Neo-Nazis just keep failing upwards, i see.
Arizona Right Watch@azrww.bsky.social · 11mo agoIn May 2023 this article came out and exposed that Rep. Paul Gosar’s digital director, Wade Searle, was a dedicated Groyper who was literally a mod for Nick Fuentes’ livestream and stood behind him at AZ Stop the Steal. Anyway, Searle says he’s now part of the Pentagon press corps for LifeSite News.
In the Israeli elections, leaders of the current Netanyahu led government are fully embracing their assigned role of being something on the order of James Bond villains who are power drunk and determined to subvert all the basic values of a democratic society anchored in the rule of law.
Opinion | Israel's leaders are fully embracing the role of the villain
This is not nationalism, but a coherent ideology in its own right
haaretz.com
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
“Because of a concerted campaign to promote anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric… search engine and social media algorithms now assume that LGBTQIA+ content is unpopular or offensive and should be suppressed, putting outlets at an inherent disadvantage.” We need to disrupt algorithms that trash good journalism.
Metric anxiety is fueling a dangerous decline in quality queer journalism
Why so many articles about queer people focus on celebs, rely on pics of hypermasculine guys and use rage-bait misinformation
wearequeeraf.com
💢 Gaza’s Ministry of Interior & National Security says Israel “is seeking to eliminate the police force in order to spread chaos within Palestinian society.” It called on “mediators and the international community” to “act urgently to stop the dangerous Israeli escalation and the massacres being...
Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · 3w ago🚨 Israeli strike targeting Gaza City police kills 9, wounds 15 At least 9 Palestinians were killed & 15 wounded on Wed. in an Israeli airstrike on the Municipalities Police headquarters in Gaza City, according to Gaza’s Interior Min. The strike hit during a busy time in the middle of day & close...
Florida cop Lamar Roman used a license plate reader to stalk a woman he met on a TV show. We not only have footage of him pulling her over for no reason, but also statements from both him and the victim. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shin...
I truly don't think the average person understands the extent to which we're coasting into a surveillance future that is basically 1:1 with some of the heaviest mid-century dystopian surveillance fiction with very little public discussion or input. Turns out we did not have to be forced into it
dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Bernie Sanders needs to stop insisting that the US government should own 50% of the money-losingest corporations the world has ever seen and start talking about how they will *not* get a government bailout when their investment bubble bursts. 22/
“After analyzing crash data over a 13-year period in areas with separated bike lanes on city streets, researchers estimated that having a protected bike facility in a city would result in 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serous injuries than an average city.” Safer for ALL. Via @usa.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
oh look, dems can easily leverage messaging to hijack, create, or redirect entire newscycles by exploiting the infotainment media's obsession with scaled ad engagement, who could have possibly imagined such a thing
Who is Natalie Harp? Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Trump aide in spotlight
The former TV news anchor began working for Trump in 2022 and has become a close aide during his second term.
nbcnews.com
A federal judge on Tuesday allowed U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to end legal protections granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians that have allowed them to live and work in the United States.
US judge allows Trump to end thousands of Ethiopians' deportation protections
A federal judge on Tuesday allowed U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to end legal protections granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians that have allowed them to live and work in the United States.
reut.rs
This article notes two different faculty members have responded to Texas Tech's program of conservative correctness by taking jobs at other colleges. These crackdowns reduce the quality of education and drive good faculty away. If I were a TTU alum, I'd be furious at the devaluing of my degree.
Todd Moye@moye.bsky.social · 3w agoSome are indeed saying this.
The last time anyone hit a nerve this well with Team Trump it was the WSJ piece on this disgusting bit of Trump history
the fact that john ossoff can kick off a two-day media cycle by saying that the president is uninterested in doing his job and is sleeping through meetings and traveling around with a young blonde, suggests that not enough of these guys are speaking plainly and effectively about these assholes
A police officer who spoke out against Flock cameras was subjected to 5 internal investigations in 2 years after he contacted a reporter about the dangers of mass surveillance.
The reason I've gone more left in recent years is that I previously accepted that we simply couldn't afford decent cheap housing, heavily subsidised transport, a universal basic income, etc. Then in 20 years in politics I saw what we actually could afford. And it's a lot. It's just never for you.
Thousands of X accounts are using Grok to create child sexual abuse material. Here is another article about Bluesky’s intellectual diversity problem.
The Trump administration just finalized its rule stripping gender-affirming care from Medicaid and CHIP. Advocates say there's still time to fight: it takes effect in October, and federal courts have already struck down two previous attempts to do this. The latest from our journalist S. Baum.
Trump Issues “Finalized” Anti-Trans Medicaid Rule, But Human Rights Groups Say There’s Still Time
“Despite this being called a ‘final rule,’ we have time to fight back. Nothing will change overnight.”
erininthemorning.com
This is a great example of why Jeffries is not the man for the moment, and a bad choice to be Speaker. Instead of hitting the unity notes that Dems are doing well in Michigan and Wisconsin, he’s obsessing about local NYC politics because he’s afraid of losing power and it’s hurting Dems nationally.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoWELKER: Do democratic socialists belong in the Dem Party? JEFFRIES: What I can say is I do not support defunding the police, I do not support open borders, I do not support abolishing the Senate. We're focused on actually solving the problems hard-working American taxpayer want us to solve ...
There is a small war being waged on the surveillance state across the US What's funny is that these reveal that they do biometric data but they will still lie and say it's for license plates
Cuomo claims his team ran a campaign they can be proud of and no, Andrew, you didn’t.
At a press conference outside Madison Square Garden, politicians, musicians, and privacy advocates argued for tighter restrictions on how public venues deploy biometric surveillance. www.wired.com/story/new-yo...
New York City Lawmakers Push to ‘Ban the Scan’ at MSG
At a press conference outside Madison Square Garden, politicians, musicians, and privacy advocates argued for tighter restrictions on how public venues deploy biometric surveillance.
wired.com
1/ I’ve avoided writing anything about Kristin Du Mez’s upcoming book, Live Laugh Love, primarily because voices more erudite than mine among the early readers have been touting it, well. However, with the release coming up soon, I find I now can’t help myself and I’d like to add in my two cents.
USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying apnews.com/article/usai...
USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
apnews.com
It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 5mo agoThe CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.
The justice department on Wednesday arrested a leading expert on far-right extremism, charging her with financial crimes as part of the government’s ongoing case against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s justice department arrests expert on far right as part of SPLC crackdown
Prosecutors charge Heidi Beirich with financial crimes as part of case against the Southern Poverty Law Center
theguardian.com
