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Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the US will take control of TikTok’s algorithm in the coming days.

With X being run by a literal Nazi who bought an election, and Meta having bent a knee to Trump… people should be very worried about this development.

Control social media, control the masses. It’s a hallmark of fascism.

Puking in my mouth, hearing about the lionisation of Charlie Kirk. So entirely wrong. He's no hero. Just an unfortunate, loud-mouthed wrong-thinking instigator.

Latest comic on the double-standards surrounding "civility" in the US

Subscription link in bio, on Patreon at jensorensen

#cartoon #comic #uspol #media #authoritarianism #democracy

#UK recognises #Palestine as an independent state | UK news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/21/uk-recognises-palestine-as-an-independent-state

#Politics

Any San Francisco kid under the age of 5 can get a free book mailed to them every month under a new partnership announced Friday by city officials and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

The first book that all children will receive in the mail, addressed to them, is The Little Engine That Could.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12055693/dolly-partons-imagination-library-launches-in-san-francisco

Families can enroll their children here:

https://sfdec.org/imagination-library/

Trump once again teasing the "big autism announcement" like it's sports or reality tv.

What's even worse is that he casually says "if it's wrong, it's wrong".

Lives mean nothing to this man.

Especially the lives of autistic and disabled people.

Whatever the announcement is, you can be sure it'll cause harm.

#uspol #autism #disability #eugenics #fascism

News: The New Republic | I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE.

Interview with Kat Abughazaleh, Dem House candidate who was violently thrown to the ground at a peaceful protest today.

https://newrepublic.com/article/200715/im-congressional-candidate-assaulted-ice

"ICE is being able to operate with impunity... outside of the law. I don’t know who any of the men who have shoved me, pushed me, picked me up, shot pepper balls at my body... They don’t have identification. They’re wearing masks. They’re wearing sunglasses at night..."

The FBI is reportedly trying to categorize trans people as “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” (NVEs).

They seem emboldened by the Kirk shooting despite the fact that it was not committed by a trans person.

If you’re cis, and especially if you’re cis and white, please step up.

Speak out. Protect trans people. This is a test to see if we’re willing to sacrifice the basic human rights of an entire group of people. We must say “no”.

Trans rights are human rights.

#uspol #Trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #fascism

Please remember for every Stephen Colbert or Jimmy Kimmel the regime targets, there’s countless Mahmoud Khalil’s and Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s.

There’s thousands of people being snatched up and disappeared for their political views, skin colour, tattoos, sexual orientation and more.

Many of them won’t survive. Many will end up deported to foreign countries without a chance to even say goodbye.

They won’t all receive public outcry or land on their feet.

We fight for all of them.

Today Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and said:

“I think we’re gonna have something very very big coming up soon on autism. Autism is totally out of control”

I find it deeply disconcerting the way they keep “teasing” the big info they have on autism.

If there was a real scientific breakthrough, they wouldn’t wait.

It’s also not “out of control”.

This isn’t about science, it’s about discriminating against neurodivergent people.

It’s eugenics.

While you’re cancelling your Disney and Hulu subscriptions, don’t forget to cancel Disney vacations.

Their theme parks and cruise ships make a ton of money.

Boycott Disney and you can boycott Florida at the same time!

They'll face no consequences, but it's soothing to imagine Clarence spending a day wrestling with one of Ginni's big thick ivermectin shits. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

The American Association of University Professors has sad advice for faculty members who want to speak their minds: Be afraid, and shut up.

This kind of weakness failed during the malignant era of Joe McCarthy. When bullies see bended knees, they escalate the abuse.

https://www.404media.co/union-warns-professors-about-posting-in-the-current-climate/

Even though it’s been against the law since 2016, the San Francisco Police Department has been caught sharing ALPR data with non-California agencies. Ignoring these laws exposes sensitive location information to misuse and puts entire communities at risk. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-aclu-sfpd-stop-illegally-sharing-data-ice-and-anti-abortion-states

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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School Shooter Kills Conservative Child Pundit, feat. CBS, the Captured Broadcasting System
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Last call to back the Kickstarter for A Clean Hell!
Support the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/acleanhell

Don't.
Neg.
People.
Doing.
Mutual.
Aid.

FFS. Maybe you think someone should be doing something else. Cool. You go do it.

Goddamn it people.

Yes this is a subpost.

Three days and counting until #SoftwareFreedomDay2025.
Here are some links to lists of #FOSS remote communications software to help you better communicate during #SFD2025 and beyond:
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/better-than-zoom-try-these-free-software-tools-for-staying-in-touch
https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Remote_Communication
What's your favorite #FLOSS alternative to proprietary communications software?