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Seth Rogan Speaks Truth to Billionaires, Gets Censored. “It’s amazing that others…in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science.” Can’t give a science prize w/o science. 
https://kottke.org/25/04/seth-rogan-speaks-truth-to-billionaires-gets-censored-for-it
@rustoleumlove @kottke Not the only people pushing back, the only people with the privilege of a large platform pushing back. This is why Trump took over the Kennedy Center, appointed old right wing white men as so-called liaisons to Hollywood, and talks about a golden age of the arts. Neoliberalism allowed mainstream entertainment to be a bit too diverse for the fascists liking and they know they need to reel it in to keep power.
from Vancouver. Proud of him and disgusted by the fascist censorship in the USIt’s not just medical research, of course https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/climate/nature-assessment-trump.html
The New York Times
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
