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A succinct, detailed account by @alfatau.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com of the emergence of “Palantir: a shiny new interface for the very old business of racism, repression & war.” inthesetimes.com/article/pala...

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Why does Maga world hate Europe? ⁦‪Guy Chazan brilliantly unpacks the ideological war the current US administration is waging against the EU, but what drives that impulse is the EU being THE only counterpower that stands in the way of #MAGA www.ft.com/content/45d3...

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"During Pride Month, no less."

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Watch me scramble in real time as I try to find the economic angle on the Musk-Trump tiff. (I think I found one, and the issues it highlights are terrifyingly important.)

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Why does Russia try to camoflauge its planes/aircraft using tires? www.twz.com/air/russia-c...

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Oooof

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Marilyn Monroe, born 99 years ago today. When Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t get booked at the Mocambo Club because she was Black, Monroe (at the height of her own fame) called the owner and told him if he booked Ella, she would take a front table every night. And she did. #RIP

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“When a tyrannical administration tried to bully & threaten Harvard to give up their academic freedom & destroy free speech, Dr Alan Garber rejected the illegal & immoral pressures the way Rosa Parks defied the entire weight of systemic racism in 1955” - Abdul-Jabbar news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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When two people you hate get together...

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And yet prestige journalists will continue to write stenographic stories and headlines dutifully and uncritically reciting what Measles McBrainworm has to say at every turn 🤡

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Sources: Elon Musk tried to derail OpenAI's Abu Dhabi deal, telling G42 officials that there was no chance of Trump signing off on it unless xAI was included (Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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