Nothing more jarring than the harrowing treatment of Assange by the US, contrasted with their subsequent lecturing and sanctioning of Belarus re Roman Protasevich, or Russia re Navalny.

Zero integrity.

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Some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity 5 years ago

Globalism is the great filter. Social media is the first taste.

COVID as an example, would have previously been a contained regional outbreak. Globalism made it an instant problem for every continent. Social media exacerbated responses in most every country.

Interconnectivity is fragility.

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I am Palestinian. Here’s how Israel silences us on social media 5 years ago

It's literally in the title: "social media"

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I am Palestinian. Here’s how Israel silences us on social media 5 years ago

Anything critical of Israel is persistently [Flagged] to death.

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