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nyt, atlantic, and msnbc are aiming their rage at americans after trump’s win, but other outlets seem ready to navigate an entirely revised political and cultural environment
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this week, former wapo reporter taylor lorenz accused us of regularly posting false information, which we categorically deny, and are following up with a list of lies she’s told online
Neeraja Deshpandea brief recap of the bangers you missed at the first day of hereticon II (admit it, you have fomo)
Pirate Wires
the “donald trump and fascism” wikipedia page appeared the same day the guardian published a 4,000-word article called “is donald trump a fascist?” — and it’s still up
Ashley Rindsberg
a powerful group of editors is hijacking wikipedia, pushing pro-palestinian propaganda, erasing key facts about hamas, and reshaping the narrative around israel with alarming influence
Ashley Rindsberg
pirate wires #127 // a second attempt on trump’s life (his fault btw) overshadowed by the question of migrants eating cats, immigration, and the devilish power of a meme
Mike Solana
controlled by banks, b2b payments account for $120 trillion yearly — compared to stripe’s $1 trillion — with the banks extracting fees every step of the way. what if stripe had a way to disrupt this?
Bridget Harris
a group of anonymous 𝕏 accounts are shaping narratives by influencing industry leaders, public intellectuals, and politicians — we asked them how they got here
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this week, former wapo reporter taylor lorenz accused us of regularly posting false information, which we categorically deny, and are following up with a list of lies she’s told online
a powerful group of editors is hijacking wikipedia, pushing pro-palestinian propaganda, erasing key facts about hamas, and reshaping the narrative around israel with alarming influence
Ashley Rindsbergcontrolled by banks, b2b payments account for $120 trillion yearly — compared to stripe’s $1 trillion — with the banks extracting fees every step of the way. what if stripe had a way to disrupt this?
Bridget Harrisa group of anonymous 𝕏 accounts are shaping narratives by influencing industry leaders, public intellectuals, and politicians — we asked them how they got here
Kevin Chaiken
honduras' new government has reneged on its 50-year commitment to charter cities like próspera. now, the city's founders are waiting to find out if their project will be deemed illegal.
Kevin Chaiken
we've known for years from mainstream reporting that british-pakistani men perpetrated some of the UK's worst child grooming gang scandals. why is wikipedia now calling it a moral panic?
Kevin Chaikennyt, atlantic, and msnbc are aiming their rage at americans after trump’s win, but other outlets seem ready to navigate an entirely revised political and cultural environment
the “donald trump and fascism” wikipedia page appeared the same day the guardian published a 4,000-word article called “is donald trump a fascist?” — and it’s still up
Ashley Rindsberg
what accounts for the cftc’s “sheer hatred” of political prediction markets that has led it to conduct a years-long campaign to ban them from the united states?
Jack Solowey
despite a well-established, unambiguous supreme court precedent, vp pick tim walz argues (yet again) that hate speech isn't constitutionally protected
Riley Nork
a san francisco voter guide for people who aren’t insane
The Pirate Wires Editorial Boardpirate wires #127 // a second attempt on trump’s life (his fault btw) overshadowed by the question of migrants eating cats, immigration, and the devilish power of a meme
Mike Solanaa brief recap of the bangers you missed at the second day of hereticon II (admit it, you have fomo)
a brief recap of the bangers you missed at the first day of hereticon II (admit it, you have fomo)
Pirate Wires
how the national park service's 'yosemite mafia' is abusing federal power to enrich themselves, quash investigations, and threaten the adventurous american spirit
Brendan Weinstein
scientists have tried for years to determine the cause of human sexuality, but female-to-male transsexuals and roided male bodybuilders may have already figured it out
Sanjana Friedman
techcrunch’s wild spiral into madness reminds us of the stakes, a brief history of “new” media, and notes from pirate wires — what we knew, what we learned along the way, and where we’re going
Mike Solana
from the christ-like resurrection of america’s frat boy to the chadification of tech, anti-masculinity is over; chad maximalism has arrived
Mike Solananyt, atlantic, and msnbc are aiming their rage at americans after trump’s win, but other outlets seem ready to navigate an entirely revised political and cultural environment
Ashley Rindsbergthis week, former wapo reporter taylor lorenz accused us of regularly posting false information, which we categorically deny, and are following up with a list of lies she’s told online
Neeraja Deshpandea brief recap of the bangers you missed at the second day of hereticon II (admit it, you have fomo)
Pirate Wiresa brief recap of the bangers you missed at the first day of hereticon II (admit it, you have fomo)
Pirate Wiresthe “donald trump and fascism” wikipedia page appeared the same day the guardian published a 4,000-word article called “is donald trump a fascist?” — and it’s still up
Ashley Rindsbergcontrolled by banks, b2b payments account for $120 trillion yearly — compared to stripe’s $1 trillion — with the banks extracting fees every step of the way. what if stripe had a way to disrupt this?
Bridget Harrisa group of anonymous 𝕏 accounts are shaping narratives by influencing industry leaders, public intellectuals, and politicians — we asked them how they got here
Kevin Chaikena powerful group of editors is hijacking wikipedia, pushing pro-palestinian propaganda, erasing key facts about hamas, and reshaping the narrative around israel with alarming influence
Ashley Rindsbergwhat accounts for the cftc’s “sheer hatred” of political prediction markets that has led it to conduct a years-long campaign to ban them from the united states?
Jack Soloweyhonduras' new government has reneged on its 50-year commitment to charter cities like próspera. now, the city's founders are waiting to find out if their project will be deemed illegal.
Kevin Chaikenwe've known for years from mainstream reporting that british-pakistani men perpetrated some of the UK's worst child grooming gang scandals. why is wikipedia now calling it a moral panic?
Kevin Chaiken
a cottage industry of wikipedia editing services has emerged since the site's founding, and powerful brands and notable media outlets are some of its biggest clients
Ashley Rindsberghow the national park service's 'yosemite mafia' is abusing federal power to enrich themselves, quash investigations, and threaten the adventurous american spirit
Brendan Weinsteindespite a well-established, unambiguous supreme court precedent, vp pick tim walz argues (yet again) that hate speech isn't constitutionally protected
Riley Nork
after making it through california's legislature, effective altruist-backed sb 1047 was defeated after newsom vetoed it on sunday
Brandon Gorrell
new information suggests biden admin regulators deliberately killed off crypto-friendly silvergate in an attempt to decapitate the us crypto industry
Nic Cartera san francisco voter guide for people who aren’t insane
The Pirate Wires Editorial Boardpirate wires #127 // a second attempt on trump’s life (his fault btw) overshadowed by the question of migrants eating cats, immigration, and the devilish power of a meme
Mike Solana
inside the quietly growing industry of companies dedicated to fighting “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “narrative attacks,” whose primary customers are western governments and global brands
Ashley Rindsberg
a brief recap of the bangers that you may have missed while you were sunning on your yacht
Mike Solana
the telegram ceo’s arrest embodies the white-hot issues of security, censorship, government interference, geopolitics and the manic competition for all-important eyeballs that is the internet today
Ashley Rindsberg
our astronauts are stuck in space, anduril's arsenal-1, US manufacturing, tariffs, google, trump, media, our vanishing internet, palmer's most heretical thoughts, and hope for the future
Mike Solana
pirate wires #126 // brazil bans x as the global war on speech continues, the overton window shifts to jailing founders, and facing the despotism now before us
Mike Solana
wikipedia editors churn news articles from an overwhelmingly left-leaning list of “reliable sources” into neutrality-emblazoned fact
Ashley Rindsberg
in the face of overwhelming resistance to sb 1047, scott wiener continues to defend effective altruists' position, while mischaracterizing opponents as just the "loudest voices"
Dean W. Ball
pirate wires #125 // america goes cuckoo for coconut, VCs for kamala, war on the “substance demanders,” EU moves for global censorship, and how the world has changed since we’ve been vibing
Mike Solana
a new labour government is flexing its muscles after a decade and a half out of power, during which time the internet grew exponentially, but british control over the internet didn’t
Allen Farrington and Preston Byrne
criticisms of sb 1047 have reached a fever pitch, with academics and politicians joining silicon valley in a rejection of the ambiguous regulatory regime it would impose on the industry
Brandon Gorrell and Riley Nork
wikipedia cofounder dr. larry sanger on the establishment takeover of wikipedia, corporate control of online knowledge, why information disappears from the internet, and more
Mike Solana
a house judiciary report suggests an advertising cabal organized a boycott of 𝕏 and took similar actions against other websites it deems ideologically problematic
Riley Nork
inside the cultural revolution at wikipedia, which pivoted it from a decentralized database of all the world's knowledge to a top-down social activism and advocacy machine
Ashley Rindsberg
