Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://furry.engineer/@soatok" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>soatok</span></a></span> it's the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> equivalent of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EliteProjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EliteProjection</span></a> they suffer under:</p><ul><li>They like it so everyone else must like it too!</li></ul><p>See <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/zoox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zoox</span></a>: <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcKUYbChE3A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=GcKUYbChE3A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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skry<p>Kudos to the person shouting truth to the evil Palantir CEO, who is getting richer by building systems to help Trump control the US like China controls Uyghurs. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/comments/1kc72o8/palantir_ceo_disrupted_by_protester/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/com</span><span class="invisible">ments/1kc72o8/palantir_ceo_disrupted_by_protester/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</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>
Douglas<p>A friend keeps pumping out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> children's story books that he's selling on Amazon. He is even using an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> bot that creates somewhat believable videos of an AI influencer to promote the books on social media. </p><p>He's also used AI to automate other social media stuff to sell photographs.</p><p>It's very disheartening.</p><p>And yes he's a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techBro</span></a></p>
Faraiwe<p>Every time someone who is writing about the effects of fascism publishes their articles at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>substack</span></a> a fashy <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> gets some money.</p><p>That money will be donated to a fashy politician, who will, in turn, destroy democracy, so the techbro doesn't have to pay taxes, is free from oversight, free to prey upon and create poverty, and then they can marry a 12yo girl, too.</p><p>Please, for the love of fuck, people, STOP USING <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SUBSTACK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUBSTACK</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurdReich</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DTBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DTBO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tweesecake.social/@adisonverlice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adisonverlice</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TLDW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLDW</span></a>; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileCoin</span></a> is absolute <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bs</span></a> to the point that even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSGq9FQKU4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">failed even acquiring it.</a></p><ul><li>Plus it's 100% <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PreMined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreMined</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">and hard-locked</a> <em>very proprprietary</em> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IntelSGX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelSGX</span></a> chips.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scamcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scamcoin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>The ultimate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechSis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flex</span></a>: </p><ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/H100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H100</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Purse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Purse</span></a>! </li></ul><p>Source: <a href="https://youtu.be/3jhTnk3TCtc&t=1155" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patrick Boyle</a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fashion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechSister</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p>The tag line was interesting and, like everyone else with <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Win10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Win10</span></a> on older (still serviceable) equipment, I’m looking to milk my current setups for all its worth. Having read it, it seems it is easier to switch to a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> version (<a href="https://aus.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> for me) and get to know it like I know <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MS</span></a>. Must say that pissing off <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> software is a hoot. </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/windows_10_ltsc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/22/win</span><span class="invisible">dows_10_ltsc/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://partyon.xyz/@nando161" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nando161</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FriendlyReminder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FriendlyReminder</span></a> that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> admitted to push the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hyperloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperloop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> to sabotage <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CaliforniaHighSpeedRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaHighSpeedRail</span></a> and thus cement <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarCentrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarCentrism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CHSR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHSR</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarBrain</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Car</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grifter</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sabotage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rail</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HighSpeedRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighSpeedRail</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>The sad part is that some people think so in real life and they actually have influence on their followers and not see this as the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comedy</span></a> it's supposed to be.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2_bG1PF1GQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Z2_bG1PF1GQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheGrindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGrindset</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GetToWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetToWork</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RiseAndGrind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiseAndGrind</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grinding</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChadMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChadMeme</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chaz</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Royce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Royce</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuPont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuPont</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RoyceDupont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyceDupont</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeadlyNightshade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadlyNightshade</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meme</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GrindCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrindCulture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RiseAndGrind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiseAndGrind</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FinanceBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinanceBros</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FinanceBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinanceBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicMasculinity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grindset</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mindset</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>When TechBro billionaire oligarchs were the darlings of "liberal" capitalist society, their homages to sci-fi literature were considered "quirky." Today, on the verge of what some call a "techno-feudalist" dictatorship in America, paid for by many of those same TechBro billionaires, a recent opinion piece in The Guardian raises an important question; was society ignoring the warning signs that these rich megalomaniacs took the wrong lessons from the stories we all grew up loving?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/the-big-idea-will-sci-fi-end-up-destroying-the-world" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/the-big-idea-will-sci-fi-end-up-destroying-the-world</span></a></p><p>The Big Idea: Will Sci-Fi End Up Destroying the World?</p><p>"We can see this most clearly in the way the dystopian settings of so much cyberpunk fiction are seen by today’s tech leaders as prophetic visions of a world they need to try to escape – whether by colonising Mars, building metaverses or, in the case of Vance’s billionaire patron Peter Thiel, backing efforts to create new city states by buying land in developing countries. In the original novels it tended to be people like them responsible for creating the dystopias in the first place, but they’ve somehow projected the blame on to the masses.</p><p>In Snow Crash there’s something called “the Raft” – a collection of boats filled with infected, mind-controlled refugees headed for America’s west coast. It’s an image that recalls the viciously racist 1973 French sci-fi novel The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail, in which a huge fleet of Indian refugees destroy western civilisation. It’s had a far-right fandom ever since and has been referenced by former Donald Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon. It’s a particular favourite of Stephen Miller, Trump’s lead policy adviser and close friend of Musk (Miller’s wife, Katie, is the Doge spokeswoman).</p><p>It’s not much of a jump to see the actions of Thiel and Musk, and many of those around them, as an attempt to forestall this fate, linking, as they do, the racial obsessions of the far right with their odd brand of tech-utopianism. When Thiel writes that “I no longer believe freedom and democracy are compatible”, or when Musk makes up wild stories about the Democrats using benefit fraud to import migrants, they are unabashedly expressing this fear of being overrun. The greatest irony of all is that in their desperation to build escape routes, they risk creating the very dystopias they fear."</p><p>To answer our question above, yes society did ignore the warning signs that these TechBro billionaires were reactionary freaks with terrible ideas and increasingly, enough money power to try and make those ideas a reality; but not necessarily for the reasons the author implies in this article. I think at this point it's pretty uncontroversial to say that guys like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and even Jeff Bezos are deeply unserious thinkers whose wealth allows them to surround themselves with actual scientists, engineers, and inventors who can turn their pulp fiction fantasies into reality; so it's not really a surprise that these rich dilettante get their ideas from mass market sci-fi novels. What I think is far more instructional however, is to look at *which* science fiction ideas these folks gravitate towards; specifically the hyper-capitalist, racist, fascist, and authoritarian ideas commonly found in the sci-fi novels they grew up with. </p><p>I'm not a psychic of course, but I don't think it's an accident that billionaire TechBros who buy whole governments and seem intent on installing a technologically-enhanced form of fascism in America, gravitate towards stories and ideas about power, superiority, and the apocalypse that many critics have rightfully described as fascist in nature; nor do I think its a coincidence that these would-be "Masters of the Universe" have that in common with fascist propagandists like Curtis Yarvin, or even the Trump regime that Musk has bought outright control of. When you factor in that almost all of these same people are also interested in things like eugenics, neo-fascist corporate dictatorships, and racialized birth rates on a global scale, it becomes pretty clear that the origin story here is about powerful people looking for ideas that support their reactionary, supremacist, authoritarian beliefs; not a fascination with literary fiction. </p><p>In the end, I think that's the handle many people are missing when they're trying to understand the so-called "Dark Enlightenment." These folks don't believe in fascist ideology because they think they're right; these rich bastards are folks who have been presented with the problem of how to maintain their wealth and power on a boiling planet, even as the capitalism that grants them everything is going to kill billions, and fascist ideas are the only way they can square that circle, so they're always on the lookout for more of them. Sci-Fi stories aren't going to destroy the world; but the fascism that was so easily hidden inside many of them just might.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CurtisYavin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurtisYavin</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>IMPORTANT THREAD BY <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@resistancewins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>resistancewins</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/@resistancewins/114351170130441040" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@resistancewins/1</span><span class="invisible">14351170130441040</span></a></p><p>for one point that is implicit but not stated:</p><p>FACEBOOK IS IN THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING DOOMERISM </p><p>and it’s the kind that leads to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p><p>there’s evidence of their psyops collaboration in the Rohinga and Tigray genocides:<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thenexusofprivacy/114310456194841898" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@thenexusofpr</span><span class="invisible">ivacy/114310456194841898</span></a></p><p>and this goes back to Edward Snowden leaks of USGOV spying & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> sites running <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psyops</span></a> experiments:</p><p>“Facebook emotion experiment sparks criticism” <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28051930" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/technology-280519</span><span class="invisible">30</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>simon_brooke</span></a></span> that assumes several things that are proven wrong:</p><ol><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> didn't knew their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithms</span></a> (they do!)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> were unable to change what gets <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/boosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boosted</span></a> by their own Algorithms. (OFC they can!)</p></li><li><p>The same companies didn't knew the directly-linked damage they can if not cause, at least amplify (see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RohingyaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RohingyaGenocide</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Burma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burma</span></a>)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a>|s in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> weren't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/facist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facist</span></a> to begin with (I mean, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> is more of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/norm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norm</span></a> than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/exception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exception</span></a>!)</p></li><li><p>That they never before sided with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> (In fact, they platformed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a>|ist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/followers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>followers</span></a> even after their failed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HighTreason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighTreason</span></a>!)</p></li><li><p>Said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a>|s and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CTO</span></a>|s are powerless to stop any of this (in fact, they could force Trump to resign if they wanted to!)</p></li><li><p>That Trump exerts control over them (He could as.per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> but let's be honest, they control him more than he can control them!)</p></li><li><p>That <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechCompanies</span></a> from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> didn't endorse and platform <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/facists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facists</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/authoritatians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritatians</span></a> (espechally in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>) until then.</p></li><li><p>That the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> became hostile over night.</p></li></ol>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>They can start by releasing their trade secrets. <br>Next, abandon their trademarks. </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jack-dorsey-and-elon-musk-would-like-to-delete-all-ip-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jack</span><span class="invisible">-dorsey-and-elon-musk-would-like-to-delete-all-ip-law/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/techlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techlaw</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/tradesecrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradesecrets</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/trademarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trademarks</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/techdude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techdude</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/techdork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techdork</span></a></p>
Tyler K. Nothing<p>So, this <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> wannabe was so far up his own ass that he overpromised and had to fake it. Don’t believe these idiots and their claims over <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>. This is as legit as companies worth billions that don’t make any revenue. <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAFO</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/11/0018218/fintech-founder-charged-with-fraud-after-ai-shopping-app-found-to-be-powered-by-humans-in-the-philippines" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/1</span><span class="invisible">1/0018218/fintech-founder-charged-with-fraud-after-ai-shopping-app-found-to-be-powered-by-humans-in-the-philippines</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>what <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AnarchoNinaAnalyzes</span></a></span> is pointing to is another one of the phenomenons of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> that people never reckon with: </p><p>THERE ARE NO FASCISTS WITHOUT GOD COMPLEXES</p><p>this is what has many people in disbelief about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> coalition, especially Zuckerberg, who notoriously helped elect Obama. </p><p>but he has always been a sociopathic conman with baby-looks who charmed his way to god-like power by making real the all-watching, all-knowing “information awareness” state:<br> <br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Awareness_Office" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informat</span><span class="invisible">ion_Awareness_Office</span></a></p>
kirch<p>The three virtues of a great programmer are: Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris ... they're not good organizing principles for a government, but it's what we've got right now.</p><p>This administration can only be as "smart" as Generative AI because it's what they use to do all their thinking for them.</p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug<p>Mein Standpunkt im Tagesspiegel Background 🔥🔥🔥</p><p>Zirp, zirp, zirp im <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bundesinnenministerium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bundesinnenministerium</span></a></p><p>"Russland setzt auf hybride Bedrohungen, China auf zunehmende <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Cyberaggressionen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberaggressionen</span></a> und in den USA verbündet sich der Präsident mit den <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Techbro</span></a>-Milliardären. Aus dem Bundesinnenministerium klingt derweil dröhnende Stille, kritisiert Manuel Atug von der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@AG_KRITIS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AG_KRITIS</span></a></span> . Für ihn ist klar: Es geht um mehr als nur digitale <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Souver%C3%A4nit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Souveränität</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ProfessionellAngepisst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessionellAngepisst</span></a> 🔥<br><a href="https://background.tagesspiegel.de/it-und-cybersicherheit/briefing/zirp-zirp-zirp-im-bundesinnenministerium" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">background.tagesspiegel.de/it-</span><span class="invisible">und-cybersicherheit/briefing/zirp-zirp-zirp-im-bundesinnenministerium</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chitter.xyz/@Alephwyr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Alephwyr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anthropy</span></a></span> Don't get me wrong. I haven't discarded his vision. I just think it is the same <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Naive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UtopianTechnocraticVision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UtopianTechnocraticVision</span></a> that underpins the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> set. There are generally two possible future directions <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Utopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utopia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a>. And they cycle one after the other. Most people think of these as permanent terminal states never realizing that EVERYTHING has a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifecycle</span></a>. Even <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheAmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmericanDream</span></a></p>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>Google-Backed Chatbot Platform Caught Hosting AI Impersonations of 14-Year-Old User Who Died by Suicide</p><p>Google continues to cause harm by funding garbage AI. The only way to stop them is through <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> and <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a>.</p><p>💔 They continue to allow myself and my family to be harmed by not protecting my <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/daughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daughter</span></a> after promising they had done so. THEY ARE LIARS. </p><p>Have you been harmed by them yet? Have your friends? Your students? </p><p>❓Who will Google and CharacterAI harm next? </p><p>These <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> ghouls CANNOT be trusted. Help us stop them.</p><p>🌐<a href="https://futurism.com/chatbot-impersonation-suicide" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/chatbot-impersona</span><span class="invisible">tion-suicide</span></a></p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/endGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/characterai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>characterai</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/law" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>law</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sociology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sociology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_technology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>theguardian_us_technology</span></a></span></p>
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