The Marketing of Algorithmic Transmissions “The algorithm, he said, was YouTube’s speech and distinct from what users had posted.” – New York Times, Feb. 21, 2023 If the algorithm is speech... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Ubu Roi (Ubu the King or King Ubu) is a play by Alfred Jarry. The title is sometimes translated as King Turd; however, the word “Ubu” is actually mer... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “I speak of this incontestable truth: the social world is certainly the work of men; and it follows that one can and should find its principl... Read more
Published on http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com My thoughts were feverishly gestating. I here pen a précis of that to which I refer, attempting to bring to reasonable account what in... Read more
President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made public calls for Republicans, who remain at an impasse over funding the government, to resolve their differences before next Sunday. [...]
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President Emmanuel Macron said he had also recalled the country’s ambassador, after weeks of escalating tensions with Niger’s new military leaders. [...]
The former press secretary in the Bush White House will moderate the next Republican debate. She’s managed to rise at Fox without being a Trump supplicant. [...]
