Mark Coker

Drone Wars is coming November 14. Do video games train the kids for a war? books2read.com/u/bOYEwQ

Garry Kasparov joins Jen A recording from Jennifer Rubin's live video

Important interview of Gary Kasparov by @jenrubin.bsky.social Ukraine is the front line of Democracy. contrarian.substack.com/p/garry-kasp...

YouTube video by Draft2Digital Three Years of Draft2Digital & Smashwords

Three yrs after the Smashwords merge with Draft2Digital, we talk about the combo and our exciting plans for 2025 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=obgz...

There are scores of anti Trump/DOGE/Musk protests planned for April 5 handsoff2025.com

YouTube video by Anna from Ukraine NEGOTIATIONS WITH PUTIN: AGENT KRASNOV OR TRUMP'S FAILURE Vlog 984: War in Ukraine

NEGOTIATIONS WITH PUTIN: AGENT KRASNOV OR TRUMP'S FAILURE Vlog 984: War in Ukraine
youtu.be/y6QRb7Hmw_w

What a week

Trump responds to Musk email Time to fire this guy

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-resp...

The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979. 

Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth. 

Trickle down economics was always a hoax.

The Logic of Destruction (audio) And how to resist it

The Logic of Destruction (audio)
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

We should not be surprised.

Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general, Washington Post reports U.S. President Donald Trump's administration fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies late on Friday, the Washington Post reported.

Firing independent watchdogs is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Removes another obstacle to corruption and abuse of power www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

She called for kindness and mercy.

🤣🤣

They should look not just at the algos for posts, but also for political disinformation masquerading as ads. Their ads are a cesspool.

And he’ll have more anti-magas migrating away from those complicit platforms and giving stink eye to their advertisers

What's happening in indie publishing for 2025? I was pleased today to join this panel with Joanna Penn, Dale Roberts, and Jim Azevedo - www.youtube.com/live/3qfVf5h...

a man wearing sunglasses is sitting on a tree branch overlooking a river ALT: a man wearing sunglasses is sitting on a tree branch overlooking a river

Look out below Jeff Bezos, but enjoy that parade Monday and try not to choke on all that masculine energy from your seat mates.

Smashwords/D2D erotica authors - new publicity opp for your next release

Only six years??

Someone needs to leak this for the good of country.

Hey, that's us! Come to our site, find the short story venues you love, and GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY!

Capitalism sucks, but it's what we have and if you want to keep enjoying all these entertainment options, artists and editors need to be able to eat. I like food, don't you???

Keep reading!

No, Trump wasn't "confused" about the New Orleans attack We're way past giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Trump lied and claimed the New Orleans attacker was an immigrant. He wasn't confused; he's using the standard fascist tactic of linking marginalized people with criminality as a prelude to massive human rights violations. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-new-...

Never Forget. Never Forgive.

I'm gonna share this cartoon again simply because Jeff Bezos' Washington Post tried to censor it.

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from the Washington Post after the paper killed her satirical cartoon depicting WaPo’s owner Jeff Bezos, as well as other media and tech giants, genuflecting to Donald Trump.

Ann Telnaes’ integrity, journalistic standards, and…

The Strongman Fantasy (text and audio) And Dictatorship in Real Life

Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man ... This is unlikely.

Trump’s candidates constitute an attempt to wreck the American government.

The Strongman Fantasy
by Timothy Snyder
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Opinion | Abortion bans are killing women — and states like Texas want to hide the truth As the laws’ predictable harms come to light, anti-abortion groups want us to look away.

Abortion Bans are Killing Women, and Governor Abbott Wants Us to Look Away. We Can't. We Won't.

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”

Exactly this.