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PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DowningStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DowningStreet</span></a> ‘exploring plan for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/digitalID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalID</span></a> cards’ | The Independent</p><p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ID</span></a> card would be stored on a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphone</span></a> and linked to government records, according to think tank proposals<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/england" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>england</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/downing-street-id-card-proposal-uk-britain-b2764803.html#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/downing-street-id-card-proposal-uk-britain-b2764803.html#</span></a></p>
AzureCerulean<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Philosia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Philosia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@BillySmith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BillySmith</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hear-me.social/@debby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>debby</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thierry_van_kerm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thierry_van_kerm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@akamran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>akamran</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://photog.social/@RaffKarva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RaffKarva</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@jrdepriest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jrdepriest</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@overunderlay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>overunderlay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/@sboots" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sboots</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@MorpheusB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MorpheusB</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@PatrickWirth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PatrickWirth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@maphew" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maphew</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jinxhart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jinxhart</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@stevewfolds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevewfolds</span></a></span> </p><p>Not sure how we are all associated, but we look like a group that would make an amazing 'Think Tank'!</p><p><a href="https://4bear.com/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a></p>
AFRICAN CONNECTIONS (ACREF)<p>‘The universities are the enemy’: why the right detests the American campus</p><p>by: Lauren Lassabe Shepherd</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/maga-republicans-us-universities?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/may/06/maga-republicans-us-universities?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Princeton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Princeton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanEnterpriseInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEnterpriseInstitute</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GIBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JosephMcCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JosephMcCarthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LyndonJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LyndonJohnson</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEducationAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducationAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culturewars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culturewars</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocrat</span></a></p>
Martin Kubler 🎲 Ⓐ 🏴 Ⓥ<p>My article in Jan '25 Entrepreneur Middel East explored exciting new ventures from a hospitality start-up event. I looked at concepts like Poynto's reimagined capsule hotels &amp; Fil Foods' modern take on traditional Palestinian shatta. Key takeaway? We need more platforms for young founders in our industry! Let's "look beyond the edge of our own plate." Read more: <a href="https://issuu.com/entmagazineme/docs/entrepreneur_middle_east_january1_2025/60" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">issuu.com/entmagazineme/docs/e</span><span class="invisible">ntrepreneur_middle_east_january1_2025/60</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Hospitality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hospitality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entrepreneurship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/FutureofHospitality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FutureofHospitality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/EntrepreneurME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EntrepreneurME</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 33 🗳️🟢🥷💰🏭</p><p>“A <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a>-aligned <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> running last-minute <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AntiGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiGreens</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/advertisements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertisements</span></a> targeting young voters received more than $600,000 from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> industry during last year’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a> election, disclosures show.</p><p>On Monday evening, the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianInstituteForProgress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianInstituteForProgress</span></a> released a “Can you afford the Greens?” video advertisement pushing claims, based on its own commissioned research, that the Greens’ housing policies would lead to increased <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rents</span></a>.</p><p>Emails to supporters from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIP</span></a> executive director, former Queensland Liberal vice-president <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GrahamYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrahamYoung</span></a>, seeking <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donations</span></a> to push anti-Greens advertisements show the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> is specifically aimed at helping elect <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalNational</span></a> party <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>candidates</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TrevorEvans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrevorEvans</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MaggieForrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaggieForrest</span></a> in the seats of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brisbane</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Ryan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryan</span></a>.”</p><p>This is why I use the term <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNPCrimeGang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNPCrimeGang</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThinkTanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTanks</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MaxChandlerMather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxChandlerMather</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingEmergency</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/02/australian-institute-for-progress-anti-greens-election-ads-coal-australia-donations-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/may/02/australian-institute-for-progress-anti-greens-election-ads-coal-australia-donations-ntwnfb</span></a>&gt;</p>
A. Rivera<p>&gt; The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025 <a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/the-federal-minimum-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epi.org/blog/the-federal-minim</span><span class="invisible">um-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/</span></a></p><p>Meanwhile, in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GovDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovDocs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gringoville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gringoville</span></a></p>
Mazz@1984<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TheSundayShot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSundayShot</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AtlasNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlasNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MontPelerinSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontPelerinSociety</span></a></p><p>From 6 minutes in this explained so much <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlas</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JunkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JunkTank</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> </p><p>From 'The Sunday Shot';<br>'Last weekend’s Sunday Shot should scare the living daylights out of you.<br>Turns out when Hillary Clinton said there was a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy at work, she was 100% right. Lucy Hamilton took us through the Atlas Network, an extraordinary clandestine web of organisations established and lavishly funded by the likes of the Koch Brothers for the sole purpose of deceiving citizens and enabling corporate interests to endlessly increase profits at everyone else’s expense. Including the planet’s.</p><p>Along the way, Atlas coopts extremist ideological warriors to be their foot soldiers, unconcerned about enabling fanatical White supremacist, Christo-fascist agendas if it allows them to make a few more dollars.</p><p>It's terrifying stuff. And its tentacles reach deep into the Australian political and corporate right-wing elite, with Advance merely the tip of the iceberg.</p><p>Trans Justice Project’s Jackie Turner reminds us there are human consequences to the culture wars these people launch to distract citizens from their grift. Anthony Klan joins the dots on the handful of wealthy Australians masquerading as democracy’s grassroots who defeated the Voice and are fighting to derail our transition to renewable energy.</p><p>And now they’re buying TV licenses.'</p><p>@ 6 mins Lucy Hamilton speaks about Atlas. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIpLPbsvttg&amp;t=2512s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=bIpLPbsvtt</span><span class="invisible">g&amp;t=2512s</span></a></p>
Johan Saxe<p>Vad jag tänker på när jag hör ordet "thinktank".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a></p>
φօӀìէìҟచąէçհ🇩🇪🇪🇺<p>Die Berichte der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arbeitsgruppe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arbeitsgruppe</span></a> für <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Au%C3%9Fenpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Außenpolitik</span></a> der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDU</span></a>/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSU</span></a> über das als positiv wahrgenommene Treffen mit der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foundation</span></a> ist <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demokratisch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demokratisch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brandgef%C3%A4hrlich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brandgefährlich</span></a>. Die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gesinnung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gesinnung</span></a> dieses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> ist eine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bedrohung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bedrohung</span></a>.<br>Daher bitte ich alle wehrhaften unter euch: schreibt Leserbriefe🧵</p>
Cycling Europe<p><a href="https://www.cyclingeu.com/545989/defense-industrial-base-lessons-from-russia-ukraine-conflict-in-focus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cyclingeu.com/545989/defense-i</span><span class="invisible">ndustrial-base-lessons-from-russia-ukraine-conflict-in-focus/</span></a> Defense Industrial Base Lessons from Russia-Ukraine | Conflict in Focus <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikingUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikingUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bipartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bipartisan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CenterForStrategicAndInternationalStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForStrategicAndInternationalStudies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CSIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSIS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignRelations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a></p>
PaulaToThePeople 😷<p>Lets try thinking for ourselves again, instead of using smart devices, intelligent artifacts and thinking tanks!</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a></p>
Linh Pham<p>Jason Alexander, eh? 🤔 </p><p><a href="https://linh.social/tags/StarTrekVoyager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrekVoyager</span></a> <a href="https://linh.social/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p><p>Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> healthcare profiteering announced</p><p>Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples</p><p>The 2024 “winners” of the annual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shkreli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shkreli</span></a> awards, given each year to perpetrators of the most egregious examples of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> within the healthcare industry, have been released from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LownInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LownInstitute</span></a>, an independent healthcare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@fbievan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fbievan</span></a></span> </p><p>btw, do you know the largest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> donor in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> is?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeffYass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffYass</span></a> </p><p>the guy who helped fund <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a>'s creation and is a major stakeholder. a guy who helped fund a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a> to warp the judiciary in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> to keep <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netanyahu</span></a> in power</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/jeff-yass-billionaire-donor-investments-tiktoks-parent-company-rcna142531" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/jef</span><span class="invisible">f-yass-billionaire-donor-investments-tiktoks-parent-company-rcna142531</span></a></p><p>do you understand what you're defending?</p><p>will you please get your head out of your ass?</p><p>"sure, let <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> die, because everything in life has to be done in perfect grace"</p><p>jesus fucking christ</p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> that hoity toity <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> economists and The Man keep telling us is doing fine and shoud STFU about it. Uh huh.</p><p>&gt; Americans Are Turning to TikTok to Pay Their Medical Bills <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiktok-gofundme-medical-debt-1235189323/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/culture/cultu</span><span class="invisible">re-features/tiktok-gofundme-medical-debt-1235189323/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmerica</span></a></p>
ApaulD<p>🙏Tim Winton<br>Yes anguish fury &amp; frustration. <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a><br>“our chief storytellers are not novelists. They’re PR hacks and lobbyists. As evangelists of hardline, anti-social economic theory, they spin yarns of self-interest for oligarchs.<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <br>The think tanks funded by these billionaires, and the lobby-mills they employ, are how vested interests enthral our policymakers and achieve state capture.”<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AtlasNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlasNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AdvanceAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdvanceAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPA</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/billionaires-and-lobbyists-have-seized-control-of-our-national-narrative-20241028-p5klz6.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/national/billionair</span><span class="invisible">es-and-lobbyists-have-seized-control-of-our-national-narrative-20241028-p5klz6.html</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>And for those of you looking to do a little extra reading on the objectively fascist think tank mentioned in these posts, The Claremont Institute, here's a 2023 article from The New Republic that should be quite enlightening and alarming:</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240815165400/https://newrepublic.com/article/174656/claremont-institute-think-tank-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2024081516</span><span class="invisible">5400/https://newrepublic.com/article/174656/claremont-institute-think-tank-trump</span></a></p><p>"Extremism of the right-wing variety has always figured on the sidelines of American culture, and it has enjoyed a renaissance with the rise of social media. But Claremont represents something new in modern American politics: a group of people, not internet conspiracy freaks but credentialed and influential leaders, who are openly contemptuous of democracy. And they stand a reasonable chance of being seated at the highest levels of government—at the right hand of a President Trump or a President DeSantis, for example."</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClaremontInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClaremontInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Can we just drop the "think tank" moniker and call them what they are?</p><p>Think tank = Propaganda Factory</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTJ</span></a></p>
PaulaToThePeople 😷<p>Maybe it was a mistake to outsource thinking to heavy war machienery.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTank</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>A group of prominent Black <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> leaders on Thursday unveiled <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ProjectFREEDOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectFREEDOM</span></a>, a new plan aimed at countering <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, a controversial 922-page plan to overhaul the federal government led by a conservative Washington <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/heritagefoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heritagefoundation</span></a> <br>and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> related politically aligned organizations. Organizers say Project FREEDOM is based on four <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pillars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pillars</span></a>: Freedom to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Live</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Learn</span></a>, Freedom to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> and Freedom to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Thrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thrive</span></a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/black-leaders-launch-counter-project-2025-battleground-states/story?id=112214929" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/black-</span><span class="invisible">leaders-launch-counter-project-2025-battleground-states/story?id=112214929</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>