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«El jueves 12/9 a las 15 hs. las organizaciones de jubilados, la CGT, la CTA, los movimientos sociales y los estudiantes universitarios convocan a una gran movilización para frenar el veto de Milei a la ley de movilidad jubilatoria.
Sin embargo, la exigencia de los jubilados es contundente “debe llamarse a un paro, para que la movilización sea masiva, porque jubilados somos todos” y agregó “queremos que la gente participe, que no sea solamente las cúpulas, que no sea solamente de los cuerpos orgánicos sino de los trabajadores de las trabajadoras de todo el país que están reclamando como los docentes de varios lugares del país o los trabajadores del neumáticos” y que acompañen todos aquellos que quieran enfrentar el ataque del gobierno, que no es solo con los jubilados, es un ataque generalizado.»
Lots of fuss about Durov/Telegram/France and Musk/Twitter/Brazil legal cases. Far less fuss about this genuine free speech case in Hong Kongwww.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hong Kong: Stand News editors ...
This is the first sedition case against journalists in Hong Kong since the territory's handover in 1997.Nick Marsh (BBC News)
Good example of media's heads so far up their own asses they cannot see light of day: Trump isn't "waffling on abortion." He's just lying. To pander; to get votes; whatever, it doesn't matter. The guy is the sole reason Roe got overturned; If HRC wins 2016, it's a 6-3 liberal SCOTUS.
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The rule of law is rooted in predictability. These batshit right-wing judges' Calvinballing is going to cause lasting damage. Also, this is a far more dangerous and direct threat to free speech than the government asking Facebook to take down posts about Ivermectin.
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Meanwhile, the Third Circuit just blew up Section 230, deciding that it can just ignore the plain text of the law, as well as basically every precedent to date, to do its own thing. This ruling, if it stands, is a disaster for the open internet. cases.justia.com/federal/appe...
Ok. I wrote about the Zuckerberg letter to Jim Jordan and why it's not really newsworthy other than that it shows Zuck has no spine and Trump has no conception of how linear time works. Oh, and Trump's fans will use it misleadingly. www.techdirt.com/2024/08/28/t...
Zuckerberg’s Spineless Surrend...
Two bits of news came out of the letter Mark Zuckerberg sent to Rep. Jim Jordan this week (and how people responded to it), neither of which are what you’re likely to have heard about. First, Donal…Techdirt
Updates to official Mormon handbook work to ostracize trans people.www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The loathsome JK Rowling, having abused the UK’s already frankly abusive defamation law to intimidate and punish vastly less powerful people who criticized her, now faces karma.
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Ahh, sweet, sweet silence.www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
TWIBS: JK Rowling Goes Radio S...
For the last few weeks, the verified queen of posting through it herself, JK Rowling, has been mysteriously silent on social media.Alyssa Steinsiek (Assigned)
Am I subtweeting EconTwitter here? Possibly. #EconSky
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Over the next nine months, Assigned Media will feature interviews of people involved in pushing back against the spread of false, distorted narratives about the trans community in the press. To start off, Evan Urquhart interviewed Riki Wilchins.www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Riki Wilchins, Transsexual Men...
Over the next nine months, Assigned Media will feature nine interviews of people involved in pushing back against the spread of false, distorted narratives about the trans community in the press.Assigned
This is fascinating. The article gives an example of a similar phenomena: "And in Wisconsin, researchers found that the presence of wolves reduced vehicle collisions with deer by about a quarter, creating an economic benefit that was 63 times greater than the cost of wolves killing livestock."
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Is there a plan? It's the Democrats, so I'm guessing no.
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Someone who - in chorus with the NRA - suggests that "take firearms courses" is a useful and cogent response to democracy in the US being imperiled is not someone I'm inclined to think has a good grasp of the problem. But yes, I agree that things aren't doomed, and there are things worth doing.
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My Slate essay on why leftists should vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate this November, despite everything:
The Leftist Case for Voting—Ye...
The lessons of history are vital for 2024.Abraham Josephine Riesman (Slate)
‘We will not vanish’: How a Palestinian American pastor defies stereotypes aje.io/3i4e5h #Palestine #Gaza #US #Israel
‘We will not vanish’: How a Pa...
Pastor Khader Khalilia shares how he builds understanding about the Palestinian experience at his church in New York.Samantha Lee (Al Jazeera)
The conventional wisdom is that there’s a sizable chunk of decent people who really dislike Trump, but can’t bring themselves to support Biden b/c of his age, etc. The reality is that 45-47% of the public plan to vote for Trump because they like him. Even now. And that’s fucking depressing.
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Here's my plan to deal with the rogue judges on the district and appeals (i.e. non SCOTUS) levels of the Federal judicial system. This plan requires no Constitutional changes and can be done with simple majorities in Congress.
Do We Need Rubber Rooms for Federal Judges? Two Plans To Reduce The Long Tailed Impact of Trump Judicial Appointees
https://www.cavebear.com/cavebear-blog/rubber-rooms/
Do We Need Rubber Rooms for Federal Judges? Two Plans To Reduce The Long Tailed Impact of Trump Judicial Appointees
Karl Auerbach (Cavebear! - Thoughts and Commentary by Karl Auerbach)