Matt also figures in my book, as a lying hack who cuts emails in half to try to make the Twitter Files a story, not caring that he's sending mobs of nutjobs after undergraduates. Enjoy this podcast. RE:
Yet more evidence that San Francisco went in the exact opposite of the right direction [www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/18/algebra-racial-disparities/ ) [Race is linked to who gets to ...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/18/algebra-racial-disparities/ )
This is a good phrase RE:
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger argues The Epoch Times should be treated as reputable. MAGA Congressmen demand info on Wikipedia editors. Musk's Grokipedia cites Stormfront. The war for reality is being fought over "reliable sources" New from me on Substack: [substack.com/home/post/p-...]( ) [Source Wars and Bespoke Realit...]( )
We did a birthday party for our newly 9yo this weekend. She is super into Kuromi. She picked out my nails, and art-directed our outfits. 🖤 https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreihcpkwc4dmylhqg7nddcx7ab3vmgvrfog4o6yqsgssddmvgpwhe7y https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiaxd6m2fnjqnjt4bzfzy2xkkwqqia3zgvii6zbm5qeea34yeb64ha
New from me on Substack: “Source Wars and Bespoke Realities: Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and The Battle for Truth” I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreif26x32mjv5ja4xcap4huxmw44zxj2rknchyk4kv25yk5wdr7xtne
Just finished 5 cities in 6 days. I really appreciated Munich. Photo from Mon night, outside the building where part of Czechoslovakia was signed away. I got to visit the Documentation Center, which had an exhibit that focused in part on the role propaganda and appeasement played in Hitler’s rise. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreic74n5sipkmwyd3gawjfmh4gc44weozoxct22luwx5kd7nkvgbozm
The New York Times won’t use the word but we should because it’s obvious: right wing political influencers aren’t just ‘close to’ the administration — they are its propagandists in the most literal sense of that word. They financially benefit from access & loyalty. [www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...]( ) [Conservative Media Picks an Ep...]( )
I wrote ab how the antivax movement ascended to power, and now directs govt research funding — enabling it both to manufacture “findings” and to defund actual independent research. This happened concurrently w/the dismantling of outside verification systems where info is distributed: on social. RE:
New from me: “working the refs” has come for Wikipedia. The same type of attacks alleging anti-conservative bias that right wing politicians have make about social media are coming for the encyclopedia — because of its critical role in shaping AI answer engines. [www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...]( ) [The Right-Wing Attack on Wikip...]( )