Karl Popper
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New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
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Trump praised Zohran Mamdani as good for NYC before Chuck Schumer did. Think about that.
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump praised Zohran Mamdani as good for NYC before Chuck Schumer did. Think about that.
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The tariff revenue is irrelevant for any checks the government sends out. It would just be a random stimulus plan funded by more borrowing.
Kevin Hassett, one of Trump’s finalists to become Federal Reserve chair, said there’s space for Congress to look at enacting tariff rebate checks next year
Hassett Says Tariff Rebate Check Proposal Should Be on the Table
Kevin Hassett, one of President Donald Trump’s finalists to become Federal Reserve chair, said there’s space for Congress to look at enacting tariff rebate checks next year.
bloom.bg
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The tariff revenue is irrelevant for any checks the government sends out. It would just be a random stimulus plan funded by more borrowing.
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Deadwood circa 1876 & a few years after. Note the huge hole being dug in the street in the 1st pic. Despite its primitive look, in 1878 Deadwood was the 1st US town to have citywide phone service (with a line directly to the White House). There was only 1 phone available though.
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Deadwood circa 1876 & a few years after. Note the huge hole being dug in the street in the 1st pic. Despite its primitive look, in 1878 Deadwood was the 1st US town to have citywide phone service (with a line directly to the White House). There was only 1 phone available though.
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
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yoooooooo go get books from @bookshop.org
the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
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the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
yoooooooo go get books from @bookshop.org
the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
the ebook of mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is $1.99!!!!!!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, (Red, Orange and Maroon) 1963
oil on canvas, 67-½" × 41-5/8" × 1-5/8" (171.5 cm × 105.7 cm × 4.1 cm) unframed
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
oil on canvas, 67-½" × 41-5/8" × 1-5/8" (171.5 cm × 105.7 cm × 4.1 cm) unframed
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
September 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, (Red, Orange and Maroon) 1963
oil on canvas, 67-½" × 41-5/8" × 1-5/8" (171.5 cm × 105.7 cm × 4.1 cm) unframed
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
oil on canvas, 67-½" × 41-5/8" × 1-5/8" (171.5 cm × 105.7 cm × 4.1 cm) unframed
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Trump says "bad, sick" Democrats could have doctored the Epstein files to make him look bad. Great logic by Cheetolini. He's suggesting the Dems framed him, but forgot to release the dirt, let him win the election, and then quietly turned over the Epstein files to him.
Trump's new line on the Epstein files is that they were probably doctored by Democrats to make him look bad
July 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump says "bad, sick" Democrats could have doctored the Epstein files to make him look bad. Great logic by Cheetolini. He's suggesting the Dems framed him, but forgot to release the dirt, let him win the election, and then quietly turned over the Epstein files to him.
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We’re at war with Iran because Trump hated our first Black president, who had already negotiated and signed a deal to keep Iran’s ability to build nuclear weapons in check, with monitoring and verification.
June 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We’re at war with Iran because Trump hated our first Black president, who had already negotiated and signed a deal to keep Iran’s ability to build nuclear weapons in check, with monitoring and verification.
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the amount of contempt vance has for everyone he's talking to — such that he'll say obvious nonsense as if he's fooling you — is genuinely remarkable
Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents
June 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the amount of contempt vance has for everyone he's talking to — such that he'll say obvious nonsense as if he's fooling you — is genuinely remarkable
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Proponents of STEM as a field always frame it as pure and objective, its advances driven only by the scientific method and eventually diffusing into society by way of the economy and medicine.
But science, and tech especially, can never be dissociated from the politics of the society it bathes in.
But science, and tech especially, can never be dissociated from the politics of the society it bathes in.
June 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Proponents of STEM as a field always frame it as pure and objective, its advances driven only by the scientific method and eventually diffusing into society by way of the economy and medicine.
But science, and tech especially, can never be dissociated from the politics of the society it bathes in.
But science, and tech especially, can never be dissociated from the politics of the society it bathes in.
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𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, (Black, Red-Brown on Violet), 1969
acrylic on paper mounted on panel, 39 x 25 ½ in. 99 x 64.7 cm. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
acrylic on paper mounted on panel, 39 x 25 ½ in. 99 x 64.7 cm. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
June 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, (Black, Red-Brown on Violet), 1969
acrylic on paper mounted on panel, 39 x 25 ½ in. 99 x 64.7 cm. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
acrylic on paper mounted on panel, 39 x 25 ½ in. 99 x 64.7 cm. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
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When you answer the prompts on a state health website, it might be quietly sending your answers to social media companies like LinkedIn and Snapchat. We investigated who’s doing that:
We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech – The Markup
Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn
themarkup.org
June 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When you answer the prompts on a state health website, it might be quietly sending your answers to social media companies like LinkedIn and Snapchat. We investigated who’s doing that:
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Analysis | Donald Trump is a new kind of Republican. Yes, his agenda includes Middle East invasions, sexual culture wars, throwing people off their healthcare, and exploding the debt with handouts to the ultra-rich. But he also sells his own crypto, bibles, and cell phone service.
June 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Analysis | Donald Trump is a new kind of Republican. Yes, his agenda includes Middle East invasions, sexual culture wars, throwing people off their healthcare, and exploding the debt with handouts to the ultra-rich. But he also sells his own crypto, bibles, and cell phone service.
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Among non-evangelicals, at least, I'd bet a great predictor of whether you voted for Trump is how you felt about "Breaking Bad". If you thought Walter White was awesome and Skyler was a joykill, I would bet lots of money on how you voted.
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Among non-evangelicals, at least, I'd bet a great predictor of whether you voted for Trump is how you felt about "Breaking Bad". If you thought Walter White was awesome and Skyler was a joykill, I would bet lots of money on how you voted.
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Is Fordo really the most important thing about Iran’s nuclear program or is the focus on it designed to drag the US into the war? Since Fordo is the only target that needs US planes and bunker buster bombs.
June 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Is Fordo really the most important thing about Iran’s nuclear program or is the focus on it designed to drag the US into the war? Since Fordo is the only target that needs US planes and bunker buster bombs.
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This administration really is just a war on a free and open society
June 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This administration really is just a war on a free and open society
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Congressman Joaquin Castro:
“If President Trump intends to get the U.S. more involved in the war between Israel and Iran by attacking Iran, he must come to the Congress, make his case, and secure an authorization before he pulls our country into yet another war in the Middle East.”
“If President Trump intends to get the U.S. more involved in the war between Israel and Iran by attacking Iran, he must come to the Congress, make his case, and secure an authorization before he pulls our country into yet another war in the Middle East.”
June 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Congressman Joaquin Castro:
“If President Trump intends to get the U.S. more involved in the war between Israel and Iran by attacking Iran, he must come to the Congress, make his case, and secure an authorization before he pulls our country into yet another war in the Middle East.”
“If President Trump intends to get the U.S. more involved in the war between Israel and Iran by attacking Iran, he must come to the Congress, make his case, and secure an authorization before he pulls our country into yet another war in the Middle East.”
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Here are the most frequent ways an NBA playoff series plays out (higher seed here means the team with home court advantage).
Most common - higher seed sweep. Next most common - your typical gentleman's sweep.
Most common - higher seed sweep. Next most common - your typical gentleman's sweep.
June 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here are the most frequent ways an NBA playoff series plays out (higher seed here means the team with home court advantage).
Most common - higher seed sweep. Next most common - your typical gentleman's sweep.
Most common - higher seed sweep. Next most common - your typical gentleman's sweep.
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Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”.
This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.
This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.
June 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”.
This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.
This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.