Category: Culture

What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.

  • Being Good News

    Being Good News

    Being surrounded by bad news is exhausting. Trying to do good things can feel fruitless. And yet we know it is right.

  • There’s more than one reason to leave Twitter

    There’s more than one reason to leave Twitter

    We called it a hellsite. Our main source of news. Social media. Tech platform. It was always more than free speech.

  • They don’t know

    They don’t know

    For the last Sunday after Pentecost, we are offered the crucifixion, a weird place to end, knowing it is no ending.

  • Not Feeding Trolls

    Not Feeding Trolls

    The phrase “don’t feed the trolls” has been around as long as many of us have used the internet. It needs an update.

  • People vote for People

    People vote for People

    It seems obvious. There are names on the ballot. We tap the screen or punch the card to elect a specific person to office.

  • The people who don’t want verification

    The people who don’t want verification

    With a change to the verification process on Twitter, many see this as another opportunity to engineer chaos.

  • Open season for racists after Musk’s takeover

    Open season for racists after Musk’s takeover

    Elon Musk thinks he’s striking a victory for free speech. But responsibility is what people are fighting over.

  • Free Speech Never Is

    Free Speech Never Is

    The way we talk about free speech ignores its core paradox. We think we can simply ignore that freedom isn’t absolute.