01:16:35 - Intellectual Dark Web, Dissident Dialogues (similar to IDW conference), New Atheists scene, the Uyghur story, US, Israel, Foreign Policy, Iran, China, Muslim World, No Dissidence in Foreign Policy

Edit: Palestine-Israel

01:06:01 - Palestine-Israel, hypocrisy with anti-woke Conservatives, Sam Harris

Sadly, not the only billionaire pushing for more surveillance.

Another big one is Peter Thiel.

35:20 - Technofeudalism

29:28 - Kids and Culture Wars

31:58 - Privacy and Surveillance

33:32 - Same Playbook for Left and Right

34:26 - Larry Ellison, Republican Backer, pushing AI Surveillance System

I agree!

Ah, you are right.

That would really change my perspective and feelings about the song!

It has happened to me a few times, but such is life!

That would make me chuckle; I would still add it to my playlist, hahaha

restating the song’s message

Yeah, hahaha

Thanks for sharing this song with us!

Same!

You find an upbeat song that is really catchy, then you find out it is a really dark song when you see translated lyrics.

I still add it to my playlist though!

This song is an emblematic brazilian song, and brought world wide success to its creator, Sérgio Mendes. The song was recorded in 1966 as the name of the band suggest it. It is a cover of a 1963 song of the same name by Jorge Ben Jor, who was for a time a guitarist in Sergio Mendes band when touring in the US. The beginning anchor comes from an older song, Nanã Imborô by José Prates in 1958.

Despite the reputation of the song, the lyrics are a little bit cryptic.^[1]

José Prates - Nanã Imborô [04:35 | https://youtu.be/9-l_8BurV_4]

Sérgio Mendes, the pianist who gifted the world with the most famous version of the Brazilian classic “Mas Que Nada,” died on Thursday. Born in 1941, Mendes was a 20-year-old musician when he first arrived in the U.S. to perform at a historic Carnegie Hall concert that brought many bossa nova legends to New York in 1962. Two years after the show, Mendes moved to Los Angeles and never left the U.S. He also never abandoned Brazilian music, becoming one of the most significant ambassadors of bossa nova and samba around the world.^[2]

It seems that censorship, echo chambers, and tribalism are no bueno and that diverse ideas should be welcomed in discussions.

Lyrics^[1]

I am right (I am right)

I am correct (I am correct)

If you disagree with me I’ll get really upset

Playboy Manbaby’s “Don’t Let It Be” is the contradictory soundtrack to your contemporary life experience. Grimly sarcastic - yet youthfully nihilistic - this music crashes into reality with a semi-coherent deliberation that can only be generated by a group of frail but over-caffeinated and eternally-anxious young adults. Playboy Manbaby is the theme song to the sentiment “what the f** am I doing with my life?” With a kind of spazzy, post-pop-punk sheen, this album is indecisive in both message and genre but never lacking in absolute intensity.^[2]

“Neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before Big Business,” Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said in a statement.

He added, “We sought commitments from both [former president Donald] Trump and [Vice President Kamala] Harris not to interfere in critical union campaigns or core Teamsters industries—and to honor our members’ right to strike—but were unable to secure those pledges.”

The Teamsters, which represents truck drivers, freight workers and others, held similar meetings with Trump and President Joe Biden when he was still seeking re-election.

On Wednesday, the union released the results of their survey, which was conducted after Biden dropped out of the race. It found that almost 60% of rank-and-file union members preferred to endorse Trump, while 34% backed Harris, according to an electronic member poll. A phone poll indicated similar margins, with 58% supporting Trump and 31% supporting Harris.

“While the Teamsters Executive Board is making no formal endorsement, the hardworking members of the Teamsters have been loud and clear— they want President Trump back in the White House!” said campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “These hardworking men and women are the backbone of America and President Trump will strongly stand up for them when he’s back in the White House.”^[1]

Forgot about Obama…

Kamala is Hillary Clinton 2.0, a status quo warmonger, and does the bidding of the owner-class, like all of the politicians in the duopoly.

No need, it just didn’t do well.

It happens to those that try.

Take back the means of production…

Where have I heard that before, hahaha

Like the duopoly, we can criticize these warmongers on way more than just focusing on their looks; it downplays and distracts us from focusing on their abysmal record.

Edit: removed unnecessary words

I’m not a partisan, but for the moment the Democrats cares about what I care about.

I’m not a political scientist, but I have taught political science. I’m not a partisan, but for the moment the Democrats cares about what I care about. I’m a journalist, writer and citizen. I’m a fellow at Yale’s Ezra Stiles College; a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly; a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches; and senior editor at Alternet and Raw Story. My byline has been in news outlets big and small, mostly small. Follow me @johnastoehr.

—John Stoehr^[1]

Small face = small government = profit?

Thanks for the reminder!

Kim Iversen called them out for mostly being pro-Israel people or people that don’t call out the genocide going on in Palestine.