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be a flea 💅🏼
“The danger inherent in Palantir’s AI-powered super-database on all Americans is connected to the vast wealth and power of those associated with the corporation, and their apparent disdain for democratic institutions.” By Robert Reich, 6/30/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
26.08.2025 16:18 — 👍 1159 🔁 669 💬 50 📌 68This is high art
06.04.2025 21:37 — 👍 26508 🔁 7605 💬 534 📌 1017Who did this?
04.04.2025 13:14 — 👍 35360 🔁 11263 💬 1383 📌 1390
Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going…
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
Wow…
24.03.2025 18:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Every time they refer to themselves as Republicans correct them
14.03.2025 22:43 — 👍 204 🔁 16 💬 9 📌 0I’m a big fan of the em dash AND the Oxford comma.
15.03.2025 01:33 — 👍 43 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 6THE BEST
15.03.2025 18:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0More of this!
25.02.2025 16:50 — 👍 2398 🔁 797 💬 74 📌 80The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
25.02.2025 01:15 — 👍 20360 🔁 3570 💬 835 📌 202It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
Media literacy is more important than ever.
In our latest blog, we break down:
✅ How to spot fake news
✅ How social media algorithms manipulate content
✅ How to evaluate bias in media
✅ Tips for parents and caregivers to guide youth
Read more here:
campfire.org/blog/article...
Wow 😖
17.02.2025 01:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's weirdly difficult to remember that Trump's popular vote margin was /less/ than Hillary's in 2016. Biden got more votes in 2020 than Trump got in 2024 and Trump surrogates all under-performed in congressional races.
This is not a mandate, I don't get why it is being portrayed that way.
New from 404 Media: inside the gov meeting where Musk ally laid out plans for data sharing across gov/AI. We got audio. In the call an employee pushed back and said the plan would be “illegal.” Musk ally said “we should still push forward and see what we can do.” www.404media.co/things-are-g...
04.02.2025 19:06 — 👍 5427 🔁 2841 💬 232 📌 389Just once I’d like to see journalism investigate the relationship of trauma and learning loss, instead of focusing on public health measures. 1M+ people died, including kids’ parents, siblings, grandparents, teachers, and neighbors. And the US wants to memory hole it. That’s traumatic.
29.01.2025 15:45 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We are here. It’s what the stupid napoleon did. The one we don’t cover in high school.
29.01.2025 04:24 — 👍 1877 🔁 293 💬 33 📌 8Could all the people calling for a national one-day strike please settle on the same calendar day, it would be really helpful on this end, thanks
29.01.2025 13:11 — 👍 3022 🔁 218 💬 115 📌 19when someone unfollows you the app should make the DOORSLAM.WAV from aol instant messenger
29.01.2025 10:34 — 👍 4444 🔁 257 💬 114 📌 20This made me lol. Good for you, better late than never!
30.01.2025 01:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
I finally stopped using Amazon a few months ago, and it's been so much easier than I imagined
24.01.2025 05:11 — 👍 5661 🔁 1171 💬 471 📌 96
where the world stands on the paris climate agreement, as of today:
22.01.2025 21:42 — 👍 1447 🔁 507 💬 78 📌 52Take back your attention.
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