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just a guy trying to stay informed of current events while keeping existential dread to a manageable level. Have opinions on handing the reins of power to unaccountable billionaires, misinformation, the environment and equality.
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It is worth reminding every American today that the people who hid Anne Frank were outlaws. The people who sent her to die in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp were law-abiding citizens.

The “Iran has nukes” lie in 2025 is the “Iraq has WMDs" lie of 2003. And corporate media is piling on for clicks. But there's one big difference in 2025! Now—we have independent platforms to reject this racist and dangerous propaganda. Here’s how we take action: www.qasimrashid.com/p/same-lies-...

I was bobbing gently in a kayak in quite low light, so this took a bit of post-processing, but I really wanted to capture this goldeneye feather floating on the water. An echo of the birds who had been there only a few moments before. 🌿🪶

Jeff Bezos pays his staff poverty wages and dodges tax. No wonder he can afford to shut down half of Venice for his wedding this week. Tax billionaires NOW. Location: Piazza San Marco, Venice @greenpeace.org #JeffBezos #TaxTheSuperRich

An exciting legal precedent was just set in BC 🎉 The BC Human Rights Tribunal decision found for the first time in Canada that the failure to allow for remote work for an immunocompromised employee was discrimination on the ground of disability www.hcamag.com/ca/specializ...

Great example of what American exceptionalism does to your brain. Bombing a sovereignty country in violation of international law is indeed an act of war, not a form of peace.

I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going! No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.

"So we looked in this paper at the current observations of mass balance & it paints a very dramatic picture. Some of these rates of mass loss exceed what we thought was the worse-case scenario just a few years ago" - Prof Chris Stokes, @durhamglaciology.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency #Bonn

Just mixing up the Koolaid for the Kult.

Again and again, the Free Press spent years complaining about illiberalism and when confronted with the first truly authoritarian government of our lifetimes went from being soft apologists to full throated endorsers

Israel's war on Iran is not just a geopolitical maneuver. It is a mirror held up to the West—and the reflection is damning. Every justification, every double standard, every shrug in the face of war crimes tells us who we are.

Remember. Any county of 70 million people is going to have a range of views. The views of Iranians you may know are as valid and complex as any other person. There's a lot of history and pain. That doesn't make them the Univocal Iranian Voice We Should Listen To.

Statement from Arms Control Association: "...Trump's decision to launch strikes against another sovereign country without authorization for the use of such force by Congress, which is mandated by the Constitution, is an egregious violation of the rule of domestic law."

Ah here comes @cnn.com with the bullshit straight out of 2003

The consent manufacturing machine is going brrrrrrr

The guy Doug Ford says deserves a medal was implicated in a Ponzi scheme. Classic "fun uncle" Doug!

We are deep in the middle of something that will later be viewed as being on par with McCarthyism

I just. I just really hate how much this is starting to feel like yellowcake/WMDs/Iraq. Please call your reps.

Jake Tapper was ready to fabricate quotes by Tlaib in order to smear her for a week straight but seems to have no interest in Randy Fine's anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, anti-Iranian rhetoric which he puts out day after day after day after day after day. I wonder what that's all about.

Insane that Poilievre’s probable return to Parliament via the easy peasiest by election seat in Alberta is being framed as a triumphant return. It’s a shame walk for a loser.

The absolute full-court press from media + elites on behalf of Cuomo demonstrates yet again that when they want to make something a story -- not just "cover it," but pound on it until it sinks in as a public narrative -- they know exactly how.

Humans could have been in America at the height of the Ice Age 23,000 years ago, new research shows. The date has been repeatedly pushed back into prehistory.

Ten Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs have been transporting cargo to various CENTCOM bases in the Middle East. So no let up. Trump’s two-week window will allow naval support to reach the area and Israel to destroy air defences around the Fordow nuclear facility.

The world is burning - billionaires and multinationals are the problem. Tax is the super power and the game changer. The #FfD4 is a golden opportunity to chart a bold, decisive path on international tax cooperation - one anchored in a strong UN Tax Convention. Read more here 👇 #TaxTheSuperRich

It's disgusting how normalized anti-muslim sentiment is.

“A horrible display of waste… rotting fruits and vegetables… store after store closed… if the ice raids continue be ready for even bigger sticker shock when you go grocery shopping…” 🍎 🥕

Sure because we all want our future health and science research to depend upon private equity. They do so well with the businesses they take over now....

As Trump barrels toward a possible direct war with Iran, the most powerful Democrats in Congress are issuing statements that are at best tepid and confusing. At worst, they are cheering escalation. By me and @ahjohnson.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/06/19/d...

Tomorrow morning on my live webcast, “History Matters:” Violence as “Politics” I’m a historian who specializes in political violence. I have a lot to say. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

This is so pathetic. They really think that we will trust their word over our own eyes, again and again. This kind of Big Lie was far more effective pre-ubiquitous camera phones.

the reason for all these articles is that they miss us and need us back

The workers must do more so Grindr can achieve its maximum revenue per employee www.wsj.com/business/the...

So, a Fox personality calls for ICE to go to Dodger Stadium and then it happens a couple of days later. Our leaders now just getting their marching orders from right wing media.

This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of: TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!! Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!

After Obliterating Gaza's Healthcare System, Israeli Leaders Call Iran Hospital Attack a 'War Crime' www.commondreams.org/news/iran-is...

bullying works, ICE out of LA

Nasser Rabah, author of GAZA: The Poem Said Its Piece (published by City Lights) in conversation with Alex Tan @proteanmag.com proteanmag.com/2025/06/16/t...

absolutely crazymaking times for anyone of a certain age with a functioning memory

I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.

Republicans want unregulated AI. What could go wrong? open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...