No, re-read.

It is about technology.

I’m not sure my spine could have handled it any more though.

That is a big factor; back pain sucks! You would need extra support to enjoy the trip!

Their only online presence is Facebook, though, which I have since permanently deleted, so I don’t have any way to know about future gigs, which is annoying.

Damn, that does make it difficult!

I found this: https://www.songkick.com/artists/96264-fumes/gigography

Yeah, it seems they have limited tours.

Wednesday 17 July 2024

The Fumes with Amber Lawrence

Robertson Public House & Kitchen, Robertson, NSW, Australia

All is well.

Peace.

Do you see Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel as part of the oligarchy?

Is calling them out on what they do being a shill? I think it would be the opposite of a shill.

Glenn has already proven himself with his record and investigative journalism, especially his work with Edward Snowden.

fascist oligarch shill

I am not sure these words have any meaning when they continue to be used so loosely.

We may not agree with him 100% on all topics, but I don’t think there are people you can agree with 100%, unless you are an apologetic or celebrity worshipper and you just blindly follow people.

I see the topic he discusses here as important, and it is directly tied into technology, with Mark and Thiel being the direct tie.

I am interested in learning about the criticism of the analysis and arguments Glenn has made that you disagree with.

Feel free to post people that have brought these topics up as well.

Topics discussed are “transhumanism, AI, and the potential dangers of unchecked billionaire influence.”

A generated summary is included so people understand the basics of what the video is about.

I am not sure how to make it easier for people to understand, sorry.

The people Glenn discusses are part of the oligarchy of the United States; they have great power and influence.

Meta and Palantir are a big part of the United States and companies that collect private data on the populace.

Here you go:

Peter Thiel | German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Peter Andreas Thiel is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, Thiel’s estimated net worth stood at US$20.8 billion, making him the 103rd-richest individual in the world. After graduating from Stanford, Thiel began his career as a clerk for Judge James Larry Edmondson, worked as a securities lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, a speechwriter for former U.S. secretary of education William Bennett, and a derivatives trader at Credit Suisse. He founded Thiel Capital Management in 1996 and co-founded PayPal with Max Levchin and Luke Nosek in 1998. He was the chief executive officer of PayPal until its sale to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Following PayPal, Thiel founded Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund based in San Francisco.

Mark Zuckerberg | American Internet entrepreneur

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg has been the subject of multiple lawsuits regarding the creation and ownership of the website as well as issues such as user privacy. Born in White Plains, New York, Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard College, where he launched Facebook in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. He became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire in 2008, at age 23, and has consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest individuals. According to Forbes, Zuckerberg’s estimated net worth stood at US$221.2 billion as of May 2025, making him the second-richest individual in the world.

This post seems to affect you personally, maybe due to the topics it discusses…

All is well; we all get highly emotional on certain topics.

Peace!

All is well; no need to force ourselves unless we want to, hahaha.

Camping is cool, but it is a hassle, and you need to prep and plan ahead to have an enjoyable experience if it has been a while since you have gone camping.

Vacations need planning, or it can also be just a last-minute thing, but be prepared to go with the flow of an adventure, hahaha.

Awesome cover, first time I hear it!

Thanks for sharing it with us!

TIL:

B-Sides and Rarities | 2007 compilation album by Cake

B-Sides and Rarities is a rarities compilation album by Cake, an alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. It features several cover songs from the 2004 bonus disc Extra Value and the 2005 Wheels EP, including Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and Barry White’s “Never, Never Gonna Give You Up.” Originally, Columbia Records requested the band to release a greatest hits compilation, but the band promptly refused. During the legal fall-out, Cake formed its own record label, Upbeat Records, and released B-Sides and Rarities A limited edition version of the album features a bonus track, a live version of “War Pigs” featuring Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips. It also features a scratch and sniff cover with “five different CD cover/scent variations.”^[1]

Just out of curiosity, what’s the preferred place to link to with songs on here?

YT links, but post what you prefer!

The Fumes were playing their first gig in years earlier in the year, but it was in Northern NSW at a local pub and about 250km each way for me. I regret not going to the gig, but I don’t regret not driving that far for it.

Wow. You might have to plan it as a mini-vacation trip so as to enjoy the event if the occasion arises or until they have a gig closer to your area.

Some bands are very limited in their tours, so if possible, we have to go to their closest gig.

Nice, thanks for sharing it with us!

Oh, they have a song called Jazz.

YT Link, Jazz: https://youtu.be/cguH1y_fng8 | Lyrics^[1]

YT Link, Automobile: https://youtu.be/GGhd5zWAgoc

YT Channel, maybe: https://youtube.com/@thefumes5636

Video Description:

The Fumes, blues/roots rockers from Australia find themselves trying to fend off their alter egos in this little blue screen gem!

www.thefumes.com.au

Automobile is the 2nd single from the debut album, out July 2006 through Inertia/Silent Partner Recordings.

A Jumping Castle Production 2006.

Unfortunately, I’ve no confidence in the truth or value of anything produced by Glenn Greenwald.

All is well.

Peace.

Notable comment:

Vendeteran | 13 years ago

When I saw Technique live he said that he would have gotten a record deal for this album, the porducers said all he has to do was to not realease THIS track. So he gave them a big fuck you and thats why Technique is Technique. One of very very few rappers to turn down so much money, the opposite of sellout. Thats what I would call the best rapper in the world.

Pure combination of lyrical skill, true knowledge, an open mind, humbleness in real life, ruthlessness on tracks.

I thought Glenn worked for Theil, is this video one of his slimy tricks? He said only elites fear Trump. That Bannon was a socialist. Even pretended to care about Palestinians, who are now being erased from existence.

Those just seem like smears from the duopoly (oligarch lackeys) loving apologetics (celebrity worshipper).

I wont watch the video. I have heard all I need to from that man.

The whole post and reason for it is about the video…

Weird people on forums hahaha.

I guess your reason for commenting on the post about a Glenn video is just to show how much you disagree with the way he thinks instead of your way of thinking.

All is well, thanks for commenting your disdain, peace.

Edit:

1. Words, apoliticals to apologetics (celebrity worshipper)

I am just showing everyone how of full of shit you are.

Yes, it seems that is the goal of many on forums.

Here is my mantra I try to uphold:

“We should focus our actions, time, and resources on Direct Action, Mutual Aid, and Community Outreach… No War but Class War!”

All is well, thanks for the small chat; peace!

I am done here.

Thanks for the small chat!

We all get emotional; it is understandable. I hope we can unite on other topics.

Like fixing the systematic economic problem our societies face, that would be great.

All is well, Peace.

Nice try, but that won’t work with me.

Again with the desperate gatekeeping.

I will state again:

Ah, you also like to use Douglas Murray’s desperate attempts at gatekeeping what people can and can’t talk about.

I have not been to Palestine, nor do I speak Arabic, but I fully support the Palestinian people, and I know what my country is doing is fully supporting a genocide.

I don’t need to visit a certain country or speak any language to be able to see what is really going on.

More forever wars where the working class is sent to die while the oligarchs sit back and take all the important resources.

Having misspellings and typos is your concern…

Weird, but you do you.

FYI: You also edited your comment, but you did not mention the edit…

Also, being exposed to only Western propaganda is not the honor you seem to believe it is.

We can all come to certain conclusions without needing (your preferred boogeyman) making us a puppet, bot, or brainwashed.

Just check out the Uhuru movement:

[Legal Implications and First Amendment Rights] Uhuru Three FREED! [13:35 | DEC 18 24 | Sabby Sabs] https://lemmy.world/post/23366029

Nick Cruse and Chairman Omali From Uhuru Speak! Free Leonard Peltier! [31:27 | SEP 17 2024 | RBN] https://lemmy.world/post/19893659

Ah, you also like to use Douglas Murray’s desperate attempts at gatekeeping what people can and can’t talk about.

I have not been to Palestine, nor do I speak Arabic, but I fully support the Palestinian people, and I know what my country is doing is fully supporting a genocide.

I don’t need to visit a certain country or speak any language to be able to see what is really going on.

More forever wars where the working class is sent to die while the oligarchs sit back and take all the important resources.

Edit:

1. Word:, Palestine, Palestinian

It seems the divide and conquer strategy still works really well.

Glenn Greenwald is not a perfect person, but we cannot deny his great work as a journalist, his work with Snowden, and his continued integrity with his show, System Update.

Is the problem with him political tribalism, maybe due to him not supporting your preferred party (duopoly, blue or red team), or the distractions from the oligarchy (culture wars and identity politics, instead of focusing on addressing our society’s systematic economic issues)?

I think he is worth uniting with.

“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.” – Frederick Douglass

Anyway, thanks for the link. I have heard of them, but I am not familiar.

Quick info. about video:

Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy [01:11:59 | OCT 30 2025 | Behind the Bastards]

Generated Summary:

Main Topic:

The video, “Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy,” explores the early life and formative experiences of Peter Thiel, aiming to understand the origins of his controversial political views and actions.

Key Points:

• Peter Thiel’s Background: The hosts discuss Thiel’s upbringing, including his birth in Germany, his family’s move to Cleveland due to his father’s work in the oil and gas industry, and a subsequent move to Namibia (Southwest Africa) where his father worked at a uranium mine during the apartheid era.
• Family Influences: The video touches on the differing accounts of Thiel’s parents’ political leanings (Republican vs. Christian conservatives) and the impact of a specific childhood conversation about death.
• Early Personality and Interests: Thiel is portrayed as an intelligent but somewhat isolated child who excelled academically, enjoyed chess, and was deeply immersed in fantasy literature like “The Lord of the Rings” and Dungeons and Dragons.
• Libertarianism and Anti-Communism: The video highlights Thiel’s development of libertarian and anti-communist views, influenced by Ayn Rand and the political climate of Silicon Valley.
• Experiences with Bullying: The hosts discuss how Thiel was bullied as a child, which may have contributed to his misanthropic views.
• Emphasis on Education: The video emphasizes the pressure Thiel felt to succeed academically and attend a prestigious university.

Highlights:

• The discussion of Thiel’s father’s involvement with a uranium mine in Namibia during apartheid, drawing a parallel between Thiel’s childhood and a “supervillain origin story.”
• The anecdote about Thiel’s intense reaction to losing a chess match, even a scrimmage, suggesting a deep-seated need to win.
• The characterization of Thiel as a “wizard” figure by his peers, someone who was admired but also seen as fundamentally separate and unknowable.
• The mention of Thiel’s later-in-life interest in anti-aging research and technologies.

I understand why the highly emotional response; we all have our subject that is dear to us. Mine is the Palestine genocide that is funded and fully supported by my country, the United States.

Fuck Glenn Greenwald. He is a russian shill and supports russian genocidal

I would implore you to stop only consuming Western pro-war propaganda and check out people like Professor Jeffrey Sachs.

He outlines, in simple terms, the events that led to the war between Ukraine and Russia, as well as the Western push to also antagonize Iran and China.

Self-built echo chambers and self-censorship are not healthy, nor do they help our society; we must always be critical of our governments and the politicians (paid-off lackeys of the owner class, oligarchs).