Basic Glitch
Researcher in the U.S. trying to stay informed and help others stay informed. I write a blog that focuses on public information, public health, and policy: https://pimento-mori.ghost.io/
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Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and IranEnglish2·9 hours agoI wrote a summary above, but the missing link is the Heritage Foundation, and Idk if bought or partnered with is the better way to put it.
“You capture the Soviet Union – I’m going to capture the states.” -Thomas Roe, member of the Heritage Foundation and creator of the State Policy Network
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and IranEnglish16·7 hours agoYeah it’s definitely not “just one guy,” this is a collective effort by a group of very wealthy people who are creating policy at the federal level and state level.
This is decades in the making. It is a
sort of“civil war” but the thing is, it’s a small group of wealthy people who are hoping to manipulate enough Americans into believing they have some kind of common in-group interest that will motivate them to fight against any Americans resistant to their takeover. Which, after actually typing that out, and reading it, I’m realizing that is also exactly what the American civil war was, there was just no way for people to be informed about who was actually pulling the country’s strings at the time.That’s why they exploit political, racial, and religious divisions. They don’t actually care about any ideology. It’s a tool to manipulate and control in order to further exploit groups to do their fighting for them.
The Heritage Foundation first infiltrated the government by providing Reagan with a copy of their Mandate for leadership, and getting him on board back in the early 80s.
Over 40 years later, they are back in the White House ready to implement Project 2025.
Since Reagan opened the door for them, America has gradually accepted that social benefits are handouts, but corporate welfare actually benefits all of America, because somehow corporations ARE people.
Citizens United was a huge victory for this wealthy group of individuals, because they now have to jump through fewer hoops/hide the source of money used to buy elections.
The Heritage Foundation has also created a network of nonprofit think tanks in all 50 states that pays to promote state level policy benefitting wealthy individuals and corporate donors while disguising it as “small government” representative of state residents.
The creator of this network was Thomas Roe, an early member of the Heritage Foundation. As Roe himself explained to another Heritage Foundation trustee, Robert Krieble, “You capture the Soviet Union – I’m going to capture the states.”
T.l.d.r., it’s a bit more complex than one guy.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and IranEnglish22·10 hours agoAlso, if you didn’t know, Ukraine has warned that China is providing weapons to Russia
And as of yesterday, Russia’s highest court declared the Taliban, no longer a terrorist organization. Not surprising since Putin has declared the Taliban a trusted ally and began pursuing an allegence last year when the U.S. and Europe became more involved defending Ukraine
So while Russia is partnering with North Korea, China, the Taliban, and Iran, we are also removing the agency that is supposed to prevent disinformation from these places from targeting Americans.
Meanwhile America’s President is telling us that Ukraine was actually the aggressor against Russia the whole time, and as of yesterday Hegseth is telling Europe they need to figure out their own defense.
We’re also removing cybersecurity protections against Russia and China and making our own infrastructure vulnerable to an attack while distancing ourselves from our allies. If we leave NATO, that means we lose any expectation of protection from our allies. If America is attacked by any of our former enemies that we suddenly are pretending are our friends, they could also easily target our water and electricity grids, leaving us completely at their mercy.
If you can’t see how bad this is, the only explanation is that you must support it.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•Russia’s top court lifts terror group designation on Afghanistan’s TalibanEnglish1·19 hours agoI was trying to explain to someone that even if Trump doesn’t actually drag the U.S. into WWIII fighting alongside the Taliban and Russia, at best, he gets the U.S. to remain neutral and leave NATO, that means we lose our allies and any expectation of defense if we are attacked.
So even if Putin loses Ukraine and or never succeeds gaining ground in Europe, what’s to stop the democracy hating tag team of Russia and the Taliban from just attacking the U.S. and taking it for themselves? Or more likely, Russia getting the Taliban to attack and then taking advantage of the situation while making it look like an act of good will towards an ally, and offering the U.S. safety as a part of the Russian federation.
There’s actually a “fictional” novel that was written by a Putin loyalist and predicted details of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine way before the fact.
Putin has called it one of his favorite books, and in the novel, once Ukraine is conquered, he takes all of Europe and then eventually drops a bomb on the U.S., forcing them to surrender willingly bc they no longer have allies/NATO to defend them after the attack.
So, however we lose our allies, even if it’s just by leaving NATO, we end up in a very similar situation in the present reality. Trump and his administration have also done several things to willingly weaken our cybersecurity against Russia and leave our infrastructure incredibly vulnerable.
Say Putin for whatever reason decides to carry out the playbook against the U.S. from his favorite novel. We are heading towards a situation where we have no allies who will come to our aid, and we’ve willingly given Russia the ability to potentially attack our infrastructure like water and electricity grids for some reason. Imagine how easily they could take over after an attack on the U.S. or even a large natural disaster.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto News@lemmy.world•Russia’s top court lifts terror group designation on Afghanistan’s TalibanEnglish4·1 day agoGuys don’t worry about losing the entire E.U. as an ally now that Trump is aligning us with Russia. Putin has some really cool new friends that we can also be aligned with.
This is the Republican party in 2025, representing traditional American values by destroying the United States, crushing democracy and supporting a Russian dictator and the Taliban.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English1·1 day agoHe’s Trump’s science advisor, Peter Theil’s protege, and son in law of Brexit Secretary Sir David Davis. The best of the best.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•2 Protesters at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Are Subdued With Stun GunsEnglish3·1 day agoWas it a stun gun or a Jewish space laser?
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English1·1 day agoYeah it was a dumb thing to say, that’s the point
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English22·1 day agoHave you never seen a dystopian scifi movie? If this administration somehow attempted to time travel, you don’t think the world would look exactly like it does now?
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English2·1 day agoI mean, if we are to go by Kratsios’ speech, it would appear they are just the first brave and innovative enough to take advantage of technology already existing but intentionally weighed down by regulations. This timeline being a result of their brave innovation makes a lot of sense.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English5·1 day agoMaybe in your house, but in the White House, I’m not so sure. Mr. Kratsios holds a political science degree (with a focus on Hellenic studies) and appears to have no hard science qualifications.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English4·1 day agoNo joke, he was actually Trump’s acting director of OSTP during his first administration. During that time, people were critical of him because he lacked any qualifying experience in science.
Democratic members of the House actually wrote a letter begging Trump to pick a real science advisor to avoid a potential disaster. Trump eventually picked a meteorologist as his official science advisor several months later. If not for Anthony Fauci’s meddling, those two would have been solely responsible for handling the COVID pandemic under Trump.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English4·1 day agoJust to be clear, the point is that Kratsios seemed to be making a sciencebro sales pitch about U.S. innovation under Trump, but given how delusional and unethical this administration has already been when it comes to making a name for U.S. tech supremacy, people took it seriously.
Wasn’t expecting such a weirdly strong reaction to pointing this out, but yikes.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English2·1 day agoYou just gave me a mental image of the dumbest BTFII reboot
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPto Technology@lemmy.world•White House Says It Has Tech That Can 'Manipulate Time and Space'English15·1 day agoNope. But given our elite technologist leaders often have some dangerous ideas about innovation and “improvements to society,” that don’t quite align with reality, I can’t say I blame people for worrying they might actually try.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotionsEnglish13·2 days agoI would make an inappropriate Ted Kaczynski joke if I didn’t know everything we do is being constantly monitored at all times by a bunch of turds with zero sense of humor.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE programEnglish2·2 days agoI’m just wondering how Trump squares an explanation for this with the fact that we’re in a technology war with China. Why would we make ourselves more vulnerable to them?
I guess to clarify, it seems easier for Trump to make the argument to his base that everything he does to make us more vulnerable to Russia shouldn’t really be a big deal bc he has so much respect and trust for Putin.
Most people (myself included) don’t really know about this program, but if cutting funding makes us more vulnerable to China and other bad actors, it seems like a point more Americans should be made aware of.
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE programEnglish16·3 days agoThey’re doing so much of this shit quietly, but when you start to put each piece together it should be frightening to anyone that doesn’t believe Russia is our BFF.
In late Feb, just after the whole Zelenskyy White House visit, Hegseth issued an order to Cyber Command to halt all planning against Russia including cybersecurity offensive strategies.
He gave the order to Commander Timothy Haugh, who is also head of the National Security Agency. Haugh told the outgoing director of operations, and cyber command begun putting together an official document of why this is a very bad idea.
I missed this completely until yesterday, but it turns out that Haugh and his NSA deputy were both suddenly ousted from their positions less than 2 weeks ago.
No reason was given they were just told “your services are no longer required.” Apparently Laura Loomer requested Trump have them removed and made some vague accusations against them bc they had been installed under Biden.
I admit I hadn’t heard of CVE program before today. Since we are BFFs now and Russia is “totally not a threat” to the U.S., I guess it’s supposed to be ok because friends share everything. But wouldn’t this also make us incredibly more vulnerable to China and any other country?
Basic Glitch@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•A Strange Stain in the Sky: How Silicon Valley Is Preparing A Coup Against DemocracyEnglish28·6 days agoOmg so just go to Mars and leave us all the fuck alone.
These bros are so goddamn stupid, and I wouldn’t even care except they’re going to kill us all in their delusional dumbass pursuit of a technocratic AI powered utopia.
And they’re all so fucking miserable even if they succeed they will just wind up all alone in their robotic powered biodomes wondering wtf the point of existence is bc nobody is left to stroke their dumb fucking egos.
Trump: Por que no los dos?