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May 23, 2023
The ZH link to Hans Mahncke’s breakdown of the Durham report is sadly on the money. Our own Sue Schmidt did a similar piece:
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May 23, 2023
New Twitter Files material shows suppression of Covid-related speech in Australia.
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May 19, 2023
“The McCarthy Reboot” The Censorship-Industrial Complex is new in scale and expense, but in both language and ambition, it's a perfect repeat of our history's darkest chapters
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May 19, 2023
Naval Special Warfare vet Tom Wyatt examines the life he might have lived as an anti-disinfo contractor in “Counter-Disinformation: The New Snake Oil”
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May 19, 2023
Matt Farwell, who worked with my old Rolling Stone colleague Michael Hastings, traces a hundred years of anti-disinformation efforts in “A Century of Censorship”:
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May 10, 2023
After months of work by a team of ten, Racket is posting its taxonomic survey of the Censorship-Industrial Complex. Not paywalled:
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Apr 30, 2023
Listen to this (free) article: Report on the Censorship-Industrial Complex
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Apr 25, 2023
Anyone have any idea what KDT might stand for in the social media context?
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Apr 21, 2023
Thanks to Kim Iversen for having me on last night, to talk about how a member of congress is threatening me with prison time:
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Apr 21, 2023
Always fun to have members of congress threaten you with prison:
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Apr 18, 2023
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Again, apologies, and I’ve got lots of free stuff coming.
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Apr 18, 2023
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I have three little boys who soon will be eating 18-wheeler beds of food every day, so I’m trying to work round the clock before my brain gives out
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Apr 18, 2023
People are right to complain about paywalling, and if there was a way to use micro-payments to open the door, a lot of independent reporters would probably be for it. The Substack system however has advantages in being relatively censor-proof, while also giving people like me some stability — it’s much better to work for a stable of subscribers than a media corporation.
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Apr 18, 2023
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I mean, I’d make it a tiny fee. The only reason this one is paywalled is because I have a lot of free stuff upcoming. In general the paywall system is clunky. For people like me it’s a net plus, but I don’t like that I have to limit how many people read some things, and obviously readers don’t like that either.
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Apr 18, 2023
“Wikileaks coined the term, ‘Intelligence agency of the people,’” says Stella Assange, Julian’s wife. “Bellingcat went with for the people.” More:
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Apr 18, 2023
New article: “The Press is Also the Police”
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Apr 15, 2023
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For years now I’ve been conflicted about Twitter. The experience was mostly not fun at all, but the functionality was still very high for my job. The manipulation has started to outweigh the benefits by a lot I think.
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Apr 15, 2023
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That’s better, thanks!
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Apr 15, 2023
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I think this is the real reason they dropped the hammer so much on the “Pentagon Leaker.” The documents aren’t terribly derogatory — some of them even seem over-shaded to make the U.S. look good — but no one reading them could doubt we’re essentially at war, and committed to escalating.
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Apr 15, 2023
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Hey Tyler…
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Apr 15, 2023
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We’re good, thanks! Last day on vacation, in LA… You?
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Apr 15, 2023
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I’m not used to social media without constant troll swarms, so it’ll take some getting used to.
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Apr 14, 2023
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Thank you!
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Apr 14, 2023
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Gotcha. Okay. It’ll take me a bit… but I’ll learn.
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Apr 14, 2023
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Isn’t the whole idea to avoid becoming too dependent on the client?
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Apr 14, 2023
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I’m on Damus
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Apr 14, 2023
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They both sound key. But maybe I should start with lists?
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Apr 14, 2023
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I can believe it
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Apr 14, 2023
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Lol okay, I’ll do my best…
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Apr 14, 2023
Forgive the ignorant question, but what’s the best way to follow news here? Do I create lists? Which functions are the best to use?
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Apr 14, 2023
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Thank you!
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Apr 14, 2023
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So mostly so far I understand the potential advantages in terms of not being subject to censorship or manipulation. What are some of the others?
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Apr 14, 2023
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Lol, I’ve got it: evasiveskirt12@walletofsatoshi.com
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Apr 14, 2023
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I’ll work on it! Didn’t know
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Apr 14, 2023
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What is that? Apologies…
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Apr 14, 2023
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Having been exposed to so many problems in social media lately, I agree that a decentralized protocol is probably a prerequisite to a functioning information landscape.
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Apr 14, 2023
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I’m using Damus….
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Apr 14, 2023
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Is that the same as my account ID? Apologies, I’m a bit slow at this.
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Apr 13, 2023
Hello all…
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