Robert Taylor

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Robert TaylorOct 7
PBS NewsOct 7

Illinois braces for possible National Guard arrival while lawsuit challenging deployment simmers
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/illinois-braces-for-possible-national-guard-arrival-while-lawsuit-challenging-deployment-simmers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Illinois braces for possible National Guard arrival while lawsuit challenging deployment simmers

Gov. JB Pritzker says some Guard troops from Illinois were to be federalized and deployed to Chicago with others from Texas.

PBS News
Robert TaylorOct 7

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism/115334340509284313

Thought the fucker hated Oregon!?

Robert TaylorOct 7
Fardels BearOct 7

@dougiec3

This must be a promo for the upcoming new version of A Christmas Carol, with Trump as Scrooge and Epstein as Marley. Only it doesn't have a happy ending.

Robert TaylorOct 7
Lauren WeinsteinOct 7
Attorney General Bambi, asked at senate hearing if she's seen claimed photos of Trump with half-naked Epstein women, diverts and refuses to answer
Robert TaylorOct 4
FouOct 4

Given the scale of the crimes apparently committed in plain sight – what a UN Commission of Inquiry, the respected Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and many others have in the meantime described as genocide – it was difficult to challenge the court’s logic.

#GazaGenocide #ICC #Netanyahu

Robert TaylorOct 4
Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 4

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Every moment spent on Twitter, Palantir, Meta, or Spotify creating content & data for free or on advertising, is funding a tech oligarchs' fantasies of permanent captive consumers, bigoted caste systems, ubiquitous surveillance, corporate monopoly enshittification, societal collapse/apocalypse & tech feudalism, & theocratic kleptocracy.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2025/07/22/peter-thiel-the-libertarian-billionaire-waging-war-on-government_6743617_183.html

https://zeteo.com/p/peter-thiel-jd-vance-trump-maga-broligarch

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/peter-thiel-palantir-threat-to-americans

https://theconversation.com/this-libertarian-manifesto-loved-by-peter-thiel-urges-a-cognitive-elite-to-see-selfishness-as-a-virtue-263742

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/larry_ellison_wants_all_data/

Peter Thiel, the libertarian billionaire waging war on government

'Tech Oligarchs' (3/6). With his aversion to progressives and his skepticism toward democracy, Peter Thiel was one of the first Silicon Valley giants to support Donald Trump.

Le Monde
Robert TaylorOct 3
Show threadErik MoellerOct 3

In the end, Bluesky serves as another example for decentralization as a technological fetish. It is meaningless babble: neither decentralized in practice, nor offering the kinds of protections the rhetoric promises.

A social network worthy of its name must be grounded in community norms and practices that are negotiated _by_ the community. Anyone who buys into "protocols over platforms" without community governance at its core has been sold a bill of goods.

Robert TaylorOct 3
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Oct 3

The bombings will continue...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/03/hamas-agrees-to-release-all-israeli-hostages

#Gaza #Hamas #Israel #Hostages #Trump

Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages

Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many terms

The Guardian
Robert TaylorOct 3
kottke.orgOct 3
The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time, including, of course, Ali on the cover of Esquire as Saint Sebastian. See also all the nominated covers. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t-magazine/magazine-covers-esquire-rolling-stone.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk8.LDKl.N1yb1OvQi3rZ
The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time

Four editors, a creative director and a visual artist met to debate and discuss the best of print media — and its enduring legacy.

The New York Times
Robert TaylorOct 3
Kim PeralesOct 3

🚨The wealth at the top has created a⬆️bifurcated consumer #economy *wealthy accounting for a growing share of overall spending. Consumers in the top 10% of the income distrib accounted for 49.2% of consumer spending in the Q2 *highest level since data started being compiled in 1989.

Trump body slammed Americans, enriching him/family & the #oligarchs, while most Americans can't make ends meet: #tariffs, #BBB, policies... -created #stagflation, fewer jobs...
#Protest #USPol https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/the-wealth-of-the-top-1percent-reaches-a-record-52-trillion.html

The wealth of the top 1% reaches a record $52 trillion

All wealth groups saw gains over the past year, according to recent Fed data. But the growth has been fastest for those at the very top.

CNBC