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The Guardian is now running the story of over 100 hours of tape that show #Trump's close ties to #Epstein. This is based on info from author Michael Wolff, who has been offering the story to American media for weeks--with no takers. The media is #complicit.
in reply to Will

i hate to say it, but there was a powerful window when Wolff could have released it; but now it's such old news, and baked in for voters, the media doesn't think it will get any eyeballs. Which is what happens when a prick like Wolff sits on info to write a book instead of being a true journalist

in reply to Dave Spector

Ahhh yes, the iconic Pashtun tribal dress for women, not really seen outside Pashtun culture, which Westerners are told represents Islam, even though most Muslims consider that extreme.
in reply to Rastal

@Rastal Currently enforced throughout Afghanistan by the Taliban regime, though. who Trump cut a deal with in 2019, forcing the subsequent US withdrawal on Biden by weakening the army presence there so much that keeping the Taliban out became impossible.

Remember, this is what TRUMP wanted for Afghan women.

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reminder: the Luddites were not anti-*technology*. They were anti-*factory owners firing weavers and replacing them with lower-paid loom workers*. They could have retrained the weavers and kept their pay high, but bosses gonna boss. We are all Luddites today.

The name later became a slur because the bosses won, and used propaganda to hide the history, and because smashing looms is a dramatic symbol, and humans like retelling dramatic stories, not depressing facts.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

in reply to Alex Chaffee

'We are all Luddites today' - not true. this a generalization even when the term 'Luddite' is vindicated by historical assessment. Of course - even now - many people are opposed to their own value and based on reactionary views they, themselves hold. Also, personally, I do not like being labelled a 'Luddite' when the term has inherited a different meaning - essentially 'an ignorant shitkicker'. Interesting post, nevertheless :)

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#ScathingAtheist 611 โ€œPolitic of Treatโ€ edition

๐Ÿ”Š: audioboom.com/posts/8599331-poโ€ฆ

In this weekโ€™s episode, JD Vance defends cringey losers who everyone laughs at,, Chick-fil-A becomes a DISRUPTOR in the homophobic sandwich multimedia sector, and weโ€™ll finally learn our master plan.



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It's been 50 years since the scientist who invented Retin-A was allowed to experiment on humans at Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia, testing dioxin, LSD, and other harmful substances without informed consent. Those victims are still seeking justice skepchick.org/2024/10/the-evilโ€ฆ

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#top10 #FACTS #EVOLUTIONISTS DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW (Response)

youtube.com/watch?v=9yJfbxHNowโ€ฆ

Sources:
1 โ€“ #Particles popping in and out of existence: bit.ly/1J9rNlX
2 โ€“ A #Universe from Nothing lecture: bit.ly/1QDSvW0
3 โ€“ Transitional #Fossils playlist: bit.ly/1WtTxec
4 โ€“ Mary Schweitzer's paper on #dinosaur soft tissue: 1.usa.gov/1TzlUp0
...and much more

#cosmos #atheist #science #evolution #atheism #species #astronomy #archaeology


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There was not one but two pro-Hitler Jewish groups, the Association of German National Jews and the German Vanguard.

They were right-wingers who thought the antisemitism was just talk intended to rile up the masses against communism.

Most of their members later perished in concentration camps.

Iโ€™ll add that thereโ€™s no link to any poll in the post and the author appears to be talking about Hasidic Jews.

in reply to Joshua Holland

It's still wild to me that it took the nazis forcing "Jews for Hitler" organizations to disband when he'd already had expressed a desire to kill Jewish people. Like, not even in a "this is what close sources report" way but a "put it in writing in his book and say it publically in speeches" way.


Faith is arrogance masquerading as humility.

To question lifelong religious beliefs is a humble act, as you must be able to admit to the possibility you were wrong.

#atheism #religion #faith



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The Vanishing Culture report arrives today at a critical moment: While Internet Archive recovers from a cyberattack, itโ€™s a reminder of how fragile our access to knowledge can be. Preserving culture & history requires resilienceโ€”and collective action.

๐Ÿ”— blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/vaโ€ฆ


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The yellow counties have more people than the blue counties combined. (I would have used a different color.)

โ€œJust 4.5% of U.S. counties contain 50% of the population.โ€ Itโ€™s another reason why the EC broken.

brilliantmaps.com/half-us-popuโ€ฆ

#Election2024 #USpolitics #society

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Tesla Optimus bots were controlled by humans during the โ€˜We, Robotโ€™ event tcrn.ch/3zONwGB

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I'm hearing murmurings that 60,000+ have cancelled their WaPo subscription.

I genuinely and deeply hope 60,000+ also reallocate those resources into independent media, academics, and activists doing the hard work of holding the powerful accountable.

Please make that investment.

in reply to Strypey

(2/2)

* when a sports reporter leaves MediaCompany, for whatever reason, follows added during their tenure at MediaCompany continue to follow both @sports@MediaCompany.foo, *and* @journalist@MyServer.foo

* journalists can identify themselves with a MediaCompany, while still moving between employers without losing their audience

* audience members can decide whether they trust particular journalists, or the editors of this or that MediaCompany, and choose who to continue following on that basis

in reply to Bill Bennett

@billbennett
> I'd go for it, but publishers would hate it. While they go to lengths to promote the fact that journalist x or y works for them... they don't want to create the impression that the journalist is a brand in his or her own right

More evidence to support what a wise man recently told me;

> most media companies are run by the wrong people and have been for 30 or 40 years now. They have the wrong boards and the wrong senior management.

; )


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Since WaPo joined the LA Times in a complete dereliction of journalistic duty in cowardly deciding to endorse no one, I'm sharing the #PhiladelphiaInquirer's #KamalaHarris endorsement.

My hometown Inky is owned not by Convicted Felonโ„ข๏ธ-loving billionaire techbros, but rather by the nonprofit Lenfest Center for Journalism. (And an Inky sub gets you the best WaPo et al stories anyway.)

Everyone #vote & #GOTV! LFGooo

#HarrisWalz2024 #journalism #USpol @KamalaHarrisWin

inquirer.com/opinion/editorialโ€ฆ


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POLLS DONโ€™T MATTER โ€” VOTES DO!

Polling is used as strategy to influence voters & doesnโ€™t indicate the final outcome. IGNORE THE POLLS.

(All polling in 2016 gave HRC the win and she lost only in the EC.)

WE KNOW the MAGA base will show up & vote for Fucko, as will billionaires & other fat-cats who want another tax cut.

๐Ÿ”ทWE CAN AFFECT THE ELECTION WITH A TSUNAMI TURNOUT!

๐Ÿ”ทOverall turnout in a General Election has not been greater than 67% in over 100 years. WE MUST DO BETTER THIS YEAR!

๐Ÿ”ทHELP GET OUT THE VOTE!

kamalaharris.com indivisible.org mobilize.us democrats.org

#HarrisWalz2024


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#ScathingAtheist 610 โ€œFirst Last Supperโ€ Edition is ready on @Patreon.

๐Ÿ”Š: patreon.com/posts/114597633?utโ€ฆ

In this weekโ€™s episode, the Catholic Church gives a whole new meaning to Powerball Lotto, somebody finally connects the dots between hurricanes and eating babies, and weโ€™ll open the trunk Eli keeps Don Ford in once again.




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This isn't getting enough attention. For at least two elections, Elon Musk has been a major funder of anti-trans propaganda.

... Seriously, why are you still using X?

Musk Donated $50M To Anti-Trans Ads In 2022; Now His Pac Is Partnering With TPUSA
erininthemorning.com/p/musk-doโ€ฆ via @ErinInTheMorn

#news #politics #USpol #transphobia #LGBTQIA #trans #ElonMusk



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"Linux is too hard" mfs on their way to run 4 different scripts from the internet, changing piles of registry keys, before scouring the web dodging malware downloads to get software
in reply to Inderix

"b-but microsoft store!!"
be honest. you used the no@thankyou trick to bypass Microsoft login. you're not using that store bro.
"but I don't wanna use the console for everything"
I know damn well you've used irm iex in powershell at least once.
in reply to Inderix

What most people mean when they say "Linux is hard" is actually: "Linux is different to what I'm used to".

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I had 35,000 music lovers following me at that other site before Elon Musk ruined it. Please follow me here and help spread the word in the Fediverse.



in reply to Lesley Carhart

@hacks4pancakes
> the rest of us donโ€™t though

100%. Also, anyone who says something like ...

> if you are swayed by such low effort crap advertising you deserve the government you vote for

... is much more swayed by said crap than those who understand social psychology. Enough to realise we're *all* vulnerable to these kinds of propaganda tricks. Especially when we can't see that the same money is funding the opposite message to target others.

Big ups to 404 for showing us.

@kcarruthers


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Trump had twenty buses bring his supporters from their cars to his rally in the California desert.

He only had two buses available to take them back after he was done channeling Hitler.

Trump does not care about anyone except Donald J. Trump example 42,952:
youtu.be/kFqifKqXdwg?si=_nA5FXโ€ฆ


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The day that should give any lover of democracy the shivers is December 11. Thatโ€™s the date designated by the Constitution as the Certificate of Ascertainment deadline. If you have never heard of the โ€œCertificate of Ascertainmentโ€ date, youโ€™d better bone upโ€ฆ gregpalast.com/maga-militants-โ€ฆ

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"Why kick the cat?" - @brewsterkahle, speaking to Daniel Wu of the Washington Post about the attacks against the Internet Archive โžก๏ธ wapo.st/4f998w2
in reply to internetarchive

Why didn't the fucking cat rotate their leaked API keys?

Also: correct me if I'm wrong, but stuff from their GitLab getting leaked is new information. Previously, news outlets only reported about stolen user credentials.

in reply to Dekkia

> These emails come after BleepingComputer repeatedly tried to warn the Internet Archive that their source code was stolen through a GitLab authentication token that was exposed online for almost two years.
bleepingcomputer.com/news/secuโ€ฆ

You know what? Go fuck yourself and your stupid website. Negligence like this feels criminal at this point.





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