New and Improved Propaganda Machines
We carry propaganda machines in our pockets. Propaganda isn't just to misinform, but to distract us and exhaust the capacity for critical thinking. When you're struggling to decide between 25…
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Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- The Guardian's This is Climate Breakdown series offers first-hand accounts of the current catastrophes arising out of the climate crisis. And Michael Mann…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Michael Harris offers some lessons about the U.S.' values based on this week's election results. Rebecca Solnit opines that the largest failing of American…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Oliver Willis writes about the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency - and the importance of not conceding core values out of deference…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jonathan Watts reports on a new Oxfam report finding that the carbon emissions of the wealthiest few result directly in increased hunger and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Saskatchewan election day reading. And if you haven't voted yet, now's the time! (Update: Also, ReginaPosterBoy's summary of the Sask Party's track record (via Cathie) is…
Propaganda vs Real Risk Scenarios: Sickness is health.
Arijit Chakravarty is a biologist who uses biotech and math to understand and write about Covid. He wrote a very long thread that I'll abridge here: "Over the last five…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Will Hutton discusses how the growing gap between the rich and everybody else is eating away at Britain's collective well-being, while Phillip Inman…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Jessica Glenza reports on a new survey showing that the overwhelming majority of U.S. youth are (rightly) worried about the climate crisis. Pamela Swanigan…
Masks or Longterm Illness in Children – It Shouldn’t be a Difficult Decision
Sara Novak recently wrote about the study that found 20% of children have Long Covid, aka PASC (Post Acute Sequelae of Covid) that I discussed in August, but Novak brought…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Glen Hendrix wonders whether any talk about impending civilizational collapse may miss the point that we've already largely lost any ethic of care deserving…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Hsu discusses how people massively underestimate the disproportionate climate damage done by the uber-wealthy. Mark Fawcett-Atkinson notes that the dirty energy industry is…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Fiona Harvey reports on the UN's warning that fossil fuel propagandists are engaged in a massive disinformation campaign to keep us spewing carbon…
Covering Up a Pandemic
Earlier today, Salvatore Mattera wrote this piece about the media silence -- or censorship -- around Covid. Otherwise known as propaganda by omission. This rest of this post is entirely…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Geoffrey Deihl writes about the polycrisis we're currently facing - and the need to stand up to those determined to inflict it on us.…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Geoffrey Deihl writes about the polycrisis we're currently facing - and the need to stand up to those determined to inflict it on us.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Marianne Cooper and Maxim Voronov optimistically suggest that our state of denial surrounding the climate crisis and other collective action problems can’t get…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Marianne Cooper and Maxim Voronov optimistically suggest that our state of denial surrounding the climate crisis and other collective action problems can't get any…
Living in a False Reality
Without testing or wastewater data warning us of rising cases of viruses in our regions ahead of time, we can only look to excess deaths after the fact. Bleak times.…
Living in a False Reality
Without testing or wastewater data warning us of rising cases of viruses in our regions ahead of time, we can only look to excess deaths after the fact. Bleak times.This…