I just happen to stubble upon this. Love Robert Smith would put it out for everyone to enjoy!

ty, updated

All out of ideas, feeling lazy, and still want more money? Reboot that shit!

In general I believe all online communities are toxic when it comes to political discussion and just enable cult behavior. I think both Facebook and the fediverse have the ability to sway options, but at different capacities.

Facebook is simple and easy to use, and because of that it’s widely adopted and you make connections through people you (kinda sorta) know irl. This leads to a false sense of security and can poison your bubble of connections.

With vote manipulation, whitewash communities, brigading, bots, and general anonymity, the fediverse is not any better equipped to deal with “alternative facts.” It being more niche and less user friendly weeds out some people, and you are left with a user base that has slightly more education and decision making skills…but no one is completely immune to manipulative tactics. Bots with agendas are not always easy to identify and continue getting more refined. It’s easy to lose track of the push & pull if you are chronically online…which many fediverse users are.

I don’t have any solutions other than attempting to educate on how to spot misinformation and approach ideas critically. Even with doing that it’s far for 100% and that number keeps declining with age.

There is a lot to be gained by politically astroturfing, and that is already widespread in the fediverse

Yeah, pretty sure it was at outer harbor/Berth 46. I was lucky enough to see the 3 nights at riot fest few weeks back, which was great, but the streams of the final 3 were something special

the band members and special guests read the parts and more. really worth finding

Highly recommend the audio book of hepatitis bathtub too! Weirdly enough I found it in my libraries’ audio book bank

Not cool, Grandpa Joe

Nick Cave is the best salt. Beautiful and thoughtful. This song reminds me Blood Meridian; especially the last passage of the book. Through the darkness and gloom, our pursuits give us hope, connect us and continue on without us

It’s not Andrew. I’m not sure if she is local, but it follows the format/follow-up questions that you’d expect from 5

Absolutely. It’s so nice to see real journalism still exists. I’m hoping he inspires a much needed media shift

Is it by beating the Uyghurs to death?

Deep fired AI art sucks and is a decade late to the party

Wow, that’s a cool story

I did some contract work for Schurz Communications maybe a decade ago and they did the same thing. They pushed right wing scripts to all their 3rd market oultlets, and because there is little media competition in those small markets, people would take it as the word of god. It definitely opened my eyes to the how large and effective the propaganda machine is.

Here, take this, it may help. Aesop Rock - Mindful Solutionism

This one feels like a death in the family. Keeping it real til the end

One of the best new releases in years. Great live too 2023-06-17. Unfortunately looks like the last album of the project

I’m 90-95% on board, which is astounding considering the current options. Now fleshing out the legislation to make this transition possible…