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It used to be that they didn't throw me out before I got to a program's page. Today, upon login, they redirected me to BBC's main page. Google tells me this: "In addition to the measures listed above, the BBC is also reportedly working on a new anti-VPN measure that uses machine learning to identify and block VPN traffic. This measure is still under development, but it has the potential to be more effective than the BBC's current anti-VPN measures."

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Shawn Fain https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SsO8dWF1rYM9pbMISsytdx9ouM22MPFc/view?usp=drive_link

I know.

This reader-added context made me look up how its process works. You click "sign up." That's an application. Twitter accepts or rejects applications on a rolling basis. If you're approved, you can add context to texts of your choice. It looks as if your continued ability to add context might be contingent on how readers rate your posts. Twitter makes publicly available data they collect on adders (not necessarily snakes) of context, including identifying info. I downloaded one of their data files. There's a very long participant ID that looks like hex. So, if, say, some govt agency, wanted to identify adders by viewpoint and they had a look-up table linking participant IDs to people, they could.

Thanks. I'll try it.

Michael Hudson explains the dynamic well in the first section of this article https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2022/08/01/american-diplomacy-as-a-tragic-drama-by-michael-hudson/comment-page-1/ "What is euphemized as U.S.-style democracy is a financial oligarchy privatizing basic infrastructure, health and education. The alternative is what President Biden calls autocracy, a hostile label for governments strong enough to block a global rent-seeking oligarchy from taking control." His website is michael-hudson.com I like this article about how, in the USA, we are destroying ourselves. https://michael-hudson.com/2023/06/america-has-just-destroyed-a-great-empire/

from Poulsen: "from Poulsen: The basic strategy is to redefine “disinformation” to include even factual criticism of the U.S. military or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and then to exert “coordinated action to pressure social media and digital market actors” to “moderate” such speech."

"Based upon a fresh leak of a report internally released by the Ukraine War Disinfo Working Group of Zinc’s Open Information Partnership (OIP) earlier this month, the author is independently concluding that the U.K. government-funded network of think tanks and investigative journalists has recommended a coordinated campaign to pressure social media companies and “digital market actors” into suppressing even factual criticism of NATO-aligned governments."

from OIP: "Content based on verifiable information which is unbalanced or skewed, amplifies, or exaggerates certain elements for effect, or uses emotive or inflammatory language to achieve effects which fit within existing Kremlin narratives, aims, or activities."

So, if I criticize NATO for fomenting color revolutions, my speech needs to be moderated. Of course, I'm a small fish in a big sea, so no one bothers. 1) That NATO foments color revolutions is verifiable. 2) As definitions, "Unbalanced or skewed...inflammatory language" is very elastic. 3) The Kremlin has noticed and complained about NATO fomenting color revolutions. That doesn't make it false. John Mearsheimer dissects the Ukraine case here https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483306 I looked for articles to link for you as to Georgia's Rose Revolution. Using Google, I found links to govt or govt-related sites and to socialist sites. I don't find the former to be reliable because they tend to characterize it as home-grown. That's disingenuous when US-backed NGOs have "promoted democracy" leading up to the color revolution. (See how Bard characterizes "promoting democracy," below.) You may not like the latter. NB: Color revolutions take place in countries formerly part of the USSR. Several Latin American countries could use color revolutions, but they never happen in this hemisphere. Lately, I'm finding Bard useful in learning about recent historical events. Here's what Bard said:

my question: "What was USA involvement in Georgia's Rose Revolution?"

Bard's answer: "The United States had a limited but significant involvement in Georgia's Rose Revolution. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) spent $1.5 million to computerize Georgia's voter rolls, which helped to ensure that the 2003 parliamentary elections were more transparent and accountable. The Open Society Institute (OSI), funded by George Soros, supported Mikheil Saakashvili and a network of pro-democratic organizations.

The US government also provided diplomatic support to the opposition movement. In the weeks leading up to the revolution, US officials met with Saakashvili and other opposition leaders to offer their support. After the revolution, the US government provided financial and technical assistance to the new government to help it consolidate its power and implement democratic reforms.

It is important to note that the Rose Revolution was a homegrown movement that was led by Georgians. The US government was not involved in planning or executing the revolution. However, the US government's support for democracy and human rights in Georgia helped to create an environment in which the revolution could succeed.

Here are some specific examples of US involvement in the Rose Revolution:

USAID provided funding to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that were working to promote democracy and human rights in Georgia. These NGOs played a key role in mobilizing public support for the opposition movement and documenting the government's corruption and abuses of power.
The US government also provided diplomatic support to the opposition movement. US officials met with Saakashvili and other opposition leaders to offer their support and to urge them to pursue a peaceful transition of power.
After the revolution, the US government provided financial and technical assistance to the new government to help it consolidate its power and implement democratic reforms. This assistance included support for the police, the judiciary, and the media.

The US government's involvement in the Rose Revolution was controversial. Some critics argued that the US was trying to impose its own values on Georgia and that it was interfering in Georgia's internal affairs. Others argued that the US was simply supporting democracy and human rights in Georgia and that its involvement was justified.

Regardless of the debate over US involvement, there is no doubt that the US played a role in the Rose Revolution. The US government's support for democracy and human rights in Georgia helped to create an environment in which the revolution could succeed."

In the end, all governments seem corrupt. If we wanted to help people who suffer most, we could design our help to benefit them more than their elites, who profit and offshore their gains.

Yandex disk. They accept credit cards.

It has.

There's one fairly local here. They carry non-perishables, and their stock is definitely better than the dollar store. They used to be called "Freight Liquidators."

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