Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

As we watch Elon Musk slide into rightwing radicalization in real time, I’m reminded of this 1941 piece by Dorothy Thompson.
“Who goes Nazi?”

In short: it is the people who love money and status and power that are at risk.
Those who resist the urge are the people who have a solid family life; a job they love for the work, not the money; a moral framework based on pluralism and equal access to opportunity.
Worth a read. #nazi #Twitter #liberal

https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

mining old KNZK posts out of other peoples' boosts like copies of scrolls lost in the burning of the library of alexandria

What we’re seeing with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes is the beginnings of what could become a multi-racial Christianist coalition organized around antisemitism.

While we might want to dismiss what we’re seeing as “crazy,” I suggest we take it seriously and monitor it closely.

As we saw with Trumpism, people—by which I mean human beings regardless of political views—are drawn to spectacle.

What’s happening is very, very dangerous.

#antisemitism
#KanyeWest
#NickFuentes

“I know you think you’re being funny, but honestly Dave, it’s just hurtful.”

I was thinking about what @SlaytheSystem said today about rail workers deserving to have their lives back, to have some time with their family.

The longest my dad was away from us (in the early 80s, Navy) was 11 months. It was supposed to be 6 months but got extended. I was in kindergarten, I think? When we picked him up at the ship, I didn't even recognize him, and actually asked him where my dad was. 😢

I don't want #rail workers' kids to have that kind of experience. The workers aren't even asking for much! And if people think a #strike would "ruin Christmas," then I think their priorities around #Christmas are a wee bit misplaced.

#RailWorkers #RailStrike #LaborRights

if you're a crypto lobbyist trying to convince me to become pro-crypto because it would be good for my "career", please at least have the self-respect to not also try to take the "woman to woman" angle

I notice this happening on multiple social media sites, and it always contributes to the death of social networks:

1. Progressives tend to be early adopters because they usually create culture
2. Reactionaries tend to be late adopters because they usually consume culture
3. Reactionaries then try to seize power because the culture isn't to their liking
4. Progressives leave because they want to create culture
5. Then reactionaries leave because no culture is being created

Ex: see screenshot.

this ChatGPT thing is pretty good

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.

I have not gotten this much racist abuse since joining the fediverse. I have gotten isolated cases of harassment on twitter but nothing of this scale or as pervasive. The fediverse is racist and white people do nothing about it. Let's start with some slurs to hook you up.

Let's see if any of you white people can stomach this thread 🙂​

Based on my deep knowledge of the English language, an autopsy is when you read your own mind.

Warning: Do not use Hive Social ⚠️🐝

We found multiple critical security vulnerabilities in the App, leaking private messages, posts, images and user data like phone numbers, emails and birthdates.

https://zerforschung.org/posts/hive-en/

Today in Labor History November 30, 1999: Thousands of activists, students, union members, environmentalists and others shut down the World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Seattle. It was the first large-scale demonstration in the United States to protest the “corporate agenda” and “globalization” and the beginning of many similar protests. The WTO protest raised awareness of corporate greed while simultaneously promoting the delusion that, with a few reforms, capitalism and democracy would serve the needs of the people.

#wto #seattle #capitalism #corporate #union #workingclass #labor

Club Q in Colorado Springs is running a gofundme for staff and community members responding to the mass shooting hate crime which killed 5 and injured 18... It needs much more attention, only 27 people so far have donated a total of less than $2000! https://www.gofundme.com/f/official-club-q-fundraiser