Power Breeds Parasites

Anarcho-Communist. He/Him. Anti-Capitalist. Anti-Fascist. Anti-Authoritarian. Equality without Freedom is Slavery. Freedom without Equality is Chaos. Hater of Cops. Bootlickers do not interact

[gaslit-dipshits]

[appalachian-werewolf]

PoweredByWho — Who's Building Data Centers in Your Backyard?

Follow the money behind America's data center boom. Track 2,300+ projects, PAC spending, and the politicians who sign off on it.

[reasonsforhope]

Reasons for hope: Lots of amazing people did a ton of work to make this fantastic, fully interactive resource available - because no matter how bleak things seem, there are millions, and millions of people doing everything they can to protect both the world and their own communities.

You can use this to view and subscribe to updates, project statuses, and for at least some of them even whole dossiers. This is an amazing resource, I highly recommend checking it out

[daco-showman]

why can rockstar games institutionalise you for life like nikita kruschev for being autistic

[transhuman-priestess]

He didn't steal 10 million dollars. They made that number up as a loss, they never fucking had it. Rockstar has spent more than a billion fucking dollars on GTA VI and will likely make billions more when it gets released.

Uber is a fucking shell game of a company designed to leech investor capital and output bootleg cabs.

Nvidia posted a profit in 2023 of $4.37 billion. This is like someone stealing less than a penny from me.

And they lock this kid in a prison hospital for LIFE?

Capitalism is disgusting.

[fuckblast]

Nobody should buy GTA til they free Arion Kurtaj

[transhuman-priestess]

What with GTA VI going up for pre-order i'd just like to remind everyone that rockstar conspired with the UK government to lock an 18-year-old away for life for hacking them.

[spaghettioverdose-deactivated20]

It's really funny that redditors convinced themselves that the stupid Tiananmen Square copypasta is going to get chinese people forcefully disconnected from their internet service or something while the UK government will get your ass if you complete the sentence "Soldier F is ___" and has actively worked with google and with social media websites to censor posts or search results about Soldier F

[spaghettioverdose-deactivated20]

Like 90% of the shit people make up about China is actually true for the UK

[crionic-dubs]

Explainer: Why can 'Soldier F' not be named?

A man charged with the murders of two men and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in 1973 will not stand trial. Who is 'Soldier F' and w

David Cleary, mass murderer, aka Soldier F, named in Ireland's parliament. - Village Magazine

Deputy Peadar Tóibín, leader of Aontú, referred to Soldier F by his real name, David James Cleary, in  Dáil Éireann, the Irish parliament, y

[kropotkindersurprise]

In case the links ever go down, Soldier F is David James Cleary, a British paratrooper.

He murdered two Northern Irish people in Derry, in occupied Northern Ireland, who were demanding their civil rights on what was later called Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972. He wounded five more. In total 13 Northern irish unarmed protesters demanding equal rights were murdered by British paratroopers that day, with one additional person dying later on from their wounds.

[luntfontanne]

these photos are so insane. how the fuck do you live with the shame of this and still have the audacity to get on stage and say "what these tiktok zoomers don't understand is, well, in a way we are all complicit and we should all reflect on that" bro i was not the one who signed a 38 billion dollar military aid package in 2016. hope you are haunted by this every single waking moment for the rest of your life

[queeranarchism]



Since it's been a while since I sang the praises of my favorite book 'Anarchy Works' by Peter Gelderloos: here's a reminder that there is an easy to read anarchism book out there organized around frequently asked questions and it's online for free with the authors consent. I'll copy-paste them all just to showcase how great it is:

Introduction

Anarchy Would Never Work

What exactly is anarchism?

A note on inspiration

The tricky topic of representation

Recommended Reading

1. Human Nature

Aren’t people naturally selfish?

Aren’t people naturally competitive?

Haven’t humans always been patriarchal?

Aren’t people naturally warlike?

Aren’t domination and authority natural?

A broader sense of self

Recommended Reading

2. Decisions

How will decisions be made?

How will decisions be enforced?

Who will settle disputes?

Meeting in the streets

Recommended Reading

3. Economy

Without wages, what is the incentive to work?

Don’t people need bosses and experts?

Who will take out the trash?

Who will take care of the elderly and disabled?

How will people get healthcare?

What about education?

What about technology?

How will exchange work?

What about people who don’t want to give up a consumerist lifestyle?

What about building and organizing large, spread-out infrastructure?

How will cities work?

What about drought, famine, or other catastrophes?

Meeting our needs without keeping count

Recommended Reading

4. Environment

What’s to stop someone from destroying the environment?

What about global environmental problems, like climate change?

The only way to save the planet

Recommended Reading

5. Crime

Who will protect us without police?

What about gangs and bullies?

What’s to stop someone from killing people?

What about rape, domestic violence, and other forms of harm?

Beyond individual justice

Recommended Reading

6. Revolution

How could people organized horizontally possibly overcome the state?

How do we know revolutionaries won’t become new authorities?

How will communities decide to organize themselves at first?

How will reparations for past oppressions be worked out?

How will a common, anti-authoritarian, ecological ethos come about?

A revolution that is many revolutions

Recommended Reading

7. Neighboring Societies

Could an anarchist society defend itself from an authoritarian neighbor?

What will we do about societies that remain patriarchal or racist?

What will prevent constant warfare and feuding?

Networks not borders

Recommended Reading

8. The Future

Won’t the state just reemerge over time?

What about other problems we can’t foresee?

Making Anarchy Work

Recommended Reading

It Works When We Make It Work

There, all you gotta do is click the question and read! Or start at the beginning and read the whole book if you want the best reading experience. It’s one of my favorite books. It doesn’t cover everything but it’s a great place to start.

[oncewild]

for people who prefer audio, AudioAnarchist also has an audio version available on youtube [link to playlist here]. it's also available, along with other recordings from Audible Anarchism, in their podcast feed.

[foone]

Important rules for the "age verification" era of the internet that we're living in:

1. Do not do age verification.

2. If you have to do age verification, cheat. Do not under any circumstances give them your real ID.

[standwithdaanes]

having a process for people who have done morally horrific things to make amends, rejoin community, and do right going forward is actually fundamentally crucial for the left. having a clear and accessible pathway for people to be socially (if not interpersonally) forgiven is how you get people radicalized against capitalism and imperialism and white supremacy and patriarchy. its how you turn "these people think i am a bad person" into "these people think something and someone coerced or forced me into doing bad things, and these people want to help me do something about that."

if you want more revolutionaries, you must have a system to turn guilty, traumatized, angry bystanders and collaborators into revolutionaries. and I say a system and process because its not "oh the drone operator said they were sorry and felt bad so its all good now :)" there is no shortcut here. but it is absolutely necessary. no revolution is comprised of morally pure people. in many cases, the most devoted revolutionaries are the ones who know exactly what it is like on the other side.

[la-lemonade]

world where the first person to masturbate was a girl named jake: i'm gonna go jake it

[la-lemonade]

world where dogs are called cats and cats are called something else: i gotta get going. nice hanging out with y'all, but i gotta feed my something else

[la-lemonade]

world where arthritis was first identified in canines and also where things are named after the noise that the animal they were first identified in makes: arfthritis

[la-lemonade]

world where US political offices are named after sausages: i am running for ໄສ້ອັ່ວ

[la-lemonade]

world where instead of greek letters, mathematical symbols were named after various aquatic plants: and then we just multiply by the water lily

[la-lemonade]

what's ur favorite mathematical symbol

water lily

fairy moss

lotus

duckweed

waterwheel plant

pistia

something else???

Voting ended onApr 19

[faggotreblogsyndrome]

is this your weed thoughts

[la-lemonade]

world where thoughts are divided into various plant categories:

[la-lemonade]

world where the english gerund is "snirt": i'm gosnirt to the shop cuz my car needs repairsnirt

[la-lemonade]

world where time and cause & effect goes backwards: yeah i went to a concert to cover for how i called into work yesterday

[la-lemonade]

world where oranges are yellow: fuck i could really use a yellow rn

[la-lemonade]

world where transubstantiation is in vogue: yeah i need to go to the store to get more jesus

[la-lemonade]

world where various political ideologies are named after rodents: i just can't get down with fox squirrels, they just don't represent an actual systemic change to house mouse thought

[la-lemonade]

world where all art and artists are named after insects: the beetles

[jingerpi]

hate hate hate how sites are increasingly trying to make right click saving images impossible. facebook, instagram, reddit (app), pinterest*, etc... all make you jump through hoops just to save an image. can you guys not please. how ddo i make them stop. can we get one of those EU regulations or whatever that makes them all comply, or are we going to have to wait for global socialism for that. ugh

[desktop-assistant]

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List all images under your cursor, even ones hidden by other elements

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Download Right-Click Borescope for Firefox. List all images under your cursor, even ones hidden by other elements

[acanuk]

oh look, the exact tool that would have saved me SO much time and energy trying to find images hidden in the source code 🙃

[ellewantsrevenge]

don't be surprised the us bombed a school

it wasn't our first

during the obama administration drone pilots called child murder victims "fun sized terrorists" after miniature candy bars

they also referred to killing them as "cutting the grass before it grows too long"

many of these drone operators were civilians and the system used to fly drones was compared to a video game

then in 2019 a journalist found out the us military doesn't bother to track half of it's airstrikes and egregiously underreports it's hand in civilian murder

[iteration-dave]

On a related note:

"Militants": media propaganda - Salon.com

To avoid counting civilian deaths, Obama re-defined "militant" to mean "all military-age males in a strike zone"

For now, consider what this means for American media outlets. Any of them which use the term “militants” to describe those killed by U.S. strikes are knowingly disseminating a false and misleading term of propaganda. By “militant,” the Obama administration literally means nothing more than: any military-age male whom we kill, even when we know nothing else about them. They have no idea whether the person killed is really a militant: if they’re male and of a certain age they just call them one in order to whitewash their behavior and propagandize the citizenry (unless conclusive evidence somehow later emerges proving their innocence).

[courteous]

BDS has officially endorsed the organic Spotify boycott by the way. More on that here. There are other ways of listening to music; you do not need to be on Spotify. :-)

[courteous]

If you want use of a streaming service still, Tidal and Qobuz are popular options with student discounts and family plans available; they’re exactly the same thing as Spotify. And they haven’t been caught running ads for Israel and ICE… isn’t that great?

[crossdreamers]

UK: Women’s Institute groups close down after the organization barred transgender women

The Guardian reports that several Women’s Institute (WI) groups across the UK are shutting down following the national organisation’s decision to ban transgender women.

The policy change, introduced by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI), has triggered what local leaders describe as “carnage,” with resignations, community backlash, and the loss of meeting venues.

Some halls and churches have refused to host WI groups that enforce the exclusionary rule, leaving branches unable to operate.

Many volunteers have stepped down in protest, arguing that the policy was imposed without meaningful consultation and has fractured previously harmonious local groups.

From the article:

Emma Hawley, chair of Social Lites WI in Urmston, Greater Manchester – a group with nearly 140 members that has run for 13 years – said her entire committee has decided to step down. “None of the other members want to take our places – many immediately said they weren’t even going to renew their membership,” she said. “We’re all heartbroken. I’ve put 13 years into running this amazing group but I can’t, ethically or morally, be a member of something that excludes transgender women,” she said.

This proves what many have said: The transphobic "gender critical" TERFs are not representative of British women.

‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban

[left-reminders]

[ms-demeanor]

After attacking Iran, Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, shutting off humanitarian aid and escalating the dire humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians.

Gaza is under siege, and the price of staples has climbed tremendously. Community kitchens have been forced to close due to lack of supplies, and have been unable to afford to replenish their stocks.

Gaza Soup Kitchen is a grassroots organization that uses money from global donors to feed thousands of people every day. Their most recent campaign was to provide food parcels for Ramadan, and they are going to struggle to keep people fed in the midst of this new, horrifying war.

If you are able to, consider donating money to Gaza Soup Kitchen through their GoFundMe or GiveButter accounts to help stave off hunger in the midst of this chaos.

[fellahimedia]

[maxofs2d]

Firefox 148 rolls out with the promised AI kill switch: here's how to enable it

The "Block AI Enhancements" toggle was originally introduced in Firefox 148 Nightly in January following significant community backlash afte

The Firefox "AI kill switch" is here.

Go to Settings > AI controls. There, you can toggle the "master kill switch" on to fully block all the features, which means two things:

you won't see them,

you can't even be asked about them.

The default state is, like before, "available". This means the features are NOT on by default (they never were), but Firefox will let you know about them where they exist (e.g. when you create your first tab group) so that you can choose to opt in.

Please note that Firefox for Android or iOS have never included AI features, so you won't see these settings on your smartphones or tablets.

Please also note that, unlike popular belief here on Tumblr, besides "chatbot in sidebar" (which is simply embedding the same page you'd have normally browsed to), none of these features have ever interacted with anything outside your PC, because they download a small model to your computer, to do everything locally. These small models have never been and are not downloaded until you explicitly agree to turn on one of the features.

[bakelite-bliss]

this update was great. I launched Firefox after the update, and it basically held the settings out to me on a silver platter. "would you like to turn off all this bullshit?" well don't mind if I do

[badhbhblood]

"jk rowling invited Jeffrey Epstein to dinner in 2018, which was 10 years after his first conviction for pedophilia" sounds like something a hater would make up on Twitter but it's real. and it just dropped in the latest files release. wild

[justaboutdead]

Guys this unfortunately isnt true, as much as i fucking hate jk rowling. Epstein was at the premierefor the cursed child after his conviction but he was never personallyinvited or vetted by rowling just one of likely a thousand + guests. It doesn'tmean there couldnt be more informationabout her in the files or that she doesn'tfucking suck, but for bow it doesn'tseem like she knew the man, just perhaps worked with some people whk did.

But this reiterates something thats very important rn. There is an absurd amount of misinformation flying around about the epstein files that is being used to distract from the actual pertinent information in the files. Please, please check your sources! try and find at least screenshots of the actual emails, check the names in the emails, etc. See if you can find related threads from the files. At least looks and see if you can find reputable reporting about it.

To promote false information both sheilds shitty people who are able to treat the false claims as a strawman for actual issues as is demonstrated by the replies, but it also removes focus from the actual content of the files. I know its tempting but please. Stick to what you can and do verify. Don't trust random internet posts (i am no exception, don't trust me, do a bit of research). These files have confirmed a lot of genuinely despicable shit about people in positions of power. Its best to direct any social preassure towards thdm, rather than at people who this evidence isn't releavant to. That doesn't mean dont preassure people like rowling, just do it for the shit she's actually done, not the fake stuff.