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Not here to sell or buy anything. Human rights for all, no zero-sum games. Approximately 80% sincere. No DMs. No AI. No crypto advocacy. NorCal musician, techie, photographer, Buddhist. Same @ on Soundcloud, Flickr, Threads. https://kallenemvalts.com
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Another step in setting up a Chinese-style techno-surveillance state in America. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

The facial-recognition component of the Chinese-style techno-surveillance state coming soon to a country near you. Worth reading all the way through. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

America becoming a techno-surveillance state along the lines of China. Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American newrepublic.com/post/195904/... via @newrepublic.com

The Tragic History of Neoliberalism open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

If HHS Secretary Kennedy really believes that mRNA vaccines are the “deadliest” ever made — after evidence from over a billion doses worldwide — he is totally unqualified for office. This is the public-health equivalent of election denialism.

Wotta businessman. "After a career of high-profile mediocrity, punctuated by flamboyant failures, the selling of the presidency is the most successful business venture of his career."

I wish NYT headline writers would stop misusing the word "tough". Many better options include "misguided", "incoherent", and "ignorant".

Trump to Harvard: Look what you made me do. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

Trump, September 26, 2016, in debate with Clinton: “That [avoiding income taxes] makes me smart.” So maybe it’s smart to avoid Trump’s tariffs, as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...