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Matt Taibbi Can’t Comprehend That There Are Reasons To Study Propaganda Information Flows, So He Insists It Must Be Nefarious by Mike Masnick

Over the last few months, Elon Musk’s handpicked journalists have continued revealing less and less with each new edition of the “Twitter Files,” to the point that even those of us who write about this area have mostly been skimming each new release, confirming that yet again these reporters have no idea what they’re talking […]

Plus: Remembering what the Iraq War was like, 20 years later.

Spoiler: It's Trump's fault.

Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have returned to social activities that were too risky in the early days of the virus. But, as the coronavirus remains active in every city in the country, people who are immunocompromised continue having to make hard, and often isolating, choices.

The Twitter owner's response to a BBC investigation highlights how abuse is thriving on the platform.

Plus: The liberal case for free speech.

Thoughts on Twitter, Mastodon, and owning your data

The embarrassing investor meltdown surrounding Silicon Valley Bank should drive us to consider new models.

Before he took over Twitter he wanted to make Tesla cars drive themselves.

A new report sheds light on the prevalence of hate speech on the platform.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is about to take us all for a long, strange trip

Yes, The US Government Threatening To Block TikTok Violates The 1st Amendment by Mike Masnick

You may have heard that the Biden administration has told TikTok that it must be divested from ByteDance or it will be banned in the US. At least that’s what TikTok said the administration has said. The end result of this might well be that ByteDance divests of TikTok, but we should be clear: the […]

His recent remarks about the war have been cynical and deceptive.

The Orange Caligula sides with Russia.

How to Make a Gallon of Mead: A Simple Mead Recipe by Grow Forage Cook Ferment

You may have heard of mead before or maybe you haven’t, but one image that always seems to come to mind when mead is mentioned is Vikings drinking their grog. I don’t know a whole lot about Vikings, but I do know a bit about mead! Mead is a fermented honey and water mixture, some…

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There's an all-out attack on our court systems in the U.S, and Georgia isn't exempt from this battle. Amee Vanderpool covers the latest attempt by the GOP legislature to control the state's district attorneys.

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo has had to deal with the Russian propaganda machine attempting to silence, discredit and murder her since before she joined the battle in Ukraine. So far, all they've accomplished is lighting a fire in her to destroy the enemy and stop them from committing their crimes.

As a former SEAL, Dan Barkhuff is disappointed in the right-wing extremist turn that many vets made upon their return to the country they were sworn to protect. He pleas for other vets to do the important job of making sure their brothers in arms uphold their oath to protect American lives, not harm them.

You don't play games with Putin. Full stop. It shouldn't even need to be said of a man directing his country to commit genocide against its peaceful neighbor. But, Reed Galen writes, the GOP 2024 presidential primary contenders are a collection of unserious people basing everything on pleasing MAGA and nothing in fact, policy, or ethics.