• Instagram is limiting political content. Here's how to get around it.

    Meta is limiting political content on Instagram, but users can change this in settings.

  • What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Political Half-Truths

    It’s an election year, so there are virtual firehoses of misinformation pointed at potential voters.Although there are encouraging signs that people are getting better at spotting misinformation, but there’s a kind of “fake news” that seems particulate pernicious, on both sides of the political aisle: drawing a conclusion based on omitted information or missing context. It’s a favorite tactic of politicians that explodes during an election year, so let’s dig into a couple of widely spread...

  • How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content

    Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users' feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you don't want to keep the limitations place. As part of an initiative Instagram announced last month, the popular social media service owned by Meta Platforms has stopped proactively recommending political content posted on accounts that users don't choose to follow. To do that, Instagram has automatically set...

  • Colbert Fails to Get Breyer to Affirm SCOTUS Is Influenced by Politics

    CBS’s Stephen Colbert has used The Late Show to routinely condemn Supreme Court rulings after it rejected his legal theories from way out in left field. On Monday, Colbert welcomed former liberal Justice Stephen Breyer to the show to promote the latter's new book and seek affirmation that his views of the Court are correct. Unfortunately for him, Breyer refused to play along. In the first segment with Breyer, Colbert asked, “Do you, former Justice Breyer, believe that former presidents have...

  • Colbert Fails to Get Breyer to Affirm SCOTUS Is Influenced by Politics

    CBS’s Stephen Colbert has used The Late Show to routinely condemn Supreme Court rulings after it rejected his legal theories from way out in left field. On Monday, Colbert welcomed former liberal Justice Stephen Breyer to the show to promote the latter's new book and seek affirmation that his views of the Court are correct. Unfortunately for him, Breyer refused to play along. In the first segment with Breyer, Colbert asked, “Do you, former Justice Breyer, believe that former presidents have...

  • CCC presses for political dialogue as life gets harder for most people

    THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is reigniting the opposition’s push for dialogue with Zanu PF, in a bid to help fix To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

  • Patricia Arquette: I was 'terrified' of my 'Lost Highway' nude scene, but David Lynch had my back

    “I told Balthazar Getty, ‘Just keep your hands on my tits. I would rather you hold them than the whole world saw them.'”

  • One Tech Tip: How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content

    Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users’ feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you don’t want to keep the limitations place

  • One Tech Tip: How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content

    Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users’ feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you don’t want to keep the limitations place.

  • Problem child Ben & Jerry's getting boot from parent after years of political controversy

    Multinational conglomerate Unilever, the owner of some 400 brands, announced Tuesday it is spinning off its ice cream business — including major names like Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Magnum, Popsicle and Klondike — after more than a century. The consumer goods giant said the move is part of a growth strategy to create a leaner business. At the same time, by shedding Ben & Jerry's, Unilever is ridding itself of a longtime headache. Since its founding in 1978, Ben & Jerry's has been known for its...

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    On The Great Game Of Geopolitics, India Gets A Thumbs-Up From US Political Expert Mearsheimer

    American political scientist John J. Mearsheimer on Tuesday described India as an “aspiring great power” that is growing strength to strength in the geopolitical rivalry involving the United States, China, and Russia. Speaking during a session at CNN News18’s Rising Bharat Summit 2024 in New Delhi, Mearsheimer said that the United States was the most powerful country on the planet during the unipolar phase, which started with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and lasted roughly till the...

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    Patricia Arquette Recalls 'Gross' Nude Scene Comments From Crew Members On 'Lost Highway'

    Patricia Arquette is remembering a deeply uncomfortable experience she had to endure earlier in her career when she starred in David Lynch's 1997 film Lost Highway. Luckily, the director stepped in after crew members said "gross things" during a nude scene. It's just further testament to why the intimacy coordinators established after the 2017 MeToo movement in Hollywood are such an essential part of a safe and comfortable set for everyone involved. For Arquette, it was a moment she...