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#sycophancy and #Boygroups are the norm in the #tech industry, and with that, you get a lot of dancing around the lillies, shoulder rubbing, ego messaging, pissing contests, humble bragging and low key demoralization disguised as "intellectual discourse".

This is what defines the cult like environments found in #siliconvalley and is the type of nepotistic grouping that ultimately leads to corruption.

#Republicans put the sick in #sycophancy as they compete to fawn over #Trump - theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f "From adding the president’s face to Mount Rushmore to pushing for him to serve a third term, party members are getting inventive in their brown-nosing" shameful and revolting

The Guardian · Republicans put the sick in sycophancy as they compete to fawn over TrumpBy David Smith

"Google Removes Black History Month From Calendar"

by egmasylne
February 11, 2025

"Google has removed several important cultural observances from Google Calendar, including Pride Month, Black History Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day. The company explained in an email to Newsweek that its previous system for adding these events was 'unsustainable.' Going forward, Google Calendar will only display public holidays and national observances.

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newsone.com/5924301/google-rem

NewsOne · Google Removes Black History Month From CalendarBy egmasylne
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Zuckerberg & power of media: Cynical display of revisionist history
technologyreview.com/2025/01/1

Facebook
* Cambridge Analytica data scandal
* militia call to arms on FB presaged 2 Wisconsin killings
* fueled Myanmar genocide

Meta now allows
* people to call transgender people “it”
* argue women are property
* claim homosexuality/"transgenderism" [sic] a mental illness

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025 #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook
#Christofasciam #transgenocide

MIT Technology Review · Mark Zuckerberg and the power of the mediaBy Mat Honan
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Meta Allows Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill
them.us/story/meta-lgbtq-polic
wired.com/story/meta-immigrati

“allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender/sexual orientation”

* "transgenderism"
* new policies directly relax speech restrictions re: transgender people/topics
* allows “sex/gender-exclusive language” in “political/religious topics"
* affects trans rights/immigration/homosexuality

#Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT #Zuckerberg #sycophancy
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Them. · Meta Will Now Allow Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally IllBy Samantha Riedel
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Meta enables anti-LGBTQ+ hate by elim. fact checking
lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/meta-c

* esp. pol. topics
* enable far-right ideology
* recently caught censoring content w. 2SLGBTQIA+ #
* uses “transgenderism” to allow “political/religious discourse” that claims LGBTQ+ ppl mentally ill
* green light to target LGBTQ/women/immigrants/marg. groups w. violence/vitriol/dehumanizing narratives

#Trump2 #sycophancy #fascism #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#transgenocide