Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com
Admin
Joined Nov 2022
@realTuckFrumper Calls to recuse? Pissing into the wind.
Lou Katz
boosted
Revolution, fear and power: The unseen threads connecting Stalin’s Russia to modern America https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/stalin-maga/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Lou Katz
boosted
George Monbiot says...
__________________________
It is simply wrong to define neoliberalism as ‘free-market economics’. It's nothing of the kind. The ‘freedom’ that neoliberals celebrate – which sounds so beguiling when expressed in general terms – turns out to be freedom for the rich to exploit the rest.
As for ‘the market’, when used in the neoliberal context this term disguises a host of power relations. It becomes a euphemism for the power of money. When ‘the market’ decides, it means those with the money decide.
In reality, it’s about who dominates whom. Neoliberalism is a tool used by the very rich to accumulate more wealth and power.
Neoliberalism is class war.
__________________________
That's from his new book ⤵️
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534/the-invisible-doctrine-by-hutchison-george-monbiot-and-peter/9780241635902
Lou Katz
boosted
Trump Confirms He’s A Russian Asset By Claiming Putin Will Release Evan Gershkovich If He Wins https://www.politicususa.com/2024/05/23/trump-confirms-hes-a-russian-asset-by-claiming-putin-will-release-evan-gershkovich-if-he-wins.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Lou Katz
boosted
Oh #TIL. The whole "AI" scraping bots are *obviously* not paying attention to `nofollow`, `noindex`and so on. So now all kind of "SEO" spam prevention stuff you do on your websites is pointless now. Cool, cool, cool.
@realTuckFrumper Bullies gotta bully.
Lou Katz
boosted
Heads up to anyone using facebook or insta: you'll receive a notification about your data being used to train AIs. The opt out process is deliberately convoluted and you have to fill out a form to object. This is what I wrote in mine, and the objection was immediately registered as successful, so feel free to copy.
Masto reply bores, this is not a post on which to fart out your opinions about Meta or AI or whatever. So don't. I'm sharing helpful info for people who need it, not for you.
@realTuckFrumper Recusal? He should be expelled from the court. Or maybe we should just abolish the court.
Lou Katz
boosted
Lou Katz
boosted
IMPORTANT ALERT
2025 will be the first square-numbered year since 1936.
Plan accordingly.
@realTuckFrumper Can't have any of that pesky learning and facts stuff.
@realTuckFrumper Instead, he just aims to kill ALL Palestinians as being in the way.
Lou Katz
boosted
I sent Apple the first request for production of documents in the US Dept of Labor case (which already went to discovery).
I asked Apple for some very specific things & now, today, Apple's trying to stop discovery.
Lou Katz
boosted
'In 2020, Tom Lehrer put out a statement saying that he had placed everything he ever wrote in the public domain. His lyrics and sheet music are now available for anyone to use or perform without paying royalties. The statement ended: “Don’t send me any money.” This is unheard-of. Famous performers usually maximise their royalties income.' #copyright #music #publicdomain https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/22/my-songs-spread-like-herpes-why-did-satirical-genius-tom-lehrer-swap-worldwide-fame-for-obscurity
@lauren Working as intended!
@realTuckFrumper Did you JUST figure that out?
@SteveBellovin @enoclue @cstross If you think X apps moving around is bad, you should see my phone laptop. Put it in my pocket for a minute and ... poof!
@enoclue @SteveBellovin @cstross Ia there anything else that works as well as xterm?
@tristansnell They "MUST" but they will not, because they have never had ethics nor morals, only a lust for power.
@carlmalamud Many of us are, at an advanced age, "self-unemployed"
