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I write about tech, art, and philosophy Blog: https://derekguzman.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@g6meboi
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Holy cow. How have I only now watched Jim Cohen's Little Flags (2000) for the first time? It's an amazing, essayistic documentary on the spectacle of 1990s American propaganda. Released just before that propaganda would get turbo-charged by 9/11, it seems amazingly prescient about what was to come.

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

I was tripping mad balls when I took this

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

We often justify the worst behavior by calling people crazy, but I’ve found that the people who’ve done me wrong were charming people in suits and sound mental faculties who just make abusive decisions. And the crazy people were my friends

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

I just showed this to everyone at the bar and nearly started a bar fight

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

U.S. companies with federal contracts under a Democrat party president: 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 The same companies under Trump: Gulf of America

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

The famous anti piracy slogan used a pirated font lmao

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Currently up to no good

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

It’s the same tactic every day with these capitalists. Destabilize. Extract. Exploit.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

After taking a break from writing about surveillance capitalism for a week I feel like I’m just drawing a target on my back. It makes me want to delete the blog. Or repurpose it toward something less hostile. Someone should write it. But maybe this is a conversation between the dominant class.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

lol

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I wish every time an ad appeared on my phone AIPAC lost a politician. Yin yang 🤷‍♂️

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I called Peter Thiel being in on the post democracy gutting coup plan several blog articles ago. I hate being right sometimes www.theregister.com/2025/04/21/i...

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Pope Francis was the greatest ally the world remembers having in the chair of St. Peter. The remaining cardinals are largely Francis appointees and religiously progressive who may outnumber euro-centric traditionalists. Fingers crossed. The world does not need another booming far-right voice rn

submitted 55 days ago • 3 comments

Conservatives have asked me why I would defend trans folks so much if I’m not one. Because I’m indigenous, and I know when racist men take power they’re aligning against both of us. Now my people are targeted by ICE and my white friends say I’m overreacting. My trans friends aren’t so naive

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

So Google's latest consent violation is them generating "AI" audio of your voice in YouTube as an opt-out "service." Here's how to turn it off (original images reposted with alt text):

submitted 57 days ago • 79 comments

Lmao

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As a Latino keeping up with news for blogging crushed my mental health. Took a week off from writing bc the existential dread stopped my focus. Instead researched what countries might be more peaceful for me. I’m a citizen but that didn’t save others. I don’t want to wait to see how bad it will get

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

I feel so much better after deactivating my Facebook account. Fuck surveillance capitalism

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments