While many journalists were shining the shoes of tech's future fascist oligarchs, Paulina saw the truth. I'm glad I got to play a role in honoring her contribution. Praise to the late David Golumbia for lifting her up in his final book. Here's my talk with Paulina: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
The Woman Who Predicted Tech Fascism — Paulina Borsook Was Right
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
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If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Don't let the heat turn deadly for farm workers. Donations will help us keep doing everything we can to save lives. act.seiu.org/a/heat2026?ms=bsky If you prefer, you can donate by PayPal at paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou #CALOR
Don’t let the heat turn deadly for farm workers
Don't let the heat turn deadly for farm workers. Donations will help us keep doing everything we can to save lives. #Calor #WeFeedYou
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Scientists have long known that avocado trees live a somewhat spicy life, changing sexes depending on the time of day. Now, a study helps explain how the process works—and could speed up breeders’ ability to develop new varieties. 🥑: on.wsj.com/4q4c5Fe
The Pentagon appears to have caused a plane crash that killed four people in New Mexico in May that happened while the military was conducting a GPS jamming test a hundred miles away, new reporting finds.
Pentagon Seemingly Caused a Medevac Plane to Crash, Killing Everyone Onboard
The Trump administration has racked up a number of unusual air safety-related incidents.
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A federal judge has lifted a stay on the termination of temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in order to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for the Trump administration to remove their legal status and open them up for deportations.
Up to 350,000 Haitians Lose TPS After Judge Lifts Stay on SCOTUS Ruling
The order clears the way for Trump’s mass deportation campaign to target those who had Temporary Protected Status.
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Want to support mutual aid groups and unions at the forefront of relief efforts in Sudan and learn from the brilliant Robin DG Kelley? Here is your chance: Secure your spot now. August 20th, 6 pm. Sliding scale. Zoom. See link below. chuffed.org/project/work...
😳 On August 6, Argentina will vote on a proposed Land Reform Law aiming to facilitate the purchase of rural land in Argentina by private investors. It seems they are preparing to “celebrate” with Peter Thiel. The bill was written by Sturzenegger who will appear at this Sept event with Thiel. 1/
Heads up. Milei introduced his Thiel-aligned “Super RIGI bill” in an op-ed, “opening with “praise for the Dutch East India Company.” As noted by others, the Dutch East India Company was granted a “commercial monopoly, its own army, currency & legal system, & the power to declare war.” 7/31/26 … 1/
"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou
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The fund will be dispersed to striking Embassy Suites workers who have already received their striking benefits, and now needs more to cover their remaining financial needs. Any excess funds will be saved to support future strikes in the Seattle area. www.gofundme.com/f/support-em...
Abdul El-Sayed overcame a record $30 million in AIPAC spending to defeat pro-Israel candidate Haley Stevens in Michigan. The race was widely viewed as a referendum on the political influence of the Israel lobby. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/abdu... #Palestine #Israel
Abdul El-Sayed overcomes massive AIPAC spending to win Michigan primary
Abdul El-Sayed overcame a record $30 million in AIPAC spending to defeat pro-Israel candidate Haley Stevens in Michigan. The race was widely viewed as a referendum on the political influence of the Israel...
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Chant with the workers, learn about their struggle, and have a good time! Workers at the Embassy Suites hotel, just across the parking lot from Lumen Field, have been on strike since June 18. Join them as they picket on weekend mornings! seattledsa.org/event/mornin...
Morning Picket at Embassy Suites
Join striking workers on the picket line at Embassy Suites!
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Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect. www.wired.com/story/dhs-is...
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
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this doc was for tea, and plenty more can be made, for coffee too, in many a places beyond "kikuyu land" , and vistas of other commodities There's whatever chance that I spawned the process for your morning coffee long ago the way one was obliged, at the pains of caning, to plantational toils 1/
nî maina africana@buddingdilettante.bsky.social · 8mo agowww.imdb.com/title/tt3839... The older I get, the more I appreciate the secrets in my own family whose roots can be traced to British colonial rule and the KLFA revolt in the 50s. Many such people exist. Here's one story to be told in 2026. Some day I might tell you mine
I wrote about frozen coffee for Fresh Cup: freshcup.com/a-decade-old...
A Decade-Old Kenya Kiriani Showcases the Possibilities of Frozen Coffee
A growing number of roasters are freezing green coffee to preserve freshness and quality. In February, Passenger Coffee released a coffee that had been frozen 10 years earlier.
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In fact, I'll probably have to write a "Coffee Dictators" piece, as there's also the Somoza family in El Salvador, whose wealth came from coffee plantations. Not to mention the current El Salvador president who has his own coffee brand. dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/22/e...
El Salvador President Bukele Launches Coffee Brand with US Business Ties
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has launched of a new luxury coffee brand called Bean of Fire, targeting the United States market for sales.
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"American coffee companies paid an estimated $150 million in the first six months of the year for Ugandan coffee - the commodity that provides President Idi Amin with his principal source of foreign revenues." www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
U.S. Coffee Companies Major Source of Amin's Revenue
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People already smuggle coffee from low-cost countries to places where it's more valuable. Hard not to see a rise in shipping coffee from places like Vietnam to lower tariff countries before importing to the U.S.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · last yr.wonder if these tariffs are going to lead to a big rise in smuggling. it'd be a huge pain in the ass to enforce even without DOGE criminals firing half the federal workforce
"For every AI ethicist or prompt engineer role created in San Francisco, dozens of livelihoods vanish in Manila, Johannesburg or Mumbai." Read an excerpt from “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI" by Jibu Elias: https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-jobs-economy-impact/
Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution
In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
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I'm very tired of the guardrails metaphor, because it so often is where thought dies.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h agoIt’s not a guardrails problem but rather a fascism problem.
