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Soy Miguel aka Mike. Retired Episcopal Priest. Sarcasm is my birthright. Quantum Field Theory answers most questions. I grew up in Tennessee so “bless your heart” cuts like a knife.

I write —
https://dazzling-darkness.ghost.io/
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Charles Payne, I'VE GOT THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM: THE ORGANIZING TRADITION AND THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM STRUGGLE
I've Got the Light of Freedom by Charles M. Payne - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
February 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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👉 Mariam Adelson, Paul Singer, and John Paulson want everyone to know they are covering for living pedophiles. So they can continue abusing children.
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Is Niall Ferguson a bad historian or a bad economist?

But I’m not surprised to see few if any historians or people in the humanities; they don’t fund labs or a half-dozen post-docs or two dozen research assistants with private grant money. They’re less likely to be supplicants to billionaires
February 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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The Security Starter Pack from EFF is good, except that I would personally recommend staying away from WhatsApp (or any Meta platform), consider the use of "burner" phone numbers for Signal, and do not use Tor but use safer alternatives like Freenet

ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...

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Start from the beginning with a selection of simple steps. Surveillance impacts all of us, no matter where we live or what we do. While some of us might be directly affected, others may simply want t...
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February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Baby revolutionaries on Bsky want to act like they're in a hot civil war (though literally anyone involved in any civil rights struggle can point out, rightfully so, that we've been in a cold civil war almost from the time the last hot one ended)

You are in a surveillance state, kids.

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February 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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(It may surprise many of you reading to find that in essence *all* cr\yptoc\urrency is effectively Prime95 or Folding@Home for purposes of creating Monopoly money instead of something with a sum benefit to all of humanity, like improving encryption or finding better treatments for diseases)

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February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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And it gets worse--Apparently the guy behind the app was an actual accelerationist sort who's served prison time and pled down from federal explosives charges, AND didn't inform people of the breach promptly (meaning there is a DISTINCT possibility StopICE served as a honeypot)

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February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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If you use a phone to monitor ICE-holes, it is strongly recommended that this be a "burner", bought with cash if possible, SIM card bought in a separate location with cash if possible, and the only apps installed being *vetted for security* reporting apps & only contacts on phone for attorneys

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February 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM