Notices by Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social), page 3

@AnthonyFStevens Standard economic theory says money is utility. So the poor are useless.

@Some_Emo_Chick I need to introduce some of my AA friends to "the fallacy of survivors bias".

Republican-led Bill Would Give Trump the Power to Squash Arts Nonprofits

https://hyperallergic.com/967860/republican-led-bill-hr-9495-would-give-trump-the-power-to-squash-arts-nonprofits/

@knittingknots2 To all Trump Voter: Die Nazi Scum.

@knittingknots2 It's getting harder and harder to capture a pic of #DiaperDon that doesn't look like pure shit from his shorts to his cap.

@sarahhbickerton Unless those economists repudiate vonNeuman and Morgenstern's "money is utility" they are in cahoots with the robber barons.

Last updated January 2024?

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@clive I was thinking of American exceptionalism. Sadly crushing and containing minorities is not unique to America 😅

@eff @therecord_media I'm confused. Less regulation will be more privacy?

Another video of the protest for decent conditions for retired teachers today in Tehran:

Mastodon is benefitting from the #X exodus (eXodus?) too: The official app downloads are up 47% on iOS and 17% on Android. Sign-ups are up approx. 27% compared to previous month with about 90K new accounts, while the MAU has jumped to 894K (across all Mastodon servers).

"The poor are useless." John von Neuman and Oscar Morgenstern, /Theory of Games and Economic Behavior/

@KimPerales There are "divine right of kings" folks who think so long as they make money it's not important what happens to the plebes. Support for this ideology is why the robber barons glommed onto von Neuman and Morgenstern's "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior." By fatuously equating money with utility vN&M snuck "divine right" in the back door, and, forgive my invective, further fucked the "useless" poor.

I know that every single large tech company _will_ take (and compete for) those contracts.

"Somebody's gonna do it, might as well be us."

"We're providing a generic service to a large customer."

"We have to stay competitive."

"As nothing illegal / not in violation of our Terms of Service."

"We already have existing contracts with them, this is nothing different."

"We have a responsibility to our share holders to make money."

@timfullerton.bsky.social Not quite. Their policies are about helping the wealthy get wealthier. The cultural issues are distractions, and quite effective. But the policies are all extractive capitalism.

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@lillyfinch It's no "superpower." It's just asymmetric warfare. Takes no time to generate lies but it can take unlimited time to argue them.

@Catvalente

"They" must keep "us" distracted, disjointed, disorganized, dispirited. "They" cannot afford "us" supporting each other, for together we are mighty.

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@CWSmith "I have a bad habit of buying a domain when I have an idea." Totes. And I have a lot of ideas. Too many for one lifetime.

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Presupposes an intellectual honesty which would preclude inconsistency...despite decades of "Heads we win, tails you lose" antics. What fucking moronic trash.