I’m against this merger. And it just moved much closer to happening. CBS. CNN. Warner Bros. Major streaming assets — one owner. That’s too much control over what people watch, what gets made, and how news reaches them. This isn’t just consolidation. It’s concentrated cultural power.

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🔴 And now this. 2022: Ellison put $1B into Musk’s Twitter takeover. 2026: Musk put $1B into Ellison’s son’s Skydance after its $110B Warner Bros. takeover. Same $1B. Both directions. X. CBS. CNN. HBO. This is why I opposed the merger. Too much media power in billionaire hands.

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At a time when a journal committed to history as a form of critique is more necessary than ever, History of the Present encourages critical examination of both history’s influence on politics and the politics of history as a discipline. Issue 16:2 is now available: buff.ly/QzKjhrq

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From investigations to criminal charges, Black women in elected positions have faced an array of attacks for challenging those in power. https://bit.ly/4kbmJZy

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New and #OpenAccess: "[Machine Voices] is a wide-ranging tour of the machinic voicescape, and Edward Kang is an expert guide, taking us behind the facades of computers that listen and unsettling what ‘listening’ and ‘talking’ even mean." — @nickseaver.website mitpress.mit.edu/978026205472...

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