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The Cautionary Tale of Angela Davis

>There are very few true revolutionaries. Allowing ourselves to pretend that Angela Davis is among them is a grave mistake. > >“When we engage in electoral politics, it can’t be just because a particular individual is running for office, it is to enlarge the terrain of mass struggle, to guarantee a space for the trade union movement to win victories, for the women’s movement to win victories, for people of color to win victories, for working and poor people to win victories.” > >Angela Davis is certainly correct in speaking these words. They are an important reminder of how we must view and relate to the electoral process. But unfortunately, she followed those remarks with highly questionable assertions which put at risk all that she says she seeks to achieve. > >Davis has a habit of engaging in some very grave contradictions, which we have analyzed over the years here at Black Agenda Report. In 2012 Angela Davis felt compelled to give fulsome praise to Barack Obama, including claiming that his rise to the presidency showed a connection with the Black radical tradition. The false statement was quite alarming, as Davis ignored the obvious, that the Obama campaign was a creation of the neo-liberal and imperialist elites who needed a more attractive face in a moment of crisis. Our late comrade Glen Ford observed that, “The ‘delusional effect’ that swept Black America with the advent of the First Black President has warped and weakened the mental powers of some of our most revered icons – and it has been painful to behold.” > >It is inexplicable that Davis would claim that Obama emerged victorious in 2008 “despite the power of money.” Obama raised $750 million in his presidential campaign that year. His war chest was so full that he was able to reverse his pledge to seek public campaign financing, unlike his opponent John McCain, who raised a mere $238 million from donors and $38 million in public financing. Surely Dr. Davis was capable of researching the same easily accessible information. Yet she insisted on making claims that are plainly untrue. > >Davis’ recent comments diminish her and show that she has become just another acolyte of Democratic Party policy. “It’s not just about electing Kamala Harris. … it’s about opening space for those of us who are more radical than Kamala Harris to put anti-capitalist and anti-racist programs forward and increase the pressure for change, especially in the first place when it comes to the genocide being inflicted on the people of Palestine.“ > >Her comments border on outright delusion. Kamala Harris brags about the republicans who support her and “welcomes” an endorsement from Dick Cheney. She pledges to include a republican in her cabinet while saying nothing about including more progressive democrats. How would anti-capitalist and anti-racist programs be put forward under such an administration? > >This columnist advised ignoring Davis altogether when she declared support for Hillary Clinton in 2016: “I’m not so narcissistic to say that I wouldn’t vote for her.” The defensive and embarrassed tone of the comment was obvious, as if Davis couldn’t bring herself to be clear about her choice to vote for the war criminal who destroyed Libya and insisted that Haiti redo an election in order to get her desired result. > >Again, in 2024, Davis talks out of both sides of her mouth, stating that she is still a communist and declaring, “We have to challenge capitalism; it is the enemy of all progressive movements and struggles in the world.” Indeed we must, but that certainly can’t happen while simultaneously supporting Kamala Harris, who pledges no opposition to capitalism and who is therefore, by Davis’ definition, unworthy of support. > >As Black Agenda Report has pointed out many times, Kamala Harris is the latest mediocrity to grace the political sphere, put forward by rich donors hoping for a new Obama effect. She is neither intelligent nor talented in any way. Her milquetoast liberalism has given way to right wing policy making, giving slight nods to reproductive rights or other issues that are bright red lines for millions of people. > >But Davis also showed herself in 2020 when she was strangely thrilled by the choice of Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate. She supported Biden and Harris despite calling them both “problematic” while concluding, “It’s really a question of who we will be able to pressure.” > >There is no evidence of Angela Davis doing anything to pressure Biden or Harris on any issue. The failure of political imagination afflicts the casual voter and the erstwhile radical icon too, who pop up in election years to declare their surrender to the forces they otherwise claim to oppose. > >No one is above reproach, regardless of their history. Those who remember the days of the “Free Angela” movement may be stunned by her ongoing slide into political irrelevancy. Yet that is the position that Angela Davis has chosen for herself. Now she offers empty nostalgia, political confusion, and cautionary tales about heroes with feet of clay. It seems that ignoring Angela Davis is still a sensible decision.

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Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg had facial hair

Imagine the Zuck with a beard-as-his-personality beard or Burnsides sideburns or a douchy chinstrap

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This is exactly when China blocked ChatGPT, Hugging Face and other AI sites, which is uh bad.

The US State Department putting that $1.6 billion to good use.

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Virgin Cybertruck vs Chad Cybercoptercar

People still chasing the flying car dragon

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"I think colonialism gets a bad rap" (CW: Unhinged Zionist)

Bonus points for getting sunburned after being outside for 5 minutes.

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Bit idea: Blocking /c/the_dunk_tank but keeping /c/dredge_tank

Wait, that's just lemmy\.ml lol

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Yeah I read theory

Credit: LargePenis

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csv File of 2024 Summer Olympics Athletes with WR/OR/Medals won

For the 3 people who still care about the 2024 Summer Olympics, I've created a csv file that has the participating countries alongside the number of athletes fielded by each country, their world records, their Olympic records, and the amount of three medals won. I was going to originally create a table, but I don't think there's a way to add a table with sorting and filtering capabilities in a post. First line is the header. ::: spoiler csv file: >Country,Athletes,World Record,Olympic Record,Gold,Silver,Bronze >Afghanistan,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Albania,8,0,0,0,0,2 >Algeria,45,0,0,2,0,1 >American Samoa,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Andorra,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Angola,24,0,0,0,0,0 >Antigua and Barbuda,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Argentina,136,0,0,1,1,1 >Armenia,15,0,0,0,3,1 >Aruba,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Australia,460,1,6,18,19,16 >Austria,78,0,0,2,0,3 >Azerbaijan,48,0,0,2,2,3 >Bahamas,18,0,0,0,0,0 >Bahrain,13,0,1,2,1,1 >Bangladesh,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Barbados,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Belgium,165,0,0,3,1,6 >Belize,1,0,0,0,0,0 >Benin,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Bermuda,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Bhutan,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Bolivia,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Bosnia and Herzegovina,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Botswana,11,0,0,1,1,0 >Brazil,277,0,0,3,7,10 >British Virgin Islands,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Brunei,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Bulgaria,46,0,0,3,1,3 >Burkina Faso,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Burundi,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Cambodia,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Cameroon,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Canada,315,0,3,9,7,11 >Cape Verde,7,0,0,0,0,1 >Cayman Islands,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Central African Republic,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Chad,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Chile,48,0,0,1,1,0 >China,405,1,4,40,27,24 >Chinese Taipei,60,0,0,2,0,5 >Colombia,87,0,0,0,3,1 >Comoros,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Cook Islands,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Costa Rica,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Croatia,73,0,0,2,2,3 >Cuba,61,0,0,2,1,6 >Cyprus,16,0,0,0,1,0 >Czech Republic,111,0,1,3,0,2 >Democratic Republic of the Congo,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Denmark,124,0,0,2,2,5 >Djibouti,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Dominica,4,0,0,1,0,0 >Dominican Republic,58,0,1,1,0,2 >East Timor,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Ecuador,40,0,0,1,2,2 >Egypt,148,0,0,1,1,1 >El Salvador,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Equatorial Guinea,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Eritrea,12,0,0,0,0,0 >Estonia,24,0,0,0,0,0 >Eswatini,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Ethiopia,34,0,1,1,3,0 >Federated States of Micronesia,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Fiji,33,0,0,0,1,0 >Finland,56,0,0,0,0,0 >France,573,0,4,16,26,22 >Gabon,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Georgia,28,0,0,3,3,1 >Germany,428,0,2,12,13,8 >Ghana,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Great Britain,327,3,4,14,22,29 >Greece,100,0,0,1,1,6 >Grenada,6,0,1,0,0,2 >Guam,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Guatemala,16,0,1,1,0,1 >Guinea,24,0,0,0,0,0 >Guinea-Bissau,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Guyana,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Haiti,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Honduras,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Hong Kong,36,0,0,2,0,2 >Hungary,170,0,0,6,7,6 >Iceland,5,0,0,0,0,0 >India,117,0,0,0,1,5 >Individual Neutral Athletes,32,0,0,1,3,1 >Indonesia,29,0,0,2,0,1 >Iran,41,0,0,3,6,3 >Iraq,22,0,0,0,0,0 >Ireland,134,0,1,4,0,3 >Israel,88,0,0,1,5,1 >Italy,371,1,1,12,13,15 >Ivory Coast,11,0,0,0,0,1 >Jamaica,58,0,1,1,3,2 >Japan,403,0,0,20,12,13 >Jordan,12,0,0,0,1,0 >Kazakhstan,79,0,0,1,3,3 >Kenya,72,0,1,4,2,5 >Kiribati,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Kosovo,9,0,0,0,1,1 >Kuwait,9,0,0,0,0,0 >Kyrgyzstan,16,0,0,0,2,4 >Laos,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Latvia,29,0,0,0,0,0 >Lebanon,10,0,0,0,0,0 >Lesotho,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Liberia,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Libya,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Liechtenstein,1,0,0,0,0,0 >Lithuania,51,0,0,0,2,2 >Luxembourg,14,0,0,0,0,0 >Madagascar,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Malawi,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Malaysia,26,0,0,0,0,2 >Maldives,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Mali,23,0,0,0,0,0 >Malta,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Marshall Islands,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Mauritania,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Mauritius,13,0,0,0,0,0 >Mexico,107,0,0,0,3,2 >Moldova,26,0,0,0,1,3 >Monaco,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Mongolia,32,0,0,0,1,0 >Montenegro,19,0,0,0,0,0 >Morocco,60,0,0,1,0,1 >Mozambique,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Myanmar,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Namibia,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Nauru,1,0,0,0,0,0 >Nepal,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Netherlands,258,2,4,15,7,12 >New Zealand,195,0,0,10,7,3 >Nicaragua,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Niger,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Nigeria,88,0,0,0,0,0 >North Korea,16,0,0,0,2,4 >North Macedonia,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Norway,107,0,0,4,1,3 >Oman,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Pakistan,7,0,1,1,0,0 >Palau,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Palestine,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Panama,8,0,0,0,1,0 >Papua New Guinea,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Paraguay,28,0,0,0,0,0 >Peru,26,0,0,0,0,1 >Philippines,22,0,0,2,0,2 >Poland,210,1,1,1,4,5 >Portugal,73,0,0,1,2,1 >Puerto Rico,51,0,0,0,0,2 >Qatar,14,0,0,0,0,1 >Refugee Olympic Team,37,0,0,0,0,1 >Republic of the Congo,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Romania,106,0,0,3,4,2 >Rwanda,8,0,0,0,0,0 >Saint Kitts and Nevis,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Saint Lucia,4,0,0,1,1,0 >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Samoa,24,0,0,0,0,0 >San Marino,5,0,0,0,0,0 >São Tomé and Príncipe,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Saudi Arabia,9,0,0,0,0,0 >Senegal,11,0,0,0,0,0 >Serbia,113,0,0,3,1,1 >Seychelles,3,0,0,0,0,0 >Sierra Leone,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Singapore,23,0,0,0,0,1 >Slovakia,28,0,0,0,0,1 >Slovenia,90,0,0,2,1,0 >Solomon Islands,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Somalia,1,0,0,0,0,0 >South Africa,149,0,0,1,3,2 >South Korea,141,1,5,13,9,10 >South Sudan,14,0,0,0,0,0 >Spain,383,0,0,5,4,9 >Sri Lanka,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Sudan,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Suriname,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Sweden,117,1,2,4,4,3 >Switzerland,127,0,1,1,2,5 >Syria,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Tajikistan,14,0,0,0,0,3 >Tanzania,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Thailand,51,0,0,1,3,2 >The Gambia,7,0,0,0,0,0 >Togo,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Tonga,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Trinidad and Tobago,18,0,0,0,0,0 >Tunisia,27,0,0,1,1,1 >Turkey,102,0,0,0,3,5 >Turkmenistan,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Tuvalu,2,0,0,0,0,0 >Uganda,24,0,1,1,1,0 >Ukraine,140,0,0,3,5,4 >United Arab Emirates,13,0,0,0,0,0 >United States,592,6,12,40,44,42 >Uruguay,25,0,0,0,0,0 >Uzbekistan,86,0,0,8,2,3 >Vanuatu,6,0,0,0,0,0 >Venezuela,33,0,0,0,0,0 >Vietnam,16,0,0,0,0,0 >Virgin Islands,5,0,0,0,0,0 >Yemen,4,0,0,0,0,0 >Zambia,27,0,0,0,0,1 >Zimbabwe,7,0,0,0,0,0 :::

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Let's come up with words that rhyme with beanis

I'll start. Venus

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nofap obsess over conserving their fluids, but never once thought about recycling their fluids

Curious. Very curious indeed.

I think it would be really really really really funny

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Eucalypt trees dying everywhere in Tasmania from drought caused by climate change

[Extreme heat causing ginger syndrome in eucalypts](https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-02-26/ginger-tree-syndrome/6263118)

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People who still mask because of Covid and people who think vaccines cause Covid form a united front against the WHO

Half of the replies: I'm a repeat O- donor, but I won't donate a single drop more until real protections are in place, including high-volume ventilation in donor rooms/vans and high quality (N95 or P100) masks are required on all patients & staff. You have failed in your responsibilities. The other half: $1 million you can have my unvaccinated pure blood

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Need input on dual booting Windows and Linux from people who are dual booting Windows and Linux

I'm planning on adding a dual-booting section to [my guide on how to install Linux](https://hexbear.net/post/2720264) and I need some input from people who are dual booting Windows and Linux: * How did you allocate the partition for Linux? Did you use Disk Management from Windows or did you allocate the partition as part of the installation process? * How do you share data between the two partitions? Do you create a third partition that both OS partitions have access to? Do you use external drives/flash drives? Or do you just have no need to share data between the two drives?