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Pentagon report on UFO
*US not hiding aliens or UFO technology from the
public, Pentagon says.*
I believe it. If anyone had been reverse-engineering alien technology
for decades, there would be some successes by now, and we would be
inquiring about how anyone thought of them.
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Prevent Document
*"Socialism", "anti-fascism" and "anti-abortion" on [a UK]
list of terrorism
warning signs.*
Well, perhaps that is partly valid for anti-abortion-ism. Many of its
supporters in the US are indeed extremists who sometimes use violent
tactics, and threaten our democracy.
But anti-fascists and socialists are not dangerous. It is their enemies, the fascists and plutocratists, that are dangerous to society.
In any case, the UK's "prevent" program's methods are on the edge of
repression and sometimes drift fully into it.
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| 4:23a |
Chatbot disinfo
What various leading bullshit generators say about how and where to
vote in
US elections is full of errors.
If your voting info comes from a bullshit generator, you could
easily miss your opportunity to vote.
I expect they are equally lousy when it comes to facts that would
influence who you would vote for.
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| 4:51a |
Intimidation tactics by Putin forces
Ukrainian civic officials in regions conquered by the Putin forces
were imprisoned under very bad conditions to pressure
them to agree to
work for the Putin forces.
Ukrainians those regions who decline to vote in Putin's "democratic"
re-election ceremony are beaten up and given another opportunity to
vote for him.
The Putin forces
(I suggest not calling them "Russian")
have disappeared thousands of Ukrainians in the occupied territories
for showing in any way continuing to support Ukraine.
Suggestion to civilians who flee clandestinely: render your house
uninhabitable before you go. Why provide quarters to Putin forces
soldiers?
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| 4:51a |
Defending Cash
*The Luddite's Guide to
Defending Cash (Part 1).*
This is great advice for a way to convince people that cash is a good
system and we should not let it be taken away. It provides several
good arguments.
Missing from the article is awareness of the injustice of nonfree software.
The existing systems for digital payment on the internet typically require
users to run nonfree software, and that alone is a reason to refuse.
In my view, tracking all purchases is such a grave injustice
that non-cash payments for everyday life are actively dangerous.
The article views that as a trade-off between privacy and convenience.
I think that view is foolish.
But these disagreements don't invalidate the article and its suggestions
may be very useful. I am eager to see part 2.
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| 4:51a |
Momentum revised
Momentum, the left-wing camp of Labour, is considering ending its
formal affiliation with the Labour Party, and allowing people to join
it who are not
members of Labour.
This change is absolutely essential if Momentum is to have real
influence (on Labour, or on anyone). As long as the people in charge
of Labour are "we don't dare fix much of what the Tories have broken"
plutocratists like Starmer, they are only using Momentum and it cannot
influence them.
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