Category: Miscellaneous
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Should We Defund State Media?
The answer to that question is very much “no” and for a very good reason. This arises from an article that popped up in one of my feeds about ex-UK PM Liz Truss calling for the abolition of state-funded media, such as the BBC in the UK and PBS in the US. She reportedly said…
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When A Blockage Isn’t A Blockage
So Elon Musk has said something on X and upset a lot of people. Who’d have thought? In this case it’s him reporting that the way blocking works on X will be changing. Specifically, where it has been the case that if a user blocked an account, that account would not be able to view…
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Antisemitism: Less A Problem, More An Opportunity
An article popped up in my feed yesterday that I can’t find again that highlighted a CNN panel discussion. Not to worry, because this page – https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2024/09/20/antisemitism-its-scott-jennings-against-cnn-world – also describes the pertinent part of the article, but in a better way, at least for the purpose of what I want to say. So, the first…
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What About The Truth?
Over the last few days the belief that the nurse Lucy Letby may have suffered a miscarriage of justice by her conviction on multiple counts of murder has built up quite a head of steam. Among others, I’ve seen an article in which an MP says they believe Letby is probably innocent of the murders.…
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One More Thing
The book is finished, but there’s still stuff getting my goat. Here’s where I scratch those itches.