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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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There's a Russian disinformation network operating from Mastodon to push content into BlueSky, it's a few hundred active accounts (they also exist directly on BlueSky natively too).
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)
I dunno if anybody has done a write up of it but there’s a pretty big Russian disinformation operation that runs on the Fediverse
If you search on Mastodon for t.me/RussianBaZa you’ll find some of i...
cyberplace.social
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
There's a Russian disinformation network operating from Mastodon to push content into BlueSky, it's a few hundred active accounts (they also exist directly on BlueSky natively too).
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
Take it to where it deserves.... someone who has nothing to hide should want to see justice brought against those that are.
Neera Tanden is right—someone who has nothing to hide wouldn't be afraid to release the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Take it to where it deserves.... someone who has nothing to hide should want to see justice brought against those that are.
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Under the Big Ugly Bill, Alphabet gets $17.9B in tax breaks. That could pay for SNAP benefits for 7.5 million Americans.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Under the Big Ugly Bill, Alphabet gets $17.9B in tax breaks. That could pay for SNAP benefits for 7.5 million Americans.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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EFF teamed up with AV Comparatives to see how well anti-virus apps detect stalkerware on Android phones.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
EFF teamed up with AV Comparatives to see how well anti-virus apps detect stalkerware on Android phones.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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COOLEST RUNNINGS,,, cuz it’s Cooler than Cool Runnings.
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
COOLEST RUNNINGS,,, cuz it’s Cooler than Cool Runnings.
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
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In the US, school children are distributing whistles and information on how to resist the Trump regime’s ICE ethnic cleansing operations.
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In the US, school children are distributing whistles and information on how to resist the Trump regime’s ICE ethnic cleansing operations.
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The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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People are very lucky that I do not write the headlines for these stories because there is no way I could write a headline for a story about a surveillance company called First Wap without turning it into a Megan Thee Stallion joke: revealnews.org/podcast/cell...
A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire.
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
revealnews.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
People are very lucky that I do not write the headlines for these stories because there is no way I could write a headline for a story about a surveillance company called First Wap without turning it into a Megan Thee Stallion joke: revealnews.org/podcast/cell...
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And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
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In the coming months, I want to polish this up and get it ready to deploy in real-world environments.
And then, we can build E2EE for ActivityPub-enabled software: github.com/swicg/activi...
And then, we can build E2EE for ActivityPub-enabled software: github.com/swicg/activi...
Key Transparency · Issue #35 · swicg/activitypub-e2ee
Background In the section on Key Substitution, you wrote: One mitigation for this attack is key-fingerprint verification, in which participants in a group compare the fingerprints they see for keys...
github.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the coming months, I want to polish this up and get it ready to deploy in real-world environments.
And then, we can build E2EE for ActivityPub-enabled software: github.com/swicg/activi...
And then, we can build E2EE for ActivityPub-enabled software: github.com/swicg/activi...
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Kamala May Have Won.
Indications Of Elections Fraud
The missing votes uncovered in Smart Elections’ legal case in Rockland County, New York, are just the tip of the iceberg—an iceberg that extends across the swing states and into Texas.
Indications Of Elections Fraud
The missing votes uncovered in Smart Elections’ legal case in Rockland County, New York, are just the tip of the iceberg—an iceberg that extends across the swing states and into Texas.
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
thiswillhold.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Kamala May Have Won.
Indications Of Elections Fraud
The missing votes uncovered in Smart Elections’ legal case in Rockland County, New York, are just the tip of the iceberg—an iceberg that extends across the swing states and into Texas.
Indications Of Elections Fraud
The missing votes uncovered in Smart Elections’ legal case in Rockland County, New York, are just the tip of the iceberg—an iceberg that extends across the swing states and into Texas.
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Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro
October 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro
The Smile More fcks always have something judgy to contribute
The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Smile More fcks always have something judgy to contribute
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 Bessie Stringfield, was born Bessie Beatrice White on February 9, 1911 (some records list March 5), in Edenton, North Carolina, to Maggie Cherry and James White. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-strin...
🧵 Bessie Stringfield, was born Bessie Beatrice White on February 9, 1911 (some records list March 5), in Edenton, North Carolina, to Maggie Cherry and James White. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-strin...
She Was The First Black Woman To Bike Across America — And She Did It At The Height Of Jim Crow
“Colored people couldn’t stop at hotels or motels back then. But it never bothered me.”
allthatsinteresting.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 Bessie Stringfield, was born Bessie Beatrice White on February 9, 1911 (some records list March 5), in Edenton, North Carolina, to Maggie Cherry and James White. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-strin...
🧵 Bessie Stringfield, was born Bessie Beatrice White on February 9, 1911 (some records list March 5), in Edenton, North Carolina, to Maggie Cherry and James White. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-strin...
Don't buy nobody's shit. Seriously
here’s some answers to the questions of the hour, such as: “What powers does a domestic terrorism designation unlock when there is no domestic-terrorism law?”
An FBI Counterterrorism Vet Explains How To Use Trump's New Orders Against The Left
'Recognize that you are going to be targeted'
www.forever-wars.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Don't buy nobody's shit. Seriously
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the new user experience on the fediverse
September 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
the new user experience on the fediverse
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Right on the prediction.
Right about the reaction.
Right about the reaction.
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Right on the prediction.
Right about the reaction.
Right about the reaction.
We as citizens of the US cannot let this injustice go unpunished.
"While many have immediately declared their U.S. citizenship to officers, they have routinely been ignored. In some cases they have been handcuffed, kept in holding cells overnight, and in at least two cases held without access to a lawyer or even a phone call..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We as citizens of the US cannot let this injustice go unpunished.
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The UN Speech that should have been covered wall to wall
September 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The UN Speech that should have been covered wall to wall