May 6, 2024 - Personal blog of Rick Giles

Accelerationism

By NZB3

Accelerationism in culture works the same way as it does in maternity. You deliver a baby literally prematurely and that may indeed be advantageous in the moment. But Doctor Accelerator is not looking long range. The child born prematurely will have a lifetime of disadvantage, is not born fully formed, will not get his attachment […]

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March 22, 2019

He Who Must Not Be Named

By NZB3

There’s this primeval, superstitious drive in down-regulated humans where they mistake speech and thought for manifest reality. Sympathetic magic. Homeopathy. Voodoo. Lucky charms. They think that by not saying the true name of “You-Know-Who” or “He Who Must Not Be Named” that Voldemort will let them alone. (Such people belong to HC and VC cultures, […]

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March 21, 2019

Post-Massacre Backlash

By NZB3

Read this yesterday. After Columbine… “The adult reaction was frenzy and fear utterly disproportionate to the actual risks faced by teenagers, whose world, statistically, is much safer than it was three, two, or (especially) one decade earlier. In high schools across America, the months after Columbine were marked by false alarms, SWAT drills, stern speeches, […]

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March 21, 2019

NZ On Screen will be suspending its use of advertising on Facebook

By NZB3

I take it that ‘lacks concern’ is your euphemism for Facebook not employing top-down control on its customers to control their content. They’re not going on a banning or censoring spree?   Complex social problems can be solved by trusting the public to think for themselves and make the right choices. We can use reason […]

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March 20, 2019

The Case For Cannabis: Christchurch Massacre

By NZB3

Part 60 in our ∞-part series about the arguments for cannabis law reform. This article is an unofficial insert to The Case For Cannabis Law Reform, compiled by Vince McLeod and due for release by VJM Publishing in the summer of 2018/19. I’m trying to think up a way to blame the shooting on cannabis prohibition, so […]

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March 20, 2019

Racism

By NZB3

Old Vince asks lots of interesting focusing questions on Facebook. Tell you a secret about me. Any time someone asks an open question like ‘can you identify this old picture’ or ‘what was this old tool for’ or ‘why did she do that?’ it triggers me into answering. Doesn’t have to be me though, I’m […]

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March 20, 2019

Move Fast and Regulate Things

By NZB3

Lynley Hood¹: “If you’re wondering why our government, our Internet bosses & our advertisers are speaking out about the role of Facebook in the Christchurch tragedy…” “The Web has become critical to all of our lives as well as the world economy, and yet the decisions on how it is designed have never been voted […]

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March 19, 2019

ISIS leader Abu Hassan al-Muhajir calls for revenge

By NZB3

Bloody hell, another of Brenton Tarrant’s dominoes falls… A high-ranking member of ISIS has called for revenge after the deaths of 50 Muslims in Christchurch. The New York Times reports that al-Muhajir broke six months of silence to call for retaliation.- ref. NZ Herald, 19/3/2019 So far this whole reaction, including gun banning and killing […]

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March 19, 2019

NZ State vs Alt Media

By NZB3

The energy our State seeks to crush will only be made more radical and enraged and rapid! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CHRISTCHURCH SHOOTER SET OUT TO ACHIEVE!

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March 19, 2019

Al Noor Mosque

By NZB3

Trying to get my head around the Ground Zero for this month’s terror attack in Christchurch. This happened at Al Noor Mosque which I translate to Mosque of The Light. Built by MAC (Muslim Association of Canterbury) in 1985 and for 15 years the most southern mosque in the world. The Muslim community in Canterbury […]

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March 19, 2019