Wednesday, May 9, 2018

War is still about power, not truth

On December 7, 2025, I rewrote and moved this essay to Medium: Political power runs the show without facts.

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WATCH: Heavily armed and masked Israeli forces carrying guns have entered Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, ordering staff to vacate and imposing a 45-day closure.

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— Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) September 22, 2024 at 4:46 AM

Oh is the child blood selling guy's jackboot genAI war murder surveillance drone factory hunting out teenagers who have no life experience & no higher learning than a high school diploma to work on their genAI war murder surveillance drones huh okay seems normal and in no way extra evil or anything

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— Erin Fogg says Free Link (@criminalerin.bsky.social) November 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM

"Well, well, well. Look who it is.
The global academic, scientific, and pro-fact community.
I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
— Tom Ellison, Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology, McSweeney's (Short Imagined Monologues), October 27, 2025

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