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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.  It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

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"corporate participation in Mardi Gras had “never been about inclusion or community" | Meta and Google opt out of Sydney Mardi Gras amid move away from DEI in US www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #BigTech #DEI #MardiGras #Sydney #LGBTIQ

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The Kennedy Center has seen numerous cancellations since President Trump took over last week, appointing his loyalist Ric Grenell as interim president and himself as chairman of the board.

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Zelensky: “President Trump, with all due respect for him as the leader of a nation that we respect greatly … is living in this [Russian] disinformation bubble” (Trump is, of course, one of the bubble’s creators, but Zelensky is too diplomatic to say so.) www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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The Jam - Going Underground youtu.be/AE1ct5yEuVY #RIP #RickBuckler #TheJam #Mods

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Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies at 69 after short illness

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Donald and Melania - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts #AIart #AIfail #TrumpsnotKing #AIartCommunity #GenAI #digitalart #Art #Washington #ripUSA #arts #AIhallucination

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So, if we understand the war in Ukraine correctly, it is the Ukrainians’ fault. They should have bowed to Putin, just as Trump does today, and this war would never have happened. Genius.

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Donald and Melania #AIhallucination #AIart #digitalart #AIartCommunity #AIfail #AmericanHorrorStory #AI

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"And so that's what this film explores, like, why do we self-sabotage?" | Questlove confronts the 'burden of Black genius' in a new Sly Stone documentary www.npr.org/2025/02/10/n... #Funk #doco #SlyandtheFamilyStone #Soul #SlyLives

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"There is a 1,000-foot wave coming regarding AI" | Scarlett Johansson warns of 'imminent dangers of AI' after Kanye West deepfake goes viral www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #AIfail #DeepFake #DumbTech

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A Gazan man has revealed plans to take over southern California, expel its residents and turn it into the ‘Riviera of North America’. “Los Angeles is a soulless, vacuous hell hole. It’s just a big pile of rubble and collagen right now" Read the full story --> tinyurl.com/42ejs5cd

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“They’re trying to rob you, and they’re probably a minor.” | Robert Garcia displays Elon Musk ‘dick pic’ in House DOGE hearing www.advocate.com/politics/rob... #DOGE #ripUSA #MAGA #TechnoFascism #SpaceX #Tesla #USA #LGBTIQA

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"weaponized AI and nixing diversity goals" | Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #DEI #Trump #Google #AI #CorporateCannibals #MakeBillionairesHistory #FuckOff

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