Bezos ordered The Washington Post to become a libertarian commentary hub. How will it handle instances where personal liberties are at odds with free markets? #bezos #freespeech #censorship
https://progressive.org/latest/what-jeff-bezos-wont-let-opinion-columnists-tell-you-about-corporate-overreach-mccoy-20250317/

"The oligarchs who attended Trump’s inauguration just got awful news! Be careful what you wish for…"

https://youtu.be/JsBZBUtR2xQ?si=a2MGQ8yupKx-ryS-
#Trump #BigTech #Oligarchs #Zuckerberg #Bezos #Musk #Resistance #OccupyDemocrats #Politics

I no longer have a use for Amazon, but I was curious how protective our plutocrats are of one another. Apparently, not very.
#META #Censorship #Zuckerberg #Bezos #Amazon

#Facebook (Meta) whistleblower's book 'Careless People' documents power mad tech bros, and the threat to freedom of speech. Buy the dead tree version, as #Bezos may pull the Kindle version. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/whistleblowers-cult-zuckerberg-power-tech-bros

#FirstAmendment, #1A, #FreeSpeech, #FreedomOfSpeech, #FreePress, #FreedomOfThePress, #Bezos, #JeffBezos, #Amazon, #WashingtonPost, #MarkZuckerberg, #Zuckerberg, #Meta, #Musk, #ElonMusk, #X, #PoliticalCartoon, #EditorialCartoon, @Rattoons1776

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/abridge-too-far?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=100119

Audible alternatives...

Libby, Hoopla, Libro.fm

more info on Libro:
"We are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

We're talking about the company controlled by a guy who sent money to Trump, changed the Washington Post into Republican propaganda.

You sure you want him to record what you say in private?

"Starting on March 28, recordings of everything spoken to the Alexa living in Echo speakers and smart displays will automatically be sent to Amazon and processed in the cloud."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Boycotts are working!

I don't have Amazon Prime but my husband does.*

Seeing Trump's "The Apprentice" being promoted along an Amazon production "David & Goliath" leaves no doubt that Amazon has gone full Christofascist.
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*it's unlikely that he'll unsubscribe because of the streaming service but at least I got him to buy as little as possible there.

Prominent Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcos quits, after a piece criticizing owner Jeff #Bezos is repressed.
'Democracy Dies in Darkness', eh?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/10/washington-post-ruth-marcus-resigns

Sé tro triste

#Milliardaires
#Capitalisme
#Musk (-148m$)
#Bezos (-29M$)
#Brin (-22M$)
#Zuckerberg (-5M$)
#Arnault (-5M$)

@JoshuaHolland @NBCNewYork

Honestly, it seems like most billionaires are narcissists who really do believe everyone else is beneath them.

"What makes Bezos’s op-ed so insulting is that if he’d made some kind of principled decision to not endorse in the name of “independence” that would not have happened after the endorsement had been drafted and readied for publication.

"He obviously thinks WaPo’s readers are idiots."