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Ausschnitt aus dem Text "Von der Autorität" von Friedrich Engels: Aber die Notwendigkeit einer Autorität, und zwar einer gebieterischen Autorität, tritt am anschaulichsten bei einem Schiff auf hoher See zutage. Hier hängt, im Augenblick der Gefahr, das Leben aller davon ab, daß alle sofort und absolut dem Willen eines einzelnen gehorchen. Jedesmal, wenn ich dergleichen Argumente den wildesten Antiautoritariern unterbreitete, wußten sie mir nichts zu antworten als: „Ah! Das ist wahr, aber hier handelt es sich nicht um eine Autorität, die wir den Delegierten verleihen, sondern um einen Auftrag!“ Diese Herren glauben die Sache verändert zu haben, wenn sie deren Namen verändern. So machen sich diese tiefen Denker über die Welt lustig.
Kirk and McCoy from Star Trek sitting at a table eating colored food cubes. A speech bubble extends from McCoy to the quoted post
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The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. Antonio Gramsci
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. – Jean-Paul Sartre
If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even begun to pull the knife out, much less heal the wound. They won't even admit the knife is there. Malcolm X The background is a black-and-white image of Malcolm X, with red paint highlighting the last line of the quote.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair The background shows a fat stack of 100 dollar bills.
We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words. - Ursula K. Le Guin - The background is red, with long shadows cast by the text.
If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. Lyndon B. Johnson In the background, a chain is being shattered.
The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. Antonio Gramsci. The background looks like torn paper over a red surface, with a sketch of Antonio Gramsci's face on it.
Zeichnung: ein menschengroßer Käfer liegt mit dem Rücken auf einem Bett in einer Stube
Michael Parenti greeting Hasan Piker, then Parenti turns into his yellow form (from his famous 1986 lecture) and Hasan turns into his green form (from his Northwestern University speech)
Photo of George W Bush with a part of his hand magnified. His finger is wearing the One Ring, inscribed with Elvish runes. Haters will say it's fake
A wordle game (not from the NYT). I start with a strong opening: ANIME, POUTY, PAPAL. The only valid letters are a P on 1 and an A in 3, no problem. Then I get desparate and start fishing, with PRAWN and PHASE. No new letters. Nothing. The solution is PZAZZ, with 3 Z's, which isn't even how you nornally spell that word!!
Riesige Tabelle. In der ersten Zeile sind die Faktoren der Rechnung 7×N, in der zweiten Zeile sind die Ergebnisse. In den Zeilen darunter sind die Modulo-Operationen der Zahlen 2 bis 6 (farblich markiert). Die Lösung erfordert einen Modulo von 1 für alle Zahlen, was erst bei 43×7 der Fall ist. Die Lösung ist also 301.
Der Revoluzzer Erich Mühsam (1907) War einmal ein Revoluzzer, Im Zivilstand Lampenputzer; Ging im Revoluzzerschritt Mit den Revoluzzern mit Und er schrie: „Ich revolüzze!“ Und die Revoluzzermütze Schob er auf das linke Ohr, Kam sich höchst gefährlich vor Doch die Revoluzzer schritten Mitten in der Straßen Mitten, Wo er sonsten unverdrutzt Alle Gaslaternen putzt Sie vom Boden zu entfernen, rupfte man die Gaslaternen Aus dem Straßenpflaster aus, Zwecks des Barrikadenbaus Aber unser Revoluzzer Schrie: „Ich bin der Lampenputzer Dieses guten Leuchtelichts. Bitte, bitte, tut ihm nichts! Wenn wir ihn’ das Licht ausdrehen, Kann kein Bürger nichts mehr sehen, Laßt die Lampen stehn, ich bitt! Denn sonst spiel’ ich nicht mehr mit!“ Doch die Revoluzzer lachten, Und die Gaslaternen krachten, Und der Lampenputzer schlich Fort und weinte bitterlich Dann ist er zuhaus geblieben Und hat dort ein Buch geschrieben: Nämlich, wie man revoluzzt Und dabei doch Lampen putzt
The Revoluter By Erich Mühsam, translated by Mark Grainger A would-be revolutionary, a streetlamp cleaner, usually, paraded with a crowd of peers: his fellow revolutioneers. And he cried: "I'm revoluting!" and placed the cap he felt so cute in at a rake designed to kindle fear above his revolution-ear. But the revoluters strode in the middle of the road where he'd ordinarily be cleaning streetlamps merrily. With thoughts of building barricades, the revoluters grabbed their spades and in a bout of bad behavement dug the lampposts from the pavement. But our revolutionator cried: "I'll have to fix this later! I'm the keeper of this light. Please let it survive the night! If we snuffer out its spark our townsfolk will be in the dark. Leave the lamps up, I implore, or I won't play with you no more!" But the revoluters roared as the lantern lights were floored, and the streetlamp cleaner crept away from the parade and wept. From then on, he stayed at home and wrote an academic tome on how to revolutionate while keeping all the streetlamps straight.
My bluesky year highlights chart says I interacted with 6969 users. Source: anisota.net/harvest
Zohran campaign style text that says "trying to think of funny stuff for that Zohran campaign generator"
Nickelback guy holding up a framed picture, singing LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
Silly little guy with shaggy red hair and colorful clothes. It's the kobold Pumuckl from the Meister Eder stories.
Silksong screenshot: Game completion time 2h 37m 20s, which unlocked the Speedrunner achievement! The text is fading out a bit because I got too excited and almost forgot to take the screenshot, oops
Text screenshot: Dogs sleep on average about 12 to 14 hours per day, while puppies and older dogs might sleep for 18 to 20 hours per day.
Excerpt from the Wiktionary article for the word "cum" (4th etymology): cum (uncountable). Abbreviation of cubic metre. The density of cement is 1440 kg/cum.
Map of countries that recognize Palestinian statehood. The entire world is marked in green (for recognizing Palestine), with few exceptions. Among these are the USA, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand.
A fight from Deltarune where a giant monster shouts: YOUR TAKING TOO LONG
Article from The Independent on December 6, 1993 titled "Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace." There's a big picture of Osama Bin Laden smiling into the camera. The blurb says: "The Saudi businessman who recruited mujahedin now uses them for large-scale building projects in Sudan."
Screenshot of Alyssa Mercante being interviewed by Mike from PA on Twitch. Her name card says "Taylor Lorenz"
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4 panel meme of a crow at a comedy show saying "TURKEY", a heckler yells "Name a snooker player!", the crow panics and pulls out its cards. They all say TURKEY
A haboob (dust storm) rolling over a city. It has a Labubu face photoshopped into it.
Edited screenshot from Karl Marx - Capital Volume One, Chapter 29: "Genesis of the Capitalist Podcaster". Now that we have considered the forcible creation of a class of outlawed proletarians, the bloody discipline that turned them into wage labourers, the disgraceful action of the State which employed the police to accelerate the accumulation of capital by increasing the degree of exploitation of labour, the question remains: whence came the capitalists originally? In a word: podcasts. In England the first form of the podcaster is the Joe Rogan bro, himself a serf. His position is similar to that of the old Roman villicus, only in a more limited sphere of action.
Chart titled "Generation lead" showing a distribution of childhood blood lead levels by age in the United States. Generation X is highlighted and had by far the highest levels of lead poisoning. Baby boomers are also badly effected; Millenials and Gen Z less so.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on platform screen doors, of the Mainland China section: All metro systems in China have platform screen doors installed on most of their lines. All stations built after the mid-2000s have some form of platform barrier.
Reddit post: What are we going to call posting on Bluesky? Top comment: Bluesky CEO didn't want us to call it skeeting of all things. So we call it skeeting.
Image of Donald Trump with text saying: This post was fact checked by real American patriots. ✅ TRUE
4 simple digital sketches of facial expressions: Angry, scared, happy (that one turned out a little creepy), and disgusted.
Screenshot of the legal document. Source: https://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/another-ass-sues-viacom?page=1 That my reason for changing my name from Bob Craft to Jack Ass was because I created a cartoon character named Andi Ass after my brother Andy who died with another friend in a single vehicle tragedy. I wanted to bring attention to myself in an effort to raise awareness in others. I and Andi Ass promote accountable choices with a designated driver slogan,. "BE A SMART ASS, NOT A DUMB ASS". On Jack Ass's Beer (which is actually a beer bottle with a genuine "Jack Ass Award" inside it) is a picture of me and Andi Ass with our slogan. The "SMART ASS" chooses a designated driver, rather than being a "DUMB ASS" and drink while driving. This fits perfectly with designated driver messages and open container laws. I and Andi's message of accountability is sent through humor and is best said in Andi Ass's own words: "Looking from what comes from Andi and Jack's voices, You will see we promote positive accountable choices, It is not the beer that ever causes you your harm, It's yourself connected to the drink on the end of your arm". The message of accountability is important to Andi Ass and myself and this is shown in their Mission Statement which is listed in our web site of www.andiass.com: "To build a three-way-bridge between the public, the consumer and the beverage industry, forming a common ground upon which to promote accountability in the consumption of alcohol".
4 creepy digital drawings, each of head in harsh lighting. The faces are all illuminated from different angles.
Article blurb by The Economist: "In Soviet times, communist regimes pressed both men and women into scientific careers. The coercion may be gone, but the legacy remains." The picture shows a female scientist in a lab. The headline: "Half the scientists in some eastern European countries are women" Underneath, there's a crudely drawn cartoon of a Soviet soldier wielding an AK-47, yelling at scared woman. She says: "There seems to be a mistake, I was supposed to be a woman born into a backward family that never had a chance to attend school and got my marriage arranged by my family." The soldier shouts: "BECOME AN ACCOMPLISHED SCIENTIST"
Simple 12 frame animation of an explosion. There's a bright flash, followed by a yellow-orange fireball, which dissipates into dark red flames and grey smoke, quickly wisping away.
Day 7: "Zohran Mamdani". A yellow two-tone drawing of Zohran, a handsome bearded man, smiling with his arms crossed. The title says ZOHRAN for NEW YORK CITY. Behind him, red typewriter text on a blue background reads excerpts from his victory speech: Tonight, we made history. In the words of Nelson Mandela, "It always seems impossible until it is done." My friends, we have done it. I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City. If this campaign has demonstrated anything to the world, it is that our dreams can become reality. Dreaming demands hope and when I think of hope, I think of the unprecedented coalition of New Yorkers that we have built. Dreaming demands solidarity and when I look out at this room and out onto the midnight skyline, that is what I see. A life of dignity should not be reserved for a fortunate few. It should be one that city government guarantees for each and every New Yorker.
Kaya, a huge fluffy dog, acting like a small lap dog. She's bright beige; the background and the person she's on top of are a deep maroon red.
Weltkarte: United States interference in foreign elections. Auf jedem Kontinent sind mehrere Wahleinmischungen zwischen 1946 und 2014 markiert, besonders in fast ganz Südamerika und Südostasien, aber auch in West- und Osteuropa.
Excerpt from The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin. The universe was a cramped heart, and the red light that suffused everything was the translucent blood that filled the organ. Suspended in the blood, he saw that the flickering of the red light was not periodic—the pulsing was irregular. He felt a strange, perverse, immense presence that could never be understood by human intellect.
Wikipedia article titled "Gaza genocide". This page is not available in the German language.
Wohnpark Alterlaa, ein Gemeindebau in Wien. Futuristische Hochhäuser, die unten etwas breiter sind und in Grünflächen münden
The devil says: My child will subscribe at the top of the hour for 5 dollars or for free with twitch prime Jesus says: github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions
Illustration of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Burr shoots Hamilton, who reacts like an extra on Star Trek who's been hit by a phaser
Screenshot of Andor season 2 episode 8: "Who Are You?" Syril Karn, a clean-cut fascist, stares off into the distance while a massacre is taking place behind him.
Tweet by @hermit_hwarang: american *sees something american happening americanly in america*: what are we a bunch of ASIANS?!?!???
Illustrated overview of the "holy island" of Philae. It's drawn in sepia tones and heavily annotated with detailed descriptions of each building, like a tourist map. One note claims that the island is submerged through most of the year, except in summer. The main points of interest are the Temple of Isis (a monumental Ancient Egyptian building complex), the Outer Court (an adjacent area walled in by collonades), and Trajan's Kiosk (a Roman building with columns). A mini map in the corner shows the surrounding area of the Nile, including the Aswan dam. The publisher is listed as "Arkham Printing Co., 1918". Main map source: http://voyagesenduo.com/egypte/Images/philae/plan_philae.html Environs map source: https://www.planetware.com/egypt/philae-egy-asw-phil.htm
Excerpt from "Blackshirts and Reds" by Michael Parenti (Chapter 4): In Cuba today many youth see no value in joining the Communist party and think Fidel Castro has had his day and should step aside. The revolutionary accomplishments in education and medical care are something they take for granted and cannot get excited about. Generally they are more concerned about their own personal future than about socialism. University courses on Marxism and courses on the Cuban Revolution, once overenrolled, now go sparsely attended, while students crowd into classes on global markets and property law (Newsday, 4/12/96).
Screenshot from Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (S4E26: "Broken Link") Garak, an intense and bitter Cardassian, asks a Star Fleet officer: "Don't tell me you'd object to a little genocide in the name of self-defence?"
Episodes 15 & 16 from Star Trek Deep Space 9: "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang", "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
Youtube comment by hbomberguy under a recent Northernlion video: I keep opening my phone the exact minute a new nubby video is out, I'm worried my algorithm thinks I'm a psychopath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oYhinqpJAw
Screenshot from the Wikipedia article of the Madagascar Plan. The Madagascar Plan (German: Madagaskarplan) was a plan proposed by the Nazi German government to forcibly relocate the Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar. Franz Rademacher, head of the Jewish Department of the German Foreign Office, proposed the idea in June 1940, shortly before the Fall of France. The proposal called for the handing over of control of Madagascar, then a French colony, to Germany as part of the eventual peace terms.
Black and white sketch of Kaya, a large dog. She's sprawled over a small dog bed and looks angry, holding a sign that reads: "Dog's Guild of America on strike!"
Cropped screenshot of Civilization 7, showing the city of Rouen. The buildings are mostly in the style of the Normans, but a few Ancient Greek buildings remain, such as the Parthenon.
Drew Gooden "road work ahead" meme