A reminder that John Oliver and his equally brilliant staff are doing IMO the best political\/economic video commentary, based on superb reporting and presentation. <\/p>
This week is about the Bari Weiss and the sad state of Big Journalism\/Media:<\/p>
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All stupid has to do is remain stupid.All my messages are automatically deleted after a while. DM not for strangers.","url":"https:\/\/sigmoid.social\/@spdrnl","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"spdrnl","displayName":"spdrnl","note":"AI practitioner with an interest in decision making, data, statistics, causal inference, and ontology.Without facts, no law; without law, no freedom.As a member of the tech-community I feel responsible for commenting on the fascist tech-coup.I agree with Bonhoeffer that stupid is the worst enemy, because malice can be exposed way more easily. All stupid has to do is remain stupid.All my messages are automatically deleted after a while. DM not for strangers."}},"content":" @dangillmor<\/a> Bari Weiss founded the website 'The Free Press'. <\/p> John Oliver scoops that it is actually a big money funded MAGA gateway site. <\/p> Now Bari Weiss is running CBS. <\/p> The things money get to do.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sigmoid.social\/users\/spdrnl\/statuses\/115367794714826060","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sigmoid.social\/users\/spdrnl\/statuses\/115367794714826060","objectType":"note","content":" @dangillmor<\/a> Bari Weiss founded the website 'The Free Press'. <\/p> John Oliver scoops that it is actually a big money funded MAGA gateway site. <\/p> Now Bari Weiss is running CBS. <\/p> The things money get to do.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sigmoid.social\/@spdrnl\/115367794714826060","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dangillmor\/statuses\/115367647683103501","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dangillmor\/115367647683103501"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dangillmor"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-13:objectType=thread:nonce=e0decc1f30fb5578","notice_info":{"local_id":"11302143","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-13T19:57:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sigmoid.social\/@spdrnl\/115367794714826060"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dangillmor","displayName":"Dan Gillmor","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33094-original-tmp20221120035318.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":200,"height":200},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33094-96-20221120035318.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33094-48-20221120035318.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33094-24-20221120035318.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"33094"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33094-96-20221120035318.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Bio and disclosures: dangillmor.com\/about\/ Boosts mean I think you should see this -- usually but not always an endorsement.Bay Area, Nara \u00b7 dangillmor.com","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dangillmor","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"dangillmor","displayName":"Dan Gillmor","note":"Bio and disclosures: dangillmor.com\/about\/ Boosts mean I think you should see this -- usually but not always an endorsement.Bay Area, Nara \u00b7 dangillmor.com"}},"content":" A reminder that John Oliver and his equally brilliant staff are doing IMO the best political\/economic video commentary, based on superb reporting and presentation. <\/p> This week is about the Bari Weiss and the sad state of Big Journalism\/Media:<\/p>