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Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser
The second is whether we’re continuing to deal more and more people into the transformation. We’ve got over 100,000 farmers…
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Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC
A device capable of intercepting phone signals was likely deployed during the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, WIRED…
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Elon Musk’s Quest for Domination Has Gone Global
Most recently, Musk spread conspiracy theories about Muslim “grooming gangs” in the UK, and called for Tommy Robinson, a far-right…
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Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers in Favor of X-Style Community Notes
Meta announced Tuesday that it is abandoning its third party fact-checking programs on Facebook, Instagram and Threads and replacing its…
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Dictatorships Will Be Vulnerable to Algorithms
AI is often considered a threat to democracies and a boon to dictators. In 2025 it is likely that algorithms…
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In 2024, Fandom Conquered the World
On September 28, Bowen Yang performed one of 2024’s most resonant pieces of political theater while dressed as a pygmy…
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The Year Democrats Lost the Internet
Perhaps in part due to this strategy of exclusion, the audiences Republicans reached were far more engaged with the content…
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As Birth Rates Plummet, Women’s Autonomy Will Be Even More at Risk
History tells us that all freedoms are conditional. In 1920, the Soviet Union became the first country in the world…
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This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover
After years of sitting on the sidelines, content creators became a part of the mainstream political media this year, delivering…
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The Year of the AI Election Wasn’t Quite What Everyone Expected
Many pieces of AI-generated content were used to express support for or fandom of certain candidates. For instance, an AI-generated…
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