Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
still Gulf of Mexico to me on Apple Maps.
iPhone Apple Maps screenshot labeling the Gulf of Mexico “Gulf of Mexico”
iPhone Apple Maps screenshot labeling the Gulf of Mexico “Gulf of Mexico”
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
ha!
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
i put a few bucks in the freezer and i don't see what the big deal is.
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
where are you checking from?
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
apple maps v google maps 2025-02-10
Zoomed out view of an Apple Maps window superimposed on Google Maps, showing Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Apple labels the Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of Mexico", Google labels it "Gulf of America".
Zoomed in on labels: Apple labels the Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of Mexico", Google labels it "Gulf of America".
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
on the one hand, personalist regimes can act quickly. on the other hand, they have worse information and so err more. on the third hand, they have a thicker "ablative layer" — they can cause destruction to elements of the polity they superintend and remain insulated from the consequences for longer.
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
without comment. source: xcancel.com/ggreenwald/s...
Screenshot of tweet from Glenn Greenwald: Text: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is one of the very few tools ordinary Americans have to fight against the onslaught of abuses from massive corporate power. How is it consistent with the stated MAGA agenda to empower ordinary Americans to cripple it or shut it down?
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
progressives turned the Andreesons reactionary in Atherton, that's why it's all their fault.
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
"While it appears that it has never been easier for anyone to freely share their opinions with the world, the apparatus that shapes the public’s thoughts + sentiments has never been in the hands of fewer men. (And yes, they are all men.)" @lioneltrolling.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/soci...
This Is What Government by Electronic Plebescite Looks Like
Link Preview: This Is What Government by Electronic Plebescite Looks Like: Today’s tech oligarchs want the appearance of public acclaim for their deeply elitist vision of society—while maintaining a docile and cooperative public.
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
How Property Froze The American Dream
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
📌
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
"You can almost always set your watch to the idea that Elon Musk will bend over backwards to hide from any form of accountability." @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/02/10/a...
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
Famous image comparing “equality” and “equity”, showing “equity” as raising the smallest person on the biggest platform, rather than lifting people of different heights an equal amount.
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
one theory of why tech oligarchs have suddenly become so brutal is because tech workers did begin to organize, on behalf of themselves, on behalf of “woke” causes post-George-Floyd, during 2020 when they were heavily in demand. 1/
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
oligarchs couldn’t afford to strike back in that moment, but they gathered up their resentment and have been systematically, strategically, crushing any dissidence in their workforce since 2022. 2/
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
this has included targeted, illegal-but-🤷♂️ zero tolerance of labor organizing and “troublemakers”, and blanket, random mass layoffs to make workers at these incredible prosperous firms understand they are expendable. /fin
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
no, i’ve seen it, haven’t tried it yet!
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
i don't know.
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
🙁
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
i kind of hate when people talk about "tech" because if you asked people who they think the worst people in the world are, people like Musk and Andreeson would be dramatically disproportionate on lists named by programmers. 1/
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
the NRx and TESCREAL bullshit subsists within a rich, powerful sliver of the tech community. there is a reason why those motherfuckers hate their workforces so much. most workers welcome their hatred, but fear losing their jobs. /fin
Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
Elon Musk would never use the levers at his disposal to harm a person he doesn't like, or whom he considers an enemy. xcancel.com/elonmusk/sta...
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Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
when he reintroduces the steel penny…