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Today in Labor History March 29, 1797: William Godwin married Mary Wollstonecraft. Godwin was an English journalist, philosopher and novelist. And one of the first modern proponents of anarchism. His most famous books are “An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice” and “Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams,” a mystery novel that attacks aristocratic privilege. Wollstonecraft was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights, and is regarded by many as one of the founding feminist philosophers. Her most famous book was “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (1792). She died 11 days after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #feminism #marywollstonecraft #williamgodwin #philosophy #novel #fiction #frankenstein #maryshelley #books #author #writer #journalism @bookstadon

Sick of all the "COULD leave Liverpool" takes. Yes, people have legs and the Liverbird has wings, even the Liverbird could leave Liverpool, journomen. How about some actual news, or some actual writing, now that you're all afraid you won't have jobs because even machines could write this garbage?

🎭 Ah, the harrowing tale of a journalist who bravely entered a digital playground of make-believe and emerged... almost slightly inconvenienced. 🤡 Apparently, "nearly breaking" now involves playing some glorified Monopoly with extra screen time. 📉🔍
wired.com/story/crypto-the-gam #journalism #digitalplayground #makebelieve #technews #onlinegaming #humor #HackerNews #ngated

WIRED · I Went Undercover in Crypto’s Answer to ‘Squid Game.’ It Nearly Broke MeBy Joel Khalili

ABC news actually did a segment with an on-the-ground reporter talking about "The struggle for Greenland." What? What? The American mainstream media is fucking the world over, spinning up a drama to please Donald Trump, a colossal buffoon and literal moron who couldn't pass a fifth grade social studies test. Do better. This while Trump is using his Nazi platform to spin up ridiculous propaganda about "protecting Greenland" as a pretext for a military invasion. Do better, #media
#fascism #journalism #Greenland #journalism

For 41 years I was a newspaper journalist, half of that time being in production - so, editing copy, designing pages, writing headlines.
In the 1990s in Liverpool I was presented with a weekly columnist's crushingly dull piece about how much he disliked the modern trend for breakfast meetings.
For hours I toiled with the headline until, eventually, it came to me: BREAKFAST ANTIPATHIES.
It fitted like a glove. And not a word of thanks came from the writer for rescuing his article! #journalism

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A. Since entering politics the orange freak has told about 80,000 lies. Everything he says is a lie. Everything everyone who works for him says is a lie. It's all lies. It takes no energy to accept this simple fact.

Also everything they will say, probably ever, will be more lies.

#uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #ImpeachTheFascist #immigrantRights #MakeThemFight #Hardball #impeach #impeachment #DoSomething #NoKings #NoDo

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The Cons are trying to flood the zone with shit. Sociologists warn that you're gonna get overwhelmed. They're wrong.

Things are very simple when we see the big picture. So let's spread the main message.

It takes very little mental energy to process these things, if we keep them in perspective.

#uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #ImpeachTheFascist #immigrantRights #MakeThemFight #Hardball #impeach #impeachment #DoSomething #NoKings #NoDo

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