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This is how I felt watching All the President’s Men this past weekend.
In the final scene, I realized the reporters are now gone, the newspaper has been hollowed out and sold to a billionaire for parts, and the same is true for the television broadcast.
In the final scene, I realized the reporters are now gone, the newspaper has been hollowed out and sold to a billionaire for parts, and the same is true for the television broadcast.
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This is how I felt watching All the President’s Men this past weekend.
In the final scene, I realized the reporters are now gone, the newspaper has been hollowed out and sold to a billionaire for parts, and the same is true for the television broadcast.
In the final scene, I realized the reporters are now gone, the newspaper has been hollowed out and sold to a billionaire for parts, and the same is true for the television broadcast.
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NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
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It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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A reminder for Canadians, Senate Bill S-206 working its way through 2nd Reading to implement a Universal Basic Income framework. This is the single most transformational Bill that can take Canada into an AI world without decimating the lower/middle class.
www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en...
www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en...
S-206 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
S-206 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
www.parl.ca
August 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A reminder for Canadians, Senate Bill S-206 working its way through 2nd Reading to implement a Universal Basic Income framework. This is the single most transformational Bill that can take Canada into an AI world without decimating the lower/middle class.
www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en...
www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en...
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Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.
Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.
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World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns
June 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns
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At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.
Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
www.axios.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.
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Two leading Canadian economists say a guaranteed income floor that cuts poverty in half could be funded at half the cost of previous estimates.
This would make basic income considerably cheaper than the cost of poverty itself, saving lives and money.
This would make basic income considerably cheaper than the cost of poverty itself, saving lives and money.
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Two leading Canadian economists say a guaranteed income floor that cuts poverty in half could be funded at half the cost of previous estimates.
This would make basic income considerably cheaper than the cost of poverty itself, saving lives and money.
This would make basic income considerably cheaper than the cost of poverty itself, saving lives and money.
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
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The danger isn’t that Trump wants control—
it’s that he wraps it in ideas people agree with.
“Help with cartels” becomes military pressure.
“Safety” becomes submission.
Collapse doesn’t roar in.
It arrives quietly—until it’s law.
it’s that he wraps it in ideas people agree with.
“Help with cartels” becomes military pressure.
“Safety” becomes submission.
Collapse doesn’t roar in.
It arrives quietly—until it’s law.
May 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The danger isn’t that Trump wants control—
it’s that he wraps it in ideas people agree with.
“Help with cartels” becomes military pressure.
“Safety” becomes submission.
Collapse doesn’t roar in.
It arrives quietly—until it’s law.
it’s that he wraps it in ideas people agree with.
“Help with cartels” becomes military pressure.
“Safety” becomes submission.
Collapse doesn’t roar in.
It arrives quietly—until it’s law.
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Ok one last shitpost - if we had UBI, a living wage of 25 an hour and social housing for all, strong unions and well funded free healthcare for all kinds of health, would Tate's grift still work?
Lack of security & opportunity can make shitheads of us all.
Lack of security & opportunity can make shitheads of us all.
May 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Ok one last shitpost - if we had UBI, a living wage of 25 an hour and social housing for all, strong unions and well funded free healthcare for all kinds of health, would Tate's grift still work?
Lack of security & opportunity can make shitheads of us all.
Lack of security & opportunity can make shitheads of us all.
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BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
Well corporations have rights as if they are people so … #endstagecapitalism #america
Does my toaster miss me when I am at work
Are my washer and dryer married
Are my washer and dryer married
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
April 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Well corporations have rights as if they are people so … #endstagecapitalism #america
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Pierre Poilievre’s plans for power are based on the blueprint of his lifelong guru, Milton Friedman.
Gutting social programs, selling publicly-owned assets, sabotaging labour unions, and removing any obstacle to profiteering—unchecked corporate rule.
Martin Lukacs explains.
Gutting social programs, selling publicly-owned assets, sabotaging labour unions, and removing any obstacle to profiteering—unchecked corporate rule.
Martin Lukacs explains.
The radical thinker behind Pierre Poilievre’s country-wrecking plans ⋆ The Breach
Martin Lukacs unpacks Milton Friedman’s influence on Poilievre’s pro-corporate playbook
breachmedia.ca
April 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Pierre Poilievre’s plans for power are based on the blueprint of his lifelong guru, Milton Friedman.
Gutting social programs, selling publicly-owned assets, sabotaging labour unions, and removing any obstacle to profiteering—unchecked corporate rule.
Martin Lukacs explains.
Gutting social programs, selling publicly-owned assets, sabotaging labour unions, and removing any obstacle to profiteering—unchecked corporate rule.
Martin Lukacs explains.
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Fear & concern are coded feminine, so they get translated into anger, which feels more tough.
Hurt & disappointment are coded feminine, so they get translated into outrage & aggrievement.
The simple human need for love & affirmation is coded feminine, so it gets translated into demands & control.
Hurt & disappointment are coded feminine, so they get translated into outrage & aggrievement.
The simple human need for love & affirmation is coded feminine, so it gets translated into demands & control.
April 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fear & concern are coded feminine, so they get translated into anger, which feels more tough.
Hurt & disappointment are coded feminine, so they get translated into outrage & aggrievement.
The simple human need for love & affirmation is coded feminine, so it gets translated into demands & control.
Hurt & disappointment are coded feminine, so they get translated into outrage & aggrievement.
The simple human need for love & affirmation is coded feminine, so it gets translated into demands & control.
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The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
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I have said this from the start: the pace and scope of change in America resembles a post-coup situation.
Compared to Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, Poland, Trump is moving MUCH faster, more aggressively, and with broader claim to power. We're not in danger of becoming those autocracies--we're very quickly surpassing them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook (Gift Article)
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I have said this from the start: the pace and scope of change in America resembles a post-coup situation.
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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1. EXCLUSIVE
An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
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An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
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EXCLUSIVE: Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration
An internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo, sent on March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, details proposed changes to the claims process that would debilitate the agency, cause sign...
popular.info
March 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
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An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
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Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
March 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
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Don’t forget that when public health institutions in former USSR fell in the early 1990s, everyone got TB. (And conveniently there is TB outbreak currently going on in KS, ready for prime time). Some folks against public health should really read some Laurie Garrett.
February 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Don’t forget that when public health institutions in former USSR fell in the early 1990s, everyone got TB. (And conveniently there is TB outbreak currently going on in KS, ready for prime time). Some folks against public health should really read some Laurie Garrett.
It’s just so stupid. Cruel and stupid.
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It’s just so stupid. Cruel and stupid.
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Trump’s new Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, has one job—eliminate the department entirely. Public schools, student loans, DEI programs—they’re tearing it all down. This isn’t education reform, it’s destruction.
March 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump’s new Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, has one job—eliminate the department entirely. Public schools, student loans, DEI programs—they’re tearing it all down. This isn’t education reform, it’s destruction.