Brian Hansbury
@brianhansbury.bsky.social
Information nutritionist.
Creator: publicenlightenment.com
Co-founder: @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
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Creator: publicenlightenment.com
Co-founder: @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
tiktok.com/@public_enlightenment
instagram.com/enlightened_public
youtube.com/@public_enlightenment
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Be The Media: 4 Websites To Find Peaceful Protests Near You So You Can Livestream Them
Unless you are excited about living in a US version of Putin's Russian mafia state it's time to peacefully protest in overwhelming numbers. Livestream those protests. Be the media.
open.substack.com
Be the media. #protest
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Leftist creators are running with a false narrative in a textbook display of confirmation bias after Taylor Lorenz wrote an article about some influencers getting paid by a progressive non-profit. I made a video about it.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6WQvcBc/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6WQvcBc/
#Chorus #Gaza Leftist creators are spreading disinfo about Chorus—and it’s fueling the same chaos as MAGA lies. #ConfirmationBias #FactCheck #Lorenz
TikTok video by public_enlightenment
www.tiktok.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Leftist creators are running with a false narrative in a textbook display of confirmation bias after Taylor Lorenz wrote an article about some influencers getting paid by a progressive non-profit. I made a video about it.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6WQvcBc/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6WQvcBc/
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Five years ago, YouTube suspended MAGA propaganda outlet OAN, saying it was not an “authoritative” source of information. But today it celebrated a carriage deal beaming the network into millions of homes on YouTube TV. The timing is no coincidence, via @status.news www.status.news/p/youtube-oa...
YouTube’s Deal With the Devil
Google once declared OAN too toxic for its platform—now Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan are breathing new life into the conspiracy network as they negotiate a high-stakes agreement with Rupert Murdoch's ...
www.status.news
August 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Five years ago, YouTube suspended MAGA propaganda outlet OAN, saying it was not an “authoritative” source of information. But today it celebrated a carriage deal beaming the network into millions of homes on YouTube TV. The timing is no coincidence, via @status.news www.status.news/p/youtube-oa...
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this is a scene straight out of a war zone. the president has declared war on his own country.
August 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
this is a scene straight out of a war zone. the president has declared war on his own country.
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In which I rely heavily on the brilliant work of @froomkin.bsky.social and promote some incredible pro-democracy journalism. open.substack.com/pub/publicen...
Fascism Is a Cancer. Pro-Democracy Journalism Is the Cure. Plus 5 More Healthy News Sources You Must Spread to Fight for America's Life.
The information we consume directly impacts the health of our democracy. Improving your media diet, and the diets of others, is the best medicine against the quickly metastisizing cancer of fascism.
open.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In which I rely heavily on the brilliant work of @froomkin.bsky.social and promote some incredible pro-democracy journalism. open.substack.com/pub/publicen...
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We’re teaming up with legendary media reform activist @suewilson.bsky.social to fight FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s plans to rollback ownership limits for broadcasters. The rule exists to prevent media monopoly, but right-wing billionaires are urging Carr to do their bidding. Help us take action!
FCC Plan Could Turn YOUR Local News Into Propaganda | #propaganda #fcc @public_enlightenment
YouTube video by Media and Democracy Project
youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We’re teaming up with legendary media reform activist @suewilson.bsky.social to fight FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s plans to rollback ownership limits for broadcasters. The rule exists to prevent media monopoly, but right-wing billionaires are urging Carr to do their bidding. Help us take action!
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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
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Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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New York Focus is thrilled to work with @sammysussman.bsky.social as a local investigations fellow with @nytimes.com.
He will continue his reporting on police misconduct across New York state.
He will continue his reporting on police misconduct across New York state.
We are thrilled to announce the 2025-26 class of the Local Investigations Fellowship. The journalists, who hail from four states, will produce signature investigative work focused on the state or region they’re reporting from. www.nytco.com/press/introd...
Introducing the 2025-26 Local Investigations Fellows | The New York Times Company
www.nytco.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New York Focus is thrilled to work with @sammysussman.bsky.social as a local investigations fellow with @nytimes.com.
He will continue his reporting on police misconduct across New York state.
He will continue his reporting on police misconduct across New York state.
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I haven't seen this aspect noted, but it's top of mind: every totalitarian regime finds ways to justify extrajudicial detention of nonconforming citizens, often under the guise of mental defect or socially disreputable behavior
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I haven't seen this aspect noted, but it's top of mind: every totalitarian regime finds ways to justify extrajudicial detention of nonconforming citizens, often under the guise of mental defect or socially disreputable behavior
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
nyer.cm
July 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
I'm proud of the work my @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social colleagues and I did in the lead up to the 2024 election to encourage the public to demand better of their newsrooms. It was our attempt to stave off fascism by pushing for pro-democracy news. The work never stops. substack.com/@brianhansbu...
Newsrooms Must Become Partisans For Democracy
National news desks need to forcefully denounce fascist lies while standing up for democratic values.
substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm proud of the work my @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social colleagues and I did in the lead up to the 2024 election to encourage the public to demand better of their newsrooms. It was our attempt to stave off fascism by pushing for pro-democracy news. The work never stops. substack.com/@brianhansbu...
I'm proud of the work my @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social colleagues and I did in the lead up to the 2024 election to encourage the public to demand better of their newsrooms. It was our attempt to stave off fascism by pushing for pro-democracy news. The work never stops. substack.com/@brianhansbu...
Newsrooms Must Become Partisans For Democracy
National news desks need to forcefully denounce fascist lies while standing up for democratic values.
substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm proud of the work my @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social colleagues and I did in the lead up to the 2024 election to encourage the public to demand better of their newsrooms. It was our attempt to stave off fascism by pushing for pro-democracy news. The work never stops. substack.com/@brianhansbu...
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ICE is using tear gas, helicopters, and military equipment to violently assault and detain FARM WORKERS.
God have mercy on our society.
God have mercy on our society.
July 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
ICE is using tear gas, helicopters, and military equipment to violently assault and detain FARM WORKERS.
God have mercy on our society.
God have mercy on our society.
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hi @politico.com my name is marisa kabas and i publish the handbasket and you basically copied my story and then linked me in the 23rd paragraph of your story without specific attribution: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
Have you seen this man?
In the wake of deadly floods in Texas, FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson is nowhere to be found.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
hi @politico.com my name is marisa kabas and i publish the handbasket and you basically copied my story and then linked me in the 23rd paragraph of your story without specific attribution: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
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Reposted by Brian Hansbury
Get in here, Boomers!
BOOMERS CAN FIGHT FASCISM WITH FACTS! Turn low info voters into high info voters. This is the way.
YouTube video by Public Enlightenment
youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Get in here, Boomers!
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Data centers are multiplying fast, draining water and power in vulnerable regions. Case studies from Chile, the US, the Netherlands, Mexico, and South Africa shed light on the harms and how frontline communities are pushing back, writes The Maybe’s Hanna Barakat. buff.ly/pzo64Ay
Learnings from Five Cases of Data Center Development and Defiance | TechPolicy.Press
The Maybe's Hanna Barakat considers lessons from five data center developments in Chile, the US, the Netherlands, Mexico, and South Africa.
www.techpolicy.press
June 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Data centers are multiplying fast, draining water and power in vulnerable regions. Case studies from Chile, the US, the Netherlands, Mexico, and South Africa shed light on the harms and how frontline communities are pushing back, writes The Maybe’s Hanna Barakat. buff.ly/pzo64Ay
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There is, quite literally, being done right now by the Trump administration 👇, & our most prominent national media outlets are asking the Democratic mayoral candidate in New York if he is a communist. We are a deeply unserious country right now.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
MEDIA: Are you a communist?
MAMDANI: I am not ... I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr. King from decades ago, who said: 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children'
MAMDANI: I am not ... I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr. King from decades ago, who said: 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children'
June 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There is, quite literally, being done right now by the Trump administration 👇, & our most prominent national media outlets are asking the Democratic mayoral candidate in New York if he is a communist. We are a deeply unserious country right now.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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On tonight's @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited @savmargaret.bsky.social's reporting about the bureaucratic hurdles and technical glitches Georgians have faced under the state's Medicaid work mandate, as the GOP rushes to implement a national work requirement: propub.li/4kfg2SE
June 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
On tonight's @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited @savmargaret.bsky.social's reporting about the bureaucratic hurdles and technical glitches Georgians have faced under the state's Medicaid work mandate, as the GOP rushes to implement a national work requirement: propub.li/4kfg2SE
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Grassley is a robot or hologram and that dude is the operator. Confirmed.
One of the aides seated behind Grassley keeps mouthing every word his boss says and it’s…Fascinating? Distracting? Hilarious?
June 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Grassley is a robot or hologram and that dude is the operator. Confirmed.