Gauchohaulic

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California native. UCSB grad. Relapsed Reply Guy. Imperfect Christian. Anti-reactionary, pro-science progressive. Doing my best to get through another day.

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The lesson from France is that sometimes you have to hold your nose to defeat fascism. You can't beat it with your own ideological purity.

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What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't. www.zdnet.com/article/digi...

This state is introducing digital driver's licenses. Here's what you need to knowwww.zdnet.com Your physical wallet is being replaced piece by piece. Here's what you need to know about using digital IDs.

Parlez-vous “anti-anti Trump” au françis?

The left went all the way to sacrifice candidates to keep the nazis out. The macronites much less so, macron in fact tried to ensure a Le Pen victory by keeping his candidates in, several dropped out against his wishes. "far left" wut, the no. 1 collaborator w the far right is the centre- right

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The mainstream media outlets are owned by greedy money-hoarding billionaires who would happily destroy democracy & replace it with a fascist theocratic oligarchy. They don’t report facts, they don’t report truth, they vomit propaganda to further their agenda. Don’t buy it.

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My fantasy: Joe Biden, calling on Peter Baker, getting a question about being old, answering: “Sure I’m old. But at least Jeffrey Epstein didn’t have my number on speed dial like the adjudicated rapist running against me.”

They are so very incredibly mad at him. The more they protest and shout, the more I feel like Biden must be doing SOMETHING right to piss them off this much.

"Defiant Biden" Who is Biden defying, one might ask?

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"14 months of intense conflict have left Sudan facing the world’s WORST hunger and displacement crisis... In the last few weeks alone, it's estimated that more than 55K people have fled the Sinja region in southeast Sudan. Tens of thousands of people have been killed since war broke out last year. "

Perspective - Sudan facing world's worst hunger and displacement crisis, IRC country director sayswww.france24.com Fourteen months of intense conflict have left Sudan facing the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis. That's according to the International Rescue Committee's country director. Eatizaz Yousif…

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Violent threats from MAGA don't just appear to be rising in number, but getting more blatant. Typically, they couch threats in "ambiguous" language, to make the post-threat gaslighting easier. Lately, even the deniability is fading. www.salon.com/2024/07/08/s...

"Some folks need killing!": People must take MAGA threats of violence literally and seriouslywww.salon.com A leader of Project 2025 declares the authoritarian "revolution" will be "bloodless" only "if the left allows it"

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Look how fun shutting down fascists is. I want this for us, too

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I don’t make much of a living, but I’m far more accurate than many who are highly paid in the field. This fact depresses me constantly.

A lot of folks who supposedly analyze politics for a living are just like…not good at it?

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Cute! Baby elephant in Chobe, Botswana

I’ve learned that I need a non-work related paper printout maybe 2-3 times a year, and it’s more cost effective to just go into a FedEx/UPS store and print out whatever from there. And I can usually print from work anyway. I’ll probably never buy a home printer ever again.

In case anyone was wondering, home printers still suck.

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buddy have you met me it's all i do

You cannot challenge yourself

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It’s amazing the extent to which our billionaire tech bro overlords are just telling us out loud that they are rooting for fascism. Makes me slightly nostalgic for the days when American plutocrats plotted against democracy in secret.

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We! Never! Stopped! Getting! COVID!!!! What the actual SHIT is this headline?????? There has never been a time, in the last 4.5 godforsaken years, when we didn't have people getting COVID!!!

A seasonal wave of #Covid is sweeping across the U.S., driven by the FLiRT variants, a trio of the latest #SARSCoV2 mutants making the rounds. So no, it's not your imagination. People are getting Covid again www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

Yep, people are getting COVID againwww.seattletimes.com A seasonal COVID-19 wave appears to be underway with cases growing or likely growing in 39 states.

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a dead giveaway that project 2025 was written specifically for—and with input from—trump:

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Sometimes my scroll gets it right.

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The authoritarian right has power in America only because the majority of Americans didn't care enough to pay attention, let alone vote. The French saw the danger and stood against it.

Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

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It doesn’t seem like they’re very confident Trump is going to win in November. Maybe they should have chosen a better candidate?

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It drives me nuts when people say we need to make sure poor people have access to AI. The entire schtick is focused on providing AI slop to the masses while ensuring the elites get real human professionals. Having a human teacher or doctor or lawyer cannot become a bespoke luxury for the wealthy.

Also known as “training your replacement.” 😩

Morehouse to be the first university to use virtual AI teaching assistantswww.axios.com The Atlanta HBCU will have AI teaching assistants this fall.

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Dem weirdos dreaming up tournament-style solutions to Joe Biden being the nominee and Catturd-grade reactionary types crying about cheating in the French election have one crucial thing in common, which is that they transparently lack the emotional maturity and patience required to be sports fans.

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far right beliefs are deeply unpopular, which is why one of their main beliefs is making sure a popular vote doesn't get to decide anything

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if there is one thing I want to come out of this election, regardless of result, it is Dems - and the left more generally - finally understanding that they need to make their own media ecosystem and stop relying on folks who want them to lose to get their message out

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prominent winemom from the top rope

Ouch

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JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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anyone who says electoral politics will lead to a just world is misleading you. but so too are the people who say electoral politics doesn’t matter

I know the latest NZ election outcome was less than good, but jesus.

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When the France election results are good

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I always keep these words by Jamie Kalven in mind: people.chicagoreader.com/who/jamie-ka... Retreating is so seductive.

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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

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“Although the Biden admin seems to have run extremely well for 3.5 years, with a strong cabinet, few scandals, a thriving economy & major legislative accomplishments, the punditocracy has suggested we should ignore this record & decide on the basis of the 90-minute debate” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Why is the pundit class so desparate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016