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Today in the news:
Americans beaten by the Taliban just outside the airport, infants tossed over razor wire by desperate parents, and press summaries leading with the image of the President's turned back as he escapes unanswered questions.
Hard times.
mediaite.com/news/why-do-yo…
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We've come a long, long way together
Through the hard times and the good
I have to celebrate you, baby
I have to praise you like I should twitter.com/lsjourneys/sta…
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Read this thread about how a federal court ruled last year that the FBI broke surveillance laws 15,993 out of 16,000 times -- and that's just the beginning. twitter.com/LizaGoitein/st…
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i'm getting old twitter.com/VP/status/1452…
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There are ways to make this app print money, and ways to kill it, @elonmusk. Put people over ads and you'll get both, but "ads over people leads to neither."
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A journalist (@drzax) monitored their devices and found 72% of traffic was tracking-related, with 46 different servers contacted on the second night while they slept. Averaged across a week, how frequently were their devices transmitting? Answer in link: abc.net.au/news/2018-11-1…
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Daniel Ellsberg is challenging the constitutionality of the Espionage Act—openly breaking the law to expose an insane Pentagon plan to use pre-emptive nuclear strikes on mainland China in a Taiwan conflict, despite US officials considering nuclear retaliation "very likely." twitter.com/charlie_savage…
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Currently writing: Under His 'i'
If you own an iPhone, you should probably make sure you're on the mailing list at edwardsnowden.substack.com.
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If we don’t do anything to stop the sale of this technology, it’s not just going to be 50,000 targets. It’s going to be 50 million targets, and it’s going to happen much more quickly than any of us expect. theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/…
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"What disturbs me more is not the censorship itself, but how it shapes the ideology of people.
With dissenting information being eliminated, every website becomes a cult, where the government and leaders have to be worshipped."
A global concern.
news.yahoo.com/watched-whole-…
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@poordart The idea of a watchlist is antiquated, because mass surveillance means everyone is on it. It's a ranked ladder, a tier-list. You can't get off it: you can only move up or down.
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Claims regarding the death of warrantless domestic surveillance were greatly exaggerated: vice.com/en/article/88n…
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Papers writing on Assange should mention the core of the US's extradition case—a frail and deeply suspect "hacking" claim—collapsed in June when the US's prime witness recanted his testimony (stundin.is/grein/13627/). What remains are only "unlawful journalism" charges. twitter.com/khrafnsson/sta…
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Going to be a big week. twitter.com/PleasrDAO/stat…
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The greatest conspiracies are open and notorious. edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/conspiracy-p…
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Téléphonez à vos amis parisiens et sortez-les du lit. #LEGISLATIVES2022 twitter.com/mavielnicolas/…
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BIG: Presidential hopefuls should be asked their position on the costly failure of the NSA's unconstitutional mass surveillance program, part of which is up for renewal on March 15th. Today's report reveals a long history of abuse & no meaningful success.
nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/…
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No matter your political religion, a courtroom legitimacy crisis is a bad omen. twitter.com/ABC/status/148…
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"The question we're facing today is should we leave Afghanistan? Of course we should. As soon as we can," he said. "If we don't, we'll be there for another decade would be my prediction." newsweek.com/ron-paul-was-r…
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Have to say I've been pretty impressed with the follow-up reporting on the #PegasusProject by @haaretzcom.
It's great to see somebody in Israel taking it seriously, even if the government isn't. The public shouldn't be locked out of an investigation that effects the whole world.
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@01_fjodor Der Bitcoin ist eine bloße Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln
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