Mārtiņš Vaivars

This Trump administration policy of generating an artificial civil war on the basis of big lies is of course meant to be frightening but it is also anti-American, unlawful, stupid and pursued by wildly unpopular people.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.

the Trump admin just deported an award-winning journalist known for his reporting on ICE and got Apple to block ICE-spotter apps — all while churning out highly-produced social media content from violent ICE raids in Chicago. it’s their media or no media. www.techpolicy.press/amidst-viole...

A Nobel laureate on why stablecoins may be nothing of the sort Payments systems must be built on public infrastructure, not speculative tokens, writes Jean Tirole

“Stablecoins may dazzle as the latest financial fad. But they risk destabilising finance while enriching a few.” In a guest essay, an economics professor outlines the drawbacks of these digital tokens

No mūsu tradicionālajām vērtībām aizvien vairāk sāk nākt Krievijas gāzes un naftas smaka un tās kļūst tik trauslas kā porcelāns. 🫠

Kāda ir reālistiska alternatīva? NA tiešām gatava iet kopā ar Šleseru?

YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Gil Duran on Trump, Tech, and “The Nerd Reich”

"Democracy is an outdated software system"
Gil Duran on The Nerd Reich
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Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

Tim-Berners Lee -- Why I gave the world wide web away for free www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"On many platforms, we are no longer the customers, but instead have become the product. [...] We have the technical capability to give that power back to the individual."

453. Trump’s Far Right Allies in Germany: Is History Repeating Itself? - Alastair Campbell Just how close is the far right to taking power in Europe and the UK? Why is Germany the perfect starting point for far-right agitators? Is Europe’s lacklustre response to an unfolding genocide in Gaz...

Bonus episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social with Gerald Knaus on why we should be really worried re rise of far right in Germany and how MAGA are fuelling it, which should make us more worried still

alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/453-...

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Read this. Seriously, read it.

The Trump regime is declaring open season on its critics - NGOs, philanthropists, activists. They will be harassed, arrested, jailed. The silencing effect on others who might speak out will be huge.

This is authoritarianism.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Donald Trump escalates his retribution campaign The indictment of former FBI director James Comey lays bare the president’s intentions

The indictment of former FBI director James Comey lays bare the president’s intentions

Ukraine’s Plan to Starve the Russian War Machine Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands. ​​​

Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes:

Medijiem noteikti ir pozitīva ietekme. Bet laba žurnālistika ir ļoti maza, arvien mazāka proporcija no informācijas, ko cilvēki internetā patērē. Visi labi zina iemeslus, laiks Eiropas Savienības regulācijai.

Paldies, mēģināšu kaut kā noskatīties! Man Godārs ar Trufo sirdij tuvi, varēšu papeldēties nostaļģijā.

"Nouvelle Vague" ir laba? Kad izlasīju aprakstu, mazliet sabijos.

Pamatīgs kultūrkaru / identitātes politikas populisms aizgājis. Laikam neizbēgami, ja tā ir Tava kā politiķa pamatspēja, bet gribētos ko vairāk.

ZZS un LPV kombinācija koalīcijā šādā ģeopolitiskā situācijā būtu ļoti slikts variants Latvijai un Eiropai.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Anyway, here is some actually incredible news

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds

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WIRED's The Politics Issue

Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley?

In our new politics issue, we're getting into it.

Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

@anneapplebaum2000 on the current moment of political violence: For the first time, “we have a social-media system that encourages the most outrageous, the most extreme statements, and then rewards them financially.” #TAF25

Watch here: bit.ly/46lDaLT

Kopā ar Larry Ellison, Maska draugu un X investoru.

Murdochs and Michael Dell part of TikTok buyer group, says Trump US president says Rupert and Lachlan will join the computer pioneer as well as Oracle’s Larry Ellison to buy shares from China’s ByteDance

"Trump said on Sunday that [Rupert] Murdoch and his son Lachlan would “probably” be in an investor group buying shares in TikTok, owned by its Chinese parent company ByteDance [...] Fox Corp, the owner of cable channel Fox News, is in talks to invest in TikTok".

Skarbi.

www.ft.com/content/a6e8...

They’re not just ending free speech, promoting lies, ripping away healthcare coverage, attacking science, supporting our enemies or invading our cities. They are supporting genocide and seeking to cash in on in it. But sure politics as usual. Let’s find common ground. Kumbaya.

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

The Trump family got a $2 billion deposit into their crypto company, the United Arab Emirates got a huge amount of restricted AI chips despite security concerns. Our story about how how business is being done, and influence gained, in the second Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

The Washington Post firing their only remaining Black columnist because she quoted, without comment, one example of the vile bigotry that defined Charlie Kirk really captures the moment.
 
One of the world’s most prominent newspapers, like so many US institutions, is all in on appeasing the regime.

NRA sirsnīga Veidemanes intervija ar Avenu, kurā krievijas oligarhs tā arī nespēj krievijas īstenoto karu Ukrainā nosaukt par karu (jo krievijā par to soda?), tā vietā Avens lieto putina ieviesto oficiālo apzīmējumu "speciālā militārā operācija". Un Elita nepajautā, kāpēc viņš karu nesauc par karu.

Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Elon Musk has gone completely out of his mind.

He's ranting and raving violently by the hour now.

I believe this is what is called stochastic terrorism. It is a direct attempt to incite mass violence. He even reposted a *hit list*.

As dangerous a man as America has ever seen.