The #nfl #firing of #Kaepernick was the #elite realization that they could replace anyone for #ideological reasons and ignore #skill or #talent. The #american #economy is based entirely on #neo - #communist faith in the market - not the state. It is the acid test which sorts us.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps. "'Palantir’s "manifesto" sounds like the ramblings of a #supervillain,' said Victoria Collins, a #LiberalDemocrat MP. 'A #company that has such naked #ideological motivations & lack of #respect for #democratic #ruleoflaw should be nowhere near our #public #services.'" Amen to that! Stuff #Palantir! Down with #AlexKarp & his #technological #fascism!
Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

The Guardian
Archaeologists Find First Physical Evidence of Hairless Dogs in Ancient Peru - GreekReporter.com

New research uncovers the first evidence of Peruvian hairless dogs, showing how they lived, fed and were buried at a Wari site in Peru.

GreekReporter.com
"But this isn’t a simple strategic miscalculation ... it’s the result of a particular #ideological #fantasy of #American #independence from foreign #alliances, 1 that is oblivious to how those alliances long served American interests" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trashing American Allies Turns...
Trashing American Allies Turns Out to Be Bad for National Security

How “America First” became “America Alone”

The Atlantic
#MissKittyPolitics @[email protected] The #Bluesky network is not perfectly cleansed, but it also is not #censored except in #moderation stacks or at the #personal level. #Ideological #bigotry can be practiced. And is. But it's a great platform for speaking out, and learning, and connecting! #RESIST
After the surprising electoral victory achieved by Cem Özdemir in Baden‑Württemberg, former federal minister Renate Künast warned her party against turning the... https://news.osna.fm/?p=37659 | #news #after #green #ideological #kunast
Künast Urges Green Unity, Warns of Ideological Rift After Özdemir's Win - Osna.FM

Renate Künast warns Germany's Green Party against a direction clash after Cem Özdemir's surprising electoral win in Baden-Württemberg, urging unity over internal debate.

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#Capitalism, by the way, is a word I hate, not just because it’s highly #ideological, but because it creates the impression that there is just one kind of #marketeconomywww.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/savi...

Reclaiming Democracy From the ...
Reclaiming Democracy From the Market

Michael J. Sandel & Daron Acemoglu discuss the breakdown of civic life and the need to restore trust in public institutions.

Project Syndicate
“While many acts of #terror can be attributed to #religious or #ideological #extremism, we are increasingly seeing #massmurder motivated by a set of incoherent and contradictory beliefs; by outright #nihilism; or by seemingly nothing at all.” www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Justin Ling: In the face of ho...
Justin Ling: In the face of horror in Tumbler Ridge, these are the questions we need to be asking

Van Rootselaar’s social media history doesn’t explain why the shooting occurred. But it hints at how it might have been prevented.

Toronto Star
“A large proportion of #voters don’t have strong #ideological preferences — not because they’re “moderates,” but because they don’t think #ideologically at all. Instead, they think #pragmatically – they think about things like the price of eggs …” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

American Decency Still Lives
American Decency Still Lives

When pushed far enough, Americans will do the right thing

Paul Krugman
Noem’s coarse tweet comes back to bite her in blistering ruling on protections for Haitians

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, mimicking Donald Trump's boorishness expressed her thoughts on immigrants from certain countries in coarse terms on Twitter. Those words would come back to bite her when they were cited in a blistering ruling by a judge who did not see her effort to revoke the temporary protected status of over 300,000 Haitian immigrants as being done in good faith for good reasons. Rachel Maddow reports.

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