U najnovijoj epizodi "Zadovoljstva u tekstu" pod nazivom "Čija je ovo zvijezda", Vladimir Cerić i Biljana Srbljanović su se gotovo potukli na temu Netflix mini serije "Čovečuljak od kestena". Nova iteracija slavnog skandinavskog noir žanra, donosi nam reinkarnaciju Sare Lund/ Sage Noren iz serija "The Killing" i "The Bridge", sada u liku detektivke Naie Thulin koju tumači danska glumica srpskog porekla, izvrsna Danica Čurčić. Da li je serija demodirana ili je potpuno savremena, da li smo pogodili ko je ubica, da li postoji neka dublja poruka, čućete u ovoj energičnoj raspravi. Ujedno vam najavljujemo novo LAJV SNIMANJE ZUT-A, u ponedeljak, 6. decembra, sa početkom u 19 časova, u galeriji Endžio, Dobračina broj 6, gde će Synth i Keller uživo dočekati publiku, a na svečanom otvaranju Heartefact festivala. Dodjite na druženje, ali se prvo vakcinišite, odslušajte ovu epizodu i budite spremni na intelo zabavu posebne vrste.

ZADOVOLJSTVO U TEKSTU - Čija je ovo zvijezda

Synchromatrix - Space Colonization

Far more consequential than overt censorship of individuals is censorship by algorithm. No individual being silenced does as much real-world damage to free expression and free thought as the way ideas and information which aren't authorized by the powerful are being actively hidden from public view, while material which serves the interests of the powerful is the first thing they see in their search results. It ensures that public consciousness remains chained to the establishment narrative matrix. 

It doesn't matter that you have free speech if nobody ever hears you speak. Even in the most overtly totalitarian regimes on earth you can say whatever you want alone in a soundproof room.

That's the biggest loophole the so-called free democracies of the western world have found in their quest to regulate online speech. By allowing these monopolistic megacorporations to become the sources everyone goes to for information (and even actively helping them along that path as in for example Google's research grants from the CIA and NSA), it's possible to tweak algorithms in such a way that dissident information exists online, but nobody ever sees it.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Censorship By Algorithm Does Far More Damage Than Conventional Censorship

People don't generally leave abusive relationships in egoically satisfying, Hollywood-friendly ways. 

I point this out because those of us who are watching the people's abusive relationship with predatory power structures and hoping for revolutionary change often tend to envision the status quo ending in an epic way that will make for a good story and let us feel good about ourselves and how right we were. And that just isn't how these things tend to go.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Revolution, Awakening, And Leaving Abusive Relationships All Happen In Unexpected Ways

Sources say the system's working great,
and the government is your friend.
Commerce is the same as freedom
and wealth is the same as happiness,
according to sources familiar with the matter.
Sources say you should hate the Russians,
and also you should hate the Chinese,
and also you should hate Iran,
and also you should hate anti-vaxxers,
and also you should hate disobedient podcasters,
and really just hate anyone but your owners.

Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, say we would never lie to you.
We've been speaking to you since you were young.
You can trust us with your mind.
If we were lying to everyone
everything would be a mess,
and the system would be a failure,
but it isn't,
so we can't be,
sources say,
sources say.
Sources say that you are finite,
and that a better world is impossible.
Sources say there is no magic coursing through your veins,
no miracles lurking in the great unknown,
no potentiality crackling within our species,
no leviathans swimming in our inner oceans, 
no dragons soaring through our mind's sky.
Sources say you are your body,
and you are your thoughts and your labels
and what you've been told you are since birth.
Sources say that small child's voice within you
whispering your primordial name
is a liar
and you should drown it in a bowl of Netflix and whiskey.
Sources say sources say sources say
look at this shiny thing over here,
look how interesting it is,
keep looking at this,
don't look within,
don't look without,
pay no attention to the gasping biosphere,
pay no attention to our nuclear Russian roulette,
pay no attention to that man starving from sanctions,
pay no attention to that man shivering on the street,
pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,
pay no attention to those angels in the attic,
pay no attention to the swelling music of the forgotten gods,
just look over here,
just stare at this vapid celebrity wankface nothingman,
look look,
he is doing a thing,
ha ha ha ha he is so interesting and so relevant to our present situation.
Sources say don't trust your own Sources.
Trust our sources; they are official and authorized.
The world is predictable and revolution impossible;
stomp down that light that's been emanating from your chest cave.
Your Source is a liar.
Your Source can't take care of you.
Your Source probably doesn't even own any aircraft carriers.

Our sources say no one else will ever love you.
Shut up and get back to work,
sources say.
Ignore your Source
and keep cranking that gear
for as long as your worthless body will let you,
and then get out of the way
and get into the hole
with the rest of the corpses
in our thriving corpse economy
on our spinning corpse planet
as we exterminate our way into paradise,
sources say.
______________________

______________________

______________________

Reading by Tim Foley.

Sources Say

Kremlin-backed media outlets have been banned throughout the European Union, both on television and on apps and online platforms. RT has lost its Sky TV slot in the UK, where the outlet is also blocked on YouTube. Australian TV providers SBS and Foxtel have dropped RT, and the federal government is putting pressure on social media platforms to block Russian media in Australia.

In the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Latvia, speaking in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will get you years in prison.

Twitter, historically the last of the major online platforms to jump on any new internet censorship escalation, is now actively minimizing the number of people who see Russian media content, saying that it is "reducing the content's visibility" and "taking steps to significantly reduce the circulation of this content on Twitter". This censorship-by-algorithm tactic is exactly what I speculated might emerge after former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey resigned back in November, due to previous comments supportive of that practice by his successor Parag Agrawal.

Twitter is also placing warnings labels on all Russia-backed media and delivering a pop-up message informing you that you are committing wrongthink if you try to share or even 'like' a post linking to such outlets on the platform. It has also placed the label "Russia state-affiliated media" on every tweet made by the personal accounts of employees of those platforms, baselessly giving the impression that the dissident opinions tweeted by those accounts are paid Kremlin content and not simply their own legitimate perspectives. Some are complaining that this new label has led to online harassment amid the post-9/11-like anti-Russia hysteria that's currently turning western brains into clam chowder.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Defending Freedom And Democracy Sure Requires An Awful Lot Of Censorship

On this week’s Global Research News Hour, as part of its ongoing mission to separate the myths from the reality of Russia’s now three week long  military incursion in Ukraine we speak to guests who can relay more background on the history and geopolitics of the area allowing us to assess with greater clarity the steps for resolution ahead. In part 1 of our program, activist and editor Richard Sanders explains some of his research on Stepan Bandera and on the groups still following his lead. Then in part 2, journalist Eva Bartlett talks about her journey to Crimea and the Donbas in 2019, what she learned from them, and on how her previous investigations in Gaza and  Syria informs her understanding of Western Press style fake news in the current Ukraine conflict.

A Complex War: Some Holes in the Mainstream Account of “Justice in Ukraine”

Rightists have spent the last couple of days freaking out and invoking Orwell's 1984 in response to something their political enemies are doing in America, and for once it's for a pretty good reason. The Department of Homeland Security has secretly set up a "Disinformation Governance Board", only informing the public about its plans for the institution after it had already been established.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Oh God It's Going To Get SO Much Worse

While claiming to fight a "war on drugs," US intelligence agencies have used drug trafficking to fund their dirty covert operations. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents were caught taking massive bribes to give sensitive information to Colombian cartels.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6XCDGCgvPYo

US drug war is a farce: DEA agents exposed helping Colombian cartels

Drift Phonk

John Whitehead discusses the Deep State (the 7th Floor Group) and how the future of America and the world will become everything the great science fiction writers have prophesied. The collapse of the United States is akin to the collapse of the Roman Empire where we could very well see people being taken away and put to death. The coming of Singularity in 2029 and takeover of AI is very likely. We are very similar to Nazi Germany, the police state is expanding, and people need to get up and get active in their governments. We only have a small window of time left.

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John Whitehead is an attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely in the area of constitutional law, human rights and popular culture. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s most vocal and involved civil liberties attorneys, Whitehead’s approach to civil liberties issues has earned him numerous accolades and accomplishments.

Whitehead’s concern for the persecuted and oppressed led him, in 1982, to establish The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties and human rights organization located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Whitehead has filed numerous amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court, has been co-counsel in several landmark Supreme Court cases and continues to champion the freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights in and out of the courts.

John Whitehead is a frequent commentator on a variety of legal and cultural issues in the national media and writes a weekly opinion column, which is distributed nationwide. He has authored more than 30 books on various legal and social issues. His most recent books include the best-selling Battlefield America: The War on the American People and the award-winning A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State. In addition, he wrote and directed the documentary video series Grasping for the Wind, as well as its companion book, which focus on key cultural events of the 20th Century. The series received two Silver World Medals at the New York Film and Video Festival.

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Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

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