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And now you know the rest of the story. No actual surprises here. I’ve been telling people for a while that this is how it works. But this is the first direct insight from someone whose job it was to moderate this kind of thing coming forward and talking about how corrupted and broken the…

I’m not a big fan of the current prime minister, but I have to say that unlike the United States this is not a “right-wing” political sentiment.  During a wave of previous attacks, politicians who are not on the right including, famously, Mayor Nir Barkat of Jerusalem, made similar statements. “What is expected of you,…

Remember all those classic stories about computers watching your every move. We live in that best of all possible worlds. Unfortunately, our tech overlords are human and they keep programming the computers to police our behavior and our thoughts. On that note, Google Docs will now “flag” language that isn’t sufficiently inclusive or that the…

The media is going through its usual routine of canvassing GOP Senate members and finding out who might be willing to vote for the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson. The pretense here is that if Jackson weren’t black, more Republicans than just Susan Collins would be willing to vote for her. Of course, that’s a lie.…