Basic Glitch
I write a blog that focuses on public information, public health, and policy: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/
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I feel for Velma. I am so bad at math that sometimes I go into a corner by myself so I can hide what I’m working on from my coworkers while I scribble down very complex maladaptive strategies I’ve learned to solve simple calculations.
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pics@lemmy.world•A masked member of the federal task force that has arrested almost 700 American citizens in Memphis, TN over the past 2 weeks with very little national attention.
7·4 months agoPretty sure it’s the agency he works for, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
They are one of several federal agencies listed as part of the Memphis task force. JTFF hasn’t been officially mentioned regarding the Memphis task force, but it’s worth noting that HSI is also part of the task force that Trump has directed to carry out his new domestic terrorism memo (NSPM-7)
The order, named NSPM-7, directs the JTTF and its offices to create a national strategy to “investigate, prosecute, and disrupt entities and individuals engaged in acts of political violence and intimidation” that suppress lawful political activity or obstruct the rule of law.
Joint Terrorism Task Force is a federal law enforcement organization that combats both domestic and international terrorism. The unit collaborates with various federal, state, tribal, and local partners, including the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, to combat terrorism.
Sounds pretty fucking similar to the unit of state, local, and federal partners currently arresting hundreds of American citizens in Memphis 🤷♀️
Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksOPto
pics@lemmy.world•A masked member of the federal task force that has arrested almost 700 American citizens in Memphis, TN over the past 2 weeks with very little national attention.
29·4 months agoThat’s the thing about “hierarchies” that rely on manipulating and dividing the masses to carry out social darwinism for them. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join, as long as they can be exploited. Once you’ve served your purpose, you find out real quick your new purpose is simply to replace the scapegoat you helped eliminate.
It doesn’t matter if you’re JD Vance, Bari Weiss, or some random schmo that joined ICE bc they just needed the money and didn’t mind hurting other people. You do not belong at the top of their hierarchy. You don’t “earn” a spot. You’re either born into it, or you’re not. In case it wasn’t already obvious, claims of meritocracy are part of the projection and manipulation thing.
It’s amazing that people are dumb enough to believe that the same families of generational wealth, who have recycled and relied on this same strategy over and over again, have simply made a special exception and welcomed them into the club. As long as they don’t step out of line, and as long as they always do as they’re told, they’ll be safe, regardless of what history tells them.
They’re so busy enjoying the little taste of power and belonging that they’ve been rewarded with for enabling the “lions,” they won’t even realize they’re being fattened up to make a more convincing public sacrifice until it’s too late.
“The leopards won’t eat my face, bc they’ve made me an honorary leopard.” 🐆
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pics@lemmy.world•A masked member of the federal task force that has arrested almost 700 American citizens in Memphis, TN over the past 2 weeks with very little national attention.
124·4 months agoYou hate where the country is bc you know it’s supposed to be better. The people that brought us to this point hate this country for allowing people like you to dream of a better life, and they always have.
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pics@lemmy.world•A masked member of the federal task force that has arrested almost 700 American citizens in Memphis, TN over the past 2 weeks with very little national attention.
13·4 months agoYou mean radical leftist weapons of domestic terrorism? (/s jic this is used against me in kangaroo court)
“You’re fucking up the curve!”
Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.workstoHacker News@lemmy.bestiver.se•Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2M Bond for Posting Facebook MemeEnglish
4·4 months agoI love how the article specifies the one he was arrested for was “by far” not the most offensive one
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•Can you think of any now?English
231·5 months agoI had this really awesome kind of angry and nihilistic history teacher in H.S. who offered an elective course that studied the repeated patterns through history leading up to genocide. It covered Armenia, Rwanda, and the Holocaust.
I don’t know if it was just the fact that we looked at the repeated overlaps between human behavior vs just memorizing historical events, but if more people took a course like Crimes against Humanity maybe they would learn to spot those clear patterns of human behavior that somehow happen over and over again without anyone noticing.
push back the second a nazi takes an inch as they will take more if you play the nice and tolerate. Not everyone is well intentioned.
Yep, the Holocaust didn’t happen overnight. It always starts as a slow slide into genocide, but once it picks up steam it turns into an avalanche. It drives me nuts that people keep pretending we should be entertaining any of this as just normal politics. The reaching across the aisle bullshit was insane a year ago (and really 10 years ago), but at this point it is literally enabling this shit to happen. You’re a collaborator.
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pics@lemmy.world•Man shows image of a police officer in China hanging a body camera from an IV drip to monitor him from his hospital bed after police beat him with bricks
11·5 months agoI try to share this whenever I can
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/19/live-facial-recognition-police-new-orleans/
Police have allegedly stopped using it bc they were in violation of city law. The private company that is
definitely relatedcompletely unrelated to Palantir continues to use them and the police are pushing for a new ordinance which would allow them to legally keep using them while claiming this is no different than any other surveillance in the U.S.Except it’s the first of its kind in the U.S. real time tracking and monitoring network surveillance system using facial recognition tech. It notifies police of your movements in realtime. The cameras are everywhere and inescapable.
Our roads are crumbling, we have a boil water advisory every other week, and parts of the city still flood every time it rains hard.
Explain to me why we can’t have those issues fixed, but we have the privilege of being the first city to adopt and test out this system. Especially after we had the privilege of being one of the first cities Palantir secretly tested their predictive policing tech.
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pics@lemmy.world•Man shows image of a police officer in China hanging a body camera from an IV drip to monitor him from his hospital bed after police beat him with bricks
271·5 months agoIt’s an image within an image of a man taking an image of the police officer setting up a police surveillance camera by his hospital bed after putting him there. Kinda meta
I tried changing the title but idk if that’s better or worse or if it really matters. In summary: We’re all fucked if we don’t stop the global oligarchs.
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pics@lemmy.world•Found on the benches outside the White House, ca. Aug 2019
3·5 months agoIt definitely doesn’t, but at the same time experiencing hardships doesn’t automatically make you have empathy. Look at our vice president. Look at the billionaire that got him elected.
Empathy is what this letter is all about. I want someone who knows how it feels. And, instead of rising to the top to enjoy the view or talk about bootstraps, they become the arm that reaches back and pulls others up with them.
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•Scientific unprogress...English
10·5 months agoScientists of tomorrow: Colloidal silver cures all disease unless you are possessed by demons or a witch.
If witch, please turn your self into authorities for immediate incineration.
If demons, please report to your nearest wellness camp for rehabilitation.




Hard to imagine why costumes people slapped together and revelry would be legit terrifying to billionaires and their loyal servants, right? But then again like 90% of their success relies on throwing ungodly amounts of money at kayfabe and advertisements in order to “fight” the message of peace among the peasant class.
Seems like war is always profitable for a select group no matter where they’re from. Hard not to notice the parallels between the present day U.S. and the past of Germany. Especially when you read about the history corporations really don’t like people discuss. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties is a 2022 book by Dutch historian David de Jong about German industrialists who profited from the government during the Nazi era
Apparently most of the families have paid lip service but continue to hold the majority of power, private property, and wealth. Weird. Anyway, on a brighter note, happy Mardi Gras and lass die guten Zeiten rollen. As long as it’s acceptable to the overclass I guess. If not, fuck em.
Idk if this is correct but if so I like it.
Schrei nach Liebe Deine springerstiefel sehnen sich nach zärtlichkeit Your jumper boots yearn for tenderness
Du hast nie gelernt dich zu artikulieren You never learned to articulate yourself
Und deine eltern hatten niemals für dich zeit And your parents never had time for you
Arschloch Asshole