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Geriatric Gardener<p>“Former BBC journalist goes rogue, calling out the broadcaster’s pro-Israel <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a>”</p><p>by Ed Sykes in The Canary <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://independent-media.co.uk/@thecanaryuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecanaryuk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC5Live</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRadio4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRadio4</span></a></span> </p><p>Former <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> journalist Karishma <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Patel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patel</span></a> has called the broadcaster out for refusing to reach ‘reasonable, evidence-based conclusions’ over <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s genocide in Gaza. As a result, she suggested, it has become ‘a vehicle in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a>’. And that’s why she resigned in 2024”</p><p><a href="https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/03/06/bbc-karishma-patel/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/global/world-anal</span><span class="invisible">ysis/2025/03/06/bbc-karishma-patel/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>In <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>launch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bilingual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bilingual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/billboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billboards</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/targeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>targeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Latinos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latinos</span></a> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> seeks to address <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hispanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hispanic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> participates in a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/townhall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>townhall</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Univision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Univision</span></a> on Thursday night. </p><p>While <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> keeps <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dodging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dodging</span></a> even the most friendly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interviews</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/dnc-nevada-harris-bilingual-ads-spanish-townhall-rcna174778" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/latino/dnc-ne</span><span class="invisible">vada-harris-bilingual-ads-spanish-townhall-rcna174778</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> addendum to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s ofcl — &amp; public — “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> Concept of the Russian Federation,” the ministry calls for an “offensive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InformationCampaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformationCampaign</span></a>” &amp; other measures spanning “the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/psychological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychological</span></a> spheres” against a “coalition of unfriendly countries” led by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Pwnallthethings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Pwnallthethings</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> </p><p>Is the end result of our system that has always been designed to give advantages to the wealthy and powerful. It's always been this way, because that's our Constitution. The "Founding Fathers" weren't geniuses, they were scoundrels.</p>
🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛<p>The real nuts and bolts of fascism is destroying experts, institutions, and systems of accountability.</p><p><a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/masculinism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculinism</span></a> (racism / sexism / homophobia / transphobia) is the pretext. But the core goal is decimating legal, institutional, fact-based checks and balances, i.e. truth.</p><p>The snarking gender-critical Fauci tweet from <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> is super dangerous because it combined both vectors of fascism into a single, vile package.</p><p>This can only escalate from here.</p><p><a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Andrew Perfors<p>I just changed instances. Hello <a href="https://aus.social/tags/aus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aus</span></a>.social! Glad to be here!</p><p>Here's an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>.</p><p>I'm a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/prof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prof</span></a> in computational <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cogsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cogsci</span></a> at <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UniMelb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniMelb</span></a>. I use behavioural experiments and mathematical models to study how people <a href="https://aus.social/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reason</span></a>. I think a lot about how we make <a href="https://aus.social/tags/inferences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inferences</span></a> from sparse <a href="https://aus.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>, how we <a href="https://aus.social/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> information with each other, and how this affects our <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a>. </p><p>I am a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/parent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parent</span></a> to two amazing kids, love <a href="https://aus.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> to psychology undergraduates, am an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> living in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> (citizen of both) in the beautiful <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dandenongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dandenongs</span></a>, and am <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> (see post below). I try not to take myself too seriously, especially on social media.</p><p><a href="https://perfors.net/blog/im-transgender-thats-okay/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">perfors.net/blog/im-transgende</span><span class="invisible">r-thats-okay/</span></a></p>