Newsletter A vibe shift in the field of misinformation studies and reporting How do our conversations about online harms change as we understand the problems as systemic?
Newsletter Elon Musk wants to make Twitter like an airline Making content to sell ads against? That’ll cost you
Newsletter The Wasted Potential of 'The Twitter Files' The much-anticipated "Twitter Files" have demonstrated a pattern of overreach by woke liberals. Wait, no they haven't.
Newsletter A white nationalist, antisemitic rapper, and former president walk into a golf resort… Where have we heard this one before?
Newsletter Democrats Are Pursuing Another Noble Defeat Republicans have a big advantage over the only other electorally viable party: They’re willing to win.
Newsletter There was a war on for your mind, and you lost The conspiracy mogul may have been served a death blow in court, but his greater project will undoubtedly live on
Newsletter 5 questions about the Proud Boys with author Andy Campbell Andy’s new book ‘We Are Proud Boys’ takes a deep look into the fascist street gang
Newsletter For the record(s): Conspiracy theorists are swarming election offices with copy-and-paste information requests Few seem to even understand exactly what it is they’re asking for.
Newsletter My latest for The Daily Beast 'It’s right in front of our faces, in a place called Truth.'
Newsletter Everything they say shows you Biden is right about ‘MAGA Republicans’ Edited by Sam Thielman RIGHT-WING MEDIA FIGURES and centrist pundits have criticized the language President Joe Biden used to talk about the pro-Trump Republican movement on Thursday: dangerous, extreme, and a threat to this country. I suppose it could be debated whether that kind of language is productive toward healing
Newsletter It was time we made some changes around here SH!TPOST is now called Posting Through It. It has moved from Substack to Ghost. This post explains.
Newsletter The thing about liars is that they don't tell the truth It is less and less likely that Gavin McInnes was arrested while filming his show last week.
Newsletter You can’t kill an idea but sometimes I wish I could Some ‘populist Left’ figures have suggested meshing with the far-right on limited issues. It’s a god-awful idea.
Newsletter ‘Too good to check’: The botched attempt to discredit a horrifying post-Dobbs abortion story Right-wing slop shops called the tune and mainstream news outlets credulously lined up to dance
Newsletter What can the January 6 hearings accomplish? The potential to change minds is minimal. But the process is still vital.
Newsletter ‘Her job is to say something terrible every day so we do all her viral marketing for her’ Marjorie Taylor Greene has mastered the art of attracting and keeping attention
Newsletter Maybe it’s time to rethink what we’re doing on social media. A racist massacre in Buffalo laid bare some shortcomings of modern approaches to online extremist content
Newsletter Abortion is more important than the leak. Besides the leak, has anything else politicized the court recently?
Newsletter My latest for The Daily Beast ‘How Alex Jones’ Conspiracy Empire Has Kept Itself Going Even While Being Banned From Social Media’
Newsletter The world’s cringiest billionaire bought some Twitter stock for his midlife crisis Most people just get convertibles
Newsletter What do these convoy protesters even want anymore? I truly can’t believe this thing is still going on. Don’t you guys need a snack and a nap?
Newsletter Navigating the information warzone around Ukraine Crises are hotbeds of misinformation and propaganda. Here’s a handful of resources to help steer you toward solid information.