On Friday night (Jan 31), a few days after my new book about deplatforming and cancel culture came out, the news broke that Twitter had permanently suspended Zerohedge for breaking the platform’s policies. The move was taken in response to an article penned by Buzzfeed writer Ryan Broderick which falsely accused Zerohedge of “doxxing” a […]
Of Interest
No, Paul Krugman’s IP didn’t get hacked and he didn’t get caught with nasty stuff on his laptop.
Yesterday New York Times columnist tweeted an astonishing comment, saying that his computer had been hacked and it’s IP address was being used to download child p*rn0graphy. He has since deleted the original tweet, but it had been captured enough times and circulated far and wide. I found it curious, to be tweeting that. However, […]
Beware: The Techno-Doom-Loop
[ Update: I’m old enough that I should have known it, but Russ Nelson points out in the comments that there is a jargon file entry for this: Yak-Shaving ] There’s a concept I’ve been trying to articulate for some time. The problem is during the episodes where I want to articulate it, I’m so […]
Unassailable: The book that protects you from Cancel-Culture and Deplatform Attacks
UPDATE April 23,2020: I’ve decided to make the ebook version of my latest book: Unassailable Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks, Cancel-Culture and other Online Disasters available for free, follow this link. You can read why here. Originally, this was supposed to be a 15 or 20 page ebook / report we were going to give […]
Bitcoin Cash is out. Litecoin is in.
Belatedly, and perhaps proving the point… we stopped accepting Bitcoin Cash at some point over the holidays and I’m only remembering to write about it now. What prompted the decision was the Bitcoin Cash fork into Bitcoin SV and Bitcoin ABC. We were ok supporting a fork from Bitcoin Core, believing this was an example of […]
A Heretic’s Guide to Deplatforming
[Update: Ironically, after ascending rapidly and fostering vigorous commentary over on Hackernews, this article has been “flagged” there . Update #2: A few hours later it was unflagged and is currently on the first page of HN ] The phenomenon of deplatforming in the internet age, which includes the component of publicly expressed outrage that impels companies to […]
