Esther B.

Gen X. No political bias. Documentary filmmaker & media theorist. Researching technology facilitated rape (TFR) through a PhD.

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

Vivid description of TFR converging w physical sexual violence ⁦@NYMag by ⁦@mrmhawish⁩ “What if we publish these?” a soldier said in Arabic while photographing her [in her underwear]. Phones, cameras, watches — everything around was recording…” https://t.co/qgdbFuqFYN

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@PahlaviReza The Iranian regime is a master of propaganda. The slaughter in Gaza is as horrific as the slaughter of 40k+ Iranian citizens, but Iran spins Israel’s involvement to mask its own mass murder. Journalists & academics can parse Israel’s bs, but swallow the regime’s bs like idiots.

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@CTVNews @rachaiello @MarkJCarney Why is dairy lobby so important to protect? They’re a mafia. Farmers don’t want it & keeps milk prices high. There’s no oversight. Won’t US competition lower prices & put cheating distributors on notice? Please explain value of dairy lobby to Canadians.

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@MarkJCarney Only a dirty abusive govt wastes tax payers dollars to argue its power is greater than the people. Decision to injure protesters was a gross error in judgement your govt should apologize for. Invest in Canadians not your ego. https://t.co/suONAfSEz5 via @nationalpost

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@TheLaurenChen Do you have any idea how few rapes are reported and fewer yet actually recorded by the cops? Not sure what your point is but the statistic is moot.

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

https://t.co/W8rGvymjLS

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

Anthropic announced that it couldn’t agree to the Pentagon’s demand to use its tool, when it can be used to spy on Americans https://t.co/W8rGvymRBq

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@IranObserver0 The Iranian regime will whore itself out to a US john to stay in power, offering the US more money than protecting revolutionaries like Trump promised to do but will recant (too expensive!). This deal lets Trump control the regime through economics. It’s always about the money.

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@Stormymaryann @acnewsitics @realDonaldTrump @MarkJCarney Thank you for a thorough explanation of why @GulfstreamAero models are not certified in Canada. @realDonaldTrump is clearly not up to speed. Why advocate for inferiority? Doesn’t everyone prefer not buying a plane on temporary exemption to increase passenger safety? @melaniejoly

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

Human technology Sadie Plant referred to as organic.

[Andrew Côté @Andercot]

It just seems implausible this is what we are made of, essentially, nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves.

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

Rocket technology in a car in 1958 from @GM

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

1958 Firebird III.

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

This is Canada. Police are misogynist racist bigots. Instead of being fired, they are reassigned & victim’s BS charges are still in tact. Canadians think they’re such superstars but they need to clean the mess in their own yard before they judge others. https://t.co/icVSyb7S2I

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Earth has a heartbeat

[🎞️ space.for. earth]

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@CDAvinoCBC Not enough emphasis in your reporting on the fact police represent security in the courts, which is no security at all. What happened to the dirty cops? Were they fired? How is Canada’s broken justice system any different than ICE? https://t.co/EahRAvPahO

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

Imagine the cultural shift in society if gender no longer mattered? Gender will be categorically impossible to control in a technological society. All this fuss around gender (male superiority, two gender laws, transphobia etc) will be remembered as lack of evolution @elonmusk

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Thirty-five female journalists crowded into the White House Red Room that March day.
There weren't enough chairs. Many sat on the floor.
Male reporters watched from the doorway, smirking. The manager of the Associated Press said these gatherings wouldn't last six months.
Eleanor Roosevelt's strategy was brilliantly simple: If news organizations wanted access to the First Lady—if they wanted to know what was happening inside the White House—they would have to hire female reporters.
No exceptions.
At first, she covered household topics. But when Prohibition ended and reporters asked the President if beer would be served at the White House, FDR smiled and said two words:
"Ask Eleanor."
She announced the answer at her next women-only press conference.
Male reporters had to beg their female colleagues to tell them what the First Lady said.
Week after week, she made real news. She defended equal pay for equal work, low-cost housing, civil rights, and the minimum wage.
The tactic worked spectacularly.
The Associated Press brought on Bess Furman. United Press hired Ruby Black. The New York Herald Tribune sent Emma Bugbee for a few days—she stayed for months, her stories landing on the front page.
Over twelve years, Eleanor Roosevelt held 348 women-only press conferences.
Ruby Black called it "a New Deal for newswomen."
But Eleanor wasn't finished rewriting history.
After FDR's death in 1945, President Truman appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations.
Her male colleagues assigned her to a committee they considered unimportant—humanitarian and cultural concerns.
They assumed she'd do the least harm there.
They were wrong.
She was unanimously elected to chair the UN Commission on Human Rights.
For three years, she navigated Cold War politics and united 18 nations with competing interests to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly voted.
Forty-eight nations in favor. Zero opposed.
When it passed, every delegate rose to give Eleanor Roosevelt a standing ovation.
She called it "an international Magna Carta for all mankind."
She considered it her greatest achievement.
And she was right.
From a woman who sat in a parlor with female reporters on the floor—to the architect of the document that defines human dignity for all humanity.
Eleanor Roosevelt didn't just break glass ceilings.
She built ladders so others could climb up after her.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

by Vincent Bal

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Edward Snowden: "They can see everything about you. They can see everything about what your device is doing and they can do what they want with your device."

[Esther B. @Ebuckar]

@Rainmaker1973 More than a fine line!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

There is a fine line between male and female intelligence...

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

When an artist goes beyond the frame