Science does not purvey absolute truth, science is a mechanism. It's a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature, it's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe and seeing whether they match.
-- Isaac Asimov
"Six weeks into the new administration...the Internet Archive had cataloged some 73,000 web pages that had existed on U.S. government websites that were expunged after Trump's inauguration."
This is a well-written piece and crucial to know for all of us who want to preserve and protect truth.
Well done, NPR, for placing this article front page on their website earlier today.
#history #politics #truth #trump #internetarchive #fascism #USpolitics
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5326573/internet-archive-wayback-machine-trump
I have just come from a #Council meeting not directly associated with my #Politics but facing similar #community #communication #Issues. On the '#Liberal #Left #Socialist ' wing we are fragmented, Many #narcisstic #Officers . I always argued for one #media #office to speak for all. 'We' had the £'s pre #StopBrexit & after to fund an office & the talent to staff it. Now? No one single voice speaking #Truth to #Power @NRM @PeterCorr
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
“As we enter a brutal era where lies: normalized & thinking -discouraged, we’ve to turn to dissident voices to learn how to #resist -before the future disappears.
”Facing a situation that seemed unalterable -Havel maintained: truthful words & actions of citizens matter -each of us has the resp to be more courageous than we want to be.”
Courage is infectious -I think quite necessary. Havel had a moral stature -led a mvt that toppled a totalitarian system.”
#Truth #USPol
https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-being-braver-than-we-want?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=false
*[In the last days there will come times of difficulty!*For people will be lovers of self!*lovers of money!*proud!*arrogant!*abusive! *disobedient to their parents!*ungrateful!*unholy! *heartless!*slanderous!*without self-control!*brutal!*not loving good!*treacherous!*reckless! *swollen with conceit!*lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God!*having the appearance of godliness!*but denying its power!]
DOGE’s Dodgy Numbers Employ a Tesla Technique
#Safety researchers claim Elon Musk’s auto company has a long #history of potentially misleading #stats. Now it looks like his #government dept is following suit.
https://www.wired.com/story/doges-dodgy-numbers-employ-a-tesla-technique/
#DOGE “put out some numbers, they didn’t smell good, they switched things around,” alleges Noah Goodall, an independent transportation researcher. “That screamed #Tesla. You get the feeling they’re not really interested in the #truth.”
The tensions make explicit the obstacles facing #courts as they seek to get a grip on #truth & underscore the extent to which #Trump’s brazen manipulation of #facts has paved the way for him to aggressively bolster his authority…
Accused of defying a court order by deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants…,the admin claimed the judge had no right to issue the order—in part bc, it says, the men are *terrorists* who have *invaded* the US on behalf of #Venezuela’s govt.[#ConspiracyTheory nonsense]