1251
You want to fix policing? Remove their immunity so that they can be sued, and if you win, damages come out of the department's pension fund instead of from taxpayers.
They'll clean house on their own. Quickly.
1253
"Good news, sir! There's enough money in the budget to build that global surveillance system you asked for, as long as we put off affordable housing policies til next year."
Repeat forever. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
1255
"Egal, was meine Wähler denken." twitter.com/Snowden/status…
1256
Dieser Post ist Bilds altem Sex-Raubtier gewidmet, das versucht, mit Verschwörungstheorien von seinem eigenen Fehlverhalten abzulenken. Es ist nichts Mysteriöses daran, das Denken eines Habermas dem einer Boulevardzeitung vorzuziehen.
1257
The next wave of digital authoritarianism.
cpj.org/2023/01/how-uk…
1258
Government as the sole arbiter of truth. Coming soon, or already here? twitter.com/BigBrotherWatc…
1259
More and more governments are seeking to arrogate unto themselves the title of "arbiter of truth." A dangerous trend. twitter.com/BigBrotherWatc…
1260
This story is coming out right as Trump reannounces candidacy, granting a tailwind, bc the institutional press refused to reckon with it during (or even after) the administration.
I fear they'll continue to ignore it, and so it will become a *nightmare* in the general election. twitter.com/mtaibbi/status…
1261
Something like 26,000 words here. Hard to brush off, even for the @nytimes.
cjr.org/special_report…
1263
The first authoritative, fairly even-handed account of how the press got played during the 2016 scandal season is well worth reading. There are a number of causal connections that were overlooked (or ignored) at the time, which seem clearer in hindsight.
cjr.org/special_report…
1264
The @CJR review of post-2016 reporting is long, but important.
The TL;DR conclusion:
corpo media knowingly suppressed facts that cut against popular narratives,
ignored denials,
eagerly laundered partisan attacks via "anonymous sources,"
and refuses to reflect on mistakes.
1265
@CJR You can read it here:
cjr.org/special_report…
1267
Check out the future of social media on #nostr. My account ID in my bio if you want to add me.
Also available on android @ play.google.com/store/apps/det…, or the open web via snort.social or iris.to . twitter.com/jack/status/16…
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What is #nostr?
Unlike the old social media "platforms" where the platform-owner (FB, Tiktok, Twitter) gets to decide who can speak—and what can be heard—#nostr is an open protocol.
If a platform is a silo, a protocol is a river: no one owns it, and everyone is free to swim. twitter.com/jack/status/16…
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You can find me on #nostr @ pubkey: npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 .
(Tweeted because some folks can't copy/paste from the bio for some weird, user-hostile reason)
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If you're on an iPhone, this is the best article so far explaining the #nostr/Damus app everybody is talking about:
9to5mac.com/2023/02/01/nos…
1271
From the reporter who won the Pulitzer for uncovering the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, broke stories on Watergate and Abu Ghraib:
seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-…
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Can you think of any examples from history of a secret operation that the White House was responsible for, but strongly denied? Besides, you know, that little "mass surveillance" kerfuffle.
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Hell of an endorsement:
"Substack means reporting is back . . . unfiltered and unprogrammed—just the way I like it."
—Seymour M. Hersh
seymourhersh.substack.com/p/why-substack
You can find me on #nostr @ pubkey: #npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9. (use Damus on iOS, Amethyst on Android, or snort.social)