Dr. Lola Politicka

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Anthropologist, social media researcher, twenty+years of studying bad behavior on the Internet. Formerly at masthead.social (rip),
NPR quits Twitter: This feels like a milestone in the quick moving disaster of Musk's Twitter. Also, well written article.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label
#journalism #elonmusk #twitter #musk #npr #-
@TonyStark same thing happening in Australia. The conservative right have been crushed in every recent election, at every level. And it's not just young people. A lot of older Australians who might have been expected to vote for the conservatives are turning Left as they see the hopes and dreams of their grandchildren turning to dust.
Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study https://apnews.com/article/c498ffcb2393a1fffd692e1687e62e4e
Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida's surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the mRNA shot, according to drafts of the analysis obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.

Associated Press
Officials in #Tanzania say they have arrested South African national Thabo Bester, a convicted murderer known as the Facebook Rapist. https://www.voanews.com/a/south-africa-s-facebook-rapist-arrested-in-tanzania/7043577.html
South Africa's Facebook Rapist Arrested in Tanzania

Thabo Bester was reported to have died in a prison fire

Voice of America (VOA News)
#Twitter has reportedly failed to disclose some political ads running on its site since early last month. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/10/twitter-political-ads-transparency-00091077
Twitter fails to report some political ads after promising transparency

The platform started accepting political ads again in January.

POLITICO
New in Public Notice: The terrible abortion pill ruling out of Texas is a sign of just how grave the federal judiciary’s legitimacy crisis has become https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/kacsmaryk-federal-judiciary-legitimacy-crisis
The federal judiciary's grave legitimacy crisis

A Texas judge's absurd abortion pill ruling is the latest sign of how bad it's gotten.

Public Notice

So... Matt Taibbi’s Twitter Files tweets haven’t been deleted but Twitter is blocking users from searching for them! This has to be the funniest outcome from the so called #Twitter Files fiasco, which was centered around the "Twitter censors free speech" narrative and now you can't search for the Twitter Files anymore because #ElonMusk censored the reporter who posted them.

What a time to be alive!

Edit: Don't miss the Mehdi vs Taibbi clash. Priceless 👉 https://yewtu.be/watch?v=a597e6Wv_xg

Stay safe out there, all.

Today's dog of war is this one who was guarding the warehouse, the 53rd brigade's former HQ.

10/10 pup but 0/10 guard dog, did not bark when strangers like us walked into the warehouse complex

... or maybe he just had a good feeling about us

You can read and listen to our 11 mo investigation into the 53rd Brigade here.

These stories, after they're done, may look like they're relatively simple, but I spoke to ~100 sources for this story (most of whom unhelpful) before being able to land it!

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/18/1162659715/russian-53rd-anti-aircraft-missile-brigade-ukraine-mh17