Monday Morning Tabs

For your consideration.

Oz Shifts Strategy for the General

Pay no attention to the endorsement behind the candidate.

Google Builds Blog Troll

The company’s new AI technology looks awfully familiar.

Queer Couples, Divorce, and Custody Rights

An ugly divorce exposes a gap in our legal structure.

General Breedlove’s Integrity

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

EU Tries to Regulate Social Media

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

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The End of Passwords?

One of the great annoyances of the Internet is slowly going away.

Census Undercounted Some Groups, Overcounted Others

Antiquated counting methods lead to misallocation of resources.

West Shamed Into Action

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

Putin Threatens Ukrainian Statehood

A remarkable display of blaming the victim (by the victimizer).

West Accelerates Pressure on Russia

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

Dan Patrick’s Attack on Tenure in Texas

His attacks are, in fact, the best case for tenure.

Joe Rogan, Experienced

Out of a sense of fairness, I gave a listen.

Yahoo News: News for Yahoos?

The longtime aggregator is now serving mostly non-news content.

Mixing Music and Politics

You pay for this but they give you that.

Wonkier Worldwide Web

The Internets are terrible.

Is Autocracy Really Winning?

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

Back to SCOTUS Reform and “Legitimacy”

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

The Psychology of Internet Fame

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

10 Million Jobs, 8.4 Million Unemployed

A series of mismatches mean would-be workers can’t find employment despite an abundance of openings.

COVID Schadenfreude Journalism

A new story archetype is all too common.

Porn Site OnlyFans Bans Porn

Making sense of a weird story.

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Vaccine Incentivization: Sticks Better Than Carrots

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

Amazon ‘Controls Everything You Watch’

The tech giant is even more powerful than you think.

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Biden’s ‘Promoting Competition’ Order

The President announced a whopping 72 initiatives to rein in corporate power and lower prices.

People Are Crazy (Fact Check Edition)

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Some CRT Theory/Politics of Race Thoughts

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

Biden’s Justice Department and the Press

Vague reporting makes it hard to know whether the latest scandal is scandalous.

Demi Lovato’s Pronouns

The singer now wishes to be referred to as “they.”

Half-Mast or Half-Assed?

A powerful symbol has been robbed of its significance.

DC Statehood and Power Politics

More voice, more votes, more representation.

Maxine Waters Under Fire

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

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The ‘Right to Inspect’ in the Internet Era

The law is out of sync with modern realities.

Woke Street Journal?

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

The Consolidation of Journalism

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

Ken Burns Blocking BIPOC Filmmakers?

Is he bogarting all the good documentaries?

United States Less Democratic Than it Used to Be

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

Elite Private Schools, Race, and Fear of the Woke

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

Amazon Killing Libraries?

The quasi-monopoly power of the world’s largest bookstore is problematic. Maybe.

Fact-Checking in a Fact-Free World

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

Turley on Impeachment, Redux

Outliers are bad places to look for solid support of your argument.

The Revolving Door and the Appearance of Impropriety

Biden nominees Janet Yellen, Tony Blinken, and Avril Haines are under scrutiny for their financial disclosures.

Are “Liberal” States Shrinking?

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

The Great Unbundling

The days of one-stop media shopping are long gone.

Barr Weighs in

Barr finds no fraud.

‘Anonymous’ Still Anonymous

Some guy you never heard of is the guy.

Peek Hack

Up is down. Down is up.

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

Stupidity Was The Other Plague We Mismanaged

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.