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נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>While this is absolutely correct, the author fails to reach the conclusion that Trump's authoritarian bullshit wouldn't do this with either the left or the right if there wasn't already a built in mistrust of Jews independent of him and his dumb shit within their social, political, and ideological milieus.</p><p>"The consequences are serious. By making <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> the public face of a campaign to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>, this approach invites backlash from both ends of the ideological spectrum. On the right, it feeds into age-old tropes about <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> control of media, academia or public discourse. On the left, it generates suspicion that Jewish advocacy is merely a cover for the suppression of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> voices.</p><p>The effect is to isolate Jews politically and socially − at the exact moment we are being told we are being “protected.”</p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/28/trump-harvard-antisemitism/83875926007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/opinion/voi</span><span class="invisible">ces/2025/05/28/trump-harvard-antisemitism/83875926007/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shoq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shoq</span></a></span> not to mention the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a>"</em> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> is designed to make it easy to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> it for reactionary regimes, allowing mig companies to get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pinkwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pinkwashing</span></a> done in <em>"The West"</em> withoit missing oit on any revenue... </p><ul><li>Most movies nowadays ain't worth going into a cinema for even if tickets were €5 not €15!</li></ul>
Colin<p>"Humans only live like ... 700,000 hours" </p><p>Hah, LOVE <a href="https://birdbutt.com/tags/CaptainDisillusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaptainDisillusion</span></a>'s latest vid! <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDLxFGXuPEc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=xDLxFGXuPE</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a><br><a href="https://birdbutt.com/tags/Blur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blur</span></a> <a href="https://birdbutt.com/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a> <a href="https://birdbutt.com/tags/VFX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VFX</span></a></p>
Ilgaz<p>Xitter complies with a Turkish court's decision and bans the next Turkish president's account.<br><a href="https://bianet.org/haber/x-restricts-erdogan-rival-imamoglu-s-account-in-turkey-307228" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bianet.org/haber/x-restricts-e</span><span class="invisible">rdogan-rival-imamoglu-s-account-in-turkey-307228</span></a><br><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a></p>
Nina Cried Power<p>"TakeItDown Act has passed the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> 409-2 giving <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> power to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a>.</p><p>The bill seems good at first glance. It requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery aka“revenge porn.”</p><p>However, it will also enable the FTC to demand <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> be removed from websites.</p><p>In fact, Trump said he will use the bill ON HIS OWN BEHALF, presumably to remove criticism of him from the web."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114418273096633363" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">masto.ai/@Nonilex/114418273096</span><span class="invisible">633363</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congre</span><span class="invisible">ss-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TakeItDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeItDown</span></a> Act has passed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> 409-2 giving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> power to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a>.</p><p>The bill seems good at first glance. It requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery aka“revenge porn.”</p><p>However, it will also enable the FTC to demand <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> be removed from websites.</p><p>🚨In fact, Trump said he will use the bill ON HIS OWN BEHALF, presumably to remove criticism of him from the web.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a><br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congre</span><span class="invisible">ss-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/</span></a></p>
🇺🇦 Myke :emacs: :clojure:<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> keeps helping <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> its population. One letter from the government and they delete a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> app used by many. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zona.media/news/2025/04/17/dvpn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zona.media/news/2025/04/17/dvp</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Take It Down Act nears passage; critics warn <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> could use it against enemies</p><p>An anti-deepfake bill is on the verge of becoming US law despite concerns from civil liberties groups that it could be used by President Trump and others to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> speech that has nothing to do with the intent of the bill.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/deepfake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepfake</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilliberties</span></a></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/congress-close-to-passing-deepfake-law-trump-said-he-wants-to-use-it-himself/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/congress-close-to-passing-deepfake-law-trump-said-he-wants-to-use-it-himself/</span></a></p>
SaraBend<p>platform <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> which is not only a single man organisation <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> but also the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> apparatus that silences dissidents... </p><p>DO NOT USE IT, YOU CAN SUVIVE WITHOUT THE GARBAGE....</p>
thkampen<p>Chinareisen, Bücherverbrennungen und Exil: Arthur Holitscher, Egon Erwin Kisch, Anna Seghers und Franz Carl Weiskopf<br>Der nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in Vergessenheit geratene Budapester Autor Arthur Holitscher (1869-1941) reiste schon in den zwanziger Jahren in den Fernen Osten und veröffentlichte 1926 Das unruhige Asien. Reise durch Indien − China – Japan. ..</p><p><a href="https://www.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie/shan/nl-archiv/2019_NL97_6.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie</span><span class="invisible">/shan/nl-archiv/2019_NL97_6.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Holitscher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holitscher</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kisch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kisch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seghers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seghers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weiskopf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weiskopf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Aww what a happy ending!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Sophia La Portia in “Censor” <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SophiaLePortia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SophiaLePortia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Niamh Algar in “Censor”<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NiamhAlgar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NiamhAlgar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>I’m sure this ominous hallway will lead to something not horrifying <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>There’s easier, less ethical ways to get this job done<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>There’s some visual discomfort even Blink eye drops can’t fix<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>This one has been on my Shudder watchlist (currently watching on TUBI, though, for the vibe) for a while so I’m glad it popped up here <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Here for “Censor”<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p>
HarryKrischner<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> and his helpers are going to use this "take down act" as a tool to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> the internet (he said it himself ... there is a lot of ugly stuff about him). He said he'd get <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenland</span></a> one way or another .... there was some really concerning stuff sending down chills in this <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/speach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speach</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Grok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grok</span></a> 3, the most advanced AI model developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, sparked controversy last week after X users noticed it was being instructed to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> criticism of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.</p><p>An archived conversation shows Grok being asked to name the biggest disinformation spreader on X, and to share the instructions that it was programmed to follow when giving the answer.</p>