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16 Jan

1949 - Paul Robeson was scheduled to sing in Peekskill, New York when a riot was staged by hundreds of members of the Ku Klux Klan, American Legion, and New York State Troopers.

It was later revealed that the local police helped coordinate the mass assault on African-American attendees. The violence, it was said, was “tolerated – if not organized – by local police and FBI.”

Some of the white mob chanted, “We’re Hitler’s boys. We’re going to get Robeson. Lynch Robeson!” Among them was the police chief’s son.

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16 Jan

METROPOLIS (1927)dir. Fritz Lang atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/640434391…

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15 Jan

Note to galaxy brains: if you think that the right response to being shaken down by the FBI at the behest of an internet troll is to keep silent lest you "give trolls ideas," then you are not being very thoughtful about this.

pluralistic.net/2021/01/15/hoo…

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I'm an immigrant whose citizenship application and residency are at stake. I came forward about my experience despite that because people deserve to know that this is happening and that federal law enforcement is enabling it.

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The idea that the troll who sicced the FBI on me was some kind of Louis Pasteur of Internet Hate whose unique insight led them to invent this incredibly creative tactic is...foolish. Making false reports to cops to shut up your opponents is as old as Plato. At least.

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15 Jan

Today's threads (a thread).

Inside: Laura Poitras fired from First Look; Kickstarting a pad of "Tiny Paper Dungeons"; Facebook says it's the best henhouse fox; I was investigated by the FBI and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/01/15/hoo…

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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1349836201474228226

Laura Poitras fired from First Look: She says it's because she spoke out on Reality Winner.

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Kickstarting a pad of "Tiny Paper Dungeons": Procedural paper adventures for your pocket.

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15 Jan

Tesla's doing well.

Financially, that is.

Elon Musk is now the richest person in world history, thanks to an incredible bull run on Tesla shares.

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But Tesla's not doing well in terms of its products. It's having to recall Model S and X cars for serious defects that it long downplayed.

arstechnica.com/cars/2021/01/t…

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We are living in an age in which value and profit are utterly untethered - the "financialized" age where making good things that people need and making a lot of money are not necessarily related to one another. It's Wall Street vs Main Street.

pluralistic.net/2020/08/24/rai…

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15 Jan

The early Disney company had several near-death experiences, some due to exogenous shocks and some self-inflicted (bad labor practices, weird technology choices), and all through it, a power struggle between "Roy people" (finance) and "Walt people" (tech/art).

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After WWII, the company was transformed, with Roy ascendant and financial discipline the order of the day. Walt - who struggled with depression - sought desperately for an escape from the company.

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He came up with plans to outfit a train with traveling exhibits that he would drive around the country, putting thousands of miles between him and his brother.

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