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"Pop Fascism: memes, music, and the digital revival of historical extremism"
Today | 15 Jan, 14:30 CET — last chance to register 👇
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"Pop Fascism: memes, music, and the digital revival of historical extremism"
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January 15, 2026 at 8:51 AM
💥 Happening soon!
"Pop Fascism: memes, music, and the digital revival of historical extremism"
Today | 15 Jan, 14:30 CET — last chance to register 👇
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"Pop Fascism: memes, music, and the digital revival of historical extremism"
Today | 15 Jan, 14:30 CET — last chance to register 👇
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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What we're reading: UCLA law professor Rick Hasen has a helpful explainer on why civil society will be needed to protect the 2026 elections. https://democracyproject.org/posts/making-civil-society-great-again-to-protect-the-2026-elections
democracyproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What we're reading: UCLA law professor Rick Hasen has a helpful explainer on why civil society will be needed to protect the 2026 elections. https://democracyproject.org/posts/making-civil-society-great-again-to-protect-the-2026-elections
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This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
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Crime is real, and it affects Americans from all walks of life. It’s also an autocrat’s favorite pretext for consolidating power. NEW from @michaelangeloni.bsky.social on how genuine concerns about crime are exploited and how to flip the script on this autocratic tactic.
How authoritarians use crime as a pretext
The ultimate cover-story in Hungary, Mexico, El Salvador, Russia, and beyond
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Crime is real, and it affects Americans from all walks of life. It’s also an autocrat’s favorite pretext for consolidating power. NEW from @michaelangeloni.bsky.social on how genuine concerns about crime are exploited and how to flip the script on this autocratic tactic.
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Our Democracy Atlas series covering how democracy defenders around the world have navigated autocratic challenges may have concluded but our work hasn't. Don't forget to explore all 8 lessons from abroad, below: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/eight-rules-of-antiauthoritarianism
Eight rules of antiauthoritarianism
Introducing the Democracy Atlas
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Our Democracy Atlas series covering how democracy defenders around the world have navigated autocratic challenges may have concluded but our work hasn't. Don't forget to explore all 8 lessons from abroad, below: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/eight-rules-of-antiauthoritarianism
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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Oh holy shit!!!
Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
Kickstarter United ends six-week strike with a resounding victory
Workers secure a 4-day work week, minimum salary floor, and protection against AI.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Oh holy shit!!!
In Protest, He Turned the Camera on China’s Surveillance State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
In Protest, He Turned the Camera on China’s Surveillance State
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In Protest, He Turned the Camera on China’s Surveillance State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
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As President Trump threatens to expand his takeover of American cities to Chicago, local leaders there — and around the country — should look to the country’s long history of local resistance to federal overreach. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-history-behind-trumps-war
The long history behind Trump’s war against blue states and cities
States and cities have been resisting federal incursions for centuries
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
August 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
As President Trump threatens to expand his takeover of American cities to Chicago, local leaders there — and around the country — should look to the country’s long history of local resistance to federal overreach. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-long-history-behind-trumps-war
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This guy keeps walking the walk
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This guy keeps walking the walk
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Checked the Worldcon site and there's an apology and retraction, and a new theme for the convention.
www.lacon.org/2025/08/21/s...
www.lacon.org/2025/08/21/s...
August 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Checked the Worldcon site and there's an apology and retraction, and a new theme for the convention.
www.lacon.org/2025/08/21/s...
www.lacon.org/2025/08/21/s...
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Join us this Wednesday for a discussion about how legal practitioners from around the world have upheld the rule of law in the context of rising authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. @horizonsprjt.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org @americanbar.org
What can American lawyers learn from global initiatives to uphold the rule of law? Join our webinar "Lessons Learned from Abroad" with Mikolaj Pietrzak and Maria Stephan! 📆 Wed, July 16, 2025 🕰️ 11 am - 12 pm EDT. Register HERE ➡️ zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Join us this Wednesday for a discussion about how legal practitioners from around the world have upheld the rule of law in the context of rising authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. @horizonsprjt.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org @americanbar.org
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DOGE’s cuts essentially halted any food and emergency aid from being distributed by USAID. Instead of distributing the food that was left and helping as many people as possible, they’re incinerating it.
DOGE was never about helping people.
DOGE was never about helping people.
Trump Admin to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food for Children
The amount of food would be enough to feed every child in Gaza for a week.
www.thedailybeast.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
DOGE’s cuts essentially halted any food and emergency aid from being distributed by USAID. Instead of distributing the food that was left and helping as many people as possible, they’re incinerating it.
DOGE was never about helping people.
DOGE was never about helping people.
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BREAKING: Judge’s emergency order enjoins federal deployment of California National Guard. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
BREAKING: Judge’s emergency order enjoins federal deployment of California National Guard. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Trump Always Wanted To Use the Military To Attack Opponents. Now He’s Doing It"
In this short explainer video, with receipts!, I unpack the president's autocratic love for violence against protesters as he escalates in LA, including his praise for China after Tiananmen Square.
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In this short explainer video, with receipts!, I unpack the president's autocratic love for violence against protesters as he escalates in LA, including his praise for China after Tiananmen Square.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"Trump Always Wanted To Use the Military To Attack Opponents. Now He’s Doing It"
In this short explainer video, with receipts!, I unpack the president's autocratic love for violence against protesters as he escalates in LA, including his praise for China after Tiananmen Square.
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In this short explainer video, with receipts!, I unpack the president's autocratic love for violence against protesters as he escalates in LA, including his praise for China after Tiananmen Square.
zeteo.com/subscribe
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Every elected Democrat - not just in California but nationwide - should be on TV and radio today telling this story to the American people and condemning Trump’s DHS agents for trying to round up first graders in elementary school.
ICE raided LA elementary school in an attempt to kidnap small children.
June 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Every elected Democrat - not just in California but nationwide - should be on TV and radio today telling this story to the American people and condemning Trump’s DHS agents for trying to round up first graders in elementary school.
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TONIGHT: at 7 PM ET: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training for the upcoming NO KINGS events this Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
June 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
TONIGHT: at 7 PM ET: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training for the upcoming NO KINGS events this Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
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When autocratic policies threaten our communities directly, we have an opportunity to act. Building community is just one way you can help protect our democracy. Details on how and other concrete actions here: protectdemocracy.org/how-to-prote...
How You Can Protect Democracy
29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect democracy.
protectdemocracy.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When autocratic policies threaten our communities directly, we have an opportunity to act. Building community is just one way you can help protect our democracy. Details on how and other concrete actions here: protectdemocracy.org/how-to-prote...
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When we first wrote about the Authoritarian Playbook, we got some pushback over the inclusion of disinformation as a tactic. "Don't all politicians lie?"
But @noupside.bsky.social is spot-on — what's happening now in LA is a power-grab over the truth itself. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
But @noupside.bsky.social is spot-on — what's happening now in LA is a power-grab over the truth itself. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
When we first wrote about the Authoritarian Playbook, we got some pushback over the inclusion of disinformation as a tactic. "Don't all politicians lie?"
But @noupside.bsky.social is spot-on — what's happening now in LA is a power-grab over the truth itself. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
But @noupside.bsky.social is spot-on — what's happening now in LA is a power-grab over the truth itself. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...