Activism

Settler-Colonialism: A Global Legacy of Unjust Land Claims

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09 Nov 2025 — 1 min read

I saw a video about Zohran Mamdani's speech: "This city of New York, built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of this night, led by an immigrant."

Then somebody commented, gaining one of the most attention:

@Julie: "Everybody in the US is an immigrant."

@MK: "That’s true. Natives were killed by immigrants who now claim they are Americans."

Then I replied:

@Kalvin: "I think the most unmentioned here is Australia. I feel sorry for those Aboriginals."

What my AI said

Google Gemini: "Settler-colonialism is a distinct type of colonialism where the imperial power does not just extract resources and govern from afar, but actively replaces the original population with a new society of settlers."

What I need to add

Me: "Don't forget the Uyghurs in China, Gaza, and Palestine, as well as Peninsular Malaysia-led neo-colonialism towards Sabah and Sarawak too."

At least I saw many Americans admit that they are immigrants, and they said true Americans are those who are natives. In a YouTube video, an American asked, "Who are the true Americans?" Then, the Native Americans appeared in this video: Video

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The Reciprocity Principle in Social Media

Social media is defined by its two-way nature. Like the interview highlights, active reciprocity, not exploitation, is essential for boosting visibility and building real trust. Me: "Is it true that media means newspapers and TVs? Does social media add social elements to them?" Google Gemini: "Media"

Openvibe: The Nostalgic, Non-Surveillance 'For You' Feed

I just installed and tried the Openvibe app, a "social web" implementation of Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, Nostr, and RSS feeds. It at least brought me some nostalgia: the "for you" feed, lol. (I did curate it first by selecting options that interest me, such as AIs

AI-generated photo about the danger of following AIs blindly, posted by Threads user @marcibe22@threads.com

The Mushroom Meme: Why Blind Faith in AI is Dangerous

This is why "blind faith" is never advisable. Also, you must know that the AIs are not your personalised authoritative information sources. They can't tell you definitively what you are able to do and what you are not in an authoritative manner. That’s why, before

Digital Autonomy: My Four Self-Hosted Web Properties

I am now committed to ensuring that readers and social media participants consistently have the option to trust my weblog and micro-blog sites. Here, I declare that I am writing on: 1. https://www.kalvin.my 2. https://www.kupi.my 3. https://www.kupi.kupi.my 4. https://www.