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Misinformation (In Practice)

Jaybird November 16, 2024

Is playing an ad meant for one market in another and saying "this is a real ad!"...

Not Satire: The Onion Buys Infowars with Help from Sandy Hook Families Alex Jones

Not Satire: The Onion Buys Infowars with Help from Sandy Hook Families

OT Editors November 14, 2024

Some headlines just write themselves...

An Election Map that Asks “What if Only Educated People Voted?” and a Follow-up Question degree

An Election Map that Asks “What if Only Educated People Voted?” and a Follow-up Question

Jaybird November 13, 2024

Some heatmaps and an essential question.

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Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024

Jaybird November 11, 2024

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you for your service.

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From NPR: Germany’s coalition government collapses as Chancellor Scholz fires his finance chief

Jaybird November 7, 2024

Lindner’s ouster came despite appeals within the coalition to stick together in the wake of the election...

The Shepherds have a Credibility Problem 18298852_bbb594833a_m_pitbull

The Shepherds have a Credibility Problem

Jaybird November 6, 2024

Let me begin by pointing out that wolves are bad.

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Open Mic for the week of 11/4/2024

Jaybird November 4, 2024

So... anything interesting happening this week?

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From Twitter: Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he will be voting for Harris

Jaybird October 30, 2024

A downright lovely essay from the former Republican governor

Group Activity: Kamala Harris on Club Shay Shay

OT Editors October 28, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris went on Shannon Sharpe's Club Shay Shay podcast, watch for yourself and comment

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Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024

Jaybird October 28, 2024

On this day in 1965, the Saint Louis Gateway Arch was completed

Group Activity: The Donald Trump Madison Square Garden Rally

OT Editors October 28, 2024

Watch the full remarks by Donald Trump at his Madison Square Graden Rally here and discuss in...

From The Washington Post: On Political Endorsement debt limit

From The Washington Post: On Political Endorsement

Jaybird October 25, 2024

Democracy Dies in Darkness

From The Atlantic: Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’ Horizon: Forbidden West

From The Atlantic: Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’

Jaybird October 23, 2024

A bombshell report from anonymous sources reveal some shocking things that Trump allegedly said

From Semafor: Los Angeles Times won’t endorse for president 6933933007_48e7f9576b_m_capitalism

From Semafor: Los Angeles Times won’t endorse for president

Jaybird October 22, 2024

An LA Times spokesperson told Semafor, “We do not comment on internal discussions or decisions about editorials...

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Open Mic for the week of 10/21/2024

Jaybird October 21, 2024

On this day in 1959, the Guggenheim opened.

From the Cornell Daily Sun: University Bans Four Pro-Palestinian Activists From Campus for Three Years loans

From the Cornell Daily Sun: University Bans Four Pro-Palestinian Activists From Campus for Three Years

Jaybird October 18, 2024

‘This Doesn’t Stop With Taal’

Group Activity: VP Kamala Harris Fox News Interview VP Harris Fox Interview

Group Activity: VP Kamala Harris Fox News Interview

Andrew Donaldson October 17, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview on Fox News with Bret Baier. Watch the...

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From NPR: U.S. woman wins conkers world title, as men’s champ faces metal nut cheating charges

Jaybird October 16, 2024

Pretty much what it says on the tin.

Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024 Blame Canada

Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024

Jaybird October 14, 2024

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

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From the United Nations: Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Jaybird October 10, 2024

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to UNIFIL, the...

Moderateguy on Wednesday Music: Bob Mould Does It AgainFU:EL, to me, had better songs (if not a better overall sound) than Copper Blü. "Your Favorite Thing…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Yeah. I'm kinda surprised they let Israel even participate.
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025A ship has just hit the Brooklyn Bridge. Please drink responsibly.
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025You are dealing with a social species. That makes nearly everything political.
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025I, personally, wish that we had arenas where we could say stuff like "leave the politics at the door…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Eurovision hosts seemed to have a freak out when it looked like Israel was going to win. If you are…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025In video game news, Ubisoft Ubisoft stock price fell after it announced that it would be using its c…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Here's a fun exercise: Look at what actually happened in the last year and a half and, take as a sta…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Where the theory doesn't work you should change the theory, not insist that facts don't matter.
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Yeah, it should but that doesn't mean it will. Everybody with half a brain cell realizes that the Pa…

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Misinformation (In Practice)

Not Satire: The Onion Buys Infowars with Help from Sandy Hook Families

An Election Map that Asks “What if Only Educated People Voted?” and a Follow-up Question

Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024

From NPR: Germany’s coalition government collapses as Chancellor Scholz fires his finance chief

The Shepherds have a Credibility Problem

Open Mic for the week of 11/4/2024

From Twitter: Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he will be voting for Harris

Group Activity: Kamala Harris on Club Shay Shay

Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024

Group Activity: The Donald Trump Madison Square Garden Rally

From The Washington Post: On Political Endorsement

From The Atlantic: Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’

From Semafor: Los Angeles Times won’t endorse for president

Open Mic for the week of 10/21/2024

From the Cornell Daily Sun: University Bans Four Pro-Palestinian Activists From Campus for Three Years

Group Activity: VP Kamala Harris Fox News Interview

From NPR: U.S. woman wins conkers world title, as men’s champ faces metal nut cheating charges

Open Mic for the week of 10/14/2024

From the United Nations: Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

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