1026
Did you imagine "prison ships in the Bronx" in your cyberpunk dystopia? This should not be real, but it is: a floating black hole in the biggest of cities. Watch it. twitter.com/ava/status/139…
1027
Journalists sometimes ask, "what changed?"
Everything. Everything changed:
justsecurity.org/76662/a-new-co…
1028
Six trillion dollars?
This is good for Bitcoin.
1029
This quotes one of the judges at the European Court of Human Rights today. It is hard to overemphasize how far we've come from the pre-2013 world when even the highest judicial authorities are beginning to acknowledge the devastating consequence of two decades' mass surveillance: twitter.com/silkiecarlo/st…
1030
Read this thread. twitter.com/silkiecarlo/st…
1031
Without journalists to tell the story, the public would not have known about it.
Without human right lawyers defending that public, the courts would not have cared about it.
Without those courts, politicians would still be denying it.
I could not have done this alone. twitter.com/arusbridger/st…
1032
Domestically and internationally, the mass surveillance regime that we exposed in 2013 has been repeatedly found to be a violation of both the law as written and human rights.
What a road we have traveled! Thank you so much to everyone who fought this case to the highest level. twitter.com/privacyint/sta…
1033
Downing aircraft to pursue the arrest of dissidents has always been outrageous. It is the modern expression of Bush-era "extraordinary rendition" (international kidnapping by state agents), and should be opposed no matter the flag under which it occurs.
greenwald.substack.com/p/as-anger-tow…
1034
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…
1035
Many stanning for billionaires on here seem unaware that labor—the only commodity they possess—is being continuously devalued. "Just buy stocks!" they cry.
With what, bro? Your wages are vanishing. In real terms, the value of your hour is 📉 while the prices you pay are 📈. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
1036
1) Combined share of total US wealth held by everybody except the richest 10%, 1990-2020.
2) The share of US wealth held by *just* the top 1%, 1990-2020.
What it means: 10% of Americans control *70%* of national wealth. And the top 1% own more than the bottom 90% COMBINED.
1037
There has been a quiet but sharply accelerating push for turnkey tyranny by a coalition of governments. Read about it: twitter.com/matthew_d_gree…
1038
i wonder why twitter.com/Yamiche/status…
1039
America's political power struggle has never been about conservative versus liberal as much as the owner versus the owned. The whole Washington opera consists of two costumes shared by the same club—and you'll never be a member.
Don't let them divide you from your neighbor.
1040
The @AP's statement directly challenges the Israeli military's claimed justification for blowing up their building, stating that in 15 years, the AP has never seen any indication Hamas was present or active there—and they investigated:
1041
After Israel destroys offices of *more than a dozen* press outlets in Gaza, CPJ issues statement expressing concern "that the Israel Defense Forces are deliberately targeting media facilities in order to disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza."
cpj.org/2021/05/israel…
1042
That Biden refuses to condemn the intentional targeting by Israel of press offices in Gaza is outrageous.
But after the IDF replies "it was a tall building & Hamas uses tall buildings" to @AP's President stating they've seen no Hamas activity there in 15 years, it is monstrous. twitter.com/IDF/status/139…
1043
Sorry, *a* dozen: "We narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. A dozen AP journalists and freelancers were inside the building and thankfully we were able to evacuate them in time." apnews.com/article/israel…
1044
Israel has the right to defend itself against several dozen AP journalists and freelancers. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
1045
Israel just intentionally destroyed press offices in Gaza, giving only one hour's warning. Associated Press President "horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy news organizations in Gaza."
Imagine this was your home:
apnews.com/article/israel…
1047
NFTs have been amazingly successful for tech charities. The only @torproject NFT just reached $500k! Less than five minutes left to bid! There's a real battle going between @jespow and @PleasrDAO (who also won my charity NFT). twitter.com/foundation/sta…
1048
Claims regarding the death of warrantless domestic surveillance were greatly exaggerated: vice.com/en/article/88n…
1049
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关河空锁祖龙居。
坑灰未冷山东乱，
刘项原来不读书。
a.temporaryrecord.com/Permanent_Reco…
1050
I'll be live here in just about one hour -- free to join for those interested. twitter.com/ConcordiaUnews…
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