The Internet Inflection Point on Trump's Fascism

Alec Watson ( #YouTube channel "Technology Connections") has just dropped a 90 minute video on renewable energy. Alec has been around YT for over 10 years and has around 3 million subs now I believe. I don't always agree with him, though the majority of my disagreements are not foundational, but we'll leave that aside for now.

I haven't seen every video he's presented, but this new one seems notable to me. The entire last segment is a political statement against Republicans, Trump, fascism, ICE, and ... well ... basically the same sort of stuff I've been continually spouting in my various venues (along with my technical and tech policy discussions), for, uh, quite some time. My sense is that Alex got seriously fed up.

This sort of thing is happening around the country, with writers, podcasters, video creators, and others who up to now have been mostly or completely politically essentially apolitical (at least publicly) now taking very public stances against the current fascist administration.

I believe an inflection point has been reached, of a kind never before seen in the history of the Internet (or its ancestor ARPANET for that matter), and I believe this is a very important moment.

Here is a link to the last section of Alec's video:

https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?t=4593

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Check out “Kyiv” by Apashe & Alina Pash 😢

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For anybody else that has to interact with #YouTube, do we have any technological solutions yet for hiding the garbage recommended videos that show up in the right hand column?

It's not super practical for me to fullscreen each video I'm actually there for, I'm considering carefully cutting a piece of paper to tape to my monitor to avoid the psychic damage

Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark U.S. trial over youth addiction claims.

@AssociatedPress reports: "At the core of the case is a 19-year-old identified only by the initials 'KGM,' whose case could determine how thousands of other, similar lawsuits against social media companies will play out."

https://flip.it/Bt.zTg

#SocialMedia #Tech #Meta #TikTok #YouTube

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Title: Illusion
Genre: Electro - source: Deezer (https://www.deezer.com/album/882666542)
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/3732540012 | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PBi8cW_ZpA | SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/actuation/mike-williams-brooks-what-eva-illusion
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Artist: Mike Williams
Title: Illusion
Genre: Electro - source: Deezer (https://www.deezer.com/album/882666542)
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/3732540012 | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PBi8cW_ZpA | SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/actuation/mike-williams-brooks-what-eva-illusion
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Artist: Jase Lotti
Title: Say Goodbye
Genre: Electro - source: Deezer (https://www.deezer.com/album/885648882)
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/3741647232 | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7PIelq0BhA | SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/progressivevibesmusic/jase-lotti-say-goodbye
#Electro #Deezer #SoundCloud #YouTube #EDM #Playlist #Electronic #Jase #Lotti #Say

Artist: Jase Lotti
Title: Say Goodbye
Genre: Electro - source: Deezer (https://www.deezer.com/album/885648882)
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/3741647232 | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7PIelq0BhA | SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/progressivevibesmusic/jase-lotti-say-goodbye
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Artist: Jason Gray
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Artist: Jason Gray
Title: Acid Switch (Extended Mix)
Genre: Electro - source: Deezer (https://www.deezer.com/album/883957782)
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/3736872562 | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_T9cbLAA1U
#Electro #Deezer #SoundCloud #YouTube #EDM #Playlist #Electronic #Jason #Gray #Acid

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“Thru the Flowers” by The Primitives…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPRqecw_kA

#music #retro #1980s #pop #powerpop #ThePrimitives #ThruTheFlowers #UK #British #melodic #song #songs #video #musicians #YouTube #classic
It’s pretty old and not the best quality video, but the catchy guitar riff’s timeless. Once described as “Blondie meets The Jesus and Mary Chain” I still love this retro gem from the 80’s.
“Thru the Flowers” by The Primitives…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPRqecw_kA

So #YouTube ads for a non-logged-in browser have really gotten to the point where you get a woman opening by saying: "My husband f*cked me for three hours last night!" Really #Google? REALLY? Pretty disgusting, Sundar.

Folks, if you have favorite TikTok or YouTube accounts that you follow, send a comment or DM to that account and tell them about PeerTube and Loops.

Progressive voices are not welcome or safe on those broligarch venues and it's going to get worse.

It would be wise for these influencers and creators to not have all their eggs in one corporate basket. They should at least establish a presence and cross post.

#TikTok #YouTube #PeerTube #Loops

Folks, if you have favorite TikTok or YouTube accounts that you follow, send a comment or DM to that account and tell them about PeerTube and Loops.

Progressive voices are not welcome or safe on those broligarch venues and it's going to get worse.

It would be wise for these influencers and creators to not have all their eggs in one corporate basket. They should at least establish a presence and cross post.

#TikTok #YouTube #PeerTube #Loops