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Real Time True Crime: The Unsatisfying and Often Damaging Outcomes of Internet Sleuthing

We do this every single time and it's never what we expect

Dec 20 •

Being a Writer Means Learning to Survive Platform Collapse

Keep your eyes open, your instincts primed, and your bags packed.

Dec 13 •

The Hard Problem of Social Media: Run Rabbit Run

The social media landscape continues to fracture, but is anyone learning the lessons?

Nov 29 •

Meet the Real Elites

Maybe it's the pundits telling you who to believe

Nov 15 •

The Silicon Valley Insurrection: Take Back the Internet

To save ourselves from fascism we need to wrest back control of our digital lives

Nov 1 •

The Censorship Grievance Industrial Complex: Part 2 - The War on Truth

Free speech is important. The right wants you to believe education is its enemy. Don't believe their lies.

Oct 4 •

Alien vs Predator Requiem: Elon Musk Takes the Knee

In retrospect I should have expected that Elon would crumple under pressure like a Cybertruck

Jul 19 •

The Ailing Health of the Substack Health Community

Why is it so hard to create a popular health newsletter that doesn't reject health science?

Jun 28 •

The Liberty to Lie: Descending Into a Post-Truth World

We don't value truth as we once did, and the implications for society are frightening.

Jun 14 •

What Is a Grifter?

Online is an ideological minefield. How do we know who is acting in good faith?

May 24 •

Is There Any Point to Exposing Anonymous Bigotry?

Far more often than not, it's the bigots who win

May 10 •

For Free Speech to Survive, We Must Kill Twitter

The commodification of speech is harming our society. Is it possible to build an internet commons?

Apr 26 •

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