Claire Philpott

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Don’t engage with lies. Instead, “Cause a Pause” in the misinformed person’s thinking. Online, share the truth; offline, listen and empathize to understand their source of misinformation. #TruthBrigade #DisinfoBuster

On Data and Democracy (Mid-Year Roundup): Charting the Assault on American Democracy and A Path Forward A narrative of a democracy in the balance, told through 29 data visualizations.

Been a busy year in the data mines.📊 Just published my mid-year roundup: 29 data visualizations on the state of US democracy, tracking everything from judicial resistance to billionaire influence to why Dems have a mobilization crisis, not a moderation problem.

All charts free to use:

Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.

Plus one for a Murderbot binge followed with the Last of Us

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

The Path to American Authoritarianism What comes after democratic breakdown.

This is an excellent, in-depth analysis of what is happening now and how to understand it from our country's leading scholars on authoritarianism.

Take the time.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed

He just signed an executive order to withdraw from WHO with bird flu on the verge of exploding and RFK Jr. probably taking over HHS….so what could possibly go wrong?

OFFS - this is not going to end well

Do not obey in advance

The cover of the book Parable of the Sower.

Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."

She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.

Jon Stewart nails it: Republicans want Californians to suffer for partisan politics—but only when blue states are hurting. California pays more in federal taxes than 30 red states combined, but they won’t admit it.

SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100.

What a life.

What a legacy.

Thank you, Mr. President.

I spent time this morning going through my starter pack. It is at its limit of 150 people, so I may create a second one soon. In the meantime, I made hard decisions about which accounts to include -- favoring independent media and active users.

I hope you enjoy and find helpful.
go.bsky.app/JSLScTv

Surround yourself with the kind of people who read banned books.

the transphobes are all coming here now that we have left Twitter because they need someone to harass and abuse. without that they have nothing to connect or drive them. nothing to feel like they are pushing back against.

They need us. we don't need them. don't give them a moment of your time.

Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees?

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.

We escaped hell to be here.

Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)

People have been puzzling over Scott Bessent's claim that tariffs can't be inflationary — which is, by the way, completely different from Trump's claim that foreigners will pay. The thing is, there is a kind of model here — one that is clear, consistent, and totally false 1/

Graph demonstrating rates of vaccine preventable illness decreasing over time

Vaccination saves lives. Period.

This site feels like twitter when twitter was fun and weird and cool.

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Your library card supports your local community, while it gives you access to resources and tools to get educated 📖💡