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  1. #Steamboat Willie = Chuck E. Cheese? - #LasWeekTonight with #JohnOliver #Satire #rofl #yt

    youtu.be/YFRzy3b4pdo

    Paraphrasing Steamboat Mickey: As a citizen of the United States, the most violent, genocidal, imperialistic empire the world has ever known, your silence is complicity.

    Your silence is compliciiiiitiiiyyyy…

  2. “[...] pretend to live in California should not be the system.”
    John Oliver on trying to cancel subscriptions.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Wko-2c7lZL8 #JohnOliver #TV #UX

  3. John Oliver on ‘smart’ appliances: ‘Spying on you through the washing machine’
    By Guardian staff

    The host also discussed the rise of forgotten monthly subscriptions for anything from dishwashers to litter boxes

    theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

    #JohnOliver #USnews #Televisionradio #Culture #Media #Amazon #Ecommerce #Consumeraffairs #Money #Gadgets #Smarthomes #Technology #Internet #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff

  4. Watching #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight ranting for 25 minutes about the annoying subscriptions to only end with #HboMax screen promoting their own subscription is just le-cheff-kiss level of irony.

  5. "If you now want to know what's being used in your town, you can check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogues each of the technologies used in your area, and I'll warn you, the answer probably isn't going to make you happy."

    #JohnOliver, 2026

    https://www.
    youtube.com/watch?v=lnBPhelCdWE

    atlasofsurveillance.org/

    (3/3)

    #AtlasOfSurveillance #EFF

  6. "Cell-site simulators are a mass surveillance tool, and police can get a lot from them, from who you are calling, to what you are texting. And the thing is, we don't know how often they do that because generally, law enforcement keeps a tight lid on its usage of these devices."

    #JohnOliver, 2026

    youtube.com/watch?v=lnBPhelCdWE

    (1/?)

    #MassSurveillance #surveillance #LawEnforcement #LastWeekTonight #US

  7. John Oliver on fetal personhood: ‘It effectively treats women as incubators’
    By Guardian staff

    The host discussed problems with giving fetuses equivalent rights to humans after the overturning of Roe v Wade

    theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

    #JohnOliver #TVcomedy #Comedy #Culture #Television #Televisionradio #Pregnancy #Healthwellbeing #Abortion #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff

  8. ‘I’d like a dramatic closeup’: John Oliver takes over daytime TV with delightfully wooden soap opera roles
    By Andrew Lawrence

    The late-night host’s recent stints on Days of Our Lives and General Hospital have brought viewers to a dwindling genre

    theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

    #JohnOliver #Soapopera #TVcomedy #Drama #Culture #Television #Televisionradio #Comedy #USnews #TheGuardian #AndrewLawrence

  9. John Oliver on Trump’s DoJ: ‘Potential long-term damage is difficult to sum up’
    By Guardian staff

    The Last Week Tonight host discussed how the president has transformed, weakened and weaponised the Department of Justice

    theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

    #JohnOliver #UStelevision #TVcomedy #Comedy #Culture #Television #Televisionradio #DonaldTrump #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff

  10. #Lahaina Community Land Trust

    Land protection & land justice

    "Keeping Lahaina Lands in Lahaina Hands. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to protect and perpetuate Lahaina, by empowering the Lahaina community to live, engage and prosper while protecting, restoring and caring for its ‘āina and ea."

    lahainacommunitylandtrust.org/

    #NativeHawaiians #LandTrust #LandBack #AffordableHousing #Hawaii #JohnOliver #SolarPunkSunday