annahatran.bsky.social
@annahatran.bsky.social
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The last few weeks have really highlighted just how fragile corporate social media is, and just how beholden to political power it is. To build any sort of ground-up power we must continue to invest in decentralized alternatives that are resistant to intervention

www.404media.co/decentralize...
Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy
The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.
www.404media.co
January 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The disastrous Oval Office ambush of Zelenskyy was never about reaffirming our ally status with Ukraine. It was to normalize and affirm our alignment with Russia. The event was coordinated to please Putin. In this context it was hugely successful.
March 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Got to hear Shankar Vedantam speak the first ever Hidden Brain tour. Sage advise for these times.
February 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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INBOX: Washington Governor Bob Ferguson’s office says that the state Employment Security Department is helping affected federal employees who have been laid off apply for unemployment benefits and seek new work, and is reporting numbers on affected federal workers.
February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role, Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer write.
DOGE Is Hacking America
The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history.
foreignpolicy.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.

This is leadership.

It’s also unprecedented.

A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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They watched their democracy die. They have a warning for Americans. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/aXFtPi
Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.
Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
February 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Not only is it not impossible, there are actually several troubling routes Donald Trump could take if he's serious about clinging to power.
Trump Really Could Find a Way to Seize Third Term: Experts
Not only is it not impossible, there are actually several routes he could take.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The bigger problem I see here is that he clearly still thinks his job is to be a talking head on Fox.
Pete Hegseth: "Diversity is not our strength"
January 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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67 Americans were killed last night in the deadliest aviation disaster in the U.S. since 9/11, yet the Vice President of the U.S. is busy trolling and name-calling a former British Conservative MP. Priorities.

What a nasty POS
January 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
www.king5.com/article/news...

“Our state constitution says that every child residing in our borders shall have access to basic education; it doesn’t say every citizen.”
Washington superintendent issues guidance on ICE agents at schools
State superintendent Chris Reykdal has provided school districts with guidelines following new executive orders allowing immigration enforcement in schools.
www.king5.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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If anyone’s looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. It’s owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.
November 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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Watching cabinet appointments getting announced like…
November 14, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.
November 15, 2024 at 4:41 AM