Online Conspiracies About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Are Out of Control
Conspiracy theorists are calling the Baltimore bridge collapse a “black swan event,” and blaming everything from Israel to DEI to Covid vaccines.
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Elon Musk Is Posting Nonstop Falsehoods About ‘Grooming Gangs’
Musk’s posts, which have racked up hundreds of millions of views on X, are his latest effort at inserting himself into UK politics.
Continue ReadingBroadcast TV Is Dying. Trump Is Threatening It Anyway
The slow fade of broadcast television—one of the few remaining free sources of news and entertainment—is about to accelerate, thanks to the policies of the new US presidential administration.
Continue ReadingInstagram and Threads will no longer recommend political content
Meta will no longer recommend political content to users on Instagram or Threads unless users opt-in to a new setting.
Continue ReadingNetherlands first in Europe to approve lab-grown meat tastings
Yesterday, the Dutch government released an official letter announcing it will allow the tasting of meat and seafood products cultivated from animal cells under specified conditions.
Following in the footsteps of the US and Singapore, the
The Quiet Death of Biden’s Climate Corps—and What Comes Next
Biden’s green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it’s shutting down before Trump takes office.
Continue ReadingMAGA Is Blaming DEI for the California Wildfires
Rather than months without rain or the effects of climate change, figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. are pointing to a familiar scapegoat as entire neighborhoods burn.
Continue ReadingProud Boys Leaders to Walk Free After Trump Releases All January 6 Rioters
Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, was among nearly 1,600 January 6 defendants who were either pardoned or had their sentences commuted. He is expected to be in Miami by Tuesday afternoon.
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