THREAD of nuisance streamers currently harassing anti-ICE activists in Portland, OR. This will be an ongoing project. Do not interact with these grifters. Many of them will provoke violence for views.
#hostilemedia #hostilemediaPDX
Thanks to @latenightafa.bsky.social for the idea.
An urgent starting point — what to do, what not to do in advocating for Sudan, @aymanmak.bsky.social provides a link between Lebanese voices and activism as I’ve been sharing and the essential Sudanese voices to listen to now more than ever.
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
TODAY! March 4th for Democracy. Find your protest at www.FiftyFifty.one.
50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social
Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn.
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
An interesting fact about 'we' is that none of Trump's forebears lived in the United States during McKinley's presidency. His grandfather had moved to Canada, where he was running a brothel. Everyone else was still in Europe.
🎙 Started streaming on #Bluecast!
www.bluecast.app/user/@tielure.bsky.socia...
Highly Recommend Henry Farrell article from today titled:
"We're getting the social media crisis wrong"
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The challenge ahead is not just about regulation, but about creating a paradigm shift in how we approach and interact with these powerful tools that have become integral to our daily lives.
This requires rethinking platform incentives, fostering digital literacy, and potentially reimagining the very structure of social media.
We need to critically examine the attention economy model that prioritizes engagement over truth and social good. As we grapple with Meta's latest move, it's crucial to consider how we can reshape our digital ecosystem to better serve society's interests.
Regarding Zuck's announcement reqarding Meta's new policy on fact checking, This is just the tip of the iceberg in our current information crisis. The real issue goes beyond data privacy, touching on the fundamental impact of social media on society and democracy.
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
What could go wrong?!?
I really hope that everyone enjoyed the honeymoon period between election and inauguration 'cuz boy oh boy’ it's about to be one helluva VIBE Change. Buckle up there’s a new circus in town…
all artists, at their core, are desperately in need of love.
i cant recommend this article enough to anyone who's been disappointed at the reaction (or lack thereof) to their work.
open.substack.com/pub/askpolly...
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
into slavery.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
“Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
...
This is a informative breakdown of how Syria fell.
I swear to god these fucking ding dongs aren’t going to stop until they undiscover fire.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
When Fartcoin is over $700M, you know its gonna be a wild roller coaster future ride that Crypto is going on.
Thank you @brettscott.bsky.social for always exploring our financial world.
www.asomo.co/p/the-art-of...
NEW: For some, the idea that Syrians could free themselves from despotism seems so implausible it’s dismissed outright — like prisoners hesitating to walk out of an open cell door, writes Layla Maghribi in @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/lib...
“The dark horse of the New World Order is not Communism, Socialism or Fascism. It is Technocracy.” — Patrick M. Wood
This visualization from NASA shows the CO2 being added to Earth's atmosphere over the course of the year 2021, split into four major contributors: fossil fuels in orange, burning biomass in red, land ecosystems in green, and the ocean in blue. www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...
"Move at the speed of trust."
This is one of principles of emergent strategy that show how small and meaningful actions ripple into effective and resilient change-making work. Everything is interconnected :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sed...
Elon Musk’s former pal, philosopher Sam Harris, claimed the billionaire is in the throes of social media addiction, “snorting ketamine and tweeting at all hours of the day and night.”
Harris called Musk’s X behavior “palpably, visibly deranged” and said he signal boosts “lunatics.” - Daily Beast
