AND NOW
THE NEWS
#478
January 12, 2025
Biden and Harris are about to retire to luxurious lives of well-paid speaking engagements, where they’ll mouth lofty and irrelevant clichés while America is dismantled and sold for parts. They’ll have nothing to say worth hearing, same as when they were in the White House.
We the people are on our own. We’ve always been on our own.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DYSTOPIA
Convicted of 34 felonies, Trump is sentenced to “unconditional discharge”
You might remember, we had a contest to predict the punishment Trump would get (not deserve). People guessed parole and fines, actual prison time and suspended sentences, and I’ve always predicted Trump would get no meaningful punishment — but I’ve never before heard of someone being “sentenced” to “unconditional discharge.” He’s been sentenced to life out of prison — no sentence at all.
Meanwhile…
Homeless man faces 6 years in prison for stealing bread just days after Christmas
Court ruling blocks law requiring companies to name their owners
US keeps deporting people back to El Salvador, where they’re likely to be imprisoned and tortured
It’s news that UK Special Forces carries out executions and covers them up?
DeSantis appointee to university board says women should become mothers, not pursue higher ed
‘Forever chemicals’ reach tap water via treated sewage, study finds
Republicans try to exploit New Orleans attack to push through Trump agenda
Republicans use Los Angeles fires to attack diversity, water policies, Native Americans…
Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s slush fund
Amazon pays $40m to produce a documentary on Melania Trump
Amazon is ‘winding down’ some of its diversity programs
Facebook/Instagram terminates diversity programs days before Trump inauguration
McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
OUR FRIENDS, THE DEMOCRATS
Obama and Trump share a laugh at Carter’s funeral
Biden approves sale of $8-billion in additional bombs, missiles, and arms to Israel
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to head of worldwide pedophiles network
MEDIA MALFEASANCE
New York Times won’t let Quakers say ‘genocide’ in paid ad for Gaza peace
US media once again fails to cover the corrupt net neutrality ruling with any clarity
Elon Musk and top German near-Nazi agree “Hitler was a communist” (he wasn’t, of course)
Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers in ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
Let’s fact-check Mark Zuckerberg’s fact-checking announcement
Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ+-related content for months
Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook’s censorship
GOOD NEWS
Ireland joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice
Manhattan’s congestion relief zone is here
CFPB finalizes rule to remove medical bills from credit reports
CWA ski patrollers win contract, end strike at Park City Mountain
EYE ON AI
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Meta hosts AI-powered Hitler chatbots
Instagram begins randomly showing users AI-generated images of themselves
AND ALSO
Microsoft disguises Bing as Google to fool inattentive searchers
Pornhub is now inaccessible in almost the entire U.S. South
MY BROWSER HISTORY, MINUS THE PORN
Walks about nothing for political engagement
MKUltra: Shadowy details of CIA’s mind control operation shown in new documents
FROM MY LEMMY PAGE
And that’s the way it is,
Sunday, January 12, 2025,
and it sucks.
Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Bleepity-Bleep, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.
Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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