Tim Zee

@ilust606
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West Slavic-American, pro-democracy, pro-climate, pro-human rights, and other good stuff.
Coffee is good.
Game of Thrones & House of the Dragonhttps://westeroswisdom.tumblr.com/
Tim Zee4h ago
Jen Sorensen6h ago

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.

#internet #technology #tech #journalism #disinformation #socialmedia #oligarchy

Tim Zee1d ago
Spark Nomad1d ago

European Leader Calls Trump a ‘Russian Asset’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/portuguese-president-marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa-calls-donald-trump-a-soviet-asset-over-russia-ukraine-war/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Spark, Trending & News @spark-trending-news-SparkNomad

European Leader Calls Trump a ‘Russian Asset’

The European president said Donald Trump “functions as an asset,” slamming the president for his stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Daily Beast
Tim Zee1d ago
Sarah Perez 💙1d ago
Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/
Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch

Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.

TechCrunch
Tim Zee2d ago
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽2d ago
Well said 👏🏼 https://www.comicsands.com/missouri-town-hall-alford?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
MO Voter Tells Alford To Get His Head 'Out Of Trump's Ass'

Well said 👏🏼

Comic Sands
Tim Zee2d ago

A protesting crowd threw rocks at a corrupt populist president who was out campaigning.
The president was Javier Milei of Argentina.
#JavierMilei #Argentina #populists

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250827-argentina-milei-campaign-corruption-protest

Argentina's Milei pelted with stones on campaign trail amid corruption protests

Argentine President Javier Milei was pelted with stones by protesters near Buenos Aires on Wednesday while campaigning amid a corruption scandal, AFP reported. His motorcade was attacked but Milei was unhurt and swiftly evacuated by security, presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni said on X.

FRANCE 24
Tim Zee2d ago
internetarchive2d ago

The history of the library is one of creation, loss, reinvention, and endurance. Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen share this story with Abby Smith Rumsey on the Future Knowledge #podcast THE LIBRARY: A FRAGILE HISTORY.

🎧 Listen & subscribe here ⤵️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-library

#Libraries #LibraryHistory #BookHistory #Knowledge @internetarchive @AuthorsAlliance

Tim Zee2d ago
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦2d ago
Bloomberg: The EU is considering secondary sanctions against countries helping Russia circumvent existing restrictions. A move long overdue as loopholes keep Moscow’s war machine running.
Tim Zee3d ago
Anne Applebaum3d ago
The fire sale at the end of the empire https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/usaid-fire-sale-donation-auction/684012/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK333KEytRa46TNZSowZhJ_q4
Inside the USAID Fire Sale

Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.

The Atlantic
Tim Zee3d ago
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽3d ago
You have to start to wonder if the interior decorator is actually trolling him.
Tim Zee3d ago

"Yeah, he's in there."

MAGA Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA-10) was caught on a hot mic saying that Donald Trump is in the Epstein Files.
Things will be fun when Congress returns to DC after the summer recess.
#DonaldTrump #TheEpsteinFiles #SexOffenders #JeffreyEpstein #MikeCollins #USHouseOfRepresentatives #USPolitics #HotMic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7I-BoWSIoQ

HOT MIC: Republican caught saying Trump IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!

YouTube
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Jen SorensenAug 9

Latest comic on destruction of the public good

#comic #cartoon #pbs #cpb #media #government #radio

Show threadDKAug 9

@jensorensen

#WirBrauchenDieKuenstler ⬆️

Show threadComrade WeezAug 9
@jensorensen I'm so sorry you have to live through the heartbreak of living in the US at the moment. I left the US in 1996 for Australia. I couldn't cope if I hadn't. Thank you for documenting the horrors, Jen. You're important.
Show threadLisa ❌👑Aug 9
@weezmgk @jensorensen Pssst, this is a global problem. The group who did this to America aren’t going to stop at us. #BillionaireDominoes
Show threadWatchful CitizenAug 10
@Bookworm33333 @weezmgk @jensorensen true that. The mainstream population keeps making it worse by giving money to the people behind this aswell
Show threadLisa ❌👑Aug 10
@weezmgk @jensorensen @watchfulcitizen Yes, exactly. Americans need to unite to put them in their place, as do regular people around the world in places where the powerful abuse those they consider less. Balance must be achieved or the abuses will continue to escalate.
Show threadWatchful CitizenAug 10
@Bookworm33333 @weezmgk @jensorensen yes I think we can do that by just using open-source as much as possible. But my issue is how to get non tech people to be interested in doing so. It's hard to compete when big tech has millions and open source is 2 guys in a basement.
Show threadLisa ❌👑Aug 10

@weezmgk @jensorensen @watchfulcitizen Yes, that was something I considered. I don’t have answers though. Here is what I did think about. It’s a little rambling and not fully coherent because I ran out of time before having to leave for work.

https://substack.com/@lisawinfeld/note/c-114133014?r=73vlo&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Lisa Winfeld ❌👑 (@lisawinfeld)

This video by John Leguizamo saying we should look at how South Koreans got a dictator out of power was inspiring. They did it by dismantling the dictator’s support. https://substack.com/@resistmaga/note/c-112108385?r=73vlo&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action Taking down Tesla to harm Musk’s money & reputation and demonstrating publicly that we do not approve of Trump & his Administrations actions are excellent starts, but we need to QUICKLY expand the (non-violent) mission. We must remove all the bricks of Trumps foundation so he has nothing left to stand on. For example: •The H3ritage Foundation (Author of Project 2025) •Republicans in Congress & Senate & in local level •Ineffective Democrats & Independents •Fox & all Trump-backing media sources, and pressure the ones caving in. •Big Corporations/Industries who help him •Social Media who help him •Dark money and open money sources. • Keep people out of elected office who align with Trump or any agenda which aren’t in the Constitutional Democratic Republic* of USA’s best interests, particularly towards anti-authoritarianism. ******PART I******

Substack
Show threadComrade WeezAug 10
@Bookworm33333 psst, it's not happening in Australia. In fact, at our last federal election, the conservative party not only lost but their leader lost their seat for being Trumpy. @jensorensen
Show threadLisa ❌👑Aug 11
@jensorensen @weezmgk I’m glad you’re so confident this can never happen to your country. Sweet dreams.
Show threadSasha AkhaviAug 9
@jensorensen @savetheAI
Show threadbkAug 9
@jensorensen
We were so much better off a year ago (that it’s hard to even remember a year ago)…
Show thread   zululovAug 9
@jensorensen so literal it hurts, literally
Show threadEdgarAug 9
@jensorensen Yes, they are extracting wealth. Greece-style austerity for the little guy comes next
Show threadCome On Giant Asteroid!Aug 10

@jensorensen

Billionaires are a Clear and Present Danger.

To everyone and everything.

Show thread64 Islands Aroha CooperativeAug 10
@jensorensen for a fee you can get a hookup to the ai-cooling outflow, then it’s just a matter of tokens-per-gallon to maintain a comfortable temperature