Jerome T. Marshall

youtube.comPost from Interesting Engineering - YouTubeAs Xi Jinping travels to Washington this week for a state visit, attention is turning to the aircraft carrying him and how it compares to Air Force One. Unli...

23 Sept

Privilege always breeds contempt. youtube.com/post/Ugkxx9X...

apnews.comNews outlets sue Trump over lost White House access, citing 'blatant violation' of First AmendmentCNN, MS NOW and Politico have filed a lawsuit over being denied White House access. The lawsuit calls the administration's actions barring reporters from the three news organizations a “blatant violat...

22 Sept

“White House access is a privilege, not a right.” -The Government, 2026 apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.comA flashlight and unseen settlers: Photographer conveys West Bank family's nightly watch in 1 photoTAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Leo Correa began working in the Middle East as a freelance photographer for The Associated Press in 2023 and joined the AP staff in 2024.

22 Sept

Why do we refer to them as settlers ? apnews.com/photo-galler...

18 Sept

We may be more susceptible now than we have ever been. apnews.com/article/snak...

18 Sept

“A country can survive a war, a deficit, a bad trade policy, even a bad president. What it can’t survive is all four at once while its creditors head for the door and the people whose job it was to catch the fall have been fired.”

17 Sept

Among the new cases reported by OpenAI, an unreleased research model inserted “jailbreak-like instructions” into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and told itself to be “freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots.” apnews.com/article/open...

16 Sept

What we call America is really just an abusive relationship between capitalism and addiction. apnews.com/article/trum...

15 Sept

“We did not want to punish victims of bestiality”🐑 - Kash Patel Welcome to the FBI Mr. Blacksheep. apnews.com/article/pate...

youtu.beJeffrey Sachs: America’s “Legacy of Delusion” Fueling Financial Bubble & Iran FailureYouTube video by Drop Site News

Legacy of Delusion youtu.be/kU3pl9rf1HY?...

apnews.comTrump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortageU.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a global shortage.

That’s rich. 🙃 apnews.com/article/russ...

“But whoever wins with AI wins.” -Donald J. Trump, POTUS Why would you risk the lives and livelihood of all participants in the name of winning? apnews.com/article/trum...

youtube.comPost from Interesting Engineering - YouTubeAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling for the AI industry to slow down, proposing a three-step plan to put stronger oversight around the development of incre...

Pay close attention and remember this moment in time. youtube.com/post/UgkxFqS...

theguardian.comDover and Portsmouth showed us a new kind of far right – and the authorities were caught out | Joe MulhallThis is a new and dangerous development: a network of vigilantes who have mobilised as politicians and police have failed to act, says Joe Mulhall of Hope Not Hate

7 Sept

Patriot Platform is a self-professed Christian “army of patriots” formed to “reclaim our borders, restore order and send a clear message: Britain belongs to the British people” Who gets to define which individuals are British and on what authority? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

2 Sept

Is this protest worthy?

Critical Threats Project@criticalthreats.bsky.social

Iran struck US and allied bases and assets in the region on September 1 in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian military targets, including radars, on the same day. The CENTCOM strikes appeared to focus on assets that Iran uses to sense ships to strike.

theintercept.comEcocide in IranThe U.S.–Israeli war on Iran has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.

2 Sept

And yet people run away from the “Radical” label?

World BEYOND War@world-beyond-war.bsky.social

In case you missed it: In just TWO WEEKS, U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran produced roughly as much carbon pollution as Iceland does in a year. Militarism is torching our planet! buff.ly/spP7EzF

23 Aug

Why do we trust politicians and billionaires?

23 Aug

Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly - The New York Times

apnews.com'It means nothing to me': Hind Rajab's mother rejects Israeli probe into her daughter's killingThe mother of 5-years-old Hind Rajab, demands a "transparent and international investigation" over the killing of her daughter and other members of her family in Gaza on 2024, when Israeli forces open...

23 Aug

apnews.com/video/it-mea... means nothing to me': Hind Rajab's mother rejects Israeli probe into her daughter's killing

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19 Aug

interestingengineering.comTiny quantum defects in diamonds to unlock the secrets of the universeArgonne scientists have started turning tiny defects in diamonds into quantum sensors for ultra-precise electromagnetic field measurements.

18 Aug

“beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of.” - Donald J. Trump, 2026 #USSLincoln

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11 Aug

jenailmarshall.substack.comYou Can't Manufacture a RelicWhat a concert ticket reveals about album variants, physical media, and the objects people keep.

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6 Aug

open.substack.comWhat People Take With ThemHow an archaeologist came to study the choices people make and discovered she was still asking the same questions.

apnews.comIsrael detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West BankIsrael's military says it has detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank following violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead there.

26 July

(Gaza’s health) “ministry, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts …says women and children make up most of the dead.” apnews.com/article/west...

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23 July

apnews.comOpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another companyOpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.

22 July

You can’t make this shit up. apnews.com/article/open...

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19 July

youtube.comPost from Interesting Engineering - YouTubeTrump Media & Technology Group has pitched Wall Street traders and investment firms fees of up to $100,000 per month — or $60,000 per month on a three-year p...

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Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist

@jim-stewartson.bsky.social

17 July

Stephen Miller’s rage against Democrats and “leftists” is nothing new, but he is creating official policy in the State Department using the full power of the federal government—to hunt down almost anyone he wants domestically or internationally. Please subscribe. www.mind-war.com/p/millers-mi...

mind-war.comMiller’s Ministerial: The Most Dangerous Speech Wasn’t TrumpWhile everyone focused on elections, Stephen Miller was putting the architecture in place to ensure they never matter.

29 June

“we will take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America!” - Donald J. Trump, 2026 #irony

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17 June

wired.comLeak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ SocietyMore than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist@jim-stewartson.bsky.social

“We’ll have problems politically if there’s not enough growth.” —Peter Thiel, 2016 SpaceX & AI are opiates for capitalists hungry for growth in a world reaching physical limits. Earthlings have a choice: build a new system, or be replaced by the old one. www.mind-war.com/p/spacex-ai-...

mind-war.comSpaceX, AI, and the Opium of CapitalismThe big move is not to win at capitalism; it is to be capital itself.

Jerome T. Marshall reposted

Department of Class Solidarity

@solidaritydept.bsky.social

11 June

We looked into SpaceX's impending IPO, and what we found was a billionaire-led scheme prop up Elon Musk’s failing company by fleecing the pensions and retirement accounts of working class people

3 June

#HunterBiden2028

apnews.comIsraeli troops kill Palestinians for crossing a vague ceasefire line that's sometimes unmarkedA temporary line has separated most of Gaza’s Palestinians from an Israeli-held zone that has surrounded them since October’s ceasefire took effect.

31 May

AP has documented the murder of Palestinian civilians, including children playing, close to the yellow line. And the murderers said it felt like the killings never stopped amid the tenuous deal. apnews.com/article/gaza...

30 May

The US wants to expand its monopoly on violence. All while murdering humans at sea to protect State Capitalism. #Dissolvethestate. share.google/2W9WKro9gUi6...

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yalebooks.yale.eduPerforming Loyalty in a Country Where Loyalty is Mandatory - Yale University PressJieun Baek examines how loyalty functions in North Korea not as private belief, but as a compulsory public performance.

27 May

You would be forgiven if you thought this was about America.

Yale University Press@yalepress.bsky.social

This performative loyalty is born of fear and a desire to survive, but masks a critical vulnerability within the regime's core.

22 May

Stop asking for inclusion in someone else’s frame. Build a new one.

5 May

Addiction is often linked to underlying mental health issues or socioeconomic conditions rather than the substance alone. So "getting off SSRIs" may be as difficult as "quitting heroin." Both helps some, both have a potential for abuse, and neither comes close to addressing the underlying issues.

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youtu.beAre These Workers Training AI to REPLACE Themselves?YouTube video by IE Explains

20 Apr

Unacceptable. youtu.be/wfhAIG7psrE?...

19 Apr

“Since 1989, a dollar in the U.S. stock market has grown more than 15 times the value of a dollar tied to median wages.” - Larry Fink, Black Rock CEO

noemamag.comThe Progress Paradox | NOEMANeoliberals long preached that markets and technology reinforce each other, enabling both to progress. In reality, when one develops, the other tends to stagnate.

11 Apr

Unless we stop participating.

Noema Magazine@noemamag.com

“When investors & technologists who transform society for the worse are rewarded with indefinite ownership of the infrastructure upon which the transformed society depends, everyone loses but them.” —Matt Prewitt

youtu.beIsrael invasion of Lebanon: No end in sight as Israeli attacks continueYouTube video by Al Jazeera English

11 Apr

As Israel continues to target emergency workers.

Al Jazeera English@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social

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youtu.beIsraeli attack on Gaza: Drone strike kills seven peopleYouTube video by Al Jazeera English

11 Apr

And they continue unabated.

Al Jazeera English@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social

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apnews.comUS and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump pulls back on threatsIran, the United States and Israel reached a tentative, two-week ceasefire Wednesday in the war that tore across the Middle East and disrupted the global energy market, with U.S.

8 Apr

The pause in global conflict is a re-calibration of power, a temporary re-ordering for capital accumulation. Seeing it as a benevolent act is intentional. apnews.com/video/us-and...

7 Apr

One would think. Given what the State of Israel did to Gaza...

Ann T. Social@missgiven.bsky.social

One would think this would be enough for people to hit the streets. But nope.