Clearly, scientists are witches and must be burned.

Right-wing politics has always been an incoherent ragbag of momentarily convenient positions, insincerely held.

Pete Hegseth bragged on TV that he had not washed his hands in 10 years, because “germs are not a real thing.” These are stupid people.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47201923

Poor tumour, being afflicted with a malignant Netanyahu.

Apparently that they really mean it this time.

“Our blockade ​is growing and going global,” Hegseth told reporters.

“No one sails ​from the Strait ​of Hormuz to anywhere in ‌the ⁠world without the permission of the United States Navy,” he said.

Brought to you by the “OPEN THE FUCKING STRAIT” people.

That has always been true, but the prices are higher for all tiers now.

Yeah but then they wouldn’t get to collect people’s biometric data to sell to the highest bidder.

Well appeasement totally worked on the fascists last time, which is why there has been no world war since 1918. So why wouldn’t it work this time? When you give fascists what they want, they settle down, mind their own business, and stop bothering everyone.

Yeah I don’t really do new technology any more. I’m more into keeping the old machines running as long as possible.

I don’t think Clara Mattei had her head buried in the sand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Mattei

Painfully expensive, like all computer hardware these days.

Wilful ignorance was a key element in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity. It was the aggressive resistance to learning that he thought made the stupid person especially dangerous. And we see this characteristic in Trump, his sycophants like Hegseth, and his followers.

From that 2019 article:

Fox News host Pete Hegseth has said on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing”.

Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.

This is a man who attended more than one very expensive university and didn’t learn a thing, then said this idiocy, immediately after which the world was hit by a pandemic, and again Hegseth didn’t learn a thing. The guy must be terminally stupid.

Anyway, if you ever have the misfortune to meet Pete Hegseth, don’t shake his shit-covered hand. Although he probably doesn’t believe in wiping his ass or showering either. After all, a dirty butthole isn’t real because you can’t see it without using one of these new-fangled “mirror” gadgets.

The headline is a bit misleading when they’ve said they plan to relaunch it within a few weeks. For now, the site is still all Alex Jones.

What a coincidence that all the people getting fired are women.

It’s probably lobbying by corporations who feel threatened by people being able to make and repair their own stuff. Also possibly gun manufacturers, and perhaps the government’s desire to spy on everything people are doing with tech. These things are always dressed up as safety measures.

It’s almost enough to make Chuck Schumer mumble “Careful now!”

Is it that technology is evil though, or is it the people who own the technology, or the economic system in which this all takes place?

Just once I’d like to see the world’s companies react to dumb local laws by refusing to sell their products where the laws apply. Problem is, other states and countries always introduce matching stupid laws soon enough. California, for example, is introducing a similar restriction on 3D printers.