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Eschew obfuscation!
Reposted by Buff Orpington
So, a senior Justice Department official — along with several members of Congress — used the authority of their offices to boost an obviously dubious conspiracy theory accusing a federal employee of a horrific crime.

And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.

www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Reposted by Buff Orpington
This 1976 profile examines how the jazz musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron navigated surveillance while creating accessible songs about real issues - from "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" to "Johannesburg." inthesetimes.com/article/gil-...
August 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
IF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS SO SMART, WHY HASN'T IT KILLED US ALL?
In only two-and-a-half centuries, we've gone from slave-holders' dreams of a patriarchal democracy that would reject royal despotism to would-be fascist kakistocracy.

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Thom Pain's GET YOUR REALITY ON
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche. Click to read Thom Pain's GET YOUR REALITY ON, by Andrew Lea, a Substack publicat...
thompain.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM