Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Charade Is Over

Now that the mogul has swung Twitter to the right, conservatives no longer believe that social-media policies violate the First Amendment.
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Twitter #Musk #Mastodon

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-matt-taibbi-substack/673698/

Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/discord-leaked-documents/

A Washington ethics watchdog is calling for the Department of Justice to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for failing to disclose luxury trips he received from a billionaire GOP megadonor.
#News #GOP #Politics #USA

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-doj-campaign-legal-center

BREAKING: Justin Pearson has just been reappointed to his position in the Tennessee House of Representatives!

#Breaking: #Twitter users reporting that the Reply button is broken on the website (others say the same thing for the app).
Is this a botched rollout of a new software version, or the beginning of the end for #freespeech as #ElonMusk pushes paid-speech?

Womp, womp...

Via Kyle Cheney:

Appeals court panel denies Peter #Navarro's attempt to stay the district court ruling that required him to return 200-250 presidential records he kept after leaving the #Trump White House.

Within minutes of the appeals court ruling, a federal judge, ordered Navarro to return the #documents in question by Friday. #legal https://t.co/8MEzKefmyo

Be really cool if NPR never tapped Elon Musk for an interview ever again.

Seriously. You want to report on him? Report around him. Don't bother trying to contact him for comment. What the fuck does he possibly have to offer? He's not smart, he's not clever. Talk about him, not to him. That's what will send him right over the edge and your reporting will be clearer and smarter for it.

PBS has quit Twitter after being labeled as "government-funded media," just hours after NPR did the same - Bloomberg

EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT: Alex Wagner will share newly revealed audio between members of the Trump team and Fox News that is at the heart of new sanctions imposed on Fox.

9pm ET on MSNBC

I watched more of that Trump “interview” with Tucker Carlson than is healthy, and I gotta say, it is so amazing (every time) that someone so God-damned stupid was ever elected President. What a weird country.

During War - Life Goes On

🐿 Squirrel visited the dugout of the Ukrainian defenders
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Russian #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey #Finland #Caturday

Every once in a while a top-notch observation disguised as a meme comes around, and I think this is one.

2/ Japan tells residents in Hokkaido to take shelter after NK missile: NHK

Fry his ass. #Trump #CorruptGOP

Special counsel probes Trump over fundraising off false election fraud claims: report https://www.rawstory.com/special-counsel-probes-trump-over-fundraising-off-false-election-fraud-claims-report/

The Upper Ihanabikeg Steppe

Ever used or just enjoyed looking at multispectral LANDSAT imagery? You have this woman to thank for it!

🌎 🛰️🌈

Paywall-free link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/science/space/virginia-norwood-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=Iex9akpnwGj9NwPvC8KEKIrEpvQpft-nb94OlILafunDOgdBkJR4ZJKrlj4lftDKfw34Lg-MZIA6zpwBYD4YWnMBFOFVGjUpxobmMMiOoryxL4mWCuOHIbw0p2WegB7-ENYYa5xCUk4GBJcTtKrfJojWD844bTCvVvAF0IENPpoqw21NyjK_I1BAT0KajDPCBRbC_IgdJxqnoeDj35TBkJRqjjdK61qM-pBVZdMZ5HDqXCR99zg0-08uDBuW4wtMOUqqT4-WzzJnfwn9HWk8HyDp13BXsp7fix1eRn4z3Hv1ja6HbbN5H72UjxiXiSDqkg1arPElY2Me67I-KNZZ7fp8ldc&smid=url-share

White man commits mass murder
•Media: He was a star athlete!

White teen commits mass murder
•Media: He was an average kid!

White man commits rape
•Media: He was a 3X all American!

Black teen murdered
•Media: He was on drugs

White supremacy in media is alive & well. Smh.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Support survivors.

CW: Trigger

Imagine the transformative potential of media reporting and of police action concerning sexual assault, if it went something like this:

Raise the awareness, #Boost

#SexualAssault #Awareness #April #SAMM #Media #WomensRights #Freedom #Action #AltText