Maureen Smith
@campmaureen.bsky.social
Working with nonprofits on program development and evaluation.
"The right-left political spectrum has devoured the complexity of contemporary life, flattening all political, economic, social, and cultural views onto a continuum that serves as a powerful ideological tool of the neoliberal center."
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Toward a Socialist Minimalism
It’s possible simply to have no definite opinion about many issues that our media outlets tell us are very pressing. In fact, this might be a principled position to hold.
damagemag.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The right-left political spectrum has devoured the complexity of contemporary life, flattening all political, economic, social, and cultural views onto a continuum that serves as a powerful ideological tool of the neoliberal center."
damagemag.com/2023/05/24/t...
damagemag.com/2023/05/24/t...
The "no data, no problem" strategy.
After the L.A. fires, federal and state disaster agencies refused to perform comprehensive soil testing to ensure properties in burn zones are free of fire-related contamination. Testing conducted by The Times reveals elevated levels of arsenic, lead and mercury in postfire soil.
When FEMA failed to test soil for toxic substances after the L.A. fires, The Times had it done. The results were alarming
The federal government decided not to test the soil of L.A.'s burn areas for hazardous substances. A Times investigation found high levels of lead and other heavy metals.
www.latimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The "no data, no problem" strategy.
"The architects of the current consumer internet have created a thoroughly commercialised, surveilled and authoritarian space where basic functions are seconded to the extractive appetites of the monopolies overseeing the system."
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Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence
www.ft.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The architects of the current consumer internet have created a thoroughly commercialised, surveilled and authoritarian space where basic functions are seconded to the extractive appetites of the monopolies overseeing the system."
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www.ft.com/content/5d06...
"The trouble with the Abundance Discourse: It writes America’s central scarcity problem — corporate power — out of the economic story, encourages Democrats to focus on the wrong solutions, and elevates deregulatory narratives already being weaponized by the right."
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“Abundance” Is How Dems Lose To Trump
Ezra Klein’s new book is supercharging elites’ campaign to deter Democrats from challenging billionaires and corporate power.
www.levernews.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"The trouble with the Abundance Discourse: It writes America’s central scarcity problem — corporate power — out of the economic story, encourages Democrats to focus on the wrong solutions, and elevates deregulatory narratives already being weaponized by the right."
www.levernews.com/abundance-is...
www.levernews.com/abundance-is...
Great episode of a really great new podcast.
It was great joining @sammyroth.bsky.social on the LA Times’ Boiling Point podcast this week to talk about the recent Greenpeace trial and the fake newspapers that showed up on the eve of jury picking
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The Fake News Pipeline
Boiling Point · Episode
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April 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Great episode of a really great new podcast.
From Coyote Network News.
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April 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
From Coyote Network News.
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Reposted by Maureen Smith
“Eroded trust in our public health institutions harms us all, and in order to get back on track, we need to understand how we got here,” writes Carrie McKean.
Opinion | I Live Near the Texas Measles Outbreak. Here’s How We Got Here.
An important lesson amid a measles outbreak in America.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Eroded trust in our public health institutions harms us all, and in order to get back on track, we need to understand how we got here,” writes Carrie McKean.
Reposted by Maureen Smith
A stunning essay in the @financialtimes.com on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things. It began or accelerated in the early 2010s. It's hitting teens AND adults. Self-report and objective scores.
March 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A stunning essay in the @financialtimes.com on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things. It began or accelerated in the early 2010s. It's hitting teens AND adults. Self-report and objective scores.
"[Liberal] philanthropy failed to fully reckon with how deep structural shifts in American economic life left increasingly large swaths of the population living in frustration and anxiety, planting the seeds of an explosive politics of resentment.”
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How We Got Here: Six Reasons Liberal Philanthropy Is Losing the Battle for America’s Future
Drawing on conversations with leaders across the progressive funding and nonprofit worlds, IP Editor-in-Chief David Callahan tells a story of strategic missteps, blind spots and underinvestment that l...
www.insidephilanthropy.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"[Liberal] philanthropy failed to fully reckon with how deep structural shifts in American economic life left increasingly large swaths of the population living in frustration and anxiety, planting the seeds of an explosive politics of resentment.”
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-we-...
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-we-...
