Gullible, Cynical America
The trouble with believing anything and nothing at the same time
The data economy has made us dumber in ways that also make us vulnerable to authoritarian takover. We are have become both cynical and gullible in the sense we think we are too jaded be fooled and as a result are tricked more easily www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
09.03.2026 13:23
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8
28.01.2026 17:31
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States https://theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-c-1819576375/
09.03.2026 19:00
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ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community
ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/u...
10.03.2026 01:51
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anyone know who this reporter is? @ericmgarcia.bsky.social?
he needs to train other journalists how to handle the donald.
10.03.2026 01:17
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Yay!!!!!
10.03.2026 02:01
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A wildlife refuge in Washington hired a bullfrog catcher because the invasive bullfrogs are threatening an Oregon spotted frog or whatever but THE POINT IS I can't stop laughing at the picture of him they chose to put on Facebook. That man has two armfuls of Kermits. He is a Muppet villain.
09.03.2026 18:14
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Trump's Demand for Unconditional Surrender Intensifies the Pentagon's War Plan
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
youtu.be/1C6mRTyHEoA
10.03.2026 00:08
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AI isn't a dual-use technology, it is inherently violent
<p><em>When the Pentagon branded Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei “a liar with a god complex” over fears that his company’s AI could be used for weapons and surveillance, it exposed a deeper truth: the boun...
AI is erasing the line between civilian and military life. | https://bit.ly/4sLCPdN
Thomas Christian Bächle and Jascha Bareis argue that today’s AI is not simply “dual use”: it is inherently violent in design, and increasingly fuses daily life with geopolitics.
05.03.2026 12:00
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I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)
06.03.2026 23:10
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NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
06.03.2026 14:14
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Exclusive | Trump Sons Back New Drone Company Targeting Pentagon Sales
Powerus says it plans to acquire Ukrainian drone technology to sell to the U.S. military.
In this gift article about brazen Trump family corruption, you will find sentences like this: "Powerus, a drone roll-up company based in West Palm Beach, Fla., is merging with a publicly traded golf-course holding company backed by the Trumps." 😵💫
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
09.03.2026 13:16
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Attacks on Desalination Drag Water Supplies Into the War With Iran
Bahrain, which says Iran damaged a plant, is among the Gulf countries that depend heavily on purified seawater.
Gulf countries get up to 90% of their drinking water from desalinization. If this becomes A Thing we are looking at death on a horrific scale, almost immediately
08.03.2026 16:27
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AOC: We already have multiple American service members who are dead for an illegal action that the president has pursued with no plan out. They don’t know why they got into this war. They’re talking about a hundred different reasons, and they don’t know how they’re getting out.
04.03.2026 23:36
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#Subhumans
07.03.2026 10:09
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