Deleting @uber app. Every woman and man who finds the company's behavior appalling should do the same. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ (Gift Article)
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
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"Bullshit is the glue that binds this country together." Never missed George Carlin more than right now!
These people were making decisions about grant cancellations!!! www.instagram.com/reel/DVtUHcN... A grant to study Jewish women's slave labor during the Holocaust is "inherently discriminatory" bc it's gender-based & about "Jewish culture." Ignorance + power= evil. #NEH #doge #justinfoxdeposition
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All
The Golden State has an opportunity to save American democracy from big corporate money
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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u... Thank you @nytimes.com for openly calling out the overt and brazen racism of this administration. We need more media to do this!
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
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In the meantime, US is experiencing demographic changes that undermine its future: historically low fertility rates (1.6 per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate) and net negative migration. Shooting itself in the foot. www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...
U.S. Population Growth Slows Due to Historic Decline in Net International Migration
U.S. population growth slowed to 0.5% between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the newly released Vintage 2025 population estimates.
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State Terror Has Arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o... M. Gessen knows what she’s talking about.
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
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‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u... these photos are from an American city!!! We need to stop this now! Where is our democratic leadership?!
‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis
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Includes a great quote from Chekhov: the work of art doesn't have to solve a problem, it just has to formulate it correctly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWC.... Applying to futures work: foresight doesn't have to provide predictions, it has to formulate good insights.
George Saunders Says Breaking These 3 Delusions Can Save You | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o... “True attention cannot be measured by a machine. The fullness of our authentic human attention, shared with others, is the power with which we make the world.”
Opinion | The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Battle for Your Attention Is Built on a Lie
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal... neo-royalist order centers on an international system structured by a small group of hyper elites (cliques). Such cliques seek to legitimize their authority through appeals to their exceptionalism in order to generate durable status hierarchy #backtothefuture
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1
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www.kyivpost.com/post/67441 Are we really back to the Monroe doctrine?! Welcome to 1826!
Russia Floated Venezuela-for-Ukraine Deal to Trump – Ex-Advisor
In her 2019 Congress testimony, Trump’s former advisor Fiona Hill said Russia floated the idea of a deal to swap Venezuela for Ukraine via informal communications.
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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From @humanrightswatch — This is what CBS News(Max) chief @bariweiss just yanked an @60Minutes segment about to please Trump. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
Testifying during Army-McCarthy hearings, Joseph Nye Welch chief counsel for the US Army, asked McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" This was a turning in media and public opinion of McCarthyism. Will attack on Mark Kelly and other democrats be such a moment?
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o... “Shaming the public as rubes for succumbing to conspiracy theories misses what people are trying to tell us: They no longer feel included in the work of choosing their future.” Spot on!
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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As if the right-wing manosphere weren't enough, we now see the rise of the "mainstream manosphere." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... Ross Douhat of course has the answer: it's extreme feminism 🥲
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
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“Among intellectuals,” Hannah Arendt observed of the early days of Nazi rule, “Gleichschaltung was the rule” — in other words, the intellectual form of anticipatory compliance. 1/3
About 1 million people watched Jimmy Kimmel last night on TV. As of this morning more than 9 million watched it on YouTube. Clearest proof of traditional media dying.
Another prominent Black woman loses her job joining the ranks of almost 320,000 Black women who’ve lost their jobs so far this year. The constitute the only female demographic to experience significant job losses during the period.
Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 11mo agoSome personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
This story broke my heart. “Why would one of the richest men in the world commit such an act of injustice?”Halimi asked. “Sometimes I think that if Elon Musk himself were fully informed about this matter, he would likely be deeply ashamed.” Don't think Musk or Cavanaugh are capable of feeling shame
ProPublica@propublica.org · 12mo agoNEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison. They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
We've known about social determinants of health. This study shows there are political determinants also: healthy ageing is strongly tied to living in democracies and feeling represented by politicians and parties apple.news/A8EzwdJvQQCe... Maybe stop searching for magic elixirs & focus on democracy
People in Denmark age slower than the rest of the world. Here’s why — BBC Science Focus Magazine
The social, political and environmental situation in your country can quietly affect how fast you age
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Couldn't have said it better. We are trapped in a cycle of short-termism, delivering short-term "wins" for some but incurring huge losses in the near future in terms of climate, democracy, innovation, better/more equitable economy. "This is the time of monsters," indeed.
Ben Rhodes@rhodesben.bsky.social · last yr.How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
How high does the extortion demand have to be for a university or a law firm to not fold? Is $1 bln close?! Seems the sum is going up as more institutions fold. The prisoner’s dilemma working in real time.
