How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Innula Zenovka]

The responses, though.


Why? Because they think that guy is right??

I think it's a joke about Trump's firing people who disagree with him, and replacing them with loyal stooges who will say whatever it takes to keep him happy.

At least, I hope it is.

 

[Beebo Brink]

I think it's a joke about Trump's firing people who disagree with him, and replacing them with loyal stooges who will say whatever it takes to keep him happy.

At least, I hope it is.

Based on Snapper's Twitter profile, yes, it was a very dry, sarcastic response. I thought that was obvious... but then I remembered this is 2020.

 

[Shiloh Lyric]

So, I saw Michael Moore freaking out in a Facebook post about the hundreds of thousands of Trumpsters heading to OK. And Resistance Twitter was super worried about that possible MAGA 'show of force'.I mean, Brad Parscale was bragging about an astronomical number of ticket requests. It WAS a bit disheartening and concerning, especially with everything else going on.

But...

I know NYT is behind a paywall (I think you get so many 'free' articles a month), but I just have to say...if my son knew about this (a bit isolated from the news at Boot Camp right now), he'd be so proud of his fellow 'Zoomers':

“It spread mostly through Alt TikTok — we kept it on the quiet side where people do pranks and a lot of activism,” said the YouTuber Elijah Daniel, 26, who participated in the campaign. “K-pop Twitter and Alt TikTok have a good alliance where they spread information amongst each other very quickly. They all know the algorithms and how they can boost videos to get where they want.”

TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally

Twitter users on Saturday night were quick to declare the social media campaign’s victory. “Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York tweeted in response to Mr. Parscale, who had tweeted that “radical protestors” had “interfered” with attendance.
“The teens of America have struck a savage blow against @realDonaldTrump,” added Steve Schmidt, a longtime Republican strategist.

Actually, KPop stans are pretty savage, in a cooly technically way:

K-pop stans have been getting increasingly involved in American politics in recent months. After the Trump campaign solicited messages for the president’s birthday on June 8, K-pop stans submitted a stream of prank messages. And earlier in June, when the Dallas Police Department asked citizens to submit videos of suspicious or illegal activity through a dedicated app, K-pop Twitter claimed credit for crashing the app by uploading thousands of “fancam” videos.
They also reclaimed the #WhiteLivesMatter hashtag in May, by spamming it with endless K- pop videos, in hopes to make it harder for white supremacists and sympathizers to find one another and communicate their messaging.
Whether or not the prank to call in false tickets was the reason for the empty upper rafters at Trump’s rally, teenagers online celebrated. On Twitter, several accounts tweeted, “best senior prank ever.”

Best part? Many, if not most, of them used Google voice numbers or other forms of faking their phone number, so they could thwart the Trump campaign's data collection.

 

[Romana]

So, I saw Michael Moore freaking out in a Facebook post about the hundreds of thousands of Trumpsters heading to OK. And Resistance Twitter was super worried about that possible MAGA 'show of force'.I mean, Brad Parscale was bragging about an astronomical number of ticket requests. It WAS a bit disheartening and concerning, especially with everything else going on.

But...

I know NYT is behind a paywall (I think you get so many 'free' articles a month), but I just have to say...if my son knew about this (a bit isolated from the news at Boot Camp right now), he'd be so proud of his fellow 'Zoomers':


TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally



Actually, KPop stans are pretty savage, in a cooly technically way:



Best part? Many, if not most, of them used Google voice numbers or other forms of faking their phone number, so they could thwart the Trump campaign's data collection.

The browser add on (or separate app, on mobile) Pocket can do an end run around paywalls.
When you're on the page you select Pocket from the send-to menu.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

The prank didn't stop actual Chump fans from getting tickets, but it absolutely did fool the Chump regime into bragging about "a million tickets" being reserved. Today Parscale is all like "the fake reservations totally didn't fool us, we recognized them right away", but that didn't stop them from setting up this huge overflow crowd area with security and everything outside the stadium to accommodate a crowd that never showed up, lol.

 

[Romana]

So, I saw Michael Moore freaking out in a Facebook post about the hundreds of thousands of Trumpsters heading to OK. And Resistance Twitter was super worried about that possible MAGA 'show of force'.I mean, Brad Parscale was bragging about an astronomical number of ticket requests. It WAS a bit disheartening and concerning, especially with everything else going on.

But...

I know NYT is behind a paywall (I think you get so many 'free' articles a month), but I just have to say...if my son knew about this (a bit isolated from the news at Boot Camp right now), he'd be so proud of his fellow 'Zoomers':


TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally



Actually, KPop stans are pretty savage, in a cooly technically way:



Best part? Many, if not most, of them used Google voice numbers or other forms of faking their phone number, so they could thwart the Trump campaign's data collection.

An interesting thread about how the K-pop stans messed up more than just the rally for the Dump campaign

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents (Published 2020)

Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents (Published 2020)

Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels.

www.nytimes.com

This link had access for me:

‘They just dumped him like trash’: Nursing homes evict vulnerable residents

Nursing homes nationwide are kicking out old and disabled residents — among people the most susceptible to COVID-19 — and shunting them into homeless shelters, run-down motels and other unsafe facilities.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[Sid]

This link had access for me:

‘They just dumped him like trash’: Nursing homes evict vulnerable residents

Nursing homes nationwide are kicking out old and disabled residents — among people the most susceptible to COVID-19 — and shunting them into homeless shelters, run-down motels and other unsafe facilities.

www.seattletimes.com

The American dream at its finest.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

The American dream at its finest.

The American Dream is only for those who already have it made....

 

[Sid]

The American Dream is only for those who already have it made....

I know.
But still an uggly example of the American way of trying to make dollars on everybody and everything, no matter how or what IMHO.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

I know.
But still an uggly example of the American way of trying to make dollars on everybody and everything, no matter how or what IMHO.

I think you missed the bitter sarcasm I intended with that statement...... my bad, most likely, should add the /bitter sarcasm

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

The American dream at its finest.

Yep, you're only good if you can make somebody money.

 

[Free]

Yep, you're only good if you can make somebody money.

It's why I believe prostitution is the purest form of capitalism. You're not just the money maker: you're the product.

 

[Beebo Brink]

SARS-CoV-2 is bad enough, but the next pandemic could be worse. Instead of being better prepared for the next threat, we're basically demolishing our public health system.

Amid threats and political pushback, public health officials are leaving their posts

Same topic, from the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/amid-threats-and-political-pushback-public-health-officials-leaving-posts/2020/06/22/6075f7a2-b0cf-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html

Trends like this support my own pessimistic, apocalyptic vision of the future. As more and more threats continue to emerge -- the inevitable result of overpopulation and resource plundering and climate change -- people will grow fearful and increasingly irrational. They will gravitate to "strong men" that promise them easy answers, decisive victories over their enemies and a return to better times. They will turn against the voice of reason.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

It's why I believe prostitution is the purest form of capitalism. You're not just the money maker: you're the product.

No, the purest form of capitalism is chattel slavery of women-- not only is every part of the enslaved woman's productive labour alienated to the enslaver, but she is herself a product to be bought, sold, leased, or used as security for a loan (which her enforced labour helps to repay) and, since her children inherit her enslavement, she's a product and unit of labour that reproduces herself.

 

[Free]

No, the purest form of capitalism is chattel slavery of women-- not only is every part of the enslaved woman's productive labour alienated to the enslaver, but she is herself a product to be bought, sold, leased, or used as security for a loan (which her enforced labour helps to repay) and, since her children inherit her enslavement, she's a product and unit of labour that reproduces herself.

George Fitzhugh would disagree with you.

 

[Sovereignty]

George Fitzhugh would disagree with you.

This is a nice read. [said with some sardonic humor in mind]

Fitzhugh differed from nearly all of his southern contemporaries by advocating a slavery that crossed racial boundaries. In 1860 Fitzhugh stated, "It is a libel on white men to say they are unfit for slavery" and suggested that if Yankees were caught young they could be trained, domesticated and civilized to make "faithful and valuable servants."

ETA: I've been binge watching Breaking Bad. I think the Pollos Hermanos guy treats all of his employees as slaves. It makes an interesting story.
ETA2: Perhaps slavery should be distinguished from having a slave market. Most people focus on the slave market aspect of the business. The day-to-day business of employing slaves is something else again.
ETA3: At the moment Gus is trying to "train, domesticate, and civilize" a meth-addict. His alternative is to kill him.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Florida Coronavirus Outlook Veers Toward Disaster as Young People Lean Into Reopening

Strip clubs. Bars. Pools and golf clubs. Pro sports. As one doctor put it, “There’s active community spread. If you’re young, you’re old, it doesn’t matter.”

www.thedailybeast.com