David Pizzo

@pizzohistorian
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Professor of History at Murray State University in Murray, KY, USA. Modern Germany, modern Africa, colonialism, war, violence, slavery, & genocide. Education abroad. Opinions mine and do not reflect the views of my employer. #histodon #mastodonhistorians #histodons #historian

The covert Russian influence campaign code-named “Doppelgänger” is a vast scandal, the dimensions of which are only beginning to be revealed. Paid propagandists, witting and unwitting, include “television and radio hosts, politicians, bloggers, journalists, businessmen, professors, think-tank analysts, veterans, professors, and comedians.” (Hello, Tucker Carlson.)

Here is Heather Cox Richardson:

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/september-6-2024?r=g7z5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

September 6, 2024

One of the things that came to light on Wednesday, in the paperwork the Justice Department unveiled to explain its seizure of 32 internet domains being used by Russian agents in foreign malign influence campaigns, was that the six right-wing U.S.

Letters from an American
The biggest story in America right now is the fact that the former Fox News monster has become a Nazi, and is sitting in the open with a Holocaust denier, Hitler apologist and 21st century fascist..
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/maga-is-infested-with-nazis
MAGA is infested with Nazis

I know what Tucker Carlson is. I know what he has become, and has been for quite a while.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
Guess he WAS in death’s claw machine: https://apple.news/APDxdVZBmSOWcE6yEjOurEg
Henry Kissinger, who shaped world affairs under two presidents, dies at 100 — The Washington Post

He was the only person ever to be White House national security adviser and secretary of state at the same time. He also became the target of relentless critics.

Much more information needed obviously. But intriguing: A Prehistoric Pyramid May Have Just Rewritten Human History, Scientists Claim - VICE

https://apple.news/AOmQlCqtUTdKase-74ozkmg

A Prehistoric Pyramid May Have Just Rewritten Human History, Scientists Claim — VICE

The pyramid of Gunung Padang in Indonesia began construction in the deep past, a new study claims, and was built by an unknown ancient people.

Charlottesville’s Lee statue meets its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace — The Washington Post

The divisive Confederate monument, the focus of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in 2017, was melted down in secret and will become a new piece of public art.

Ron DeSantis Is a Man Of No Qualities

As Ron DeSantis provides safe harbor for oppression in Florida and exports bad policy across the country, it's clear that he represents an existential threat to American democracy—even if he fails to become president.

Esquire

10% of dolphins killed as Amazon drought hits lake: study
~3 minutes

An estimated 10 percent of the dolphins in a picturesque lake in the Brazilian Amazon were killed in a week as a record drought and searing temperatures devastate the region, researchers said Tuesday

https://today.rtl.lu/news/science-and-environment/a/2127497.html

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #Amazon

10% of dolphins killed as Amazon drought hits lake: study

For almost an hour this morning in the midwest of the U.S. almost 2/3rds of our electricity was being produced from #wind power (which is actually a form of #solar power I'd like to point out but that's besides the point).

This is real, tangible #ClimateProgress and more concrete results of our efforts over the last decades that should give you #ClimateHope

#WeCanDoThis