Rolling Stone
The Traitors Among Us
4 min · · Donald Trump likes to call his opponents traitors — but if he’s looking for treasonous behavior, he should look within his own party · Shared by 14, including Chris DeVore, TonyParisi.eth, Trey Tweets Into the Void
The Guardian
The disinformation age: a revolution in propaganda
17+ min · · Troll farms, bots, dark ads, fake news ... from Putin’s Russia to Brexit Britain, new methods are being used to change politics and crush dissent. It’s time to fight back · Shared by 82, including luis antónio santos, Jochen Burkhard, Mark Little, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Lluís Codina, marco iacoboni
The Atlantic
From Narratives to Networks: The Changing World of Protests
2 min · · Around the world, authoritarian governments have been using conspiracy theories and disinformation to disrupt protest movements. The protesters are evolving to take them on. · Shared by 8
The Guardian
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: 'Hope is contagious'
15+ min · · One is America’s youngest-ever congresswoman, the other a Swedish schoolgirl. Two of the most powerful voices on the climate speak for the first time · Shared by 126, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, CORRECTIV, Rick Powell, Stephanie A Kowalski, Vincenzo Tremonte, Klaus Eck, Thomas Power, Charles Baldwin, Liliane Ferrari ™, redjotter, Reda El Arbi, Hannes Gassert, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Katja Evertz
Al Jazeera English
Why a hipster, vegan, green tech economy is not sustainable
· Improving eco-efficiency within a capitalist growth-oriented system will not save the environment. · Shared by 26
❤️ Umair
Why We’re Underestimating American Collapse
6 min · · The Strange New Pathologies of the World’s First Rich Failed State · Shared by 473, including Katja Evertz, Daniel Lawniczak, Arin Basu, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Dez S. Papp, Mark Kaigwa, Nils Hitze, Liv 😷, Helmi, Carl Morris, Mike Butcher, Julien Tanay, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Paolo Sinelli, Tim O'Reilly, Sam Proud, Florian Hanke 🍎
truthonthemarket.com
GDPR After One Year: Costs and Unintended Consequences
5 min · · GDPR is officially one year old. How have the first 12 months gone? As you can see from the mix of data and anecdotes below, it appears that compliance costs have been astronomical; individual “data… · Shared by 100, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Leo Polovets, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Clemens, BrendanEich, Jonathan Kogan, bouiboui, Thomas Power, Yvette Dubel
medium.com
Startups Are Racing to Commercialize DeepFakes’ Powerful, Internet-Breaking AI
· A slew of startups are using AI to push the boundaries of media manipulation—and they all promise to have ethics in mind · Shared by 13, including Michael Grupe
The Bulwark
What Changed My Mind About Climate Change?
5 min · · I spent the better part of my professional life (1991-2014) working at a libertarian think tank—the Cato Institute—arguing against climate action. As Cato’s director of Natural Resource Studies (and… · Shared by 70, including Tim O'Reilly, Luca M. Sergio, Tom Connor, Dominik Grolimund, Taylor Pearson, Katja Evertz, Nils Hitze, Rico Grimm, Glenn Oberholzer, Paul Graham
The Guardian
Google’s Huawei ban is good news: tech giants shouldn’t always get their way
2 min · · Big tech has gone unchallenged for too long, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins · Shared by 6
The Guardian
Merkel: Europe must unite to stand up to China, Russia and US
5 min · · German chancellor also shares views on Brexit and climate crisis in interview · Shared by 22, including Massimo Banzi
Nieman Lab
Fact-checking can’t do much when people’s “dueling facts” are driven by values instead of knowledge » Nieman Journalism Lab
4 min · · Shared by 74, including luis antónio santos, Stephanie A Kowalski, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nieman Reports, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Jeremy Caplan, Simon Carless, Alina Fichter, Mario Clemente, Mathew Ingram, Mark Little
POLITICO
How the Intercept Is Fueling the Democratic Civil War
17+ min · · The national security site has found fresh energy as a savvy, progressive attack dog in national politics. But is it undermining its own side? · Shared by 58, including Mathew Ingram, luis antónio santos, Thomas Pleil, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Charles Baldwin, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Brad Brooks
MIT Technology Review
Lessons from a genocide can prepare humanity for climate apocalypse
11+ min · · The bad news is that our slow-motion ecological catastrophe demands new ways of thinking. The good news? We’ve faced the end of the world before. · Shared by 27, including Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Stefano ₿Ξrnardi 🌲🏴, Future of Life Institute
medium.com
Operation Mindfuck 2.0
3 min · · Propaganda used to mean getting people to believe stuff. Now it means getting them to question what they believe or whether there’s any truth at all. However disorienting this is, it may not be all… · Shared by 38, including Mathew Ingram, Gerd Leonhard, douglas rushkoff, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯