education What's wrong with blaming "information" for political chaos Cory Doctorow

politics Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "polarization" Rob Beschizza

politics 'Haley Voters for Harris' speaking out Jason Weisberger

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Alito is even more radical than you think Yoy Luadha

COVID-19 New study provides the "definitive answer on masks." They work. Jennifer Sandlin

censuring Jamaal Bowman Lawmaker bashes Marjorie Taylor Greene: "pathetic and disgusting" (video) Carla Sinclair

AI New Steak-umm campaign turns vegans into meat-lovers to provide critical education about AI deepfakes Jennifer Sandlin

texas Celebrate Banned Books Week (October 1-7) with Harris County Public Library, which was recently declared a "book sanctuary" Jennifer Sandlin

police After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics Elías Villoro

maga Watch: CNN's 10-minute explainer of the Proud Boys Mark Frauenfelder

tucker carlson Knight Foundation invites white nationalist Tucker Carlson to speak on the future of news  Mark Frauenfelder

democracy Nobody's off the hook Marina Gorbis

music Dark Side of Light's "bummer summer" breeze Daniel Siwek

sensemaking WTF is going on? Sensemaking in hyper weird times Ferdinando Buscema

politics Facebook studied how it polarizes users, then ignored the research Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

scholarship Facebook promised to provide academics data to study disinformation, but their foot-dragging has endangered the whole project Cory Doctorow

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