https://hubski.com/A thoughtful web.https://hubski.com/images/discussion.pnghttps://hubski.com/https://hubski.com/pub/469733https://hubski.com/pub/469733https://hubski.com/pub/469726https://hubski.com/pub/469726defeated by the 'just fucking do something' caucushttps://hubski.com/pub/469724https://hubski.com/pub/469724https://hubski.com/pub/469720https://hubski.com/pub/469720This is the most important fight currently raging. We are under a full-blown information assault, largely because the truth is not profitable or politically advantageous. I realize how radical some of these suggestions may sound (forcing social media companies to eliminate non-human contributions, potentially repealing section 230), but he's right, we are probably completely roasted on a planetary level if we don't figure out how to get a handle on this shit. Unchecked, destructive falsehoods are the backbone of MAGA and Russia's strength, and we cannot cede any more ground or time to conspiracies and lies.This would also mean going after the Murdoch empire. And that's not happening. Now, regaining any ground for Truth is probably not happening any time in the next four years, almost certainly many more. If you were tired of people being convinced that these relatively decent last few years (in America) were a total crisis, you're about to see people being convinced that a very dark time is actually a new golden era.Harari's comments about "excitement" are spot on. Trump has weaponized this aspect of our information age. If you recall Bannon's "flood the zone with shit" quote, it's very much a conscious strategy. Trump has used the current configuration of the internet and media to overwhelm you. We know this. I wish he talked more about Hitler using the radio as a disruptive medium, but the printing press take was good. Echoes of history schtuff, guys. You know.. history predicts echoes of history! so meta broI was happy to see that the above video is one of Amanpour's most-watched recent uploads, though.I am also probably gonna watch a longer one from this guy: https://hubski.com/pub/469715https://hubski.com/pub/469715https://hubski.com/pub/469713https://hubski.com/pub/469713https://hubski.com/pub/469712https://hubski.com/pub/469712Bain released their 2024 luxury report yesterday. Global luxury market is down 2%... because China is down 22%.https://hubski.com/pub/469709https://hubski.com/pub/469709Let's check in with One Belt One Road in Columbia and see how it's goinghttps://hubski.com/pub/469704https://hubski.com/pub/469704https://hubski.com/pub/469698https://hubski.com/pub/469698 When we do things fascists cannot, we differentiate ourselves, and we attack their great weakness, their dominance, a weakness they in their grotesque ignorance believe is their great strength, having failed to realize that their refusal to recognize the humanity of others leaves them unable to access their own.https://hubski.com/pub/469685https://hubski.com/pub/469685https://hubski.com/pub/469668https://hubski.com/pub/469668lil steve I played hockeyhttps://hubski.com/pub/469663https://hubski.com/pub/469663Trigger Warning To the woman who came to the door asking that we take down our "End the Occupation/Free Palestine" sign because she found it triggering: Warning: This poem might trigger you.Because when I say “Free Palestine”You hear “Kill the Jews”Because when I say “Nakba”You hear “Krystallnacht”Because when I say “Stop the genocide”You hear “Support Hamas” ##Because my sympathy for Gazans makes you uncomfortableBecause you think being uncomfortable is the same as being in danger.##Warning: The keffiyeh that this poem is wrapped in might trigger youMight make you uncomfortableBecause when the poem sees children in Gaza burningYou only see Jewish children burningBecause this keffiyeh asks you to be aware of others, to care about others.##Warning: This poem might trigger you because for you the conflict started October 7Because you know your army is the most moralBecause you see genocide as self-defense (And, besides, the only genocide ever was the genocide of your people)and you’d rather not have your convictions challenged.##Because you planted a tree in Israel every Tu B'shvatBecause you didn't know the trees were planted to hide bulldozed Palestinian villagesBecause you knew it was your land given to you by the British, the UN, and GodEven though it was never theirs to give.##This poem might trigger youBecause you want two million Gazans to disappear and killing them one by oneIs too slow -- And makes you Uncomfortable. ----------------------https://hubski.com/pub/469647https://hubski.com/pub/469647You know the drill.https://hubski.com/pub/469645https://hubski.com/pub/469645https://hubski.com/pub/469639https://hubski.com/pub/469639