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Just a reminder - Russian disinfo

Russian disinformation campaigns thrive on issues that are divisive to Americans. We are just tee'ing things up for nefarious actors to exploit & manipulate our society. We're our own worst enemy. I expect these issues to intensify in the lead up to the November 2020 election.

— ColinPClarke (@ColinPClarke) May 28, 2020

What Noah Smith learned about twitter mobs (trolls) over time

Good example showing there's nobody vetting Trump's tweets

Hmmm, Never Trumpers want to see him run with the Obamagate thing

obviously thinks it will be totally counterproductive:

Counterculture "populism"

75th anniversary of VE day

Was there, lived through it. Never paid much attention to that Brexit thing?

The Black Intellectual & The Condition of the Culture

Fascinating longish read to take one's mind off of coronavirus, discovered @ Arts & Letters Daily with the intro. “The secret of black intellectuals is that we have other interests.” Darryl Pinckney, Margo Jefferson, and others discuss race and intellectual life... more »

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