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@mrjamesob.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/w4UAK... Brandolini's law is an Internet adage coined in 2013 by Italian programmer Alberto Brandolini. It compares the considerable effort of debunking misinformation to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.

Abraham Lincoln held the 1864 election, arguing that if war could postpone the vote, the rebellion would have already "conquered and ruined us." He chose the ballot over a convenient "emergency pause," setting the precedent that the democratic process is non-negotiable, even during a Civil War.

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Al Jazeera: 'The BBC is facing backlash for editing out a section of its coverage of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) in which prize-winning filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr says, “Free Palestine”, even while a racial slur remained audible in the same programme.'

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Musk’s criticism of UK and EU governments isn’t about free speech, it’s strategic. He wants to stop Europe from building its own rival to Starlink, pushing nations to rely on his network instead and giving him control over their data, infrastructure, and digital independence.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social 'The Millerites, led by William Miller, grew even more devoted after their failed 1844 doomsday prediction. When the second prophecy also failed, many stayed faithful, a case of dissonance reduction.' A 3rd of UK voters in a nutshell, from #Brexit to #Reform.

@billybragg.bsky.social Patriotism is pride in your nation’s good: science, culture, sport, while being self-critical of injustices. It binds us together. Nationalism is blind superiority. Ultra/ethno nationalists persecute minorities. Fascists add dictatorship & seek to dominate country's neighbors

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Patriotism is pride in your nation’s good: science, culture, sport, while being self-critical of injustices. It binds us together. Nationalism is blind superiority. Ultra/ ethno nationalists persecute minorities. Fascists add dictatorship & seek to dominate country's neighbors

@mrjamesob.bsky.social www.thenerdreich.com 'A newsletter about the tech authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley plutocrats' The Nerd Reich is a great news letter I discovered last year.