Actually, the internet is NOT 'essential to how people speak, learn, and participate in public life.'
It's merely convenient, but people knew how to speak, learn, & participate in public life a very long time before the internet. The internet has actually made all of that less impressive, not more.
It's merely convenient, but people knew how to speak, learn, & participate in public life a very long time before the internet. The internet has actually made all of that less impressive, not more.
The internet is essential to how people speak, learn, and participate in public life. When access depends on flawed technology or hard-to-obtain documents, we deepen existing inequalities and silence the people who most need these platforms. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various
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December 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Actually, the internet is NOT 'essential to how people speak, learn, and participate in public life.'
It's merely convenient, but people knew how to speak, learn, & participate in public life a very long time before the internet. The internet has actually made all of that less impressive, not more.
It's merely convenient, but people knew how to speak, learn, & participate in public life a very long time before the internet. The internet has actually made all of that less impressive, not more.
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🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
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Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
isreal is a very real and present monstrosity that should shock all with conscience…what's more unbelievably evil than israel itself is the state of ‘humanity’ that allows this wretched monstrosity to actually exist in the 21st century.
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Caitlin Johnstone (@caitlinjohnstone)
substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
isreal is a very real and present monstrosity that should shock all with conscience…what's more unbelievably evil than israel itself is the state of ‘humanity’ that allows this wretched monstrosity to actually exist in the 21st century.
substack.com/@caitlinjohn...
substack.com/@caitlinjohn...
Ahmad Ibsais (@ahmadibsais)
substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
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November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Remedios Varo - no doubt the most gifted painter of the20th century.
...she saw the spirits most everyone else was too preoccupied to see.
...she saw the spirits most everyone else was too preoccupied to see.
Bankersin Action
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19601
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19601
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Remedios Varo - no doubt the most gifted painter of the20th century.
...she saw the spirits most everyone else was too preoccupied to see.
...she saw the spirits most everyone else was too preoccupied to see.
Was wondering when a news site would have the sense to make the, obvious, case...
Graham Platner is a fraud
Graham Platner is a fraud
Graham Platner is a fraud — and why the online left can't see it
Graham Platner is a fraud — and why the online left can't see it
When it comes to Graham Platner, I don’t have skin in the game. I live in Connecticut, not Maine. The good people of that state will figure out for themselves whether he has the right stuff to be their next Democratic candidate for the US Senate. Indeed, there’s a lot to sort through, including the ...
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Was wondering when a news site would have the sense to make the, obvious, case...
Graham Platner is a fraud
Graham Platner is a fraud
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stares at you in manul
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
stares at you in manul
'Trump is a temp worker voted into office by the public. If anyone was insubordinate it was President Trump...You don’t admonish the American public while praising a foreign prince — especially not one who is an international pariah with a well-known violent nature.'
H/T @briankarem.bsky.social
H/T @briankarem.bsky.social
Until this week I’d never seen a president call one female reporter a “piggy,” tell another she’s insubordinate and appear to threaten members of Congress with execution.
Any 1 of those are unprecedented occurrences. We got 3 of them in one week courtesy of Donald Trump
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/d...
Any 1 of those are unprecedented occurrences. We got 3 of them in one week courtesy of Donald Trump
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/d...
Donald Trump's piggish, savage behavior hits new low
From insults to death threats and princely thugs, the president is out of control
www.salon.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
'Trump is a temp worker voted into office by the public. If anyone was insubordinate it was President Trump...You don’t admonish the American public while praising a foreign prince — especially not one who is an international pariah with a well-known violent nature.'
H/T @briankarem.bsky.social
H/T @briankarem.bsky.social
A truly vile & repulsive creature -this lindsey graham is the epitome of the demonic imp, imagined into being by the darkest parts of the mortal mind.
'...we're killing the right people...'
The Divine creation will celebrate the day he no longer walks the face of Earth.
#republicanjewishcoalition
'...we're killing the right people...'
The Divine creation will celebrate the day he no longer walks the face of Earth.
#republicanjewishcoalition
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A truly vile & repulsive creature -this lindsey graham is the epitome of the demonic imp, imagined into being by the darkest parts of the mortal mind.
'...we're killing the right people...'
The Divine creation will celebrate the day he no longer walks the face of Earth.
#republicanjewishcoalition
'...we're killing the right people...'
The Divine creation will celebrate the day he no longer walks the face of Earth.
#republicanjewishcoalition
As the world looks on...& does nothing.
'Zionists are a psychopathic cult committing genocide & persecuting anyone who confronts their ethno-supremacy'
'What the wounds are telling us' - children are being deliberately sniped and drone-targeted by Zionists in Gaza
open.substack.com/pub/beeley/p...
'Zionists are a psychopathic cult committing genocide & persecuting anyone who confronts their ethno-supremacy'
'What the wounds are telling us' - children are being deliberately sniped and drone-targeted by Zionists in Gaza
open.substack.com/pub/beeley/p...
'What the wounds are telling us' - children are being deliberately sniped and drone-targeted by Zionists in Gaza
Zionists are a psychopathic cult committing genocide and persecuting anyone who confronts their ethno-supremacy
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As the world looks on...& does nothing.
'Zionists are a psychopathic cult committing genocide & persecuting anyone who confronts their ethno-supremacy'
'What the wounds are telling us' - children are being deliberately sniped and drone-targeted by Zionists in Gaza
open.substack.com/pub/beeley/p...
'Zionists are a psychopathic cult committing genocide & persecuting anyone who confronts their ethno-supremacy'
'What the wounds are telling us' - children are being deliberately sniped and drone-targeted by Zionists in Gaza
open.substack.com/pub/beeley/p...
The 'right' have embraced 'cancel culture' in pursuit of their agenda.
The public shouldn't forget that it was actually the 'left' that introduced this form of social control - enforcing it for several years...along the way destroying numerous lives & livelihoods because of unfavorable opinions.
The public shouldn't forget that it was actually the 'left' that introduced this form of social control - enforcing it for several years...along the way destroying numerous lives & livelihoods because of unfavorable opinions.
New in PN: It's about repression, not free speech
"These people are not claiming to embrace free speech & then failing to apply that ideal equally. They openly think some views are more equal than others & they're entitled to enforce their rule with whatever means they choose, including violence."
"These people are not claiming to embrace free speech & then failing to apply that ideal equally. They openly think some views are more equal than others & they're entitled to enforce their rule with whatever means they choose, including violence."
It's about repression, not free speech
The right's response to Charlie Kirk's death gives away the game.
www.publicnotice.co
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The 'right' have embraced 'cancel culture' in pursuit of their agenda.
The public shouldn't forget that it was actually the 'left' that introduced this form of social control - enforcing it for several years...along the way destroying numerous lives & livelihoods because of unfavorable opinions.
The public shouldn't forget that it was actually the 'left' that introduced this form of social control - enforcing it for several years...along the way destroying numerous lives & livelihoods because of unfavorable opinions.
Shame on the whole damned world....
"Where is the world? Where are the Arab nations?"
This Palestinian girl broke down as she described an Israeli attack that targeted her family’s shelter in Gaza City.
This Palestinian girl broke down as she described an Israeli attack that targeted her family’s shelter in Gaza City.
September 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Shame on the whole damned world....
Say @joplinapp.bsky.social ...the latest update is not workable with macOS 10 (Catalina) - no longer support this? Is there access to the older builds for those who've attempted to update but lost the older version because this wasn't announced upfront?...🤷♀️
May 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Say @joplinapp.bsky.social ...the latest update is not workable with macOS 10 (Catalina) - no longer support this? Is there access to the older builds for those who've attempted to update but lost the older version because this wasn't announced upfront?...🤷♀️
Why am I being denied posting images...?
Bluesky social... *meh* like all the others...🥱...🤷♀️
Bluesky social... *meh* like all the others...🥱...🤷♀️
March 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Why am I being denied posting images...?
Bluesky social... *meh* like all the others...🥱...🤷♀️
Bluesky social... *meh* like all the others...🥱...🤷♀️
Media should just not show up at the 'briefings'...a big empty room would say more than all the suck-up complaining.
Let the mouthpieces make their statements then media report and analyze...the admin isn't going to answer anything truthful anyway...just stop playing the game media...
Let the mouthpieces make their statements then media report and analyze...the admin isn't going to answer anything truthful anyway...just stop playing the game media...
The White House Correspondents' Association says the Trump administration should abandon its "wrong-headed effort" to take control of the press briefing room seating chart.
In a memo to its nearly 900 members, the association charged the White House with trying to "exert pressure" on journalists
In a memo to its nearly 900 members, the association charged the White House with trying to "exert pressure" on journalists
White House Correspondents Association says Trump administration is trying to pressure reporters | CNN Business
The White House Correspondents’ Association says the Trump administration should abandon its “wrong-headed effort” to take control of the press briefing room seating chart.
www.cnn.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Media should just not show up at the 'briefings'...a big empty room would say more than all the suck-up complaining.
Let the mouthpieces make their statements then media report and analyze...the admin isn't going to answer anything truthful anyway...just stop playing the game media...
Let the mouthpieces make their statements then media report and analyze...the admin isn't going to answer anything truthful anyway...just stop playing the game media...
'...a prelude to the end of humanity.'
That this atrocity occurs for over a year, in the open face of the world, while the power-States do nothing but provide support, already suggests a literal end of humanity.
substack.com/@bettbeat/no...
That this atrocity occurs for over a year, in the open face of the world, while the power-States do nothing but provide support, already suggests a literal end of humanity.
substack.com/@bettbeat/no...
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If this speech doesn’t wake you up, we’re all doomed.
substack.com
December 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
'...a prelude to the end of humanity.'
That this atrocity occurs for over a year, in the open face of the world, while the power-States do nothing but provide support, already suggests a literal end of humanity.
substack.com/@bettbeat/no...
That this atrocity occurs for over a year, in the open face of the world, while the power-States do nothing but provide support, already suggests a literal end of humanity.
substack.com/@bettbeat/no...
A cosmic neural network...🧠...😉
December 10, 2024 at 11:18 AM
A cosmic neural network...🧠...😉
He tried to warn people...🎯
December 6, 2024 at 10:58 PM
He tried to warn people...🎯
Trump's gilded Cabinet
'It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires.'
The question: what will it take for the bedazzled cult members - as well as the easily abused - to come to the realization: they've been conned by the despicable conman.
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t...
'It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires.'
The question: what will it take for the bedazzled cult members - as well as the easily abused - to come to the realization: they've been conned by the despicable conman.
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t...
Trump's billionaires set to take government by storm
At least 14 billionaires — and counting — will serve in the next Trump administration.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Trump's gilded Cabinet
'It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires.'
The question: what will it take for the bedazzled cult members - as well as the easily abused - to come to the realization: they've been conned by the despicable conman.
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t...
'It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires.'
The question: what will it take for the bedazzled cult members - as well as the easily abused - to come to the realization: they've been conned by the despicable conman.
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t...