Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.

"Rather than consider issues in light of actual facts, we suggest people with [a symbolic] mindset prioritize being independent from outside influence."

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product ...

As one Illinois village trustee wrote while explaining his vote to cancel the city’s contract with Flock, “According to our own Civilian Police Oversight Commission, over 99% of Flock alerts do not result in any police action.”

wrote this line yesterday:

"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."

'Dangerous as hell': Cruz blasts FCC's Jimmy Kimmel takedown The Texas Republican called Brendan Carr's actions “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”

Finally. One of the top Cubans in US politics actually gets how this administration is trying to make the US Cuba. www.politico.com/live-updates...

How Trump’s Agenda Could Kill You Robert Reich

Your Labor Day reminder that Trump doesn't actually care about working people.

Take it from me, a former Secretary of Labor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARL5VvYJUe8

Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.

Military honors for Ashli Babbitt "tells those who gave their lives in defense of the Constitution that their oath was no more meaningful than the motivations of the mob that attacked the Constitution."

Bizzaro world continues: "gee, let's defund Harvard so they can't do work like this."

ONE HOUR OF DANCING MON MOTHMA | Andor Season 2 | Disney+ YouTube video by Star Wars

One hour of dancing Mon Mothma

"It's the administration and security issues that are troubling."

I'd love a copy of the resting state functional connectivity poster 🙏🏽

"You'll never feel right unless you are doing what you can to stop them."

"You made this decision long ago. The empire cannot win."

I'm going to start posting direct quotes from Andor, which are more relevant to our political situation than anything else I've heard/read.

Every accusation is a confession.

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

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"No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."

Alan Garber - Harvard President

The Promise of American Higher Education No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue

I couldn't be more proud of being a @harvard.edu fellow alum

Tariffs Weaken American National Power The Trump administration drops the D.I.M.E.

"When our economic actions lack transparency or coherence, when they seem impulsive rather than strategic, we alienate allies and embolden adversaries." Trust underpins prosperity. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social:

The funniest way to get net zero?

He was deported in error. Why won’t the government provide any information about him? We don’t know what happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts — and it should worry every American.

“The idea that somehow this is something other than just picking up the phone and saying, ‘Get this guy back here,’ is absolute poppycock”

Judge rules US must return man deported to El Salvador in 'error' Kilmar Abergo Garcia, who had protected legal status in the US, was deported last month to an El Salvadorian prison.

I truly cannot wait for the civil suit proceedings against the government.

A Tale of Two Men Look at MAGA family values, in all its repellent splendor.

"The government took one of these individuals and shipped him to a foreign gulag at the same time that it was granting the other one permission to pillage the government itself. That’s America in 2025."