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I just had a depressing thought about this brilliant book review by Roald Dahl.
This piece completely changed Dahl's life and legacy. After this, he would automatically be branded an "antisemite" forever. This must be considered when reviewing anything he did or say after this article.
Today's circulation of the Literary Review, the journal where Dahl's piece was published, is approximately 80k readers. Back in 1983, I assume it was much less.
My quoted post received almost a million views. Many people also shared the journal clips independently across social media. So it is highly likely that more people read Dahl's piece in the last 48 hours, than back in 1983.
A few people just decided, at the time, to brand him an antisemite because of it, and the rest of the world just followed. This is how a person's fate is decided in this twisted world.
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Vital history summarised; compelling personal history; clear explanation of the mechanics of betrayal; commitment to hope & the Voice; & profound spirituality. We pray for Patrick’s recovery. Thank you for writing & dictating this from your hospital bed. themonthly.com.au/issue/2023…
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Email, the one noble channel left on the internet, has become destroyed by growth hacking - a spam culture that means that every single interaction you make with a company guarantees multiple emails, many of which continually evade unsubscription requests.
wheresyoured.at/p/the-intern…
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Searching for things has become less about providing answers and more about Google, the people that pay Google, and the people that game Google. The SEO industry - and the clicks-focused incentive of online publishers - has rotted out search.
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Google has no incentive to make things better, because they're making billions of dollars on search. It doesn't matter if search sucks. All that matters is growth - growth of revenue, results and scale. SEO has destroyed our information economy. wheresyoured.at/p/the-intern…
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Vale. Bruce Haigh. A longtime fighter for justice, peace and understanding. A friend.
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And this final pandemic piece is a distilled shot of the argument I’ve been brewing for 3 yrs. This has been soul-crushing work. We constantly forfeited the chance to do better. But that chance still exists, and we can’t afford the luxury of nihilism. 6/
theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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A radical plan for Trump’s second term axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-2…
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This is reporting of once in a generation importance about the British state.
While you were being misdirected by Cadwalladr & Co into the entirely unevidenced allegation that Russian intelligence were behind Brexit...
It was actually MI6.
thegrayzone.com/2022/05/15/o…
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The River Yarners (of which I'm a member) have an installation at the current Canberra Contemporary Art Space as part of the Carbon Neutral exhibition. #craftivism #crochet #riveryarners
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The ‘omicron is mild’ language is very Orwellian, it may be milder per case but the sheer number of cases is overwhelming health services and what health professionals are having to cope with is not mild in the least. Thanks @MarylouiseMcla1 for the clear table
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People who had analog, pre-cellphone childhood or young adulthood, I’m tryna write an essay, what do you miss about those before times?
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This is really worth reading. We create pandemics. Politics and economics create pandemics. Always have. Next one might be worse. thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/05/…
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Sort of wish the "tech" industry had spent the last 15 years developing new technology instead of doing regulatory arbitrage and intentionally poisoning our brains, because nothing works and almost every part of the online experience has gotten worse
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Dead white man's clothes: How fast fashion is turning parts of Ghana into toxic landfill abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/f…
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🙌 So so good @DaveMilbo is an excellent writer but this is one of his best. I’m putting him up there with the greats like @samanthamaiden @Milliganreports @annabelcrabb @latingle @Lisa_Wilkinson
Here's me. "Let’s talk about the dudes, dudes"
theshot.net.au/general-news/…
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It beggars belief that health care workers caring for Covid19 patients are not yet vaccinated. How can this happen? Hope s/he and her/ his close contacts are all ok.
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❗📚 For your chance to win 52 books, simply 'Follow' us on Twitter and retweet this post. Entries close Sunday 28 February. Competition open to NSW residents. #sydneywritersfestival
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Rarely if ever has a simple timeline been more damning. This one should lead the Senate to convict Donald J. Trump and bar him from federal office forever. If banishment were permitted by our Constitution — it isn’t — he’d be the perfect candidate for it.
billmoyers.com/story/insurre…
