Acid Communism, Philip K Dick, and the New Culture β by Douglas Lain https://youtu.be/7BmiEq8xbBo 'In this video, Acid Communism is seen through the mystical experiences of Philip K Dick, the projects of Terence McKenna and Timothy Leary, and through some personal anecdotes from Douglas Lain...'
How Britain stole $45 trillion from India. And lied about it. β by Jason Hickel https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/britain-stole-45-trillion-india-181206124830851.html '...Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938. It's a staggering sum. For perspective, $45 trillion is 17 times more than the total annual gross domestic product of the United Kingdom today...'
In a study published in Scientific American, Ferguson argues that war may not be in our nature at all. People might fight and sometimes kill for personal reasons, but homicide, he argues, is not war [....]
"Anthropologists think about prospects for war in the long term," Ferguson says. "If the idea that war is part of human nature is not scientifically supported, alternative futures open up. If more people work for prevention, the eventual eradication of war is a definite theoretical possibility."...'
The 5 yr old Who Was Detained at the Border wtAf #Murica γ '...Helen was given a pack of crayons and spent the summer coloring patriotic images: busts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the torch on the Statue of Liberty. She was granted an hour of βLarge Muscle Activity and Leisure Timeβ each day, and received lessons on the human respiratory system, the history of music, and βthe risk and danger of social media.β βHelen,β a caseworker observed, βhas excellent behavior at all times.β She had no major sources of stress, her reports noted, aside from βbeing separated from her family.β Her teachers encouraged her to develop βsmart goalsββambitions that are βSpecific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.β Helenβs goal was simple: βMinor disclosed wanting to live with her mother and family in the U.S.β...' https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-five-year-old-who-was-detained-at-the-border-and-convinced-to-sign-away-her-rights
Google: 'We are shutting down Google+ for consumers.' https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/amp/ '...The review did highlight the significant challenges in creating and maintaining a successful Google+ that meets consumersβ expectations. Given these challenges and the very low usage of the consumer version of Google+, we decided to sunset the consumer version of Google+.
To give people a full opportunity to transition, we will implement this wind-down over a 10-month period, slated for completion by the end of next August. Over the coming months, we will provide consumers with additional information, including ways they can download and migrate their data...'
Rainbow gatherings happen far away from Babylon β the problem of #failbook
ββ¦Yet for the last 10 years they have been increasingly/largely organized on Facebook, this is having an affect on the gatherings. Facebook being a #dotcon is strong Babylon energy and this energy is overflowing into the Rainbow Gatherings.
For #rainbow to have most of its organizing and communication in/on #failbook is a clear bringing Babylon into Rainbow disaster. You can see this in the illness/eco disasterβs at European gatherings over the last 5 years. The regional one I was at for 3 weeks in Serbia this summer was such, though worked hard on the ground in circles to heal thisβ¦β
Here in #Hungary we had Nazis infiltrate the Budapest #Pride (difficult because the police create a massive fence around us every year) and they attempted to blockade us from moving further.
Should I revive this #MondayAnarchy mastodon effort, or not? Many months ago I initiated this to start a conversation around anarchism or socialism etc starting every monday (when people are annoyed with going to work).
Continue? What should be the next question? theme? or issue?
What Is Facebook Trying To Do? by James J. Zogby https://lobelog.com/what-is-facebook-trying-to-do 'This week, #Facebook made a rather strange and disturbing set of announcements. In response to concerns raised by several civil rights organizations [....] troubling was that Facebook coupled this action with the appointment of former Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) to conduct a similar audit in response to charges that Facebook has a βliberal biasβ¦against conservative voices.β [....] Facebookβs choice of Kyl to conduct the parallel audit with the ACLUβs Murphy. While the ACLU has a solid record of defending free speech from both the left and right of the political spectrum, Kyl has been notorious for his partisan associations with, support from, and advocacy for the very groups that have fomented anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant policies...'