In 2012, 30 states allowed no-excuse mail-in voting. In 2016, 8 states saw more than a fourth of voters send in their ballots.
Taibbi has either gotten a lot dumber, or he just doesn't give a shit anymore.
The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran.
Today's post explores two fun facts:
1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!)
2. Even so, stocks rose on the news.
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Really not looking forward to needing to move to grey-market sites for everything just so I don't have to upload a photo or my ID.
I prefer just seeing more people finally getting the message about the dangers of surveillance capitalism to angrily proclaiming that everyone who wasn’t previously aware of this is a stupid fuck who should have known earlier, personally
simply impose a carbon tax so that the math is baked into the price of the goods and services you consume
This week's EFFector: 🔊 Mass surveillance to stop… loud music? 👤 Meta quietly removes facial recognition code 🤖 EFF warns Congress about AI for government surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
So, everyone who didn't think "rein in big tech!" and "hold social media accountable" weren't simply excuses for rampant censorship, raise your hands.
Everyone with your hand up, congratulations, you fell for it again.