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It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns
It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns
Make them all say, as Trump himself did after a school shooting massacre in Iowa this year, that we “have to get over it, we have to move forward.”
·daringfireball.net·
It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns
Grounded Responses to Yesterday’s Attempted Assassination
Grounded Responses to Yesterday’s Attempted Assassination
Political violence and especially electoral violence strike at the heart of the open, free and democratic choice-making upon which our civic democratic system and the legitimacy of its choices are…
·talkingpointsmemo.com·
Grounded Responses to Yesterday’s Attempted Assassination
Cultural Drift Of Digital Minds
Cultural Drift Of Digital Minds
Cultural evolution is humanity’s superpower. But we may have broken it. Compared to centuries ago, the world’s cultures now have much higher internal drift rates, much weaker selection pressures, and much less variety. Not re songs or tech, but re norms, status markers, and other culture features that are harder to vary among associates, and thus whose innovation needs more selection
·overcomingbias.com·
Cultural Drift Of Digital Minds
Reaping the Whirlwind
Reaping the Whirlwind
The post discusses the pervasive influence of Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric, citing multiple instances where his statements have incited real-world violence. It highlights failed assassinat…
·genxjamerican.com·
Reaping the Whirlwind
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith exposes Christian Nationalism, the most powerful anti-democratic force in America. Streaming on AppleTv+ and Google Play beginning April 26. Available for preorder now.
·badfaithdocumentary.com·
Bad Faith Documentary
The Big Lie
The Big Lie
From Timothy Snyder, an incredible piece on Trump, the coup attempt, and this fascist moment in American history. (Snyder, you may
·kottke.org·
The Big Lie
Fascism and Fear
Fascism and Fear
The Moment, The Media, The Election
·snyder.substack.com·
Fascism and Fear
Fighting Authoritarianism: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century
Fighting Authoritarianism: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century
Yale history professor Timothy Snyder took to Facebook to share some lessons from 20th century about how to protect our liberal democracy from fascism and authoritarianism. Snyder has given his permission to republish
·kottke.org·
Fighting Authoritarianism: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century
The Battle for Attention
The Battle for Attention
How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted age?
·newyorker.com·
The Battle for Attention
Winter of the Mind
Winter of the Mind
On the front lines of the attention liberation movement
·nyra.nyc·
Winter of the Mind
A Thousand Primers, Not Just One
A Thousand Primers, Not Just One
If gamification isn’t specific to its subject, it won’t be effective.
·mssv.net·
A Thousand Primers, Not Just One
The Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline
The Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline
Classical statues in the profile? Racism and misogyny in the feed? Tallulah Trezevant looks at the alt-Right and Classics...
·workingclassicists.com·
The Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline
James Butler · What’s a majority for?
James Butler · What’s a majority for?
Labour’s victory has appeared inevitable for so long that it’s easy to understate how rapid and total the change has...
·lrb.co.uk·
James Butler · What’s a majority for?
LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads
LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads
As Twitter was crumbling under Elon Musk’s new leadership in 2023, various online circles found themselves flocking to alternative platforms. While some may have kept using Twitter (now known as… X), a non-negligible number of communities migrated over to Mastodon and other smaller platforms. Meanwhile, Meta shipped its own textual social media platform, Threads. The
·macstories.net·
LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads
Your finances are being snooped on. Here's how
Your finances are being snooped on. Here's how
We all have a pretty good idea that our finances are being snooped on, but most of us aren't quite able to articulate how. We know that we'r...
·jpkoning.blogspot.com·
Your finances are being snooped on. Here's how
C&S Wholesale Grocers
C&S Wholesale Grocers
C&S Wholesale Grocers is the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S. and an industry leader in supply chain. Founded in 1918, we have a strong
·cswg.com·
C&S Wholesale Grocers