Andrew Tate and the making of an internet villain
He may never be ‘influential’ in the way people claimed, but he’s now a household name
Saturday
Friday
Joyce Carol Oates intellectualizes Yellowstone
An interview with one of the show’s most vocal fans
Monday
The Twitter Files reveal an unholy alliance
There’s a name for when state and corporate powers work hand in hand
Wednesday
Who should be the next Twitter CEO?
Cockburn’s runners and riders
Monday
Elon Musk’s weird weekend
The Twitter chief watched the World Cup final… then offered to step down
Friday
Elon Musk makes it up as he goes
Using Twitter as his personal celebrity enforcement mechanism has no good outcomes for anyone
Tuesday
The Twitter Files communication breakdown
The ‘lengthy Twitter thread as method of storytelling’ is a bust
Monday
What Jordan Peterson gets wrong about anonymous Twitter accounts
The shadow of censorship, not anonymity, is the real problem
Elon Musk loudly booed on stage at Dave Chappelle gig
Real life doesn’t have a block button
Monday
Why is the mainstream media ignoring the Twitter Files?
The censoring of an accurate news story should have every journalist standing at attention. Very few are
Thursday
Farewell to Chris Cillizza, king of the Twitter ratios
He mastered the art of looking at irrelevant stories and finding ways to make them worse
Wednesday
Ron Klain ruins Thanksgiving
The White House chief of staff posted a deceitful list of talking points that he failed to proofread
Monday
How to survive the ‘permacrisis’
2022 was a hard year, but also a clarifying one
Can Twitter still be saved?
Elon Musk will try but other meaningful options are starting to emerge
Saturday
In defense of Twitter
Why should we wish away all the carnivalesque absurdity?
Left-wing Twitter goes full Apocalypse Now
Elon Musk inspires more meltdowns amid a sense that anything can and will happen
Wednesday
Is Mastodon the new Twitter?
Cockburn’s nieces help him try out the progressive alternative to Elon’s hellsite
Thursday
Is Elon Musk’s Twitter conspiring against AOC?
‘I seem to have gotten under a certain billionaire’s skin’
Wednesday
The case for the Twitter blue check
Contra Elon Musk, mocking the platform’s over-serious ‘lords’ is half the fun
White House deletes tweet bragging of Biden’s role in inflation crisis
‘Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in ten years’