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Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“People…who missed the warning signs of tyranny taking root in their home countries.

They can see the red flags, in retrospect. And they have a word of caution: The rule of law doesn’t break down overnight, and checks and balances don’t collapse in an instant.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Opinion | How Tyranny Begins
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
When will we see more activism against Tesla in the U.S.?

“Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.”

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla
Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
www.wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
AOC is the only elected official fighting for us. 🔥
AOC 🔥🔥🔥
January 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.

Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?

Their greed is our opportunity.
It is not free speech when Trump aligned oligarchs have their thumbs on the algorithms of all the social media apps.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“After—millions—who feared Trump’s return rise from the couch of gloom, it will be time to consider what must be done—One of the perils of life under authoritarian rule is that the leader seeks to drain people of their strength. A defeatism takes hold. There is an urge to pull back from civic life.”
“An American retreat from liberal democracy—a precious yet vulnerable inheritance—would be a calamity,” David Remnick wrote, following the reëlection of Donald Trump. “Indifference is a form of surrender.”
It Can Happen Here
Everyone who realizes with proper alarm that Trump’s reëlection is a deeply dangerous moment in American life must think hard about where we are.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:58 AM