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How a washed-up celebrity, men’s rights activists and true crime stans convinced millions of Americans to buy into a conspiracy theory

Jun 2, 2022

How many variations on "I identify as..." do we need in this world?

Oct 11, 2021

Sorry you didn't get invited to a wedding, I guess?

Nov 23, 2022

The New York Times seems determined to repeat every mistake it made in covering the Holocaust

Feb 22

Time and again, Times reporters respond to criticism with disdain, even though this is exactly how the paper told readers they should offer their…

Dec 20, 2022

A look at Rasmussen's attempt to troll the people it polled.

Feb 28

"Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers…

Jan 26

Starting to think some of the Free Speech Brigade don't actually care about "free speech"

Feb 10

If you care about journalism, if you care about fairness, and you care about the truth, it should matter to you that "the paper of record" is constantly…

Feb 15

Reflecting on a very good newsletter I read this morning.

Jan 9

After listing all the ways Musk embodies the far-right... the Times pretends not to understand where he stands.

Dec 13, 2022

In a long-overdue move, I deleted Twitter from my phone. Here's why.

Oct 25, 2022

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