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Considering the political climate, and the opposition’s own issues with the electorate, there is clearly something wrong. Putting my own experience aside, I think there are three key issues why that’s the case. One - a total and brutal lack of any substance. Daily 'slick' videos and social m... See more

Rupert Lowe MP x.com

But, the enshittification of the internet isn't a consequence of entropy, it's a choice. And it's blatantly clear that the choice of the builder of these systems aren't trying to help their users anymore.

The article led off with quotes from two of Cernovich’s conservative enemies, Ben Shapiro and Ben Howe.

Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

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Freedom Of Speech In The UK? Still Gone, Unless JD Vance Can Save It... He’s leading a U.S. fight against the UK’s new Online Safety Act, calling it... - A direct threat to Western values - A violation of free speech rights - A move to force U.S. tech firms to bre... See more

Neil McCoy-Ward

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Now British people have to accept laws imposed on them as a result of Byzantine intrigue between the unelected European Commission and the leaders of the other European member states. This represents a negation of centuries of British history, a central theme of which has been the gradual transfer of powers from the crown to the elected representat

Roger Bootle • Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU

We are, for the first time in modern history, facing the prospect of how societies would exist without reliable news – at least as it used to be understood.

Alan Rusbridger • Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

He’s also often hilarious. A video of him dorking out with a fidget spinner went viral, and his trolling of the Young Turks at the 2016 Republican Convention can safely be described by the overused term of “epic.”

Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links. Twitter is being abandoned to bots and blue ticks. There’s the junkification of Amazon and the enshittification of TikTok. Layoffs are gutting online media. A job posting looking for an “AI editor” expects “output of 200 to 250 articles per week.” ChatGPT is being used to generate whole spam sites. Etsy i... See more

James Vincent • AI Is Killing the Old Web, and the New Web Struggles to Be Born

For the first time there are facts and (in Kellyanne Conway’s notorious phrase) ‘alternative facts’. As facts become fluid they become contestable; the truth becomes (once again) something you assert, not something you prove. It used to be a peculiar characteristic of totalitarian regimes that they made the facts fit their purposes; now it seems th... See more

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Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

Roger Bootle • Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU

Alan Rusbridger • Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

James Vincent • AI Is Killing the Old Web, and the New Web Struggles to Be Born

Diana M. Smith • Putting an end to political nonsense