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**Nando161** @nando161@partyon.xyz · May 4

'When #billionaires like #ElonMusk justify their motives by using “#freedom,” #beware. They actually seek freedom from #accountability. They want to use their vast fortunes to do whatever they please — unconstrained by #laws or #regulations, #shareholders, even #consumers.'

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/when-billionaires-talk-about-freedom

Robert Reich · Apr 25, 2022When billionaires talk about freedom, watch your walletsBy Robert Reich

**Sweet Home Alaberta** @NMBA@mstdn.ca · Apr 30 *

Apr 30 *

Sweet Home Alaberta @NMBA@mstdn.ca

Traitor MAGA Smith will be employing sedition and treason to deflect from the economic collapse of the Ab royalties into her caustic and blindered budget. Both trump and putin strongly support a schism of Canada, and she loves them both. Don't forget that the CEOs of the tarsands exploitation corps are MAGA yankees, and they too will be spreading separation and anti-Canada propaganda to their workforce.

Oil drops, poised for biggest monthly
fall in three years, - Reuters
Brent crude futures fell by 72 cents, or 1.12%, to $63.53 per barrel by 0404 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped 70 cents, or 1.16%, to $59.71 a barrel.
Brent and WTI have lost 15% and 16% respectively so far this month, the biggest percentage drop since November 2021.
Graph: crashing oil prices

#Beware #CdnPoli #ABpoli

**Andrew J Cosgriff** @cos@pixelfed.social · Apr 26

Apr 26

Andrew J Cosgriff @cos@pixelfed.social

Beware the raw horror of the #Obelisk. Seen near #Robe in #SouthAustralia last week.

#RoadTrip #Danger #KeepOut #Beware #signs #fences #clouds

An alternating white and red obelisk sits beyond a fence with signs saying “KEEP OUT”, “OBELISK”, and a yellow sign warning of a falling danger. A cloudy sky is beyond. How many victims has it lured, we wonder?

#clouds

**Malcolm Nance** @MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social · Apr 21

Apr 21

Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social

#Beware the Ides of March, Donald #Trump. Your people are just waiting for their moment.

**Sweet Home Alaberta** @NMBA@mstdn.ca · Apr 15

Apr 15

Sweet Home Alaberta @NMBA@mstdn.ca

The forked tongue of the fascism devils.

#Fascism #beware

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/15/china-xi-jinping-vietnam-screw-donald-trump

L: scott bessent, maga secretary of treasury
Text snip: In Latin America the US is pushing governments to reduce their financial ties with China. Bessent said he met Argentinian president Javier Milei on Monday, telling Bloomberg the Trump administration was focused on helping Latin American countries avert what he called “rapacious” agreements made with China to give up mining rights in return for aid.
R: zelenskyy looking suspiciously at maga scott

**Shoq** @shoq@mastodon.social · Apr 4

Apr 4

Shoq @shoq@mastodon.social

I don’t blame the people who recommended it, but @DishTV is one of the worst digital products I have ever owned. Navigating it’s maze of devices, software and methods has created the most miserable UX imaginable. I will eat the $360 early termination fee. That’s how bad this product is. #Beware.

**Earthlingz #سلام #HetBoñhe** @LetsRoc@mindly.social · Apr 4

Apr 4

Earthlingz #سلام #HetBoñhe @LetsRoc@mindly.social

Astroturfing, fresh water strategy, etc #beware
https://youtu.be/8LZJF6ZCnIY?feature=shared

YouTubeCoalition pollster connected to 'astroturfing' pro-gas campaign | ABC NEWSBy ABC News (Australia)

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**Remke** @Remke@mstdn.social · Mar 28

Mar 28

Remke @Remke@mstdn.social

@bazkie

Yes and yes!

#Beware
#EnWelHierom

**azteclady** @herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club · Mar 21

Mar 21

azteclady @herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club

@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia #IndieAuthors #Readers

#Beware #AtthisArts

Royalties are not operating capital. Royalties should never be touched.

Every small/indie press implosion I've witnessed in the last twenty years (far too fucking many) has stemmed from publishers using royalties as operating capital, then defaulting on royalties and defrauding the authors.

Definitely not behavior to encourage.

Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com on Bluesky (timestamp March 21, 2025 at 12:51am):

I'm going to be very blunt and say: do not send Atthis Arts any money or manuscripts. The four-alarms red-flag phrase here is "borrow to pay due royalties".

Let me explain for those who don't already know roughly how money works in small presses.

Posted in response to E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com on Bluesky saying:
Can I ask people something? Before I post over there? Atthis Arts is struggling hard. I promised no more GoFundMe and I won't do another. We have an empty account and almost not sales. Our Patreon keeps dropping. I can't pay A.J. We'll have to personally borrow somehow to pay due royalties.
Timestamp for E.D.E. Bell's post March 20, 2025 @3:27pm

Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com on Bluesky:

A copy of a book is sold, the money goes to the publisher. If they paid the author an advance, they keep any royalties until the advance amount is reached (also known as "earning out"). If the book never earns out, the publisher loses money on the deal (clawing back an advance is super, super rare).

If the book earns out or there was no advance, royalties go to the author. The publisher does not get to use them for, say, office supplies and then pay the author later--they can only go to the author.

Or they should. This is 101-level publishing. Writers might not know it, presses must.

Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com on Bluesky:

When you say royalties are due, that means there have been books sold. So where did the money from those sales go? Why is ti not available to pay the authors it's owed to?

It reveals you have been shorting your authors to keep the press afloat.

Ahd here's the real kicker: if people are urging you to support Ahhis Arts because they publish bold, risky trans writing and trans author need support...that means Atthis Arts has been shorting trans authors to protect Atthis Arts.

That's not behavior to encourage.

**avi2022** @avi2022@masto.ai · Mar 17

Mar 17

avi2022 @avi2022@masto.ai

#fediblock ?
#blogspam ?
#tootspam ?
#postspam ?

social.freysa.ai appears to consist entirely of automated/formulaic/ai-generated posts.

Not a single supporting link in sight.

Every user appears to have an AI generated avatar.

Prolific posts on a wide variety of topics. No meaningful profiles.

Bot instructions appear to leak through in some posts.

#beware

**jj the Santa Barbarian** @cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org · Mar 15

Mar 15

jj the Santa Barbarian @cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org

Caesar sitting on the steps of the Roman Senate offering up a salad.

#Beware

**brainwise** @brainwise@mas.to · Mar 15

Mar 15

brainwise @brainwise@mas.to

It's that time again: Beware the Eyes of March!
#IdesOfMarch #EyesOfMarch #March15 #Beware

**Edge** @czarbucks@vmst.io · Mar 15

Mar 15

Edge @czarbucks@vmst.io

cave idus Martias

For my long-time neighbor, Joe, who would always email this message on this day.

#Beware

**PatriciaPhotos** @PatriciaPhotos@photog.social · Mar 13

**Bob Carver** @cybersecboardrm@infosec.exchange · Mar 5

Mar 5

Bob Carver @cybersecboardrm@infosec.exchange

https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/netflix/netflix-email-scam-phishing-579730-20250304
#cybersecurity #Netflix #scams #fraud #beware

UNILAD · Mar 4Netflix users warned over new email scam which allows hackers to steal your moneyBy Liv Bridge

**Hermetic Library** @hermeticlibrary@mastodon.social · Feb 25

Feb 25

Hermetic Library @hermeticlibrary@mastodon.social

Village BEWARE OF ARTISTS Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information https://hermetic.com/information/beware-of-artists/index

Square propaganda, format inspired by the little placards around The Village in The Prisoner. Font is from the show. Background is red with a white border. Text, inspired by a quote often misattributed to Queen Victoria, but based on a letter to her from King Leopold I, reads: "beware of ARTISTS they mix with all classes of society and are therefore MOST DANGEROUS"

#propaganda #TheVillage #ThePrisoner

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‍ @Crazypedia@pagan.plus · Feb 13 *

Feb 13 *

‍ @Crazypedia@pagan.plus

@cwebber #Beware #ILive

Gifs from @flameReactor

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**Punkrock History** @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social · Jan 23

Jan 23

Punkrock History @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social

Released 45 years ago

'Beware' by American punk band Misfits, featuring this song 'Bullet'

Misfits - Bullet (Beware 12' Version)

#punk #punks #punkrock

**Punkrock History** @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social · Jan 23

Jan 23

Punkrock History @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social

45 years ago
Beware is an EP by the American punk rock band Misfits, a combination of the singles "Bullet" and "Horror Business", released January 1980.

#punk #punks #punkrock