Inside Russia’s “digital transformation”
Riley Waggaman
Things are getting very digital in Russia. For your reading convenience I have decided to compile important updates about Russia’s “digital transformation” into a single blog post. Thank you for reading and have a relaxing Friday.
Putin signs decree on creation of a “digital” domestic passport
Last Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a plan that will allow Russians to use a digital ID instead of a paper one. The “digital [domestic] passport” (Russia has a domestic passport system) will be stored on the State Services (Gosuslugi) mobile application.
Putin’s decree gives the government…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/26/inside-russias-digital-transformation/
Riley Waggaman
Things are getting very digital in Russia. For your reading convenience I have decided to compile important updates about Russia’s “digital transformation” into a single blog post. Thank you for reading and have a relaxing Friday.
Putin signs decree on creation of a “digital” domestic passport
Last Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a plan that will allow Russians to use a digital ID instead of a paper one. The “digital [domestic] passport” (Russia has a domestic passport system) will be stored on the State Services (Gosuslugi) mobile application.
Putin’s decree gives the government…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/26/inside-russias-digital-transformation/
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Major Victory for 9/11 Family: UK attorney general withdraws decision on application for new inquest
International Center for 9/11 Justice
We at the International Center for 9/11 Justice are very happy to announce — on behalf of the family of Geoff Campbell — that the decision by the attorney general for England and Wales to refuse the family’s application for a new inquest into Geoff’s murder on September 11, 2001, has been withdrawn.
This development comes a little less than two weeks after the Campbell family sent a “pre-action protocol letter” to the attorney general’s office announcing their intention to seek judicial review of the attorney general’s June 2023…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/27/major-victory-for-9-11-family-uk-attorney-general-withdraws-decision-on-application-for-new-inquest/
International Center for 9/11 Justice
We at the International Center for 9/11 Justice are very happy to announce — on behalf of the family of Geoff Campbell — that the decision by the attorney general for England and Wales to refuse the family’s application for a new inquest into Geoff’s murder on September 11, 2001, has been withdrawn.
This development comes a little less than two weeks after the Campbell family sent a “pre-action protocol letter” to the attorney general’s office announcing their intention to seek judicial review of the attorney general’s June 2023…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/27/major-victory-for-9-11-family-uk-attorney-general-withdraws-decision-on-application-for-new-inquest/
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Where Have All the Lanternflies Gone?
Michael Lesher
Remember the spotted lanternfly? Barely a year ago, this colorful winged insect was supposed to be a harbinger of national disaster.
Native to China but increasingly visible in border-jumping swarms in the eastern United States, the spotted lanternfly’s activities in this country had been well known since 2014 – and until recently hadn’t provoked any particular alarm. But in the dog days of 2022, just as coronavirus hysteria seemed to be fading, the Chinese bug suddenly emerged as Public Enemy No 1.
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s a sample of last summer’s fear porn…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/28/where-have-all-the-lanternflies-gone/
Michael Lesher
Remember the spotted lanternfly? Barely a year ago, this colorful winged insect was supposed to be a harbinger of national disaster.
Native to China but increasingly visible in border-jumping swarms in the eastern United States, the spotted lanternfly’s activities in this country had been well known since 2014 – and until recently hadn’t provoked any particular alarm. But in the dog days of 2022, just as coronavirus hysteria seemed to be fading, the Chinese bug suddenly emerged as Public Enemy No 1.
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s a sample of last summer’s fear porn…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/28/where-have-all-the-lanternflies-gone/
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Soul Muscles
Sylvia Shawcross
Oh, the changing definitions of words we’re being subjected to these days. It boggles the best of minds. Ukrainian refugees are now Ukrainian draft dodgers. Vaccines e.g. used to be weak or inactive germs mixed and injected but now they’re also mRNA technology.
Freedom used to be a word of hope and peace and recognized the world over as what people all wanted but now it is a dirty word apparently only used by right-wing terrorists (at least here in Canada).
Just a few small examples but I suspect Mr. Klaus Schwab’s redefinitions take the cake so…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/29/soul-muscles/
Sylvia Shawcross
Oh, the changing definitions of words we’re being subjected to these days. It boggles the best of minds. Ukrainian refugees are now Ukrainian draft dodgers. Vaccines e.g. used to be weak or inactive germs mixed and injected but now they’re also mRNA technology.
Freedom used to be a word of hope and peace and recognized the world over as what people all wanted but now it is a dirty word apparently only used by right-wing terrorists (at least here in Canada).
Just a few small examples but I suspect Mr. Klaus Schwab’s redefinitions take the cake so…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/29/soul-muscles/
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WATCH: How To Defeat BlackRock – #SolutionsWatch
After watching How BlackRock Conquered the World, we know all about the problem: a financial behemoth is flexing its monetary muscle to shape society in its image.
So what’s the solution? Boycotts? Buycotts? Can we strive for something different, or are we condemned to forever be out of credit at the karma bank?
Find out in this penetrating exploration of the problem of (and solution to) BlackRock.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here and…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/29/watch-how-to-defeat-blackrock-solutionswatch/
After watching How BlackRock Conquered the World, we know all about the problem: a financial behemoth is flexing its monetary muscle to shape society in its image.
So what’s the solution? Boycotts? Buycotts? Can we strive for something different, or are we condemned to forever be out of credit at the karma bank?
Find out in this penetrating exploration of the problem of (and solution to) BlackRock.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here and…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/29/watch-how-to-defeat-blackrock-solutionswatch/
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Figuring Out Their Angle
Todd Hayen
A federal law was recently passed in Canada called the Online News Act, or Bill C-18. Basically, this bill stops major online giants such as Google or Facebook (Meta) from posting news articles or links from any source deemed a “news outlet.”
For example, when I post a link to an article I’ve written that OffGuardian, the link disappears from my Facebook feed and a blurb shows up that says this link is blocked from Canadian readers. (UPDATE: I am barred from even posting links to articles from any news source because I am Canadian.)
Apparently others,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/30/figuring-out-their-angle/
Todd Hayen
A federal law was recently passed in Canada called the Online News Act, or Bill C-18. Basically, this bill stops major online giants such as Google or Facebook (Meta) from posting news articles or links from any source deemed a “news outlet.”
For example, when I post a link to an article I’ve written that OffGuardian, the link disappears from my Facebook feed and a blurb shows up that says this link is blocked from Canadian readers. (UPDATE: I am barred from even posting links to articles from any news source because I am Canadian.)
Apparently others,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/30/figuring-out-their-angle/
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Eugenics, Propaganda & Transgenderism
Dustin Broadberry
When illustrious leaders of the opposition cannot define what a woman is, you got to ask yourself, what the hell is going on?
Why is all this overrated, X-rated smut being peddled from every outlier?
Have we really flooded school libraries with homoerotic books meant for 6-year-old school kids?
Whose idea was it to enshrine drag queen-story hour as a rite of passage?
And since when was it acceptable for creeps with schoolgirl fetishes to have unsupervised, intimate conversations with our kids?
In any other time, it…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/30/eugenics-propaganda-transgenderism/
Dustin Broadberry
When illustrious leaders of the opposition cannot define what a woman is, you got to ask yourself, what the hell is going on?
Why is all this overrated, X-rated smut being peddled from every outlier?
Have we really flooded school libraries with homoerotic books meant for 6-year-old school kids?
Whose idea was it to enshrine drag queen-story hour as a rite of passage?
And since when was it acceptable for creeps with schoolgirl fetishes to have unsupervised, intimate conversations with our kids?
In any other time, it…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/30/eugenics-propaganda-transgenderism/
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Waiting for an Apocalypse
Edward Curtin
“Method, Method, what do you want from me? You know that I have eaten of the fruit of the unconscious.”
Jules Laforgue, Moralités légendaires
The other day my wife attended an event at a well-appointed home in town where men in dark suits stood around to provide a sense of security that no harm would come to the visitors, even though the angel of death had visited this house on previous occasions, for it was a funeral home, well-steeped in boxing people up for the journey to the underworld.
So to call it a “home” is…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/01/waiting-for-an-apocalypse/
Edward Curtin
“Method, Method, what do you want from me? You know that I have eaten of the fruit of the unconscious.”
Jules Laforgue, Moralités légendaires
The other day my wife attended an event at a well-appointed home in town where men in dark suits stood around to provide a sense of security that no harm would come to the visitors, even though the angel of death had visited this house on previous occasions, for it was a funeral home, well-steeped in boxing people up for the journey to the underworld.
So to call it a “home” is…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/01/waiting-for-an-apocalypse/
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September Funding Update
Hi all – we’re very happy to announce that – thanks to the generosity of our community & the support of colleagues in alt media – we have more than made our September funding goal!
This is great news for us. If we can do this every month our survival is guaranteed…unless or until the PTB shut us down for good!
Many many thanks to each and every one of you!
In other good news, after only a few short years of repeated requests, OffG will soon be going into the merch business. Look out for that in…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/01/september-funding-update/
Hi all – we’re very happy to announce that – thanks to the generosity of our community & the support of colleagues in alt media – we have more than made our September funding goal!
This is great news for us. If we can do this every month our survival is guaranteed…unless or until the PTB shut us down for good!
Many many thanks to each and every one of you!
In other good news, after only a few short years of repeated requests, OffG will soon be going into the merch business. Look out for that in…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/01/september-funding-update/
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Deconstructing Marianna in Conspiracyland – Part 6
Iain Davis
Rejected artwork for the BBC podcast.
The introduction and Parts 1, 2, 3 , 4, and Part 5 have established that Marianna Spring in Conspiracyland spreads disinformation.
Marianna Spring has persistently misattributed a range of beliefs and values to the people she labels conspiracy theorists. She has falsely claimed that a conspiracy theory movement exists and has deceived her audience throughout Cosnpiracyland.
The narratives she has presented to her BBC audience are riddled with inconsistencies and factual errors. Spring…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/02/deconstructing-marianna-in-conspiracyland-part-6/
Iain Davis
Rejected artwork for the BBC podcast.
The introduction and Parts 1, 2, 3 , 4, and Part 5 have established that Marianna Spring in Conspiracyland spreads disinformation.
Marianna Spring has persistently misattributed a range of beliefs and values to the people she labels conspiracy theorists. She has falsely claimed that a conspiracy theory movement exists and has deceived her audience throughout Cosnpiracyland.
The narratives she has presented to her BBC audience are riddled with inconsistencies and factual errors. Spring…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/02/deconstructing-marianna-in-conspiracyland-part-6/
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Online Censorship: Canada Continues Crackdown
Kit Knightly
On Friday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission published new guidelines requiring media outlets to register with the service so their content can be “regulated”.
Under the new regulations all streaming services, social media companies and platforms that host podcasts would be [emphasis added]:
required to provide the CRTC with information related to their content and subscribership
This is the culmination of a “public consultation” launched back in May. For those unfamiliar with “public consultation”, it is a process by which government agencies use members of the public to tell them what…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/02/online-censorship-canada-continues-crackdown/
Kit Knightly
On Friday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission published new guidelines requiring media outlets to register with the service so their content can be “regulated”.
Under the new regulations all streaming services, social media companies and platforms that host podcasts would be [emphasis added]:
required to provide the CRTC with information related to their content and subscribership
This is the culmination of a “public consultation” launched back in May. For those unfamiliar with “public consultation”, it is a process by which government agencies use members of the public to tell them what…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/02/online-censorship-canada-continues-crackdown/
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Forwarded from Geopolitics & Empire
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
"I used to be a Soviet citizen. Soviet propaganda was correct and honest when it described the Collective West.
But the lie was when they described the internal situation in Russia, in Soviet Union. Now today we have the same story, Kremlin propaganda and all people who are affiliated to Kremlin propaganda, from France, Italy, Latin America, from different countries, huge analysts, and investigative journalists, and geopolitical experts, and brave people...they are just lying! Like in Soviet period. I cannot avoid this parallel!
This is a trap for many intellectuals, to detach themselves from this kind of discourse of the Collective West, they are determined to embrace the official propaganda of the Russian administration." @IurieRosca
🔗 https://geopoliticsandempire.com/2023/07/18/rosca-no-multipolarity-only-one-global-center-of-power
But the lie was when they described the internal situation in Russia, in Soviet Union. Now today we have the same story, Kremlin propaganda and all people who are affiliated to Kremlin propaganda, from France, Italy, Latin America, from different countries, huge analysts, and investigative journalists, and geopolitical experts, and brave people...they are just lying! Like in Soviet period. I cannot avoid this parallel!
This is a trap for many intellectuals, to detach themselves from this kind of discourse of the Collective West, they are determined to embrace the official propaganda of the Russian administration." @IurieRosca
🔗 https://geopoliticsandempire.com/2023/07/18/rosca-no-multipolarity-only-one-global-center-of-power
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Don’t be surprised if the Canadian government starts “reviewing content” from podcast services and saying things like…
“Podcast X is broadcasting hate speech/propaganda/misinformation about subject Y, you cannot stream any podcasts in Canada until X is removed from your service.”
Another baby step toward the Brave New Normal...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/02/online-censorship-canada-continues-crackdown/
“Podcast X is broadcasting hate speech/propaganda/misinformation about subject Y, you cannot stream any podcasts in Canada until X is removed from your service.”
Another baby step toward the Brave New Normal...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/02/online-censorship-canada-continues-crackdown/
OffGuardian
Online Censorship: Canada Continues Crackdown
On Friday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission published new guidelines requiring media outlets to register with the service so their content can be “regulated̶…
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The GloboCap Nazi Follies
CJ Hopkins
Here’s a story destined for urgent dispatch down the Memory Hole. In fact, if you listen closely, you can already hear it being sucked down through the ducts of the GloboCap Ministry of Truth toward the enormous mnemonic incinerator where all official “unstories” go to die.
Yesterday, it was an embarrassment. Tomorrow, it will no longer be of interest. By next week, it will have never happened.
So, let’s review it before that happens … and perhaps try to understand why it happened.
What happened was, on the eve of Yom Kippur, members of the Canadian House…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/03/the-globocap-nazi-follies/
CJ Hopkins
Here’s a story destined for urgent dispatch down the Memory Hole. In fact, if you listen closely, you can already hear it being sucked down through the ducts of the GloboCap Ministry of Truth toward the enormous mnemonic incinerator where all official “unstories” go to die.
Yesterday, it was an embarrassment. Tomorrow, it will no longer be of interest. By next week, it will have never happened.
So, let’s review it before that happens … and perhaps try to understand why it happened.
What happened was, on the eve of Yom Kippur, members of the Canadian House…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/03/the-globocap-nazi-follies/
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US testing “Emergency Alert System” later today
Kit Knightly
The Federal government will be testing its nationwide “Emergency Alert System” (EAS) and “Wireless Emergency Alerts” (WEA) today – Wednesday October 4th – at 2.20pm Eastern time.
The WEA allows the Federal government to send a simultaneous message to every cellphone in the country, regardless of network, supposedly to notify people of emergencies. Unlike the British system, these alerts cannot be turned off.
The EAS affects any device that receives any kind of signal including radios, TVs and computers…
WHAT
WHY DIDN’T I KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL NOW?
why are they doing this?…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/04/us-testing-emergency-alert-system-later-today/
Kit Knightly
The Federal government will be testing its nationwide “Emergency Alert System” (EAS) and “Wireless Emergency Alerts” (WEA) today – Wednesday October 4th – at 2.20pm Eastern time.
The WEA allows the Federal government to send a simultaneous message to every cellphone in the country, regardless of network, supposedly to notify people of emergencies. Unlike the British system, these alerts cannot be turned off.
The EAS affects any device that receives any kind of signal including radios, TVs and computers…
WHAT
WHY DIDN’T I KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL NOW?
why are they doing this?…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/04/us-testing-emergency-alert-system-later-today/
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"As a little free advice to our friends across the Atlantic: At 2pm today I would turn my phone off and leave it off for an hour or so. Who the hell knows what they’re up to."
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/04/us-testing-emergency-alert-system-later-today/
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/04/us-testing-emergency-alert-system-later-today/
OffGuardian
US testing “Emergency Alert System” later today
Kit Knightly The Federal government will be testing its nationwide “Emergency Alert System” (EAS) and “Wireless Emergency Alerts” (WEA) today – Wednesday October 4th &…
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The Passing of the Father of India’s Green Revolution
Colin Todhunter
MS Swaminathan, widely regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India, recently passed away (28 September) at the age of 98.
An agronomist, agricultural scientist and plant geneticist, Swaminathan played a key role in introducing hybrid high yielding varieties of wheat and rice to India and in encouraging many farmers to adopt high-input, chemical-dependent practices.
The mainstream narrative is that Swaminathan’s collaborative scientific efforts with Norman Borlaug helped save India from famine in the 1960s. Following his death, tributes from high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and commentators have poured in praising his part…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/05/the-passing-of-the-father-of-indias-green-revolution/
Colin Todhunter
MS Swaminathan, widely regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India, recently passed away (28 September) at the age of 98.
An agronomist, agricultural scientist and plant geneticist, Swaminathan played a key role in introducing hybrid high yielding varieties of wheat and rice to India and in encouraging many farmers to adopt high-input, chemical-dependent practices.
The mainstream narrative is that Swaminathan’s collaborative scientific efforts with Norman Borlaug helped save India from famine in the 1960s. Following his death, tributes from high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and commentators have poured in praising his part…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/05/the-passing-of-the-father-of-indias-green-revolution/
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No Jab, No Education? Big Pharma’s influence on Irish and British schools
Gavin O’Reilly
Last Thursday it was announced that the southern Irish state would roll out Flu jabs to all schoolchildren under its jurisdiction, despite the fact that children are an age group at absolute minute risk of becoming seriously ill from seasonal illnesses such as Flu and colds.
This comes less than three months after an effectively identical announcement was made by the British government, regarding the rollout of the Flu jab to upwards of three million children in English schools.
A similar announcement was made by the British government in October 2019, however…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/05/no-jab-no-education-big-pharmas-influence-on-irish-and-british-schools/
Gavin O’Reilly
Last Thursday it was announced that the southern Irish state would roll out Flu jabs to all schoolchildren under its jurisdiction, despite the fact that children are an age group at absolute minute risk of becoming seriously ill from seasonal illnesses such as Flu and colds.
This comes less than three months after an effectively identical announcement was made by the British government, regarding the rollout of the Flu jab to upwards of three million children in English schools.
A similar announcement was made by the British government in October 2019, however…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/05/no-jab-no-education-big-pharmas-influence-on-irish-and-british-schools/
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Are there children on this street?
Sylvia Shawcross
Come with me again? Yes? It’s just down this slate-coloured street.
The sun so bright in a blue sky and the clouds white. It is not yet noon and the air is crisp and clean, no longer acrid with the smoke of distant fires and the people are there.
They are like leaves in the winds of autumn, rustling and shifting in all those colours on the grey pavement. Sometimes they cluster together but eventually they become a murmuring, like a flock of birds snaking en masse past the quiet buildings where people used to work and…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/06/are-there-children-on-this-street/
Sylvia Shawcross
Come with me again? Yes? It’s just down this slate-coloured street.
The sun so bright in a blue sky and the clouds white. It is not yet noon and the air is crisp and clean, no longer acrid with the smoke of distant fires and the people are there.
They are like leaves in the winds of autumn, rustling and shifting in all those colours on the grey pavement. Sometimes they cluster together but eventually they become a murmuring, like a flock of birds snaking en masse past the quiet buildings where people used to work and…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/06/are-there-children-on-this-street/
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WATCH: The Newspaper Revolution – #SolutionsWatch
The BBC and their fact checker brethren want you to be deathly afraid of the latest scourge threatening to tear apart society at its seams: the newspaper!
That’s right, it seems that the establishment is freaking out at the crop of independently published and distributed newspapers that activists are printing in various countries around the world.
In this edition of #SolutionsWatch, James Corbett talks to two of the thoughtcriminals engaging in this activity and find out what’s behind the newspaper revolution and how people can pitch in.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/06/watch-the-newspaper-revolution-solutionswatch/
The BBC and their fact checker brethren want you to be deathly afraid of the latest scourge threatening to tear apart society at its seams: the newspaper!
That’s right, it seems that the establishment is freaking out at the crop of independently published and distributed newspapers that activists are printing in various countries around the world.
In this edition of #SolutionsWatch, James Corbett talks to two of the thoughtcriminals engaging in this activity and find out what’s behind the newspaper revolution and how people can pitch in.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/06/watch-the-newspaper-revolution-solutionswatch/
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Unbelievable Reality
Todd Hayen
We have finally reached a point in the advancement of our technology where we no longer can believe anything we see or hear. I mean, we can if we want to, but we can also choose not to, because the presentation of anything in a photograph, a video, or an audio recording, is no longer reliable evidence of reality.
Soon we will not be able to rely on what we see right in front of our face when we are taking a walk in what we believe to be the real world. In fact, we don’t have…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/07/unbelievable-reality/
Todd Hayen
We have finally reached a point in the advancement of our technology where we no longer can believe anything we see or hear. I mean, we can if we want to, but we can also choose not to, because the presentation of anything in a photograph, a video, or an audio recording, is no longer reliable evidence of reality.
Soon we will not be able to rely on what we see right in front of our face when we are taking a walk in what we believe to be the real world. In fact, we don’t have…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/10/07/unbelievable-reality/
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