Gary Pattillo 📚

I care, Matt.

That’s ridiculous, Nate.

Counterpoint: Systemic racism is an immoral and elitist HR framework that everyone hates.

You’re an idiot.

He is a HUGE embarrassment but we have to actively resist what he and his cronies do and what they stand for. Merely being embarrassed and (rightly) calling him a fool will achieve nothing, as we’ve repeatedly seen.

Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.

We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.

2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

First grade teacher looking out at their students: And I'd like to think that each and every one of you could someday be above the law

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ...

The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.

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Mr. Cuban, do you think you could rally some of your billionaire friends to do something positive for society? Genuine question.

‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.

New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work

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THE FOUNDING FATHERS TIME-TRAVEL TO 2025

MADISON: WTF?
JEFFERSON: For real, bro
HAMILTON: Skibidi toilet

Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

YouTube video by Democracy Docket BREAKING: North Carolina Supreme Court Blocks Certification, Will Hear Ballot Challenge Case

A serious constitutional crisis is taking place in North Carolina where Republicans are trying to steal a state Supreme Court election by disenfranchising 60,000 voters AFTER the count and recount have showed the Democrat won.

Please watch and share.
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Private equity reduces patient care while enriching investors, Senate report finds The bipartisan investigation of hospital systems purchased by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners reinforced the findings of past academic research.

To everyone's surprise, it turns out that attaching a money-sucking machine to a hospital system makes it worse.

Here’s one (among the many other useful block lists)

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Even though that’s from Politico, it’s really something when even the Pitchbot can’t out-WTF reality.

Terrible idea.

It has been verified scientifically that it does. I read it on a post on Facebook.

This makes me want to vomit.

God, that makes me want to vomit.

Satirical meme that reads: “Facebook founder and convicted pedophile Mark Zuckerberg, Dead at 36, says social media sites should not fact check posts”

As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."

Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless.