"The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or government – it’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide, enabled by democratic governments that abdicated their responsibility to protect the public." But we can fight big tech says @mariaressa.bsky.social

If there’s one thing you listen to / watch this week, make it this. Two of the most outspoken people whose books and analysis/activism blew my mind these past years, in conversation: @mariaressa.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/ZMf53k_...

Great conversation between @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and @mariaressa.bsky.social on declining democracy, surveillance capitalism, and creating avenues for journalism to survive.

"Authoritarian leaders topple democracy faster than you can imagine. If you wait to speak out against them, you have already lost." @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social @democracynow.org @protectdemocracy.org @mariaressa.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov

Repeating my strong recommendation to read @mariaressa.bsky.social's excellent memoir, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" (Trump's rhetoric here echoes Duterte's rhetoric during the Philippine Drug War, in which an estimated 12K-30K civilians were killed) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMf5... @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @mariaressa.bsky.social‬

Great talk by @mariaressa.bsky.social at @melbconnect.bsky.social “Social media is worse than the ‘upside down’ world in Stranger things, horrible and slimy”. A woman of courage 🙌🏼

Omg, I made @mariaressa.bsky.social laugh tonight while we were in the lift! This woman who founded @rappler.bsky.social and fought a brutal dictator and is a Noble Peace Laureate laughed at my geeky tech joke. Also, please buy her book “How to stand up to a dictator”.

UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.

Well produced video reportage from ABC news Australia with @mariaressa.bsky.social on some high-level social media problems youtu.be/krC6JAQIXZ8?...

Really great article from really great journalist @tanvi.bsky.social about the role that Bangladeshi and other South Asian communities played in Zohran Mamdani's win: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

LIVE UPDATES: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s SONA 2025 www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/w...

How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...

DOCUMENT: Supreme Court decision barring Sara Duterte impeachment www.rappler.com/newsbreak/da... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

“The world we once knew is decimated. Now we have to decide what we want to create.” One of my favorite quotes from @mariaressa.bsky.social’s book, “How To Stand Up To A Dictator.” Let’s create together, friends.

Been listening to *How to Stand Up to a Dictator* by @mariaressa.bsky.social and this tracks.

Corruption is the brand

Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day. 1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.

Hard to keep track of everything going on with this bill, but removing the state-level moratorium on AI regulation is a big one. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

"Air strikes left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire killed 23 others as Palestinians tried to get desperately-needed food, witnesses and health officials said." www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...

-It has gotten so much worse since 2021. You didn’t act when I told you to act! @mariaressa.bsky.social med sitt sedvanlige glimt i øyet og klar tale - endelig tilbake i Oslo i dag. Og med mange gode ideer til hvordan vi må jobbe strategisk for å ta tilbake sannhet, fakta og tillit 🙌

(1 of 4) What is the future of news? Here's WHY we built the matrix protocol news use case: www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...

📣 My dear @brankobrkic.bsky.social 's call to arms to independent #journalists and media: document the deeds of the tyrants, for the sake of #democracy and the truth that it is grounded on – and future justice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @mariaressa.bsky.social

“-Make the choice to learn. Push to learn. -Embrace your fear. Running away doesn’t make the problem go away. -On facing bullies ‘silence is complicity’ ‘do unto others’. -No one can accomplish anything meaningful alone.” Immigrant Childhood Lessons Howtostandup2adictator @mariaressa.bsky.social

🌐 We said we’d return to #tech and #democracy, so here we are. ‘‘Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without all three, we have no democracy’’. 💬 🎙️ Citing @mariaressa.bsky.social, our afternoon session on the information space starts with a strong statement.

Comelec division cancels registration of Duterte Youth www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.bsky.social

Well ... yes: Netherlands denies Harry Roque’s asylum bid – DOJ rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.bsky.social

The cover of the new edition of New York Magazine.

“No Kings Day”: A compilation

Impunity continues - Israel and Iran strike at each other in new wave of attacks www.rappler.com/world/middle... via @rappler.bsky.social

Minnesota manhunt underway for suspect in deadly shooting of Democratic state lawmakers www.rappler.com/world/us-can... via @rappler.bsky.social

For #MediaFundersSummit : this 3 year data dive of the US information ecosystem was done before the 2024 elections www.rappler.com/technology/u...

SEC chief Francis Lim hopes to revive Philippines’ ‘lagging’ capital markets www.rappler.com/business/sec... via @rappler.bsky.social

Trial in limbo after Senate returns Sara Duterte impeachment articles to House www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.bsky.social

@mariaressa.bsky.social FINAL QOTD (Book): How To Stand Up To A Dictator: The Fight For Our Future If you haven't read this book, you should...we need all the knowledge we can in order to defeat this REGIME!

Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries goes into effect on June 9 www.rappler.com/world/us-can... via @rappler.bsky.social

Jorge Ramos, @mariaressa.bsky.social and John Saunders are the recipients of the 2025 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. The medaling ceremony will be held Sept. 30 at The State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. journalism.missouri.edu/2025/06/thre...

1 week until the Media Impact Forum 🎉 Join us on Tuesday, June 10, at the @constitutionctr.bsky.social in Philly! We’ve got a great lineup, starting with Nobel Peace Prize laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social in conversation with Sara Lomax, CEO of WURD Radio. Learn more & register here: bit.ly/4cO8bJE

@mariaressa.bsky.social QOTD (Book): How To Stand Up To A Dictator: The Fight For Our Future (cont)

Now they are doing it in US. This needs to be brought to mainstream media. VERY SERIOUS INTERVIEW👀👇❗ youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM

@mariaressa.bsky.social QOTD (Book): How To Stand Up To A Dictator: The Fight For Our Future (cont)

We will never forget Tiananmen crackdown, Taiwan and US say on 36th anniversary www.rappler.com/world/asia-p... via We will never forget Tiananmen crackdown, Taiwan and US say on 36th anniversary www.rappler.com/world/asia-p... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Purported draft Senate resolution seeks to kill VP Sara’s impeachment trial www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Teodoro, Brawner slam China media’s ‘deliberate disinformation’ at Shangri-La Dialogue www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Delay impeachment trial? Not about keeping Senate presidency, says Escudero www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Senators clash over whether impeachment trial could carry over to next Congress www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

“Journalism enabled facts to survive. But it was communities that must respond. Globally, we needed a new model of civic engagement.” @mariaressa.bsky.social #HoldTheLine #TogetherWeCan #HandsOff Excerpt From How to Stand Up to a Dictator Maria Ressa books.apple.com/us/book/how-...

@mariaressa.bsky.social QOTD (Book): How To Stand Up To A Dictator: The Fight For Our Future (cont)

Unfortunately, Big Tech did.