Twas the Night Before Christmas
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These days, corporations and politicians using social media to weaponize division is downright common. Some of those techniques were first used 10 years ago to supercharge a backlash to the largest Indigenous-led protest in recent history, Standing Rock. So it's basically, yes, I thought they were evil, now you've confirmed it for me. For the full story, listen to Drilled, the propagandist, wherever you get your podcasts. Pushkin.
There are some sure signs that the holidays have arrived. The lights go up on Main Street of the town where I live. People pull their coats a little tighter around them as they go from shop to shop. And my colleague, Ben Nad Hafrey, shows up to tell me some absolutely crazy story about Christmas. Twas the night before Christmas.
Oh my god. And all through the house. Not a creature was stirring. Not even a mouse. That's right.
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