Check out this video from about 1:15 on, as a brass band play the leftist anthem "Bella Ciao" to drown out #ProudBoy neo-Nazis who showed up at a #NoKings rally in Atlanta yesterday. Not only is it incredibly heartening, but the band SLAPS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBaJpzAR2k

ETA: A Tumblr user identified the band, "The Black Sheep Ensemble":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr3zqlA1uhk

i made a video about a thing which is everywhere but nobody ever thinks about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Q87w8uhwg

🚨WOW! Signal news

Scientists may have found an explanation for a weird 50-year-old space mystery
https://ovniologia.com.br/2024/08/depois-de-quase-50-anos-o-misterioso-sinal-wow-foi-finalmente-resolvido.html

John Oliver's recent takedown of Benjamin Netanjahu's illegal setler policies is one of the best episodes Last Week Tonight has ever produced.

Thought provoking, frightening even, but very, very important.

If you are against genocide, boost this:

https://youtu.be/NqK3_n6pdDY?si=u_Q1VeoZypVcoao6

It's official: the DOJ has won its case, and Google is a convicted monopolist. Over the next six months, we're gonna move into the "remedy" phase, where we figure out what the court is going to order Google to do to address its illegal monopoly power:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/revealed-preferences/#extinguish-v-improve

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/12/defaults-matter/#make-up-your-mind-already

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