Today's links

• Youtube is automatically blocking criticism of the Chinese Communist Party: Filternet error, working as intended.
• Facebook shelved research that showed they were sowing division: Sort by controversial.
• Hertz's bankruptcy was caused by private equity looting: It was debt, not pandemic.
• West Virginia's governor Jim Justice: billionaire, deadbeat: It's only theft if you're poor.
• Twitter's porn filters are dampening discussions of "cumgate": Dominic Cummings, unofficial mayor of Scunthorpe.
• Understanding Bayesian reasoning: Stats for self-defense.
• Ammosexuals point their guns at their crotches: Musketfuckers gonna musketfuck.
• How to pay artists while fighting censorship and Big Tech: The internet needs blanket licenses.
• The Toronto Star's new owners donated to far-right Tories: Canada's largest newspaper is now in the tank for plutes and white nationalists.
• This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
• Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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