Brain hack for surviving now #1

1. Abjure the algorithm

Instead, start every weekday at Rogan's List for your brief look at the real fights of the day and what you can do about them.

https://susanrogan.substack.com/p/march-26-2025-6-days-to-wisconsin

All of the drama around Wordpress is poster child #1 for why Open Source is not adequate to assure good governance -- forking is expensive and hard, and allows a lot of sins to be swept under the carpet.

You know shit has hit the fan when random tech platforms advertise themselves as "made in Europe"



(for two decades, the #1 thing to do for any European tech startup that managed to gather a bit of money was to incorporate in Delaware and open an office in either NYC or SF, so they could pretend to be good cornfed Kansas boys or whatever)

Not for much longer I suspect, since folks watched them brick Ukraine’s US supplied planes: USA is #1 arms dealer, exporting 43% of world's weapons: 7 times more than China, 5x Russia - Geopolitical Economy Report

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/13/us-top-weapons-exports-china-russia/

#Ukraine #propaganda via @NewsBot Everyone knows Ukraine is a #cyberthreat and they spoof Russia's ips. #Russia 'election influence ads' , for instance. No Russian was EVER brought to full trial. Just Indicted. Ukraine is also #1 in #Phishing and other scams.

"If you support freedom of speech you now have an ethical obligation to oppose Israel, even if you didn't before."

The West’s Support For Israel Is The #1 Threat To Free Speech
More: https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/03/05/the-wests-support-for-israel-is-the-1-threat-to-free-speech/

Since day one, the EU has stood firmly with 🇺🇦

✅ #1 financial donor

✅ Economic, humanitarian & military aid

✅ Sanctions & economic pressure on Russia

We stand with Ukraine. Always.

Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #1: Assume you can halve the cost of nuclear power https://reneweconomy.com.au/peter-duttons-nuclear-accounting-trick-1-assume-you-can-halve-the-cost-of-nuclear-power/

Storm update chez Kleinman, son #1 has woken up with a sore neck and is obviously dying, son #2 has already done all his school activities and son #3 is busy getting playdough all over the kitchen. Meanwhile I am trying to write about data centres. It's going to be a long day!

Pete Hegseth, Christian nationalist and far-Right Fox News pundit, calls the Left “America’s domestic enemies” and refuses to answer when asked if he would use the military to shoot protesters.

If you took part in a protest over the last 10 years or are involved in grassroots organizing, bureaucrats like Hegseth see you as enemy #1.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/7-things-to-know-about-pete-hegseth-trumps-defense-secretary-pick

Comparing the percentage of comments that are negative versus neutral/positive on each platform, you can also see that (a) Twitter has always had proportionately more trolls than other platforms, but also (b) trolling has massively increased post-Musk.

Sidenote: it's also interesting that negative comments on Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Threads are nearly 100% denial, whereas negative comments on Mastodon are 100% from people worried about climate but who are mansplaining me or who want to harass or attack me for different reasons (e.g. not explaining the science the way they think I should, saying that climate action can make a difference, standing firm on the social science of effective communication, being a person of faith, etc.). This platform is #1 for "friendly fire," which is why I still post but don't engage here very much. It's not good for my mental health.

Onward!

Hawaii also leads the US in the school-to-prison pipeline - #1 in rounding up children, targeting Native Hawaiians. Part of the continued US attempt to destroy us #indigenous people and lifeways.

True story: Identical twin girls were separated in infancy & raised by different adoptive parents. Mom of twin #1 complained about her eating habits. “She won't touch anything I give her. No mashed potatoes, no bananas. Nothing without cinnamon.
Everything has to have cinnamon on it. I’m at my wit’s end with her about this. We fight at every meal. She wants cinnamon on everything!”

Mom of twin #2: “Ellen eats well...As a matter of fact, as long as I put cinnamon on her food she’ll eat anything”

"US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [?] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart…grown & grown, but [h]as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these [?] have simply gotten too powerful, & they continue to abuse our country for immense profit…many have illuminated the corruption & greed…not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games”
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-manifesto

" Republican strategist Sarah Longwell, who studies focus groups, told NPR, “When I ask voters in focus groups if they think Donald Trump is an authoritarian, the #1 response by far is, ‘What is an authoritarian?’” "

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-8-2024?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=20533&post_id=151406952&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=7ijpc&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

#1: THE MOST BOMBASTIC CRIMINAL SIDEEYE
Lässt Korruption und Bullshitpolitik nicht unkommentiert.

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TIL that Will Smith has more #1 hits than Billie Eilish

https://www.billboard.com/artist/will-smith/
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/168at82/til_that_will_smith_has_more_1_hits_than_billie/

TIL that the album "Songs for the Deaf" by Queens of the Stone Age has a hidden track before Track #1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_for_the_Deaf#Notes
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15vm459/til_that_the_album_songs_for_the_deaf_by_queens/

TIL in 1967, The Doors scored their first #1 hit with "Light My Fire." Elektra Records’ founder Jac Holzman offered each member a gift; Jim Morrison picked a 1967 Ford Mustang, inspired by his hairstylist Jay Sebring. In 1969, Morrison mysteriously lost the Mustang, and its fate remains a mystery.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/50-years-jim-morrisons-death-1967-shelby-gt500/
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15sn92r/til_in_1967_the_doors_scored_their_first_1_hit/

TIL that most airlines never use a flight number again if that flight has a fatal crash, except for American Airlines, which keeps using flight #1 despite three major crashes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_number#Flight_number_changes
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15p5nem/til_that_most_airlines_never_use_a_flight_number/

TIL that Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida is the the #2 busiest single-runway airport in the United States; #1 is the San Diego International Airport. It is also the largest airport in Florida, and third-largest airport in the U.S. based on total area (13,555 acres).

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/largest-airports-in-florida/
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15kqv2k/til_that_southwest_florida_international_airport/

TIL that Pat Benatar has never had a #1 hit - two of her hits went to #5 and none went higher.

https://ageofgenx.com/pat-benatar-we-belong-facts/
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15gav8m/til_that_pat_benatar_has_never_had_a_1_hit_two_of/

TIL in 1966, the Doors’ were lacking material, and so Jim Morrison asked the other band members to write a song. That same night, guitarist Robby Krieger wrote a song and titled it “Light My Fire.” It became their first ever hit, spent 3 weeks at #1 on Billboard, and launched the band to stardom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_My_Fire
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15c7wbu/til_in_1966_the_doors_were_lacking_material_and/

TIL "We Built This City" by Starship peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 and was also nominated for a Grammy award.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Built_This_City
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15bsw70/til_we_built_this_city_by_starship_peaked_at_1_on/

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