uTobian | 27 July 2023 Capital has weaponized the ideology of its critics to support its aims I. Introduction I’m completely fascinated by the unholy alliance between capital, postmodernism, and left authoritarianism. I have not seen others describe this phenomenon yet so I will report what I am seeing. Capital, stored wealth, money itself —…
Tablet | 29 Mar 2023 Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation PROLOGUE: THE INFORMATION WAR In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had proof of a communist spy ring operating inside the government. Overnight, the explosive accusations blew up in the national press, but the details kept changing. Initially, McCarthy said he had a…
Cranmer | 29 Mar 2023 Similar to other countries, the transgender movement in New Zealand is not a grassroots organisation but instead is an increasingly radicalised campaign led by progressive elites. As images of the Auckland’s violent treatment of Kellie-Jay Keen continue to circulate on major international news channels and social media platforms, more details are…
uTobian | 18 July 2022 It appears to me that someone else is driving these messaging campaigns and the question is who? I. Introduction It brings me no joy to write this article. But I have a unique vantage point on a fiercely contested social issue and feel compelled to share what I know. Before…
Sharyl Attkisson | 7 June 2022 Johnny Depp has become the world’s most famous victim of domestic abuse. It’s worth noting that the lawsuit Depp filed and won against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, was not foremost about making the case that he was a victim. It was about him trying to disprove Heard’s claims of…
Common Sense | 12 May 2022 The data about police shootings just didn’t add up, but no one at Thomson Reuters wanted to hear it. If you are a devoted reader of Common Sense, by now you have surely noticed a trend: workplaces—in some cases, storied institutions—that turn hostile to independent thinking seemingly overnight. That’s…
Mercantorent | 7 Mar 2022 George Orwell invented the term “groupthink” for his dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four, first published in 1949. A few years later, the term was already in clinical use to describe a common psychological phenomenon. The idea is that people have a tendency to conform their own thoughts to those of the people…
Pirate Wires | 8 Mar 2020 pravda, the collapse of truth in a world without trust, and dawn of the reality entrepreneur I’ve been interested in the bizarre, almost clownish effect of trust erosion on our culture for many years now, and trying to imagine the shape of our information ecosystem — and world — to come.…
Tablet | 17 Feb 2022 Recent days have witnessed the emergence of a new rift in our pandemic debate. Strikingly, this time the dispute is not just partisan, but also splitting the Democratic Party. While Democratic governors appear to see where political winds are blowing, some blue cities are moving in the opposite direction. And many states that are dropping adult mask mandates are…
Utobian | 13 Feb 2022 Revolution, right wing progressives, Titania McGrath, capture, Pfizer gives up on India, cotton candy, dancing, a list of demands Here are my latest thinking points: Revolution We are in the midst of a worldwide revolution against Pharma totalitarianism and it all started with Canadian truckers. New political categories Pharma-Induced Mass…