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Reading thru an ex-Google exec's deposition unsealed last night, these excerpts stopped me cold. Brings questions of IAB's independence, especially given its silence on Google's antitrust violations. And little hope it'll speak up about Meta's sweeping new commercial terms. 1/2

If you're a business or artist with intellectual property, watch the clock. 7 days until Meta is 3wks from claiming right to scrape your site to develop its AI. Your consent? Apparently unnecessary. All it takes is use of Meta's services. Yes, they delayed but you shouldn’t.

This is the ACLU overview of Section 702--which is horrifying on so many levels. www.aclu.org/warrantless-.... Section 702 was passed in 2008 and was set to expire in June 2026 but was extended by Congress into March 2027.

ICYMI

ICYMI — CBS News(Max) deleted a tweet after @angieforfl.bsky.social called them out for mischaracterizing what she said about Cuba 🤔

Thanks to our war of choice with Iran: Diesel is up 66% Unleaded is up 44% Trump's approval is 36% Time to take out the garbage, America. #BlueWaveIn10Days

My take from the Smith hearings: To be a GOP senator today, you have to be a lying piece-of-shit, who puts loyalty to party & our lying piece-of-shit president, above their oaths to the Constitution & their obligations to tell the truth & do what rights to the American people! Repost if U agree

America deserves better, much better.

Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday was recorded after she toured with her band in the South. She had to hide on their bus so she wouldn't be seen with her white band members. She had to enter venues through the back door. The beautiful Lady Day never found equality. Times have hardly moved.

This is so heartbreaking and true. It should be the symbol of a fight for justice.

Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.

Make sure your vote is properly and correctly recorded❗️... They are capable of anything...🤬

#nokings #nopedophiles

Let’s teach the alphabet: A is for Apple, B is for Boeing. I’m crowdsourcing an A-Z primer of companies linked to detention, deportation, surveillance, and profit. Nominate missing letters or upgrade existing ones. psychopete1.substack.com/p/a-to-z-an-...

Exactly 👇👇👇

The Election Protection Hotline number is: 1-866-687-8683 That's 1-866-OUR-VOTE (This was shared on Indivisible's last What's The Plan)

Whoa!

Give me the huddling masses Not a government loaded with asses We strive for all folks to be free While they buy all their votes for a fee We're all the same, black, white or brown It's orange that makes you a clown Let's all pledge to help the most needy I'm so fucking sick of the greedy #vote

We shouldn't have to say this, but after what some of y'all did in 2024, it needs to be said. Fucking VOTE.

Zelenskyy calls out monthlong wait for Hegseth to sign off on Patriot missiles

WATCH — @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “He is absolutely trying to distance himself from Trump… Brent Taylor is running for Congress to serve Trump, I’m running to serve the people of TN-9.” Full interview: www.instagram.com/reel/De-E_2u...

🇺🇸 MIDTERM ELECTION PREPAREDNESS With tensions running high, it’s wise to be prepared, not afraid. Keep a few days of food, water, medications, and a little extra cash on hand. Nobody knows what November will bring. Stay calm, stay informed, and look out for your neighbors. 🇺🇸

63,000 Kansans lost their healthcare coverage because of Roger Marshall's votes.

And don’t forget all your information from the IRS and Social Security!

Taken aback by this praise from one of best thinkers in journalism, Jay Rosen, who is trying to guide us through the current news wilderness.

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

It’s peak Trumpism when Republicans blow up a school full of Iranian Muslim girls and then call an American politician a terrorist because he’s Muslim.

YES! 🙌🏽 Texans are pulling up to the polls! Fort Worth’s NAACP brought the energy with a voting caravan! Let’s go, TEXAS! 🔥 #VivaHer #VoteBlue

This is important to know.

We won’t forget Marco Rubio

Ralphs Food for Less Mariano’s Smith’s Harris Teeter Kroger ALREADY owns all these grocery stores. Now, Kroger wants to buy Giant Eagle too. Less competition could mean higher grocery costs for YOU. Donald Trump shouldn't just rubber-stamp this merger.

"If there is one thing that Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for governor of Iowa, definitely does not want to talk about, it’s his connection to the Koch family." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/politics/zach-lahn-iowa-governor-kansas-kochs.html