The men who run Big Tech have always wanted to “enshittify” their services—to shift as much as they can from users, workers, suppliers, and business customers to themselves, EFF’s @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy writes in Communications of the ACM. Unions are an antidote. cacm.acm.org/opinion/tec...

Anti-Frey Pride Flyer Mayor Frey is handing out high fives at Pride, but here is a rainbow flag of reasons NOT TO RANK HIM in the upcoming election: —Frey failed to rebuke a homophobic minister who called a gay male city c...

OK! Here's a draft of an anti-Frey flyer that people can hand out at Pride. I'm very open to suggestions, fact-checks, etc! LMK!

And if you're interested in handing some out but don't have the cash to print, I can venmo you or send some to a print shop near you!

Key points from the (good) article:
- Frey’s #s are bullshit - he’s pushing people without homes into the shadows, including vacant buildings. “It’s unclear, when the city flaunts a rapid reduction in tents, to what extent its data encapsulates other forms of unsheltered homelessness.” 1/

jacob frey responds on twitter

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💉🧵The trend to ban mRNA vaccines is extremely concerning. Montana recently voted down a ban and Idaho is introducing a bill to criminalize their use. mRNA vaccines have been studied since 1990 and are a critical scientific advancement. An mRNA vaccine against pancreatic cancer is in clinical trials

RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...

RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore

Everybody should be giving Racket $!

Worst. Episode. EVER.

Ironically made worse by Clinton with the '96 telecom act. @onthemedia.bsky.social has a great segment on the rise of conservative media called The Divided Dial.

Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online. Reproductive...

Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨

Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion

Tom Homan asks “where is that line,” as if it is mysterious or unknowable. It’s not. Tom’s saying it that way because he’s too much of a coward just to say “she should be arrested for telling people their rights.” Also, to be fair, he may be too dim to understand the line.

Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole WASHINGTON—Saying his latest executive order was legal due to an “underutilized but totally feasible workaround,” President Trump claimed Tuesday that he could overrule the U.S. Constitution by means ...

Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole

How Target Funded a ‘Tough On Crime’ Prosecutor’s Office, Driving Black Youth Incarceration in Minneapolis  - UNICORN RIOT Target Corp. funded prosecutors and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office more than two decades ago during the era of mass incarceration.

How Target Funded a ‘Tough On Crime’ Prosecutor’s Office, Driving Black Youth Incarceration in Minneapolis

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Here’s the real number of children receiving gender-affirming medical treatment New research reveals it's a fraction of a fraction.

The MAGA movement has convinced many that fleets of trans kids are being subjected to woke medical barbarism.

The real numbers?

0.017% of youth are coded as trans and receive puberty blockers.

0.037% access hormone therapy.

That's 1/20th of one percent.

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Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."

THIS @404media.co story shows exactly why we need the social web.

www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

In the space of 24 hours, Naomi Wolf has claimed that the fires in LA are an actual war or foreign invasion, a plot to kill people to destroy evidence of Covid vaccine adverse effects, weather manipulation, a deliberate bombing campaign, and mass spraying of mood stabilisers.

Let's Remember the MN King Who Pie'd the Living Hell Outta Recently Deceased Bigot Anita Bryant - Racket Plus welcoming the power gluttons, Mayo's diminishing union ranks, and a locally angled Dylan mystery in today's Flyover news roundup.

In today's Flyover news roundup...

screenshot of Threads post: "...Some people may leave our platforms for virtue signaling, but I think the vast majority and many new users will find that these changes make the products better."

Zuckerberg says people who leave his platforms are "virtue signaling"