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  @gleick@mas.to It would be nice if the press also named the oil oligarchs who fund climate denial & who corrupt the courts & politicians. https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial/ https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/ https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/ The ICC is under attack...

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  @jaykuo@universeodon.com The corrupt US Supreme Court is a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Network & the it adores public corruption. https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/21/the-supreme-court-is-so-corrupt https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/27/supreme-court-bribes-gratuities-snyder-kavanaugh https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/1/us-supreme-court-hands-weal...

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  @randahl@mastodon.social There is a reason why TV shows & movies about resistance to oligarchic or fascist domination get canceled or get limited release in the USA now. Altered Carbon. Sisu. Not allowed to trash talk the 1% running far right movements. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-anti-fascist-films/brazil-1985/ The movie Brazil was shelved for ages for its message. https://48hills.org/2026/05/hey-elon-sf-has-lots-more-tech-olilgarchs-you-can-go-ahead-and-sue/ https:...

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  @jodmentum@apobangpo.space A life well lived is when you leave this earth having made it a tiny bit better. Your MIL sounds like she did far more than "just a little". May we all be as blessed by such people in our lives as you have been. Thank you for sharing her life with us and all my condolences.

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  @randahl@mastodon.social @BillMcGuire@mastodon.social We continue to underestimate how far the oil industry is willing to go to keep its hegemony. Putin is losing his oil refineries & pipelines and billionaires don't tolerate failure in their proxies. Ukraine's military strategy is superb.

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  @Sheril@mastodon.social https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations When Koch Network buys a Supreme Court, Congress, and a presidency, these are the consequences. A dying democracy & a frying planet. https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html 1.3 billion deaths is what the fossil fuel industry bought. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/16...

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  @jacqui76@mastodon.ie It would be wonderful if Banksy "named names". The names of the people who bought anti-protest legislation & a court system siding with them. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/10/britain-protest-laws-tories-climate-labour https://www.desmog.com/2023/06/29/rishi-sunak-boasts-that-oil-funded-think-tank-helped-us-draft-crackdown-on-climate-protests/ https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/liberty-anti-protest-laws-court-of-appeal-2025/ htt...

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  @tante@tldr.nettime.org Sisyphean tasks don't mean keep going until you're exhausted, demotivated, & depressed. https://democracyproject.org/posts/sisyphean-democracy https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/03/finding-joy-happiness-in-absurd-boredom-stress/673248/ https://vocal.media/writers/life-as-a-sisyphean-struggle-finding-meaning-in-the-futility https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-gops-sisyphean-punishment-for-supporting-trump/ It means self-care, taking...

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  @QasimRashid@mastodon.social The richest people on the planet are spending millions to keep Trump & his corrupt regime in power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/31/elon-musk-trump-donor-2024-election/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html Foreign despots are spending even more. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-300-millon/32032247.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/13/us-saudi-arabia-arms-deal-trump-meeting-syri...

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  @rbreich@masto.ai https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5727198-musk-political-fray-big-2026-midterm-donations/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html https://www.ft.com/content/88177d81-0217-4d44-9b37-03a834b3d1c1 https://archive.is/mztpf Let's name names again... #FFFO Fund a Fascist, & Find Out 1. Elon Musk $291,482,587 2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200 3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900 4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936 5. Ken Griffin $108,...

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  @randahl@mastodon.social Eventually Putin will get a "fall from a window" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-17/putin-s-war-in-ukraine-is-also-hitting-russians-harder-at-home https://kyivindependent.com/putin-would-starve-russians-before-ending-war-browder-says/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2026/02/18/putins-war-story-and-the-price-of-believing-him/ Eventually Orban will lose office https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/16/business/hungary-russia-oil-orban-intl h...

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  @Gustodon@mas.to https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5639951 https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-big-oil-1-billion This graph explains why the fossil fuel industry is funding fascist movements globally. https://msmagazine.com/2026/02/20/heritage-foundation-women/ https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/heritage-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/ https://www.axios.com/2026/...

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  @batkaren@mastodon.online Who do these repellent men think they're fooling?

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  @jonny@neuromatch.social It's absolutely amazing how the fossil fuel industry is hoping to achieve an international state surveillance system, by weaponizing corporate greed & human laziness. This bubble will be as legendary as the Tulip Mania and the South Sea bubble that remade the world order. https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival...

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  @streetartutopia@mastodon.online Here's a list of billionaires deserving a "Fund a Fascist, & Find Out" moment. #FFFO https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html If the globe can sanction Russian oligarchs, what's stopping sanctions on Trump's kleptocrats too? 1. Elon Musk $291,482,587 2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200 3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900 4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936 5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284 6. Jeff Yass $101,12...

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  @randahl@mastodon.social Ann Telnaes is a masterful cartoonist. Pam Bondi re-enacts Brett Kavanaugh's combative "I like Beer" performance and adds an unsubtle "I provide cover for child rapists".

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  @nemo@mas.to Fund a fascist movement & find out... https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/the-koch-network-is-pushing-trump-to-accelerate-ai-documents-show/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/07/17/bill-gates-charles-koch-and-three-other-billionaires-are-giving-1-billion-to-enhance-economic-mobility-in-the-us/ https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

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  @simonbs #TranslatedFromTheRepublican "Our stolen car was used by a car thief to steal more cars. "

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  @Geri Yet another reason to switch to solar & wind... ... freedom from fossil fuel funded fascist billionaires like Trump's donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html https://www.businessinsider.com/koch-funded-group-backing-nonpartisan-campaign-before-america-250-2025-12

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  @briankrebs This explains why Koch is promoting Ai to the gullible in an alliance with Microsoft. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/07/17/bill-gates-charles-koch-and-three-other-billionaires-are-giving-1-billion-to-enhance-economic-mobility-in-the-us/ To manipulate elections https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html Getting people accustomed to giving up their jobs to slave owners using detention center labor is going to be a tough sell....

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  @johannab And the fossil fuel industry still spends millions corrupting Courts, Congress, and Agencies and lobbying to be granted immunity for ecocide.

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  @scalzi Consumers know state surveillance platforms funded by fossil fuel funded fascists too. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-12-12/oracle-s-300-billion-openai-deal-has-investors-worried-about-its-ai-spending https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/oracle_vectorizes_its_customers/ https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/trump-announces-500b-stargate-ai-infrast...

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  @claesdevreese 1. Want Ukraine to remain a sovereign nation? Phase out Russian fossil fuel use. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/russia-s-oil-exports-falter-amid-plunging-deliveries-to-india 2. Want to prevent a catastrophic AI bubble? Phase out OPEC fossil fuel use. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/saudi-arabia-ai-exporter.html 3. Want America to remain a democracy? Phase out Koch Network fossil fuel use. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-...

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  @evacide I remain astonished by the amount of money Republican billionaires spent on buying a fascist takeover of the USA and the decades-long backsliding of democracy. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/politics/fundraising-takeaways-elon-musk-billionaires-trump/index.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-277-million-trump-republican-candidates-donations/ https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaires-list-2024

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  @wdlindsy@toad.social https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/movers/26/03/51055520/larry-ellison-net-worth-update-from-topping-musk-in-2025-to-losing-19-of-his-wealth-in-2026 https://slate.com/technology/2026/03/iran-ai-cbs-oracle-larry-ellison-paramount-warner-bros-trump.html #FFFO Fund a Fascist and Find Out https://www.businessinsider.com/oracles-larry-ellison-downplays-software-apocalypse-fears-earnings-2026-3 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/21/cbs-trump-anderson-c...

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  @wdlindsy@toad.social https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/31/elon-musk-2026-election-donations-00758992 https://cleantechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AMP-scaled-e1722966689959.jpg Republicans expected to reward their megadonors with taxpayer dollars and buy billionaire support for hijacking elections, just like last time. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elon-musk-spent-quarter-billion-dollars-electing-trump-financing-myste-rcna182922 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/...

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  2/ Or pro-fossil fuel perspectives? Or pro-evangelical indoctrination? Or pro-slavery history lessons? What happens to the users of these AI companies when the startup goes bankrupt in the AI bubble? It's stolen data, what happens to the data in a bankruptcy? What happens when mandated use of an energy wasteful application comes before preventing an ecocide, mass unemployment, or double digit electricity rate increases? The dependency can be abused to get government bailouts & subsi...

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  @cdarwin@c.im #TranslatedFromTheRepublican "Safety & security for me, suffering & misery for thee" When Republicans tell the world that they are "pro-life", remind them of this selfish hypocrisy. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/usaids-last-funds-are-paying-for-voughts-security-detail.html

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  @cbarbermd@med-mastodon.com Billionaires have worked very hard on their "Make People Miserable" movement. They delude themselves that it will buy them permanent fascist rule as Republican voters shrink their empathy to "my & mine only" & blameshifting to the marginalized. Here's a list of the funders of fascism: 1. SpaceX $288,723,409 2. Adelson Clinic/Miriam Adelson $146,881,700 3. Uline Inc $146,027,201 4. Citadel LLC $108,669,316 5. Susquehanna Internation...

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  @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social @mattblaze@federate.social https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/why-buy-greenland-trump-annex-ronald-lauder-manifest-destiny/ https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/01/penn-trump-greenland-ronald-lauder-donor-financial-ties The new fed chair nominee is also the son in law of Ron Lauder, the billionaire who wants Greenland. https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/who-is-kevin-warsh-new-fed-chair-robert-lauder-president-trump-greenland-college-friends/ https://www...