J.M. Berger
Scholar of extremism, dystopia (fictional and otherwise)
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PhD @ Swansea University Law School
- Now do the Batgirl movie
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- Trump Cut Deal To Let *Sinaloa Cartel Members* Into US apnews.com/article/el-c...
- Quite a ride. My thoughts, but no major spoilers, in the alt text.
- Ballard, of all people
- When the consumer product based on the thing becomes more real than the thing itself
- Last week, the New York Times came to Oregon and described the forest as smelling like a pine tree air freshener sold at car washes. Today I talk about why this is a great metaphor for helicopter journalism and the ways national media loses trust. leahsottile.substack.com/p/59-extract...
- The Enshittification Files
- This thread illustrates the obvious, serious and almost certainly intentional problems created when our government allows federal agents to dress like anonymous kidnappers.