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WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?

Meanwhile, in Canada…

Not trying to pretend Hydra VIII by Sebrina Seck is from a collection of Iconic Muse Women by European artists. So, this was the part where I fell and broke my...

At The Sideshow: Sign of the times; The free speech scam exposed; How not to be Gavin Newsome - and win! The sartorial splendor of Bernie Sanders -- News, analysis, history, nature, art, and music!
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His "Rich Media Poor Democracy" came out in 1999!

Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link.

For example x.com/dril/status/...

becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/...

People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.

Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…

Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).

This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

You're trying hard not to show it I just accidentally found out that James Garner's daughter paints, and some of them are pretty neat: Flow Art by Gigi Garner . I think this...

At The Sideshow: Vandals, Gangsters, and Monsters - Oh, my! You won't pick up the pieces; They planned for this -- News, analysis, history, nature, art, and music!
avedoncarol.blogspot.com/2025/02/your...

On the Front Lines Against Bird Flu, Egg Farmers Say They're Losing the Battle - KFF Health News Tools used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks aren’t working this time, experts say. The virus has sickened at least 67 people in the U.S. and killed one, with egg producers begging for a new appr...

Egg farms have had to invest millions of dollars into biosecurity. But their efforts have not been enough to contain the outbreak that started three years ago. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Since you asked for more...

I'm maintaining a 🧵 of senior civil servants at each agency who've publicly + very prominently said "absolutely not" to flagrantly illegal orders, despite whatever they were (illegally) threatened with

Today's most recent entry is here:

It's not like me to pretend John Atkinson Grimshaw's famous The Old Hall Under Moonlight is just one of innumerable atmospheric oils by this master of moonlight, and I...

At The Sideshow: Why we need guilloties; One-siding when it's both sides; The establishment media
-- News, analysis, history, nature, art, and music!
avedoncarol.blogspot.com/2025/01/its-...

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.”

Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing.

19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,797 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Richard and Mildred Loving. Richard and Mildred Loving were both born in the small town of Central Point, Virginia. Richard was born in 1933 and Mildred in 1939. Segregation was at its peak. But on the ground, Jim Crow could get weird. It wasn’t as uniform as its usually taught […]

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,797

Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship Instagram, Facebook, and Threads are removing 404 Media stories for “nudity” as the company is paid to put ads with explicit pornography in front of its users.

www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It's alive! The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas Eve.

What an amazing feat for humankind.

YouTube video by Michal Spocko The Elf lament A Strike Song featuring Kellogg's strikers

Yes, the time for Christmas carols is over, but here is one last song to remind us of the success of #unions over the last 4 years.
The Elf's Lament by Bare Naked Ladies features scenes from the SUCCESSFUL Kellogg's strike of 2021. @downwithtyranny.bsky.social
youtu.be/GoIABQS__ho

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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🎄"IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, MR. POTTER!"
A Christmas classic reimagined for our 2024 billionaircacy
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Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Tokyo & J. and new member for Steve Kostelecky.
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Temple Bar survives collapse, set to reopen in Cass Corridor The iconic watering hole has long served as a gathering place for artists, musicians, and creatives

The Temple Bar refuses to fade away. After a portion of the building collapsed earlier this year, the steadfast relic of the old Cass Corridor is scheduled to open its doors once again on Tuesday. Story via @mcmuckraker.bsky.social

'Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special' as you've never seen it before — Beautifully restored, remastered and in high definition! Join the whole Playhouse ga... Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special: FULL Episode in 1080 HD!

Paul Reuben's estate posted Pee-Wee's Xmas special remastered in HD. If you've been watching the same ratty DVD or bootleg clips for 20years, it's quite the upgrade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRvt...

Rare snow doughnuts, a unique phenomenon, appear in west Michigan backyard The snowy rollers are a somewhat unusual weather phenomenon, said Megan Varcie, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in White Lake.

www.freep.com/story/news/l...

We should update "drank the Kool aid" to "ate the happy meal".

It’s Legal to Execute an Innocent Person in the United States The Supreme Court has twice ruled that it is perfectly constitutional to do so.

My new op-ed is now live. In it, I explain how it's *legal to execute an innocent person* in the U.S. How that's a feature, not bug of the system. And what we can do about it now. Hint: Robust public defense. Teen Vogue again leading the way with truth.
www.teenvogue.com/story/robert...

YouTube video by ersatzer LeVar Burton - "I am so done with Twitter"

youtu.be/ivPwnfHrs4U

To all the people being appointed to dismantle the federal government and carry out other orders from Trump, remember he's immune from prosecution for illegal official acts but you're not.

November 8, 2024 Social media has been flooded today with stories of Trump voters who are shocked to learn that tariffs will raise consumer prices as reporters are covering that information.

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BREAKING: Mexico changes mind, will build and pay for border wall - POCHO

I needed this chuckle from Lalo Alcaraz.

“BREAKING: Mexico changes mind, will build and pay for border wall.”

www.pocho.com/breaking-mex...

Cartoon on how the term identity politics provides a polite intellectual veneer for bigotry

Since the loaded phrase "identity politics" has come up again:

hazmat suited workers bury plain white coffins in a dirt field.

Trump yesterday to NYC: Are you better off now than you were four years ago.

Four years ago: New York City’s Mass Graveyard on Hart Island