Ray Bradbury Reveals the True Meaning of Fahrenheit 451: It’s Not About Censorship, But People “Being Turned Into Morons by TV”

"This is the photo that kicked off the Iran-Contra affair. In October 1986, a Nicaraguan soldier shot down a cargo plane carrying military supplies to the rightwing rebel forces known as the Contras. Pictured is the crash’s lone survivor, American ex-marine gunrunner Eugene Hasenfus. His capture

Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.

US foreign router ban criticized as ‘industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity’

Fugazi performs "Turnover" – Washington D.C. – August 7, 1993 At the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington. #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #fugazi

Noise Control Act (NCA) of 1972 — to empower the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit harmful noise emissions. But though the law remains on the books, the agency has not enforced it since the Reagan administration stripped the relevant EPA office of its funding in the early 1980s.

The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low. – Hunter S. Thompson

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Happy #PiDay! Here are some pies to consider: If nothing changes, the remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5°C, 1.7°C, and 2°C will be used up in 4, 12, and 25 years, respectively. Let’s eat up by setting all the fossil fuels on fire.

"[B]ellwether." "[J]urors convicted eight defendants on material support for terrorism charges for wearing black clothes." "[F]irst use of the material support charge against alleged antifa members." #Texas #USA #Protest #Courts #Media #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

When people who cheat at a game invite you to play with them, it is not for your benefit that they do so.

Ukraine: "The (Russian) regime needs children to be born even if the child is unwanted, without proper conditions to grow up in," said Vera Iastrebova of East Human Rights Group. "These children are then being raised to become future soldiers..."

🚨NEW POLL: Most Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal An exclusive Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.

"Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives."

#musicsky #katherinepriddy One for International Women's Day.

Capitalists keep trying to co-opt International Women’s Day, a century-old product of the working-class revolutionary movement. But the day belongs to the socialist antiwar tradition.

Go to church for 1 hour on Sunday so you can be a decrepit sleazeball the remaining 167.

Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-planned-war-iran-40-years-everything-else-smoke-screen

All hail the billionaire, thee greatest of civil altruists. “I think we are at a reckoning point in our party when we continue to be anti-business. … We should not be making [the billionaires] the enemy when they give more than most.”

Artist Tanat Teeradakorn speaks about his exhibition National Opera Complex. National Opera Complex examines how a country is represented, the forces that shape and promote certain ideologies, and their impact on minds, bodies, and socio-political realities.

It's an important moment for BAMPFA's Iranian film series to be hitting screens. Watch Dariush Mehrjui's 'The Postman', Bahram Beyzaie's 'Bashu, The Little Stranger', and more #ScreenGrabs

From Cross‑Burnings to Policy Papers: How old‑school white supremacy re‑brands for the 21st century. A thread about the modern day KKK, thriving RIGHT NOW, in OUR own communities.🧵

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions." Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.

Read here: zeteo.com/p/israel-us-...

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

Seems like someone watched the season finale of Tehran #imperialists

Federal officials are attempting to open up millions of acres of forests in western Oregon for “maximum” timber production to “advance Trump administration priorities,” including areas that are home to federally protected, vulnerable species, the Bureau of Land Management announced. buff.ly/bhzUxXj

New from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?: The SAVE Act is a truly extreme voter suppression bill, but in ways that might surprise you. White Christian Nationalism is driving the bill more than a cynical focus on maximizing GOP vote share. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

Reading about a Florida Republican politician from the 1970s who supported the presidential aspirations of a tough talking outsider populist, while also expressing his interest in unorthodox diets and medical treatments. Who needs the germ theory of disease? Oh, and also, and more importantly…

Trump raising the 10% worldwide tariff to 15% on countries, many of which 'have been ripping the US off for decades, without retribution! Pure projection. He has been ripping the US off for decades, without retribution. Grifter changing the swindle.

#musicfriday #yakkie #musicsky

Why, if Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna will be in town, aren't they scheduled to speak at the California Democratic Party's midterm convention? Because the party is controlled by Corporate Democrats, who don’t want anyone to talk about the billionaire tax.

Some Team USA athletes at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games have voiced concerns over the state of American politics, particularly concerning ICE and immigration issues. They've since faced waves of online hate and abuse. Our researchers looked into how bad it's been: openmeasures.io/us-olympians...

🧵 Trump’s inaugural “Board of Peace” meeting, tasked w/ shaping Gaza’s post-war governance, policing, & reconstruction after 28 months of genocide, was scheduled for 9:00AM ET in Washington. It began more than 40 mins late. Inside: reps from over 20 countries, along w/ Sec. of State Rubio, envoy...

Music power.

James Talarico exposing the fascist theocracy that has been built.

McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man? LYONS: Yes mam McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands? LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?

Remember the very popular millionaires tax bill? The one that very suspiciously had 60k people sign “con”? The Family Policy Institute of Washington is behind it. If you are not familiar with the Family Policy Institute of Washington, here’s some info:

Fox News smeared Alex Pretti after he was shot by DHS officers ⬇️

You can be mad at the people documenting all you want but that won't change the fact that state and local police departments have played (and will continue to play) an instrumental role in allowing DHS to operate unimpeded. That's kind of just what cops are designed to do.

"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

#musicsky #ben!ce #musicfriday

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I'm seeing more Charismatic evangelical "prophets" disowning the NAR and Bethel movements because the bad PR is just too much for them. It's funny that God wouldn't tell these "prophets" about the internal rot before the media found out about it.

Statistics for Christian Nationalists to Ponder NUMBER OF TIMES YOUR HERO DONALD TRUMP IS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES: Over 38,000 times. NUMBER OF TIMES JESUS IS MENTIONED IN THE US CONSITUTION: Never. Not even once.

ICE used facial recognition software on a MN resident who was trailing agents in her car. Three days later she received an email from DHS saying her Global Entry and TSA travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

“Kamala warned us” Fuck you Palestinians warned you Black people warned you The Left warned you Half the international community warned you The US slide into fascism has been long and slow. Many have been falsely imprisoned or killed by it over decades. It just finally came for you.