Mark Loundy

I have always contended that it’s dangerous to characterize journalism as a profession rather than an activity. Even outside of journalism, photographing something in a public place is inherently protected by the First Amendment. No actual journalism is required. @nppa.org @nppalawyer.bsky.social

YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement YouTube follows Meta and X in settling with the president.

YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement

This is one reason why @fsc.bsky.social has been so active in fighting these laws, and what groups like @fightforthefuture.org @eff.org @aclu.org @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social @thefireorg.bsky.social and others have warned about.

Sex is the canary in the coal mine of free speech.

Missouri's Governor just signed the GOP's illegal map. It will now be sued.

A moral society would make guys like this absolute pariahs, basically excommunicated from all sources of social belonging and support. There's no excusing beliefs like this. They're products of an entirely malformed being.

The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"

Also, Reagan amnestied millions of illegal aliens (something that seems to vanish from these discussions), eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons, appointed the first woman to SCOTUS, among other things that Trumpists would today howl are the marks of a RINO cuck

With this person of another faith, I’m terrified that they’re going to use it as a way to justify violence against anybody who is not an extremist Christian nationalist.

If you're not familiar with QAnon conspiracy dogwhistles, then you won't know that Stephen Miller just rattled off a bunch of them in a row, including "I am the storm" and "Light out of darkness." While these sound like dumb cliches on the surface, they're coded messages to Q cult adherents.

(Too long to post text) #EduSky
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Alt: WSJ article with the headline: TRump Administration cancels annual hunger survey

Subhed: the government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become overly political

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

In her recommendation, Bagdasarian stated, "Any person over the age of six months without contraindication who has not received a dose of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved or-authorized 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine may be considered to have an underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and is thus eligible to receive an age-appropriate dose."

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.

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The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients

NEW: The SEC quietly dismissed complaints against 3 people who were granted clemency by Trump for frauds that collectively bilked victims out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Now, Devon Archer, Trevor Milton & Carlos Watson won't have to pay any money that could be used to make victims whole.

the hysteria has gone off the rails so far that the average american thinks 1 in 5 people are transgender. pure absolute insanity that is driving the current lavender scare

If you can’t bring yourself to boycott Disney, at least don’t post about your trips on social media. You no longer have the choice of being apolitical. Being neutral in the face of fascism is collaboration. I’m sorry that it was ruined for you, but it was ruined.

So many bad ideas here. But transparency = trust so lying to readers tops the list of wrongs.

Ben Cohen, wearing a blue and white shirt, with Jerry Greenfield, wearing a grey baseball hat and a brown shirt. Both are holding cups with ice cream. A headline reads: "Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company’s Activism Has Been ‘Silenced’"

One of Ben & Jerry’s founders, Jerry Greenfield, has resigned from the ice cream company, saying that its independence had been lost and its social activism “silenced” under the control of its parent company, Unilever. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

This bill could move very soon. Use our action center to tell your senator if you don't want it to.

Its protections for lawmaker safety are full of loopholes. The only part of the bill that would work is the censorship part.

It’s the real-life equivalent of an elementary school kid saying something like, “You owe me eleventy bazillion dollars!“ Anybody can sue anyone for any amount.

Perform politeness to power, yes.

The Opinion page clean out was about installing pro-Trump voices and removing critics. Same with Will Lewis as boss, same with pushing out Attiah.

Rightwingers‘ ideas are just flimsy and can’t survive scrutiny.

It is going to soon become necessary for everyone to post a fairly consistent set of critiques of Charlie Kirk, because they’re trying to come after everyone who does, and the only answer is to make them come after us all. We need to pick standardized language, and then get loud with it.

How Generative AI Is Completely Reshaping Education | Entrepreneur From dorm-room startups to faculty-built chatbots, the future of learning is being rewritten right now.

“AI didn't break higher education — it revealed how rigid lectures, static syllabi and and compliance-heavy assessments were misaligned with student needs and workforce realities.” #EduSky
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I don’t recall people getting their undies in a wad when Jerry Lewis died and he was almost universally called out for being an awful person.

JESUS: "Feed, clothe, and provide shelter to the homeless."

CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"

Don’t take comfort from bad deployments of bad products. The reliable versions of similar products are coming.

The “doom” is not from “Skynet” trying to kill us, it’s from the government failing to create public policy to take care of people who will never be conventionally employed throughout their lives. The result: People freezing and starving in the streets.

This is what I mean when I draw the analogy between AI and the little boy in the story, The Emperor‘s New Clothes. With many notable exceptions, a generation of teachers is struggling to preserve the…... This is what I mean when I draw the analogy between AI and the little boy in the story, The Emperor‘s New Clothes. With many notable exceptions, a generation of teachers is struggling to preserve the ...

“If their commitment is truly to the interests of students rather than to justify their own professional experience, they will take the best of the past and build the future.” #EduSky

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i cannot believe they are expecting us to play along with this "might not be his signature" farce and that a lot of people actually are, i feel like ive lost my goddam mind