Artificial Intelligence • Culture • Democracy • Social Media • Technology
Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided
Matt Shumer
Fortune
We’re past the point where this is an interesting dinner conversation about the future. The future is already here. It just hasn’t knocked on your door yet. It’s about to.
Published On: 02/11/2026
Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology • White Supremacy
Joe Rogan Trained Men to Accept Authoritarianism
W. A. Lawrence
Glass Empires by W. A. Lawrence
Rogan spent years grooming Trump’s base to equate toxic masculinity with strength and authoritarianism with safety. In 2026, that conditioning is locked in with force.
Published On: 01/20/2026
Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Recommended • Technology • White Supremacy
Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda
Ben Makuch
The Guardian
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology.
Published On: 12/21/2025
Recommended • Resistance • Social Media • Technology
Civic Works: Two Projects, One Theme
George Polisner
civ.works
civ.works will be a subscriber-supported, ad-free social network that does not betray subscriber trust by selling or sharing data with marketers or sinister political operatives.
Published On: 11/07/2025
Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Surveillance • Technology
The Rise of the Thielverse and the Construction of the Surveillance State
Chris Hedges
The Chris Hedges Report
It’s clear that the architects of mass surveillance and the military industrial complex are beginning to coalesce in unprecedented ways within the Trump administration...
Published On: 10/23/2025
Cyber Security • Human Rights • Surveillance • Technology
The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
Gabriel Geiger, Crofton Black, Emmanuel Freudenthal and Riccardo Coluccini
Mother Jones
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
Published On: 10/14/2025
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The Prairieland 19 Case is a Test for Criminalizing Dissent
Nine members of the “Prairieland 19,” anti-ICE protesters in Texas who the Trump administration is dubiously accusing of domestic terrorism, are going on trial this week. The case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward.
- 02/12/2026
War is 100% “America” and Michigan Wants its Fair Share
Questioning war and why we fight is imperative. It will require a courageous confrontation with a powerful taboo, a palpable force field that snarls and growls. But this is the end of the line. War at this scale is ecocide, a death wish.
