“The most important thing about a technology isn't what it does, it's who it does it for and who it does it to.” – @doctorow.pluralistic.net lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
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“We have made a machine where we throw leaves in the air, and they come down in a plausible sentence. That is, from a computer science perspective, super interesting. From a literary perspective, it doesn't mean a goddamn thing.” – @doctorow.pluralistic.net lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
📻 Show’s up! Featuring the one and only @doctorow.pluralistic.net: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
If you want to hear how Trump went from nearly eliminating FEMA altogether to weaponizing it against "Democratic" states, listen to our four-part deep dive into the agency!
This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Our new podcast episode this week features @josephcox.bsky.social of @404media.co discussing ICE's expanding surveillance tech arsenal:
“Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty.” – President Trump has been invoking “communism” nonstop in recent weeks. @gilduran.com explains how a genocide-themed book by far-right conspiracist Jack Posobiec may have inspired this rhetoric: on-the-media.visitlink.me/64P3HD
The Trump administration pioneered a new nightmare for people seeking asylum to the United States: third-country removals. Get a glimpse inside these horrific flights to far away countries with the journalist tirelessly tracking them, @gillianbrockell.com: on-the-media.visitlink.me/zAcr1A
This week, the State Department accused Cuba of fomenting an anti-American revolution and infiltrating “the highest reaches of the US government.” @mjbusta.bsky.social breaks down the historical inaccuracies in the report, and why its conclusions are dangerous: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
The State Department put out a report labeling Cuba as the “capital of 21st-century communism.” The report cherry-picks history about progressive movements, and singles out some officials like Mayor Zohran Mamdani as foreign agents, says @mjbusta.bsky.social: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
Far-right conspiracist Jack Posobiec’s book“Unhumans” depicts liberals as bloodthirsty communist “demons” trying to destroy Western civilization. The Trump administration seems to be co-opting that same strategy now, explains @gilduran.com: on-the-media.visitlink.me/XZkogI
.@gillianbrockell.com worked as a flight attendant and then at the Washington Post. Now, she's an independent journalist tracking all of ICE’s removal flights and what happens to the people on them. Listen to her convo with @micahloewinger.bsky.social: on-the-media.visitlink.me/QZxdQJ
“ There were 78 ICE flights yesterday. Every single one of them was dangerous because the people were shackled.” – Independent journalist and former flight attendant @gillianbrockell.com on ICE’s brutal removal flights: on-the-media.visitlink.me/ndp8ea
The State Department released a report accusing Cuba of masterminding movements like the George Floyd protests and the Black Panthers. @mjbusta.bsky.social highlights the report’s missing historical context about why these movements arose at all: on-the-media.visitlink.me/82Gd2-
Between June 23 and July 6, President Trump invoked the word “communism” 81 times. @gilduran.com explains that Trump and his allies can’t stop talking about communism as a strategy to fully demonize Democrats as communists ahead of the midterm elections. on-the-media.visitlink.me/JZd-WA
📻 Show’s up! Featuring @gilduran.com, @mjbusta.bsky.social, @gillianbrockell.com: on-the-media.visitlink.me/6m4L6T