Dan Gillmor
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The Trump Action Tracker is brilliant already, keeping track of the regime's bad acts. The UI could use a few improvement, and I'd urge several more categories (or emphasis of sub-categories), but I'm blown away now. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info
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mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
We’re thrilled to be bringing you a upcoming feature to help you find your people on Mastodon: Packs. (Or something… we’re still figuring out the name.)
As always, we want to build this important feature for the community WITH the community.
Read this blog post about our approach and let us know […]
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National Car Rental's terms & conditions are 200 pages long. Don't believe me? See for yourself:

The length tells you all you need to know.
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An Australian media observer caught one of the Murdoch family's right-wing propaganda arms being its regular shitty self, and the outlet's "excuse" would have to improve to be pathetic. https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/europe/105612270
Ep 26 - Europe has fallen - Media Watch
A Sky News report falsely sounds the alarm on migration anarchy in Europe.
www.abc.net.au
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This is remarkable, if the title is a bit misleading. It's about way, way more than venture capital fascists and their projects.

Not sure who's behind it, but it's worth at least a look. Valuable resource...

https://www.vcinfodocs.com/
Venture Capital Status
Verified information detailing the global impacts of Silcon Valley, United States venture capital and their global tech fascist projects: The Network State and American Dynamism.
www.vcinfodocs.com
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So CBS "News" staffers are "holding their breath" waiting to see what their right-wing owner and top editor are going to do? GMAFB.

Journalists delude themselves into thinking everything will be fine even in the face of conclusive evidence that it won't […]
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Dear journalists, it is still possible to be honorable. Give it a try.

https://archive.ph/kcRHn
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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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now that the news is official: some thoughts on Bari Weiss taking over at CBS News, and what it means that the Free Press—a publication that never apologizes or corrects itself when its "reporting" is ripped to shreds—is touted as a needed dose of "trust and integrity" slate.com/technology/2...
CBS Is About to Hand Over Its Newsroom to an Anti-Woke Crusader. You Should Be Worried.
She’s made a career railing against “wokeness.” Now she’s in charge of a venerated newsroom.
slate.com
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Trump, the Ellison family and their cynical -- but rich -- acolyte, Weiss, are spitting on the graves of Murrow and Cronkite. They're neutering the remaining honorable journalists.

CBS was never perfect. But it once stood for integrity. That's done.

It's CBS "News" now […]
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Hello all.

Mastodon does NOT solicit paid verification.

Looks like there’s a new version of the fake ‘Mastodon Team’ phishing attempts that are targeting new users by replying to Introduction posts.

Again, please alert new users, and please report and […]

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A phishing post with a link for the unwary from a new so-called ‘Mastodon Team’ account.  It reads “ Hello, dear Mastodon user! We've noticed your activity on our forum and are ready to offer you cooperation. To proceed, please complete the verification using the link that our assistant will send you below. [bad link] Once verified, you will be able to receive monthly payments from our company. Thank you for everything, Mastodon!”
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New drama dropping! There's no corner #elonmusk won't cut to squeeze a few more bucks out of #tesla customers. Thankfully there's an easy solution to avoid getting ripped off by this skeezy motherfucker: don't buy cars from Nazis. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
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@davidho

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.” […]

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Photo of an elderly woman's torso with blood running down her shirt.
dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
This screenshot Ars Technica's homepage headlines the other day demonstrates how completely the tech and media giants are enshittifying what they've created.

(Text of headlines in the alt of the image)
Ars Technica headlines on Oct. 4:

A biological 0-day? Threat screening tool may miss AI-designed proteins

Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

Ars Live: Is the AI bubble about to pop?

Apple removes ICEBlock, won't allow apps that report locations of ICE agents

HBO Max subscribers lose access to CNN livestream on November 17
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I used to be able to delete the advertising ID in Android, but after the latest update (16) I can't find that option. Anyone know if Google has removed that option? (Very very bad if they did...)
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I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.
www.the-reframe.com
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Google joins Apple in caving in to Trump regime re ICE-spotting app.

Looks like Android side-loading will the only way forward.

Big Tech's cowardice is disgusting, though no surprise.

https://apnews.com/article/apple-ice-iphone-app-immigration-fb6a404d3e977516d66d470585071bcc
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The word "democracy" has been poisoned by people who love dictatorship. BIg Journalism poisoned its own well. We need to talk up "local/community news and information" if we want people to care about saving both […]
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"With five congressional seats at stake, virtually all of our national legacy media made the choice not to send anyone" to cover a hearing on whether what Texas did was illegal.

Democracy Docket is there, however. More evidence that we now have to rely on small outlets […]
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