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Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Emma Briant from Monash University, said the sophistication of the Russian operation was concerning: "It essentially is the evidence that we have been waiting for, which really proves the Russian backing behind an awful lot of influencers that have been pedalling and super-spreading disinformation on the internet," she said. Dr Briant said the influencers paid by RT were "given deniability" but were "doing Russia's bidding with little regulation stopping them". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-05/us-charges-russian-disinformation-rt-propaganda/104313552
Sheril KirshenbaumThose folks in the Middle Ages may have been onto something 😆
(Source unknown, will update if found 🦕)
Anna Kennard"The mainstream media’s “fact-checking” of the Democratic National Convention was rightly ridiculed for an obsession with semantics and pedantic nitpicking, but the result was more than just annoying.
Many of the purported “fact-checks” go beyond verifying Democrats’ statements and serve as political spin for Trump, giving him an unearned benefit of the doubt that almost ignores he actually was president and has an established record of deceit and malicious incompetence."
https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/politifact-glenn-kessler-amy-gardner-linda-qiu-dnc-fact-check?r=1oktco&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Many of the purported “fact-checks” go beyond verifying Democrats’ statements and serve as political spin for Trump, giving him an unearned benefit of the doubt that almost ignores he actually was president and has an established record of deceit and malicious incompetence."
https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/politifact-glenn-kessler-amy-gardner-linda-qiu-dnc-fact-check?r=1oktco&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
flexghost.We said it would happen; it's happening
They're coming for marriage equality
"“In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including
"Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.
"...we have a duty to ‘correct the error’"
-Clarence Thomas in his concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Wade
Alex Russell@benschwarz Anyway, I'm *begging* web developers not to facilitate greenwashing. The carbon credits scandal needs to be a cautionary-enough tale that we are able to dismiss the next attractive nuisance out of hand when the numbers come back fugazi:
https://web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/carbon-offsets-are-unscalable-unjust-unfixable-joe-romm/
Carbon Offsets Are Unscalable, Unjust, & Unfixable — Joe Romm
Noted climate researcher Joe Romm has published a paper debunking carbon offsets as basically useless and holding back emissions reductions....Continue Reading Carbon Offsets Are Unscalable, Unjust, & Unfixable — Joe Romm
Jordan Mechner@internetarchive I've signed and donated. As an author, I'm VERY concerned about preserving access to the vast body of work (including out-of-print and public-domain books) that is in danger of becoming unfindable.
I'm MUCH LESS concerned that having my own works be available in a nonprofit online library like the Internet Archive could somehow cost me sales or hurt my bottom line. With all respect, I believe the publishers' lawsuit is wrong, and contrary to the values we share.
Shauna GMThe US is a uniquely dangerous place to live, among wealthy nations. One in 24 Americans will die by accident - a 40% higher rate than Norway, the next most dangerous.
It's especially dangerous if you're already marginalized. As Singer writes, "whether or not you die by accident is just a measure of your power, or lack of it"
Some accidents we try very hard to avoid. Others we accept as simply inevitable. Which kinds of accidents are which is not a matter of chance, it is driven by underlying power structures.
Back in the 1920s, when a person was killed by a car, people *rioted*.
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦CRUELTY is the point of fascism
"The Florida State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local agencies from implementing heat protections for workers."
UPDATE: been asked to include the OG source for The Hill, so here it is:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/floridas-senate-passes-bill-block-local-regulations-protecting-workers-rcna142021
Florida Senate passes bill banning local heat protections for workers
The Florida State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local agencies from implementing heat protections for workers. The GOP-controlled Senate voted 28-11 to pass the bill, which would ban cities and counties from adopting mandatory water breaks and other extreme heat relief measures that go beyond what is required by state or federal…