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Inside: Conservatives are fringe outliers - and leftists could learn from them; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/16/that-boy-aint-right/

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The title page of Richard Hofstadter's 'Paranoid Style in American Politics' from the November, 1964 issue of Harper's Magazine. A John Birch Society pin reading 'This is REPUBLIC not a DEMOCRACY: let's keep it that way' sits atop the page, obscuring the introductory paragraph.

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Conservatives are fringe outliers - and leftists could learn from them: Unhinged QGOP freaks may be completely unhinged, but they know how to use power.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110555425002403017

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Hey look at this

* Saving the News from #BigTech https://www.eff.org/files/2023/06/14/saving_the_news_from_big_tech_eff.pdf

* Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-friendly-cocktail-recipes-go-light-on-ice/ (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* Noir thriller #RedTeamBlues captures the anxious tension of our time https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/reviews/article-noir-thriller-red-team-blues-captures-the-anxious-tension-of-our-time/

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#15yrsago Swedes take to the street to fight #DomesticSpying https://politics.slashdot.org/story/08/06/17/0126243/wiretapping-law-sparks-rage-in-sweden

#15yrsago How Canada’s DMCA will criminalize everyday Canadians https://web.archive.org/web/20080618192040/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3041/125/

#10yrsago Men in Toronto Mayor #RobFord crack photo arrested in gang sweep https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/06/14/dixon_road_raids_help_complete_infamous_rob_ford_photo.html

#10yrsago #NSA admits it listens in on US phone calls and reads US emails without a warrant https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u-s-phone-calls/

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#10yrsago Turkish EU minister: protesters will be treated as terrorists https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-to-consider-protesters-in-istanbuls-taksim-square-terror-organization-members-minister-48875

#5yrsago Adventure House: the sequel to the #HauntedMansion that never was https://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2018/06/marc-davis-adventure-house.html

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Yesterday's threads: Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation; and more!

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110549531325152288

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