A significant portion of the U.S. #RightWing has adopted the "Heritage American" concept -- an idea that overtly echoes the Nazis. https://www.salon.com/2026/08/30/nine-years-after-charlottesville-gop-pushes-blood-and-soil/

Yikes. The irreplaceable Judy Stone reports something important I'd missed: "...what Michael Hoerger, Ph.D., a #Covid mitigation and forecasting expert at Tulane University, describes as 'bluewashing,' with the #CDC downgrading the colors and rankings on its Covid maps. As he noted, 'Much of what was Very High is now "High." What was High is now "Moderate" or "Low." Low is "Very Low."' Hoerger continues, 'This time, there was no alert and no explanation. Major changes were confined to COVlD, not Influenza A, and not RSV. The CDC made these questionable changes in the middle of rising transmission across most of the country.'" https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2026/08/27/covid-19-cases-surge-heres-whats-different-this-summer-that-will-help/

OMG, I didn't know this: "Yet, in a time when so many people refused to acknowledge the existence of #trans people and their stories outside of pure mockery, #DollyParton made the bold choice to write a song about trans acceptance, identity and perseverance."

https://www.salon.com/2026/08/28/travelin-thru-is-the-dolly-parton-song-that-cant-be-forgotten/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Things are going well with the #Tesla #Robotaxi: https://electrek.co/2026/08/24/tesla-robotaxi-failing-fans-texas/

Apparently running out of dumb things to do in the Middle East, #Trump launches a #TradeWar with #Canada. Well, prices were too low, right?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/canada-us-trade-talks-collapse

Families of US sailors deployed to #Iran are not happy with #Trump and #Hegseth for essentially calling them liars. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/navy-families-denounce-trump-hegseth?CMP=share_btn_url

Leaders in #Iran seem to have figured out that they can wait out #Trump -- because they understand strategy and he doesn't. https://www.salon.com/2026/08/16/irans-strategy-to-simply-outlast-trumps-presidency/

I wonder what it would be like to have a #POTUS who is at least vaguely familiar with the 21st century.

"#Kennedy and #Trump are both trying to revive an old lie that: #autism is a disease caused by an 'environmental toxin' which could be eliminated if the the causal factor were known. In reality, autism is a complex multifactorial neuro-developmental condition, which, as Defend Public Health has written many times before, is not caused by #vaccines or aluminum or acetaminophen or immune overload." The latest #RFKJr Whopper of the Week from @nprofile1q... https://www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whopper-week-executive-order-vaccines-not-gold-standard-science

"As #Meta faces heat for selling artificial intelligence-powered sunglasses that record people without their knowledge, the web browser DuckDuckGo responded with what it called 'the world’s most innovative anti-surveillance sunglasses'... otherwise known as normal sunglasses." https://www.commondreams.org/news/duckduckgo-vs-pervert-glasses

#AI

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