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
Corruption • Technology
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Bradley Hope, Tripp Mickle and Paul Mozur
New York Times (Gift)
A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.
Published On: 09/15/2025
Culture • Recommended • Resistance • Social Media • Technology
Gavin Newsom on Why He’ll Keep Trolling Trump
Intelligencer Staff
New York Magazine
"It’s humiliating, it’s embarrassing. So this is a mirror, and it’s a mirror not just to Trump himself, but to these networks. These are the chatbots for the administration. And it’s not just Fox, it’s One America News, it’s Newsmax, and it’s all the folks in the right-wing media."
Published On: 08/29/2025
Artificial Intelligence • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson
The New York Times
Content generated by AI has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.
Published On: 06/27/2025
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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.





