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dangillmor, 23 hours ago to random

Such moral cowards running New York University -- ordering student protestors to write phony apologies.

This is right out of the authoritarian playbook -- and it craps on every notion of freedom of expression.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/nyregion/nyu-protests-apology-letters.html

You don't have to agree with the protestors' politics. But you should damn well understand that America is in wave of McCarthyism right now.

dangillmor, 22 hours ago to random

Nabiha Syed is the Mozilla Foundation's new executive director. She is brilliant, and motivated in the best directions, a great choice for this post.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-foundation-welcomes-nabiha-syed-as-executive-director/

dangillmor, 18 hours ago to random

If you're interested in space, one must-follow account here is @sundogplanets -- Prof. Sam Lawler. She's been on a campaign to help people understand how the basically unregulated communications satellite race is causing havoc for astronomy, and is potentially creating the conditions for a space-travel - and basic communications ---catastrophe.

She just posted this jaw-dropping thread on how bad this is getting:

https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/112456699856194393

taylorlorenz, 16 hours ago to random

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indivisibleteam, 22 hours ago to random

🤔 Clarence Thomas won’t answer questions about a $267,000 loan he received from a former health insurance executive. The most powerful court in our country shouldn’t be held to the lowest standards. Tell your senators it’s time to use their power and rein in this corrupt Supreme Court: https://act.indivisible.org/letter/email-your-member-congress-and-tell-them-hold-corrupt-supreme-court-accountable?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

taylorlorenz, 1 day ago to random

"Dr. King said that in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Sadly, medically vulnerable people are under no illusion that the Democrats are any kind of friend. But their silence is surely loud and clear." https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/biden-cdc-silent-as-north-carolina

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

As warned, Reddit has taken a bundle of money from "Open"AI and will use it to further monetize what you -- and the volunteers who moderate it all -- contributed for free.

It's the norm now, and particularly slimy in this case.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising

Brandi_Buchman, 19 hours ago to random

Back with another week of updates from every venue where Trump is charged:

The Trump Docket: Was Michael Cohen’s testimony a knockout punch for prosecutors and Trump’s best day in court — or just a ‘blow on the chin’?

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-trump-docket-was-michael-cohens-testimony-a-knockout-punch-for-prosecutors-and-trumps-best-day-in-court-or-just-a-blow-on-the-chin/

anneapplebaum, 1 day ago to random

Georgia is now on the front line of the fight against autocracy. On Sunday at noon EST, please join me, Peter Pomerantsev and activists from the region to discuss https://www.eventbrite.com/e/why-mass-protests-in-georgia-matter-far-beyond-its-borders-tickets-907535953467

emptywheel, 1 day ago to random

Jim Risch Demands that Avril Haines Formally Tell Us He Is Lying

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/17/jim-risch-demands-that-avril-haines-formally-tell-us-he-is-lying/

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

Another Supreme Court "justice" who's an out and out insurrectionist. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

taylorlorenz, 1 day ago to random

"After 50 years of crime without punishment, in many ways the violent settlers and the state have become one" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/magazine/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-impunity.html

FluentInFinance, 1 day ago to random

BREAKING: A Bill to end the Federal Reserve has been introduced by US Congressman Thomas Massie!

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

Read the latest from Josh Marshall on polls, debates, and (as nearly always) wretched NY Times political coverage. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-quick-survey-of-numbers-vibes-and-the-inner-lives-of-campaigns/sharetoken/GxZzy8WqefbD

evacide, 2 days ago to random

"Cisgender is a slur" has some real "people pointing out racist behavior are the real racists" energy to it.

JamesGleick, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

James Fallows, who should know, explains why presidential debates are WORSE than useless.

There’s one more reason this year. By sharing a stage, Biden will normalize the idea that it’s all right for Trump to be a free man, as opposed to an incarcerated criminal.

https://fallows.substack.com/i/143279747/a-no-debates

dangillmor, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

It should be astonishing that after Trump publicly solicited a $1 billion bribe from Big Energy, Big Journalism just shrugged and moved on.

It is not astonishing.

dangillmor, 2 days ago to random

If you care about voters being genuinely informed on key issues, the absolute worst thing about presidential so-called debates is live audiences filled with partisans.

But for media corporations, it's all about money -- and they love these events because they generate ratings.

evacide, 3 days ago to random

If you own a Tesla, your car is covered in cameras that take images reviewed by Tesla employees, who share them with each other, joke about them, and make them into memes.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/

jeffjarvis, 3 days ago to random

Germany now calls the United States the land of forbidden books. Think about that for ten seconds, please.

taylorlorenz, 3 days ago to random

“At some point — whatever the justification — you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/army-officer-resigns-gaza-israel.html

dangillmor, 3 days ago to random

Big Journalism has been remarkably incurious about who's funding Christopher Rufo, notorious purveyor of bad-faith right-wing slime. At his Important Context newsletter, @walkerbragman has the story.

https://www.importantcontext.news/p/the-big-money-behind-chris-rufos

dangillmor, 3 days ago to random

Play-by-play Trump trial coverage, with so-called analysis of whether the prosecution or the defense has "scored points" -- the staple of Big Journalism right now -- is the equivalent of horse-race political coverage.

All it takes are stenographic skills and the ability to make confident-sounding guesses. It's clickbait and ratings bait, and it does nothing good for public understanding.

emptywheel, 3 days ago to random

Hunter Biden Moves to Enjoin David Weiss Under an Appropriations Argument Trump Adopted

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/14/hunter-biden-moves-to-enjoin-david-weiss-under-an-appropriations-argument-trump-adopted/

jamielynn, 3 days ago to random

The Wisconsin legislature was in fine form today. I should have watched today's floor session after all 😂 https://www.wispolitics.com/2024/senate-descends-into-chaos-after-republicans-abruptly-cut-off-debate-on-veto-override/