.. given how things turned out it might seem a "naive gesture" in a way .. however it could also be something of a learning curve for ..um .. the "Marxist project" going forward 'n' all ...
#politics #society #paradigmshift #Marxwasright #propaganda #nudge #thought #dialectics #capitalism #decay #greenwashing #deception #hypocracy #truth #lies
So you lied, @UCDavis. #EmailForLife
"Due to increasing security risks and costs, The University of California, Davis is retiring its Email for Life and Email Forwarding for Life services for former students, staff, and other former affiliates."
End policy of appeasement — European foreign affairs chairs says
Chairs of the foreign affairs committees of eight #European parliaments on April 25 urged U.S. President Donald #Trump to end "the policy of #appeasement" towards #Russia, and called for a “resolute stance” against Moscow, according to a document seen by the Kyiv Independent.
“We strongly warn against yielding to its #blackmail and #deception,” the statement read.
https://kyivindependent.com/european-foreign-affairs-chairs-urge-trump-to-end-russias-appeasement/
With our team at Stratosphere Laboratory AIC FEE CTU, we are organising this year's Honeynet Project Workshop 2025 in Prague!
It will be a unique space to share your passion for deception technologies, honeypots, and cybersecurity with industry leaders and fellow researchers!
We are looking for sponsors who want to support deception research! Early birds are still open until April 29th! Grab your tickets! Last days to submit your training and talks proposals! Students can apply for a Cédric Blancher Memorial Scholarship!
This is the first time the conference is coming to Prague, with previous editions hosted in Copenhagen (2024), Innsbruck (2019), Taipei (2018), Canberra (2017), San Antonio (2016), Stavanger (2015), Warsaw (2014), Dubai (2013), San Francisco (2012), Paris (2011), Mexico City (2010) and Kuala Lumpur (2009).
What a unique opportunity!
https://prague2025.honeynet.org/
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Day 12 cont 
The #Liberals have a #candidate problem continued:
“The #Coalition’s (#LNP) election campaign is being dogged by a lengthening list of #CandidateIssues, the latest revelation that the contender (#JeffreyKidney) for the #Melbourne seat of #Wills pleaded #guilty to obtaining financial advantage by #deception and was ordered to pay #fines and #compensation worth more than $10,000.”
The poor quality of candidates is beginning to bite the Liberals.
#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #Leichhardt / #Bradfield / #Kooyong <https://archive.md/V0FK2> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/another-liberal-candidate-under-pressure-as-candidate-vetting-questioned-20250407-p5lpw6.html> (paywall)
#Dutton ducks question on #LNP vetting amid concerns over #charge against #Melbourne #candidate.
9’s newspapers reported that the candidate for the seat of #Wills, #JeffreyKidney, pleaded #guilty to obtaining financial advice by #deception in 2024 for a 2019 breach.
Kidney was ordered to pay fines & $10,640 in compensation to the Victorian WorkCover authority but no conviction was recorded against him.
#auspol just another typical LNP member.
Vancouver byelection left-leaning candidates win:Clear message to City Hall
https://www.straight.com/news/vancouver-byelection-wins-by-left-leaning-candidates-sends-a-message-to-sim-city
Far-right Lululemon billionaire Chip-Wilson-backed ABC Vancouver/Ken Sim
#TBA #conservatism #billionaires #populism #deception #rhetoric #capitalism #AaronGunn #copaganda #propaganda #VancouverIsDying
Vancouver votes in leftists Sean Orr/COPE, Lucy Maloney/OneCity
#COPE #DemocraticSocialism #SocialDemocracy #socialism #ecosocialism #solidarity #housing #food #environment #WealthTax #PublicHealth
Deception, Obfuscation & Misdirection
This is a concatenation of posts I originally made in 2016-2017--even more relevant today...
Most are familiar with the concept of #FUD—short for #Fear, #Uncertainty & #Doubt. It summarizes a strategy often used in marketing and political propaganda. Its effects are pernicious, divisive and lead to exploitation. Examples abound. Fear is a strong motivator! To resist FUD one must understand how it is practiced using the principles of #Deception, #Obfuscation and #Misdirection.
https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/deception_obfuscation_misdirection/index.html
““We are public servants, not Elon’s servants,” one Food and Drug Administration employee told the reporters, adding, “[t]he public deserves to know how dysfunctional, destructive, and deceptive all of this has been and continues to be.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025
#musk ‘s #dysfunctional #destructive #deception
How to Tell if Someone Is Lying to You, According to Experts
https://time.com/6964719/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-lying/
#Psychology #Deception #Relationships #Lying #MentalHealth
The deeper problems connected with advertising come less from the unscrupulousness of our 'deceivers' than from our pleasure in being deceived, less from the desire to seduce than from the desire to be seduced.
-- Daniel Boorstin
#Wisdom #Quotes #DanielBoorstin #Advertising #Deception
#Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico
”For years, Musk got away with treating his workers poorly, opposing their efforts at unionization, failing to improve vehicle build quality, and not delivering on promises like fully realized self-driving software, solar roof tiles, or battery-swap stations. … But that seems to finally have changed — and Tesla is feeling the consequences first because it’s most exposed to consumer pressure.”
—Paris Marx, Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground
#musk #tesla #deception
”As Ludicrous author Ed Niedermeyer has long explained, Tesla has effectively survived this way for a long time: upping the stakes with fantastical promises…and making investors believe unimaginable returns were in their future.”
—Paris Marx, Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground
#tesla #musk #deception
Oleg is one of #Russia’s main collaborators in #Estonia, which is also why he uses their main strategies, #deception and #lies, in his work. According to #KAPO he's falsely claimed to represent Estonian National Television (ETV) to gain people’s trust when asking for interviews.
8/13
“Musk has claimed to have found billions of dollars of waste or fraud in the government, and Trump and the White House have touted those statements. But their claims to have found massive savings have been full of errors, and most of their claims have been disproved.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 6, 2025
#musk #trump #doge #deception
Deception Gameplay Walkthrough FULL GAME - No Commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLRYCTmWh9w #pcgame #gaming #walkthrough #playthrough #Deception
”…Trump-Musk have declared open season on real fraud and bribery.”
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fraud
#trump #musk #deception #corruption #fraud #bribery
@w7voa
Two things can be true at once, correct, @jackmjenkins -- He's going to fight anti-Christian bias and antisemitism.
Can three things also be true at once? Are we going to hear about a commission/panel to fight Islamophobia -- or will Muslims become one of the "others" to blame?
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/deceiving-the-public
#deception #USpol #USpolitics
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