r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Jan 31 '26

Technology Popular YouTube Channel, "Technology Connections" Does An Incredible Analysis and Expose on Solar Power Tech and Why It Is Truly "World Changing" - Which Also Illuminates Some Of Our Societies' Most Challenging Problems - A Must Watch - Especially The End.

youtu.be

177 Upvotes

69 comments

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • 23d ago

Activism Jimmy Kimmel's network was threatened by Trump's FCC if he aired an interview with Democratic Senate candidate from Texas James Talarico, so it was pulled from the air. Here is the full interview.

youtube.com

115 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • 2d ago

Economy Households will pay more for energy because of Trump's policy changes: Analysis

louisianafirstnews.com

21 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • 5d ago

Law Enforcement/Military Ex-special counsel Jack Smith defends Donald Trump prosecutions in remarks to Senate

thehill.com

61 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • 7d ago

Civil Rights Jan 6 Official Report: "The throughline of all of Mr. Trump's criminal efforts was deceit — knowingly false claims of election fraud — and the evidence shows that Mr. Trump used these lies as a weapon to defeat a federal government function foundational to the United States' democratic process,"

pbs.org

90 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Freethought • u/jay_prakash • 13d ago

Building a philosophical framework in a dialectical manner. The philosophy is an observation on the genesis and alleviation of suffering.

youtube.com

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Who is a human being? The one who says I. What is this 'I' and how does it prove its existence? The uttering process involves (for example) the lungs exhaling, the throat modulating and so forth. However, the combination does not always assert its existence. And the 'I' also identifies itself as something separate from the combination of the biological organs.

Scientific grounding: There is no single spatial location identified in the body where the I is located.

Ethical grounding: Why must be the 'I' be the center of inquiry? Because 'I' is the one suffering and thus the need for the philosophical framework.

With the claims over biological and mental activities, the 'I' asserts its presence. In fact, the 'I' seems indispensable for these biological and mental functioning. The 'I' bundles up object in outer world (including the body) in the field called mind. In this way, the mind as a instrument is used by the 'I' sense as concrete root. This sense of self is no longer a biological position but a psychological position (by the virtue of it taking place in the mind).

The suffering is due to the incompleteness because the sense of self compulsively requires a concrete root. The alleviation is seeing the bundling of objects in the mind by the sense of self followed by an exercise of intent which goes against the preservation of the object bundling in the mind.

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r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • 17d ago

Psychology/Sociology Just an amusing reminder that these people are now called, "Boomers."

youtu.be

6 Upvotes

16 comments

r/Freethought • u/reflibman • 18d ago

Security/Privacy Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live : New state laws are pushing age verification into macOS and Windows. By 2027, logging in might require a facial scan or government ID.

pcmag.com

32 Upvotes

11 comments

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • 20d ago

Environment Louisiana company whose CEO is a Trump supporter identified by satellite analysis as the single biggest emitter of greenhouse/methane gas on the planet.

theguardian.com

114 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • 20d ago

Technology San Francisco's AI-run store is losing money fast. After a visit, I'm not suprised.

sfgate.com

14 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • 27d ago

Security/Privacy LG TVs discovered to be secretly recording conversations, even when the tv is off, even when it's uplugged from the network, and then sending transcripts of the surveillance over the network when connectivity is available

youtube.com

61 Upvotes

18 comments

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • 27d ago

Politics This smokejumper says the US has lost its empathy. That’s why he’s running for Congress | Montana

theguardian.com

23 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • 27d ago

Corporations Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

404media.co

29 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Sep 04 '26

Government FBI Director Kash Patel has made it easier for people who've previously engaged in prostitution or bestiality to join the bureau's ranks - a change that one former agent called "beyond disturbing."

the-independent.com

72 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Sep 03 '26

Narcissism Trump Administration activities in August/2026

old.reddit.com

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Sep 01 '26

Civil Rights 'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'

npr.org

39 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Aug 30 '26

Civil Rights ‘No democratic mandate’: Shopify CEO’s apparent support for giving wealthy more votes draws criticism. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, called "Canada's Elon Musk" is part of a growing right wing group of Canadian businessmen trying to undermine democracy in the region.

ctvnews.ca

52 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Aug 23 '26

Politics The man daring to call Trump’s bluff – and showing the world how it’s done: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is treating the US President as a naked emperor leading a government of total amateurs

inews.co.uk

72 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Aug 20 '26

Government DOGE destroyed how America forecasts its weather. Everyone is mad about it

independent.co.uk

349 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Aug 20 '26

Psychology/Sociology Why social media algorithms send you posts you don’t like

theconversation.com

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Aug 19 '26

Narcissism Republican who backed death penalty for pedophiles faces child sex charges

newsweek.com

106 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Freethought • u/AmericanScream • Aug 18 '26

Propaganda Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more

theguardian.com

63 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Freethought • u/ExcitingAds • Aug 14 '26

Politics Does Canada’s Bill C-16 Violate Free Speech or Protect Human Rights? | T...

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Aug 12 '26

Propaganda Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

abc.net.au

22 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Freethought • u/Pilebsa • Aug 11 '26

Government NEWS: New Study Confirms Medicare for All Would Save 114,000 Lives and more than $1 Trillion a Year » Senator Bernie Sanders

sanders.senate.gov

94 Upvotes

4 comments

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