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#transitzone - TRANSITZONE : TRUMP 2.0 THE PROLOGUE | RSS.com
Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 47th president of the USA on the 20th of January this year, on a freezing Washington DC day. The ceremony was held, because of that forbidding weather, in the...
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#PODCAST “Trump 2.0:The Prologue”. @mediaactive.bsky.social in conversation with Melbourne writer, political commentator, @timdunlop.bsky.social, about the first roiling days of the second #Trump administration & what they portend for the future of #USA #democracy. #fascism rss.com/podcasts/tra...
This is Frank Zappa during the Reagan administration. Notice how one interlocotur conflates “morality” with #religion? As if not accepting a supernatural entity means you have no moral compass or #ethics. Utterly untrue. #democracy www.instagram.com/reel/DRb7SCS...
Philosophy | Wisdom | Truth on Instagram: "You’ll Understand This Only If You Think For Yourself
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Frank Zappa's poignant warning about America's slide toward a fascist theocracy, and the crucial role of critical thinking in maintaining democracy.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Frank Zappa during the Reagan administration. Notice how one interlocotur conflates “morality” with #religion? As if not accepting a supernatural entity means you have no moral compass or #ethics. Utterly untrue. #democracy www.instagram.com/reel/DRb7SCS...
The amazing Honey Badger. One of the most ferocious animals in #Africa when it comes to defence by offence. Even the #Leopard retreats & it’s a relentless predator. Talk about, “attitude”! It bows to nothing. #wildlife www.instagram.com/reel/DRczq9b...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The amazing Honey Badger. One of the most ferocious animals in #Africa when it comes to defence by offence. Even the #Leopard retreats & it’s a relentless predator. Talk about, “attitude”! It bows to nothing. #wildlife www.instagram.com/reel/DRczq9b...
“Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while #Trump claims they’re to stop #USA overdose deaths”. Colliding narratives? Actually, extra judicial murders. #fascism #Venezuela #propaganda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they’re to stop US overdose deaths
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November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while #Trump claims they’re to stop #USA overdose deaths”. Colliding narratives? Actually, extra judicial murders. #fascism #Venezuela #propaganda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“ #USA Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to ‘attack boy-friendly spaces’". Those pesky girls? #Trump flip.it/ct0R.h
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November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“ #USA Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to ‘attack boy-friendly spaces’". Those pesky girls? #Trump flip.it/ct0R.h
Rutger Bregman describes his #censorship by #BBC. #Trump #freespeech www.instagram.com/reel/DReWPuK...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Rutger Bregman describes his #censorship by #BBC. #Trump #freespeech www.instagram.com/reel/DReWPuK...
“The #BBC was caught in a fresh tempest on Tuesday, after a Dutch author & historian accused the broadcaster of #censorship by deleting from a venerated radio lecture series his phrase critical of President #Trump.” Shocking. Cowed? #public-broadcasting #freespeech www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Dutch Historian Accuses BBC of Censoring Trump Criticism
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November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“The #BBC was caught in a fresh tempest on Tuesday, after a Dutch author & historian accused the broadcaster of #censorship by deleting from a venerated radio lecture series his phrase critical of President #Trump.” Shocking. Cowed? #public-broadcasting #freespeech www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
“Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses”. #Brazil & South Korea both dealt with attempted coups by their presidents. #Trump is re-elected #USA president. #democracy #fascism #ruleoflaw
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Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
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November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses”. #Brazil & South Korea both dealt with attempted coups by their presidents. #Trump is re-elected #USA president. #democracy #fascism #ruleoflaw
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We once did a day’s flight out of Kununurra to Mitchell Falls then up to the Timor Sea then back over Cambridge Gulf. It was a spectacular day. Stunning vistas. Remote. Wild. Beautiful. It included landing for lunch at Berkeley River Resort. Now it’s destroyed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Luxury WA resort suffers severe damage after Ex-Tropical Cyclone Fina's direct hit
A luxury wilderness resort only accessible by sea and air has been significantly damaged in a direct hit from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Fina, which made landfall in an extremely remote part of WA.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We once did a day’s flight out of Kununurra to Mitchell Falls then up to the Timor Sea then back over Cambridge Gulf. It was a spectacular day. Stunning vistas. Remote. Wild. Beautiful. It included landing for lunch at Berkeley River Resort. Now it’s destroyed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Here’s #Trump, early Friday 27 November, #USA time, STILL peddling what nobody believes: that other countries pay the #tariffs. It’s an epic absurdity. Utterly false. But as with his other #BigLie about the 2020 election being “ rigged,” he will never acknowledge the falsity of his #propaganda. #GOP
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Here’s #Trump, early Friday 27 November, #USA time, STILL peddling what nobody believes: that other countries pay the #tariffs. It’s an epic absurdity. Utterly false. But as with his other #BigLie about the 2020 election being “ rigged,” he will never acknowledge the falsity of his #propaganda. #GOP
“Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in #journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in #media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers.”
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in #journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in #media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers.”
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
OPINION @lawrenceodonnelljr.bsky.social The epic & slightly surreal #Trump backflip meeting @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at the White House. That sickly smile & avuncular demeanour? Even running interference on journalists’ questions. Whatever he was on worked a treat. youtube.com/watch?v=odyM...
Lawrence: The image of Trump and Mamdani perfectly captures the decline and fall of Trump.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
OPINION @lawrenceodonnelljr.bsky.social The epic & slightly surreal #Trump backflip meeting @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at the White House. That sickly smile & avuncular demeanour? Even running interference on journalists’ questions. Whatever he was on worked a treat. youtube.com/watch?v=odyM...
“President’s comment implies hostility to Venezuela may be based on unfounded election-rigging conspiracy theory”. The #Trump 2020 #USA election #BigLie will never die? Still all hyperbolic claims but no actual evidence. That’s one insatiable ego! #democracy #MAGA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump hints support for fringe theory that Venezuela rigged 2020 election
President’s comment implies hostility to Venezuela may be based on unfounded election-rigging conspiracy theory
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November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“President’s comment implies hostility to Venezuela may be based on unfounded election-rigging conspiracy theory”. The #Trump 2020 #USA election #BigLie will never die? Still all hyperbolic claims but no actual evidence. That’s one insatiable ego! #democracy #MAGA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Associated Press is continuing to challenge the Trump admin in court over President Trump's attempt to bar the newswire from events unless/until it agrees to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." A hearing is underway in DC right now 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Despite telling the officers he was an American citizen, one of them broke the driver’s side window & detained him. In a video…Christian can reportedly be heard asserting his citizenship while an officer responds ‘get out of the car’ & ‘I don’t care.’” #ICE (SS) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after traffic stop by immigration agents
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November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
“Despite telling the officers he was an American citizen, one of them broke the driver’s side window & detained him. In a video…Christian can reportedly be heard asserting his citizenship while an officer responds ‘get out of the car’ & ‘I don’t care.’” #ICE (SS) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
When I first met with RFK Jr. for this story, he told me his staff thought it was a bad idea. A few months later, he accused me of being a scorpion who had tricked him. But we kept talking. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
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November 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
PROFILE @michaelscherer.bsky.social The man #Trump said he’d let “go wild” on #publichealth: #RFKJr. The fractured #USA republic & unravelling #democracy, allied to its late 18C constitution, allows “idiosyncratic” individuals such as Kennedy enormous personal power. flip.it/kOFUxA
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
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November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
PROFILE @michaelscherer.bsky.social The man #Trump said he’d let “go wild” on #publichealth: #RFKJr. The fractured #USA republic & unravelling #democracy, allied to its late 18C constitution, allows “idiosyncratic” individuals such as Kennedy enormous personal power. flip.it/kOFUxA
"It sounds like science fiction: A company turns a dial on a product used by hundreds of millions of people and inadvertently destabilizes some of their minds. But that is essentially what happened at OpenAI this year." #AI #ethics #capitalism #democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
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November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"It sounds like science fiction: A company turns a dial on a product used by hundreds of millions of people and inadvertently destabilizes some of their minds. But that is essentially what happened at OpenAI this year." #AI #ethics #capitalism #democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
“Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?” Fundamentally important, prismatic questions? #ethics aeon.co/essays/an-an...
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Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?” Fundamentally important, prismatic questions? #ethics aeon.co/essays/an-an...
OPINION “It has become clear that artificial intelligence will transform the world. & the technology’s immediate impact is still sufficiently small that it just about remains possible to pretend that this won’t be the case”. Generative #AI is the toxic one? www.persuasion.community/p/why-ill-en...
Why I’ll Encourage My Students to Use AI
Here’s a better strategy for equipping students for the age of artificial intelligence.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
OPINION “It has become clear that artificial intelligence will transform the world. & the technology’s immediate impact is still sufficiently small that it just about remains possible to pretend that this won’t be the case”. Generative #AI is the toxic one? www.persuasion.community/p/why-ill-en...
“It just proved that #Trump admires charismatic winners more than he cares about ideology, or consistency. Mamdani was prepared, focusing on their common ground while flattering Trump by noting his election statistics & hometown roots, & avoiding Dear Leader fawning.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Piggy Gets Polite
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November 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“It just proved that #Trump admires charismatic winners more than he cares about ideology, or consistency. Mamdani was prepared, focusing on their common ground while flattering Trump by noting his election statistics & hometown roots, & avoiding Dear Leader fawning.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
“ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has reiterated his view that Donald #Trump is a ‘fascist’ and a ‘despot’ just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House.” A crazy mirror maze? #fascism #USA #NYC www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has reiterated his view that Donald #Trump is a ‘fascist’ and a ‘despot’ just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House.” A crazy mirror maze? #fascism #USA #NYC www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some intriguing political performance art? #Trump shape shifting, role playing. (Once again, mass amnesia necessary.) @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social meshing but not fawning. Who knows where it fits in the longer term dynamics between the two? #NYC
The stuff Trump and Mamdani agree on is basically the median voter agenda.
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Some intriguing political performance art? #Trump shape shifting, role playing. (Once again, mass amnesia necessary.) @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social meshing but not fawning. Who knows where it fits in the longer term dynamics between the two? #NYC