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Urzl @gooba42.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

American workers need to remember that we're currently around 400% as productive as our parents' generation. We're working the same or sometimes more hours and we're not making ends meet. Employers could have doubled our income or halved our hours while still making double the money. Instead […]

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/09/2026

Some of us in San Francisco first heard of the Network State and related tech cults from Emily Mills. She documented how these ideas had infused our local politics. It sounded odd at first, but her work sparked mine. On Tuesday, we're onstage together in SF. Tix here: semaphore.thd.org/954-2/

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THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS PRESENTS: GIL DURAN with Emily Mills

Join Telegraph Hill Dwellers for an evening with journalist and author Gil Duran, in conversation with Emily Mills, discussing his new book, The

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026

Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich”

Perfect with photos of teal and Judy Vance. Quote from Peter Teal if you’re evil, you’re actually kind of good because at least you’re getting something done.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@ai6yr.bsky.social Question: two houses are around 100 yards apart and can see each other down the street. Is there any kind of lower tech communication device that would reach that far just for inside those two houses? Would a walk talkie go that far?

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

If they don't spend money, it's because they don't want to. When they want to spend, they can always find the money.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of A. profit and B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love. So yes, demonic is the right word.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

When you think that there ought to be laws against things you see happening.... There probably are. The laws just are not being enforced. We expect enforcement to be discretionary in the interest of justice, but we don't have good mechanisms to challenge the decision not to enforce a law.

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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Not following anyone? The new :pixelfed: app will suggest followers for you to follow, with a better explanation.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Looking forward to reading The Nuance Drought by Natasha Devon, which is out on Thursday. She's a force for good. It's about how living in a world of binary choices and polarising narratives affects communities, society, our physical and mental health. Crucial stuff. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Nuance Drought: Reclaiming Truth and Complexity in a Polarised World

The nuance drought is having a devastating impact on every area of our lives. It dictates the way our politics is done and how the media reports, it affects our physical and mental health, and it impa...

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Destroying US is the point Breaking our relationships Scaring people away Running up huge debt Creating poor morale in the military Using up stored reserves Squandering our natural resources

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I would love to see members of congress commit to coming after those who help 47 do illegal things. ESPECIALLY those who "buy" or damage public property. Tell them that property will be reclaimed, and they will have to pay to fix anything they changed. @elizabethwarren89.bsky.social

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

What terrible thing are they doing to us now, because today's distraction was a doozy.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

youtu.be/locKEKxG3os?is=BcSRQ1iCBAA… This is incredibly interesting and accessible. AI can "get creative to solve a problem" which sounds like thinking. It is taught that ends justify means. It is influenced by what it sees other AI agents doing. 😬

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a regulatory agency whose leader was chosen by Donald Trump, granted preliminary approval on Friday to World Liberty Financial’s application for a federal bank charter. World Liberty Financial is a crypto venture launched in 2024 by the president’s […]

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think we should look at Scott Bessent's FinCEN decision as akin to Todd Blanche's bid to immunize Trump and the failsons. Even just Trump Org has hundreds of beneficial orgs. Imagine how many the crypto corruption has? Now, poof! All gone. www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...

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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a final rule that permanently removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to repor...

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Companies in a variety of industries are making big plays to extricate themselves from liabilities large and small, mostly large. They want us to talk about how to do it, but we must maintain that it may not be done. Public policy prohibits laying off responsibility.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

US postwar boom happened because, among other things, Europeans fled here during the war. US was physically and politically safe with opportunities abounding. There are many ways to destroy a country, and this regime seems to know all of them. From: @luckytran […]

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Marijuana is legal in CA and I support that (I don't use it). However, I would like to be able to test whether someone is impaired due to marijuana. MJ can be detected in the body weeks after use, so that kind of test is useless. Is there a solution to this problem?

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David Scott Moyer @farbel.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

You can read the #column in the #NYT if you have a subscription, but I don't think you need to to get my gist. #politics #labels #DemocraticSocialists #Democrats #Republicans #Conservative #Liberal #nuance #CriticalThinking #NewsMedia

David Scott Moyer on Is It Really True That
Socialism Is a Threat to the Democrats?

Oaxaca, Mexico - Just now
This is the problem with labels. They have ever-changing definitions
which can be used to manipulate a population notoriously bad at
critical thinking and understanding nuance.
The Democratic Socialists of today (they chose this divisive label)
are the Democrats of the early 70's. The "moderates" (label
contrived by media) are the Republicans of that era. "Conservatives"
conserve nothing. "Liberal" has become yet another meaningless
epithet.
Labels oversimplify the issues we face, divide constituencies which
have aligned interests, and give us a government that serves not us,
but those who manipulate the labels.
Stop using labels as a catchall for politics and policy. Stop devoting
entire columns to parsing the horserace between contrived
divisions. Politics is not a sport. Report on the issues and what
candidates propose. Report on their visions for the future, not the
simplistic back and forth of slogans.
As Jon Stewart famously said on Firing Line, "You are hurting us.”

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

One of the most reliable indicators of whether trading in a stock will increase is if it appears in the news. It doesn't matter why. Maybe the CEO married a celebrity. But that's why 47 name dropping companies is so consequential. He has the reach to be heard, plus he has a cult following.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Does anyone know what happened to The Distraction Index aka @sgharlow ? The account stopped posting a few weeks ago, and the site distractionindex.org had its news entries deleted. The bones of the site are still there.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Somewhere, someone is working on a book on the decline and fall of the Reagan empire.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If you've asked yourself, what can *I* do, here's a concrete answer. Disable the surveillance apparatus in your own community and cut off the data the regimes relies on to track not only immigrants but women crossing state lines for abortion care. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why We Need to Go All-In on Fighting the Fascist Surveillance State

We can dismantle fascist machinery and build local organizing power at the same time

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Matt Tutt @matttutt.todon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

Radical thought for the day: What if our charities joined forces and worked collaboratively to tackle the real world issue; dismantling capitalism? This is the top 10 charities in the UK by revenue (note; the top charity is £1.4 billion+). Charities (by […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Revenue by charity in the UK via https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/sector-data/top-10-charities

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️ @zhizhu.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

"Six days earlier, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Don Huffines as Texas Comptroller... Huffines is the man who owns #JeffreyEpstein ’s Zorro Ranch. He’s now going to run the finances of the state of #Texas. This is what #Republican policy, masquerading as […] [Original post on newsie.social]

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Six days earlier, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Don Huffines as Texas Comptroller, effective August 1. Huffines is the man who owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. He’s now going to run the finances of the state of Texas.

This is what Republican policy, masquerading as child safety policy, looks like in this state. Total surveillance of what children can read, watch, and download. Total silence on the pedophiles and child traffickers.

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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

Today I learned that there are only three English cities with an electrical consumption greater than 200 megawatts: London, Manchester and Birmingham. By comparison, the people who want to build AI data centres here, which nobody asked for, want a supply of up to 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) for […]

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

Hey my design peeps: I have two windows that face front with semi sheers bunched up on a tension rod. I used to love how much light it let in, but now my daughter is bothered by too much light. What can I put over the window under the curtains to reduce light? It faces front, so it should look […]

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Masterclass. Never accept their premise, never have their argument - force your own. Give people a clear origin story for their pain and concrete reason to believe you are the one to address it.

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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

A few years back Morgan Stanley bought out ETrade. In the process they converted my mother's trust account into a personal account with no beneficiaries. If she had died at any time in between there would have been a giant legal shitshow. Its been temporarily mitigated, and we'll get it […]

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Yes! This whole speech is a breath of fresh air. And the response to it demonstrates how desperate we are for such oxygen. Every moment Dems demonstrate a commitment to freedom over fascism, we are so ready to receive it.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

All my New Yorker covers (1/3) They are all available on the Condé Nast Store where you can buy prints, cards, and other merch. I get a royalty from this. www.condenaststore.com/art/tom+gauld

The New Yorker
‘Fall Library’
cover by Tom Gauld
Description 'A woman reclines in a room full of books'

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‘On the beach’
cover by Tom Gauld
Description 'Panels of people arriving, sunbathing, swimming and finally leaving the beach'

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‘Soundtrack to Spring’
cover by Tom Gauld
Description 'Musical notation in speech bubbles coming from every person and bird in the windows and on the street in front of a New York townhouse.'

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

RE: indieweb.social/@CassandraVert/1168… So, this official announcement that went up on the 23rd is now taken down as of the 26th (as is a companion announcement). The link still works. Now they show a date of 6/25 but are not on the official list of announcements for 6/25. […]

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

Texas politics: Nice, experienced, charismatic white guy vs the worst person in TX but with R by his name: tie. Incumbent R white guy known for terrible policies causing death leads against nonwhite woman by 7 points. Texans voting for their own destruction. From: @mekkaokereke […]

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

Tech peeps, what does this mean to you: OMB [Russell Vought] shall lead the strategic coordination and oversight of the national PQC [Post-Quantum Cryptography] migration policy. Every dept is supposed to send a coordinating rep to Vought. What exactly is being migrated, and to where?

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