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Dutch news organisations have issued a joint warning about the growing power of major international tech companies, saying they pose a serious threat to democracy and access to reliable information.
Dutch media warn of growing influence of global tech giants - DutchNews.nl
Dutch news organisations have issued a joint warning about the growing power of major international tech companies, saying they pose a serious threat to democracy and access to reliable information. In...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dutch news organisations have issued a joint warning about the growing power of major international tech companies, saying they pose a serious threat to democracy and access to reliable information.
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
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If you’re seeing a surge of MAGA accounts commenting everywhere, take a closer look. Bot activity has spiked since Saturday evening the goal is to sway tomorrow’s elections. Click on their profiles and you’ll often find the same accounts posting identical comments across hundreds of posts.
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you’re seeing a surge of MAGA accounts commenting everywhere, take a closer look. Bot activity has spiked since Saturday evening the goal is to sway tomorrow’s elections. Click on their profiles and you’ll often find the same accounts posting identical comments across hundreds of posts.
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AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella
AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella
The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella
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Instead of the media’s lazy posthumous takes, I am in favor of Kirk’s actual words being spread far and wide.
September 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Instead of the media’s lazy posthumous takes, I am in favor of Kirk’s actual words being spread far and wide.
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We're looking for long science features for our next issue! At 2,500 words, it's a great opportunity to dig deep into a science topic with political or social relevance today. Please send ideas to editor@newhumanist.org.uk by Aug 29
August 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We're looking for long science features for our next issue! At 2,500 words, it's a great opportunity to dig deep into a science topic with political or social relevance today. Please send ideas to editor@newhumanist.org.uk by Aug 29
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This isn’t just about surveillance. It’s about control. A centralized system tied to your identity paves the way for blacklists, digital profiling, and political repression.
July 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This isn’t just about surveillance. It’s about control. A centralized system tied to your identity paves the way for blacklists, digital profiling, and political repression.
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Palantir employees spill the tea.
Thirteen former Palantir staffers signed a letter urging the company to cut ties with the Trump administration.
Thirteen former Palantir staffers signed a letter urging the company to cut ties with the Trump administration.
July 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Palantir employees spill the tea.
Thirteen former Palantir staffers signed a letter urging the company to cut ties with the Trump administration.
Thirteen former Palantir staffers signed a letter urging the company to cut ties with the Trump administration.
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My latest
Contributor: Why 'bunker busters' won't end Iran's nuclear ambitions
Contributor: Why 'bunker busters' won't end Iran's nuclear ambitions
Even if there is a regime change in Iran, no new government there will survive unless it sustains and perhaps surpasses the current leadership's belligerence.
www.latimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My latest
Hot off the presses🔥🔥
My latest publication with Julia van Zijl explores the link between feminism and community based adult education in the Netherlands...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
My latest publication with Julia van Zijl explores the link between feminism and community based adult education in the Netherlands...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Pathways of participation: How community-based adult education in the Netherlands empowers feminist and women’s movements
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www.tandfonline.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hot off the presses🔥🔥
My latest publication with Julia van Zijl explores the link between feminism and community based adult education in the Netherlands...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
My latest publication with Julia van Zijl explores the link between feminism and community based adult education in the Netherlands...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
"The American elites of the past 20 years have called their foremost principle freedom, but what they meant was impunity... a world where they could do whatever they want to whomever they want, without consequences. That’s what the techlords dream of today.'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The America I loved is gone
It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"The American elites of the past 20 years have called their foremost principle freedom, but what they meant was impunity... a world where they could do whatever they want to whomever they want, without consequences. That’s what the techlords dream of today.'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Just waiting for those famous "checks and balances" to kick in... Any day now, right?
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just waiting for those famous "checks and balances" to kick in... Any day now, right?
With all the attention given to the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence these days, I think we've really overlooked the now even more essential discussion on Organic Ignorance....
February 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
With all the attention given to the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence these days, I think we've really overlooked the now even more essential discussion on Organic Ignorance....
"These authoritarians confuse being nice with being weak which is why they also confuse being mean with being strong"... (Rebecca Solnit)
February 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"These authoritarians confuse being nice with being weak which is why they also confuse being mean with being strong"... (Rebecca Solnit)
Although we are increasingly under attack and pushed into defensive positions, this is an important time for educators. As Rebecca Solnit writes: "Authoritarians see fact, truth, history, science and law as rival systems of information and power that they must vanquish so that they alone can rule"
February 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Although we are increasingly under attack and pushed into defensive positions, this is an important time for educators. As Rebecca Solnit writes: "Authoritarians see fact, truth, history, science and law as rival systems of information and power that they must vanquish so that they alone can rule"
Free speech in the Trump era: You're free to say what you want unless it criticizes the oligarchs or speaks truth to power...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
US meteorologist fired from TV station after criticizing Elon Musk salute
Sam Kuffel’s departure comes after far-right radio host slams her condemnation of X owner’s apparent Nazi salute
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Free speech in the Trump era: You're free to say what you want unless it criticizes the oligarchs or speaks truth to power...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Trump’s attacks on press freedom aren’t separate from his attacks on oppressed communities. We must resist them all.
A call to media organizations: don’t back down in the face of Trump’s threats
Trump’s attacks on press freedom aren’t separate from his attacks on oppressed communities. We must resist them all.
therealnews.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trump’s attacks on press freedom aren’t separate from his attacks on oppressed communities. We must resist them all.
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Just about every major social problem we can think of is exacerbated by the collapse of local journalism. Tackling collective action problems—from the climate crisis to the erosion of democracy— is impossible without viable local media infrastructures.
"If the U.S. does not support a robust and healthy local ecosystem, there will be even fewer journalists to provide key information in the next community hit by disaster."
Fantastic article by @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social driving home the life-and-death necessity of local media.
Fantastic article by @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social driving home the life-and-death necessity of local media.
We Need A New Deal To Save Local Journalism | Defector
During the first week of the fires, I would go up to my building’s roof once a day. I’d look at the Los Angeles skyline at whatever shade of yellow-orange-brown muck the fires had delivered that day a...
defector.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just about every major social problem we can think of is exacerbated by the collapse of local journalism. Tackling collective action problems—from the climate crisis to the erosion of democracy— is impossible without viable local media infrastructures.