The present iteration of conspirituality is defined by its online mediation. Frictionless space allows for unbounded charismatic reach and absolute, transcendent evasion of accountability. /1

Conspirituality themes of heroic individualism versus the cabal of control merge seamlessly with personal branding that pretends to outshine consensus reality. /2

Conspirituality and social media are now materially and economically parallel. In their first-order impacts, both monetize attention and emotional manipulation. But in the next ring out, both impact the material world in life-and-death ways. /3

Conspirituality can shift vaccine hesitancy, for example, while social media generally can disrupt IRL relationships and provoke addiction cycles and mental health crashes. And a thousand other things. /4

As with most online political activism, conspiritualists believe they are accomplishing something through that first-order dopamine loop. They’re not really building a world with posts, but social proof tells them they are. /5

Argentina legalizing abortion offers an opportunity to reflect on the great unwritten media narrative of the past few generations: the lives of women and children got worse in so many ways after Roe v. Wade.

Media would never, ever write that narrative, of course - would never string stories together and search for a pattern that could be refined into a political point - but it's the net impact of their reporting on women's issues. Everything started getting worse in the 70s.

There is a valid "narrative" to be discerned from that ocean of bad news about women and children over the past few decades. It's not a coincidence. It's a direct result of the Big Lie pushed by the abortion lobby: that only one person is involved in the decision to give birth.

That's so obviously untrue that entire civilizations are driven mad when they are forced to accept it. It's like forcing everyone to agree that the sky is green or gravity is a myth. Cognitive dissonance inflicts far more social damage than politicians or academics want to admit.

Women and (born) children suffer after abortion becomes broadly legalized because men are erased from the picture. A lot of men - including rich and powerful men - LIKE being erased from that particular picture. Others are intimidated out of insisting they belong in it.

Common Core math was the pinnacle of their evil genius, and low-point of our complacency... It disrupted the minds of an entire generation on how even the most basic things work.

Readin', Writin', & Rithmatic

How far did they get? Let's see.

1895 8th Grade Final Exam, Kansas:

[thread] I would be able to move on from brexit if......

We had been told the UK holds some cards and not all of them

That it would be a difficult deal and not the easiest deal in history

That we would have liabilities to pay and these would be a substantial amount and that they are not zero and they do not buy us a trade deal

That we do not have "many solutions" to the NI border and that at the last having exhausted drones, blimps, random country examples that don't solve it and oh yes unspecified technology instead a border in the Irish Sea that no unionist can support is the answer

From the SC GOP - 2021 Resolutions. Pathetic attempt to rally the party and not one mention of the fight for our legally elected @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @SCGOP 👇
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Dear Fellow Republican,

Sometimes we get so caught up in what's happening in our political world...

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that we can lose sight of what's important and what to do next. Don't let that happen this year! If conservatives want to be successful long-term, then we have to THINK long-term.

With that in mind, here are a few suggested New Year's resolutions for conservatives in 2021.

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And stay tuned for part two! I'll send that around shortly

Focus on the Fundamentals
No matter how things change from cycle to cycle, the need for fundamentals remains the same. The most fundamental element of politics is people, and the most fundamental principle is addition

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More organized people means more political influence.

Find, or create, and focus on projects that you or your group can use to help identify and better organize more people who think like you do.

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Coordinate With Other Conservatives
It's simple: we're stronger when we work together and easier to beat when divided. So, focus on finding ways to work with other conservatives on sharing information, picking which battles to fight, which targets to emphasize, and then ..

For those traveling to DC on Jan. 6th, I'm a native to the area and I would like to share with you what I will be doing this time and what I have done for the last two rallies...1/

There's just days until the Northern Ireland protocol enters into force on 1 Jan. The Joint Committee has made it's decisions, the UK and EU have agreed an FTA (the TCA), and the UK have announced lots of new schemes, but what does this all mean for the Irish Sea Border ⛴️🚛🧵

Tariffs💵The Joint Committee already agreed that most goods moving GB-NI that are for sale or final use in NI will not be subject to tariffs. Businesses will need to register for the UK Trader Scheme to certify that their goods qualify.

Registrations for the UK trade scheme opened on 15 December so cutting it a bit fine. But the JC decision allows for any applications to the scheme to be provisionally approved for up to 4 months. The zero-tariff UK-EU deal has relieved some of the strain on the scheme because..

A lot of goods moving GB-NI will qualify for tariff-free access whether the goods are staying in NI or going to the EU, so many businesses may not bother using it. But it could still be important for goods who don't meet the Rules of Origin threshold

Customs formalities 📑 The same paperwork, including customs declarations, will be required on goods going GB-NI as going GB-EU. The UK-EU have agreed some simplifications in the TCA & UK officials applying EU law in NI will no doubt be as light touch as possible.

Our experts have read through the 1,246 pages of the Brexit deal so you don't have to. Here are 13 things consumers need to know about the UK-EU deal ⬇️

1. You won't need a visa.

If you're travelling for up to 90 days in any 180 day period, you don't need to worry about getting a visa. This applies to any country in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland

2. To travel to the EU you will need at least six months of validity left on your passport.

And as far as your furry friends are concerned, the UK will no longer be part of the Pet Passport scheme. You'll need an Animal Health Certificate instead.

3. You should get yourself a Ghic (as well as travel insurance).

Similar to the Ehic, the Ghic is a UK government scheme. It will be available from 2021, but details are still being finalised. You can still use your Ehic card until it expires.

4. You'll still be entitled to compensation for flight delays. This rule only applies to flights on EU airlines or flights to or from EU airports. It’s possible that only passengers flying from the UK on EU airlines or from the EU to the UK will be covered.

I've applied for a total of 10 development jobs in my life:

- 7 lead to interviews
- Of those 7, 4 was a good fit for me
- Of those 4, 3 offered me the job
- In all 3 cases, I negotiated a better deal

🧵 on what worked for me and what YOU can do to get similar results 👇

1. Apply for the RIGHT jobs. Look for midsize to large companies, not necessarily tech related. These tend to get way fewer applications than traditional tech companies, so it's easier to get your foot in the door - and they also tend to be great environments for learning.

2. Spend time on your application. Make sure your resumé and written application is tailored to the exact position. Recruiters or hiring managers can smell a copy/pasted resumé from miles away. Use as many words from the job spec in your application as possible.

3. Have a portfolio. Show off your skills and some personality on your website. This is a nobrainer for front-end devs, but it's true for other areas too. It's a great way to stand out over other candidates by actually *showing* the value you can create and your experience.

4. Establish personal contact. Send a quick message or make a phone call before applying. Just introduce yourself to the person in charge of hiring and ask a simple question. It's the best way I find to make them remember your application when you submit it.

Cybernetics is the science of psychopathy and it's been the de facto guide to all corporate government policy for many decades. Just a matter of accepting what the specific ends are (namely the steering of society to self-destruction) that's needed to comprehend what's happening.

The word cybernetics comes from the Greek κυβερνήτης (kybernētēs) meaning steersman, governor, pilot, or rudder and is defined as the study of control and communication in the animal and the machine. It has been the prevailing zeitgeist in all government policy since after WWII.

Like low-T borg, they're patient and relentless.
Reason the goals are openly stated is that they've found those goals are accepted through social experimentation and observing feedback (e.g. climate change, renewable, sustainable, etc.) All nebulous terms used as justification.

Because cybernetics is an ongoing feedback system, it has no conclusion. They just keep altering the parameters of the system as they achieve particular goals. It is not a system for assisting people to be self-sufficient, rather engineering people to be perpetually dependent.

It's a teleological exercise/process. It seeks a specific end but, doesn't have a specific path. This explains why so many wacky projects are begun without a clear rational path to achievement. Idea is that wanting it is enough. A practical way will be found, morality irrelevant.

Listening to grumpy MPs in the Commons today, you might incorrectly think the UK-EU agreement didn’t cover much.

Find the agreements here:

https://t.co/RIg0yhl9ee

The contents follow below to illustrate scope.

PART ONE: COMMON AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
Title I: General provisions
Title II: Principles of interpretation and definitions
Title III: Institutional framework

PART TWO: TRADE, TRANSPORT, FISHERIES AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
HEADING ONE: TRADE
Title I: Trade in goods
Title II: Services and investment
Title III: Digital trade
Title IV: Capital movements, payments, transfers and temporary safeguard measures
Title V: Intellectual property

Title VI: Public procurement
Title VII: Small and medium-sized enterprises
Title VIII: Energy
Title VI: Public procurement
Title VII: Small and medium-sized enterprises
Title VIII: Energy

Title IX: Transparency
Title X: Good regulatory practices and regulatory cooperation
Title XI: Level playing field for open and fair competition and sustainable development
Title XII: Exceptions

The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump

The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political

Asserting that Trump is a fascist-like dictator threatening the foundations of US democracy has been a virtual requirement over the last 4 years to obtain entrance to cable news Green Rooms, sinecures as mainstream newspaper columnists, and popularity in faculty lounges.

Yet it has proven to be a preposterous farce.

In 2020 alone, Trump had 2 perfectly crafted opportunities to seize authoritarian power—a global health pandemic and protests and sustained riots throughout American cities—yet he did virtually nothing to exploit those opportunities.

Early in the pandemic, Trump was criticized, especially by Democrats, for failing to assert the powers he had, such as commandeering the means of industrial production under the Defense Production Act, invoked by Truman to force industry to produce materials for the Korean War.

In March, The Washington Post reported that “Governors, Democrats in Congress and some Senate Republicans have been urging Trump for at least a week to invoke the act, and... Joe Biden came out in favor of it, too,” yet “Trump [gave] a variety of reasons for not doing so.”

Thread: Deputy Defense Minister for Armaments, Alexey Krivoruchko, gave his annual end of the year interview summarizing the year's arms deliveries. He said 2020's state defense order (GOZ) was fulfilled at

4chan:
A mole got caught from the Nashville 💣. Trapped set. Bait taken. The new modern Boston Tea Party for the history books.

Rumor is that Biden’s team is about to go radio silent with the exception of their Twitter admins.