Everyone knows that this "pledge" isn't voluntary. It's one of the costs of doing business before the agency. Another one is dropping your DEI policies. It's amazing he can say any of this with a straight face.
the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.
not this totally serious guy
who definitely isn't compromised
Sure. Why not? It's not like the FCC does literally anything other than apparently not enforce the rule this piece is about. I'm sure this has nothing to do with other functions the agency has, like overseeing satellite communications networks, that are of absolutely no interest to Bezos.
It's not surprising given *gestures around*, but instead of ensuring that the most marginalized in our country have a scrap of connectivity, FCC Chairman Carr is engaging in a racist, deeply cynical and dangerous effort to further demonize immigrants.
It's absolutely shameful.
Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
hey quick question, what does it tell us about a technology if companies need to roll it out under the cover of rising fascism?
Bitch, we can multitask...especially when the tech is certainly going to be used to feed the 50000 alarm fire we're all dealing with. Absolute ghouls.
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
shorter ring commercial: your spy camera’s auto-search function will only be used to track down lost dogs AND NEVER TO HUNT HUMANS (probably)
I'm pleased to see the NYT not mince words and call this what it is: "blatantly racist."
Even CBS and The Washington Post put "racist" in their headlines.
Apparently White House just took the video down and blamed a "staffer." Yeah, right. Which staffer. Did they get fired?
And here are examples of the racist capitulations so many of our nation's most powerful media companies have made to please Trump and advance their own political, business and ideological projects. This report was authored by my colleague @rlivier.bsky.social.
One of the many reasons for our nation's current crisis & constitutional collapse are due to the role powerful media and tech companies have played in capitulating to Trump and his racism. We have to reckon & redress the role these companies have played in ushering in this racist & fascist regime.
Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
Congress must refuse to provide one dollar to ICE & CBP through the appropriations process and immediately take action to revoke the tens of billions already given through last summer’s reconciliation bill.
Take action today: bit.ly/noicefunding
Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.
You all know I've been saying FOR WEEKS that this needed to happen to strategically focus on what's happening at DHS. They need to USE this to do shadow hearings across the country, to call for the complete dismantling of ICE (yes) but also the apparatus of detention, to get local media coverage.
screaming, crying, throwing up
It's extremely important that we figure this out, and I really encourage anyone asking themselves this question to check out and follow @media2070.bsky.social to learn more about how our media system got here and what pathways out could look like: mediareparations.org/essay/
Scully working a dull job after being taken of the x files, to Mulder: “You ready to quit?” “No.” -Mulder offscreen
Mulder covering the phone with his hand replies: “That would make way too many people way too happy.”
Reminder for the new year
yep. whenever people say "the Dems can't do anything" what they are telling you is they don't understand where political power comes from and they don't understand how organizing works
just lobbing this out there
a lot of your congresscritters are home in their respective districts right now, maybe hoping to enjoy one last dinner out tonight or a bit of shopping tomorrow before returning to DC
might let them know what you think of all this, if the opportunity presents itself
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
Carr's Senate testimony made clear what critics have been saying for months: the FCC is now a tool of the Trump administration. www.readtpa.com/p/the-fcc-ju...
During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.”
I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am
I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.
#FCCOversight
From Sara Fischer over on the Bad Place: The FCC deleted the part about the agency being independent mid-hearing.
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People across the world will likely spend the end of the year revisiting or newly discovering Reiner's art. When the other one dies, people will be looking for places to party and then they'll put him out of their minds.
When I first saw the episode, I thought Ron was overreacting. It's become clear to me that he wasn't.
I swear to god...this might push me over the edge. A SMART TOILET??? I'm begging people to be serious. We must stop feeding into the madness of making every household item "smart." Don't buy this shit.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
