Matthew Taibbi

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2023-05-23 21:32:43 UTC

The ZH link to Hans Mahncke’s breakdown of the Durham report is sadly on the money. Our own Sue Schmidt did a similar piece: https://www.racket.news/p/damn-thats-thin-i-know-it-sucks-the #note1wws…97s9

2023-05-23 21:29:44 UTC

New Twitter Files material shows suppression of Covid-related speech in Australia. https://www.racket.news/p/twitter-files-extra-the-covid-censorship

2023-05-19 16:53:30 UTC

“The McCarthy Reboot”
The Censorship-Industrial Complex is new in scale and expense, but in both language and ambition, it's a perfect repeat of our history's darkest chapters
https://open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/report-on-the-censorship-industrial-f83?utm_source=direct&r=5mz1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2023-05-19 16:51:48 UTC

Naval Special Warfare vet Tom Wyatt examines the life he might have lived as an anti-disinfo contractor in “Counter-Disinformation: The New Snake Oil”
https://open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/counter-disinformation-the-new-snake?utm_source=direct&r=5mz1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2023-05-19 16:49:59 UTC

Matt Farwell, who worked with my old Rolling Stone colleague Michael Hastings, traces a hundred years of anti-disinformation efforts in “A Century of Censorship”:
https://open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/a-century-of-censorship?utm_source=direct&r=5mz1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2023-05-10 18:04:02 UTC

After months of work by a team of ten, Racket is posting its taxonomic survey of the Censorship-Industrial Complex. Not paywalled: https://www.racket.news/p/report-on-the-censorship-industrial-74b

2023-04-30 14:15:47 UTC

Listen to this (free) article: Report on the Censorship-Industrial Complex https://www.racket.news/p/listen-to-this-article-report-on#details

2023-04-25 00:02:57 UTC

Anyone have any idea what KDT might stand for in the social media context?

2023-04-21 19:11:32 UTC

Thanks to Kim Iversen for having me on last night, to talk about how a member of congress is threatening me with prison time: https://youtu.be/8qR2AQhPnpE

2023-04-21 12:37:29 UTC

Always fun to have members of congress threaten you with prison: https://leefang.substack.com/p/house-democrat-threatens-twitter

2023-04-18 02:11:44 UTC

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Again, apologies, and I’ve got lots of free stuff coming.

2023-04-18 02:10:35 UTC

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I have three little boys who soon will be eating 18-wheeler beds of food every day, so I’m trying to work round the clock before my brain gives out

2023-04-18 02:06:40 UTC

People are right to complain about paywalling, and if there was a way to use micro-payments to open the door, a lot of independent reporters would probably be for it. The Substack system however has advantages in being relatively censor-proof, while also giving people like me some stability — it’s much better to work for a stable of subscribers than a media corporation.

2023-04-18 02:01:35 UTC

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I mean, I’d make it a tiny fee. The only reason this one is paywalled is because I have a lot of free stuff upcoming. In general the paywall system is clunky. For people like me it’s a net plus, but I don’t like that I have to limit how many people read some things, and obviously readers don’t like that either.

2023-04-18 01:45:28 UTC

“Wikileaks coined the term, ‘Intelligence agency of the people,’” says Stella Assange, Julian’s wife. “Bellingcat went with for the people.”
More: https://www.racket.news/p/the-press-is-now-also-the-police

2023-04-18 01:40:43 UTC

New article: “The Press is Also the Police” https://www.racket.news/p/the-press-is-now-also-the-police

2023-04-15 16:25:58 UTC

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For years now I’ve been conflicted about Twitter. The experience was mostly not fun at all, but the functionality was still very high for my job. The manipulation has started to outweigh the benefits by a lot I think.

2023-04-15 16:20:55 UTC

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That’s better, thanks!

2023-04-15 16:14:11 UTC

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I think this is the real reason they dropped the hammer so much on the “Pentagon Leaker.” The documents aren’t terribly derogatory — some of them even seem over-shaded to make the U.S. look good — but no one reading them could doubt we’re essentially at war, and committed to escalating.

2023-04-15 16:10:15 UTC

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Hey Tyler…

2023-04-15 15:58:24 UTC

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We’re good, thanks! Last day on vacation, in LA… You?

2023-04-15 01:03:20 UTC

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I’m not used to social media without constant troll swarms, so it’ll take some getting used to.

2023-04-14 23:35:30 UTC

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Thank you!

2023-04-14 23:34:46 UTC

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Gotcha. Okay. It’ll take me a bit… but I’ll learn.

2023-04-14 23:33:52 UTC

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Isn’t the whole idea to avoid becoming too dependent on the client?

2023-04-14 23:29:24 UTC

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I’m on Damus

2023-04-14 23:28:22 UTC

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They both sound key. But maybe I should start with lists?

2023-04-14 23:27:26 UTC

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I can believe it

2023-04-14 23:27:16 UTC

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Lol okay, I’ll do my best…

2023-04-14 23:24:53 UTC

Forgive the ignorant question, but what’s the best way to follow news here? Do I create lists? Which functions are the best to use?

2023-04-14 22:59:31 UTC

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Thank you!

2023-04-14 22:54:29 UTC

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So mostly so far I understand the potential advantages in terms of not being subject to censorship or manipulation. What are some of the others?

2023-04-14 22:50:29 UTC

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Lol, I’ve got it: [email protected]

2023-04-14 22:45:10 UTC

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I’ll work on it! Didn’t know

2023-04-14 22:31:17 UTC

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What is that? Apologies…

2023-04-14 22:29:39 UTC

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Having been exposed to so many problems in social media lately, I agree that a decentralized protocol is probably a prerequisite to a functioning information landscape.

2023-04-14 20:00:49 UTC

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I’m using Damus….

2023-04-14 04:51:46 UTC

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Is that the same as my account ID? Apologies, I’m a bit slow at this.

2023-04-13 21:50:22 UTC

Hello all…