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Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
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What is the Pope's climate legacy?
A few articles from our archives:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/02/vati...
A few articles from our archives:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/02/vati...
Vatican launched online platform to help Catholics fight climate change » Yale Climate Connections
The Laudato si' platform helps Catholics assess their environmental impact and create a plan for change.
yaleclimateconnections.org
April 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What is the Pope's climate legacy?
A few articles from our archives:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/02/vati...
A few articles from our archives:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/02/vati...
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Congrats to Laura Beers! ORWELL'S GHOSTS is the 2025 winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize awarded to books that "improve democratic governance through an examination of the intersection between the media, politics and public policy." wwnorton.com/books/978132...
April 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Congrats to Laura Beers! ORWELL'S GHOSTS is the 2025 winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize awarded to books that "improve democratic governance through an examination of the intersection between the media, politics and public policy." wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election
The Heritage Foundation helped to “design” the manifesto of candidate Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election
The Heritage Foundation helped to “design” the manifesto of candidate Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election
The Heritage Foundation, the U.S. group that produced a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term, is trying to shape the upcoming Albanian election, DeSmog can report. The opposition candidate Sal...
www.desmog.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election
The Heritage Foundation helped to “design” the manifesto of candidate Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election
The Heritage Foundation helped to “design” the manifesto of candidate Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Mark Massa’s new book on Catholic Fundamentalism. If you are Fundamentalist Catholic, you are probably GOP and everyone else, even GOP right wing non Catholics, is going to hell. And only fundamentalists get to rule.
Very Leonard Leo Catholic Integralist-Opus Dei
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Very Leonard Leo Catholic Integralist-Opus Dei
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 7: Unpacking Catholic Fundamentalism.
Podcast Episode · Belief and Ballots: An American podcast on faith and the public sphere · 04/04/2024 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Mark Massa’s new book on Catholic Fundamentalism. If you are Fundamentalist Catholic, you are probably GOP and everyone else, even GOP right wing non Catholics, is going to hell. And only fundamentalists get to rule.
Very Leonard Leo Catholic Integralist-Opus Dei
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Very Leonard Leo Catholic Integralist-Opus Dei
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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“On today’s X, #AcademicTwitter is dead. And most scholars in the world do not want to be active on what the platform has become.” ~ @claesdevreese.bsky.social
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“On today’s X, #AcademicTwitter is dead. And most scholars in the world do not want to be active on what the platform has become.” ~ @claesdevreese.bsky.social
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A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising | CNN
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
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Reform Think Tank ‘Resolute 1850’ Run by Mining Magnates
The group plans to fundraise from U.S. backers allied to Donald Trump.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Reform Think Tank ‘Resolute 1850’ Run by Mining Magnates
The group plans to fundraise from U.S. backers allied to Donald Trump.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
New Reform Think Tank ‘Resolute 1850’ Run by Mining Magnates
A new research group set up to support Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is run by investors with business interests in the energy and metals industries, DeSmog can reveal Resolute 1850 is reportedly being la...
www.desmog.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
Reform Think Tank ‘Resolute 1850’ Run by Mining Magnates
The group plans to fundraise from U.S. backers allied to Donald Trump.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Reform Think Tank ‘Resolute 1850’ Run by Mining Magnates
The group plans to fundraise from U.S. backers allied to Donald Trump.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
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Who better to lead a counterterrorism center than someone who has aided and supported the right-wing paramilitary movement?
Gabbard’s pick to run a counterterrorism center aided the start of a right-wing paramilitary group
Joe Kent, a promoter of conspiracy theories, has long associated with extremists.
www.motherjones.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Who better to lead a counterterrorism center than someone who has aided and supported the right-wing paramilitary movement?
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Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
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"'When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman. Studies have shown this,' said a still-male Watters as he sat behind the camera screen he stares at all day."
You know MAGA is getting desperate when they resort to arguing that Daddy Trump is trying to make you a man by putting you through economic misery.
Of course, they're selling the pitch with misogyny so over-the-top I just laughed at it.
An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/04/09/f...
Of course, they're selling the pitch with misogyny so over-the-top I just laughed at it.
An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/04/09/f...
Fox News exploits MAGA's masculinity delusions in a desperate bid to defend tariffs
Right-wing social media has decided soaring inflation will somehow grant them all tradwives
www.salon.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"'When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman. Studies have shown this,' said a still-male Watters as he sat behind the camera screen he stares at all day."
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Dr Steve Smith, Executive Director of @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social and co-lead of the NZT discusses how the approach to climate strategy has shifted over time, transitioning from a focus on GHG concentrations to adopting net zero CO2 emissions.
The Science Behind Net Zero Targets
In this video, Steve explores the concept of net zero emissions, tracing its origins and outlining the essential principles for achieving it. From the evolution of climate strategy to the scientific…
sustainabilityunlocked.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Dr Steve Smith, Executive Director of @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social and co-lead of the NZT discusses how the approach to climate strategy has shifted over time, transitioning from a focus on GHG concentrations to adopting net zero CO2 emissions.
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Indonesia to clear forests the size of Belgium, home to native peoples, largely for biofuels.
Destroying wild natural habitat that absorbs vast amounts of CO2, stabilises the climate in other, even more vital ways, as 'climate action'.
It could not be more insane.
abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
Destroying wild natural habitat that absorbs vast amounts of CO2, stabilises the climate in other, even more vital ways, as 'climate action'.
It could not be more insane.
abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
World's largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar and rice in Indonesia
Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive
abcnews.go.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Indonesia to clear forests the size of Belgium, home to native peoples, largely for biofuels.
Destroying wild natural habitat that absorbs vast amounts of CO2, stabilises the climate in other, even more vital ways, as 'climate action'.
It could not be more insane.
abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
Destroying wild natural habitat that absorbs vast amounts of CO2, stabilises the climate in other, even more vital ways, as 'climate action'.
It could not be more insane.
abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
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This is a brilliant and crucial article about the demonisation of empathy by @joolia.bsky.social (Julia Carrie Wong).
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is a brilliant and crucial article about the demonisation of empathy by @joolia.bsky.social (Julia Carrie Wong).
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Breaking News: President Trump’s latest tariffs took effect, hitting nearly all U.S. allies and sending governments around the world scrambling.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
Trump Tariffs Take Effect: Live Updates on China, Global Stock Markets and Trade War
Investors braced for another rocky day of trading. South Korea and Japan sent delegations to Washington to negotiate, while China says it will fight the latest levies.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Breaking News: President Trump’s latest tariffs took effect, hitting nearly all U.S. allies and sending governments around the world scrambling.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
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“Christian ‘TheoBros’ Are Building a Tech Utopia” in TN & KY. It’s called the “Highland Rim Project” & is an initiative of New Founding (NF), which is backed by “Tech Bro” Marc Andreessen. NF founder Nate Fischer is invested in Pronomos, which funds crypto-based charter cities & “network states” 1/
Christian "TheoBros" are building a tech utopia in Appalachia
What could go wrong?
www.motherjones.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“Christian ‘TheoBros’ Are Building a Tech Utopia” in TN & KY. It’s called the “Highland Rim Project” & is an initiative of New Founding (NF), which is backed by “Tech Bro” Marc Andreessen. NF founder Nate Fischer is invested in Pronomos, which funds crypto-based charter cities & “network states” 1/
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
Right-wing media owner Paul Marshall bought a large stake in Elon Musk’s company Tesla prior to the U.S. presidential election, DeSmog can reveal. At the same time, Marshall’s outlets were regularly p...
www.desmog.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
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Leonard Leo created front group opposes wind energy.
And as is typical of Leo fronts, the Maine org is renamed, to make it more difficult to track. Leo provides 80% of its funding.
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
And as is typical of Leo fronts, the Maine org is renamed, to make it more difficult to track. Leo provides 80% of its funding.
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
Anti-offshore wind fishing group backed by right-wing money eyes support from Maine towns
The New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association has drawn over $1.1 million from a group connected to Leonard Leo, an influential conservative activist. Now it's setting out to raise money from th...
www.mainepublic.org
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Leonard Leo created front group opposes wind energy.
And as is typical of Leo fronts, the Maine org is renamed, to make it more difficult to track. Leo provides 80% of its funding.
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
And as is typical of Leo fronts, the Maine org is renamed, to make it more difficult to track. Leo provides 80% of its funding.
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...