Lol, the #Guardian with the headline here:
Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him | Marina Hyde
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O mișcare tot mai amplă pentru boicotarea produselor din #SUA s-a răspândit din #Scandinavia în #Canada, Marea Britanie și alte țări, ca răspuns la politicile autoritare ale președintelui american Donald #Trump, scrie The #Guardian.
https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/economie/simt-o-furie-totala-o-miscare-ampla-de-boicotare-a-produselor-din-sua-se-extinde-rapid-in-canada-si-europa-3154619
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The initial wave after #Bezos's decision to kill a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris resulted in over 300,000 cancellations. The recent announcement of a “libertarian-focused” opinion section has led to another wave of over 75,000 cancellations.
[…] The rapid-fire cancellations since Wednesday represent a historic level of reader fury over the changes. Yet they are only the most recent wave in a series of mass cancellations that began in late October. That was when Bezos killed a planned endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Between then and Election Day, more than 300,000 subscribers canceled the Post, as NPR first reported last month. That was more than 12% of digital subscribers, which make up the vast majority of the paper's paid circulation.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312819/washington-post-bezos-subscriptions-cancellations
Kudos to #NPR, #AP, #Wired (covering #musk) and the #Guardian for the continued professional and in-depth reporting on the U.S. quick sliding into authoritarianism under #trump.
Meanwhile, I’m one of 100+ #Guardian journalists whose employment will be terminated next month. On Friday, the organisation signed a deal with #OpenAI. If you find my (human!) work of value, I’d be grateful if you shared this and consider upgrading to paid. With enormous thanks to the 50,000 people who have signed up so far. I so appreciate it, Carole
https://substack.com/@carolecadwalla
https://broligarchy.substack.com/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web
Excellent, and rather worrying, blog from Carole Cadwalladr. An investigative journalist who I greatly admire. Best known for exposing some of the darker powers behind Brexit, and being greatly punished as a result:
'In 2016, I stumbled on a story about social media, data and ‘fake news’. That led me on a fantastical journalistic journey that turned into the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal and a long-running investigation into Trump, Brexit and Russia. This was a story that was so far above my pay grade, it was unreal. I kept on hoping for a crack team of investigative reporters of the type that you see in the movies to turn up. They never did.
The one big lesson I learned was that investigative journalism = journalism + time. Keeping going is the key. I’m hoping that this newsletter will help in the mission. Help me keep me going. And help me to connect to a network who cares about the same issues that I do.'
#broligarchy #musk #USpol #elon #trump #guardian #observer #carolecadwalladr #DOGE
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Want to defeat Trump? Support unions
Organized labor could be Trump’s kryptonite
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
by Eric Blanc
Fri 14 Feb 2025 08.50 EST
"Rather than hibernate for the next four years, or limit ourselves to posting online about the president’s latest outrages, each of us can lend support to workers organizing at federal agencies, schools, #Starbucks, #Amazon, auto plants and beyond. Just as importantly, we can expand the labor movement’s reach by unionizing our own workplaces. It won’t be easy to counter #Trump’s shock-and-awe offensive, or to fill the void left by the #Democrats’ disarray. But it’s both necessary and possible."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/14/trump-unions-fighting-back?CMP=share_btn_url
#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #USA #US #USPolitics #sindicatos
#press #news
Edited 30d ago
I put together this image.
You can get her on stuff and help me afford stuff by doing so:
https://davidaugust.threadless.com/designs/guardian/mens/t-shirt/regular?variation=front&color=cyan
#LadyLiberty #StatueOfLiberty #freedom #UnitedStates #merch #USpolitics #AmericanPolitics #politics #political #defense #defence #protection #guardian #USpol #CombatReady #strength #art
Edited 43d ago
New York Attorney General Launches Investigation of Guardianship Providers
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Investigators for the state’s top law enforcement official have begun probing the practices of several organizations that serve as guardians to hundreds of New York’s most vulnerable residents. The inquiry follows a ProPublica investigation.
"According to internal data shared first with CNN, Trump's reelection prompted a record surge in donations to the Guardian US. The outlet's end-of-2024 fundraising campaign raised $5.13 million in immediate contributions, more than double the previous record $2.2 million it brought in at the end of 2023."
~ Brian Stelter
You can count me among those who began subscribing to The Guardian after Trump's election.
#Trump #media #Guardian #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
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https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1736862492831a79723821428/raw
Edited 62d ago
A reminder that today and tomorrow (Thurs/Fri) #Guardian & #Observer journalists are on strike and you most definitely should avoid using The Guardian website in solidarity.
Edited 95d ago
This is why I love the Guardian and am a happy subscriber. #guardian #twitterexodus #musksite #theguardian
Report: The Guardian will no longer post on X from its 80+ official Guardian accounts.
The Guardian said content on the platform included far-right conspiracy theories & racism, adding that "the site’s coverage of the US presidential election had crystallised its decision."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk
British news publisher the Guardian said on Wednesday it will no longer post to X, citing "disturbing content" on the social media platform, including racism and conspiracy theories. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/14/world/politics/guardian-x-racism-conspiracy-theories/ #worldnews #politics #guardian #elonmusk #x #socialmedia #newspapers #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump
Guardian quits X social media platform, citing racism and conspiracy theories - https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/guardian-quits-x-social-media-platform-citing-racism-conspiracy-theories-2024-11-13/
Fixed your headline, Guardian. (Yes, even the Guardian sips a bit of the normalization kool-aid.)
' Trump’s early second-term appointments validate fears of extremist agenda '
Finally (I hear you say) The Guardian has decided that actually X is too toxic a social media space to post on...
What would be great would be if they now geared up their presence here.... but, given their past journalistic comments, it may be that Mastodon is a little too complex for them (even though we all know that's rubbish)... and of course I'm sure lots of people will still pst links to pieces on X in any case so they'll still be there...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x
#Guardian reportedly announcing that they will no longer link to Xittter, saying it is a toxic platform. 🤔
The #Guardian is no longer posting on #X due to "the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x
Thanks Guardian for divesting yourself from that cesspool!
#Guardian will no longer post on Elon #Musk’s X from its official accounts
"...#X is a toxic media platform..."
#Twitter #Politics #ByeByeElon
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Der #Guardian verlässt Twitter. Ich wünsche mir, dass mehr Medien folgen. Es *bringt* einfach nichts mehr, auf der Plattform zu sein.
„We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere.“
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x
Well done to the team at The Guardian for standing up against X.
Thir statement: "The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."
We look forward to helping the wave of journalists and publications that will no doubt follow.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x