Kate Monro

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial...

A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

(Published 2022)

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow

January 9, 2026 Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.

"They maintain themselves in power by use of force combined with propaganda based on primitive ideas of ‘blood’ and ‘race,’ by skillful manipulation of fear and hate, and by false promise of security. The propaganda ... insists it is smart and ‘realistic’ to be pitiless and violent.”
#usa #fascism

raffi: regime change in America

they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.

For what it's worth... In 1916, the United States and Denmark signed a treaty in which the U.S. formally recognized Denmark’s sovereignty over all of Greenland in exchange for Denmark's relinquishment of the U.S. Virgin Islands. history.state.gov/historicaldo...

Israel NGO ban pushes Gaza into the abyss Israel turns its wrath on aid groups in Palestinian territories — MSF speaks to the Canary about the latest ban on humanitarian efforts

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Sometimes the most transformative solutions come from looking at old ideas with fresh eyes.

Bricks, sand & stone could play a key role as thermal energy storage — cheap, scalable, and perfect for storing excess wind & solar as heat for industry and district heating.
www.euractiv.com/news/bricks-...

I just learned of “B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories strives for a future where human rights, liberty and equality are guaranteed to all people, Palestinian and Jewish alike, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean”
www.btselem.org

America Should Assume the Worst About AI How to plan for a tech-driven geopolitical crisis.

"Given AI systems’ proven capacity to deceive and dissemble, current systems may be unable to determine whether an AI agent is operating on its own or at the behest of an adversary." www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

I hate that she has to keep posting this too. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

YouTube video by Fortunato Durutti Marinetti - Topic The Flowers

It is time for flowers 🌺

One of the things I do for free (see my earlier moan 🤨) is my brand new ✉️🖥️ newsletter!

If you're interested in how digital platforms and personal data are increasingly used to deliver and monitor the welfare state sign up here

www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welf...

Something light 🥕 🐰

Danielle Smith ‘Represents the Oilsands More Than the People of Alberta’ | The Tyee Don Gillmor on his new book ‘On Oil’ and how corporate welfare holds back the energy transition. A Tyee Q&A.

“How much money is going into the industry and what could be done with that money were it not going into the oilsands?”

The Tyee caught up with Don Gillmor, author of “On Oil.” 🛢

Suitable for sons, mostly. Unnecessarily gendered.

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They keep insisting there are good use cases for LLMs, but none of them rise to the level of "this is so important it justifies breaking copyright, destroying the environment, and paying people in the Global South $1 a day to data train the worst parts out."

Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act | The Narwhal The Doug Ford government’s Bill 5 could affect redside dace and other endangered species on the path of Highway 413

On the eve of the long weekend, the Doug Ford government moved Bill 5, repealing the Endangered Species Act. Its replacement narrows the definition of habitat to be protected and lets politicians decide what species are listed as at risk. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...

BC Greens urge regulator reform over secret pipeline exemption | The Narwhal BC Greens say secrecy around BC Energy Regulator compliance and enforcement is ‘completely unacceptable’

In 2020, one of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies got a quiet exemption from B.C. regulations for more than 4,300 pipelines. BC Greens call the secrecy ‘completely unacceptable.' #bcpoli VIA @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/bc-greens-ur...

US: Trump’s First 100 Days an Assault on Rights The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine the human rights of people in the United States and abroad.

The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine human rights.

To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️

The many dangers of Pierre Poilievre’s war on ‘woke’ Pierre Poilievre’s anti-woke crusade mirrors U.S. far-right tactics and risks eroding Canada’s democratic and inclusive values.

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“An unspeakably dismal choice is being made before our eyes and without our consent: machines over humans, inanimate over animate, profits over all else… hellbent on sacrificing this world’s real and precious resources and creativity at the altar of a vampiric, virtual real.”

This is about as good an orientation for where we are and what’s happening as you’re going to get…and it points to the most important thing we can do: build a vision of the world we want

My Son Is Not an Epidemic: A Father Responds to RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Autism Rhetoric Variety's awards editor responds to RFK's autism speech: "My son is not an epidemic."

The multi pronged effort to divide, exclude, and undermine human rights in the US continues. It’s heartbreaking ❤️‍🩹 and the disinformation needs to be countered, as this article does so well. I also hope we see the Public Health Agency of Canada step up!
variety.com/2025/tv/colu...

CDC autism report disputes RFK Jr’s claims Experts attribute increase in case numbers to improved diagnostics as Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr insists ‘epidemic’ underway

CDC autism report disputes RFK Jr’s claims about why the condition is on the rise

I’ve started reporting bots as fraudulent when I suspect them. They are very annoying.

I was not raised indoctrinated to a religion: Christianity and Islam from what I can tell are essentially the same thing?

If you must pick a prophet wing sauce go ahead but none of this nonsense should have any bearing on politics or policy

The Sun (literally) is a far more logical god

97% of measles cases in this outbreak have been in unvaccinated people (mostly unvaccinated with a few undervaccinated), a testament to their effectiveness. Around 15% of cases have been hospitalized.