edwardsnowden.substack.com
The All-Seeing "i": Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy
7 min read · 2021-08-26 · “Under His Eye,” she says. The right farewell. “Under His Eye,” I reply, and she gives a little nod.
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appleprivacyletter.com
An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology
5 min read · 2021-08-06 · Read and sign the open letter protesting against Apple's roll-out of new content-scanning technology that threatens to overturn individual privacy on a global scale, and to reverse progress achieved…
Reader View · Shared by 358, including Martin Steiger, Aral Balkan, Thomas Power, Diogo Mónica, Privacy Matters 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🌻, Rick Powell
freddiedeboer.substack.com
Planet of Cops
6 min read · 2021-08-26 · originally published in May of 2017
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youtube.com
Krystal Ball: Bill Gates Is LYING TO YOU On Vaccine Patent Protection
2021-04-28 · Krystal Ball details how Bill Gates' solution to poor nation vaccine distribution protects Pharma profits.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with...
Shared by 11, including Rick Powell, Steve Faktor
The New York Times
What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?
9 min read · 2020-11-19 · Prof. Loretta J. Ross is combating cancel culture with a popular class at Smith College.
Reader View · Shared by 234, including Prof Sophie Scott CBE, Adam Grant, Aparna Nancherla, Sarah Lyall, Olivia Nuzzi, Jennifer Stirrup - Next: #EverywhereWorkplace, Nir Eyal, Lee Keyes, Christina Sommers, Lenore Skenazy, Todd Kashdan, Steven Pinker, Mike Novogratz, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷, justin caouette, Gabriele, Pedro Noguera, John C. Havens (he/him), Amy Edmondson
Glenn Greenwald
No Matter the Liberal Metric Chosen, the Bush/Cheney Administration Was Far Worse Than Trump.
~14 min read · 2020-11-08 · Fantasies of a Trump-led fascist coup have redounded to the benefit of many -- especially those responsible for abuses far worse than those of the current president.
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The New Yorker
Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is “the Worst Criminal in Human History”
6 min read · 2020-10-30 · The activist and linguist expressed serious concerns about the future of American democracy, although, in his view, it “was never much to write home about.”
Reader View · Shared by 55, including Rick Powell, Liv 😷, Steve Silberman, Merkstatt, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Justin Tiehen, John Tasioulas
HuffPost
Dr. Opioid
2020-10-29 · William O’Brien was a well-heeled doctor with a thriving Philadelphia medical practice. He was also at the center of a massive painkiller supply chain...
Shared by 34, including Rick Powell, Benji Hyam
The American Prospect
The Corporatization of Nursing Homes
~17 min read · 2020-10-20 · A tragic history of how we’ve treated elderly citizens, for profit
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Quillette
The Misguided Campaign Against Journalistic Objectivity
6 min read · 2020-10-02 · Locked down in a northern Ontario cottage over the summer, I found myself listening to CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition, an eclectic three-hour weekly morning show hosted, until his recent retirement, by…
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Matt Taibbi
The Left is Now the Right
~11 min read · 2020-07-20 · We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window. Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing
Reader View · Shared by 39, including Michael Shermer, Rick Powell, Christina Sommers, Nick Lüthi, Sebastien Meunier, Jochen Burkhard
youtube.com
Zaid Jilani FORCEFULLY Rebuts Counter-Cancel Culture Speech Letter
2020-07-13 · Journalist Zaid Jilani gives his take on the growing backlash over a letter defending free speech. Published in Harper's Magazine, the document was signed by...
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Harper's Magazine
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
2020-07-07 · July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality and […]
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The Guardian
The Guardian view on Israel and annexation: unlawful, unwise
2 min read · From 2020 · Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans will compound the suffering of Palestinians. International condemnation should be accompanied by consequences
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jonathanrosenbaum.net
A Few Thoughts about a Rant (& the rant itself)
From 2020 · Although I couldn’t bring myself to watch all of Trump’s rally speech in Tulsa last night, I did tune into the Fox channel enough times to catch the gist of most of it. I wanted to solve the mystery…
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The New York Times
The Police Are Rioting. We Need to Talk About It.
5 min read · From 2020 · It is an attack on civil society and democratic accountability.
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Jennifer Ouellette, Rick Powell, Carly, NYTimes Communications
