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How many need to claim something causes autism or a chronic disease for #MAHA to think it's worth looking into? How big and how long does the study need to be? Why should someone or some group be trusted with making that call or doing the research? AFAIK there are no perfect answers to any of […]

It's a nightmare but at least he hasn't given Alex Jones a job yet.

This is really good. I love that #JayBhattacharya says that the people who pushed to censor him over his disagreement with the consensus over #COVID policy, thought they were doing the right thing. Doing good. Saving lives. I wish we were a culture that cared more about discussing this hard […]

I want to know where most people still get their "news feed", using that term in the most expansive sense. What system are they letting tell them what to pay attention to, of those things outside their direct experience like family, friends and neighbors? And not the people/orgs that do the […]

this is the no fucking shit of all no fucking shits and yet barely anyone anywhere is saying it.

All the pictures from the Oval office now look like somebody applied a yellow filter and then superimposed all the people.

I demand viewpoint diversity in the nation's police forces. From now on, every city has to hire 40% liberals.

Conservatives are weird about #fairness. They'll scream that life isn't fair and you're a commie when mention income inequality. Or when you say the US mistreats other countries and should be restrained by a stronger UN, they'll call you an evil globalist. Or if you point out that some groups […]

So #Trump wants us to believe he can push every other country in the world to adopt whatever economic policy he wants, but can't get friendly little El Salvador to return one guy we just sent there? He's the bully who "really wants to fight" but lets his buddy hold him back so he doesn't get […]

The way the question needs to be framed to Bukele is: “So if the Trump administration requested the return of some prisoners, you would refuse?”

Much of what defines power is never having to answer tough questions.

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I don't want to "Stop Trump!" I don't like how #HandsOff sounds like we mean he shouldn't get to be president. Taking this approach last time made him sympathetic to many more Americans in 2024. I just want to stop the unamerican, illegal and unconstitutional actions he takes. The lack of due […]

Here @mmasnick.bsky.social highlights the phrase "a series of affirmative steps" used by SCOTUS in an early internet case to justify greater speech freedom allowed on the web compared to the limitations put on broadcast media. This sounds like how I've justified less moderation on the #SocialWeb […]

AFAICT #FreeOurFeeds has stalled. Eight weeks ago, they were hoping to go from "nearing $100k" to $4m by this week. Their website says they are now at $101,155. #SocialWeb Let's please reconvene all the people supporting this mission and try something else. Maybe what I posted here […]

AFAIK local TV news is still profitable. Aren't there like a couple per metro region? Can't we leverage that in order to do more in-depth local coverage? Merge them with the newspapers that are dying. Add on radio stations. Use all the mediums but also make it available online. Then replace all […]

Should the HOA culture here be treated as harassment/abuse? And if so, like we do with jerk fedi, should we defederate from servers that don't police it? It is unwanted tagging. It is obviously deterring usage of the network. #SocialWeb #fediblockmeta

The best social media for dissident politics is the #SocialWeb. Just like the decentralized web allows anybody to make their message accessible to anyone. Obviously they are both not perfect cause of service providers etc but it's still awesome. That we haven't taken advantage of this sucks […]

Very valuable @nonzeronews.bsky.social podcast conversation about this weekend's US-Iran talks between @sinatoossi.bsky.social and @connorechols.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwYz...

#JenBriney explains the #Greenland situation. She's the best. #CongressionalDish https://pca.st/episode/dd5fc925-2645-45e2-af43-687145631b92

This article claims #BillMaher said #Trump admitted he lost the 2020 election. We need other journalists to confirm this and maybe try to get Maher in a room with Trump and ask them both about this. Get the body language on camera etc […]

Is there a way to see how much #FreeOurFeeds has raised? Isn't the better solution to normalize everybody on #bluesky bridging to #ActivityPub, so that if they start to "go evil", folks can move here and tell everybody there that they did so and to join them? If most are not bridged as is the […]

"The town square doesn't have algorithms." #JonStewart https://pca.st/episode/406744d0-f753-4413-a611-c63acb180715

Every time I see polling data about Gen X's enthusiasm for Trump, I wonder how a generation that grew up with Optimus Prime could support an administration that doesn't even rise to the level of Megatron, but is instead a bunch of Starscreams.

To those arguing America is losing its credibility, I'd say that's only in regards to economics and world trade. We've long been untrustworthy in regards to world security etc. We act in our interests while saying we support world peace and democracy etc. On economics, I'm fine with losing our […]

AFAIK #Trump's tariff power is dependent on his emergency declaration, which can be repealed if the House and Senate agree to do so. And the Senate already has, with a few Republicans joining all the Dems in that vote. We just need a few Republicans in the House now. I think. Obviously that […]

#RahmEmanuel finally admitted that the Dems failed the American people on #TheDailyShow this week. But he was a huge part of leading them to make those choices on policy, and he shows no signs of actually getting the party to side with workers over donors going forward. Even #JonStewart failed […]

Listening to today's No Agenda, I get the sense that the #AltRight (the political tribe formerly known as #MAGA) has no idea how to excuse Trump's chaos. But they definitely haven't given up on him yet. #ITM #TYFYC #TBPITU

Such a great track. #ccmusic https://seemoreglass.bandcamp.com/album/the-things-in-life-that-i-cant-leave-behind?t=7

I mean a president shouldn't have this kind of power, but no country should have this kind of power really. The US fell into this role after WW2 as the alternative to the obviously at least slightly worse USSR, but we really should have transitioned into a much stronger and better structured UN […]

I get that it might not make the most sense financially, but putting the #ChicagoBears stadium and an entertainment/economic zone somewhere on the Southside (and moving all their other facilities there too) would be such a cool commitment and boost to the community. Like a year-round tailgate […]

Instead of the #HandsOff protests, I'd rather we do something like #NotWhoWeAre protests that focused on the things #Trump is doing that are outside the bounds of what Americans have considered normal. The lack of due process, irresponsible DOGE cuts, unilateral tariffs, pressuring universities […]

I remember these claims about September 11th too. So maybe, maybe not. Definitely investigate it.

Weak ass bitch. #Trump #tariffs

We fucked up in using the term #MAGA. They're #alt-right. That term/movement came first. Going back to that makes it more clear that #Trump did what nearly every politician does, run up to the front of the parade already in progress and pretend to have been there all along. And it also lets him […]

Does #MAGA accept that Val Kilmer is dead? AFAIK it's only mainstream media reporting it. They haven't had a chance to verify it themselves... These folks don't actually distrust the m5m. They aren't true critical thinkers "doing their own research". They only question reporting they find […]