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People who get all their news from junk social feeds love to angrily blame the newspaper for their own refusal to read the newspaper

I already harbor an atavistic loathing of these three based on their public statements and conduct, but the events Wynn-Williams reveals from their private lives make these three out to be beyond despicable. 7/

Recently rewatched "Children of Men," which is probably my favorite movie made this century. Here are some thoughts on its enduring political resonance. letterboxd.com/max_fisher/fil…

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Trump’s statement after arresting Wisconsin judge: “I expect the legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation… From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not

I had not remembered this, but a similar arrest of a judge for allegedly obstructing ICE officers occurred happened in Trump's first term

Amazon is down 2% on the open after news that the President of the United States is upset at its private business decisions... What do you call a country where citizens and business leaders are afraid of retaliation by the executive if they don't publicly support his policies?

As if making us live in an autocratic ethnostate in a permanent recession were not enough, Trump wants to take away *the movies*

[me watching star wars at 14] i love the part where they laser swordfight [me watching star wars at 40] i love the part where osama bin laden huffs gasoline

ai is regularly framed to writers as a threat in terms of competition, i.e. that ai will replace you by writing essays/fiction/etc itself. I have long thought that its primary threat to writers is actually that it will engender a majority population that functionally cannot read

Levitsky, Way, and Ziblatt: "No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines" (gift link in thread) Key points: 1. We are now living under competitive authoritarianism. 2. We need ALL of civil society to resist the temptation of appeasement and defend democracy.

One of the tough things about covering Trump’s 2nd term is that he is breaking so many laws & norms that when you cover them each on their own, you come off as an anti-Trump Dem pundit w “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” But when you list it all out things indeed look pretty alarming

These data points revealed in the FTC v Meta trial are beyond disturbing. Meta had a designation for "groomers" and recommended millions of minors to them. Front page stuff. Meta is facilitating online sex trafficking at a massive scale. bigtechontrial.com/p/instagrams-a…

I think Klein makes a crucial distinction here between the deregulation of capital in terms of freeing the market, etc, and the deregulation of *state capacity* to deliver public goods for society. We must be more open to & supportive of the latter.

The historical importance that already has and will continue to embed itself in this video will be extraordinary. I hope they get the chance to sing one last time.

This is extremely significant. Former 🇮🇱 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2006-9) wrote in a May 22 Haaretz op-ed that Israel is: 🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation 🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation 🔴 massacring civilians 🔴 making declarations of genocide

We’re barreling way past Orban territory now

Blowing a $50 billion hole in the budget of every state flagship and top private university in America. Gunshot wound to the head of the best education system in the world and the crown jewel of American soft power. Absolute madness.