Richard Peña
@richardpena.bsky.social
Writing about election security, disinformation and extremism. Digital media survivor. Passionate about media literacy.
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Nothing will prevent it anyway.
January 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Nothing will prevent it anyway.
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It’s not just the ICE terror in Minnesota. This admin is continuing to tear up the borderlands, militarize communities, crush the endangered species, and wall people off from nature while pissing away billions of our tax dollars.
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
January 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It’s not just the ICE terror in Minnesota. This admin is continuing to tear up the borderlands, militarize communities, crush the endangered species, and wall people off from nature while pissing away billions of our tax dollars.
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
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I really hope they ban us from the Olympics, and I love the Olympics. America needs to be woken up by the global community.
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I really hope they ban us from the Olympics, and I love the Olympics. America needs to be woken up by the global community.
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If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
disconnect.blog
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
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"any criticism of the election can lead to a minimum sentence of three years in prison, and even the death penalty"
Another reminder that elections are not the same thing as democracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Another reminder that elections are not the same thing as democracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power
Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"any criticism of the election can lead to a minimum sentence of three years in prison, and even the death penalty"
Another reminder that elections are not the same thing as democracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Another reminder that elections are not the same thing as democracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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nature is healing: a restaurant near me that just opened a year ago but sucks and is offputting in every way is closing. and the narrative on instagram/reddit is "that place sucked," not "homelessness and crime and los angeles is impossible and and and and and"
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
nature is healing: a restaurant near me that just opened a year ago but sucks and is offputting in every way is closing. and the narrative on instagram/reddit is "that place sucked," not "homelessness and crime and los angeles is impossible and and and and and"
He’s Canadian?!
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
He’s Canadian?!
Lots of talk about republicans turning on Trump and how that benefits democrats.
And yeah maybe a little but not as much as some think.
For one, A LOT of republicans are single-issue voters. Abortion being the biggest. And that’s just a hard no for them. No reasoning with them there.
And yeah maybe a little but not as much as some think.
For one, A LOT of republicans are single-issue voters. Abortion being the biggest. And that’s just a hard no for them. No reasoning with them there.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Lots of talk about republicans turning on Trump and how that benefits democrats.
And yeah maybe a little but not as much as some think.
For one, A LOT of republicans are single-issue voters. Abortion being the biggest. And that’s just a hard no for them. No reasoning with them there.
And yeah maybe a little but not as much as some think.
For one, A LOT of republicans are single-issue voters. Abortion being the biggest. And that’s just a hard no for them. No reasoning with them there.
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Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
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when Sora was released, the entire app was people making Spongebob and Pikachu videos
Now there are guardrails preventing that, so the entire app is people complaining they cant make Spongebob and Pikachu videos
seems like an app with real staying power
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
Now there are guardrails preventing that, so the entire app is people complaining they cant make Spongebob and Pikachu videos
seems like an app with real staying power
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails
OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
when Sora was released, the entire app was people making Spongebob and Pikachu videos
Now there are guardrails preventing that, so the entire app is people complaining they cant make Spongebob and Pikachu videos
seems like an app with real staying power
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
Now there are guardrails preventing that, so the entire app is people complaining they cant make Spongebob and Pikachu videos
seems like an app with real staying power
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
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Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
Why aren’t democrats being as aggressive as AOC? Sure, they might not be as good in front of the camera as her, but there’s still a lot they can do.
WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown
October 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Why aren’t democrats being as aggressive as AOC? Sure, they might not be as good in front of the camera as her, but there’s still a lot they can do.
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I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town
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BREAKING: Sen Lee's disgraceful attempt to sell off our public lands is stripped from the Senate budget bill.
A truly historic coalition of enviros, hunters, Tribal leaders, mountain bikers, MAGA rednecks & almost every American united to DEFEAT MIKE LEE. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
A truly historic coalition of enviros, hunters, Tribal leaders, mountain bikers, MAGA rednecks & almost every American united to DEFEAT MIKE LEE. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Victory: Sen. Lee Surrenders on Plan to Sell Off America’s Public Lands
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— After massive outrage, Sen. Mike Lee announced late today that he is pulling his provision for a huge sell-off of America's public lands from the Republica...
biologicaldiversity.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
BREAKING: Sen Lee's disgraceful attempt to sell off our public lands is stripped from the Senate budget bill.
A truly historic coalition of enviros, hunters, Tribal leaders, mountain bikers, MAGA rednecks & almost every American united to DEFEAT MIKE LEE. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
A truly historic coalition of enviros, hunters, Tribal leaders, mountain bikers, MAGA rednecks & almost every American united to DEFEAT MIKE LEE. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
I'm finding it harder and harder to defend the journalists who I admire to remain at the NYT.
Because what I keep hearing from many in defense of them sounds like they're saying the NYT is too big to fail.
Media companies aren't immortal, maybe it's time to walk away.
Because what I keep hearing from many in defense of them sounds like they're saying the NYT is too big to fail.
Media companies aren't immortal, maybe it's time to walk away.
Zohran Mamdani, with a record of anti-Israel activism, won over some Jews in the New York City mayoral primary, but confirmed other Jews' worst fears about the American left.
Mamdani’s Success Spotlights a Deepening Rupture Among U.S. Jews
While Zohran Mamdani won over some Jewish supporters, other Jewish Democrats suggested that concerns about their community’s safety are being dismissed in a movement and a city they helped build.
trib.al
June 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'm finding it harder and harder to defend the journalists who I admire to remain at the NYT.
Because what I keep hearing from many in defense of them sounds like they're saying the NYT is too big to fail.
Media companies aren't immortal, maybe it's time to walk away.
Because what I keep hearing from many in defense of them sounds like they're saying the NYT is too big to fail.
Media companies aren't immortal, maybe it's time to walk away.
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The erosion of any measure of trust, goodwill, or deference to federal agencies who are attempting to do their (non-immigration enforcement) job is the direct result of this administration weaponizing agencies to mass deport people who have done absolutely nothing but try to live in this country
June 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The erosion of any measure of trust, goodwill, or deference to federal agencies who are attempting to do their (non-immigration enforcement) job is the direct result of this administration weaponizing agencies to mass deport people who have done absolutely nothing but try to live in this country
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ok I feel completely insane asking this but like
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
May 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
ok I feel completely insane asking this but like
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
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Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use
Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use
Whether the report is the reason isn’t clear
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use
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There are legitimate issues with the pharmaceutical industry and how it's regulated; the wellness industry is even more predatory, like it's not even close. Woo woo bullshit on par with leeches and humors
May 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
There are legitimate issues with the pharmaceutical industry and how it's regulated; the wellness industry is even more predatory, like it's not even close. Woo woo bullshit on par with leeches and humors
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In the last segment of the always excellent @onthemedia.bsky.social, Bryan Stevenson reminds that there has been far worse times in American history than now. Despite those moments, the country has shown a capacity to grow and improve.
Despair not!
#USPolitics
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Despair not!
#USPolitics
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Brendan Carr’s F.C.C. Has Been Busy. Plus, Rewriting the History of Watergate. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Federal Communications Commission is currently investigating CBS for “intentional news distortion” for its editing of an interview with Kamala Harris. On this week’s On the Media,...
www.wnycstudios.org
April 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In the last segment of the always excellent @onthemedia.bsky.social, Bryan Stevenson reminds that there has been far worse times in American history than now. Despite those moments, the country has shown a capacity to grow and improve.
Despair not!
#USPolitics
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Despair not!
#USPolitics
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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We have to consider the possibility that CBP is acting like this because this is how they’ve always wanted to act and the change isn’t Trump saying they should so much as there’s no longer anyone to tell them no.
An Australian man with a US work visa was detained upon reentry, called a “retard” and told, “Trump is back in town; we’re doing things the way we should have always been doing them.”
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
April 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We have to consider the possibility that CBP is acting like this because this is how they’ve always wanted to act and the change isn’t Trump saying they should so much as there’s no longer anyone to tell them no.
AOC doesn’t get enough credit man. She’s fearless. No major missteps or scandals and just always on the right side of issues.
All while always being attacked by both republicans AND democrats for what? Wanting a better environment? Helping the poor? Fighting corruption?
All while always being attacked by both republicans AND democrats for what? Wanting a better environment? Helping the poor? Fighting corruption?
April 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
AOC doesn’t get enough credit man. She’s fearless. No major missteps or scandals and just always on the right side of issues.
All while always being attacked by both republicans AND democrats for what? Wanting a better environment? Helping the poor? Fighting corruption?
All while always being attacked by both republicans AND democrats for what? Wanting a better environment? Helping the poor? Fighting corruption?
Agreed. Same for Jim Cramer.
my humble opinion is that if your job is to manage risk and make big decisions about markets and you screw up your judgement this badly you should be disqualified from ever managing money and also shunned completely from speaking on the subject in public again
April 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Agreed. Same for Jim Cramer.