Online harassment is as bad as it’s ever been. And the election results have a lot of people worried about their privacy & safety. Before you make any big moves like logging off forever, do a quick digital hygiene check. There are a few simple steps you can take today to make life a little harder for online trolls.

Resources:

https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/

https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-artwork-zines/cybersecurity-with-pigeon-know-your-cyber-civil-rights

https://open.nytimes.com/how-to-dox-yourself-on-the-internet-d2892b4c5954

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/some-steps-to-defend-against-online-doxxing-and-harassment

https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/doxcare-prevention-and-aftercare-for-those-targeted-by-doxxing-and-political-harassment

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Mia and Gare discuss the incalculable damage RFK Jr. will do if allowed to head the Department of Health and Human Services, home of the CDC, NIH, and other vital medical institutions.

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-chemicals-water-children-frogs/index.html

https://time.com/7177027/rfk-jr-hhs-secretary-trump-public-health/

https://www.additudemag.com/adderall-shortage-dea-stimulants-adhd-medication/

https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-adderall-labor-camps

https://thehill.com/homenews/4993660-robert-f-kennedy-trump-health-human-services/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/woman-who-accused-rfk-jr-sexual-assault-says-he-apologized-by-text-2024-07-12/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-war-vaccines-could-213751533.html?guccounter=1

https://archive.is/QIIY7

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/15/nx-s1-5191947/trump-rfk-health-hhs

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-comes-home-anti-vaccine-group-commits-break-us-infectious-disea-rcna123551

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/03/flattening-curve-global-poor-covid-lockdowns-human-rights-vulnerable/

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Around the world, racist influencers have instigated a panic over shadowy global elites who have supposedly conspired to flood white-majority countries with immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia in order to destroy Western civilization. This idea, called the Great Replacement Theory, has inspired mass shootings from New Zealand to Buffalo, NY.

This episode outlines the history of the Great Replacement Theory and explores the toxic political and social atmosphere that led to the murder of 23 Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and the wounding of 22 others at a Walmart in El Paso, TX on August 3, 2019.

Sources:

Richard Wolin, "'The Leprosy of the Soul in Our Time': On The European Origins of the 'Great Replacement Theory," Los Angeles Review of Books, August 4, 2022, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-leprosy-of-the-soul-in-our-time-on-the-european-origins-of-the-great-replacement-theory/

Richard Slotkin, Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America (University of Oklahoma Press, 1998), https://www.amazon.com/Gunfighter-Nation-Frontier-Twentieth-Century-America/dp/0806130318

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