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Time for our X-odus!

In defiance of the forces that manipulate and suppress, this poem calls for an "uprising" to defend truth and our freedom of speech, against the forces of censorship, fake news and misinformation led by Musk, Trump and his rebellious, subversive henchmen. Musk’s efforts to restrict or abolish "Community Notes" threaten the very foundation of truth and free expression on his platform  threat...

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Surfs

in olden times it was nobles

force was feudal and clear

your son taken to their war

droit de seigneur was fear

 

to poach meant a hanging

roughshod soldiers arms

lords took stock and crops

from villeins' mean farms

 

they snatch your data now

surveillance made routine,

drive or walk you're never

far from a monitor screen

 

no cruel noble ever knew

wh...

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