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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast)

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Freelance Writer, Academic, anti fascism, authoritarianism,modern propaganda, weaponized unreality whisperer on the dystopia beat. iwwfju member bylines: splinternews Www.instituteofunreality.com Unreality.institute

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · Dec 13

I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Dec 13

The more this is explained the worse it appears.

An AI-assisted textbook at UCLA has some academics worried

The UCLA literature professor who developed the textbook says it will save students money and allow her to be the teacher she’s always wanted to be. Others aren’t so sure.

www.insidehighered.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4m

This is exactly right.

While the political elite of the so called opposition party have abandoned us to fascism the population itself is rising to the occasion and fighting it back at every turn in any way they can

Including risking gnarly road rash on places road rash would be awful to get.

Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 17m

One thing that’s different from Nazi germany is that lots of everyday people are resisting this shit, even if politicians have abandoned us.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 13m

We are actually going to have to do something if we want that to be an option.

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 14m

Reestablish American democracy and actively trying, convicting and eliminating the domestic enemies waging war against us would actually be right in line with America celebrating its 250th birthday next summer and would be a echo of the declaration of the independence. Keep that in mind.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22m

He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

—Declaration of Independence, 1776

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 34m

Even more outrageous is the indifference of news media and the supposed opposition party.

America is at war the sooner we actually accept that the better we fare

Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 39m

Absolutely insane that the President of the United States has sent militarized secret police to attack multiple American cities, all at the same time.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 51m

We absolutely should try to get Kelly on

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 53m

Second that I am going to need a @dieworkwear.bsky.social run down on this shit show.

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 57m

It works as well as calling them weird.

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 58m

I also think everyone needs to accept Paul Verhoeven was a modern Nostradamus and understood Americas proto fascism in a way almost no other pop culture icon did.

A screenshot from starship troopers of Neil Patrick Harris, looking like an absolute dork in his Nazi attire

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

I think it’s a massive misconception that people have that the Nazis were not in fact, massive dorks, and cringe nerds who if they had not been Nazis would’ve been laughed out of most rooms for being absolutely the largest nerds you’ve ever met. Modern Nazis are similarly cringey.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

As were the og Nazis.

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

Like it really cannot be overstated how much Bovino is attempting to look the part of an obergruppenführer it’s undeniable.

Greg Bovino channeling his inner ss in an image from earlier today of him in host ss style uniform

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

America took most of the high level Nazis into the country and integrated them into the world order at places like the un and nato under the guise of anti communism.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah it’s bad all the way around.

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

Very much temu gobbles or big boss energy here.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1h

Trumps head of operations for the war being waged in Chicago is openly trying to channel the supposedly masculine imagery of the Nazis

Make no mistake these domestic enemies waging war against the states are Nazis.

Bovino is really trying to sell its aesthetic now.

Bovino standing in a Trenchcoat in a hallway lit red. It’s giving Temu fascism.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2h

Ai has always been a totalitarian project and neoreactionary fascism plus Gen ai is a totalitarian fascist threat more dangerous then the creation of the atomic bomb. its effects are so damaging to collective sensemaking countries need to ban it completely before it destroys the ability to do so.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2h

The destruction of knowledge and fact based reality is the underpinning framework for atrocities we truly have no ability to conceive of.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2h

This is how we win.

Solidarity and community are the only way out now.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 5h

The fascists goal is not just power to dominate society but the ability to rewrite history and reality itself.

Those who try to control history are attempting to control the present and future.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 12h

Neoliberals cannot counter fascism because actually countering fascism would put their power, prestige and money at risk as fully dealing with the threat of fascism and white power is a threat to the entire system of governance in most western countries

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 13h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 9h

Video shows feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park this afternoon as they reportedly detain one person.

The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 9h

Keep Resisting Chicago! At Wilson and Sawyer -an hour ago. 10/12/25

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 11h

I am so so sorry Thomas. If you need anything don’t hesitate to reach out.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 11h

A whole lot of the academic structure and those who have studied the far right authoritarianism, etc., are coming out of the global war on Terror framework and it’s completely neutered their ability to actually deal with the problem we face

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