RobertMiller #DefundBillionaires #SexualAbuse #SexualPredation #FutureElectronics


Regardless of the applicability, I'm taking issue with the clickbait headline and use of culture war-charged divisive rhetoric e.g. "grooming". 🤬
Shape the f. up, CBC - adhere to a higher editorial / journalistic standard. 🤨

nostr:npub1kcsn6a0vgyppyn4p5urc64cyw23t2jjcj6t6vz2qe2c7ry6xdyrsfdeu4j 🇨🇦

Man who sexually groomed 12-year-old B.C. girl sentenced to 32 years in U.K. prison
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-grooming-sex-abuse-uk-sentence-1.6967002

#CBC #NationalMedia #NewsMedia #ethics #EditorialStandards #CultureWars #transphobia #homophobia #neoconservatism #Canada


A3 cont'd

Wisconsin’s Gerrymandering Is Sparking a Constitutional Crisis
Badger State Republicans’ desire to hold onto power is running afoul of democracy
https://newrepublic.com/article/175553/wisconsins-gerrymandering-sparking-constitutional-crisis

* Wisconsin the poster child for what happens when political party [GOP] wins 1 election, draws maps to entrench itself in power, does everything it can to keep itself in office forever

#Wisconsin #Protasiewicz #RobinVos #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #gerrymandering #ElectoralFraud


A9 cont'd 2/

No One Man Should Have All That Power
As “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk continues his campaign of censorship at Twitter, we’re getting an exhibition in the outsized power of billionaires to shape our politics
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/twitter-elon-musk-free-speech-media-ukraine-starlink/

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#Musk #oligarchy #WarInUkraine


Ron DeSantis Promises Extrajudicial Killings at Border
Florida governor's horrifying new plan for what he would do if elected president
https://newrepublic.com/post/175570/ron-desantis-extrajudicial-killings-border

* laid out the policy during a Wednesday night interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity
* DeSantis used phrase “stone cold dead” before when discussing the border
* DeSantis superPAC "Never Back Down" made the phrase the focus of a campaign ad

#DeSantis #neofascism #transphobia #GOP #GOPmenace #migrants #immigrants #MassMigration #HumanRights


Addendum 12

DeSantis Didn’t Disclose Trips Paid by Wealthy Donors
https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-didnt-disclose-trips-paid-for-by-wealthy-donors-report

* FL home builder Mori Hosseini; DeSantis directed $92 million l/o COVID-19 federal relief funds to pay for highway interchange that directly benefited a housing project of Hosseini
* John Cwik

DeSantis took undisclosed private flights and lodging through wealthy donors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/14/ron-desantis-private-flights

#DeSantis #neofascism #transphobia #GOP #GOPmenace #MoriHosseini #JohnCwik #corporations #DefundCorporations


Addendum 2

Naomi Klein on New Book “Doppelganger” & How Conspiracy Culture Benefits Ruling Elite
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/14/naomi_klein_doppelganger

* Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: https://naomiklein.org/doppelganger
* explores "mirror world:" growing right-wing alternate universe of misinformation & conspiracies
* while identifying real problems opp. exploits them to advance hateful & divisive agenda

#NaomiWolf #NaomiKlein #Doppelganger #neoconservatism #CultureWars #ConspiracyTheorists #populism #feminism #disinformation #elitism


Addendum 7

Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent
Officials in Georgia are covering up the police killing of a protester & waging a chilling assault on the right to protest
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/cori-bush-rashida-tlaib-cop-city

* started out as local fight over $90 million, 85-acre militarized police base near Atlanta,known as Cop City
* turned into 1 of most extreme cases of gov. overreach, oppression, & violence

#Atlanta #RICO #StopCopCity #RightToProtest #neofascism #DefundPolice #Tortuguita #MurderByCop #assassination


Addendum 15

Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe ready to use notwithstanding clause to protect new school pronoun and name rule
Clause would allow provincial government to pass laws that override certain Charter rights for up to 5 years

Notwithstanding clause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms

https://persagen.com >> search: Scott Moe"

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Addendum 5

How mobile apps illegally share your personal data
https://noyb.eu/en/how-mobile-apps-illegally-share-your-personal-data
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37506386

* apps illegally access/share users pers. data w. 3rd parties as soon as apps opened
* users don’t have choice of consent/prevent sharing of their data

NOYB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOYB
* European Center for Digital Rights (styled as "noyb: none of your business")
* non-profit privacy activism organization

#privacy #surveillance #BigTech #capitalism #ethics #NOYB #MobileApps


A1 cont'd

Relevant: excellent documentary "The Price of Truth"
https://eztv.re/ep/1993474/ch4-the-price-of-truth-1080p-hdtv-x265-aac-mvgroup

2021 Nobel Peace Prize: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Nobel_Peace_Prize
* Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov "for efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace"

See also thread: spyware, NSO Group, Pegasus
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111032382993993667

#journalism #MariaRessa #DmitryMuratov #NobelPrize #Russia #Putin #WarInUkraine #AttacksOnJournalists #spyware #NSOGroup #NSO #Pegasus


Addendum 1

How attackers hijacked phone of Meduza co-founder Galina Timchenko
1st Russian journalist to infected with Pegasus spyware
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/09/13/the-million-dollar-reporter
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37496589

* 1st confirmed case of Pegasus attack against Russian journalist
* Access Now, Citizen Lab, Meduza report which states might have spent millions of dollars to hijack Timchenko’s phone

#IndependentNews #IndendentJournalism #NewsMedia #Meduza #GalinaTimchenko #NSO #spyware #NSOGroup #Pegasus #CitizenLab


[thread] Meduza, Galina Timchenko

Meduza: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza
* Russian, English language independent news website, headquartered in Riga, Latvia

Galina Timchenko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Timchenko
* Russian journalist, executive editor, owner, Meduza

#IndependentNews #IndendentJournalism #NewsMedia #Meduza #GalinaTimchenko


Global Survey of Democracy Finds Sobering & Alarming Results
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/09/global-survey-democracy-finds-sobering-alarming-results

* recent epidemic of coups in Africa:  military take-overs in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gabon

Open Society Barometer
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/focus/open-society-barometer
* annual global survey f. Open Society Foundations

Note re: Open Society Foundations [George Soros]

https://persagen.com >> search: "Open Society Foundations" AND Soros

#democracy #neofascism #GOP #OpenSocietyFoundations #DarkMoney #GeorgeSoros #DefundBillionaires

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Addendum 1

California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/calif-passes-strongest-right-to-repair-bill-yet-requiring-7-years-of-parts
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37507226

* iFixit, a seller of repair parts and tools and advocate for right-to-repair laws 👍
* surprisingly joined by CA company w. a history of opposing repair laws: Apple 🤔

SB-244 Right to Repair Act.(2023-2024)
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB244

#California #CaliforniaSB244 #iFixit #AppleInc #ConsumerRights #RightToRepair #corporations #DefundCorporations


[thread] Right to repair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_repair
* legal right for owners of devices, equipment to freely modify & repair products
* e.g.  automobiles, electronics, farm equipment
* framed in opposition to restrictions such as requirements to use only the manufacturer's maintenance services, restrictions on access to tools & components, & software barriers

#ConsumerRights #RightToRepair #corporations #DefundCorporations #JohnDeere #Apple

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[history: Isaac Newton, Royal Mint]

Don’t mess with a genius
https://shreevatsa.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/dont-mess-with-a-genius/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37501231

* subsection: "Arch-nemesis"
* William Chaloner, counterfeiter ... aggravated Newton
* Newton made it his goal to destroy him
* over 2 yrs set about accumulating evidence, witnesses
* Chaloner was convicted, hanged, drawn, quartered

Isaac Newton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Royal_Mint
William Chaloner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chaloner

#history #IsaacNewton #RoyalMint #counterfeiting


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Namoli Brennet: Rebel Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wyDUrwg5X8

Authentic, well crafted, performed, recorded, presented.
The YouTube entry should have more than the (2023-09-13) 47 views | 2 upvotes. 🤔

Namoli Brennet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namoli_Brennet
https://namolibrennet.com

Namoli is a fabulous #indie musician/artist.

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #NamoliBrennet #TransArtists #TransMusicians #TLM #TransLivesMatter


Anecdote (true story): I lived in a fraternity house (Halifax N.S.: PKP) for 3.5 yrs (2 stints).
Moved out but attended party following evening (Saturday). Left around midnight.
Following day (Sunday) showed up with a Tim's (Tim Horton's coffee 🇨🇦 ☕) to hear everyone raving about Jeff Healey, who had played downtown the night of the party. 🤦
Someone brought Jeff up to PKP and he played a song or two.
Fate can be mischevious, eh? 😂


Addendum 8

CMHC: Canada short 3.5M housing units for 2030
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/we-need-to-get-a-lot-of-stuff-built-cmhc-finds-canada-still-short-3-5m-housing-units-for-2030-1.6560531

* Canada needs 3.5 million housing units by 2030 on top of what it plans to build by 2030
* CHMC economist says this goal may likely not attainable

Housing Shortages in Canada: Solving the Affordability Crisis
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/accelerate-supply/housing-shortages-canada-solving-affordability-crisis

Estimating how much housing we’ll need by 2030
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/blog/2023/estimating-how-much-housing-we-need-by-2030

#Canada #AffordableHousing #CMHC #HumanRights #inflation #corporations #DefundCorporations #PrivateEquity


Addendum 1

Climate change exacerbates deadly floods worldwide
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/13/1199273629/climate-change-exacerbates-deadly-floods-worldwide

* catastrophic floods in Libya killed 5,100+ people: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/13/1199202172/libya-floods-dam-derna-death-toll
* disaster follows string of deadly floods around world: China, Brazil, Greece
* in every case extremely heavy rain to blame
* reinforces profound danger posed by climate-driven rain storms
*  need for better warning systems/infrastructure

#floods #ClimateDisasters #Libya #LibyanFloods #ClimateDisaster #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming


Addendum 4 cont'd 2/

* given latest plan by Mark Lee Dickson - pastor at Sovereign Love Church in East Texas, aimed at halting so-called abortion trafficking - if this dystopic vision of intrastate abortion border guards might someday become a reality

https://persagen.com >> search: "Mark Lee Dickson"

#Texas #abortion #GOP #ChristianRight #neofascism #Gilead #HandmaidsTale #MarkLeeDickson #SovereignLoveChurch #theocracy #DominionTheocracy #WomensRights #neoconservatism #dystopia

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Addendum 4 cont'd

* suggested Kathrin went to Holland to obtain abortion, a crime under German law even if legal where performed
* she was transported to nearby hospital, subj. to degrading forced vaginal exam

* imagine guards stationed at Texas-New Mexico border, or travel routes leading f. an abortion ban state into protective one, with power to detain those transporting pregnant persons suspected of seeking abortions

#Texas #abortion #GOP #ChristianRight #neofascism #Gilead #HandmaidsTale


Addendum 4

How Texas Plans to Trap Abortion Seekers
Anti-abortion activists and elected officials hope to keep abortion seekers walled in within the borders of their home states
https://msmagazine.com/2023/09/13/texas-abortion-travel-ban-sanctuary-city

* 1991:  Kathrin K., husband stopped by German border guards as they crossed  into Germany f.  Holland
*  guards found “incriminating evidence:” plastic bag w. nightgown, sanitary pad, towels

#Texas #abortion #WomensRights #GOP #neoconservatism #HeartbeatBill #Gilead #HandmaidsTale


Addendum 3

Judge Blocks the Texas Law Allowing Vigilante Anti-Abortion Enforcement
Doctors have been afraid to end pregnancies, even in legally authorized emergencies


Addendum 2

Lawsuit over Texas abortion ban could be model in other states
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110821292844728095

* Texas lawsuit asserts abortion ban imperils women by dissuading doctors f. ending dangerous pregnancies
* could provide template for challenges across U.S.

Texas Judge: Doctors Can Use ‘Good Faith Judgment’ in Providing Abortions
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110837939844672399

* relates to infamous Texas Heartbeat Act of 2021
https://persagen.com >> search: texas AND heartbeat
"jonathan mitchell"


Addendum 3

WI GOP “Nonpartisan” Redistricting Bill Still Lets Them Draw Maps
https://truthout.org/articles/wi-gop-offers-nonpartisan-redistricting-bill-that-still-lets-them-draw-maps

* Republicans can’t impeach justice Janet Protasiewicz, who would likely rule against current maps
* purportedly nonpartisan redistricting process
* sounds good; doesn’t actually change continued GOP gerrymandering
* since 2011 GOP won WI state legislature largely due to their gerrymandered districts

#Wisconsin #Protasiewicz #RobinVos #GOP #neofascism #democracy #gerrymandering #ElectoralFraud


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https://persagen.com >> search: netflix AND "dave chappelle"

#Netflix #DaveChappelle #transphobia #TLM #TransLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter

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Addendum 1

Fed. Judge Robert Hinkle Allows Restrictions on Florida Trans Adult Care
https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-refuses-to-lift-restrictions-on-trans-adult-care-in-florida
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4200470-florida-judge-allows-restrictions-on-adult-transgender-care-to-take-effect

* 2023-05: FL joined 12 other states banning gender-affirming health care for transgender minors
* FL Senate Bill 254
* barriers for transgender adults: hormone therapy; gender-affirming surgery

https://persagen.com >> search: "Florida Senate Bill 254 of 2023"
"Florida Senate Bill 254 of 2023" AND "Robert Hinkle"

#FloridaSB254 #DeSantis #transphobia #GOP

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Addendum 14

Ontario teachers union slams Ford gov. for harmful comments on gender expression
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/teachers-union-slams-ford-government-for-harmful-comments-on-gender-expression-in-schools-1.6559975

* Premier Doug Ford, Education Minister Stephen Lecce suggested public educators trying to “indoctrinate” kids who decide to use different pronouns

https://persagen.com >> search: doug ford" AND transphob*
("doug ford" OR "stephen lecce") AND transphob*

Doug Ford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ford
Stephen Lecce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Lecce

#Ontario #education #transphobia #DougFord

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Addendum 5 cont'd 2/

[2023-09-13] Big Three Autoworkers Getting Ready to Strike As Negotiations Come Down to Wire
United Auto Workers’ contract w. the Big Three automakers expires tomorrow at midnight
If no agreement is reached, UAW ready to strike to recoup concessions made over past 2 decades, end tiers, & boost wages
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/big-three-auto-industry-strike-deadline-uaw-wages-tiers

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires


Addendum 4: Commoditization of debt

Credit card debt collection
https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/the-waste-stream-of-consumer-finance
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37490241

Commoditization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commoditization
* process by which goods that have economic value end up becoming simple commodities in eyes of market, consumers, corporarations

#ommoditization #debt #ConsumerDebt #poverty #PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #avarice #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #GOP


Addendum 5 cont'd

Automakers Hand Billions To Shareholders While Stiffing Workers
Big Three car companies authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks
https://www.levernews.com/automakers-hand-billions-to-shareholders-while-stiffing-workers/

* in past 12 mo. Big Three automakers - General Motors, Ford, Stellantis - auth. $5 billion in stock buybacks
* gives billions of dollars to shareholders that could have gone to autoworkers

Big Three: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_(automobile_manufacturers)

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires


Addendum 1

Elon Musk Almost Hired Rudy Giuliani Until He Met Him in Person
Rudy Giuliani was too sleazy even for Elon Musk
https://newrepublic.com/post/175529/elon-musk-almost-hired-rudy-giuliani-met-person

* Musk wanted to recruit Rudy Giuliani in early 2000s to help turn PayPal into a bank
* outgoing NYC mayor was too skeezy even for Musk, according to Musk biography

#Giuliani #Musk #PayPal #Trumpism #neofascism #oligarchy #meritocracy #transphobia #CultureWars #corporations #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires


Addendum 9 cont'd

Elon Musk’s Private Interests Should Not Dictate Public Policy
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/elon-musks-private-interests-should-not-dictate-public-policy/

* in deciding to deploy Starlink satellite technology Musk became essential part of Ukrainian gov. wartime communication infrastructure
* damage this concentration of power has wrought is irrefutable
* Musk lacks credentials, expertise, popular support to act on behalf of those directly implicated in the war
* continues to do so simply by virtue of his wealth

#Musk #oligarchy #WarInUkraine


Addendum 37

Trump Privately Encouraging GOP Lawmakers to Impeach Biden
Former president talked regularly w. members of House Freedom Caucus, other congressional Republicans who pushed for impeachment
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/trump-gop-biden-impeachment.html

Freedom Caucus: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110674176940078951
* as member of Congress, Ron DeSantis was founding member of far-right Freedom Caucus: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110741234760414431

#Trump #Trumpism #neofascism #Biden #impeachment #GOP #FreedomCaucus #MTG #MarjorieTaylorGreene


[thread] Citizens For Sanity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Sanity
* PAC; ran ads in lead-up to 2022 U.S. elections supporting conservatives

https://persagen.com >> search: "Citizens For Sanity"
"stephen miller"
"Citizens For Sanity" AND "stephen miller"

Dark money group Citizens For Sanity runs Ohio attack ads against Sherrod Brown
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/09/13/dark-money-group-running-attack-ads-in-ohio-with-almost-no-public-disclosures

Stephen Miller
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110868530615144811
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110946168248147332

#CitizensForSanity #StephenMiller #DarkMoney #GOP #neoconservatism #SherrodBrown

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Addendum 3

Charter-School Movement’s New Divide
Catholic charter in Oklahoma would represent a profound shift for American education—and for the charter-school movement itself
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/charter-schools-religion-public-secular/675293

* online school would participate in “evangelizing mission of the [Catholic] Church,”

#Oklahoma #CharterSchools #ChristianRight #education #CultureWars #PublicEducation #Catholicism #ChristianNationalism #DominionTheology #theocracy #whiteSupremacism #neoconservatism #HistoricalRevisionism


Addendum 2

The Christian nationalist charter school next door
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110532378707131333

Evisceration of a Public University
West Virginia University being gutted: Preview of what’s ahead for higher education
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110900997998167536

"Religious Indoctrination:" Oklahoma Officials Approve Catholic Public School
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110498741046519293

#Oklahoma #CharterSchools #ChristianRight #education #CultureWars #PublicEducation #Catholicism #ChristianNationalism #theocracy #whiteSupremacism


Calamity: Libyan Floods deaths top 6,000
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/13/libya_floods

2023 Libyan floods: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Daniel#Libya

* catastrophic cyclone
* 2 dams burst; flooded city of Derna
* storm victims buried in mass graves
* hope dwindles for those unable to locate friends/family
* Libya’s infrastructure crumbled: years of civil war, NATO intervention, political instability

Donate

Unicef: https://help.unicef.org/libya-floods/corporate_template?language=en
Islamic Relief: https://islamic-relief.org/appeals/libya-floods-appeal/

#Libya #LibyanFloods #ClimateDisaster #HumanitarianAid


Addendum 2

Wisconsin Republicans Remind Us They Really Hate Democracy
GOP's stranglehold on WI Supreme Court in peril following judicial election
Republicans seek to impeach Janet Protasiewicz before court can toss state’s rigged election maps
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/wisconsin-republicans-democracy-janet-protasiewicz-voting-rights-gerrymandering

Breathtaking Contempt for People of WI
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/opinion/wisconsin-judge-impeachment-democracy.html

Gerrymandering Project - Wisconsin: https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/reforms/WI

#Wisconsin #Protasiewicz #GOP #neofascism #democracy #gerrymandering #ElectoralFraud


Addendum 3 cont'd 2/

Child poverty is a choice
https://popular.info/p/child-poverty-is-a-choice

* 2022: child poverty rate spiked to 12.4%
*  7.2% than 2021, per U.S. Census: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/newsroom/press-kits/2023/iphi/20230912-iphi-slides-poverty.pdf
* children who exp. poverty endure immediate hardships: food insecurity/hunger; inadequate clothing; lack of health care; overcrowded/substandard housing/homelessness"
* long-term consequences of child poverty are severe: https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/0713_dutta-gupta_testimony.pdf

#poverty #PovertyIndustrialComplex #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #GOP


Addendum 9

Section 230: Can We Talk About It?
https://cepr.net/section-230-can-we-talk-about-it/
2023-09-09 Dean Baker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Baker

* Musk’s erratic behavior, fondness for far-right propagandists chased people f. Twitter/X
* still has reach dwarfing even largest traditional media outlets

Section 230: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230
* immunity for online computer services wrt 3rd-party content generated by its users

#section230 #Musk #twitter #DefundCorporations #NewsMedia #disinformation #CultureWars #FreeSpeech

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Addendum 13 cont'd

* 2023-05: secondary school shelves full of books; grad. started to disappear
* 2023-09:  rows of empty shelves w. no books: ~50% books gone
* new process intended to ensure library books are inclusive
*  led schools to remove 1,000s books pub. in 2008/earlier
* weeding by date not normal, erases important history
* parents/students looking for answers f. school board

#Canada #education #BookBans #populism #Ontario  #FarRight #CultureWars #transphobia #SOGI #ChristianRight


Addendum 13
See also Addendum 10

CANADA! 🤬

"Empty shelves w. absolutely no books." Students, parents question school board's library weeding process
Confusion around new equity-based process
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332

* "confusion" | "equity-based" 🤨
* Harry Potter |  Hunger Games | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - examples of books no longer found in Mississauga public high school library

#Canada #education #BookBans #populism #Ontario  #FarRight #CultureWars #transphobia #SOGI #ChristianRight


Addendum 7

Prime Minister Trudeau to announce 1st step in new housing strategy
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/pm-trudeau-fraser-to-announce-first-step-in-new-housing-strategy-source-1.6559265

* h/e no new funding
* previously earmarked funds will be used w/i existing funding structure
* populism/wealth protects wealth:  will be across spectrum, not just low income bracket
* Trudeau wrapped 2023-08 cabinet strategy session w/o any concrete actions on this front
* response: populist rhetoric by Poilievre

#Canada #politics #Trudeau #AffordableHousijng #inflation #inaction #populism


Report quietly pub. by Ontario gov. finds number of heat days to triple
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/report-quietly-published-by-ontario-government-finds-number-of-heat-days-to-triple-1.6559540

* climate change sig. impacts everything: agriculture to infrastructure
* majority of Ont. will avg. 60+ extreme hot d/yr by end of century
* report commissioned 2020; published 2023-01; released publicly 2023-08-25
* Climate Risk Institute: https://climateriskinstitute.ca/

Ontario Provincial Climate Change Impact Assessment
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-provincial-climate-change-impact-assessment

#Canada #Ontario #ClimateChange #HeatStress #ExtremeHeat


Addendum 3

‘It Will Take the Breath Out of You’: Prisoners Describe Extreme Nighttime Heat in Texas Units
TDCJ will allocate $85 million to provide more air conditioning. In the meantime, people are sweltering in their beds
https://www.texasobserver.org/prison-heat-air-conditioning-texas-summer/


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Carly Simon: I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xjQRBh8kw

Carly Simon - Torch
[playlist] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9GFj3zlZCk&list=PLbQETjerVZYFeIXe0_v7KT1WfnHla4d6L
*1981 album devoted to standards, namely torch songs, relating unrequited love/rejection
* recorded during marriage breakup to James Taylor; announced afterelease of album
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_(Carly_Simon_album)

Sarah Vaughan - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PF3xog09X8

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #CarlySimon #SarahVaughan #jazz

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Addendum 3

Notes on (excluded @ Persagen.com: red-flagged 🛑) sources linked to Ezra Levant:

National Post: https://persagen.com/docs/sources.html#national_post
Rebel News:https://persagen.com/docs/sources.html#rebel_news
Sum Media: https://persagen.com/docs/sources.html#sun_media
Western Standard: https://persagen.com/docs/sources.html#western_standard

#EzraLevant #RebelNews #trolls #disinformation #FarRight #CultureWars #FakeNews #NationalPost #SunMedia #WesternStandard #DerekFildebrandt #BrianLilley #JackPosobiec #whiteSupremacism #RichardSpencer #CharlesKoch #FraserInstitute #xenophobia

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Addendum 2

Court orders environment minister to unblock Rebel News founder on X
Ezra Levant launched legal action 2 yrs ago claiming minister violated his constitutional rights
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/steven-guilbeault-must-unblock-ezra-levant-1.6964294
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/environment-minister-must-unblock-rebel-news-founder-levant-on-x-under-court-order-1.6558377

* Steven Guilbeault must unblock Ezra Levant on Twitter/X
* Levant argued his inability to see/respond to Guilbeault's posts limited his ability to engage in debate on matters of public concern

#EzraLevant #RebelNews #trolls #disinformation #FarRight #Twitter


Addendum 1

[2023-06-23] Organizers of Far-Right Rally Targeting Ottawa Schools Attended Secret Meeting at Toronto’s Elite Albany Club
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110600760608379283

[2010-10-15] Right-Wing Media Outlet Accredited For Leaders’ Debate is Also Registered as a Charity for Immigrants
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110600743773729266

#EzraLevant #RebelNews #trolls #disinformation #FarRight #WesternObserver #SunMedia #CultureWars #neoconservatism #FakeNews #Canada #education #AlbanyClub


[thread] Ezra Levant, Rebel News

Ezra Levant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Levant
* Canadian conservative media personality, political activist, writer, broadcaster, former lawyer
* founder/former publisher of conservative magazine, The Western Standard
* co-founder, owner, CEO of far-right media website Rebel News

https://persagen.com >> search: "Ezra Levant" OR "Rebel News"

#EzraLevant #RebelNews #trolls #disinformation #FarRight #WesternObserver #SunMedia #CultureWars #neoconservatism #FakeNews

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Addendum 3 cont'd

In 1 Year Child Poverty in U.S. More Than Doubled
Staggering rise follows GOP & Joe Manchin’s crusade to kill expanded child care credit
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/child-poverty-rate-child-tax-credit

Poverty in United States: 2022
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/demo/p60-280.html

https://persagen.com >> search: "joe manchin"

#GOP #JoeManchin #poverty #Medicaid #PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #PrivateEquity #corporations #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #WealthInequality #inflation #CorporateGreed #avarice #DefundBillionaires

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test only don't boost fav bookmark

#eecho9


🎵 Morning ☮-in

[audio] Aerial Boundaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6pbzD4sRos

[live] Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaIN13aDbCc

See also: Harpejji
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110912485477772657

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #harpejji #MichaelHedges #AerialBoundaries


Addendum 3 cont'd 2/

[2020-03-30] Canadians w/o job before COVID-19: WEhat help can they get?
https://globalnews.ca/news/6749701/cerb-unemployed-graduates-students-coronavirus

* “huge oversight” - David Macdonald, senior economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
* Cdn gov.: CERB for those who lost income “for reasons related to COVID-19”
* other workers excluded f. CERB safety net are those who exhausted EI benefits beforehe pandemic

#Canada #Trudeau #Liberals #COVID19 #capitalism #pandemic #UBI #CERB #corporations #socialism #CPPA


🎵 Morning ☮-in

Enya - Orinoco Flow (Official 4K Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw

Namaste 🙏 🕊
#MorningPeaceIn #Enya #OrinocoFlow


Addendum 2 cont'd 3/

* residents who speak very little/no English who live in communities dominated by local news outlets that only provide news & information in English confront another serious problem
* they live in linguistic news deserts

#NewsMedia #journalism #LocalNews #FourthEstate #IndependentJournalism #LocalNews #NewsDeserts #multiculturalism #DigitalRights #HumanRights #democracy #disinformation


Addendum 2 cont'd 2/

* lack of access to credible news facilitates spread of disinformation
* drives up political social polarization
* erodes trust in news media
* can exacerbate the digital divide between residents w. good internet access who can seek out diverse sources of news & people w. poor/no connectivity

#NewsMedia #journalism #LocalNews #FourthEstate #IndependentJournalism #LocalNews #NewsDeserts #multiculturalism #DigitalRights #HumanRights #democracy #disinformation


Addendum 2 cont'd

* news deserts expanding: 2 decades ago U.S. had 9,000 newspapers; 2019: 6,700
*of U.S.' 3,143 counties, 200 have no newspaper/other sources credible news
* Half these counties only have 1 newspaper and 2/3 do not have daily newspaper
* losses especially glaring in Midwest, East

#NewsMedia #journalism #LocalNews #FourthEstate #IndependentJournalism #LocalNews #NewsDeserts #multiculturalism #DigitalRights #HumanRights #democracy #disinformation


Addendum 2

Language Barriers Complicate the Geography of News Deserts
Lack of access to local bilingual news isolates people who speak little or no English
https://prospect.org/culture/2023-09-08-language-barriers-news-deserts

#NewsMedia #journalism #LocalNews #FourthEstate #IndependentJournalism #LocalNews #NewsDeserts #multiculturalism #DigitalRights #HumanRights #democracy #disinformation


Utah school district will update book policy after ‘lessons learned’ f. Bible ban 🤦♀
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/09/08/after-bible-uproar-here-are-5-ways

* controversy faced around banning The Bible
* Davis School District revising policy to handle future book challenges 🤨
* parent said Bible should be removed for cont. scenes of incest, bestiality & rape KJV
* frustrated by other book removals under 2022 state law passed
* that measure pushed by conservative grps targeting LGBTQ+

#Utah #Bible #BookBans #CultureWars #ChristianRight


Addendum 36 cont'd

Peter Navarro’s Play For Trump Pardon Shows How Broken Things Really Are
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/navarros-play-for-a-trump-pardon-shows-how-broken-things-really-are

* I’ve not seen a stupider white-collar criminal than Navarro:
* refused to comply with the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena
* couldn’t get Trump to assert exec. privilege on his behalf
* went to trial with no defense; put on no witnesses
* jury deliberated 4 hrs; convicted him on both counts of contempt of Congress
* due to be sentenced 2024-01

#PeterNavarro #Trump #GOP #Ineptitude


Study links epigenetic changes to historic trauma in Alaska Native communities
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230907205950.htm

* specific epigenetic differences observed in those in Alaska Native communities who reported experiencing most intense symptoms of distress wh. reflecting on historic losses

Association between gene methylation & experiences of historical trauma in Alaska Native peoples
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-023-01967-7

#Alaska #Indigenous #epigenetics #CulturalGenocide #neocolonialism #trauma #genetics

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Addendum 12

Christian group says it influenced Saskatchewan government over pronoun rules
https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/christian-group-says-it-influenced-saskatchewan-government-over-pronoun-rules-1.6553468


Addendum 2

Accused in University of Waterloo stabbings faces terrorism charges
Geovanny Villalba-Aleman also faces attempted murder, assault, weapons counts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-stabbings-1.6960701

* recent graduate of UWaterloo
* faces 11 other federal charges in connection with attack that sent associate professor, 2 students to hospital
* expected in court 2023-09-15

#Canada #hate #CultureWars #Ontario #UWaterloo #lgbt #homophobia #transphobia #extremism #hatred #education #education #FarRight


Ex-military general says Canada being destroyed by 'woke movement'
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ex-military-general-says-canada-being-destroyed-by-woke-movement-1.6553103

* Michel & Barbara Maisonneuve at Conservative Party convention
* derided P.M. Trudeau's "woke agenda"
* "focused on virtue signalling" <<  ? 🤨 >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling
*  2022 speech in Ottawa: Maisonneuve criticized Trudeau gov. climate change policies, denounced cancel culture

J.O. Michel Maisonneuve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.O._Michel_Maisonneuve

#Canada #wokism #CultureWars #populism #neoconservatism #ConservativeParty


Addendum11

CCLA lawsuit asks court to quash parental consent rule in N.B.'s gender-identity policy
Revised policy gives parents a say in whether teachers can use students' chosen pronouns, names
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-gender-identity-policy-713-ccla-1.6960466


Addendum 4

Flush w. cash, Conservatives roll out more ads touting Poilievre
Party earmarking money for next election; plans to hit $30M Elections Canada spending cap
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-plan-more-ads-flush-with-cash-1.6960461

* "Everything seems broken in Canada. Unaffordable. Unsafe. Divided. But we can put the pieces back together" he says while playing w. puzzle
* ads part of deliberate effort to soften his image & make him more appealing to swing voters in key ridings

#Canada #politics #Poilievre #populism #duplicity


Quelle surprise ... 🤨

Judge in Florida Abortion-Ban Case Married to Bill’s Co-Sponsor
Charles Canady sees no reason to recuse himself
https://newrepublic.com/post/175471/florida-judge-abortion-six-week-ban-charles-canady-cosponsor

* DeSantis signed 2023-04 6-wk abortion ban law
* Jennifer Canady co-sponsored bill

Charles Canady: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Canady
* in Trump's list of potential SCOTUS nominees

Jennifer Canady: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Canady
* Education & Employment Committee, FL House Representatives

#Florida #GOP #abortion #CharlesCanady #JenniferCanady #DeSantis


Addendum 1 cont'd

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110992233790642008
[2023-09-01] Regardless of who's in power, politics/economics in Canada are tightly interwoven. E.g. Trudeau / Jody Wilson-Raybould / SNC Lavalin fiasco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNC-Lavalin_affair
It's the same in provincial (B.C. politics) - NDP, whomever - all equally ineffectual, inept.
NDP performance, campaigning in last election or two - when most needed - shockingly inept.

#Canada #politics #NDP


Addendum 1

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110884130371501708
[2023-08-13] Sadly the NDP are a joke in every province/nationally/election
We are unfortunately a 2-party system, under the influence of corporations (e.g. Trudeau / Jody Wilson-Raybould / SNC Lavalin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Wilson-Raybould#SNC-Lavalin_affair) & the increasingly far-right Conservative Party under the control of populist, conspiratorial puppets like Pierre Poilievre (e.g. billionaire influence of Chip Wilson in western politics; neoliberal propaganda via Fraser Institute ...)


[thread] Canada, politics, NDP

New Democratic Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democratic_Party
* federal political party in Canada\
* social democratic; left to centre-left;  left of Liberal Party of Canada

#Canada #politics #NDP


Addendum 1

CAR-T-cell therapy w/o side effects
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230907162605.htm

* pts exp. incredible recoveries after CAR-T-cell therapy
* also endure incredibly strong side effects
* partly due to lymphodepleting chemotherapy before CAR-T-cells reinfused
* Can CAR-T-cell therapy be performed w/o lymphodepleting chemotherapy?

Efficient T cell adoptive transfer in lymphoreplete hosts mediated by transient activation of Stat5 signaling
https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/molecular-therapy/fulltext/S1525-0016(23)00395-7

#cancer #Tcells #immunotherapy #Stat5

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Sohrab Ahmari

The Conservative Who Turned Against Corporate America
Sohrab Ahmari makes case against big business. But how convincing is his commitment to workers?
https://newrepublic.com/article/175354/sohrab-ahmari-conservative-against-corporate-america

Sohrab Ahmari: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab_Ahmari
* an Iranian-American columnist, editor, author
* Roman Catholic
* founding editor online magazine Compact; contributing editor The Catholic Herald
* supports both Trump, Viktor Orbán

#SohrabAhmari #neoconservatism #transphobia #UAustin #CultureWars #ChristianRight

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Addendum 3

Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other
Film & television workers find support f. fellow workers: hotel employees to Teamsters
https://therealnews.com/summer-of-strikes-summer-of-solidarity-la-workers-lean-on-each-other

* Los Angeles a hotbed of labor activity 2023
* picket line creates gathering space wh. coworkers & fellow workers meet / congregate in person, outside of work
* atmosphere of fellowship, newly found common ground.

#HotelWorkers #TradeUnions #unions #Teamsters #LosAngeles #WGA #SAGAFTRA #SEIU #IATSE


Kumari Jayawardena: Feminism and Nationalism in Third World
https://progressive.international/wire/2023-08-31-kumari-jayawardena-feminism-and-nationalism-in-the-third-world/en

* movements across Asia intertwined w. broader national struggles
* reflect complex interplay betw. capitalist development, societal norms, women's emancipation
* democratic movement for women’s rights & feminist struggles in Asia

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_and_Nationalism_in_the_Third_World
https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/166-feminism-and-nationalism-in-the-third-world

#feminism #ationalism #ThirdWorld #WomensRights #capitalism #Asia


cont'd

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110540184068126055

Who Paid for a Mysterious Spy Tool? The FBI, an FBI Inquiry Found
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110809578692218555

Cellebrite asks cops to keep phone hacking tech ‘hush hush’
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110923307570358560

https://persagen.com >> search: "nso group" OR pegasus OR "citizen lab"

#CitizenLab #MunkSchool #NSO #NSOgroup #exploits #CellPhones #security #surveillance #spyware #Pegasus #BLASTPASS