@cunninghamea.bsky.social
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"Even as the Musk-Trump people continue to say that we must sacrifice our rights for national security, they are also starting to say that they find it worthwhile to violate national security in order to have the tools that allow them to violate our rights."
With the #Signalgate scandal, we see our government openly compromising our national security, the better to violate our rights.
I explain here:
snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...
I explain here:
snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...
Signalgate: violating national security
in order to violate rights
snyder.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Even as the Musk-Trump people continue to say that we must sacrifice our rights for national security, they are also starting to say that they find it worthwhile to violate national security in order to have the tools that allow them to violate our rights."
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1/7. In case you haven’t been following, here is a short summary of the misnamed Russian-American "peace process" regarding Ukraine.
March 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1/7. In case you haven’t been following, here is a short summary of the misnamed Russian-American "peace process" regarding Ukraine.
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Nick Kristof travelled to South Sudan to see if people are dying because of the US' cuts to foreign aid. They are. He tells their stories.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nick Kristof travelled to South Sudan to see if people are dying because of the US' cuts to foreign aid. They are. He tells their stories.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Bill Burck, the Adams lawyer who works for Trump, also represents the godfather of private equity firms, KKR. When the Justice Department antitrust division sued KKR in January for lying on merger forms, Burck had KKR sue the division's leader, Doha Mekki, *personally.* That's never happened before.
It's all shocking. But, this is the part that surprised me the most. Has the NYC press talked about this much?
Mayor Adams has two lawyers.
One does work for Musk. The other does work for Trump.
Mayor Adams has two lawyers.
One does work for Musk. The other does work for Trump.
February 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Bill Burck, the Adams lawyer who works for Trump, also represents the godfather of private equity firms, KKR. When the Justice Department antitrust division sued KKR in January for lying on merger forms, Burck had KKR sue the division's leader, Doha Mekki, *personally.* That's never happened before.
“The UK is no longer a world power. It sits in no major political bloc and is reliant on bodies which uphold the rules-based order. It will not thrive in a wild west where Russia can invade Ukraine without consequences or Trump terrorise Greenland.”
What we talk about when we talk about Richard Hermer: terrific column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social:
Britain will not thrive in a might is right world
Attacks on attorney-general Lord Hermer illuminate a wider battle about how to defend UK interests
www.ft.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“The UK is no longer a world power. It sits in no major political bloc and is reliant on bodies which uphold the rules-based order. It will not thrive in a wild west where Russia can invade Ukraine without consequences or Trump terrorise Greenland.”
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The case for persisting with foreign aid | Opinion
https://www.ft.com/content/3e470e39-ba59-443f-a717-78debb5edca2
https://www.ft.com/content/3e470e39-ba59-443f-a717-78debb5edca2
The case for persisting with foreign aid | Opinion
Until now, the US has been a strikingly benign and successful hegemon
www.ft.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The case for persisting with foreign aid | Opinion
https://www.ft.com/content/3e470e39-ba59-443f-a717-78debb5edca2
https://www.ft.com/content/3e470e39-ba59-443f-a717-78debb5edca2
“The fall in the share of people in extreme poverty is a triumph …….Why would anyone wish to sacrifice this ideal (a better place) for a return to the 19th-century competition among imperialist great powers that culminated in two world wars, Stalinism and fascism? “
The case for persisting with foreign aid | Opinion
https://www.ft.com/content/3e470e39-ba59-443f-a717-78debb5edca2
https://www.ft.com/content/3e470e39-ba59-443f-a717-78debb5edca2
The case for persisting with foreign aid | Opinion
Until now, the US has been a strikingly benign and successful hegemon
www.ft.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
“The fall in the share of people in extreme poverty is a triumph …….Why would anyone wish to sacrifice this ideal (a better place) for a return to the 19th-century competition among imperialist great powers that culminated in two world wars, Stalinism and fascism? “
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Round one goes to Team America.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
January 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Round one goes to Team America.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
We remain in the ring until far right extremism has been completely and totally knocked out.
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“Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and **the media of their independence** and hand big tech companies ‘co-governing power’, according to a confidential document seen by Reuters.” www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...
Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows
He said Trump would rob law enforcement and media of their independence.
www.reuters.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and **the media of their independence** and hand big tech companies ‘co-governing power’, according to a confidential document seen by Reuters.” www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...
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Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control
Elon Musk’s latest attempts at direct political interference illustrate the grave danger that Europe is facing. He has…
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
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Kinda like asking a drug dealer to remove the cocaine from their milk powder, but it's an idea - Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Kinda like asking a drug dealer to remove the cocaine from their milk powder, but it's an idea - Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I've read horror stories from educators who say almost all their students are using AI to write essays. It feels like a concerted effort to drive people towards fascism by taking away their ability to read, learn or think critically.
December 1, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I've read horror stories from educators who say almost all their students are using AI to write essays. It feels like a concerted effort to drive people towards fascism by taking away their ability to read, learn or think critically.
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I'm so serious, if you stop using your creativity, imagination and thinking abilities you will lose them. Millions of people willingly giving up their intellects, the very thing that makes them human, is a nightmare straight out of our darkest science-fictions.
December 1, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I'm so serious, if you stop using your creativity, imagination and thinking abilities you will lose them. Millions of people willingly giving up their intellects, the very thing that makes them human, is a nightmare straight out of our darkest science-fictions.
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my experience in that role for ABC NEWS, the primary imperative of any TV show, including news, is to entertain their audience once TV News became an entertainment medium, and not a loss leader after the Cronkite era. Anyone interested in understanding how and why that occurred should read Neil
December 1, 2024 at 3:54 PM
my experience in that role for ABC NEWS, the primary imperative of any TV show, including news, is to entertain their audience once TV News became an entertainment medium, and not a loss leader after the Cronkite era. Anyone interested in understanding how and why that occurred should read Neil
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Postman's classic book "ENTERTAINING OURSELVES TO DEATH". Once revenue maximization is the news departments primary goal, you can't insult your audience. Instead, you use "experts" who legitimate whatever is the current narrative their audience believes to be true.
December 1, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Postman's classic book "ENTERTAINING OURSELVES TO DEATH". Once revenue maximization is the news departments primary goal, you can't insult your audience. Instead, you use "experts" who legitimate whatever is the current narrative their audience believes to be true.
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Thanks to incredibly stupid and poorly informed Americans, rich oligarch money that owns FOX and funds/buys Republicans in Congress, and some Russian provision of false narrartives, we have a crime family running the country. What could go wrong? just the loss of our democracy.
November 30, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Thanks to incredibly stupid and poorly informed Americans, rich oligarch money that owns FOX and funds/buys Republicans in Congress, and some Russian provision of false narrartives, we have a crime family running the country. What could go wrong? just the loss of our democracy.
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Things I can no longer tolerate: PART 1: The escalating pattern of lay people offering uninformed and frequently mistaken legal takes with great confidence they are right. Worse, they are unwilling to be educated about their mistake. This is part of a new and disturbing trend in our political
December 3, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Things I can no longer tolerate: PART 1: The escalating pattern of lay people offering uninformed and frequently mistaken legal takes with great confidence they are right. Worse, they are unwilling to be educated about their mistake. This is part of a new and disturbing trend in our political
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Before/after view of Col de la Gurraz with release area (3160 m) of yesterday evening massive rock avalanche in Vanoise! 😱
Triggered a magnitude 1.5 seism and destabilized Turia Glacier
Source: the indispensable Xavier Cailhol who works on glacier instabilities in the Alps @edytem_fr
Triggered a magnitude 1.5 seism and destabilized Turia Glacier
Source: the indispensable Xavier Cailhol who works on glacier instabilities in the Alps @edytem_fr
November 18, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Before/after view of Col de la Gurraz with release area (3160 m) of yesterday evening massive rock avalanche in Vanoise! 😱
Triggered a magnitude 1.5 seism and destabilized Turia Glacier
Source: the indispensable Xavier Cailhol who works on glacier instabilities in the Alps @edytem_fr
Triggered a magnitude 1.5 seism and destabilized Turia Glacier
Source: the indispensable Xavier Cailhol who works on glacier instabilities in the Alps @edytem_fr
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Jungian, James Hollis on 'adulting'.
November 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Jungian, James Hollis on 'adulting'.
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This has bugged me for years, every time my iphone harrasses me about storage. I have a perfectly good cloud storage service that apple refuses to let me use, instead demanding I pay for their cloud storage service instead, which I refuse.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Apple facing near-£3bn UK lawsuit over cloud storage ‘monopoly’
Which? claims firm engaged in anti-competitive practices that led to 40 million people ‘being overcharged’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM
This has bugged me for years, every time my iphone harrasses me about storage. I have a perfectly good cloud storage service that apple refuses to let me use, instead demanding I pay for their cloud storage service instead, which I refuse.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Parish notice
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Parish notice
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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A tale of two platforms:
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
November 13, 2024 at 11:21 AM
A tale of two platforms:
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
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Lessons from a Red State:
I understand the “find out” sentiment. But the implied assumption, for some, is that people will then reconsider their choice, and potentially change because they’ve recognized their choice caused them direct harm in some way.
But, historically, this isn’t what happens.
I understand the “find out” sentiment. But the implied assumption, for some, is that people will then reconsider their choice, and potentially change because they’ve recognized their choice caused them direct harm in some way.
But, historically, this isn’t what happens.
November 10, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Lessons from a Red State:
I understand the “find out” sentiment. But the implied assumption, for some, is that people will then reconsider their choice, and potentially change because they’ve recognized their choice caused them direct harm in some way.
But, historically, this isn’t what happens.
I understand the “find out” sentiment. But the implied assumption, for some, is that people will then reconsider their choice, and potentially change because they’ve recognized their choice caused them direct harm in some way.
But, historically, this isn’t what happens.