“After experiencing it for myself, it seems absurd that this fundamental strangeness of Facebook isn’t a regular topic of conversation.” Kaitlyn Tiffany makes the world’s blandest Facebook profile to see what’s going on over there. (unpaywalled version)
Dispatches from the Upside Down
The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism Michael Hobbes (of You’re Wrong About fame) shows how stories about ‘left-wing illiberalism’ are the latest moral-panic stories.
Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future
Many people with long COVID feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse. Despite long-haulers’ fight for recognition, any discussion of the pandemic still largely revolves around two extremes—good health at one…