Clearing My Tabs for January 30, 2023 (Issue #24)
The FBI’s spy scandal, enshittification explains the internet, an AR-15 for kids, abusing facial recognition, the disappearance of ashtrays, and how Mittens is traumatizing the world of chess.
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Impeach, Remove, Resign (#122)
In this edition: six stories with 10 links I’ve recently found interesting about where things stand in our long, twilight struggle to defeat authoritarianism. Please contact your Senators and Representatives to ask them to call for President Trump’s removal from office; the president’s Iran War threats demonstrate
No Kings Matters (#121)
In this edition: five stories with 13 links I’ve recently found interesting about where things stand in our long, twilight struggle to defeat authoritarianism. Why No Kings matters; Trump’s incoherent thoughts about Iran; a UC-Irvine professor wins her profession’s top honor for research Americans refuse to believe;
New Millennium War Plans (#120)
Nine stories, 16 links. New from me: The Trump regime is the latest this millennium to fail to create reality; how I learned about the Strait of Hormuz in 1984; Iran was not close to having a nuclear bomb; Iran tries to destroy petrodollar exclusivity; the Orbánization of the US
“I Guess” (#119)
President Trump demonstrates how little he cares about our safety; so many justifications for the Iran war; Trump lies about bombing a school; Iran, Armageddon, and Trump supporters who want to start the end times; and congestion pricing demonstrates why we have No Kings here. Here we go. I’m