rebelkat
@rebelkat.bsky.social
I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
Anais Nin
Anais Nin
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“People do not just believe what they see. They believe what they help spread.”
Required reading.
Required reading.
An extremely important and timely piece on information, influence and what experts (and all of us) need to understand to be persuasive and effective going forward from @noupside.bsky.social and @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social, two of the very best minds out there. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies
To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.
carnegieendowment.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“People do not just believe what they see. They believe what they help spread.”
Required reading.
Required reading.
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I’ve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called “Drones and Terrorism,” and this Caribbean strike is different.
Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.
Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.
September 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I’ve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called “Drones and Terrorism,” and this Caribbean strike is different.
Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.
Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.
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Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped Felis when they created their official constellation boundaries in 1930. www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...
July 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped Felis when they created their official constellation boundaries in 1930. www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...
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This is Bug. He would like to be picked up for cuddles. It is an emergency. 13/10 (IG: bugthebrusselsgriffon)
July 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is Bug. He would like to be picked up for cuddles. It is an emergency. 13/10 (IG: bugthebrusselsgriffon)
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Stargazing at kneeland airport in northern Humboldt county oh how i love summer nights #NorCal #stargazing #naturepics #sunset
July 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Stargazing at kneeland airport in northern Humboldt county oh how i love summer nights #NorCal #stargazing #naturepics #sunset
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If you look at the Epstein story through the lens of his victims and their life stories you get a story about every powerful institution in public life failing on any measure of accountability but repeatedly being outmatched by the courage of teenagers, sex workers, and runaways
July 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you look at the Epstein story through the lens of his victims and their life stories you get a story about every powerful institution in public life failing on any measure of accountability but repeatedly being outmatched by the courage of teenagers, sex workers, and runaways
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This is so freaking adorable…. 🫠
Snuggles… 🥰
🐯 🐯
Snuggles… 🥰
🐯 🐯
July 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This is so freaking adorable…. 🫠
Snuggles… 🥰
🐯 🐯
Snuggles… 🥰
🐯 🐯
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This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.
(Published Oct. 2019)
(Published Oct. 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
propub.li
February 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.
(Published Oct. 2019)
(Published Oct. 2019)
i remember they needed ophthalmologists & couldn’t get any. A surgeon was explaining the staffing protocol & they don’t want eye surgeons usually, they never need them and they do have need for other specialities
ground.news/article/neta...?
ground.news/article/neta...?
Ground News - Netanyahu gifts Trump a Golden Pager in reference to Hezbollah operation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly gifted former US President Donald Trump a golden pager, along with a regular one, as a symbolic reference t
ground.news
February 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
i remember they needed ophthalmologists & couldn’t get any. A surgeon was explaining the staffing protocol & they don’t want eye surgeons usually, they never need them and they do have need for other specialities
ground.news/article/neta...?
ground.news/article/neta...?
Speaking truth to power isn’t marketable when 6 corporations own almost all the media in USA.
December 29, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Speaking truth to power isn’t marketable when 6 corporations own almost all the media in USA.
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If you think the US government gives one single flying fuck about your privacy boy do I have some news for u
If you think the US government gives one single flying fuck about your privacy boy do I have some news for u
luigi mangione, the tiktok ban, and manufactured consent
How traditional media is trying to control narratives in the digital age
open.substack.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:53 PM
open.substack.com/pub/etymolog...
If you think the US government gives one single flying fuck about your privacy boy do I have some news for u
If you think the US government gives one single flying fuck about your privacy boy do I have some news for u
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This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
AI Scambaiters: O2 creates AI Granny to waste scammers’ time
YouTube video by O2
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 6:13 AM