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- 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.»
- 2026/01/12 [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.»
- 2025/07/25 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»
- 2025/03/04 13:22 UTC [L..T] (fedi post) Signed up to Threads, made a polite but firm comment about right-wing philosophy, got suspended.
- 2025/03/04 06:20 UTC [L..T] '79% Of Americans' Trends As Dems Block Bill Banning Trans Athletes In Girls' Sports «Senate Democrats have overwhelmingly voted against a bill that will prohibit transgender students from playing in girls' sports, paving the way for the phrase "79% of Americans" to trend on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X overnight.» ... «The Congressional Equality Caucus thanked "Senate allies who voted 'No'" to the bill, saying the proposed legislation was "so extreme" and could have "opened up any girl – trans or cisgender – to invasive physical inspections."» ...but of course, "protecting women" was only ever just an excuse.
- 2025/03/04 00:45 UTC [L..T] GOP bill to ban trans athletes from women's sports blocked in Senate «Legislation to prevent transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports failed to advance in the Senate on Monday after all Democrats voted against it. [/] The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act failed to clear an initial procedural hurdle on a 51-45 vote. It needed 60 votes to advance, which would have required at least seven Democrats to vote with all Republicans to move it. The bill cleared the House in January on an almost entirely party-line vote.» ... «On Monday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that evening's vote "will be a time of choosing for Democrats." [/] "If the Democrats vote to oppose this legislation, they’ll have to answer to the women and girls they vote to disenfranchise," he said.» From what I can tell, most women/girls strongly support trans inclusion...
- 2025/02/27 05:17 UTC [L..T] 'Duke, don't comply': Duke, Durham community members protest to demand University stand up to Trump, end PPD policy «Around 200 Duke community members and Durham residents protested Wednesday afternoon to demand that Duke not comply with the Trump administration's efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives[1] and target undocumented communities. [/] Many participants also condemned the University's Pickets, Protests and Demonstrations policy as "prohibitive" of free speech, saying it allows for student activists to be "target[ed]." [/] The protest was attended by various local groups, including the Duke Graduate Student Union, Jewish Voice for Peace, Socialist Alternative, Duke Respects Durham and Duke Academics and Staff for Justice in Palestine. Organizers and participants gathered at 5 p.m. at Trinity Park before marching around East Campus.»
- 2025/02/26 14:53 UTC [L..T] Americans have grown more supportive of restrictions for trans people in recent years «A new Pew Research Center survey finds that majorities of U.S. adults favor or strongly favor laws and policies that: (1) Require trans athletes to compete on teams that match their sex assigned at birth (66%), [and] (2) Ban health care professionals from providing care related to gender transitions for minors (56%). At the same time, 56% of adults express support for policies aimed at protecting trans people from discrimination in jobs, housing and public spaces.»... further results
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