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Matthewchat<p>If anyone was wondering if the Washington Post has softened it's facist kiss-ass stance.<br>This morning:<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonpost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Sheep_Overboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Sheep_Overboard</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://legal.social/@LeslieBurns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LeslieBurns</span></a></span><br>RE<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> should have been stopped at the 'two prostitutes and a piss-soaked mattress’ </p><p>Deaf In Net Lee.... but the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russiahoax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiahoax</span></a> was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weaponized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weaponized</span></a> by "influencing and dividing"</p><p>Why Russia’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weaponization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weaponization</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> will continue in 2020<br>⭕Nov 18 2019 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a></p><p>"Rather than using false content to defame a candidate or persuade a voter directly, there were more efforts to polarize the online conversation by drawing on existing divisions"</p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Why do billionaires always want more?</p><p>Amazon makes bid for TikTok days before platform is set to be banned<br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/4/2/2314125/-Amazon-makes-bid-for-TikTok-days-before-platform-is-set-to-be-banned" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/story/2025/4/2/23</span><span class="invisible">14125/-Amazon-makes-bid-for-TikTok-days-before-platform-is-set-to-be-banned</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillLewis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottWholeFoods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Helga Numberger 🇺🇦<p>Wenn der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurityAdvisor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurityAdvisor</span></a> offensichtlich keine Ahnung von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> hat und alles durch die Nutzung von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GMail</span></a> nur noch schlimmer macht.</p><p>Und wenn es im Nachrichten-Podcast der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> sogar explizit heißt: "GMail is far more risky than Signal for government communication!"</p><p>Unbelievable 🙄</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GMailGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GMailGate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichaelWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelWaltz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
ComradeVlast<p>The one downside to browsing archives is the fact that you come across things are somehow still relevant, despite their age. I don't know if the phrase "yellow journalism" can fully capture just how severely outlets like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrokenTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrokenTimes</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonpost</span></a> have failed at - and in some cases outright betrayed - their solemn duties as journalists.</p><p>In the modern day, our failed press goes far beyond simple sensationalism and partisanship.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brokenpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brokenpress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@NinaBernstein1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NinaBernstein1</span></a></span> </p><p>In general, I agree - especially about local news.</p><p>But there is zero chance to influence a bad faith billionaire owner. That's why I cancelled my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> subscription as soon as Bezos killed the endorsement. And why I left Twitter when Musk bought it.</p><p>When a rich owner wants to make your bar a Nazi bar, don't stick around. Help discredit it as quickly as you can.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Does Jeff Bezos support snatching immigrants who are here lawfully and deporting them to El Salvador? Or snatching Russian dissidents and returning them to Russia? </p><p>Asking for Lauren Sanchez...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillLewis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottWholeFoods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸<p>Majority-Black Town in Ohio Launches Armed Watch after Neo-<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Klan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klan</span></a> Provocations</p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WorldOutlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOutlook</span></a> <br>February 28, 2025 <br> <br>"On February 7, about a dozen masked men, some of them carrying AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, drove a U-Haul truck to a freeway overpass at Lincoln Heights’ edge. The men, dressed in black, shouted racist slurs and waived black flags with red swastikas on them. Enraged Lincoln Heights residents soon approached to counter protest. Local police who converged on the scene from the nearby town of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Evandale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evandale</span></a>, across the highway, appeared cordial toward some of the white supremacists. As the crowd of Lincoln Heights residents swelled, the ultra rightists got back on their truck and drove off. Counter protesters burned the Nazi flags left behind." </p><p><a href="https://world-outlook.com/2025/02/28/majority-black-town-in-ohio-launches-armed-watch-after-neo-nazi-klan-provocations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">world-outlook.com/2025/02/28/m</span><span class="invisible">ajority-black-town-in-ohio-launches-armed-watch-after-neo-nazi-klan-provocations/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/LincolnHeights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LincolnHeights</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Cincinnati" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cincinnati</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/BlackNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackNews</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/KuKluxKlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KuKluxKlan</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FightRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightRacism</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>“Is legacy media dead?” asks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@parkermolloy/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>parkermolloy</span></a></span> for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@damemagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>damemagazine</span></a></span>. She looks at how, with newspaper owners interfering in the work of their reporters, independent media sources are the ones holding power to account. “What independent journalism offers that legacy media increasingly doesn’t is transparency about where it’s coming from. There’s no pretense of objectivity that masks institutional biases and billionaire influence,” she writes. “Readers know what they’re getting, which paradoxically can build more trust than false neutrality.”</p><p><a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/03/19/is-legacy-media-dead/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">damemagazine.com/2025/03/19/is</span><span class="invisible">-legacy-media-dead/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LegacyMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegacyMedia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>I’ll gladly support the independent sellers that make up 60% of Amazon’s sales the DAY THAT AMAZON DOESN’T MAKE A DIME ON THOSE SALES. </p><p>Don’t try to snow us, you fascist fuck. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillLewis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottWholeFoods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Joe<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariff</span></a> news as reported by the <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a>. Clueless opener. </p><p>25% tariff, and the opening line is "The president's plan will *probably* drive car prices up." ??? Probably? Will drive them up. How can this even be considered just a possibility? </p><p>The media needs to do better. We must insist.</p>
VilaWeb (Unofficial RSS)Amenaçada per Trump, Dinamarca s’afanya a armar Grenlàndia contra rellotge <a href="https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/dinamarca-grenlandia-trump-defensa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/dinamarca-grenlandia-trump-defensa/</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/thewashingtonpost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheWashingtonPost</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/washingtonpost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/donaldtrump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/geopolítica" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolítica</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/grenlàndia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grenlàndia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/dinamarca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dinamarca</a>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>History will not be kind to Jeff Bezos.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillLewis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottWholeFoods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
gittaca<p>&gt; Es gehört zum Humor der Macht, ihre Entscheidungen, gegen die niemand etwas ausrichten kann, betont lächerlich zu begründen.<br>&gt; …<br>&gt; Medienkritik, die [den wirtschaftlichen] Aspekt nicht immer mitbedenkt, bleibt blind für die strukturellen Voraussetzungen dessen, was sie an den Inhalten stört.</p><p>Danke <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/%C3%9Cbermedien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Übermedien</span></a> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@Johannesfranzen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Johannesfranzen</span></a></span> für diese Zusammenfassung!</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/boycott_wapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycott_wapo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> </p><p>RT <a href="https://mastodon.social/@uebermedien/114216672033872213" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@uebermedien/1</span><span class="invisible">14216672033872213</span></a> / <a href="https://troet.cafe/@Johannesfranzen/114216702858137318" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">troet.cafe/@Johannesfranzen/11</span><span class="invisible">4216702858137318</span></a></p>
Theo Herzog<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonpost</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Yeah, I guess that settles it 🙄 <br>__</p><p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawStory</span></a> 1:09pm ET - March 20, 2025</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ErrolMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErrolMusk</span></a>, father of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> CEO <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, believes his son can't b <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> due 2 his past relationships w/ "Black servants" who worked 4 the family in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a></p><p>In email sent 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> regarding inquiries abt his son's animosity toward diversity, equity, &amp; inclusion (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>) initiatives, Errol Musk said his 2 sons were never interestd in political mattrs while growing up</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-racism-2671371615/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/elon-musk-racism-</span><span class="invisible">2671371615/</span></a></p>
Bongolian<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> headline: "Alexa is getting creepier. Take this one step to improve your privacy. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> is ditching an option to opt out of sending <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> voice commands to the company. It highlights the growing hunger for our personal data in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> age."</p><p>The WaPo solution: Stop your Alexa device from saving your voice recordings.</p><p>The better solution: Get rid of Alexa entirely: Amazon will still be spying on you.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Espionage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Let this very stupid move be the death knell for Amazon</p><p>Amazon Is Ending an Important Privacy Feature for Alexa Echo Devices By the End of the Month <br><a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/amazon-echo-ends-do-not-send-voice-recordings-option/488677" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">entrepreneur.com/business-news</span><span class="invisible">/amazon-echo-ends-do-not-send-voice-recordings-option/488677</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillLewis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottWholeFoods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
This Old Hiker<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RonSupportsYou</span></a></span> Bezos has stated his intention to turn the <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonpost</span></a> into a MAGA media outlet. He owns the paper and needs Trump's favor, so it will happen. I don't need to give <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> my money so I can watch the process, so my wife and I have ended our 30+ years of subscribing.</p>
Joseph Simons 🍁 🌱<p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://paulkrugman.substack.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paulkrugman.substack.com</span></a></span> "I don’t know about you, but I don’t think <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s problem is that he’s doing a poor job of explaining his <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plan</span></a>. I think his problem is that he’s offering <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> answers to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fakeproblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakeproblems</span></a>, and the public — unlike, apparently, the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> — isn’t buying it."<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a><br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/the-stages-of-trumpist-economic-grief?r=4t3klr&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug</span><span class="invisible">man/p/the-stages-of-trumpist-economic-grief?r=4t3klr&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p>