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And there is t a strong relationship between you Republican racists and Elonโ€™s techie not-actual Libertarian boys.

14.03.2026 09:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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14.03.2026 01:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 110 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yeah. No one with a self-respecting brain and an ounce of love for liberty wants to watch some bullshit state media fearful kiss-ass network.

14.03.2026 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He fits right in with the mood and character of American society today.

13.03.2026 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the smartest piece Iโ€™ve read on the Epstein networkโ€™s crimes - and how authorities can still pursue some measure of accountability. Of course, the victimsโ€™ lives can never be made whole. But at least some of Epsteinโ€™s accomplices could still be brought to justice.

12.03.2026 15:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 426 ๐Ÿ” 175 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbรกn in power Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

Russia enters Viktor Orban's election campaign, providing consultants who will flood social media with messages designed, ironically, to frame Orbรกn, a Russia puppet, as "the only candidate who can keep Hungary sovereign"
From @financialtimes.com
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11.03.2026 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1554 ๐Ÿ” 744 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78 ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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Trump administration underestimated Iran warโ€™s impact on Strait of Hormuz | CNN Politics The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iranโ€™s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, accord...

โ€œPlanning around preventing this exact scenario โ€” impossible as it has long seemed โ€” has been a bedrock principle of US national security policy for decades,โ€ a former US official who served in Republican and Democratic administrations said. โ€œIโ€™m dumbfounded.โ€
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...

13.03.2026 07:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1340 ๐Ÿ” 448 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89 ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

Not trusting people to make decisions for their own lives. โ€œFuck your liberty, you slave, you creature of the state!โ€

12.03.2026 06:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I thought all these pro-Trump techno-rat-fuckers voted for Trump because he was the new Prince of Peace and campaigned on No More Forever Wars. Now they are as war-loving as any Neocon Hawk ever was. What a bunch of assholes! ๐Ÿคฎ

12.03.2026 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These guys are truly bad.

12.03.2026 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God damnit. Thereโ€™s no reason not to allow a vetted, closely guarded EU assessment team. Wtf? Is there more to the story?

12.03.2026 10:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliffโ€™: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities โ€“ and society at large

theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/ai-impact-professors-students-learning

12.03.2026 09:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not trusting people to make decisions for their own lives. โ€œFuck your liberty, you slave, you creature of the state!โ€

12.03.2026 06:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Einstein & The Rise of Nuisance Tech AI may be one of the most transformative innovations of our lifetime, but not when it is treated as spam.

Einstein isnโ€™t really a threat to academic integrity so much as it is another distracting piece of marketing hype. It isnโ€™t clear if it was a hoax, a failed app launch, or piece of tech posing as performance theater. AI agents represent challenges to online learning open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...

27.02.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Starting now, weโ€™re dropping our paywall.

For 48 hours only, weโ€™ve removed the paywall on all of our coverage of the Iran war. Take a look for yourself to see what FP is all about: foreignpolicy.com/projects/ira...

11.03.2026 04:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 53 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just Joe consumer of the news here, but ranking low for me in the field of traditional mainstream news sources these days? CBS and CNN (except Tappert, and maybe Anderson if the topic is good).

11.03.2026 03:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I received a textbook today from McGraw-Hill. Updated 2025. Not one peep in it about AI or chatbots or how to write with them swimming all around our students (yes, like sharks). Not a single piece of advice.

09.03.2026 21:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another global mass extinction event. The oncoming Holocene/Anthropocene Extinction.

09.03.2026 12:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is such an easy route that Uni's are failing to take. Lead with culture change. Stop spamming us about the new software and partnerships. Stop the endless workshops in the teaching and learning centers. Start talking about what learning is and when these products help or hurt this process.

05.03.2026 17:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 107 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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As a professor of it, I once had to describe โ€” in a single sentence โ€” where authority originates in journalism.

Goes like this:

"I'm there, you're not, let me tell you about it."

In times of war it applies most www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7e3...

I elaborated here: pressthink.org/2012/03/im-t... 1/2

09.03.2026 00:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 173 ๐Ÿ” 41 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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NATO is learning Ukraineโ€™s survival skills.

Starmer says UK will bring Ukrainian experts together with UK experts to help Gulf partners shoot down Iranian drones. Ukraine has done this for years under real combat pressure.

So why is Ukraine still kept outside NATO?

02.03.2026 09:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 104 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Who says anyone in this thread voted for Trump? I missed that part. I voted for Harris. November has to be a massive rebuke of fascism, Trumpโ€™s massive corruption, oligarchy, and the Epstein elites.

08.03.2026 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jesus. Iโ€™m not going to try to decode that shit.

08.03.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The 1776 | voice of the people The 1776 is dedicated to improving government processes through collaboration and innovation. Join us in our mission to establish a transparent constitutional convention for the benefit of all citizen...

The damage to our scientific infrastructure has been horrific. However, I would say there is a more pressing and deeper. Fisher that must be repaired. The internal guard rails of our system that prevent a unitary executive takeover are nonexistent. This must be repaired. Join us. The1776.org

08.03.2026 13:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Three cheers for the House of Lords. This far from the the first time in their modern history that they have functioned as a check on the tendency of governments to comply with the industry pressure.

06.03.2026 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Republicans are already gearing up to smear him over his vocal support of transgender youth and LGBTQ+ rights. They think thatโ€™s all theyโ€™ll need to put him away in Texas. Too many Democrats and Hispanics are too pissed off. Theyโ€™ll vote in record numbers.

08.03.2026 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stop pretending that Orbanโ€™s Hungary is a friend of Europe.

Can Hungary be taken to court in the EU?

08.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like many other countries around the world, including BRICS nations. One does expect democracies to at least take the side of the Iranian people. Australia supports the U.S. actions in Iran to quell nuclear weapons capacities.

08.03.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like many other countries around the world, including BRICS nations. One does expect democracies to at least take the side of the Iranian people. Australia supports the U.S. actions in Iran to quell nuclear weapons capacities.

08.03.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is the U.S. at war with Iran? In which case, no Iranian target or asset is off the table. Or is the U.S. engaged in a โ€œspecial operationโ€ or specific targeted mission? Itโ€™s hard to tell. The U.S. Congress and the administration have given the American people multiple divergent explanations.

08.03.2026 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0