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"It all made for the strangest show on earth – the defeat of a king celebrated by a would-be king – and a distinctly partisan one. Hats that said “Make America great again” and “Trump was right about everything” were in abundance. Earlier in the evening, when the crowd was ordered to evacuate, there was defiance in the air that matched the angry roar of military jets flying overhead.

Many refused the Secret Service’s pleas to leave, chanting “USA! USA!” and “We want Trump!” One could even be heard remarking: “We need January 6 mark II.” Eventually they relented and, in an ironic twist, some took shelter at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture."

"Even in his closing remarks, intended to be an epic paean to America, Trump again diverted into the rhetorical back alleys of “safe, gleaming and beautiful again” Washington, the “Gulf of America” and how everyone’s 401(k)s are doing.

This was not the stuff of Ken Burns."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/05/donald-trump-address-strangest-show-on-earth

Humans are causing the earth’s latest mass extinction. Full stop.

I’m going to have to build a robotic hand to carry around all the time to maintain my biometric identity privacy from surveillance capitalism technology Citizens United corporations’ AI bots demanding proof that I’m not a bot.

Looks like I’ll be finding alternate ways of accomplishing once everyday things turned into surveillance capitalism tools of billionaire broligarchs monetizing every last facet of human existence through technology.

I’ve given up on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram over the years and I aspire to ween myself from Adobe.

Loosing access to YouTube will be tough since it’s such a monopoly on video content.
https://reclaimthenet.org/googles-new-recaptcha-wants-your-camera-access-and-21-points-of-your-hand

This term for people lying for algorithmic value and profit is pitch perfect.

It should be applied whenever the American president opens his mouth to speak.

“Disinfluencers promote conspiracy theories, including arson claims, to explain record wildfire seasons, deflecting from climate-driven conditions that make fires spread faster and burn more intensely, warns Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD).”
https://www.theenergymix.com/climate-change-drives-wildfire-conditions-but-algorithms-reward-a-different-story/

@ScienceScholar Not for long given the US president’s subservience to Bayer/Monsanto millions in donations leading to approval of increased PFAS use in agriculture and forestry business.

Holy crap this is a *perfect* analogy for MAGA addicts.