New episode of Antifascist Dad out this morning w/ David Inczauskis, S.J., the liberation theologian who is helping lead the faith-based protest movement against ICE in Chicago.
youtu.be/SKRjcBcDCt0
Black Death was also way overblown. Boccaccio was a shill for the Florentine oligarchs.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Zohran Mamdani, Graham Platner, Scott Galloway and the Democratic Party's struggle to reach young men... www.conspirituality.net/episodes/283...
Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy
This sounds like DEI to me.
Man, this season of “Who Killed Charlie?” Has more twists and turns than a balloon animal at a kids birthday party.
The fetishization of the subversive—the next Galileo, or Einstein, or Tesla—is something PragerU is intent on teaching not just to adults but to kids as well.
I had a look at the science/med content on PragerU for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
The contradictions are wild.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
His interview on PragerU (view count: 3.4 million) is filled with preposterous falsehoods meant to reveal him to be a singular freethinker who asks questions no one has dared to ask before. On the topic of diabetes—and keep in mind that he is a doctor who specializes in a surgical intervention for type 1 diabetes—he boldly states that diabetics are simply given insulin and that no one tells them to try lowering their sugar levels by watching what they eat. Has he been living under a rock for most of his life? Earlier, he rhetorically asked how to even teach ethics to doctors in training. The interviewer turned the question back at him: “Are they even taught these things?” His incredible answer? “I’m not aware of it.” The School of Medicine at his own university, Johns Hopkins, has a first-year course for its medical students literally called “Foundations of Public Health: Epidemiology, Ethics & Health Care.” To claim that medical students are not taught ethics is either a gonzo lie or a sign of a disqualifying lack of knowledge.
I see that Marty Makary is in the news. I just wrote about his PragerU interview. If you want to see how wildly ignorant he seems to be, have a look.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
He's right, and it's not just Brazil.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
Bolsonaro was just found guilty. 🇧🇷
On Tuesday we dropped a Lawfare Daily episode: a 101 explainer on the trial, the Trump tariffs, and the intersection with tech policy.
Hear from @laismartins.com, @joanbarata.bsky.social, and @jgorgen.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
Why are the sheeple wearing masks outside? Don’t they know they’re not needed out there?
The Comet Ping Pong of Covid.
“One of my hobbies,” Derek Beres jokes, “is to go websites, click on the studies, and then read them.”
But it wasn't actually a joke! 😂
My talk from Creative Mornings in March is now online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSrQ...
Trump: “It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion…”
Powell: “I’m not aware of that.”
Trump: “It just came out.”
Powell: “You are including the Martin renovation. You just added in a third building.”
Trump: “It’s a building that's being built.”
Powell: “No, it was built five years ago.”
We just had to cover this, and had some interesting moments of disagreement discussing Mamdani's skillful political communication about third rail topics like the slogans "defund the police" and "globalize the intifada!" www.conspirituality.net/episodes/264...
Thanks Carrie!
If she resigns, they’ve learned nothing.
You will never live up to the standards of bad-faith extremists actively seeking to get you fired. Whatever documents you turn over will be used to punish
you - they’ll never serve to exonerate you. Learn from the history.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON THE PARDON OF LGBTQI+ SERVICE MEMBERS WRONGLY CONVICTED Today, I am righting an historic wrong by using my clemency authority to pardon many former service members who were convicted simply for being themselves. Our Nation's service members stand on the frontlines of freedom, and risk their lives in order to defend our country. Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Some of these patriotic Americans were subject to court-martial, and have carried the burden of this great injustice for decades. As Commander in Chief, I am committed to maintaining the finest fighting force in the world. That means making sure that every member of our military is safe and respected - so they can focus on their mission. This is about dignity, decency, and ensuring the culture of our Armed Forces reflect the values that make us an exceptional nation. We have a sacred obligation to all of our service members - including our brave LGBTQI+ service members: to properly prepare and equip them when they are sent into harm's way, and to care for them and their families when they return home. Today we are making progress in that pursuit.
Just a reminder of one of the things Joe Biden did for us last Pride. He pardoned all the LGBT+ service members wrongly convicted. We've gone from this, to a President and administration that seeks to ban LGBT+ service members all together. The two sides are NOT the same. #Pride #LGBT
Matthew tracks the prominent climate activist’s messaging and impact.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
Yes, a prominent NOI leader and anti-vaxxer, Tony Muhammad, got all involved in a) cross-promoting Scientology (who were trying to break into new demographics) and b) then co-produced with CHD (under Bobby) on “Medical Apartheid” film based on this CDC crap.
Thanks!
Has paranormal entertainment colonized cable and the American
mind? www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
Has the efficacy of Nonviolent Resistance been debunked? Was it all a psy-op? My Patreon episode this week responds to Benjamin Case's interview from last month about his book Street Rebellion—which makes a case for rioting as "contentious effervescence." www.patreon.com/posts/has-no...
