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This is one reason I stopped feeding the Dem money sucking machine, a good read: newrepublic.com/article/2163...
How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party
Fundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.
newrepublic.com
I hate election season! It seems to give the Dems and ActBlue the boldness to give you’re contact details to all campaigns to be spammed to death. When will they learn this 100% backfires!! Fuck you ActBlue!
This is very interesting journalism. Heard his interview on Fresh Air the other day, findable as a podcast.
"As long as we burn #fossilfuels without limits, #wildfires will do the same in our forests, cities, and towns. These genuine “trials by fire” are Nature’s stern invitation to mature as a society, to confront with intelligence and courage the daunting energies we’ve unleashed with our own."
John Vaillant@johnvaillant.bsky.social · 3mo agotime.com/article/2026...
"The math only adds up if you're trying to build a police state." Miles Taylor, former DHS chief of staff, tells Rachel Maddow that the system of immigration prisons that Donald Trump wants to assemble is much bigger than the stated purpose of the prisons; unless Trump has some other use in mind.
The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.
New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching | TechCrunch
The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.
techcrunch.com
Glad I have an EV, looking better every day oil is back in the mix of war.
Yes, I stand with Anthropic. Cancelled my ChatGPT subscription already.
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8mo agoclosest you're gonna get to Trump publicly backing down is him just cancelling Anthropic's contracts instead of designating them a supply chain risk as was threatened. real kudos to Anthropic for standing up, real dumb moves by the WH to start this episode.
Immigrants commit fewer crimes. Immigrants pay taxes. Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the economy. The problem isn't immigrants. The problem is the bigots.
Likely most of you have already dumped Zuckerberg TV (aka Insta and FB), if not, why not now.
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 9mo agowww.businessinsider.com/tech-ai-boyc...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows - Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account @influencemap.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
theguardian.com
No more turning away From the weak and the weary No more turning away From the coldness inside Just a world that we all must share It’s not enough just to stand and stare Is it only a dream that there’ll be No more turning away
♫ Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away [Lyrics]
YouTube video by MrOLMOBE
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MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years o...
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The New Dropkick Murphys' Anti-ICE Song Is Everything As the lyrics say, “Too scared to join the military, too dumb to be a cop.” crooksandliars.com/2026/01/new-...
The New Dropkick Murphys' Anti-ICE Song Is Everything
As the lyrics say, “Too scared to join the military, too dumb to be a cop.”
crooksandliars.com
This is an important shift required for masses in society to adopt fascism.
Salon.com@salon.com · 10mo ago“The Other is deemed to be less than fully human, which means that they do not merit empathy and respect. The Other is viewed by the dominant group as inherently dangerous, which means that the resulting violence is defensive, virtuous and even heroic.”
We’ve fought fascism and oligarchy before, and it’s so boring to have to do it again when our primary focus should be on addressing climate change. But the fascists and oligarchs are exacerbating climate change and hindering our efforts to combat it, so fight them we will.
What to know about the world's great climate collapse
"We've gone from over-indexing it to zero-indexing it," S&P Global's Dan Yergin says.
axios.com
Indeed, anyone sitting on the sidelines, get out there, and organize your fellow citizens.
The Obama Foundation@obamafoundation.bsky.social · 10mo agoTrue then. True now. “Change only happens when ordinary people get involved.” President Obama said, “And they get engaged, and they come together to demand it.”
If you can influence the institutional stakeholders keeping the status quo in place, change can happen. f-st.co/4kcf3gC
This one key insight will change how you think about change
If you can shift sources of power, change becomes possible.
f-st.co
Listening to Rage Against the Machine seems like the only rational thing right now.
Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up (Audio)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
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ICE has spent hundreds of millions on surveillance. Some technologists are building tools to find it, map it, and push back. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.
eff.org
Please read and wear some protective gear.
WIRED@wired.com · 10mo agoWe've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 2 - A song that has aged beautifully The Clash - London Calling youtu.be/EfK-WX2pa8c?...
The Clash - London Calling (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
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