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Shibboleths: Sage Hana Productions Glossary of Terms

Sage Hana Productions Glossary of Terms by Sage Hana | May18, 2022 Alrighty. This will be a living document. As new shibboleths emerge, they will be added to the glossary of terms and thus, de-shibbolethed. After all, it’s not a shibboleth if every *rando can roll in...

Your Shadow Credit Score Could Decide Whether You Get an Apartment

The vast tenant screening industry is subject to less regulation than credit scoring agencies, even though experts warn that algorithms could introduce racial or other illegal biases that can prevent people from getting housing.

Why “creating” artificial intelligence is conjuring the demon

With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there’s the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it’s like, ‘Yeah, he’s sure he can control the demon.’ Doesn’t work out. —Elon Musk

Empire of Hypocrisy

What decent citizen could possibly have a problem with an empire which is “a compelling force for good” working to “eradicate poverty”, to bring about “peace and harmony” and “a better world for our children”?

Celebrities: Odious empire sycophants

To be a celebrity within the oligarchic empire is, with very few notable exceptions, to be an agent of that empire.

Review: The Rise of the New Normal Reich by C.J. Hopkins

Hopkins calls it The New Normal Reich. Because of global trade, surveillance technology, and the destruction of ideological alternatives, the New Normal Reich aims to be the first truly global system of totalitarianism.