Surveillance pricing is grossly offensive. pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/p...
Purple Beast
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Interested in: disruptive technology, innovation, leadership, hunting, gear, knives, huskies, organ transplant, outdoors, animals, software, entrepreneurship, jump rope and more. Avowed atheist and ordained minister with a warped sense of humour.
Again, what right wing Republicans and Democrats call "socialism" is the sort of regulated capitalism that was consensus for much of the 20th century. They pretend it's anti-market when really it's only anti-oligarchy
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2w agoThe wild eyed radical communist continues to destroy capitalism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Just in time for the affordability crisis, the oil shock, the climate shock, the AI collapse and the tariff shock, the age of the digital arm-breaker has well and truly arrived Apple's robo-repo @doctorow.pluralistic.net pluralistic.net/2026/07/25/c...
Pluralistic: Apple’s robo-repo (25 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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BREAKING: I’m suing the Trump Administration for holding millions of public safety dollars hostage in an attempt to take control of our elections.
Y'all know the Constitution says we're supposed to remove this current government, right?
Yes I can imagine a photographer (unknown) sitting at Canon Beach, Oregon, just waiting for a shot like this. Have a blessed night BlueSky friends.
Nothing we can do????? Hope Dems have prepared????? Not hopeful.
Really think that Gov of Kentucky needs to demand answers or declare the seat vacant
Today's threads (a thread) Inside: California's privacy obstacle course; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/d... #Pluralistic 1/
America needs a serious democratic reset. Impeach the psychopathic liar in the White House asap.
We are not shaming our Congressmen enough who are traitors to this country.
"The statement that 'the cemeteries are full of indispensable people' is just as true of nations, and in particular the US" Time for Canada and the rest of the world to move on. pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... @doctorow.pluralistic.net
"Give Trump everything he asks for and he'll demand more. Deny Trump anything and he'll demand more. Sign a contract with Trump and he'll break it. Send Trump an invoice and he'll stiff you. For Trump, "the art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: renege."
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2w agoIf you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... 2/
Amnesty International are absolutely correct in naming these vile anti-abortion groups as anti rights. Misogyny that gets us killed isn’t a cute little spiritual quirk spuc.org.uk/amnesty-inte...
Amnesty International names SPUC as an “anti-rights” group. We are not. - SPUC
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Opinion: Of course China has not started a war or invaded anyone, China is not trying to take Greenland or trying to alienate trading partners with tariffs. China is not destabilizing the Middle East and driving up global prices. That is Trump’s USA. ground.news/article/chin...
China and Xi Are Seen More Favorably than the US and Trump in Many Nations, New Survey Says
The world has largely viewed the U.S. more favorably than China for years, but those opinions now have flipped in Beijing’s favor. The findings of a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday are a s...
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“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”
Before the president gets on television tonight to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen. We won, and he lost.
Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/l... #Pluralistic 1/
Someone called the cyclospora outbreak MAHA Blast and I'm cackling like I'm 13 again.
This is what fighting fascism looks like.
