Category: Silicon Valley

Vijay Prashad Warns Biden Is “Doubling Down” on Trump’s Anti-China Cold War Policy

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Beijing has accused the U.S. of perpetuating a Cold War mentality as President Joe Biden and senior administration officials shore up alliances in the Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence and increasingly describe the country as a geopolitical threat. Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, says the “bellicose” tone out of Washington is not because the U.S. sees China as a military threat, but because China threatens U.S. dominance in the scientific, technological and diplomatic spheres. “It’s very chilling what the U.S. government is doing in ramping up this cold war,” says Prashad.

Vijay Prashad Warns Biden Is “Doubling Down” on Trump’s Anti-China Cold War Policy

Related:

Biden continues the US conflict with China through the Quad

*Xinjiang*

Hong Kong ‘Protests’ Are About Regime Change for China!

Digital Health Pass: IBM and Moderna Hook Up to Capitalize on COVID Reset

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

USING WHAT HAVE ALREADY BECOME CLICHÉD INDUSTRY BUZZWORDS LIKE “TRANSPARENCY,” “TRUST,” AND EVEN “PRIVACY,” IBM’S DIGITAL HEALTH PASS MARKETING DESCRIBES THE MASS TRACKING APP AS A “SMART WAY TO RETURN TO SOCIETY” THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO “RETURN TO THE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THEY LOVE.”

Digital Health Pass: IBM and Moderna Hook Up to Capitalize on COVID Reset

The contradictions of “cancel culture”: Where elite liberalism goes to die

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Washington Post, which analyzed the public records of 125 defendants charged with taking part in the storming of the Capital on Jan. 6, found that “nearly 60 percent of the people facing charges related to the Capitol riot showed signs of prior money troubles, including bankruptcies, notices of eviction or foreclosure, bad debts, or unpaid taxes over the past two decades.”

The contradictions of “cancel culture”: Where elite liberalism goes to die

Social Media Microtargeting and the Evolving Ministry of Truth

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Lost in the conversation was the ability of regular people to use their own, individual critical thinking skills to sift through the content they may come across. For Dawson, Burns, and others in the growing cybersecurity industry, the “U.S. cognitive space” is a new theater of war that is not to be fought through education and open dialogue, but through hard and fast rules about what you can and cannot think about.

Social Media Microtargeting and the Evolving Ministry of Truth

Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen—or Further Divide Us

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen—or Further Divide Us

A very appealing vision for some could turn into a dystopian nightmare for millions. Such restrictive passports could mean being locked out of your job, education, or even the ability to shop for food. At a moment when vaccine distribution is highlighting inequalities both locally and internationally, when communities of color and lower-income communities are being systematically underserved, vaccine passports would amplify our medical segregation.