Jeffrey Jensen

[Steak-umm @steak_umm]

orwell would’ve lost his mind over the all-seeing cameras going up at the exact time we figured out how to make hyper-realistic fake videos

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Saganism @Saganismm]

In his celebrated little book On Liberty, the English philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that silencing an opinion is “a peculiar evil.” If the opinion is right, we are robbed of the “opportunity of exchanging error for truth”; and if it's wrong, we are deprived of a deeper understanding of the truth in “its collision with error.” If we know only our own side of the argument, we hardly know even that; it becomes stale, soon learned only by rote, untested, a pallid and lifeless truth.

Mill also wrote, “If society lets any considerable number of its members grow up as mere children, incapable of being acted on by rational consideration of distant motives, society has itself to blame.”

Jefferson made the same point even more strongly: “If a nation expects to be both ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”

In a letter to Madison, he continued the thought: “A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.”

— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”

— Abraham Lincoln

[James Colgan @jamescolgan26]

At Pebble Beach, one group of golf diehards is quietly in mourning.

They're golf's Deadheads — Fluff Cowan and Gil Hanse among them — and after Bob Weir's passing in January, they're sure the Grateful Dead's legacy belongs on the golf course. https://t.co/N7GRaooTdI

[Conflict Alarm @ConflictAlarm]

JUST IN: Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna exit after reviewing unredacted Epstein files — both confirm at least 6 men with photographs have been deliberately redacted with no explanation.

Massie: "What I saw that bothered me were the names of at least six men that have been redacted that are likely incriminated by their inclusion in these files. It took some digging to find them."

Khanna: "There are six men, some of them with their photographs, that have been redacted. And there's no explanation why those people were redacted."

A bipartisan bombshell. Both a Republican and a Democrat walked out of that room saying the same thing: names are being hidden.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

— Alvin Toffler

[Matt Ginella @MattGinella]

Good afternoon. Katie and I are just back from a peaceful protest in Irvine. For the most part, I have always appreciated social media and my “followers.”🙏

If you actually know me and my family, then you know I am married to a naturalized adoptee from Korea and we are raising a mixed and modern family. Yes, my “lane” is golf, but I also tell stories about culture, community and kids. I am grateful to have a “platform” and how I choose to use that is a personal choice. Mine, not yours.

For the record, I am not a “lib-tard” or a “pussy.” I believe Democrats (and most politicians) have been failing this country for over a decade. And they’re definitely failing us now. So is Congress and the Supreme Court. We are lacking leadership. That being said, I am also not a member of a blind right-wing cult of confusion and ignorance. I’m in the sensible middle. And I’d like to believe WE are the majority. I love this country, constitution, freedom, diversity, decency and immigrants. My great grandparents were all immigrants. My father served in the Army. He had nothing but integrity and he raised us to fight for what’s right.

I am anti-racism, murder, ICE and this administration. The lies and hypocrisy of the pardons, corruption and abuse of the system for personal and financial gains is staggering and disgusting. Their goal is to divide and distract us. It’s working. I believe Stephen Miller is a Nazi. Steve Bannon is a raging and guilty lunatic. Hegseth, Patel, Bondi and Noem are grossly unqualified. This is all a power grab and diversion. Although I don’t condone illegal immigrants or “bad guys,” I care more about the release of the Epstein files—and what is obviously a massive pedophile cover up—than the immigrants waiting for the system to process their documents to legal status.

If you saw the recent murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, or the detaining of Liam Ramos, 5, and believe they were all justified, we are on opposite sides of history. My eyes don’t lie.

I actually believe that their attempt to divide us could backfire and ultimately unite us. But we need to be willing to see the truth first. I am comfortable where I am at this moment, a tipping point of this country, are you? Silence is complicity.✌🏼

[Patrick Healy @patrickhealynyt]

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[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

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[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Potentially the greatest community note since the feature was created:

[Steak-umm @steak_umm]

we base too much of our identity and moods on the athletic performances of 23 year olds and political decisions of 70 year olds

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Big news in academic publishing!

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

The Auschwitz Memorial statement on the situation in Ukraine.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

It’s not about the money

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

With all these book bans, @levarburton's life just got a lot more difficult

[Amy Walter @amyewalter]

The thing about politics is that most voters just want their gov’t to work for them. If the basics are going well, they’re more willing to accept change/transformation. When things aren’t going well, they aren’t. Timing matters. Competence matters.