Another one for the WTF Europe file
Bombo
Fucking TikTok.
"“In a similar vein, some posts featured a sycophantic, yet comedic, admiration for fascist leaders, presenting them as cute and loveable. In general, such memes seek to trivialise extremist content, not least by drawing from the comparative mainstream of meme culture. In the process, this content contributes to the broader memetic struggle waged by factions on the extreme right.”"
Beyond Hitler and Mussolini: TikTok and the Adoration of Minor Fascist Ideologues
Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias
https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/11/inside-mexico-anti-avocado-militias
I’ve had two printers that outlived operating system support for them. I didn’t expect it would happen to sneakers.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/nike-killing-app-self-lacing-sneakers
A third of land set aside for restoration in worse state than before, Australian offset audit finds - The GUardian
It’s almost like biodiversity offsets are a proposterous activity, designed to distract more than help. Oh wait…
It's the competence, stupid https://benhr.xyz/2024/06/29/its-the-competence.html
Sounds like an episode of The Gilded Age
Lost in the Woo-to-Q Pipeline - The Cut
https://www.thecut.com/article/astrologer-danielle-johnson-murder-suicide-conspiracy-theories.html
Hello fronds
Tarps and prayers
Despicable. “The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public.” - Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/
Lionel Hutz
A world without lawyers, 2024
Acrylic on concrete
Painting the town red
Border Force “officers routinely ask travellers to provide their passcode or password to devices so they can be examined, but they do not have the power to compel passengers to hand over their passcodes, the ABF has explained to the Australian Senate and in guidebooks provided to officers”
Anachronism of a Salesman https://benhr.xyz/2024/06/09/i-saw-death.html
Liquid3, an “urban photo-bioreactor” that a Serbian startup has developed to replace trees.
I, for one, welcome our new green slime overlords.
