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It may not come as a total surprise that James O’Keefe, the Project Veritas co-founder who left the activist group on Monday after a power struggle with its board, is not being widely condemned on the right. Project Veritas is known for publishing misinformation-laden and context-twisting hidden …
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Conspiracy theories have become even more popular than professional football with some folks. Near the end of the 2022-23 season, the idea that the NFL is scripted was born out of an elaborate joke that former Texans running back Arian Foster told on a podcast. He claimed the league literally sends …
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Mt. Eden High School in Hayward, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) A Hayward high school teacher accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracies and making the Heil Hitler salute during classes has been placed on administrative leave this week after students complained to the …
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In case you weren’t aware, America is in the midst of a dramatic, internet-driven resurgence of the fanatical belief that our beautiful, oblate spheroid is in reality a flat plane whose edges are rounded up by an ice barrier hundreds of feet high, topped by a dome. Those who hold this view believe …
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Melvin Quinney’s recent exoneration wasn’t widely publicized, but we should all take notice. Convicted in 1991 of sexually abusing his 9-year-old son as the leader of a satanic cult, the San Antonio man was declared innocent last week by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Quinney is the latest …
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Videos of birds congregating on streets and falling from the sky are going viral on social media. Users are speculating that it could be the sign of an impending environmental catastrophe. So, should we be worried? Why are people worried about birds’ behaviour? A video posted on TikTok and Twitter …
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15-minute cities reduce the burden on the environment, so why are they so controversial to Conservatives? There is no greater evidence that candidate selection processes are not working than the increasing regularity in which online conspiracy theories find themselves on the parliamentary record. …
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Edmonton and Toronto’s bid to become “15-minute cities” is facing pushback from fringe groups—putting them alongside Oxford, England, in a battle against climate denial, COVID-19 misinformation, and hard-right extremism. McMansion developer Christopher Saccoccia, aka Chris Sky, an anti-mask, …
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email TikTok has threatened to remove users who spread misinformation about Nicola Bulley after the social media app was criticised for allowing conspiracy theories to spread on …
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Carla Francome campaigns for better cycling routes in Haringey, North London, where she moved a few years ago in search of a community—“an area where I could make friends that would go to the park with me on a Saturday,” she says. “And where there are cafés nearby, and everything is in walking …
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