John Battelle's Search Blog From the Archive: Tech Must Get Over Its Superman Complex, Or We’re All Screwed
Five years ago I was posting a lot to a publication called NewCo Shift, which is now offline. I got ahold of the archives, and found this review, which hasn’t lost any of its relevance –…
American Heretics: Donald Trump and White Christian Nationalists Spread the False White Gospel • The Asset
Episode · The Asset · Donald Trump and White Christian Nationalists have formed an unholy alliance to pervert the main tenets of Christianity to manifest their unbridled desire for power. Rev. Jim Wallis calls on all Americans to reject and help dismantle a false gospel that propagates white supremacy and autocracy with insights and analysis based upon his new book, The False White Gospel .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Saudi Crown Prince accused of hacking Jeff Bezos' phone met with more than a dozen tech execs and celebs during the same US trip. From Tim Cook to Oprah, here's everyone Mohammed bin Salman met with. | Business Insider India
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Subverting Elites and Manipulating the Masses: how Russian Interference Corrupts American Politics • desk russie
Russian political culture has already permeated some American political circles. Fortunately, American opinion remains overwhelmingly pro-Kyiv, as does the Republican establishment.
Infamous British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher espoused a fusionist ideology which sought to weld pseudo-individualism to the traditionalist collectivism of the nuclear family and the nation state in a manner not unlike her American counterpart Ronald Reagan. Unsurprisingly, this ideological chimera led to an incoherent world view that rhetorically championed the freedom of the individual,...
Soundtrack: Masters of Reality - High Noon Amsterdam
I have said almost everything in this piece in every one of these articles for months. I am not upset, but just stating an obvious truth. The current state of affairs effectively pushes against the boundaries of good sense, logic and reason,
Pluralistic: Why is this Canadian university scared of you seeing its Privacy Impact Assessment? (01 Aug 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Many top porn stars on OnlyFans hire ‘chatters’ to impersonate them online. These impostors have boosted the site's growth – but some subscribers call it fraud.
Years of U.S., NATO miscalculations left Ukraine massively outgunned
The U.S. Army and NATO made key strategic, funding and production mistakes that led to shortages of a pivotal weapon Ukraine needs to thwart Russia's advances.
We bought what’s needed to make millions of fentanyl pills–for $3,600
Reuters penetrated the illicit fentanyl trade, buying chemicals and gear online to make millions of pills. Cost: $3,600. Why the opioid crisis is so hard to stop
Fentanyl’s deadly chemistry: How criminals make illicit opioids
The illegal synthetic opioid industry is built on surprisingly simple chemistry. Here’s the science behind fentanyl, and how underworld “cooks” put it to work.
In case you hadn't noticed, over the course of the first week of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign, when it was hard to know what was real or what was happening, "weird"
It took a full-scale invasion for the world to begin talking about this swindle in international politics, but a year later, the problem still hasn’t been addressed