Collaborate Disseminate
Brilliant history/comedy by The Amber Ruffin Show explaining why Americans desperately need a White History Month: I do feel the need to point out her citation of Lincoln, while true, evades the important context of his speech. First, after being repea… Continue reading White History Month
…as recorded in 1930 by Geeshie “phantom genius” Wiley (born Lillie May Wiley) If I die, If I die, in the German war I want you to send my body, send it to my mother, lord If I get killed, If I get killed, please don’t bury my soul I p’fer just leave m… Continue reading Last Kind Words
This also could be titled an intro to Silicon Valley ethics: 1617 rent-able carriages (shared ride) by order of monarch 1662 fixed routes for shared ride by order of monarch 1823 Stanislas Baudry’s Omnés Omnibus (for everyone) 1853 Impériale omnibus (u… Continue reading Big Tech Insider’s Guide: Silicon Valley Bus History
I don’t think anyone has ever marketed James Bond movies properly for what they really are. Look at this awful release poster for “Diamonds are Forever” and tell me the whole narrative from the beginning has been anything more than misogynist garbage: … Continue reading James Bond Movies Are “Fascist Pig” Glorification
A very popular post here has been my examination of white nationalism messaging through T-Shirt designs, followed by the use of Q in modern communications. Nothing I’ve written can hold a candle to this new article (How subtle changes in language helpe… Continue reading Finding and Filtering Nazi Assaults on Language
A while ago I wrote about Reagan’s use of racism to win elections. He was undeniably more racist than even Nixon, which is a remarkable achievement for a “popular” American President. Also I have written about Reagan’s attachment to dictatorships, such… Continue reading Encoded Tyranny: Was Reagan’s “Shining City on a Hill” Intolerance for Dissent?
Hamilton is a famous American musical: to deepfake the dead not only is not wrong, it can be very right. The big question is who owns a content control/consent role for someone in our past. If you can’t decide that, there’s a much bigger problem at han… Continue reading To Deepfake the Dead Can Be Very Right
Poet Amanda Gorman has been chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden She is calling her inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb” while otherwise declining to preview any lines. Gorman says she was not given specific instructions on wha… Continue reading Amanda Gorman: “The Hill We Climb” to be Biden’s Inaugural Poem
There’s been a problem on the Internet for a long time, as we all know, that data integrity gets ignored by security professionals. Cliff “Cuckoo Egg” Stoll in 1995 infamously called this “Why the Web Won’t Be Nirvana“, which everyone basically ignored… Continue reading Goebbels Never Said THAT!