Time at the beach
Lisa and Dave at Gonzalez beach.
My cell phone carrier has stopped spamming me
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Headlines, cognitive processing, and problematic information
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The dream of proportional representation dies again; long live pro rep
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Paul Wells, conservatism, satire, and Maclean’s footprint
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How to unregister from Signal if you no longer use it as your texting app
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White supremacy, doing journalism, and the explanatory comma
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Journalism’s allergy to substantive regulation
Misinformation is a big deal. Hate online is a big deal. And as the public catches…