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"In traditional news media, #impact is often measured by large-scale consumption #metrics or by advocacy (...) In our contexts (...) we needed a measure of success that is subtler and deeper."

Interesting Gazetta post on new ways to measure #success in the world of #journalism […]
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February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Anti-Trump protests (2025)

#usa #cartoon #karikatur
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Tulsi Gabbard and Susie Wiles reportedly engaged in what looks like a national security related coverup. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower

No longer at all odd to imagine that Trump and various members of his staff and family and […]
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February 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Video games can be a part of "how we remember".

Do their makers have a responsibility to portray historical events accurately?

Paul Jäger for DW:
https://www.dw.com/en/do-games-like-call-of-duty-or-assassins-creed-offer-accurate-portrayals-of-history/video-74562518

#videogames #history
Are video games like Call of Duty rewriting the past?
Do bestselling games like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed offer accurate portrayals of historic battles and epochs? Or do they give players a warped idea of the past?
www.dw.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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Madman In The Oval Office!

Trump posts image of himself saying he is the "Acting President of Venezuela."
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol #Trump
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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"According to current neuroscience, human thinking is largely independent of human language – and we have little reason to believe ever more sophisticated modeling of language will create a form of intelligence that meets or surpasses our own."

Intriguing article by Benjamin Riley (founder of […]
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January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years!

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shows a massive spike in flu activity nationwide.

In just one week, between Dec. 20 and Dec. 27, the country saw a 33% increase in […]

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January 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM
What a cool smartphone - and not as expensive as I thougth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826O9YGrGCg
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Activists have erected a billboard near MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, with a message to troops: “Obey Only Lawful Orders.” The base is home to the US Central Command and US Special Operations Command […]

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December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.

Key features:

➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)

➡️ Offline mode

➡️ Built-in VPN protection

➡️ Zero […]
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December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Giveaway time! Win this copy of the infamous Days Gone 1.61 reprint. How?
- Follow us
- Like & repost

Drawing 1 winner across all platforms on Tuesday, December 12. Shipping worldwide from Austria. Full terms in the legal notice on our website.
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES!

With the World Cup on US soil, FIFA played to Trump's ego to own the Fascist wanna-be dictator.

FIFA fabricated a laughable Peace Award, then awarded it to Trump, along with shiny, gold baubles.

Trump ate it up, like a baby to ice […]

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December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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NBC - The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election […]
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December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Wondering why Trump is murdering alleged (no proof) drug traffickers on the open seas while pardoning a mega-crook head of state who was helping to smuggle tons of drugs into the US?

Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd […]
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December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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"Usually, the aim is to get a new high score, but increasingly, education, political issues and community empowerment have become a part of gaming, too. But can you actually learn something while gaming?"

Interesting video report by our colleagues over at DW Shift:

👇 […]
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December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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State Department says today it "renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.
Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.” (USIP, a nonprofit think tank, was an early target of DOGE.)
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Wenn Gewaltverbrecher nur Bewährungsstrafen bekommen, ist das für Rechte oft ein Skandal - außer eben der Täter ist selber rechts! Wir schauen uns in diesem Monat ein paar Urteile an, die zeigen, dass gerade in Sachsen der Rechtsstaat da ziemlich lasch agiert […]
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digitalcourage.social
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Trump's Pete Hegseth ordered ‘kill everybody’ in first Caribbean boat strike

US defence secretary demanded second missile launch as survivors clung to wreckage

Hegseth declines to comment on report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military
#aurefreepress #News […]
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November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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WaPo - As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. https://wapo.st/49KbUJ1
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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US-Friedensplan für die Ukraine
US peace plan for Ukraine
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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A federal judge blocks the Trump administration’s effort to cancel collective bargaining agreements for VOA and USAGM employees, slamming the move as clear retaliation for the workers’ efforts to halt the dismantling government-funded news outlets […]
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journa.host
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM