Didactic Syncast

As Maria Ressa says, we must hold the line. We should not surrender in advance to authoritarianism in Brazil, South Korea, The Philippines, or the USA. Today — exactly one year after my last episode — I turned on the mic and spoke from the heart about Trump, Musk, DOGE, Grover Norquist, the Department of Education, Israeli war crimes in Gaza, AI, and more. Plus a tiny glimpse of one of the best female MCs in the world today. Enjoy! Want to do something about the horrors of the world? Why not write a letter for Amnesty International? ___________ Current Events Trump and the angry white guys who voted for him [Pew Research: Voting patterns in the 2024 election] Donald Trump and Steve Bannon need angry young men. They’re using Gamergate culture to get them Economics Drowning public schools in the bathtub to promote GOP ideology Education ACLU: Trump's Department of Education Attack Explained In Engaged Buddhism, Peace Begins with You Killer Robots MIT: Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact Hip-