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The best TV and streaming premieres: April 2024

April is just around the corner, which means there are plenty of exciting releases to sink your teeth into. Big-name stars like Colin Farrell, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine, Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jr, and Elisabeth Moss will be the...

Conspiracy theories, a polluted internet, and the Francis Scott Key Bridge

The Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed in neighboring Baltimore after a tragic accident — and social media is full of conspiracy theories. Twitter (I refuse to call it X) is particularly awash in them right now, with idiots and bad actors...

Moscow terror attack has yet again exposed Putin’s weakness

“We demonstrated weakness, and the weak get beaten”, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in September 2004 after Chechen terrorists, under the command of Shamil Basayev, occupied a school in the town of Beslan in North Ossetia, taking more...

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