Dianne Hackborn
@hackbod.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Software engineer on #Android at Google. I of course only speak for myself.
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I wrote about Ida B. Wells’ experience with the white supremacist press during her antilynching campaign—an experience which suggests that social media is not the first media to inculcate fascism in the US. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/ida-b-well...
Ida B. Wells vs. Social-Media-Caused-MAGA
Fascist media has been around for a while
www.everythingishorrible.net
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I wrote about Ida B. Wells’ experience with the white supremacist press during her antilynching campaign—an experience which suggests that social media is not the first media to inculcate fascism in the US. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/ida-b-well...
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This @eric-reinhart.com piece was clarifying. Reinhart argues that there is no saving the cultural norms and edifices that held our society together, and the only choice is to build new institutions fit for our times.
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics
While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This @eric-reinhart.com piece was clarifying. Reinhart argues that there is no saving the cultural norms and edifices that held our society together, and the only choice is to build new institutions fit for our times.
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
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The much-hyped SIM farm the Secret Service seized uses readily available off the shelf tech that, very interestingly, has also become critical to ticket scalping. I, like others, am extremely not buying the idea that this was intended to take down the cell network […]
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mastodon.social
September 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The much-hyped SIM farm the Secret Service seized uses readily available off the shelf tech that, very interestingly, has also become critical to ticket scalping. I, like others, am extremely not buying the idea that this was intended to take down the cell network […]
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wrote about how MAGA politics are MAGA politics, even when it's Gillibrand attacking Mamdani.
the idea that disfavored groups aren't equal and shouldn't have power is where fascism starts. when Ds do it, it's wrong in itself, and it helps MAGA. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/its-still-...
the idea that disfavored groups aren't equal and shouldn't have power is where fascism starts. when Ds do it, it's wrong in itself, and it helps MAGA. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/its-still-...
It’s Still Fascism When Democrats Do It
The attacks on Zohran Mamdani are MAGA politics
www.everythingishorrible.net
July 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
wrote about how MAGA politics are MAGA politics, even when it's Gillibrand attacking Mamdani.
the idea that disfavored groups aren't equal and shouldn't have power is where fascism starts. when Ds do it, it's wrong in itself, and it helps MAGA. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/its-still-...
the idea that disfavored groups aren't equal and shouldn't have power is where fascism starts. when Ds do it, it's wrong in itself, and it helps MAGA. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/its-still-...
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Unbelievably weird feeling to see Jim Ryan, the university president I knew only for sending in riot police to beat, gas, and arrest peaceful protesters (and one hapless journalist) get taken out as too woke by the Trump admin.
“Mr. Ryan’s resignation is a victory for intimidation and fear over the rule of law.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
Opinion | What the University of Virginia Should Have Done
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Unbelievably weird feeling to see Jim Ryan, the university president I knew only for sending in riot police to beat, gas, and arrest peaceful protesters (and one hapless journalist) get taken out as too woke by the Trump admin.
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Today's newsletter is about yesterday's ordeal with Grok talking about "white genocide" www.readtpa.com/p/the-grok-w...
The Grok 'White Genocide' Incident Shows How AI Can Become a Propaganda Machine
When Musk's chatbot started injecting "white genocide" conspiracy theories into unrelated conversations, it revealed the dangerous power of AI to reshape reality.
www.readtpa.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Today's newsletter is about yesterday's ordeal with Grok talking about "white genocide" www.readtpa.com/p/the-grok-w...