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- 2026/01/17 19:51 UTC [L..T] Gov. Spanberger rescinds Gov. Youngkin’s order deputizing state police to work with ICE «In one of her first actions as governor, Spanberger rescinded Youngkin’s executive order that deputized state police and law enforcement agencies to assist ICE in capturing illegal immigrants with criminal records in Virginia.»
- 2026/01/16 08:33 UTC [L..T] Free Riders Undermine Climate Protection «The researchers observed two recurring types of behaviour. Some participants acted consistently cooperatively: they reliably paid their share – roughly what would be required if everyone behaved in the same way. Others, by contrast, contributed very little. They gambled on the fact that the rest, fearing a shared loss, would put in more.» ... «From the authors’ point of view, this highlights the need for binding rules and political tools that support collective action and limit free riding. Simply hoping that disasters will bring about insight is not enough.»
- 2026/01/15 [L..T] Federal panel reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from immigration jail «A federal appeals court has reversed a June court decision to release pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, marking a major win for the Trump administration amid its ongoing push to deport him. [..] In a two-to-one decision on Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that the lower federal court did not have jurisdiction over the immigration matters in the case, and instructed it to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Khalil that freed him on a temporary basis.» He was originally detained on allegations that he put false information on his Green Card application (which he denies). As far as I know, these allegations remain unsubstantiated and there are no other charges against him.
- 2026/01/14 [L..T] London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires «Wikipedia has been subject to shady, paid-for edits ordered by partners at an elite London PR firm with links to Downing Street. And the clients who benefitted from this “wikilaundering” are some of the world’s richest and most powerful people. [..] The firm in question is Portland Communications, whose founder Tim Allan is now the director of communications for Keir Starmer. And it has been busted once already for this practice, which is in breach of the British PR professionals’ code of conduct.»
- 2026/01/14 [L..T] Ilhan Omar Effortlessly Drags Elon Musk After He Parrots Easily-Debunked Conspiracy About Her Elon Musk: «This has been happening for years. Ilhan Omar is the most obvious example. A large number of relatively recently arrived Somalis will elect only a Somali to Congress in that Minnesota district. This is much more subtle, but just as bad, in many other parts of America.» Ilhan Omar (replying on X-Twitter): «You are one of the dumbest people on earth, my district is literally a majority white district. Your conspiracy theories are laughable and should have no place in a society that cares about facts.»
- 2026/01/13 [L..T] A World Without Rules: The Consequences of Trump’s Assault on International Law «For the past eight decades, legitimate grounds for war have been much more narrowly defined. The current international system rests on the premise that the use of force by one state against another is prohibited, even criminal, unless undertaken in self-defense or with collective authorization by the UN Security Council.» .. «The Trump administration is no longer trying to work within this system. For the past year, it has been attacking and dismantling the legal infrastructure of the existing order.»
- 2026/01/12 [L..T] AOC Epically Shuts Down Fox News Producer's Request That She Go On Jesse Watters' Show «After being approached by one of Jesse Watters' Fox News producers to appear on his show, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shut him down with [this] blunt reminder:» «He has sexualized and harassed me on his show. He has sexually harassed me on his show. He has engaged in horrific, sexually exploitative rhetoric. [...] he accused me of [...] wanting to quote, unquote, sleep with Stephen Miller.» ...which is barely half of it, really: he also implied that AOC is only in Congress because she is hunting for a "high-value man", and went on to make a number of ridiculous mirror argument statements.
- 2026/01/09 08:19 UTC [L..T] Microsoft Forced Copilot Into Your Life. Now It Can Accidentally Drain Your Bank Account «The latest expansion of the AI's reach is the introduction of Copilot Checkout, a feature that allows users to purchase items directly within a Copilot conversation without getting sent to an external website.» I'd really like to know who thought this was a good idea.
- 2026/01/08 [L..T] US Authoritarian Regime Executes Unarmed Civilian as Ruler Grows More Erratic, Isolated «Regime ruler Donald Trump is mired in yet another scandal, as shocking footage captured his agents executing an unarmed 37-year-old civilian and mother of three in broad daylight. The erratic behavior of the land's embattled sovereign has ratcheted up as he continues to further withdraw himself from public life, and his nation from the global stage.»
- 2026/01/07 20:35 UTC [L..T] ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It «On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street. One of them demanded that the driver "get out of the fucking car," and yanked violently on the driver's-side door handle; another, stationed near the left headlight of the vehicle, drew his pistol. The driver, after briefly reversing, swerved away from the agents, apparently attempting to drive away. As the vehicle moved forward, the agent with the drawn pistol stepped aside while firing three shots directly at the windshield and open driver's-side window, killing the driver.»
- 2026/01/06 [L..T] Infrequently Asked Questions About Jeffrey Epstein, Part Four: For the Sexual Enjoyment of Defendant Trump «The fourth & final installment of a mammoth Epstein Q&A, in which we ask: Why won't Trump release the Epstein files? What's he so afraid of? What could possibly be worse than what we already know?» Several entirely-hypotheticals are explored.
- 2026/01/06 [L..T] The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly «Because I know Sen. Kelly would rather jump off a tall cliff than brag about his own military career, that task falls to the rest of us. So, I want to outline just how extraordinary U.S. Navy Captain Mark Kelly was during his decades in uniform.»
- 2026/01/05 [L..T] The Jewish Establishment's Attacks on Mamdani Aren't Only Illogical «So, Zohran Mamdani has just been inaugurated as mayor of New York and, unsurprisingly, he’s already under attack from establishment Jewish organizations. And these attacks are really predictable and, honestly, they’re really brain-dead, and, in a way, just engaging with them at all is kind of» [pointless] ... «But I still think, despite that, it’s worth explaining why these arguments just don’t make any sense. And they’re all basically based on this fundamental incorrect conflation of Jews as a group of people with the state of Israel.»
- 2025/12/17 [L..T] How Vox’s new Silicon Valley-funded 'Abundance' vertical aligns with Silicon Valley’s political priorities «Earlier this month, Vox announced a new vertical dedicated to “growth” that’s funded entirely by the Arnold Foundation, the influence arm of billionaire former Enron energy trader and founder of energy commodity hedge fund Centaurus Energy John Arnold.» .. «Arnold’s latest ideological—and economic—agenda is to promote so-called Abundance, a vague political movement currently fashionable among wealthy liberals that’s a constellation of conferences, think tanks, political action group, billionaire donors, and best-selling books by New York Times and Atlantic authors. Their primary ethos is “growth” through deregulation of industry.»
- 2025/07/25 21:36 UTC [L..T] 17 Key Variables That Determine UBI's Inflationary Impact Can UBI be inflationary? Sure, if we do it in a certain way in a certain context, but no, not in other ways and contexts. We're talking about a multivariate equation. So what are the many variables?
- 2025/07/09 08:12 UTC [L..T] (social post) main contents: «Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) guarantees the right to life for individuals, not for states. / The Nuremberg Trials' adjudicated that no group can deny another's right to life and self-determination. Israel Does Not Have a Right to Exist» and the screenshot on the right
- 2025/07/08 [L..T] Israel Does Not Have a Right to Exist «Israel's establishment as a state and its admission to the United Nations in 1949 were predicated on promises of peace, compliance with international obligations, and respect for the principles of justice and self-determination. Yet, over seven decades, Israel has systematically acted in bad faith, undermining its legitimacy as a UN member, violating international law, disregarding Jewish ethical commandments, and perpetrating actions that align with the legal definition of genocide. This essay asserts that Israel's persistent non-compliance, impunity, and misrepresentation as a Jewish state not only invalidate its moral and legal standing but also endanger Jewish people globally by associating them with atrocities. Furthermore, it affirms the Palestinian people's inalienable right to resist and self-determination, while arguing that Israel, as a state, has no inherent right to exist, a privilege reserved for individuals, not political entities.»
- 2025/05/05 15:00 UTC [L..T] Strange Bedfellows and Long Knives «The fracture lines are appearing. Project 2025 is a map to some of the most important ones. More will come in the days and years ahead of us. For opponents of the Trump agenda, Project 2025 is a cheat book telling us where to find the weak spots in his coalition.»
- 2025/04/05 23:23 UTC [L..T] You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It's Everywhere. «It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s "Hands Off" protests against President Donald Trump: "Where do I start?"» [...] «People weren't taking action just to protest what the president and his movement represented, but because of visceral fear – real fear – of what he had already done, and that once impossible things were now very much possible.» Article also references the "Ikea has better cabinets" sign.
- 2025/04/05 22:34 UTC [L..T] My Trump-Loving Massachusetts Hometown Just Showed The Hell Up «Marshfield votes more red than Massachusetts does overall. But their massive protest on Saturday suggests Trump might be changing that.»
- 2025/04/05 19:37 UTC [L..T] In Carthage, Protesters Join Nationwide "Hands Off" Rally Against Trump, Musk «In Carthage on Saturday afternoon, opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk gathered around the Moore County Courthouse to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy and human rights. [/] The protest, which lasted from 1 p.m. to about 2:30 p.m., was, at its peak, attended by close to 200 people. A counter protest of about three cars began at around 1:10 p.m. and lasted a little less than an hour.»
- 2025/04/03 09:41 UTC [L..T] Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer «The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world's biggest insurance companies. He said that without insurance, which is already being pulled in some places, many other financial services become unviable, from mortgages to investments.»
- 2025/04/03 [L..T] Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study 'regret' after transgender people transition «As the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues to defund nearly every research project on transgender health, the White House has directed the agency to focus on studying "regret" after a person transitions to align their body with their gender identity.»
- 2025/04/02 04:00 UTC [L..T] How to Judge a Basic-Research Proposal «The reasons for this distrust are many: fraud [...]; thousands of retracted papers (most justified, some not); massive failure to replicate studies; and weak experimental and analytic methods. Not to mention the authoritarian failure of the medical-science establishment over the Covid epidemic.» ... «Among the causes of these problems are bad incentives on campus and elsewhere, a system that encourages careerism over love of knowledge, and epistemologically irrelevant race-and-sex policies (aka DEI). Another problem, however, is how basic science is funded.»
- 2025/03/19 22:22 UTC [L..T] Subsidized Europe Cries in Despair «Europe wonders: how will we maintain our lifestyles, if we can't rip off the American taxpayer anymore?» Article quotes The Financial Times: «Europe enjoyed its years of low military spending thanks to a prolonged period of protection [by] the US, allowing it to build one of the most generous social security systems in the world...» « the cost of rearmament will ultimately be shouldered by taxpayers and beneficiaries of the continent’s social security nets.» The article is filled with false narratives woven around mostly-true facts.
- 2025/03/10 13:21 UTC [L..T] Amazon to begin streaming Trump's 'The Apprentice' «Amazon has announced it will begin streaming "The Apprentice" – the reality TV show famous for boosting Donald Trump's profile – on its Prime Video service on Monday.» [...] «The show's executive producer, Mark Burnett, remains one of his closest allies. [/] Burnett, the British producer behind "The Apprentice," as well as "Survivor" and "Shark Tank," was appointed special envoy to the United Kingdom in December. [/] "'The Apprentice' is one of the best shows that I ever produced. The charismatic onscreen presence of President Donald J. Trump made it a bona fide hit!" Burnett said in a press release.»
- 2025/03/05 20:01 UTC [L..T] Warning users that upvote violent content «Today we are rolling out a new (sort of) enforcement action across the site. Historically, the only person actioned for posting violating content was the user who posted the content. The Reddit ecosystem relies on engaged users to downvote bad content and report potentially violative content. This not only minimizes the distribution of the bad content, but it also ensures that the bad content is more likely to be removed. On the other hand, upvoting bad or violating content interferes with this system.» TLDR: You're not allowed to like content Reddit doesn't like. The general user consensus seems to be that this is a crackdown on criticism of the Trump-Vance administration and its courtiers in the oligarchy.
- 2025/03/05 10:30 UTC [L..T] A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn't come at a worse time for the company «Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company's shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. [/] "We're asking people to divest from Target because they have turned their back on our community," Rev. Jamal Bryant, a prominent Atlanta-area megachurch pastor who started the boycott, said in an interview with CNN.»
- 2025/03/05 01:15 UTC [L..T] A landmark verdict for LGBT+ people, initiated by Zbigniew Ziobro in Poland: «The Supreme Court issued a judgment regarding transition, demanded by former Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro. Transgender people no longer have to sue their own parents, according to the court's decision. The groundbreaking case is commented on by, among others, Piotr Jacoń, who repeatedly drew attention to the ruthlessness of the requirement that has just been abolished.»
- 2025/03/04 21:08 UTC [L..T] (fedi post) full text: «Today I stood in the rain with a couple 100 people to support Democracy. My favorite sign "Fascism starts with Silence" #protectdemocracy #50501protests #50501chicago #DemocracyFTW»... further results
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