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Faraiwe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>forbes</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@forbes/leadership-bs0je34pz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>leadership-forbes</span></a></span> people with money and scant understanding of what computers actually do.</p><p>There.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a></p>
sounds interesting<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MayDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PDXProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDXProtests</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DemocracyFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dismantle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dismantle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FascistGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistGOP</span></a></p>
Dark Photon Studio<p>I hate <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> too but if you think <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is burning the planet to a cinder, and is the worst thing in the history of anything ever, you're a fucking idiot.</p>
Ralph Hogaboom<p>I think generative AI is a neat technology, despite the many ethical concerns. What annoys me is the assumption of masculinity in the technology, it's like a materialistic approach. Bros that are 'good' at generative AI, it's like they are cornering the market on using it, a type of ownership over technology capability. And they tend to overtalk while not being able to listen to non-men on the subject. Super fucking annoying.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genAI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/generative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generative</span></a></p>
Max Gross<p>This is what happens when weaponized incompetency joins ruthless fascism. Trump and his minions are as stupid as they are cruel. <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/RonVara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonVara</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TrumpCrimeFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCrimeFamily</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treason</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/BatshitCrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatshitCrazy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Obscurantism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obscurantism</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NewDarkAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDarkAge</span></a> <a href="https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kfor.com/news/local/were-citiz</span><span class="invisible">ens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@dramypsyd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dramypsyd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cooltrans.men/users/letsgoat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letsgoat</span></a></span> <em>nodds in agreement</em></p><ul><li>I guess the laws need to specify <em>any practice</em> and not merely <em>"person practicing"</em> or some other legalese semantics that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> seem to exploit as of now.</li></ul><p>Problem is they have more money than sense and propably will stall <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> with it as hard as they can, and I'm convinced they'd rather upsell a "solution" (i.e. <em>"AI behaviour analysis" flagging people who are able and/or willing to self-defend as "dangerous"</em>) to the problem they cause or accelerate than stop unethical shite…</p><ul><li>Cuz that's what the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a>|s do: Create a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CottageIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CottageIndustry</span></a>"</em> around <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechnicalDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalDebt</span></a> (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> being unfixably insecure => 3rd party <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Antivirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antivirus</span></a>"</em>) and then flex that as a force rather than accept they're wrong!</li></ul>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Like many Godly Christian Wives, I was programmed to blame myself when a husband expressed his unhappiness by verbally, emotionally, and/or physically abusing his wife. It took my male pastor and a male friend telling me they were afraid my husband would eventually maim or kill me to seek a divorce."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleEntitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleEntitlement</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleDomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleDomination</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a><br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I’ve written about my first marriage to a Good Christian Man. We married when I was twenty-three and separated when I was twenty-seven. He wanted to attend seminary and be a pastor; I couldn’t reconcile that desire with how he treated me at home, where I was a bitch and a cunt and a whore if I disagreed with him."</p><p>~ Andra Watkins</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleEntitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleEntitlement</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleDomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleDomination</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a><br>/2</p><p><a href="https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/how-i-escaped-christian-nationalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andrawatkins.substack.com/p/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-i-escaped-christian-nationalism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Ask AI Google what women want. I did this recently, looking for the famous Freud quote. AI will tell you that what we women want is empathy, love, and affection from a man, and nothing more than a relationship. Ask it the same question about men, and it adds an entire section about what men want beyond a partner, all of which have to do with worldly accomplishments."</p><p>~ Nina Burleigh</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleEntitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleEntitlement</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleDomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleDomination</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.americanfreakshow.news/p/epstein-trump-and-the-myth-of-the" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanfreakshow.news/p/epste</span><span class="invisible">in-trump-and-the-myth-of-the</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>Psst, hey: HACKERS ARE NOT TECH BROS. The vast majority of hackers never become tech bros. The ethics of hacking runs completely counter to that of tech bros.</p><p>Hackers make hardware do things they weren’t intended to do. They circumvent barriers. They string together contraptions that repurpose old stuff to do new things. Hackers aren’t that interested in money; they’re more interested in showing off their skills. They love to learn and make demos and create and share free tech that other hackers then build upon. All they want is acknoweledgement and the respect of their peers.</p><p>Tech bros are parasites. They’re greedy bastards who love to erect barriers between people and tech. They extract, addict, monetize. They turn everything fun and useful into a transaction, a dopamine trap, a subscription, a surveillance tool, an advertising outlet, and a vector to extract money from labor and suppliers. </p><p>Please don’t get them mixed up.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeffjarvis</span></a></span> <br>No matter what the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> throw at the humanities, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAI</span></a> (or even <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a> if it ever becomes a reality) will never unseat the primacy of the human potential for creativity. Whatever else <a href="https://aus.social/tags/artificial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificial</span></a>… (choose your own terms) is set to accomplish, it will be stale, utilitarian (hopefully) and desultory if not irretrievably delusional (see second point).</p><p>1. We are who we think we are. <br>2. The reality we experience is in our minds. <br>3. We are creators of our own world.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/humanitiesandsocialsciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitiesandsocialsciences</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanism</span></a></p>
jbz<p>That leaflet about the costs of ChatGPT came from a TESCREAL cultist, have fun debasing yourself for that crowd, at least he's getting paid, you aren't xD.</p><p><a href="https://andymasley.substack.com/about" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">andymasley.substack.com/about</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/tescreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tescreal</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a></p>
Tim Schlotfeldt ⚓🏳️🌈New blogpost: <a href="https://www.tschlotfeldt.de/wiki/2025-04-29_Social-Media-Plattformen_sind_extrem_gef%c3%a4hrlich_f%c3%bcr_demokratische_Gesellschaften" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Social-Media-Plattformen sind extrem gefährlich für demokratische Gesellschaften</a><br><br><blockquote>Die sozialen Netzwerke haben ganz konkrete Auswirkung darauf, wie demokratische Gesellschaften miteinander umgehen. Die Zahl der regelmäßigen Zeitungsleser:innen nimmt seit vielen Jahren kontinuierlich ab und das lineare Fernsehen mit seinen Angeboten dem Bereich des investigativen Journalismus verliert immer weiter an Beachtung. Dem gegenüber stehen die großen sozialen Netzwerke wie TikTok, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp oder LinkedIn. Die Nutzungszahlen steigen dort weiterhin an. Genauso wie der weltweite Trend, dass sich immer mehr Menschen über Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft hauptsächlich über Social-Media-Kanäle informieren. Das ist für demokratische Gesellschaften ein großes Problem. Warum ist das so?<br><br><strong>Problem 1: Keine Anforderung der publizistischen Sorgfaltspflicht</strong><br><br>Klassische Medien werden in Demokratien unter besonderen Schutz gestellt, damit sie ohne Angst vor Repressionen kritisch und investigativ arbeiten können. Gleichzeitig müssen sie sich aber an hohe Standards halten. Unter anderem an die publizistische Sorgfaltspflicht, die zum Beispiel fordert, dass Nachrichten auf ihren Wahrheitsgehalt vor Veröffentlichung geprüft werden müssen. Soziale Netzwerke sind von dieser Sorgfaltspflicht befreit. Die Begründung ist hier, dass diese Dienste ja lediglich den Content anderer, der Nutzer:innen, transportieren.<br><br><strong>Problem 2: Mikrotargeting</strong><br><br>Das Geschäftsmodell der sozialen Netzwerke basiert auf Werbung. Und je zielführender Werbung ist, also je höher die Conversion Rate ist, um so mehr Geld kann man mit Werbung verdienen. Darum haben die sozialen Netzwerke ausgefeilte Werkzeuge entwickelt, mit denen sich selbst kleinste Zielgruppen sehr genau ansprechen lassen. Es ist beispielsweise kein Problem, an Personen einer Zielgruppe wie „Verwaltungsmitarbeiterin mit IT-Interesse, lebt im Norden von Hamburg, lebt in einer Beziehung, ist jünger als 40 Jahre, interessiert sich aktuell für ein Haus im Grünen“ bestimmte Inhalte, wie Videos, Fotos und Textmeldungen auszuspielen.<br><br><strong>Problem 2a: Intransparentes Mikrotargeting</strong><br><br>Werbetreibende können verschiedenen Zielgruppen zu ein und dem selben Thema unterschiedliche Informationen ausspielen, ohne dass das weder für die Zielgruppen noch für andere nachvollziehbar ist. Im einfachsten Fall sind das unterschiedliche Preise für ein und dasselbe Produkt. Aufzuspüren ist so etwas derzeit nur durch ehrenamtliches Engagement. Beispielsweise hat das ZDF Magazin Royal seine Zuschauer:innen vor der letzten Bundestagswahl um eine Datenspende mit Hilfe eines Browser-Plugin gebeten (siehe die Folge Wahlkampf im Internet).<br><br>[…]<br><br><strong>Es läuft nicht gut</strong><br><br>Soziale Netzwerke sind keiner Sorgfaltspflicht unterworfen wie klassische Medien. Dabei wissen wir aber seit der Aufarbeitung des Brexit-Referendums im Jahr 2016, dass Unternehmen wie Cambridge Analytica versuchen, die Netzwerke für Meinungsmache, insbesondere für rechtspopulistische Meinungsmache, zu instrumentalisieren. Cambridge Analytica ist auch ein gutes Beispiel um aufzuzeigen, wie extrem reiche Menschen Facebook, TikTok & Co nutzen, um die Politik und Gesetzgebung zu ihren Gunsten zu verändern. Der Hauptinvestor hinter Cambridge Analytica war der Multimilliardär Robert Mercer, der 2016 auch ein wichtiger Unterstützer von Trumps Wahlkampf war. Robert Mercer hat neben Cambridge Analytica auch Stephen Bannon und dessen rechtsgerichtete Plattform „Breitbart News“ finanziell unterstützt. Stephen Bannon wiederum war ebenfalls an der Gründung von Cambridge Analytica beteiligt. Wikipedia schreibt über diese beiden Figuren: „Bannon war mit den Mercers befreundet; sie verfolgten gemeinsam das Ziel, das politische Establishment in der US-Hauptstadt Washington zu entmachten.“<br><br><br><strong>Keine Lösung in Sicht</strong><br><br>Okay, es gäbe eine Lösung. Wie durch Zauberhand würden mit einem Fingerschnippen alle die kommerziellen Netzwerke verlassen Richtung Fediverse. Eine schöne Utopie, aber leider nicht sehr realistisch.<br><br>Müssen die kommerziellen Netzwerke irgendwann sorgfältiger arbeiten und gegen Manipulationen einschreiten? In gewisser Weise ja, beispielsweise hat die Europäische Union die Gesetzeslage angepasst. Aber auch diese wird zu keiner grundsätzlichen Änderung führen.<br><br>Und die unvorstellbar reichen Tech-Bros bleiben nicht untätig und verfolgen weiter Ziele wie die Dunkle Aufklärung (auch Neoreaktionäre Bewegung, NRx, genannt).<br><br>So schlimm das alles ist: schlimmer ist, dass unsere demokratischen Gesellschaften immer noch kein Gegenmittel gefunden haben.<br><br>Damit bleibt mir ein hoffnungsfroher Abschluss verbaut.</blockquote><br><br>#<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SocialMedia</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=BigTech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BigTech</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=TechBros" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TechBros</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fediverse</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=Neoreaktion%C3%A4reBewegung" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NeoreaktionäreBewegung</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=Rechtspopulismus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rechtspopulismus</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=Gesellschaft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gesellschaft</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=Demokratie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Demokratie</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=Politik" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Politik</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=EU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EU</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.tschlotfeldt.de/search?tag=CaroleCadwalladr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CaroleCadwalladr</a>
Paria sans portefeuille<p>Il est libre, <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> - <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/LesGoguettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesGoguettes</span></a> (en trio mais à quatre) </p><p>sur l'air de « Il est libre, Max » par Hervé Cristiani</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/03dzCXAC7dE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/03dzCXAC7dE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/oligarques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarques</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/droiteTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>droiteTech</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@MusiqueNow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MusiqueNow</span></a></span></p>
Silkester<p>Europe strikes back? Europe didn't strike back when they fined €700 Mio to US tech giants. Those tech giants were aware of EU laws and chose to break those laws.</p><p>Those 2 US tech bros got what they had coming by their choice.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EURegulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EURegulations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MisleadingHeadlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MisleadingHeadlines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fines</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawBreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawBreaking</span></a> vs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> that are based in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Ben Smith on how tech elites and the super rich drive public discourse and exert control over media via private chats:</p><p>"Their influence flows through X, Substack, and podcasts, and constitutes a kind of dark matter of American politics and media."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a><br>/6</p><p><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/article/04/27/2025</span><span class="invisible">/the-group-chats-that-changed-america</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Parker Molloy comments on Ben Smith's report about the huge control the monied tech bros exert on the media via private chats:</p><p>"We're increasingly living in a world where public discourse is shaped by private conversations among elites that we'll never see. That should worry anyone who cares about genuine intellectual diversity and democratic decision-making."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a><br>/5</p><p><a href="https://www.readtpa.com/p/media-manipulation-watch-the-forces" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">readtpa.com/p/media-manipulati</span><span class="invisible">on-watch-the-forces</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“The richest and most successful people in tech plotting to coopt Trump thinking they could create massive economic growth but instead becoming responsible for the most smooth brained recession in history would be a really funny plot point if it wasn’t for the suffering.”</p><p>~ Tim Miller quoted by Sam Stein</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a><br>/4</p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-trump-sinking-poll-numbers-matter-unpopularity-india-pakistan-kashmir-canada-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/why-trump-sin</span><span class="invisible">king-poll-numbers-matter-unpopularity-india-pakistan-kashmir-canada-election</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>“AMERICA CAN NO LONGER SUBSIDIZE CANADA”<br><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/114416012312766353" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/1</span><span class="invisible">14416012312766353</span></a></p><p>unfuckingbelievable this is the lie about Canada pushed by fascist <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/finbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finbros</span></a> and old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimeSyndicates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimeSyndicates</span></a> money. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElbowsUp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> Elbows Up!</p>
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