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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@topstories/117346044290460386 Jon Ronsom wrote a book "So you've been publicly shamed", looking at how the internet and social media is used to pile into people, like a mediaeval mob throwing rotting fruit at someone in the stocks. Outrage is great for engagement and stirring up the mob gets you follows. So next time your see an outrageous story, maybe step back before reflexively grabbing your pitchfork and torch.

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  It's long past time we reform the insane drug war. https://youtu.be/TjLDM3oFd5k #drugwar #drugs

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  If you want to read what #jkrowling got pulled off Amnesty's website, see below. From the report: "Eroding existing frameworks Anti-rights groups seek to weaken existing human rights protections and prevent further progress. They do this through litigation, campaigning, advocacy and political influence. Many promote social and legal frameworks based on traditional and restrictive ideas about gender, sexuality and family life." https://www.transgendermap.com/issues/groups/amnesty...

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  DemocracyNow reporting on a AI generated argument between Sam Altman and Naomi Klein is where we are now. The internet is increasingly LLM content, and because it's so much easier to generate soon it will be, or maybe already is, the majority. That will discourage actual content creators to create and readers to read, advertisers to advertise and hosters to host. This is the path to the dead internet. https://youtu.be/BbcC-hp687M #AIslop #SamAltman #democracynow #Naomiklein #deadinternet

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  If you ever wonder if Lance Armstrong is still an ahole or maybe he grew up, reflected on his life and his actions and became a better person? Nope, not at all, he might have even become a bigger douche bag. No Lance, you won nothing, the record books are correct, your only legacy is shame and disgrace. https://cyclingflash.com/news/greg-lemond-calls-out-armstrong-on-tour-record-lance-had-no-talent-he-found-it #cycling #tourdefrance #lancearmstrong #doping

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  @bob@epicyon.libreserver.org I think some of them become awful. Constant positive affirmation and fawning along with lots of money isn't good for you.

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  Finally some wearable tech I could actually use! https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/2026-07-24-whats-the-buzz/ #madamandeve #southafrica #cartoon

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  "The Jewish people are going to have to live with this legacy forever, right? This history isn't going to disappear. It's not going to vanish. Like I'm part German. My family left uh Austria in 1904. Like we weren't part of the Holocaust. It doesn't matter. It still affects me. I still have shame as a part German for the fact that Germany did this Holocaust. This is something that you you can't get rid of within a few generations." Roy Casagranda #Israel #Pale...

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  "... growers survive a price-cost squeeze that formal wages could not have survived. It let the government avoid choosing between food-price inflation and rural unemployment. It let consumers eat cheaply. The cost of making all of that work was carried by people with no vote, no recourse, and now, it turns out, no protection. When a political movement decided to make them the target, they absorbed that cost too, by fleeing.” https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-28-migrant-ex...

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  It's always interesting and entertaining to listen to Dr. Roy Casagranda "A European settler state in the heart of Palestine, ruled by religious zealots, fueled by Western arms. A divided Muslim world fights back. Sound familiar? We’re in 1099, when the First Crusade conquered Jerusalem and subjugated its native population..." https://youtu.be/GXGIX6TxSuI #Palestine #zionism #history

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  SPCX has dropped below $120 a share, down 10% on the IPO. This isn't going well, unless your a short seller, those people are currently up $15.5 billion. This is with only 5% of the shares available, Aug 6th the next 20% becomes unlocked flooding the market. Going to be interesting to see how much more money the muskbros have left to absorb this toxic sludge. https://youtu.be/ZiioI7J6sIo #spcx #spacex #elonmusk #musk #nasdaq100 #notinvestmentadvice

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  The wonderful Sir Garfield Sobers, "there wasn't a bad bone in his body". https://shows.acast.com/d0e70954-32ac-4e91-86c3-1c34bfb4a075/6a609a757d20badb2884fbcb?seek=1980 #Caribbean #cricket #Barbados

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  The house had passed the 1.15 trillion NDAA, including deepening ties with Israel and they did it with Democrat support. "This is the dumb trick the Dem Party has been using on their followers for years now. When something they pretend to oppose “must pass” (like the NDAA), they ensure there are just enough Dem votes for it to pass, even if it’s just by one vote." Glenn Greenwald https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/us-house-defense-bill-iran-war #democrats #ndaa #politic...

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  Zeteo's excellent video on the corruption and capture of football. https://youtu.be/7t5nIRvqNVU #infantino #fifa #worldcup #football #soccer

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  When people talk about climate change they almost always talk about how it's going to effect humans, they almost never mention non human animals. Bears can't install air conditioning, they don't get advanced fire warnings or hurricanes shelters. Maybe we should lose the right to name our sports teams after them. #ClimateCrisis #animalrights #climatechange

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  Remembers Hyperloop? High speed trains in low pressure tubes. Didn't violate any physical laws, promised speeds of 1000+km/h. There was so much excitement, test tracks where built, multiple companies started. Venture capital, universities, all got involved. A small number of people argued against it, pointing out that it could be destroyed in moments, the engineering wasn't close, it was massively costly and impractical. This is about space data centers. #spacex #datacenters #space...

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  Harry Windsor, Doreen Lawrence and other claimants could face £50m legal bill after losing his case. I don't like the Daily Mail but this was a win for the press and I hope this has a chilling affect on future litigation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvoAZKi2OY8&t=2046s #dailymail #princeharry #media #press #newspaper

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  In this current reality of so much disinformation and noise it's really hard to understand exactly what is going on and what is true. This was a useful update. The numbers are staggering, "The Russian military has suffered 1.4 million battelfield casualties and as many as 450,000 deaths since it's February 2022 full-scale invasion". Based mostly on this: (https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/news/endgame-russias-war-economy-hits-its-limits/) PS Tucker Carlson is an idio...

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  @skittles@berlin.social taking this slowly, no point in continuing if we don't even agree on this simple statement. So do you agree?

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  @skittles@berlin.social @dukepaaron@babka.social Is there something in what I said that you disagree with? 1. I never said this in not antisemitic, clearly it is. I'm talking about causes, that is different than offering a justification, understand the difference? 2. Muslims are still being discriminated against, ask any vaguely brown person what it is like living in the West right now. Some on the left stood up, many didn't, instead staying quiet or actively arguing that Islam is...

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  We need a global ban on PFAs for general use, but the industry has bought out the politicians. Until then stop buying their products, I've had my cast iron pans for over a decade and will never buy a non-stick teflon pan every again. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-cast-iron-skillet #pfas #foreverchemicals #epa #castiron #cooking

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  Do you ever use an angle grinder? Do you have a trauma kit close at hand when you do? I would guess not. This video is excellent: https://youtu.be/CiMMqTphIZs #safety #anglegrinder #diy #metalwork

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  Michael Chabon's writing is beautiful. The Yiddish Policeman's Union, start of chapter 12. #bookstodon #book

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  Thank goodness for Wimbledon radio, saving me from McEnroe's commentary. Bublik and Fritz are both playing great. https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/interactive/radio?channel=radioNo1 #tennis #Wimbledon

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  LaTeX is amazing and I wish more people knew about it, and how terrible Word is. It's like people not knowing cake exists, and insisting they would rather eat moldy stale bread. Hat tip @acollierastro@mastodon.social https://youtu.be/KhWwuQ7qf5A #MicrosoftSucks #WordSucks #Latex

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  Football officials and fans still don't care. Cape Verde's captain is allowed to play, and Ronaldo is being celebrated. "Football has been grappling with how to deal with allegations of sexual misconduct for some time, and when I ask myself what has actually changed — whether the sport is any closer to having a clear approach to such allegations — the only answer, to me, is that it has not tried hard enough" https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7396841/2026/06/27/world-cup-parte...

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  Firdose Moonda on the state of SA women's cricket: "Once the dust settles, the women's set-up will have to look at some of the structural concerns and maybe even go back to West Indies' captain Hayley Matthews' words about the resource gap in the global game. South Africa are in a much better position than West Indies, both financially and from a depth of talent of perspective, but that doesn't mean they can match England, Australia or India." https://www.espncric...

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  Here we go SA vs ENG in the Women's T20 world cup semi-final, going to be tough against the hosts. #savseng #cricket #t20worldCup

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  What happened to SitComs? This feels like a good theory from @adamconover@mastodon.social . https://youtu.be/gpSghW4J3ws #tv #sitcom

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  Imagine living in a country where for 30 years you watch the people at the top; politicians, business elite, police and judiciary loot and steal using government contracts and procedural bias, all while the poor keep getting poorer and imagine being so stupid that instead of turning to your rage against those people you instead look at a poor migrants and blame them for everything that is falling apart around you. Yesterday alone cost R600 mil. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-3...