bobgosane99 @bobgosane99@librem.one

Maybe we need a booster shot?

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The Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA) was a U.S.-based organization operating from 1937 to 1942, composed of social scientists, opinion leaders, historians, educators, and journalists. Created by Kirtley Mather, Edward A. Filene, and Clyde R. Miller, because of the general concern that increased amounts of propaganda were decreasing the public's ability to think critically. The IPA's purpose was to spark rational thinking and provide a guide to help the public have well-informed discussions on current issues. "To teach people how to think rather than what to think." The IPA focused on domestic propaganda issues that might become possible threats to the democratic ways of life.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Propaganda_Analysis

“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.”
— Anne-Marie Bonneau

#UsPol #NPR's #BAMF #MarieLouiseKelley interviewing #SecretaryOfState

https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1220811047310938113?s=20

Aftermath: literally hauled out on the carpet, yelled at, cursed at, and threatened.

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1220837170484797445?s=20

Full interview is playing on NPR's All Things Considered:

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/24/798579754/transcript-nprs-full-interview-with-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo

‪„Donald Trump’s threat to target “cultural sites” in Iran would put him into an axis of architectural evil alongside the Taliban and Isis, both of which have wreaked similar forms of destruction this century.“ #TheGuardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/06/the-iranian-cultural-treasures-targeted-by-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other‬

@szbalint If 40 odd years of effort in getting the government to act has gone nowhere, maybe it's time to change gears. I'm sure those orgs and activists and scientists gave it all they had, but now more than ever it's clear that the government isn't listening and doesn't want to hear it.

Maybe I'm just not patient enough, but that continual feeling of absolute futility was what burned me out.

Looking for recommendations on good instances that currently have open registration.

Boosts requested on this one.

The Online Etymological Dictionary is a Gem of the Internet.

It's one of those quirky, one-person-effort projects that hugely increases the value and quality of the modern Web for me. And can for you as well.

As the Season of Begging Websites is upon us, I strongly encourage anyone who can help commit to its upkeep to do so.

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● NEWS ● #goldenDawnald = #nazism -- #Emails Reveal #StephenMiller ’s #WhiteNationalism https://www.truthdig.com/articles/horrifying-emails-reveal-stephen-millers-white-nationalism/

Holy smokes.

LibreOffice runs on the Librem 5!

AND IT WORKS.

Saving files, opening files, typing... the UI is a bit cramped (it's a desktop app on a phone)... but hot-diggity! It works!

Revealed: #Google made large contributions to #ClimateChange deniers | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/11/google-contributions-climate-change-deniers

#GlobalWarming #Politics

That escallated quickly: Typhoon #Hagibis goes from tropical storm to cat-5 typhoon with 890 millibar pressures and 300 kph (185 mph) winds, in 24 hours.

Presently moving through the Mariana Islands.

I'd spotted this via the Nullschool Earth Weather Visualiser (https://earth.nullschool.net), quickly confirmed via Force Thirteen, which runs a quite good tropical weather channel.

https://invidio.us/watch?v=E_dbBIPQIlo

#TropicalStorm

“For decades, the overriding objective of American business and government has been to remove friction from the tracking system, by linking networks, by speeding connections, by eliminating barriers. But friction is the only thing that has ever made privacy, let alone obscurity, possible. If there’s no friction, if we can all be profiled instantly and intimately, then there’s nothing to stop any of our neighbors from being targeted…”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/magazine/ice-surveillance-deportation.html

The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book

Governments are spending a remarkable amount of resources attacking books — because their supposed limitations are beginning to look like ageless strengths.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/opinion/books-censorship.html

#Books #BookNews