Ray Collins
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The future has arrived - it's just not evenly distributed yet.
- William Gibson
Do you boogie-woogie? https://youtu.be/-y_YM1ikva0?feature=shared
- William Gibson
Do you boogie-woogie? https://youtu.be/-y_YM1ikva0?feature=shared
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"Moms [for Liberty] has a Canadian chapter, and there are many similar organizations that are active here. Parental rights activism picked up speed during the COVID-19 pandemic with anti-mask mandates before focusing on the supposed threat posed by school libraries." thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
‘The Librarians’ Traces the Battle of a Lifetime | The Tyee
As rightward forces campaign to pull books from library shelves, a gripping new documentary exposes what’s at stake.
thetyee.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"Moms [for Liberty] has a Canadian chapter, and there are many similar organizations that are active here. Parental rights activism picked up speed during the COVID-19 pandemic with anti-mask mandates before focusing on the supposed threat posed by school libraries." thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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We are thankful to students and faculty at the Reynolds School of Journalism who have helped us build Atlasofsurveillance.org, the biggest database of police surveillance in the United States.
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
www.atlasofsurveillance.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We are thankful to students and faculty at the Reynolds School of Journalism who have helped us build Atlasofsurveillance.org, the biggest database of police surveillance in the United States.
Is Austin a seller's market when buyers won't negotiate a price? They'll either be back to test market conditions later or will become a long- or short-term rental.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Is Austin a seller's market when buyers won't negotiate a price? They'll either be back to test market conditions later or will become a long- or short-term rental.
In 1861, Americans went to war to keep a cabal from taking control of the government and turning it into an oligarchy...But Americans rallied...on the battlefields even as they continued to work...for a government that defended democracy and equality before the law.
And in 1865, at least, they won.
And in 1865, at least, they won.
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
In 1861, Americans went to war to keep a cabal from taking control of the government and turning it into an oligarchy...But Americans rallied...on the battlefields even as they continued to work...for a government that defended democracy and equality before the law.
And in 1865, at least, they won.
And in 1865, at least, they won.
Rather than the article's dead cat strategy I would say the First Felon's latest is the Mickey Spillane solution, having a man walk through the door with a gun in his hand. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Peace plan or 'dead cat'? Inside Trump's Epstein files distractions
What does a dead cat have to do with Donald Trump and the Epstein files? Everything, according to some experts.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rather than the article's dead cat strategy I would say the First Felon's latest is the Mickey Spillane solution, having a man walk through the door with a gun in his hand. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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There is never any daylight between the positions of Russia and JD Vance.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
There is never any daylight between the positions of Russia and JD Vance.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates. n.pr/49GGFOY
The U.S. produces a lot of food waste. This place wants to address it
Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates. n.pr/49GGFOY
Let’s look at how “fast track…promising…potential…hope” becomes - within a few months - “failed…setback…dents hopes….dimming hopes…hope fades…falls flat”
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garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/promising-...
"Promising" Alzheimer's trials not so promising anymore
Reminder to temper early enthusiasm & wait for trials to end and till safety/effectiveness are established
garyschwitzer.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Let’s look at how “fast track…promising…potential…hope” becomes - within a few months - “failed…setback…dents hopes….dimming hopes…hope fades…falls flat”
garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/promising-...
garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/promising-...
The only thing new in this plan is its direct relevance to the next two spins of the political cycle. Limiting the subsidy extension to two years gets the Republicans beyond the mid-terms, where they are staring at the possibility of a major shellacking. gooznews.substack.com/p/the-gop-pl...
The GOP plan to gut Obamacare
Press leaks suggest Trump's offer to extend subsidies for two years will come with a half dozen poison pills.
gooznews.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The only thing new in this plan is its direct relevance to the next two spins of the political cycle. Limiting the subsidy extension to two years gets the Republicans beyond the mid-terms, where they are staring at the possibility of a major shellacking. gooznews.substack.com/p/the-gop-pl...
That hope isn’t universal. Ten states still refuse to expand Medicaid, leaving an estimated two million adults in a coverage gap where poverty isn’t low enough to qualify for traditional Medicaid but income isn’t high enough for marketplace subsidies.⁴
rottendog.substack.com/p/coverage-f...
rottendog.substack.com/p/coverage-f...
Coverage for Sale
Inside the Affordable Care Act’s fragile success — and the people living at its edge
rottendog.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
That hope isn’t universal. Ten states still refuse to expand Medicaid, leaving an estimated two million adults in a coverage gap where poverty isn’t low enough to qualify for traditional Medicaid but income isn’t high enough for marketplace subsidies.⁴
rottendog.substack.com/p/coverage-f...
rottendog.substack.com/p/coverage-f...
Welcome Real Page back to Austin. There was a list of multifamily housing which jacked up rents so keep your eyes out for a new one soon. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-odd-set...
The Rent Is Too Damn High: Did Trump Just 'Bless' Using AI to Jack Up Rents?
Trump Antitrust chief Gail Slater ended the DOJ's big antitrust case against alleged software rent-fixing conspirator RealPage. The company's lawyer says the DOJ has now 'blessed' their product.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Welcome Real Page back to Austin. There was a list of multifamily housing which jacked up rents so keep your eyes out for a new one soon. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-odd-set...
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“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The fact that only 3 (by my count) Republican members of Congress have spoken out about the Witkoff situation shows how thoroughly corrupted and compromised the entire party has become from top to bottom. None of this is about just Trump - it is the entire political party.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The fact that only 3 (by my count) Republican members of Congress have spoken out about the Witkoff situation shows how thoroughly corrupted and compromised the entire party has become from top to bottom. None of this is about just Trump - it is the entire political party.
“We ain’t buying it. I mean, for real, for real, we ain’t buyin’ it.” -Joy-Ann Reid, Instagram #WeAintBuyingIt
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“We ain’t buying it. I mean, for real, for real, we ain’t buyin’ it.” -Joy-Ann Reid, Instagram #WeAintBuyingIt
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I’m done funding cruelty. Target cuts DEI, Amazon bankrolls this administration, and Home Depot lets ICE terrorize workers on their lots.
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I’m done funding cruelty. Target cuts DEI, Amazon bankrolls this administration, and Home Depot lets ICE terrorize workers on their lots.
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
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Are you a business that's colluding with ICE? Caving to the biased attacks on DEI? Funding this administration for tax cuts?
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are.
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Are you a business that's colluding with ICE? Caving to the biased attacks on DEI? Funding this administration for tax cuts?
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are.
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are.
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- He stopped the policy of encouraging flu immunization in Louisiana
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Controversial Louisiana surgeon general tapped for CDC leadership role
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham has spoken against Covid shots and ended mass vaccination campaigns. Now he's in a position to make national health decisions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
- He stopped the policy of encouraging flu immunization in Louisiana
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As recently as during the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump called for those he perceives to be his enemies to be prosecuted in military tribunals....
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As recently as during the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump called for those he perceives to be his enemies to be prosecuted in military tribunals....
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Many political analysts, I suspect, don’t fully appreciate the extent to which many members of that [MAGA] base truly believed that Trump was protecting the world against Democratic pedophiles, /1 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Trade is Unraveling
Tells from the crypto crash
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Many political analysts, I suspect, don’t fully appreciate the extent to which many members of that [MAGA] base truly believed that Trump was protecting the world against Democratic pedophiles, /1 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
Anton La Guardia, diplomatic editor at The Economist, posted: “State Department is backpedalling on Rubio’s backpedal. If for a moment you thought the grown-ups were back in charge, think again. We’re still in the circus. ‘Unbelievable,’ mutters one [of the] disbelieving senators.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Anton La Guardia, diplomatic editor at The Economist, posted: “State Department is backpedalling on Rubio’s backpedal. If for a moment you thought the grown-ups were back in charge, think again. We’re still in the circus. ‘Unbelievable,’ mutters one [of the] disbelieving senators.”
Government officials who bring the noose and the swastika to our attention participate in this shift, as do propagandists who tell us that racist violence against multiple targets may be necessary to save the nation and White Christian “civilization.
lucid.substack.com/p/the-noose-...
lucid.substack.com/p/the-noose-...
The Noose and the Swastika
MAGA's Big-Tent Racism
lucid.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Government officials who bring the noose and the swastika to our attention participate in this shift, as do propagandists who tell us that racist violence against multiple targets may be necessary to save the nation and White Christian “civilization.
lucid.substack.com/p/the-noose-...
lucid.substack.com/p/the-noose-...