How Many Bots Are on Twitter? The Question Is Difficult to Answer and Misses the Point
A disingenuous defense of Twitter bots.
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New York Times, Defense Intelligence Agency Go Wobbly on Ukraine Prospects as Militias + Russia Continues to Grind Down Opposition in Donbass
It’s becoming hard for the West to pretend that Russia will fail at its aims in Ukraine, most importantly, destroying its abilty to wage war.
Read more...Disney Hasn’t Found Itself in This Much Trouble Since 1941
Disney is getting a long-overdue comeuppance.
Read more...Journalist Gonzalo Lira Is Alive and So Is His Bucha Video
We are glad to see confirmation that Gonzalo Lira is alive and are reposting his short-lived but important Bucha video.
Read more...Lee Camp: NY Times Goes After Indie Journalists
Lee Camp calls out the New York Times’ many acts of malpractice, including the smearing of real journalists like Ben Norton.
Read more...Why ‘Bad’ Ads Appear on ‘Good’ Websites – A Computer Scientist Explains
Explaining the sometimes perverse operation of online ads.
Read more...The Impact of Fox News on the US COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
Is Fox responsible for America’s low vaccination rate?
Read more...Twitter Re-Ban of Scott Ritter, Kafkaesque Support of Impersonator, Is All About Anti-Russia Propaganda
If you doubt that freedom of expression is dead in America, look no futher than Twitter’s shabby, policy-breaking treatment of Scot Ritter
Read more...Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy
A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Cloudalists: Our New Cloud-Based Ruling Class
Capitalism is on the wane. Cloudalists, owners of a new form of “command capital,” have gained exorbitant power over everyone else.
Read more...The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why
How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.
Read more...Putin-Scholz Phone Call on “Gas for Roubles” Mechanism Conforms to Our Assessment; Disputes Over Russia Force Reduction Around Kiev; West Pressure on China, India Continues
What Russia is up to and what if anything the West can do continues to dominate the media. Too bad we know so little about what is afoot
Read more...The Subtle Psychology of Nudges During a Pandemic
For years, the U.S. and U.K. governments embraced the concept of nudges to change social behavior. Then came Covid-19.
Read more...John Helmer: “Zelensky Himself Is Now in Polish Hands;” March 15 Summit with Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Prime Ministers in Przemysl, Poland, Not Kiev
It appears Urkainian President Zelensky was not in Kiev on March 15 as widely reported, but in Poland….and presumably still is there.
Read more...This Ironic World: Does Climate Hope Encourage Climate Inaction?
Why climate change hopium really is bad for you and all of us.
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