psychopathy

  • Polling the Internet: Disinformation or Not?

    Polling the Internet: Disinformation or Not?

    This week, the New York Times reported that a tranche of classified material had leaked to the web. The documents, which were purported to involve the Pentagon and NATO’s military stratagems to assist the Ukrainians in their war with the Russians, were found on Twitter and the chat app Telegram.


  • You Really Don’t Want the Government to Be Your Content Moderator

    You Really Don’t Want the Government to Be Your Content Moderator

    “All governments lie,” the leftist journalist I.F. Stone once said. Stone wasn’t trying to be provocative, merely pointing out that there’s a pretty basic reason we have a free press in the United States: the government is not a reliable narrator. Governments aren’t inherent liars; they just don’t always have a good reason to tell…


  • How Can You Overcome Climate Dread?

    How Can You Overcome Climate Dread?

    Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life — and the systems that will save us. Check out…