from the xitter (x-sh) vive la resistance and read banned books
Narrative monitoring and argument-checking: Enhancing effectiveness in countering disinformation beyond fact-checking: misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/narr...
Narrative monitoring and argument-checking: Enhancing effectiveness in countering disinformation beyond fact-checking | HKS Misinformation ReviewIn the October 2024 flash floods in Spain, social media posts falsely claimed authorities were concealing the number of casualties. The narrative centered on a flooded parking structure in Valencia, w...misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
⚡️Polish police detain suspects after brutal attack on Ukrainian couple. The Wroclaw attack comes amid a surge in violence against Ukrainians in Poland in recent months, fueled by a crisis in diplomatic relations between the neighboring countries.
Polish police detain suspects after brutal attack on Ukrainian coupleThe Wroclaw attack comes amid a surge in violence against Ukrainians in Poland in recent months, fueled by a crisis in diplomatic relations between the neighboring countries.kyivindependent.com
Pea Ridge, Arkansas yields to public pressure.
DeFlock RedmondVictory in Pea Ridge, AK! 🏆 Announced after "analyzing the benefits of the #Flock Safety LPR system, the return on investment the City has received, the concerns expressed by members of the community, and the amount of time and energy the issue continues to consume." #deflock #surveillance #alpr
I know some people who worked at/with the IRS until last year. The universal message I have received is that it's worse than you think.
Anna Merlan"“You can’t get rid of 30 percent of your staff and expect to be functional,” says Traci DiMartini, the former IRS human capital officer who was one of the first high-ranking officials DOGE pushed out last year. “Things are starting to break.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Clarifying to see how a lot of “respect the troops” was always BS. They never meant it, never thought taking on risk for national service was honorable, just saw people serving the country as props, and “respect the troops” as a selective way to try to silence disagreement over foreign policy.
Christopher WebbSo Trump started the war, then stood over the flag-draped caskets of fallen service members and claimed they all agreed with his decision? That’s not honoring the dead; that’s using them as political props. The families deserve better.
Tomorrow is the last day to send a message to the FCC in support of our First Amendment rights. Tell the government to drop this proceeding and stop abusing its power to censor content it doesn’t like.
ACLUThe FCC is demanding certain ABC stations file license renewals earlier than they're otherwise scheduled to in apparent retaliation for Jimmy Kimmel's jokes about the Trump administration. Help us flood the FCC with comments objecting to this attack on freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
This is a test for Fox News viewers: After all these lies, are you still willing to believe him?
Aaron RuparKILMEADE: We hear that you're talking with leaders from Iran. But Iran has come out publicly and said 'we're not talking to the US' TRUMP: Well, they just came out and said we are talking KILMEADE: So could you tell me who you're talking to? TRUMP: We've had some very good talks
Drawing from our recent survey, a majority of voters view political corruption as "an embedded structural problem," @marinapino.bsky.social told @npr.org. With many believing "corruption is responsible for big problems that our government has failed to solve."
Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them?Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.www.npr.org
The self-proclaimed "most transparent" Pentagon wants new powers to hide millions of unclassified records from FOIA. If approved, it would dramatically reduce insight into how the nation's largest federal agency operates and spends taxpayer dollars. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain:
