‘Born In the USA’ Now Fits The Conservative Message — It’s a trenchant commentary on the failures of the Great Society and radical environmentalism.
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How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime Vice
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WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRESS: The CDPP will proceed with the remaining 24 charges. Boyle continues to face a hefty prison sentence. |
Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked BBC (
Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It’s Like to Report on Facebook CJR. Zuckerberg lies right to your face. Who knew?
From context collapse to content collapse Rough Type
The Uprisings
I predicted 2020 would be a mess for the U.S. Could that help prevent a second civil war? Peter Turchin, Globe and Mail. Must-read.
The Boogaloo Tipping Point The Atlantic
The New EARN IT Bill Still Threatens Encryption and Free Speech Electronic Frontier Foundation. Dan K: From that letter, a point that the article doesn’t articulate as clearly
A New Image Of The Loch Ness Monster (And The Long Culture That Surrounds It)
Nessie may be hiding, the monster’s faithful believers will think. Every time the scientists come, Nessie dives deeper and hides. She’s a diva. She’s the Garbo of the animal kingdom. She knows when to do her headline-grabbing cameos and when to disappear. – The Daily Beast
How To Slow Down Misinformation On Social Media
Without a change in this design, nothing else can change. Moderation is impractical when you have 3 billion users speaking hundreds of languages in dozens of political cultures. AI is hopeless at nuance. And asking society to change itself – by telling people to be more cautious about what they read and repost or adding fact-checks to posts – is like replacing plastic straws to ameliorate environmental catastrophe. It makes for good PR, but the effects are so small as to be inconsequential. – The Guardian
Cormann poised to leave politics after October budget
Following weeks of speculation, it is understood Senator Cormann, Australia's longest-serving finance minister, intends to leave after the October 6 federal budget.