The Most Controversial Cannons in America
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Publishers, Take Note: This Is How You Win Back MenSep 14
a new novel imagines a world where we authorize american pirates to shoot down illegal chinese spy ships. here’s our review.
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How to H-1B AmericanSep 9
pirate wires #163 // palmer luckey vs. paul graham on american labor, unpacking the h-1b visa, and how tech stumbled into the red hot center of america’s battle over immigration
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A 2001 Nostalgia Influencer Prepares for 9/11Sep 8
manny marotta is live-tweeting the year 2001 for millions of fans on x — and he’s planning an immersive ‘simulation,’ timed down to the second, for september 11th
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‘These Tech Workers Are Just Nazi Train Operators’: Sober Reactions to Google Relabeling a LakeSep 3
google maps changed the name of “lake ontario” following direction from… the u.s. government. threads users aren’t taking it well.
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The Closure of the InternetAug 31
a history of the most important social phenomenon of the late 2010s: the campaign to censor dissident speech on every major platform, and the end of the open internet as we knew it
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What I Learned About Socialism From RedditAug 21
dsa victories across the country have sparked a national discussion: what do socialists actually believe? i enrolled in ‘socialism 101’ on reddit to find out
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Woke 2 Aug 13
pirate wires #162 // “woke 1 was crazy,” revolution in the democratic party, and how to talk to normie libs (or partisan hacks) who think “the DSA is just like trump”
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Inside the Coke-Fueled Rise and Fall of VICEAug 4
the company didn't die because of investors, sexual harassment charges, or going 'woke' — it died because our founder stopped believing in the product that made us famous
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'Luigi's the Most Beautiful Person': Dispatches from the Mangione MusicalAug 3
a new musical based on the life of luigi mangione seeks to 'interrogate' political violence — the audience celebrated it
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Sorry, Chris Nolan: The Hunter Biden-Nick Fuentes Interview is the Real Cultural Event of the SummerJul 31
a reformed crack fiend and a charismatic online racist walk into a philadelphia motel room…
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California Asks State Employees to Show Up for Work, Sparking Reddit FrenzyJul 17
six years post-pandemic, gavin newsom has finally ordered most state employees back to the office. on r/CAStateWorkers, armageddon has commenced.
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