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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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NEW: Why not calling a Nazi salute a Nazi salute puts us in a whole new place of danger. We have to call spades spades or what else is there?
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Seig heil Tesla
Yes, you did see what you think you saw. Here's an idea, let's call a Nazi salute a Nazi salute.
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January 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
NEW: Why not calling a Nazi salute a Nazi salute puts us in a whole new place of danger. We have to call spades spades or what else is there?
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Firing independent watchdogs is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Removes another obstacle to corruption and abuse of power www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general, Washington Post reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies late on Friday, the Washington Post reported.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Firing independent watchdogs is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Removes another obstacle to corruption and abuse of power www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Typically excellent vigilance from @willdunn.bsky.social
Why is Fujitsu, whose Horizon system was integral to the Post Office scandal, still in receipt of your and my hard-earned taxes?
Why is Fujitsu, whose Horizon system was integral to the Post Office scandal, still in receipt of your and my hard-earned taxes?
Has the bonfire of consultants begun?
Labour’s struggle to reduce government waste.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with Will Dunn
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Labour’s struggle to reduce government waste.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with Will Dunn
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Has the bonfire of consultants begun?
Labour’s struggle to reduce government waste.
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Typically excellent vigilance from @willdunn.bsky.social
Why is Fujitsu, whose Horizon system was integral to the Post Office scandal, still in receipt of your and my hard-earned taxes?
Why is Fujitsu, whose Horizon system was integral to the Post Office scandal, still in receipt of your and my hard-earned taxes?
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For no reason that he can articulate, Trump has triggered a crisis in Denmark
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Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.
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January 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For no reason that he can articulate, Trump has triggered a crisis in Denmark
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UnitedHealth Group, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
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UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
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January 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
UnitedHealth Group, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
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"I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked.
Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked.
Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
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In 2020, I asked why so many Republicans had abandoned the values they had previously held. Still relevant.
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History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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January 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
In 2020, I asked why so many Republicans had abandoned the values they had previously held. Still relevant.
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11-year-old chimney sweep George Brewster was forced up a flue measuring just 12x7.5 inches.
His death, after becoming jammed inside, finally galavanised parliament to act.
Never forget what cruelties would be inflicted by greed were it not for “red tape”.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
His death, after becoming jammed inside, finally galavanised parliament to act.
Never forget what cruelties would be inflicted by greed were it not for “red tape”.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Chimney sweep whose death changed child labour laws honoured with blue plaque
George Brewster, youngest to get plaque, died aged 11 in 1875 after getting stuck in flue, leading to law banning ‘climbing boys’
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January 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
11-year-old chimney sweep George Brewster was forced up a flue measuring just 12x7.5 inches.
His death, after becoming jammed inside, finally galavanised parliament to act.
Never forget what cruelties would be inflicted by greed were it not for “red tape”.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
His death, after becoming jammed inside, finally galavanised parliament to act.
Never forget what cruelties would be inflicted by greed were it not for “red tape”.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Donald Trump would have been convicted in his election case if his re-election had not made a trial impossible, the special counsel report said.
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Donald Trump would have been convicted in his election case if his re-election had not made a trial impossible, the special counsel report said.
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BREAKING NEWS: SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT SAYS TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVICTED IN ELECTION CASE:
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”
January 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
BREAKING NEWS: SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT SAYS TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVICTED IN ELECTION CASE:
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”
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At the start of each new year, to calibrate priorities, I reread Seneca's classic on the shortness of life and how to live wide rather than long:
The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
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January 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
At the start of each new year, to calibrate priorities, I reread Seneca's classic on the shortness of life and how to live wide rather than long:
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Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.
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Journalism is a profession, and as such must adhere to the common requirements of a profession. To name two:
-They adhere to a set of values & a code of ethics.
-They hold fellow professionals to the standards of the profession.
Thanks @anntelnaes.bsky.social for this.
-They adhere to a set of values & a code of ethics.
-They hold fellow professionals to the standards of the profession.
Thanks @anntelnaes.bsky.social for this.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Journalism is a profession, and as such must adhere to the common requirements of a profession. To name two:
-They adhere to a set of values & a code of ethics.
-They hold fellow professionals to the standards of the profession.
Thanks @anntelnaes.bsky.social for this.
-They adhere to a set of values & a code of ethics.
-They hold fellow professionals to the standards of the profession.
Thanks @anntelnaes.bsky.social for this.
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If you missed it - start your new year with this excellent @wsj.com description of the Russian sleeper agents unmasked last year www.wsj.com/world/europe...
The Global Hunt for Putin’s ‘Sleeper Agents’
A quiet suburban mom, a hard-drinking war correspondent and an Arctic researcher were hiding in plain sight, championed by the Kremlin’s No. 1 fan of spy fiction.
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January 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you missed it - start your new year with this excellent @wsj.com description of the Russian sleeper agents unmasked last year www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election (Gift Article)
A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)
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"Hybrid attacks" look like war, but we act like they are not even attacks.
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Russia's 'hybrid attacks' against NATO 'look like war' and allies must draw 'red lines'
Russia is accused of a campaign of so-called hybrid attacks which are designed to sit in a grey zone under the threshold of conventional war - something Moscow denies.
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December 31, 2024 at 12:12 PM
"Hybrid attacks" look like war, but we act like they are not even attacks.
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After a quick research: Greenland protects Europe, Panama blocks Russia, and Canada guards the Arctic. Trump? He mocks allies and rolls out the red carpet for Putin. “America First” sounds catchy 👀 until you realize it’s just the mask for selling out to Russia. Let’s connect the dots 🫥 it’s not hard
December 27, 2024 at 6:07 PM
After a quick research: Greenland protects Europe, Panama blocks Russia, and Canada guards the Arctic. Trump? He mocks allies and rolls out the red carpet for Putin. “America First” sounds catchy 👀 until you realize it’s just the mask for selling out to Russia. Let’s connect the dots 🫥 it’s not hard
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Breaking News: A plane carrying 181 passengers and crew crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 23 people, officials said.
Follow live updates here.
Follow live updates here.
Jeju Air Flight Crashes in South Korea: Live Updates
The passenger plane, operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air, was landing when it went off the runway. The flight came from Bangkok and was carrying 181 people.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Breaking News: A plane carrying 181 passengers and crew crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 23 people, officials said.
Follow live updates here.
Follow live updates here.
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H5N1 is showing signs of adapting to humans with recent mutations (A134V, N182K, E186D) enhancing its ability to bind to human-like α2-6 receptors in the upper respiratory tract.
This raises serious concerns about the virus’s potential to become more transmissible among humans.
This raises serious concerns about the virus’s potential to become more transmissible among humans.
December 27, 2024 at 4:10 AM
H5N1 is showing signs of adapting to humans with recent mutations (A134V, N182K, E186D) enhancing its ability to bind to human-like α2-6 receptors in the upper respiratory tract.
This raises serious concerns about the virus’s potential to become more transmissible among humans.
This raises serious concerns about the virus’s potential to become more transmissible among humans.
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For decades, the Church of England participated in a devastating cover-up of child abuse.
As @cathynewman.bsky.social explains, it was with the bravery of the victims she was able to put all of this in the public domain.
www.channel4.com/news/how-a-c...
As @cathynewman.bsky.social explains, it was with the bravery of the victims she was able to put all of this in the public domain.
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How a cover-up forced the Archbishop of Canterbury from office
For decades, the Church had participated in a devastating cover-up. With the bravery of the victims I was about to put all of this in the public domain.
www.channel4.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:49 AM
For decades, the Church of England participated in a devastating cover-up of child abuse.
As @cathynewman.bsky.social explains, it was with the bravery of the victims she was able to put all of this in the public domain.
www.channel4.com/news/how-a-c...
As @cathynewman.bsky.social explains, it was with the bravery of the victims she was able to put all of this in the public domain.
www.channel4.com/news/how-a-c...
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On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
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Archaeologists working in Arizona have discovered what appear to be the oldest firearms ever found in the continental United States: two cannons abandoned by a Spanish expeditionary force that was attacked by Native Americans.
Cannons abandoned by doomed Spanish expedition are thought to be oldest firearms found in US | CNN
Archaeologists working in Arizona have discovered what appear to be the oldest firearms ever found in the continental United States: two cannons abandoned by a Spanish expeditionary force that was att...
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December 23, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Archaeologists working in Arizona have discovered what appear to be the oldest firearms ever found in the continental United States: two cannons abandoned by a Spanish expeditionary force that was attacked by Native Americans.
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"The way some in mainstream media have already decided acquiescence is their way of self-preservation not only is naive but dangerous because without that we don't have informed citizenry. It's supposed to be without fear or favour & media is acting out of fear... giving Trump the favour he wants"
‘The great capitulation’: why key US figures are seeking Trump’s favor
People from tech executives to foreign leaders and even some mainstream media figures are ‘acquiescing in advance’, experts say, because of greed and fear
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December 23, 2024 at 1:31 AM
"The way some in mainstream media have already decided acquiescence is their way of self-preservation not only is naive but dangerous because without that we don't have informed citizenry. It's supposed to be without fear or favour & media is acting out of fear... giving Trump the favour he wants"
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Over in the other place, the billionaire owner is threatening to fund ‘moderate’ (rightwing) candidates in heavily Democratic districts too.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.
December 22, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Over in the other place, the billionaire owner is threatening to fund ‘moderate’ (rightwing) candidates in heavily Democratic districts too.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.
This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.
Oligarchy.