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Whereas traditional media caters to a range of views, with moderate positions well-represented, extreme views — of both left and right — are heavily over-represented on social media. on.ft.com/3HNwX1M
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Whereas traditional media caters to a range of views, with moderate positions well-represented, extreme views — of both left and right — are heavily over-represented on social media. on.ft.com/3HNwX1M
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"If we want to protect children, we should be fighting for privacy laws, protecting encryption, and learning from Bluesky's model, where they allow third party algorithmic feeds and moderation tools."
Analysis | ‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam.
The parents of a teen fentanyl poisoning victim are finding allies in Congress for a bill intended to save others from the same fate.
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August 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"If we want to protect children, we should be fighting for privacy laws, protecting encryption, and learning from Bluesky's model, where they allow third party algorithmic feeds and moderation tools."
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Boxes of Gaza-bound aid turned back by Israel languish in warehouses as exasperated drivers and U.N. officials criticize delays in sending food and medicine to the enclave.
Turned back from Gaza, aid shipments languish in warehouses and on roadsides
Shipments are rejected for a host of reasons, ranging from minor paperwork issues to concerns over possible dual military use for some of the goods.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Boxes of Gaza-bound aid turned back by Israel languish in warehouses as exasperated drivers and U.N. officials criticize delays in sending food and medicine to the enclave.
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The departures have become a focus for investigators looking into what the Boston Consulting Group has called process failures surrounding its work for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to people familiar with the matter on.ft.com/45uCgL5
August 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The departures have become a focus for investigators looking into what the Boston Consulting Group has called process failures surrounding its work for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to people familiar with the matter on.ft.com/45uCgL5
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If you’re trying to erase history, you’re on the wrong side of it.
Exclusive: The White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with President Trump’s interpretation of American history.
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
on.wsj.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If you’re trying to erase history, you’re on the wrong side of it.
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A lot of protesters have been fired for participating in the ICE protests here in portland. They've been fighting for nearly two months now without asking for anything in return, but they simply can't afford to keep up the fight without community support. Please share or donate!
Donate to Help get ICE Out of Portland!, organized by Chandler Patey
We need your help to keep our city safe and get ICE Out of Portland.
We literally ca… Chandler Patey needs your support for Help get ICE Out of Portland!
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July 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A lot of protesters have been fired for participating in the ICE protests here in portland. They've been fighting for nearly two months now without asking for anything in return, but they simply can't afford to keep up the fight without community support. Please share or donate!
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*crickets* from all the NRA gun nuts. Unless they all decided to join ICE.
So much for defending the constitution against "tyranny".
So much for defending the constitution against "tyranny".
a poster that says guns have more rights than people on a black background
ALT: a poster that says guns have more rights than people on a black background
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July 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
*crickets* from all the NRA gun nuts. Unless they all decided to join ICE.
So much for defending the constitution against "tyranny".
So much for defending the constitution against "tyranny".
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18,000 more ICE agents deputized. They have a goal of 1 million to put in detention centers or deport.
If this doesn’t get you off your ass to protest on August 2 and call your elected representatives and congress, what will?
If this doesn’t get you off your ass to protest on August 2 and call your elected representatives and congress, what will?
July 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
18,000 more ICE agents deputized. They have a goal of 1 million to put in detention centers or deport.
If this doesn’t get you off your ass to protest on August 2 and call your elected representatives and congress, what will?
If this doesn’t get you off your ass to protest on August 2 and call your elected representatives and congress, what will?
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RIP Irish writer Josephine Edna O'Brien, died this day 2024.
“...people liking you or not liking you is an accident and is to do with them and not you. That goes for love too, only more so.”
“Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.”
“...people liking you or not liking you is an accident and is to do with them and not you. That goes for love too, only more so.”
“Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.”
July 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
RIP Irish writer Josephine Edna O'Brien, died this day 2024.
“...people liking you or not liking you is an accident and is to do with them and not you. That goes for love too, only more so.”
“Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.”
“...people liking you or not liking you is an accident and is to do with them and not you. That goes for love too, only more so.”
“Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.”
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Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet in Stockholm on Monday to tackle longstanding economic disputes at the center of a trade war, aiming to extend a truce keeping sharply higher tariffs at bay.
U.S., China to resume tariff talks in effort to extend truce
China is facing an Aug. 12 deadline to strike a durable tariff agreement with the Trump administration, after Beijing and Washington reached a preliminary deal in June.
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July 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet in Stockholm on Monday to tackle longstanding economic disputes at the center of a trade war, aiming to extend a truce keeping sharply higher tariffs at bay.
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Mark Zuckerberg sparks backlash after $300 million superyacht is spotted off US coast: 'Look what all your data got him'
Data centers buy yachts, just not one for you.
Data centers buy yachts, just not one for you.
July 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mark Zuckerberg sparks backlash after $300 million superyacht is spotted off US coast: 'Look what all your data got him'
Data centers buy yachts, just not one for you.
Data centers buy yachts, just not one for you.
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happy bday Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, b.1875.
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
July 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
happy bday Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, b.1875.
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
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Any memories of Greene's Bookshop 16 Clare St Dublin? (A book shop since 1843 - closed 2007.)
July 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Any memories of Greene's Bookshop 16 Clare St Dublin? (A book shop since 1843 - closed 2007.)
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Canceled Paramount and signed up for PBS Passport instead.
It’s only a few dollars but it’s putting my money where my mouth is.
Will you?
It’s only a few dollars but it’s putting my money where my mouth is.
Will you?
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/f...
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/f...
FCC approves $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger
The Federal Communications Commission cleared the way Thursday for an $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance Media.
www.cnbc.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Canceled Paramount and signed up for PBS Passport instead.
It’s only a few dollars but it’s putting my money where my mouth is.
Will you?
It’s only a few dollars but it’s putting my money where my mouth is.
Will you?
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Normal people worried about vaccines: “vaccine hesitancy.” This is good, I like this term.
Powerful people making money and gaining power by making people terrified of proven-safe medical treatments: “anti-vaxxers.”
Ok, but actually I don’t like this term.
Powerful people making money and gaining power by making people terrified of proven-safe medical treatments: “anti-vaxxers.”
Ok, but actually I don’t like this term.
July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Normal people worried about vaccines: “vaccine hesitancy.” This is good, I like this term.
Powerful people making money and gaining power by making people terrified of proven-safe medical treatments: “anti-vaxxers.”
Ok, but actually I don’t like this term.
Powerful people making money and gaining power by making people terrified of proven-safe medical treatments: “anti-vaxxers.”
Ok, but actually I don’t like this term.
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Trump just promised to reduce drug prices by 1000% — which, fun math fact, would mean Big Pharma pays us to take meds.
America: where healthcare is tied to your job, and your job is tied to a man who thinks subtraction is socialism.
America: where healthcare is tied to your job, and your job is tied to a man who thinks subtraction is socialism.
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July 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Trump just promised to reduce drug prices by 1000% — which, fun math fact, would mean Big Pharma pays us to take meds.
America: where healthcare is tied to your job, and your job is tied to a man who thinks subtraction is socialism.
America: where healthcare is tied to your job, and your job is tied to a man who thinks subtraction is socialism.