Mastodawn

NEW REPUBLIC: “Where Did Millions in Funding Go?” $63 MILLION companies paid in *settlements* to Trump appears to have vanished (into his pocket) and @SenWarren wants answers. newrepublic.com/article/2092...

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Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱3d ago

"We need to rebuild or reinvent the ways and places in which we meet; we need to recognise them as the space of democracy, of joy, of connection, of love, of trust. Technology has stolen us from each other..."

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/29/what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back

The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort

The Guardian

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Erin Reed 3d ago

1. Trump has weaponized the FCC to control the media under his autocratic rule. Now, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is turning the agency towards his next target: transgender characters in TV shows. He seeks to change the rating system to penalize trans characters. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Trump's FCC Targets Parental R...

Trump's FCC Targets Parental Rating System Over Transgender TV Characters

The FCC is seeking comment on whether the TV Parental Guidelines rating system needs to be changed to penalize shows for transgender or nonbinary content.

Erin In The Morning

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD 3d ago

RFK Jr: I terminated the COVID vaccines because it didn’t make any sense. COVID is gone. Note: From July 2024 to June 2025 in the US, COVID19 caused up to 450,000 hospitalizations and 53,000 deaths. COVID ain’t gone, shitbird.

Up to 56,000 people died from ...

Up to 56,000 people died from COVID-19 or RSV last year

RSV was associated with 190,000 to 350,000 hospitalizations from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, as well as 10,000 to 23,000 deaths, according to new CDC data.

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Coach Pāṇini ®2d ago

🤷🏻‍♂️
#tariffs

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Schneewittchen 2d ago

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Scary Austin 3d ago

"You soup fork" is sending me

#Trump

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Koen Hufkens, PhD 4d ago

Prices in the US will go down, right, RIGHT.

narrator: They did not...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-opens-refund-portal-to-start-paying-back-trumps-illegal-tariffs/

US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs

Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump's Supreme Court loss.

Ars Technica

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rickf 4d ago

Bari Weiss' Paramount/CBS News invites FCC Chair Carr to the WHCA dinner this weekend. Because nothing spells 'press freedom' like the person charged with politicizing it for a national 'leader' right?

Of course, they also invited FOTUS to attend / speak, so he'll probably make an ass of himself (again) as well.

America's access-based media is a fucking joke.

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The Tennessee Holler 4d ago

Alex Jones points out Lutnick’s family business is profiting billions off of the tariffs being overturned As corporations that raised prices on consumers now take billions from taxpayers Grifts everywhere— and we lose