John Weeks
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John Weeks
@john_weeks
"JohnWeeks" on Bsky, Mastodon. That's where I am now.
Phnom Penh Katılım Nisan 2009
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@umairh They literally Chose Violence
Also, historically: Fascists proceed in bad faith
Even those who are simply culturally far right, haven't thought about it much: frequently believe that the other side is fundamentally 'illegitmate' in every way
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@sanitarypanels Congratulations! Hope you will add Bluesky to your list.
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@MrEwanMorrison Protopianism #3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">readcomiconline.li/Comic/Polis/Fu…
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@broderick Seeing a lot of chatter about stuff like this, searches blocked or changed across Meta & Tiktok.
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why does this make me think of the title of a Cyndi Lauper song........
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@Doctorow I'm not following crypto (beyond Molly White's excellent coverage) but it's wild to see crypto enthusiasts hopping mad about Trump's memecoin
Daniel Prince@Princey21M
So, why did $TRUMP choose to start a shitcoin and why on Solana? Shall we follow the 'MoNeY' to find out if there are any conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives? 🧵
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@AndreaChalupa Slobodian is quite good at clarifying what libertarians and their ilk really get up to, looks at behavior not press releases
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@bocxtop There's Mastodon which is um, full of Linux jokes which everyone wants
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@jdanielsims @jackoozell Literally just: drive around overbanked Phnom Penh, take a look at the names of banks. Then look them up.
(Presuming either of you two will be allowed in the country 😉)
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@jackoozell @john_weeks As the well of extractive microfinance runs dry, there's only really one answer: facilitation of money laundering and organized cybercrime. tbf, it's a pretty solid business model.
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Huione, alleged purveyor of history’s largest black market, is what you get “when elite criminals enjoy reliable state backing”, argues @jdanielsims thediplomat.com/2025/01/coerci…
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@zeithistoriker Love a Free Market
Prisoners are legally barred from becoming firefighters after finishing their sentences
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@bruces Maybe another COP meeting will fix it
Benjamin Kunkel@kunktation
In other words, what the Paris agreement hoped to prevent altogether happened more than two decades earlier than expected
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@benFranklin2018 100% agree
The big platforms are leading a lot of people to dangerous places
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