@carolinealex.bsky.social
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The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous.
After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
March 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous.
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RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
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I think this is the disconnect.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
Schumer on CBS on calls for him to go:
"Here’s what I say — I’m the best leader for the Senate. I am the best at winning Senate seats."
"Here’s what I say — I’m the best leader for the Senate. I am the best at winning Senate seats."
March 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think this is the disconnect.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
Schumer still focused on POLITICAL STRATEGY.
Democratic grassroots focused on the SUBSTANTIVE HARM being done to the United States.
For decades, politicians and media have framed immigration as a crisis—conditioning the public to see migrants as threats rather than human beings. This rhetoric isn’t just talk; it justifies detention, deportation, and the systemic erosion of human rights.
open.substack.com/pub/coraline...
open.substack.com/pub/coraline...
The Politics of Dehumanization
How Political Rhetoric Justifies Human Rights Abuses in U.S. Immigration Policy
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For decades, politicians and media have framed immigration as a crisis—conditioning the public to see migrants as threats rather than human beings. This rhetoric isn’t just talk; it justifies detention, deportation, and the systemic erosion of human rights.
open.substack.com/pub/coraline...
open.substack.com/pub/coraline...
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“The fundamental weakness of Weatern civilization is empathy.”
—Elon Musk
—Elon Musk
March 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“The fundamental weakness of Weatern civilization is empathy.”
—Elon Musk
—Elon Musk
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The idea that Bezos’ push to make the Post MAGA-friendly would be limited to the opinion page was always a fantasy
Scoop: As Jeff Bezos pushes The Washington Post in a rightward direction, publisher Will Lewis quietly met last month with the editor in chief of the Free Beacon where the two discussed recruiting conservative journalists.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/washington...
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/washington...
The Post's Beacon of Inspiration
As Jeff Bezos pushes The Washington Post to the right, publisher Will Lewis quietly met with a conservative editor last month.
www.status.news
March 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The idea that Bezos’ push to make the Post MAGA-friendly would be limited to the opinion page was always a fantasy
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SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
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"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."
2024 is deadliest year for journalists in CPJ history; almost 70% killed by Israel - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and medi...
cpj.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."
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IMO, the Trump administration unilaterally freezing all funding for cancer research, in violation of two federal court orders, is a big deal.
Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.
popular.info
February 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
IMO, the Trump administration unilaterally freezing all funding for cancer research, in violation of two federal court orders, is a big deal.
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Gulf of Distraction
February 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Gulf of Distraction
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Q: How much harm does BS from Rogan et al do?
A: A ton. And it is immediate.
Gibson's off-the-rails promotion of ivermectin as a cure for cancer (legitimized by Rogan) resulted in a spike in searching. This likely included many cancer patients.
Cancer misinformation is cruel
A: A ton. And it is immediate.
Gibson's off-the-rails promotion of ivermectin as a cure for cancer (legitimized by Rogan) resulted in a spike in searching. This likely included many cancer patients.
Cancer misinformation is cruel
January 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Q: How much harm does BS from Rogan et al do?
A: A ton. And it is immediate.
Gibson's off-the-rails promotion of ivermectin as a cure for cancer (legitimized by Rogan) resulted in a spike in searching. This likely included many cancer patients.
Cancer misinformation is cruel
A: A ton. And it is immediate.
Gibson's off-the-rails promotion of ivermectin as a cure for cancer (legitimized by Rogan) resulted in a spike in searching. This likely included many cancer patients.
Cancer misinformation is cruel
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Bezos spiked the Washington Post editorial endorsing Harris, saying that the paper needed to stay neutral to maintain the trust of its readership.
Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees
Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees
January 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Bezos spiked the Washington Post editorial endorsing Harris, saying that the paper needed to stay neutral to maintain the trust of its readership.
Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees
Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees
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My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
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@jameeljaffer.bsky.social tells @adamliptak.bsky.social, “It is not the government’s role to tell us which ideas are worth listening to. It’s not the government’s role to cleanse the marketplace of ideas or information that the government disagrees with.” Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech
The court, which hears arguments on Friday in a challenge to a law banning the app, has issued varying rulings when those two interests clashed.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social tells @adamliptak.bsky.social, “It is not the government’s role to tell us which ideas are worth listening to. It’s not the government’s role to cleanse the marketplace of ideas or information that the government disagrees with.” Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
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"TikTok isn’t a radio station. If the Supreme Court treats it like one, it will open the floodgates to government control of other social media apps and the internet as a whole," Caitlin Vogus writes in @techpolicypress.bsky.social.
TikTok Should Win Its Supreme Court Case—Or We Could All Lose Free Speech Online | TechPolicy.Press
Taking the easy way out in the TikTok ban case would be a mistake, argues Freedom of the Press Foundation senior advisor Caitlin Vogus.
www.techpolicy.press
January 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"TikTok isn’t a radio station. If the Supreme Court treats it like one, it will open the floodgates to government control of other social media apps and the internet as a whole," Caitlin Vogus writes in @techpolicypress.bsky.social.
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What’s your over/under guesses on how many rounds it’ll take to get a Speaker of the House tomorrow? I say we go at least 3 rounds -
a man in a suit and tie says i 'm so sick of congress
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says i 'm so sick of congress
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What’s your over/under guesses on how many rounds it’ll take to get a Speaker of the House tomorrow? I say we go at least 3 rounds -
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📢 1.96.3 rolling out with some small features and fixes
• Enabled landscape orientation when viewing an image
• Crashfix for android video
• Fixed mute words in trending
• Updated localizations
• Added Greek translation
1/2
• Enabled landscape orientation when viewing an image
• Crashfix for android video
• Fixed mute words in trending
• Updated localizations
• Added Greek translation
1/2
January 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
📢 1.96.3 rolling out with some small features and fixes
• Enabled landscape orientation when viewing an image
• Crashfix for android video
• Fixed mute words in trending
• Updated localizations
• Added Greek translation
1/2
• Enabled landscape orientation when viewing an image
• Crashfix for android video
• Fixed mute words in trending
• Updated localizations
• Added Greek translation
1/2
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It’s actually it’s the exact “right” time — @nickclegg is not nearly Trumpy enough for Meta anymore like Kavanaugh pal Joel Kaplan is. Btw that’s a compliment from me, Nick. See you on the other side!
www.threads.net/@nickclegg/p...
www.threads.net/@nickclegg/p...
Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) on Threads
As a new year begins, I have come to the view that this is the right time for me to move on from my role as President, Global Affairs at Meta. It truly has been an adventure of a lifetime! I am proud ...
www.threads.net
January 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s actually it’s the exact “right” time — @nickclegg is not nearly Trumpy enough for Meta anymore like Kavanaugh pal Joel Kaplan is. Btw that’s a compliment from me, Nick. See you on the other side!
www.threads.net/@nickclegg/p...
www.threads.net/@nickclegg/p...
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📩 Read in our weekly newsletter (and subscribe):
- TikTok court dangerously defers to government on national security
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- TikTok court dangerously defers to government on national security
- Swifties should unite to find missing U.S. journalist
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- Plus, what we're reading...
TikTok ban threatens journalism
Plus: Executioners find new ways to hide
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December 20, 2024 at 10:32 PM
📩 Read in our weekly newsletter (and subscribe):
- TikTok court dangerously defers to government on national security
- Swifties should unite to find missing U.S. journalist
- Presidential library? Not quite
- Plus, what we're reading...
- TikTok court dangerously defers to government on national security
- Swifties should unite to find missing U.S. journalist
- Presidential library? Not quite
- Plus, what we're reading...
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The art of the deal:
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
December 21, 2024 at 12:30 AM
The art of the deal:
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
1. Make wild demands
2. Get nothing
3. Declare victory
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4:15 am. That should tell you a lot. Allegedly.
December 19, 2024 at 2:26 AM
4:15 am. That should tell you a lot. Allegedly.
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Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
December 16, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
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Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
December 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
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Younger individuals more likely to endorse conspiracy beliefs www.psypost.org/younger-indi... via @psypost.bsky.social
"....may be explained by their predisposition toward unconventional styles of political participation, lower self-esteem, and general resentment of politics."
"....may be explained by their predisposition toward unconventional styles of political participation, lower self-esteem, and general resentment of politics."
Younger individuals more likely to endorse conspiracy beliefs
A recent study found that conspiracy beliefs slightly decrease with age. Younger individuals tend to have stronger beliefs, linked to lower self-esteem, political dissatisfaction, and a preference for...
www.psypost.org
December 3, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Younger individuals more likely to endorse conspiracy beliefs www.psypost.org/younger-indi... via @psypost.bsky.social
"....may be explained by their predisposition toward unconventional styles of political participation, lower self-esteem, and general resentment of politics."
"....may be explained by their predisposition toward unconventional styles of political participation, lower self-esteem, and general resentment of politics."