television 1963 Twilight Zone episode warned how fascism spreads Ellsworth Toohey

maga Over 18,000 bots amplified Nicki Minaj's pro-Trump posts on X Ellsworth Toohey

politics Sydney Sweeney ad outrage reveals darker political manipulation strategy Ellsworth Toohey

public health As avian flu spreads, backyard chicken groups share conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

News Neo-Nazi leader who protested drag queen story hours arrested for child pornography Ellsworth Toohey

politics It can't just be the brain worm: what the hell is wrong with RFK, Jr? Yoy Luadha

climate change Big oil published "research" denying that fossil fuels drove climate change. Privately, they knew otherwise. Elías Villoro

racism Dhoruba Bin Wahad was jailed for 19 years in the FBI's illegal COINTELPRO project Elías Villoro

law Former leader of neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Division jailed for 7 years Rob Beschizza

psychology A game designer explains the success of QAnon, in terms of game design Thom Dunn

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

racism Trump administration bans diversity training for federal workers, calling it "Anti-American" Thom Dunn

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media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

law Tiktok took less than a day to settle parents' lawsuit over spying on their kids Cory Doctorow

nazis Hate speech on 4chan is up by 40% since 2015, analysis of one million comments finds Xeni Jardin

russia Seth Rich conspiracy was a Russian military operation: Yahoo News Xeni Jardin

aoc Bipartisan groups call on Congress to reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment, which Gingrich killed in 1995 Cory Doctorow

gwot Big Tech is deleting evidence needed to prosecute war crimes, and governments want them to do more of it Cory Doctorow