"A military rife with sexual abuse and bigotry isn’t going to attract the best minds — many of which, although people like Hegseth will never believe it, reside in female and nonwhite bodies.

…All of this is of a piece with Trumpian policy in other domains."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #ToxicMasculinity #misogyny #racism #DEI #woke #stupidity
/17

"Of course a regime that believes it can make America great by defunding science and destroying higher education believes that it can make our military more effective by making it prejudiced and stupid.

The good news is that America’s officer corps isn’t stupid, at least not yet."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #ToxicMasculinity #misogyny #racism #DEI #woke
/18

"The stony silence with which the assembled generals and admirals greeted Hegseth’s and Trump’s rants was eloquent.

But you can now add the military to the list of great American institutions that MAGA is, in effect, trying to destroy."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #ToxicMasculinity #misogyny #racism #DEI #woke #stupidity
/19

"The other thing that he said was, as history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace are those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is naive and dangerous."

~ Allison Gill

#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism
/20

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/magas-animal-house-military-frat

"And Aaron Reichland Melnick pointed out, war is peace is one of the three core slogans of the fascist government in the book 1984. And it's damn chilling to see the Secretary of Defense demanding that the U.S. Armed Forces adopt it as truth."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism
/21

"Michael Wolff: Is it dementia or something else? What one of Donald Trump's closest political advisors revealed to me."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #stupidity
/22

https://bsky.app/profile/iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social/post/3lzmech76hk2p

"Trump and Hegseth did serve important national interests on Tuesday. It’s just that the nation whose interests they served wasn’t ours. The spectators in the Kremlin must have laughed when they heard Hegseth mock 'diversity' and proclaim that 'unity is our strength.'

Trump and Hegseth clearly hate diversity. But they wouldn’t know unity if it bit them in the ass."

~ Will Saletan

#Trump #Hegseth #military #stupidity
/23

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-silence-of-the-generals-hegseth-trump-quantico-speech-william-young-ice-opinion

@yPhil Such a nice guy really. We care - a lot! yPhil!

We want to work together more on the #social aspects - please think about involving this post's elements and what this is about as a title:

➡️ Social revival !.... ⬅️

I wish we could do some more chats, increase the entertainment value + increasing people's own stuff at the same time but not quite twitch etc ➡️ building their own internals (the audience) and what we find in them... Joie de vivre!

(developing People not just Tech).

If you agree, let's chat right now!

The rest you know...
(and optional...)

We're doing too much #tech right now and it's frying our brains / helping tech too much (eventually helping Amazon S3 money / Bezos / Musk etc with their big pipes feeding all the ever-hunger developers not realising... and some intentionally thinking they can "use" companies in this way, #American companies etc).

I know maybe you kinda do things already but if it doesn't eventually reach most on this side (or increment and snowball as it's own a method) then it's almost not that way you want.

Good Tech people are not looping back to people and their own 'stuff' which ultimately separates people. Together we can us selves out from serious / unserious / loving / unloving and still have work in progress together and improving communications.

It's also like being fan of things but never having contact with the band (go to concert and see a dot far away in massive stadium) or getting to meet other fans might not be that time and place.

So we need a time and space.

Years go by and we think we know people or 'see' them... We know nothing, just their toys occasionally. We need try past that and see why and what they do and re-asses 'ah' and make decisions again. It's more real that way and we can help each other away from the doubt and have it measurable since we do see a lot of good work and words.

Your RSS site is genius petrolette.space

and things around that too - so more of these things kinda yes but IF it's around bringing life to our stuff too (and pumping that as our fuel - more % us not just RSS but real people!)

So conversation as the glue to ask permission / try each other etc- #Jitsi as fastest way to do the talking for the non-tech also.
Matrix is a mess (non-32bit / account / app / software). Jitsi 2mins and in. (not same features but for human speak and optional seeing it's perfect.

Doing with people their stuff and a bit of tech help or creative remixing will get people hooked / addicted around you and your stuff and at least to their own stuff considering 'why did I do this eariler?' - we all can see what we are doing for real...!

A light help desk of sorts maybe... like honest feedback about what that doesn't work and even provnig ourselves wrong or saying "hmm not that for me"... "but OH MY GOD I love this this in this combination, here's my music / tech version of it!" -

Constantly 1-upping each other to bring lots of fruit! 🥝 🧡
(like music track remix but with everything else on the hashtags people can pick and choose).
#pickandmix

=====================
SOCIAL WITHOUT SOCIALISING?

We have Mastodon but it's almost empty software without promoting people themselves properly (which nobody doesn't properly on a weekly / month basis but could at least as a shout-out). They / we need as a more dedicated way of *social* respect (not just memes and #trump hating). Something building us UP 🆙

Similar to capitalism we just find out from social what we can do, mix and match and build much more on TOP 🔝.

The gap between hashtag hating / fear spreading and just tech creating is huge. We need to balance each other or be left isolated in the middle (even you too it will help once a week in chat get #feedback but also #listen).

Investing time in people helps exponentially (as time goes on) and helps hit great things more often... with #time and #dedication for their stuff they already do and other people's (even if it seems 2, 4, 8 is not that many, those #pair of hands and their existing work or #resources is a huge lot of #potential and multiples). ✖️

I have ideas around that... and it is measurable / we will see the feedback socially.

Bless us with your ideas #yPhil. Say yes to talking to me and then us :) 🙇 👘 🏯 Big respect.

It needs a creative-flexible-fun person like you as I know you are to mix in music and stuff in between to make it fun.

Match the lower people with the over-cooked experts, all of who's boats drifted too far from the other people. ⛵

Balance as we go. ⚖️ On-the-fly stimulation! 🦋 🏃

Happy to send Jitsi link anytime.
Make it 2-way stuff !

I have the time to invest in people during your work but we need to pump each other a bit (measurably, like audio #podcast) and see what happens after a small test / starting something with others... ❓

Social revival !.... #JoieDeVivre!

Reading every headline & lede that invariably starts with “Democrats block GOP bill”, I’d like to remind everyone, the #media especially, that Trump’s party — the #RepublicanParty — controls the #WhiteHouse & both chambers of #Congress.

This shutdown is their doing.

By all accounts #Trump & #Project2025’s #RussVought absolutely wanted it because it consolidates #power under the #ExecutiveBranch, exactly what they have been working for.

#OrchestratedShutdown #Republicans #economy #democracy

If it wasn't clear before, Friday's SCOTUS ruling shows that the Roberts Court is ignoring the US Constitution.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/supreme-court-newest-decision-could-233108170.html
#SCOTUS #Impoundment #Trump #JohnRoberts #Law

October 18th, if I lived in the US I would join these demonstrations.
https://www.nokings.org/
#usa #nokings #october18th #trump

"This morning, Pete Hegseth delivered a stunning address to military leaders in Quantico, declaring that combat standards would be rolled back to the 'highest male standard only.' He added, 'If women can make it, excellent. If not, it is what it is.'"

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination
/1

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-confirms-he-will-fire

"At nearly the same time, Donald Trump confirmed that his meeting with generals and admirals will be nothing short of a loyalty test, saying bluntly that if he doesn’t like someone, 'I’ll fire them right on the spot.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination
/2

"Hegseth declares war on racial and gender diversity efforts in US military. During incendiary speech, defense secretary said: ‘Any general ... involved in any of that DEI woke shit has got to go.’"

~ George Chidi

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/3

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/pete-hegseth-war-diversity-efforts-military

“'Should our enemies choose foolishly to challenge us, they will be crushed by the violence, precision and ferocity of the war department,' Hegseth said. 'To our enemies, FAFO,' he said referring to the acronym for 'fuck around and find out.'"

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/4

https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.solnit/posts/pfbid029p62YNtvJ9aAcKsVpjSrNdTJDkVf3S8wmyUJZawqckSoNHnPz3pHbDWNFczXc1LAl

"Hegseth also said the rules of engagement would be reviewed. 'We untie the hands of our war fighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement. Just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for war fighters.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/5

"They flew our top military brass in to get buy-in for their plan to declare war on American citizens. …

We are witnessing the authoritarian takeover of the nation by a duly elected president who no longer wants to bother with dissent, protests or even the First Amendment."

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/6

https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-declares-war-on-american

"In what was nicknamed by FOX News a 'Come to Jesus' meeting, Hegseth said that the newly-renamed Department of 'War' would be purging itself of any and all vestiges of 'woke.'

And, unsurprisingly, as Hegseth struck a derivative Patton-like pose before a screen-wide American flag, he brought Jesus into his speech."

~ Diana Butler Bass

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #WhiteChristianNationalism
/7

https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/the-warrior-ethos

"Hegseth is probably the most openly Christian nationalist true believer in the entire Trump administration (Russell Vought may be tied with him). He always brings Jesus to the war party. Because, of course, in the theology of Christian nationalism Jesus is a Warrior. It may well be their central image of the Son of God — a bloodthirsty, revenge-seeker with a sword in hand."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #WhiteChristianNationalism
/8

"President Trump did not have many bad things to say about America’s foreign adversaries. He spoke about Vladimir Putin in largely neutral terms (only saying he was 'disappointed' in him) and barely mentioned China.

He did, however, speak with great moral clarity about certain classes of Americans whom he views as a grave threat:"

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Hegseth #military #war #Democrats #cities #journalists #woke #DEI
/9

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-from-within

"The American left: 'They’re really bad. They’re bad people.' Again, he’s talking about Americans here.

His own domestic political opponents: 'They’re vicious people that we have to fight, just like you have to fight vicious people. Mine are a different kind of vicious.'

American journalists: 'sleazebags.'

Residents of American inner cities: 'animals.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #military #war #Democrats #cities #journalists #woke #DEI
/10

"This is not normal. It’s dangerous af. …

Trump was open about how he wants the military to engage with civilians: He said that 'quell[ing] civil disturbances' is 'going to be a big thing for the people in this room.' …

The entire senior leadership of America’s military has been put on notice. They now understand how Trump intends to use their forces."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #war #Democrats #cities #journalists #woke #DEI
/11

"He told them, explicitly. He wants to deploy them to American cities where they will be used to 'quell' disfavored groups, using force.

The generals understand that Trump sees their fellow Americans as his enemies. And they must now realize that at some point, they are likely to be forced to choose between Trump and their oaths to defend the Constitution."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #war #Democrats #cities #journalists #woke #DEI
/12

"What [Trump and Hegseth] really mean is that they want a force of only white men who think like they do. And that is why they’ve already purged many women and minorities from positions of leadership."

~ Elliot Kirschner

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #DEI #woke
/13

https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/general-stupidity

"But let’s be very clear: The only quota system that truly undermines this nation’s ability to defend itself is the one now in place to ensure that idiots, bigots, and con men—the very antithesis of what a professional military should represent—subvert any notion of meritocracy and rise to positions where their stupidity becomes policy."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #DEI #woke
/14

"Sadly, the displays today by an alcohol-misusing, credibly accused rapist who has been fired from almost every job he’s ever held and now leads the Pentagon, and by an autocratic, corrupt, convicted felon, and sexual abuser who dodged service with fake bone spurs yet now serves as Commander in Chief, prove how far we have fallen."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #DEI #woke
/15

"I have concluded that today’s display of ego and bluster and falsehoods by Hegseth and Trump may have served a useful purpose after all. Every one of those generals and admirals and senior noncommissioned officers now has had personal experience with who they serve under."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/16

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/trumps-speech-to-the-generals-and

Trump "was counting on getting his usual narcissistic pleasures from an audience that laughs and applauds his abusive statements. But Trump faced stony silence from these serious military professionals, even though he tried to get them to ignore their training.

'I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,' he said at the beginning. 'Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #military
/17

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-its-a-war-from-within

"Trump’s address was, in a word, insane. Those of us who pay attention to his comments know that he is in rapid decline, but this performance and the one recently at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service really underscore how severe it is. His inability to maintain even a semblance of attention now is startling."

~ Jared Yates Sexton

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/18

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/listen-to-the-dictator

@Nonilex

The #deportation flight to #Iran is the most stark push yet by the #Trump admin to deport immigrants even to places with harsh #HumanRights conditions.

Well well, does the usa respect human rights, nope.
Thousands of people dissapeared from their homes and families without trace by ICE.

Arms fettered behind their backs, forced to eat like dogs from iron bowls, filth, disease abuse tortured to death

NY Times, is trying to make the us look like a normal civilized society. It is not.

#US Deports Planeload of #Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say

The #deportation flight to #Iran is the most stark push yet by the #Trump admin to deport immigrants even to places with harsh #HumanRights conditions.

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/middleeast/us-iran-deportation-flight.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@Em0nM4stodon

It may not be illegal to record a #homeless person trying to survive in public but it should be immoral and unethical to you, otherwise your just helping to target people that are getting murdered thanks to #Trump. The Silence Continues 😡

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

Insane asshole.
Will this include #Vancouver BC?

#Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made #movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend #Hollywood's global #business model.

The step signals Trump's willingness to extend *protectionist* #trade policies into #cultural industries, raising uncertainty for studios that depend heavily on international box-office revenue & cross-border co-productions.

#law #economy #RevengePolitics
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-impose-100-tariff-movies-made-outside-country-2025-09-29/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#Trump announced the measure in a post on his Truth Social platform, claiming #US #movie-making is losing ground to international competition.

"Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing candy from a baby," he wrote.

However, it was not immediately clear what #legal authority Trump would use to impose a 100% #tariff on foreign-made films.

#law #economy #movies #film #business #inflation #jobs #recession #RevengePolitics

Just imagine living in a mature democracy where the government not only recognises that Russians are attempting to interfere in your elections, but they actually take steps to guard against them, and the pro-Russian candidates don't win.

Just imagine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rdlj8ejgo

#Moldova #Russia #Brexit #Trump #ReformUK

@arstechnica

Good to see that Sinclair gives in and now also broadcasts Kimmel again.

The power of people in display.

Resistance works!

#Resist #Trump #Fascism #Kimmel

Stupidest thing ever. The Chicago River is not the freaking Rio Grande.

#BorderPatrol spotted with #guns on #ChicagoRiver in latest #Trump #deportation push

While federal officials said the boats were needed as part of their anti-#immigration blitz, at least one alderperson called the effort a “photo op.”

#law #intimidation #MafiaState #MilitaryState
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/25/border-patrol-chicago-river-immigration-enforcement-greg-bovino-deportation

Neera Tanden: "Someone needs to explain the rationale for cutting #USAID
but bailing out Argentina from their own whack policies."
#ethics #politics #Trump #PlayingFavorites #CronyCapitalism

@georgetakei after #Trump got jailed, #Fox got banned and the #FCC head banned from public offices for life.

Anderson!
Let's not forget that SCOTUS, the Roberts court, has modified the definition of bribery for its own purposes.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/border-czar-139574460?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share
#TomHoman #Money #Bribery #SCOTUS #Trump #FBI

#randomthoughts...

I wonder if the USofA can the ever totally recover from the damage caused by #tRump and his MAGA thugs...