Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

Evidence suggests #Russia deliberately targeting journalists in #Ukraine -- a war crime. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/09/evidence-suggests-russia-has-been-deliberately-targeting-journalists-in-ukraine-a-war-crime/

@Huntn00

Well we got #Murdoch poison imposed on our politics in the UK first..... I doubt we would have left the EU or suffered the worst right wing stupidity in history without his malign influence

He & his ilk enabled all the far Right populism that has sickened multiple countries in Europe

I think it no exaggeration to say our collective politics now is worse & more dangerous than it has been since the 1930s.... and it is largely down to the rise of the egocentric right he represents

From #murdoch resignation letter:

""Self-serving bureaucracies are seeking to silence those who would question their provenance and purpose. Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class"

What the fuch does the tax avoiding billionaire think he is, if not "elite" ?

Bullshit #populism of the sort that has poisoned our polity.....

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/business-66881282

This is so wonderful. Every state should be implementing programs like this. https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/14/universal-free-school-meals-keeping-massachusetts-students-more-awake-during-class/ #FreeSchoolMeals #FeedTheChildren

Kevin McCarthy Has (Once Again) Lost Control: With the radical right calling the shots, the government is likely to shut down. McCarthy seems powerless to do anything.

https://newrepublic.com/article/175607/kevin-mccarthy-once-again-lost-control

#KevinMcCarthyControl #RadicalRight #GovernmentShutdown #PowerlessMcCarthy #LostControl #ShutDownLikely #Politics #News

from Ron Filipkowski

Update: We've fixed Michelle Pitcher's interactive map of #Texas prisons, showing which ones have air conditioning, and where inmates are being left to cook in the #summer heat. https://www.texasobserver.org/prison-heat-air-conditioning-texas-summer/

#prison #CriminalJustice #HumanRights #HearWave #ClimateChange #environment #news

What experts *say* about controlling AI is what they *think* about controlling workers and citizens.

The idea that human-equivalent AI should be treated equivalently to humans, which seems tautological, is almost never brought up.

That's because they don't think humans are human-equivalent and deserving of rights, either.

Fox panel is desperate to put a happy face on fallout from Dobbs.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/09/fox-panel-desperate-put-happy-face-fallout?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=79447

#mentalillness #mentalhealth

https://metrozone.newsroomlabs.com/article-content/12857506?index=7&brid=2861ea0a&lang=en #Jan6insurrection #OathKeepers #MAGATerrorists U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected a defense effort to throw out the Washington jury's guilty verdict against Thomas Caldwell, a retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer who was convicted last November in the U.S. Capitol attack alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.

Galaxy Group Hickson 90
Credits: #NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive, Oliver Czernetz
#nature #space #astrophotography

Saudis come to Calgary warning of consequences of ditching oil 💩🤬
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-duhatschek-wpc-saudi-oil-wti-ccs-climate-1.6970637

* Alberta Premier Danielle Smith toured Saudi Arabia pavilion, World Petroleum Congress, Calgary 2023-09-18

Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110984989327850177

Danielle Smith’s False/Misleading Statements @ Global Energy Show
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110798495159916845

Alberta Slaps 7-mo. Moratorium on Solar/Wind; Puts Booming Clean Energy Industry at Risk
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110828849050864409

#Alberta #DanielleSmith #Saudi

Canada only approved the new Omicron variant booster a week ago.

I am going to try to get my COVID vaccine and flu shot in the US if I can...

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2023/09/health-canada-authorizes-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-targeting-the-omicron-xbb15-subvariant.html

Ray Epps, a Trump supporter who was falsely portrayed by right-wing media as a covert FBI agent who helped incite the Jan. 6 attack, has been charged by the DOJ for his actions during the Capitol riot.
https://t.co/iWLab2Rxgl

The "Big Lie." The "Biden Crime Family." The White House’s “Election interference.” These three well-worn GOP narratives are nothing new, but they are better seen as classic conspiracy theories. A good number of Americans, including most Republicans, have bought into them fully. Join Team Big Picture writer @jaykuo as he explores the deeper psychology behind the blind faith in these pernicious conspiracies: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-maga-gop-conspiracy-theories

Photo Credit: Bill Clark / Getty Images

Moms for Liberty: ‘Joyful warriors’ or anti-government conspiracists? https://www.alternet.org/moms-for-liberty-2665634455/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Rudy Giuliani Facing A New $1.36 Million Lawsuit As Humiliation Continues https://bipartisanreport.com/2023/09/19/rudy-giuliani-facing-a-new-1-36-million-lawsuit-as-humiliation-continues/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#CatsOfMastodon #MentalHealth