“Dark Mirrors, Hidden Angels and an Algorithmic Prayer-Wheel” – John GRAY

For some advanced thinkers, violence is a type of backwardness. In the more modern parts of the world, they tell us, war has practically disappeared. A litter of semi-failed states, lacking the benefits of modern institutions and modern ideas, the developing world may still be wracked by every kind of conflict – ethnic, tribal and…

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Jury orders Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families | Portal E.M. Cioran News

A Connecticut jury reached a verdict on Wednesday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Connecticut defamation trial, ordering the Infowars host to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages among the 15 plaintiffs — including victims’ families and an FBI agent — for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre a hoax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8n-zIliK3E Alex Jones: Who…

The Real Threat to American Democracy | NYT Opinion

For the past two years, Americans have been overwhelmed by a deluge of headlines suggesting democracy in the United States is under threat: Voter suppression. A shortage of drop boxes. Election deniers seeking key state offices. It can be difficult to gauge what stories suggest a truly terrifying threat to democracy, and which are simply…

Brazil election: Social media content crafted for disruption | The Listening Post

In Brazil’s upcoming election, President Jair Bolsonaro is not going down without a fight. He has raised the prospect of electoral fraud, used old tricks from his media playbook to spread disinformation, and while the public is more attuned to these dangers now than it was in 2018, there is still a lot at stake.…