The far right is distorting the Ceuta (Spain) crisis www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
theatlantic.com
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Progressive Institutionalist. Blue highways + 🐶
The far right is distorting the Ceuta (Spain) crisis www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
theatlantic.com
Want to support honest, credible and compensated data sets in the AI economy? thank you @mozilla.org community.mozilladatacollective.com/compensated-...
Compensated Datasets Is Now Available on Mozilla Data Collective
Helping organisations participate more directly in the AI economy while making it easier for AI builders to discover responsibly sourced datasets. Earlier this month, we shared a preview of Compensat...
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John Cornyn & Thom Tillis issue a joint statement announcing they will support Todd Blanche for AG. He's now in good position to clear the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and head to the full Senate.
If you are mad at Congress, try to think of it as a fumbling elder and realize that the institution is trying very hard to adapt this is great 👇 for ex cha.house.gov/2026/7/subco...
Subcommittee on Modernization & Innovation Announces Launch of House AI Innovators Pipeline
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration
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This is ridiculously scary. Yes, we are currently talking about ballrooms and reflecting pools and inflation and Iran and Venezuela and Epstein and crypto grift and the moral rot of the GOP. But all that is going to be forgotten soon. Shit is about to get real, as they say.
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
Track ICE properties. 👀https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/b0228ccb-6fcf-4ab6-9d9b-41dd53292ec6/page/p_uy4yssvm0d
ICE Warehouse Tracker
Data Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.
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☢️ 🤡 report: the Trump comrades are calling Democratic Socialists “communists” when they are nationalizing private industry.
"The practice has drawn criticism from Trump’s Republican base. Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), who drafted the foundation of the CHIPS and Science Act, said at the time the law never intended to let the federal government take a major stake in Intel or any other major company."
Patty Murray and Chuck Schumer decide to strike a “bipartisan” deal with … checks notes … Susan Collins to fund the Trump regime through December which appears to not to any include any safeguards against Trump’s meddling with midterm elections.
Great newsletter for budget priorities, esp on national security issues. sign up! @livableworld.bsky.social livableworld.org/council-fron...
Council: Front and Center: July 26, 2026 - Council for a Livable World
CIVIL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH SAUDI ARABIA COULD POSE SERIOUS NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS The Trump administration announced on July 22 that it finalized an agreement for civil nuclear cooperation with ...
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I was at Stanford Biz School in the 90's for my MA. In class, we did not talk about sharing or implications for society even once. It was sick then and now its even worse. What an epic failure of elite responsibility. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Thank you. @tab-delete.bsky.social
The Stanford Freshmen Who Want to Rule the World
Silicon Valley venture capitalists are wining and dining 18-year-olds.
theatlantic.com
Shit flood is a comin’ => 💪field commanders pre bunking Bannon & his minions esrn.net 🇺🇸
ESRN
A non–partisan coalition Safeguarding our elections and our freedoms. Our partners A growing coalition of non-partisan national, state, and local-based organizations working in litigation, advocacy, c...
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Google rolled everything needed for a misinformation farm into one smooth user interface 🤦♀️https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/google-earth-ai-images/688145/?gift=UvnwM_ucHtaApOJJQ10uJlgqb8TiGFohGVFm_LlbKog
Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools
Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.
theatlantic.com
Tired of the pathalogically cruel version of capitalism we're living with? Contribute to "Beyond GDP" 🌳 🐸 🦜 www.un.org/en/beyondGDP...
Expert Group on Beyond GDP Consultations | United Nations
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DOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks. Thankfully, our experts in Minnesota were able to identify the vulnerability quickly and work with local communities to stop it.
"voluntary emigration" is the centerpiece of the Trump/Netanyahu plan for Palestinians. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
The Board of Peace Plan for Gaza
The Trump-led board has laid out blueprints for “voluntary emigration” and land confiscation.
carnegieendowment.org
Profanity spewing GOP senators berating Dr. Fauci is so 🥱. Attack public service to spur privatization (to your cronies), But it is also a story of purposeful institutional memory destruction. CDC in China went from 47 to 14 staff during Trump's first adm. www.tbsnews.net/coronavirus-...
US slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak
The CDC’s China headcount has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, the documents show
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👀 Congressman Beyer's letter rejecting proposed Data Center in Fairfax County, VA
Read my letter to the Planning Commission: beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
Gotta love the #PublicAI 🤓. Arbiter has a Context Expansion Engine and a search capacity that goes from question to verified intelligence in minutes. Check out how Arbiter turns raw social media data into actionable evidence chains. arbiter.simppl.org
Arbiter
AI copilot for exploring public discourse on the internet.
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First, they cut public health funding & fired scientists. Now, food borne illnesses are skyrocketing. Under Trump, Americans are sicker and less safe. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/29/c...
Public meeting where massive Oracle Data Center "Project Jupiter" is planned for Dona Ana County, NM. Locals share community concerns www.koat.com/article/new-...
In an unprecedented step, European nations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes to the marquee soccer tournament. n.pr/4h1Niz1
European soccer leaders to boycott the World Cup in an unprecedented step
In an unprecedented step, European nations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes to the marquee soccer tournament.
n.pr
Hating on America, Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. (But we will bring it back, better than ever ) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway. (Gift Article)
In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.
nytimes.com
Getting ready for our next governing moment! here’s a facilitation guide for deliberative democracy commonslibrary.org/facilitation...
Facilitation Skills for Deliberative Democracy
The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.
commonslibrary.org
A Midterm Hijack Plan? Many See the Contours of a Federal Coup Attempt Taking Shape www.vanityfair.com/story/midter...
A Midterm Hijack Plan? Many See the Contours of a Federal Coup Attempt Taking Shape
The "big lie" could be going even bigger. How Team Trump may be preparing to destabilize November's vote—and keep Congress in Republican hands
vanityfair.com
It was great to join Alex Noyes and Dafna Rand from the Brookings Institution to talk about how we can build an incentive-based U.S. security assistance system that promotes transparency, accountability, and oversight, strengthens our partnerships, and protects our reputation.