Citation Needed – Issue 75 – Absolutely preposterous Trump horrifies even some of his crypto-steeped fans by launching a memecoin before his inauguration, and a flurry of activity from the new administration signals what’s in store for the crypto world in the next four years. Molly White 24 Jan 2025 Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) faked out […]
Month: January 2025
Trendy nicotine and the content creator gig economy indirect marketing landscape.
They have complete deniability about their audience capture in chasing clicks.
Susquehanna County Pennsylvania free library fires the librarian because of LGBTQ+ books.
“Hundreds of people on Monday protested the termination of the Susquehanna County Library’s administrator and demanded for the protection of LGBTQ+ books.”
Trump administration’s central government email plan raises red flags.
Ken Klippenstein said that the new comms system made it possible for him to message the entirety of NOAA. That sounds off.
Is this what people really voted for? To rename Denali to insult people in Alaska?
Eventually Donald Trump will be gone and they switch the name back because mostly nobody wants it.
Don’t listen to bad advice on civic engagement.
If you want to engage in democracy, consider carefully about where you get advice.
Donald Trump has repeatedly wrong economic advisor Kevin Hassett working on bird flu.
Kevin Hassett is an economist with a history of being way wrong. At a press briefing, the Trump administration spokesperson Karoline Leavitt explicitly blamed the egg prices on the Biden administration’s Department of Agriculture quote “directing the mass killing of 100 million chickens.” Of course this was because of avian influenza and the threat posed […]
Gaslighting & manufacturing normal to minimize concerns is not the right direction to go in.
The coverage of threats by the media and the statements from community leaders are an exercise in elite panic, and that’s certainly not what we need.
Trump & Elon downsizing the government.
Trump administration offers all federal workers Elon Musk Twitter styled job buyout framed as a way to avoid Return To Office mandates.
Trump administration attempts to impound appropriations under the responsibility of Congress.
The odd memo out of the White House that started freezing access to Medicaid portals and threatened to shut down daycares is some pretty wild overreach…
Bizarre RFKJR confirmation hearing.
RFKJr is a terrible anti-vaxxer. But there are so many other problems as well with him taking over the entirety of the federal healthcare in the US. The threat can’t be overstated.
No social media platform is a safe space – people need to diversify.
I’ve been saying this for years, that people are foolish if there’s only one social media platform where they say something or publish important information. But even among the people who’ve heard me, most have never listened to me. I think mainly because people fall in love with a platform, they are habit forming. They […]
Childhood milestone pandemic misinformation zombie.
There’s a need to resist tantalizing stories that are not true and may actually be harmful, no matter how relatable and true the narrative may seem initially.
NDAs are a persistent problem, used often to cover up wrongdoing.
“the plaintiff and the defendant working cooperatively to use that to transfer funds legally, totally legally, and to then lock that fund transfer behind an NDA”
Lackawanna County J6 insurrectionist among the pardoned.
I wasn’t hoping that person would go to jail, but a blanket pardon for all the insurrectionists sure seems outrageous and likely to embolden or even urge some to do worse in future.
Who is working to protect healthcare workers & public health advocates from the threats of anti-vaxxers?
My letter to reps: What are you doing to protect doctors, healthcare workers, and public health officials and disabled and senior advocates from violent anti-vaxxers? There have been openly stated plans that county officials are planning to deputize anti-vaxxers to go after people with “swatting raids” and livestream the events. This doesn’t sound legal to […]
Online communities centered around products, services, or investments are a threat to money, time, and social networks.
I recommend watching this youtube documentary about Bed Bath & Beyond memestock community it’s sad and fascinating and unfortunately all too familiar because this type of thing seems to be widespread.
Trump administration RTO – taking modern workplaces back to the Dark Ages.
‘Return to in-Person Work’ Directive Thin on Details – Published: January 21, 2025 By: FEDweek Staff It reads in its entirety: “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at […]
I didn’t know Stepford Christian Katie Brit and so-called Democrat John Fetterman are close friends.
I wonder if the group chat is on Telegram.
The media landscape needs an overhaul.
Did you know that the U.S. Postal service acted as a subsidized news delivery service in the 1800s America?
Trump admin executive order lets tech tycoon villains do secret unsafe AI programs.
I don’t think tech tycoons ought to have complete opacity to run whatever AI stuff out there that they want to.