Analysis: "Don't worry, be happy. All those who feared a dystopian future got it wrong"

"A world where corporations run the politicians, promote endless war & secretly manipulate public opinion through the media. Thankfully, these bleak visions never materialised."

"I hadn’t realised I would need to spell out what this piece is saying. It is not a description of some possible future, as some appear to think"...

~Jonathan Cook

jonathancook.substack.com/p/do…

#USPol #Europol #Fascism #oligarchy .

Don't worry, be happy. All those who feared a dystopian future got it wrong

A world where corporations run the politicians, promote endless war and secretly manipulate public opinion through the media. Fortunately, these bleak visions never came to pass

^{Jonathan Cook}

#PennedPossibilities 873: What is your MC’s favorite meal or drink?

For Alia - "Maria had made dinner, a stew of long-grained rice, lentils, squash, dried bay leaves, turmeric, and dried red chillies. Maria knew that this was one of her comfort food items."

Tren de Cercanías circulando en la niebla matinal, partiendo de Ciempozuelos.

eu.zonerama.com/bobfisherphoto…

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #ferroviario #railway #tren #train #niebla #fog #ParqueRegionalDelSureste #Ciempozuelos #Madrid

The US Suppreme Court is about to overturn a key 1935 decision to NOT let every new president fire all the experts in every independent agency.

Imagine what a loss of expertise it will be for the entire federal system, if Trump gets to replace every expert with another Pete Hegseth type.

Ann E. Marimow has the story:

youtube.com/shorts/8r28kIZ_IVc…

Suchte hier nicht noch jemand Ideen, um sinnvolle Dinge für den #39c3 zu drucken?
@jay_peper hat da was sinnvolles entworfen👍🏼

chaos.social/@jay_peper/115718…

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We have a dark horse candidate emerging for the Superintendent of the Year award in tiny Winooski, Vermont. "My responsibility to make them feel like they belong & that this is their country & this is their school district. This is what we do"

pbs.org/newshour/nation/after-…

#politics #hero #Vermont

After Trump's 'garbage' slur, a Vermont school building flew a Somali flag. Then came the threats

The Somali flag was flown alongside the Vermont state flag and beneath the United States flag at a building that includes K-12 classrooms. Somali students cheered and clapped, telling administrators the flag flying meant a great deal to them.

^{PBS News}

I am looking for work again, ideally stable part-time (3 days a week) or contract work.

I am a software developer, with most of my years of experience as a full-stack web developer.

I am competent across the stack, and happy to learn anything new. I like clean code, and thinking ahead about legibility and long-term maintainability. I like understanding how everything works.

Here's a #fedihire post I made earlier this year with more details.

veganism.social/@sashin/115048…

I will write another more detailed post when I am in front of my laptop.

I have also been working on a new portfolio which should hopefully be up in the next few days.

I want to start writing daily fedihire posts again.

#fedihire #fedihired #getFedihired #fedihiresashin

Sashin

2025-08-18 07:00:41

I'm looking for a job as a software developer. Ideally permanent part-time, 3 full days a week. Also open to contract work for money in the meantime.

I'm based in Sydney, Australia and I am open to remote work assuming I can work during my daytime.

My past experience has been mainly in Web Development as a full stack developer.

I'm good with everything you'd expect across the stack (HTML, CSS, Javascript, sql, python, bash, git, linux) and am also well versed writing software in Rust and Elm.

I have a lot of experience speaking with clients and explaining how everything works too.

I like clean code and functional programming. I like thinking a lot about how to make things easier for other and my future self reading the code.

Happy to learn anything to fill in the gaps, and I often like learning about the problem space that the software operates in.

In my last role I had to write software used by nurses and doctors, and it was interesting learning about what their workflows and constraints were and adapting the interface to suit their needs (basically automating things that they do a lot).

If you are interesting in hiring me, please contact me at: chain-owl-empathy@duck.com

#fedihire #fedihired #getfedihired #fedihiresashin

I've decided to make #fedihire posts every day in my quest to find an income.

This is the second, the first is here: veganism.social/@sashin/115042…

If you would not like to see them please mute the tag #fedihiresashin and you will no longer see them.

My first one got almost 150 boosts, and one person has reached out with a potential contract!

Thank you so much - it's much appreciated!!!

Zelensky a Berlino incontra la delegazione Usa. Witkoff: 'Fatti molti progressi'
https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2025-12-14/ucraina-zelensky-a-berlino-incontro-witkoff-34641377/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Esteri @esteri-Agenzia_Italia

I'm looking at the architecture of things like Fedora Silverblue, NixOS, and the Steam Deck.

The concept of an immutable root filesystem with atomic updates seems like the technically correct way to do an OS. No more dependency hell, no more breaking the system with a bad sudo command. But the muscle memory of apt-get install / dnf install is hard to break. Containerizing everything (flatpak/distrobox) feels like a friction point for quick tasks.
For those who daily drive an immutable distro: Was the learning curve worth the stability? Or is it still too much friction for a machine? 🤔

#askfedi #linux #fedora #steam #steamdeck #NixOS #foss #opensource #programming #sysadmin

Sixteen Killed in Bondi Beach Massacre
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-14/bondi-beach-massacre-australia-briefing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Emerging Markets @emerging-markets-bloomberg

IT: Bem-Vindos a Derry vai ter segunda temporada? Entenda futuro da série
https://www.tecmundo.com.br/minha-serie/602679-it-bem-vindos-a-derry-vai-ter-segunda-temporada-entenda-futuro-da-serie.htm?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into TecMundo @tecmundo-TecMundo

This was my big weekend project. A few new characters I'm hoping to put together in an upcoming comic: The paper witch (he/him; left), Kim Kim (they/them; middle), and Werms (she/her; right).

#graffiti #cat #dragon #comic #webcomic #indieComic #BreakThings #streetArt #characterDesign #mural #mastoArt

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Terminato l'incontro a Berlino tra Zelensky e gli inviati di Trump - Europa - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/europa/2025/12/14/terminato-lincontro-a-berlino-tra-zelensky-e-gli-inviati-di-trump_fc999d6a-a11f-448f-812e-9bfcad2bbd09.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su ESTERI @esteri-AgenziaAnsa

Terminato l'incontro a Berlino tra Zelensky e gli inviati di Trump - Europa - Ansa.it

E' finito l'incontro tra Volodymyr Zelensky e gli emissari di Donald Trump a Berlino che era iniziato nel pomeriggio. Lo ha riferito la presidenza ucraina. (ANSA)

^{Agenzia ANSA}

France calls to delay crunch Mercosur vote
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-mercosur-vote-trade-agreement-agriculture/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into POLITICO Europe @politico-europe-POLITICOEurope

France calls to delay crunch Mercosur vote

Postponement could deal a fatal blow to the Latin American trade agreement, which has been 25 years in the works.

^{Camille Gijs (POLITICO)}

Hello Fedi

I'm looking for an email service provider.
Which is not Google, Microsoft and Proton Mail.

No storage space or office features is needed, only email (and transparency) is enough.

Also it would be amazing if they let me use my own domain, but that's not necessary

Edit: my choice: inbox.lv
Edit: also mentioned: tuta.com, mailbox.org, zoho.com, Posteo.de, soverin.com, disroot.org

#Fediask #fedihelp #email

Someone's expecting a REALLY high tide. 🤔

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #JamesBay #DallasRdShoreline #NotAI #FishingFloat

GrumpyOldMan: Der Vertriebene grumpyoldman.de/post/26958

#Blog

Der Vertriebene

frei und radler Aus dem Balkon ausgesetzt, weil nur frei- und Radlerflaschen drin sind.

^{Grumpy Old Man}

📣 OYEZ OYEZ 📣

Need an organizer in 🇧🇪 for a fundraiser in 🇵🇸

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Aya @rania40 needs an organizer for her GoFundMe!

The organizer needs to be in #Belgium because Aya has chosen this country whle creating her campaign.

Please show some solidarity, share this post with your followers!

note: Aya's account has been verified by Gaza Verified ✅
@aral
@gazaverified

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"Interior of school on Mileston Plantation. School begins very late in the year and the attendance is poor until December because the children pick cotton. Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi " -- Marion Post Wolcott -- 1939 -- LC-USF34- 052285-D [P&P] LOT 1648 -Library of Congress FSA/OWI

#USHistory #Phography #Documentary #AfricanAmericanHistory #MarionPostWolcott #FSA #FarmSecurityAdministration #NewDeal #Mississipp #Delta #School #Education #BlackHistory

RE: mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/115…

メンタル低めなところにこういう記事をまじまじ読むとさらに下がってしまうので要注意…だけど知っておく必要がある。

ガザにいる人たちのポストを読んでいても、小麦粉や油といった基本的な食料ですら簡単に手がでないことが伝わってくる。一方で、イスラエルからガザに入る食料を扱う業者は値をつり上げて暴利を得ていると。それらの業者は1ヶ月弱で300億円くらい儲けている。例えば冷凍トラック1台分の鶏肉がそのルートで1.5億円近い利益になるという。

少額をぽちぽちと送っているけれど、イスラエル絡みのマフィアみたいなのにほとんど持っていかれているかと思うと本当に凹むし、イスラエルや西側政権への怒りが倍増する。

#gaza #ガザのためのグローバルストライキ

DrALJONES

2025-12-14 10:57:58

Report: How the Gaza famine was engineered for profit

Companies tied to the Israeli military & Egypt controlled the import of commercial goods & humanitarian aid into Gaza while Israel starved the population.

In just a few weeks or months, the profiteers took approximately $232 million.

Eg, coordinating a single truck of frozen chicken generated up to $1 million profit.

middleeastmonitor.com/20251212…

#GazaGenocide #USPol #Europol #press #palestine #warprofiteering @palestine .

RE: confessional.social/@austin/11…

As someone who reads nihilism, existentialism, and atheism: God is dead. We killed Him.

Austin

2025-12-14 21:22:43

this would be a better use of time
logos.com/grow/reformed-theolo…

25 Reformed Theology Books Everyone Should Know

Want to deepen your understanding of Reformed theology? Explore this list of essential books for Reformed readers curated by Danny Hyde.

^{Daniel R. Hyde (Logos)}

Che cos'è "religione"? Un saggio del filosofo della religione Kwame Anthony Appiah aeon.co/essays/the-w... #filosofia

The word ‘religion’ resists de...

The word ‘religion’ resists definition but remains necessary

Despite centuries of trying, the term ‘religion’ has proven impossible to define. Then why does it remain so necessary?

^{Kwame Anthony Appiah (Aeon)}

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hello! I've finished the party icons in sun/moon style for all of the legends za maingame megas. These were fun to do. Also wanted to do the other forms of floette. each of these are in a 32x32 canvas. My fave ones I did are delphox, eelektross, and victreebel. now to do the DLC!

#pokemon #pixelart #aseprite #legendsza #partyicon #icon #boxicon #megaevolution