Nostr notes by Pete Tucker

“The message reporters get when they actually talk to the ...

2026-01-22T15:37:12Z

“The message reporters get when they actually talk to the nation’s citizens is that Kalaallit Nunaat is not a piece of property to be sold or swapped; it’s a nation of people with the right to self-determination..."
https://fair.org/home/recentering-the-debate-over-greenland-begins-with-calling-kalaallit-nunaat-by-its-actual-name/

In his excellent book Enshittification, @npub1fdr…lvhs has an ...

2026-01-14T01:51:09Z

In his excellent book Enshittification, Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) has an ode to Mastadon

“Homes with four or more bedrooms made up nearly half of all ...

2026-01-05T17:55:41Z

“Homes with four or more bedrooms made up nearly half of all new construction in 2022… That compares with 1 in 5 in the 1970s.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/05/starter-home-disappearance/

In its coverage of data centers, the Post regularly fails to note ...

2026-01-01T21:24:33Z

In its coverage of data centers, the Post regularly fails to note the paper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos is at the forefront of the push for data centers. The latest example:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/01/data-centers-prince-georges-county/

No one writes better pitches than Jeffrey St. Clair. Read this ...

2025-11-05T15:12:39Z

No one writes better pitches than Jeffrey St. Clair. Read this raucous account of Counterpunch’s three decades of troublemaking… and then donate
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/03/my-three-decades-at-counterpunch/

It just so happens that the owner of this publication is also the ...

2025-10-25T22:25:17Z

It just so happens that the owner of this publication is also the founder of Amazon, the world’s biggest builder of data centers

A sobering report from Wired ...

2025-09-15T21:44:37Z

A sobering report from Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/extremists-hated-charlie-kirk-now-radicalizing-others/

Amber Harding, head of Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, ...

2025-08-16T15:45:55Z

Amber Harding, head of Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, on the grassroots response to Trump’s militarization of DC

“Among people on the street, I saw confusion, fear, and distrust. One elderly man told us he would just walk all night, because he didn’t want to risk sitting or lying down.” https://www.legalclinic.org/d-c-stands-strong-against-trump-administrations-escalated-attacks-against-unhoused-d-c-residents/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMNVjpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFVMWs0MnFTRlBLRXR3bGZ1AR6rglRRsKoP1o9I1PD9-qhDYkl85etId3VMFdAxurtTuPuNpPTx9S5SRz2spw_aem_07h2bFevsRrclg7rJ5gHoQ

Washington Post reporters are doing good work covering ...

2025-08-16T15:41:02Z

Washington Post reporters are doing good work covering Trump's militarization of DC (even if Post Opinions isn’t)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/15/dc-police-immigration-ice-bondi/

“For every dollar raised by Mothership Groups, 98 cents goes ...

2025-08-06T00:19:08Z

“For every dollar raised by Mothership Groups, 98 cents goes into the pockets of consultants while a tiny fraction makes it to Democratic campaigns… it’s a systemic problem that’s hollowing out the Democratic Party from within.”
https://readsludge.com/2025/08/05/the-democratic-firm-cashing-in-on-fear/

“One could argue that UnitedHealth has become a 21st-century ...

2025-07-17T14:59:00Z

“One could argue that UnitedHealth has become a 21st-century version of Standard Oil, the John D. Rockefeller conglomerate the Supreme Court ordered broken up in 1911.”
https://healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/the-sunlight-report-on-unitedhealth?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=255152&post_id=168349733&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=jyjn&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The nitty gritty of a genocide is so cruel. “Palestinians in ...

2025-07-14T15:47:19Z

The nitty gritty of a genocide is so cruel.

“Palestinians in Gaza say the sea was their last reprieve from Israel's destructive military campaign, as well as one of the few places to bathe or escape heat.” https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-13/ty-article/.premium/are-they-going-to-ban-the-air-next-idf-reiterates-ban-on-gazans-entering-the-sea/00000198-0473-dd18-a7dd-0dff4d050000

The Houthis have said they’ll stop attacks on ships with ties ...

2025-07-12T18:42:16Z

The Houthis have said they’ll stop attacks on ships with ties to Israel when the Gaza genocide ends. Until then, they continue... with attacks that are larger and more sophisticated than I realized. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/two-ships-desperately-tried-to-fight-off-houthi-attacks-help-never-arrived-c400a2a8?mod=hp_listc_pos3

Quite the opening: “The Tony Blair Institute participated in a ...

2025-07-07T14:42:56Z

Quite the opening:

“The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting the enclave’s economy with a ‘Trump Riviera’ and an ‘Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone.’"

"Republicans have done something clever with this bill: ...

2025-07-04T14:38:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…a42j
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"Republicans have done something clever with this bill: Frontload the popular stuff, delay the unpopular stuff. Tax benefits go into effect first... By contrast, the most unpopular parts—the cuts to Medicaid—won't go into effect until after the 2026 mid-terms.”

A graph is worth a thousand words. The X axis is voter turnout, ...

2025-07-04T14:32:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…yurx
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A graph is worth a thousand words. The X axis is voter turnout, the Y axis is income.

“Republicans just contorted their coalition to pass regressive ...

2025-07-04T14:28:44Z

“Republicans just contorted their coalition to pass regressive tax and spending legislation that polling shows Americans oppose 2-to-1… [But they're unlikely to] pay any exceptional penalty for this legislation,” writes Lee Drutman https://leedrutman.substack.com/p/one-big-beautiful-bill-and-the-calculated?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=546682&post_id=167474126&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=jyjn&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

"In the opinion pages of US corporate media, the risk of ...

2024-10-04T15:17:12Z

"In the opinion pages of US corporate media, the risk of nuclear war or other retaliation by Putin was quickly dismissed, as outlets pressed Biden for further escalation," Julie Hollar writes at [@FAIR](https://mastodon.world/@FAIR )
https://fair.org/home/media-urge-expansion-of-ukraine-war-nuclear-risk-be-damned/

"By deliberately maximizing Tehran’s ...

2024-08-02T17:31:38Z

"By deliberately maximizing Tehran’s embarrassment—Haniyeh was killed only hours after the inauguration of Iran’s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian—the Israeli government also maximized the likelihood of Iranian retaliation... because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to spark a larger war and drag the U.S. into it." https://time.com/7006500/israel-iran-us-netanyahu-haniyeh/