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How Russia and Right-Wing Americans Converged on War in Ukraine

24 March 2022by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sheera Frenkel & Stuart A. Thompson The New York Times After President Vladimir Putin of Russia claimed that action against Ukraine was taken in self-defense, Fox News host Tucker […]

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What is the Internet Doing to Boomers’ Brains?

10 November 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Michael Hobbes Huffpost The last time they spoke, John’s father accused him of being part of the deep state.  They have never exactly gelled politically — John, 38, is […]

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How Algorithms Discern Our Mood From What We Write Online

29 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Dana Mackenzie Knowable Magazine Many people have declared 2020 the worst year ever. While such a description may seem hopelessly subjective, according to one measure, it’s true. That yardstick […]

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Privacy is Power

21 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Carissa Véliz Aeon Imagine having a master key for your life. A key or password that gives access to the front door to your home, your bedroom, your diary, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

How the Pandemic Defeated America

7 August 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Ed Yong The Atlantic How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America […]

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The Incoherence of “Cancel Culture” Accusations

16 July 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Nicholas Grossman Arc Digital Here’s the critique: You say you value free speech and oppose social penalties for bad speech, but your actions show that you don’t. You value […]

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Synthetic Media: The Real Trouble With Deepfakes

6 April 2020by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine The snapshots above look like people you’d know. Your daughter’s best friend from college, maybe? That guy from human resources at work? The emergency-room […]

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The Age of Artificial Immortality

28 July 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By James Vlahos Wired It’s 1982, and I’m 11 years old, sitting at a Commodore PET computer terminal in the atrium of a science museum near my house. Whenever I come […]

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Germany Confronts Russian Hybrid Warfare

27 July 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Kaan Sahin Carnegie Europe Ever since the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Western capitals have been alarmed at Russia’s hybrid warfare campaigns. That these activities are […]

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Fake News, Faith, and Reason

13 December 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jerry Adler Yahoo! News A dozen or so years ago, I was working on a profile of Zig Ziglar, the famous motivational speaker who died in 2012, and I […]

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