1943–5, with the help of Warner Bros.' finest, the U.S. Army produced a series of 27 propaganda cartoons depicting the calamitous adventures of Private Snafu. @Mark_D_Kaufman explores how one film inadvertently let slip one of the war's greatest secrets: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/ignorant-armies-private-snafu-goes-to-war
Project 2025 is funded by the fossil fuel industry's Heritage Foundation.
The Heritage Foundation openly discusses dismantling the EU, and the EU isn't allowed to act in self-defense?
America's MAGA billionaires are funded by the fossil fuel industry, an industry that sees its captive consumer markets shrinking as people move to solar & wind.
The fossil fuel industry funds malign influence campaigns to keep frying the planet.
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It’s been a week and nobody has claimed him. Our dogs are learning to tolerate his existence in the house, and 3 years of shots seem to have 90% fixed my cat allergy. The cat redistribution system hath spoken.
Meet Thor, everyone.
Opinion: Is new insurance company downcoding long overdue or a travesty? STAT readers weigh in
#Cigna #InsuranceDebate #Downcoding #HealthcareEconomy #PowerDynamics
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/25/stat-letters-editor-downcoding-health-profits/?utm_campaign=rss
The racism and Islamophobia behind many of the attacks on Zohran Mamdani
#ZohranMamdani #911Remembrance #AndrewCuomo #RacismInPolitics #NYCMayoralRace
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/25/zohran-mamdani-attacks-racism-islamophobia-
Cops swarm and handcuff a student after an AI tool mistook his bag of Doritos for a weapon
#StudentRights #AIError #CopsSwarm #AIToolMistake #FalsePositive
Here is the ad which infuriated Trump so much, he does not want to continue trade talks with Canada.
I hope this gets a gazillion views.
Both Jackson residents and out-of-towners alike showed up for the Oct. 18 No Kings demonstration at the Mississippi Capitol Building to rally against the actions and policies of the Trump Administration.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/photos-no-kings-day-protests-in-jackson-mississippi-2/
Former Intelligence Officials Warn Trump Poses Existential Threat to U.S. Democracy
Legendary Bay Area photojournalist Noah Berger comin' in hot with my fave pic of the demonstrations thus far:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-activists-fallout-trump-sf-21118486.php
25 October 1899 | An Austrian Jew, Alfred Fränkel, was born in Vienna. An engineer.
In #Auschwitz from 10 February 1942.
No. 20538
He perished in the camp on 28 February 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
Republicans are ending the subsidies, which is why plan costs are jumping. They get to blame it on “Obamacare” and roll the savings into tax cuts for the wealthy. The hardship will fall on everyone else, regardless of their political views.
This is what happens when fascists don’t pay an electoral price for their actions. They told everyone exactly what they were going to do.
This Oregon family faces 45% increase for health insurance if ACA subsidies go away-
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/this-oregon-family-faces-45-increase-for-health-insurance-if-aca-subsidies-go-away.html
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A 56 yo survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric