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Palin kept looking for a second act that never came. She suffered the pathetic fate of being a celebrity ahead of her time. For with her candidacy something new came into our national life that was also traditional. She was a western populist who embodied white identity politics. In her proud ignorance, unrestrained narcissism, and contempt for the
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
If reports of the killing of Mohammad Jolani are true, it is all but certain his real legacy will be whitewashed by Western media. Already, the founder of the local Al Qaeda affiliate founder that ravaged Syria, slaughtering religious minorities and establishing ISIS-style zones of control in coalition with no shortage of help from the CIA-backed... See more
Facebook blocks Guo’s page in April 2017. I don’t hear about it till I read it in the New York Times.
Sarah Wynn-Williams • Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Wow. HUGE congratulations to @megynkelly
Per Semafor:
“When then-host Megyn Kelly was pushed out of NBC News in 2019, many television network insiders thought her broadcast career was likely over. Instead, now Kelly is nearly as popular as ever.
According to... See more
Chamath Palihapitiyax.comPrivacy Regulation. Paradoxically, the regulations meant to protect users from Facebook and Google just deepen Facebook and Google’s moats.
Packy McCormick • Everybody Hates Facebook
I joined Russell Brand on 9/11 to discuss the financial censorship of anti-establishment voices by Silicon Valley social media and crowdfunding companies.
This was one of Brand's last shows before YouTube demonetized his channel following the tabloid publication of sexual abuse allegations. YouTube has justified its move on the basis... See more
Max Blumenthalx.com“We could just ban surveillance capitalism.”
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Wait I need a full dissertation on this
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People say the government wasn't involved in censorship, but it was. And now, new documents prove that US military contractors urged & used a wide range of counter-terrorism tactics against civilians, including psyops, debanking, and changing Big Tech's Terms of Service. https://t.co/mrV5dwWdHF