Why ‘Bad’ Ads Appear on ‘Good’ Websites – A Computer Scientist Explains
Explaining the sometimes perverse operation of online ads.
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The Impact of Fox News on the US COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
Is Fox responsible for America’s low vaccination rate?
Read more...Twitter Re-Ban of Scott Ritter, Kafkaesque Support of Impersonator, Is All About Anti-Russia Propaganda
If you doubt that freedom of expression is dead in America, look no futher than Twitter’s shabby, policy-breaking treatment of Scot Ritter
Read more...Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy
A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Cloudalists: Our New Cloud-Based Ruling Class
Capitalism is on the wane. Cloudalists, owners of a new form of “command capital,” have gained exorbitant power over everyone else.
Read more...The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why
How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.
Read more...Putin-Scholz Phone Call on “Gas for Roubles” Mechanism Conforms to Our Assessment; Disputes Over Russia Force Reduction Around Kiev; West Pressure on China, India Continues
What Russia is up to and what if anything the West can do continues to dominate the media. Too bad we know so little about what is afoot
Read more...The Subtle Psychology of Nudges During a Pandemic
For years, the U.S. and U.K. governments embraced the concept of nudges to change social behavior. Then came Covid-19.
Read more...John Helmer: “Zelensky Himself Is Now in Polish Hands;” March 15 Summit with Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Prime Ministers in Przemysl, Poland, Not Kiev
It appears Urkainian President Zelensky was not in Kiev on March 15 as widely reported, but in Poland….and presumably still is there.
Read more...This Ironic World: Does Climate Hope Encourage Climate Inaction?
Why climate change hopium really is bad for you and all of us.
Read more...Reader Apologies re Highlighting Out of Date Scott Ritter Video; Wall Street Buys Russian Bonds, MbS Snubs US Investments, Biden Tries to Arm-Twist India, and Putin Can Still Blow the Peace
Some updates on Ukraine, including having gotten caught in the fog of misinformation.
Read more...“Just Scandalous”: CDC Withholding Most of the Covid Data It Gathers. What Is It Trying to Hide?
We predicted the new CDC head, Rochelle Walensky, would do badly. A New York Times story shows how she’s underperforming our low expectations
Read more...Appeal in Sarah Palin’s Libel Loss Could Set up Supreme Court Test of Decades-Old Media Freedom Rule
How serious a loss to press freedom would it be if the Supreme Court lowered the bar to defamation suits?
Read more...An FTI Consulting Presentation Pulls Back the Veil on Fossil Fuel PR and Shale Greenwashing
FTI Consulting 2015 slides tout “discrediting” science, “debunking” documentaries, and hype its fracking industry project Energy In Depth
Read more...Covid Situation Continuing to Develop Not Necessarily to the Officialdom’s Advantage
The new Covid news isn’t better than the old Covid news, and some is actually disconcerting.
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