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Vaccines, the Super Bowl, and Microwaved Brains: How Americans Caught ‘Freedom Convoy’ Fever
A burgeoning effort to replicate Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” protest here in the United States shows every sign of becoming mired in dysfunction, as adherents of diverging conspiracy theories struggle to find common cause to ignite their own nationwide trucker-themed movement.
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Trump Thinks Facebook’s Wipeout Might Have Something to Do With a Little Thing Called TRUTH
Why is Facebook struggling? Clearly, it’s not that the site itself is garbage, or that its parent company Meta’s pivot to the “metaverse” positions its future on a buzzword, or even that it’s racked up enough scandals that it spends more money on lobbyists than Exxon or Phillip Morris.
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QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Force Butterfly Sanctuary to Shut Down
After spending years coming after furniture and pizza, QAnon followers are finally ruining life for butterflies and those who enjoy them.
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Spotify Will Never Do Anything About Joe Rogan
Wildly popular podcaster Joe Rogan is just asking questions. The wrong questions, and an awful lot of them — especially when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. He’s discouraged young people from getting vaccinated, promoted theories that unsupported COVID treatment ivermectin isn’t in broader use to protect vaccine profits, and invited well-known bullshit artists to…