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The New York Times has compiled an uncanny list of words that US federal agencies want to eliminate because they are suspected of possible link with wokism. Do read the list, because it really helps understand the mental representation of “woke” in the new administration.
GIFT LINK: nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0
#USPolitics #woke #newspeak

The New York Times · The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under TrumpBy Karen Yourish
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@Techmeme

> “At Sanas, we believe that while technology is transforming the industry, it shouldn’t replace human connection, but rather, enhance it,” Sharath Keshava Narayana, Sanas’ co-founder and president, told TechCrunch. “With the number of customer interactions continuing to scale globally, the need for human-to-human communication remains critical.”

#Newspeak #Dystopia!

ABED KOMT EINDELIJK NAAR HUIS!!!

Na meer dan een jaar gegijzeld te zijn door Israel, mag Abed naar huis. Dit komt door zijn advocaat Samira Sabir, de ngo Gisha en de inzet van DENK Almere.
Maar wie claimt de credits?
“Onze” (of moet ik zeggen de Israelische) minister Caspar Veldkamp:

‘Ik dank de Israëlische collega, de Israëlische ngo Gisha en betrokken ambassades die hier hard aan hebben gewerkt’.

EXCUSE YOU?! Abed komt terug ONDANKS Israel, niet dankzij.
#newspeak
#hasbara
#freepalestine

ad.nl/buitenland/abed-mag-eind

🚨 #EnshittificationAlert Spotify

"Oh yeah.. Bob Marlie, you say? Oh, right. Yea yea, a singer was it not? We have 2 albums on the chap, one from 1996 and 2015, and then 2 singles from 2021 and 2023 respectively. What do you say? Lyrics missing? Yea yea, it is an old singer. Dead, ya know.."

#Wikipedia keeps memory of Bob Marley so that no #Newspeak bullshit dystopia may erase him from history.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marl

en.wikipedia.orgBob Marley - Wikipedia
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@petersuber
I've been sent this substack post too. For medical research that is precisely on these topics, what will they do?

In Ireland up to a century ago ('who fears to speak'], and Eastern Europe up to 1989, people used alternative terms to talk about topics that were officially censored. The censors would have to play linguistic whack-a-mole to suppress them.

(I've taken to using #uspol as a filter trigger, thanks to mod advice.)

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@cartoonmovement

I wholeheartedly agree with #FckNzs & like the cartoon, so there may be place for a reminder:

the Nazis massively and purposely appropriated a variety of symbols, as much as they created a distorted form of early #NewSpeak, destroying certain German words for almost ever.

the swastika is but a prime example of cultural appropriation, as its origins are very much the opposite to #fascism...

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swasti