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   Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀 (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 19:35:46 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀

   Elon Musk is trying to appoint himself as CEO-Monarch, quite literally. It turns out this isn't out of nowhere: this is a political philosophy advocated over the last ten years by Moldbug et al in the "neoreactionary" movement.

   To understand what's happening, what's happened, and why it's happening, read these:

   https://america2.news/content/files/2025/02/Musk-NRx-Memo-February-5-2025.pdf
   https://america2.news/america-under-attack-week-2-what-were-monitoring/

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀 (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 19:36:41 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀

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     I jokingly participate in the "queen of the fediverse" thing (I didn't originate it, not by a long shot) but when we're being *serious* about things: down with monarchists, fuck oligarchs

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀 (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 19:39:10 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀

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     And please SPREAD THE WORD, especially about the memo.

     If you know anyone involved in any level of political ANYTHING, or anyone involved in any tech things, ESPECIALLY them

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀 (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 19:58:55 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀

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     • aeva

     @aeva how about just cut to the chase and call me "Your Highness" (no wait, don't)

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     aeva (aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 19:58:56 JST aeva

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     @cwebber don't worry, i'm sure in time we'll eventually come up with a more palatable vaguely problematic honorary title to enthusiastically sing your praise with :3

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀 (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 19:59:44 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀

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     • aeva

     @aeva "Our Lady Christine" would be less problematic right

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     timorl (timorl@social.wuatek.is)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 20:21:45 JST timorl

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     @cwebber “Queen of the fediverse” not as in “Queen of England”, but as in “May Queen“. :blobfox3c:

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     aeva (aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 20:22:30 JST aeva

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     @cwebber how about "webmistress"? it implies you've got the entire internet begging for more (more internet)