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Norway plans to introduce a law to parliament that would temporarily ban the tech at places such as parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens, while also setting up an expert group to propose permanent national rules: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5Agx05
AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
arstechnica.visitlink.me
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2w agooh my GOD
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
g.h. kirsch@gh-kirsch.bsky.social · 3w agoLet me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.
Corporations spend more than $1.5B a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5B they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions. Kudos to these Autozone workers.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4w agoHUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org.
And he'd save a trillion dollars a year in the process: ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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This is the next step toward murdering people en masse.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last mo.NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
They lied during their Senate confirmation hearings. They should be impeached; lying constitutes perjury and/or high crimes and misdemeanors.
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
deadline.com
And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist
The MAGA billionaires who own corporate media want you to keep fighting with each other over stupid bullshit so they never have to pay taxes. It’s not about left vs. right or left vs. center. It’s about the bottom vs. the top.
Who knew the Canadians could play the same game?
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million meant to provide health insurance for poor children. Part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the money was funneled through multiple organizations before reaching two PACs and the Florida GOP.
Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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This is bad. We must have intel that Russia plans to attack a NATO country. Putin didn’t take the meeting. This exact sequence played out before Russia invaded Ukraine five years ago. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | CIA Chief’s Surprise Moscow Trip Was to Warn Russia Not to Attack NATO
The warning comes after new U.S. intelligence assessments indicated the Russian president could launch a limited assault.
wsj.com
Let’s talk about Medicare for All. What would it mean for the individual American? ⬇ The day you’re born you get a card that gives you health insurance with no premium, co-pay, or deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26 or 65, get married or divorced — it's there for you.
I also want to add that every single time ICE has physically hurt me, they have grabbed me by my chest. Most of my femme friends have said the same. I will not be surprised if / when we find out about twisted sexual assaults conducted by ICE agents with these gloves.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2mo agoWow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
We're literally just letting the richest man in the world commit vandalism on an extraplanetary scale.
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles an hour
theguardian.com
If you ever feel unqualified, remember that a gang of billionaires spent $900 million for 60,000 acres with no water, no infrastructure, a roster of endangered species, and a voter-approved ordinance that specifically bans building a city there. Now they’re begging politicians to bail them out.
Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 3mo agoLooks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...
In #CA14, Melissa Hernandez's support from outside groups with at least four with reported ties to AIPAC: Pro-Choice Majority Action, BOLD America, "SD 2026," and Safer Alameda County PAC. Those four spent $2.3 million to boost Hernandez—63% of all outside spending—over a Muslim-American woman.
Politico@politico.com · 3mo agoTwo key primaries will test the momentum of Dem Israel critics. ➡️ In Michigan, AIPAC's United Democracy Project has spent $30M to keep Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed from defeating pro-Israel Rep. Haley Stevens. ➡️ In Missouri, AIPAC is spending $2M to block Israel-critical Cori Bush’s comeback bid.
I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
nytimes.com
"If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy without deploying equally forgiving language?" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
nytimes.com
Well, this didn’t make me feel good. What the hell? Why aren’t they in jail?
Lindsey Graham’s grotesque loyalty to Felon Trump has resulted in Americans suffering from a parade of countless horribles. He’s been in office since 1992 & it’s time for a change. That breath of fresh air is @drannieandrews.com who is now poised to unseat Graham. youtu.be/hMGMN1etqyE?...
Trump PANICS as Voters REJECT HIM and GO BLUE…In South Carolina!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Lawrence O’Donnell dismantles the myth of Graham Platner. And warning signs were there all along. Information was publicly available, but ignored. Maybe the U.S. Senate shouldn’t be someone’s first political job. No public office. No real vetting. Hype isn’t a substitute for scrutiny. 🧵
For what it's worth- Is someone keeping him on life support to run out the clock for a special election so repubs can keep the majority? That's what it looks like to me.
They are arresting U.S. Air Force Officers for free speech and U.S. Olympians for curiosity—but not rich men for raping children with Jeffrey Epstein.
