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We really do not have our priorities in order, if we cannot even get #aspirin to the people, who need it, if we put lives at risk, because it is about money and not about humans... #healthcare #drugs #economy #economics #capitalism #democracy
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Coventry man fears stroke or heart attack due to aspirin shortage
David Slater, 72, says ministers need to step up and sort out issues with the medication.Josh Sandiford (BBC News)
#Minnesota serves as the flagship for nationwide '#NoKings' #protests against #Trump
Organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies across the country are predicting that the protests against the actions of President Donald Trump & his admin could add up to one of the largest demonstrations in #UShistory, with Minnesota taking center stage.
Organizers say >3,100 events have been registered in all 50 states, with >9 million people expected to participate.
Police in Coffee County, Georgia used Flock automated license plate reader cameras to issue a traffic ticket to a motorcyclist. Police departments across the country explicitly promise residents they will not use these cameras for minor violations. They lied.
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#democracy #technology #police #privacy
Police Promised Flock Cameras Wouldn't Ticket Drivers. They Lied.
Georgia police used Flock cameras promised for solving murders to ticket motorcyclist holding phone. Every surveillance promise is a lie.Blackout VPN
"Don't be upset by all this device and internet survielance, it's not a military dictatorship" they used to say before Trump built a personal racist military, and subverted the FBI and Department of Justice, and got military commanders calling his orders the voice of god.
Get off american software, get off Microsoft, ditch Alexa, dump siri, erase windows, leave google, dont use Amazon.
#uspoli #ai #surveilance #handcuffs #pretti #good #ice #democracy
Daily Beast:
Trump Goes on Wild Rant as Irish PM Struggles Not to Laugh
Trump reignited one of his favorite grievances, and the Irish prime minister could barely stifle his laughter at the absurdity.
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin could barely keep a straight face as President Donald Trump launched a rant about one of his signature complaints: windmills.
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#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #Ireland #Environment #ClimateChange
Trump Goes on Wild Rant as Irish PM Struggles Not to Laugh
President Donald Trump reignited one of his favorite grievances, and the Irish prime minister could barely stifle his laughter at the absurdity.Annabella Rosciglione (The Daily Beast)
"The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey."
~ Martin Gelin
#Trump #Republicans #democracy #dictatorship #authoritarianism
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‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin GelinMartin Gelin (The Guardian)
From Gus Bova in our magazine: If conservatives are going to unsettle what it means to be American, maybe it’s best to accept the invitation. texasobserver.org/american-cit…
#democracy #HumanRights #books #politics #bookstodon #politics #USpol #law
Lies, Damned Lies, and American Citizenship
We shouldn’t ignore the protofascism brewing on the JD Vance-aligned right. But the status quo ante isn’t good enough either.Gus Bova (The Texas Observer)
Is the U.S. still a democracy? Some analysts see warning signs that autocracy is already here.
Oliver Kaplan is the author of the book “Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves”, and spoke about the topic at our recent webinar on what Americans can learn from nonviolent civil resistance movements around the world.
The problem with having a surveillance state is not that they will know everything about you. The problem is that they will assert that they know everything about you. And you’re screwed either way; no matter if they’re right or wrong.
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Via @yawnbox
#privacy #humanRights #democracy #surveillance #surveillanceState #policeState
Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud
Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud caseMarina Dunbar (The Guardian)
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men.
“This technology disrupts humanities-trained—largely Democratic—voters, and makes their economic power less. And increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters....”
#ai #humanities #women #feminism #democracy #palantir
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.The New Republic
RE: social.publicspaces.net/@publi…
Happy to share the good news of another @publicspaces conference happening this year!
Join us on June 4, 5 and 6th in Amsterdam.
Looking forward to work on this once again 😄
#Tech #Fediverse #BigTech #TechPolicy #PublicSpaces #PubConf2026 #OpenSource #Ethics #AI #ATProto #SocialMedia #Democracy #SocialWeb #EU #NL #Conference
PublicSpaces (@publicspaces@publicspaces.net)
Attached: 1 image PublicSpaces Conference 2026 on June 4, 5 and 6! Together with @waag@waag.social we are happy to announce the 6th edition of the PublicSpaces Conference. This year, we will focus on the impact of technology on our democracy.PublicSpaces (PublicSpaces Social)
Make fascism socially unacceptable again. Leave X.
#LeaveX #JohnOliver #fascim #FarRight #Disinformation #HateSpeech #Democracy
