776
The US government seeks to redefine the soul of good journalism as a heinous criminal conspiracy.
edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/assange01
778
Freezing motorists trapped overnight on a paralyzed I-95, endless lockdowns accompany the rise of internal passports, and somehow it all still feels like prologue: half-heard reports from the ignored TV in the background of a disaster film.
washingtonpost.com/video/local/dr…
779
Every serious press freedom organization in the world is calling for Assange's release, and yet the government absolutely refuses to comment—because they know nothing they say can justify such a clear act of political repression. twitter.com/RSF_inter/stat…
780
I am skeptical that betting the political future of an entire party on "January 6th" as the enduring brand in which to invest all time and attention is going to seem as wise when elections come—in just 300 days.
(Source: news.gallup.com/poll/357731/in…)
781
The founder of Visa's tweets are so incredibly dark I have trouble believing it's a real account. twitter.com/deewhock/statu…
782
The recitation of facts is increasingly viewed as political, and even offensive. That is a grim omen.
783
Kansas City gets right up to the line of describing Mike Pompeo as "a boot-licking little weasel whose treacherous squeaks are not to be trusted on matters with even the lowest of stakes."
They probably didn't want to defame an animal.
kansascity.com/opinion/editor…
784
Il est facile d’oublier, maintenant, combien de temps tout le monde s’est battu pour que cela se produise, et très franchement, à quel point il était improbable que nous puissions réussir. Quelle fin heureuse rare et extraordinaire!
journaldemontreal.com/2022/01/09/nou…
786
Scenes from the decline. twitter.com/johnschreiber/…
787
Thieving people's medical supplies and then just... throwing them on the ground is a level of villainy the people who write scripts for cartoons would reject as unrealistic.
788
At some point, the DNC/corporate-media blob may want to reconsider whether sabotaging the candidate with a genuine, lifelong focus on the struggles of the working class was really the galaxy-brain play they imagined.
(Source: news.gallup.com/poll/388781/po… )
791
793
Beware those who water the gardens of hatred and war.
794
Starting to feel like this press conference was a mistake.
795
The authors of the 36,000 furious pieces that hyped a secret plot by the Communists to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids—which perhaps could have merited more skepticism—should probably pause and reflect on how their work affected the discourse.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
797
It will never stop being funny to me that there is some kind of long-running mutual suspicion between the Danes and the Swedes, and if you ever ask them what it's all about, as soon as they overcome their shock at your total ignorance they start talking about cannons and kings.
798
I have eaten
the positions
that were in
the orderbook
and which
you were probably
saving
for retirement
Forgive me
they were margined
so deep
and so liquid
799
Wow! I very much hope they enjoy it.
There is some profanity in the original, but there's a Young Reader's edition that should be streamlined and especially accessible for kids:
us.macmillan.com/books/97812507… twitter.com/AndysTechGarag…
800
Very few on either side of modern conflicts are thinking critically about the consequences of their methods. Scarce are the genuine attempts at persuasion, and what passes for argument has become the tired recitation of slogan and slur.
Amidst fire, we slumber and calcify.
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