That is the #farright bias in big tech. They cater for #neoliberal and #conservative twats. They happy to ban and enforce safety when it is a #leftwing discourse.

Fuck this shitty platform.

That is the #farright bias in big tech. They cater for #neoliberal and #conservative twats. They happy to ban and enforce safety when it is a #leftwing discourse.

Fuck this shitty platform.

Justice #Alito asked #Katyal about his argument that the #Trump admin’s #tariffs violate the “nondelegation doctrine,” a legal theory that prevents #Congress from delegating its legislative powers to other branches of government. The doctrine has been pushed in recent years primarily by #conservative legal groups.

#SCOTUS #law

#BrownUniversity Rejects #Trump #Extortion Attempt

#Brown was the second #university to turn down the *deal*, which would have given a #funding preference to #universities that agreed to conform to #conservative *values* including #censorship & restrictions on #InternationalStudents.

#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-compact-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#BrownUniversity Rejects #Trump #Extortion Attempt

#Brown was the second #university to turn down the *deal*, which would have given a #funding preference to #universities that agreed to conform to #conservative *values* including #censorship & restrictions on #InternationalStudents.

#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-compact-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#BrownUniversity Rejects #Trump #Extortion Attempt

#Brown was the second #university to turn down the *deal*, which would have given a #funding preference to #universities that agreed to conform to #conservative *values* including #censorship & restrictions on #InternationalStudents.

#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-compact-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

A great framing device I learned: the intellectual core of the #conservative movement—the ideas behind Project 2025—is not racism, xenophobia, or Christianity; but a commitment to the abstract concept of “Western Civilization”: a platonic ideal of a pure state built on morals, free from the corrupting influence of post-Machiavellian relativism. To achieve this ideal, the applications of racism, eugenics, nationalism, xenophobia, and religious fervor are put in place; the latter are only *methods* through which the former ideal is put into practice. That was tremendously clarifying to me.

Project 2025, and the folks at the Claremont Institute use lofty language to write odes to Western Civilization, without sullying themselves by directly using the dirty language of racism and xenophobia, leaving it to the implementors to figure out the details. That way, they can adopt and discard different bigotries as one fails and another succeeds, all while maintaining a coherent narrative thread.

#conservatism
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Very different kinds of #conservative #activists, but worth noting that #WilliamBuckley, #CharlieKirk, & #BariWeiss all started their careers by advocating for #professors to be fired for #speech they disagreed with. Such a through line of the #postwar right in the #US.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

Very different kinds of #conservative #activists, but worth noting that #WilliamBuckley, #CharlieKirk, & #BariWeiss all started their careers by advocating for #professors to be fired for #speech they disagreed with. Such a through line of the #postwar right in the #US.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

A boat carrying 125 migrants crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a "mega-dinghy.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/world/uk-migrant-boats-bigger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #migration #uk #france #keirstarmer #labour #conservative #reformukparty

Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist

> During appearances, the billionaire has offered his analysis on technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end times

> Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor in data, AI, defense and weapons development technology companies, wants everyone to think more about the end of the world.

> For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future.
https://archive.is/2025.09.25-101953/https://www.wsj.com/tech/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-dd28c876 #billionaire #artificialintelligence #PeterThiel #conservative #billionaire #PayPal

Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel

> One of the world’s most powerful technology leaders has reportedly warned that regulating artificial intelligence risks hastening the coming of the Antichrist.

> Peter Thiel, the conservative billionaire who co-founded Palantir, the data analytics group, and PayPal, the payments operator, is said to have made the comments during a lecture delivered in San Francisco this week.

> Thiel, a former donor to #DonaldTrump and mentor to #JDVance, the vice-president, said that fearing or regulating promising technology and scientific progress, including in #AI, risked courting the devil, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited people who attended the event.

> #Palantir said last week it would invest up to £1.5 billion in the #UK, creating up to 350 jobs, part of a package of announcements from US technology companies which coincided with Trump’s state visit.

> The Ministry of Defence is expected to spend up to £750 million on Palantir’s AI technology in return, which could help identify targets on the battlefield in any future war.

> The deal has prompted concerns that it could be at the expense of British companies and jobs.

> The Times has previously reported on Thiel’s devout #Christian views and their mingling with his business interests and how he is among several #SiliconValley figures who have been speaking more openly about their faith. https://archive.is/2025.09.25-151156/https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/palantir-founder-peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-religion-qzmpth35t #artificialintelligence #PeterThiel #conservative #billionaire #PayPal

Yesterday, the * #conservative* majority on #SCOTUS allowed #ICE officials to conduct roving patrols & use #RacialProfiling to stop & detain people for no other reason than their #SkinColor, the #language they’re speaking, suspicions about their #national origin—or, really, if #immigration officials just feel like it.

#law #Constitution #4thAmendment #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

A 3-judge panel of the #5thCircuit Court of Appeals, one of the most #conservative federal appeals courts in the country, agreed with #ImmigrantRights lawyers & lower court judges who argued the #AlienEnemiesAct of 1798 was not intended to be used against gangs like Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan group #Trump targeted in his March invocation.

#law#ImmigrationLaw #immigration#ExecutiveOverreach#AbuseOfPower#Constitution#DueProcess #rendition#StateSponsoredAbduction

A protest in the US - but now very relevant in the UK

#uk #ukpol #ukpolitics #freespeech #politics #police #policestate #metpolice #london #demonetisation #protest #protesters #war #palestine #palestineaction #gaza #israel #middleeast #europe #labourparty #labour #starmer #keirstarmer #westminster #britain #british #parliament #tories #tory #conservative #conservatives #conservativeparty #us #usa #uspol #genocide #news #media

Here's my official #introduction

My name is Phil Williams. I am a #father, and now #grandfather, with 6 kids. Most of my kids are adults now.

I am a #Christian, and a #conservative. Frankly, I can't stand #politics.

I am a geek. My hobbies include #selfhosting #homelab #writing #armchairtheology and exploring the #outdoors.

I have a #Jeep, which I love. When it is running, I am in a much better mood than when it is in the garage for repairs. #jeeplife

My #Mastodon instance is self-hosted.

Just another prime example of #wilhoitslaw: The core value of conservatism is that there is an in-group of people who are protected by the rules, and another one who are bound by them but not protected.

Instead of having rule of law, you have rule by law and immunity from persecution. Instead of starting from what, they begin from who and make up the rest.

A protest in the US - but now very relevant in the UK

#uk #ukpol #ukpolitics #freespeech #politics #police #policestate #metpolice #london #demonetisation #protest #protesters #war #palestine #palestineaction #gaza #israel #middleeast #europe #labourparty #labour #starmer #keirstarmer #westminster #britain #british #parliament #tories #tory #conservative #conservatives #conservativeparty #us #usa #uspol #genocide #news #media