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Bari Weiss's Olson Lecture: You Are the Last Line of Defense

"There is no place like this country. And there is no second America to run to if this one fails."

Reason

With $200 million and state approval, University of Austin is ready to start accepting applicants

The university was started by a group of higher education critics who believe traditional higher education has abandoned its commitment to open inquiry, free speech and civil discourse.

The Texas Tribune

What triggered Boebert's sexy adventure

Bari Weiss and Nicholas Kristof amplify GOP calls to marry young — that's just what the Colorado congresswoman did

Salon

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For Elon Musk, the personal is political – but his march to the right affects us all

Walter Isaacson’s biography of the Tesla, SpaceX and X owner shows insecurity and anger have driven him to extremes

The Guardian - US

Trolls panic as Twitter collapses

Elon Musk's business model depends on "triggering" liberals — but he's now running out of progressives to bait

Salon

Bari Weiss, Joe Lonsdale, and Niall Ferguson have dreams of building a free speech school in Texas. Emails from a regulator reveal they aren’t authorized to call it a ‘college’

Aggressive timelines and initial missteps could throw a wrench in plans for the University of Austin.

Fortune

A group of venture capitalists is rallying around Joe Lonsdale’s new university in Austin

The Palantir cofounder and VC cofounded the University of Austin with journalist Bari Weiss.

Fortune

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Tech bigwigs tired of woke academia are funding the 'University of Austin' where Marc Andreessen will lecture at a ‘Forbidden Courses’ program this summer

The University of Austin is being funded by tech bigwigs who are tired of 'woke' academia.

Fortune

J.K. Rowling says she doesn’t care about her legacy: ‘Whatever, I’ll be dead’

J.K. Rowling said she doesn’t care about how she will be remembered for prosperity.

Tribune News Service

JK Rowling on her legacy: "I'll be dead"

On a new podcast produced by Bari Weiss' media company, Rowling shrugs off the concerns of fans

Salon

How The New York Times was rocked by JK Rowling trans row

Editor hits back at staff for protesting at its coverage of the issue

The Independent UK

J.K. Rowling says comments deemed anti-trans were 'profoundly' misunderstood

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, nearly three years after publishing a series of tweets that was widely considered transphobic, is stating in a new podcast that she "never set out to upset anyone."

Los Angeles Times

Right-wingers cry fraud over Musk's poll

Conservatives that embraced Musk's war on the left are baselessly blaming the poll results on "bots"

Salon

Musk's magical media-shifting machine

Elon Musk is building a new anti-left media ecosystem almost overnight.

Axios

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Salon

Meet Elon Musk's favorite new doctor

The right's new darling is a Stanford doctor who is mistrustful of mRNA vaccines and lockdowns

Reason

Sifting Through the Twitter Files: Live With Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live analysis of the internal Twitter documents recently published by Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and Michael Shellenberger.

WEKU

Elon Musk is using the Twitter Files to discredit foes and push conspiracy theories

The Twitter CEO's selective release of internal communications largely corroborate what is already known about the messy business of policing a large social network.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How Elon Musk is changing what you see on Twitter

What you’re seeing in your feed on Twitter is changing

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Zenger

Elon Musk Lets Loose Another Batch Of Twitter Files That Point To Existence Of ‘Secret Blacklists’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has made public the second tranche of “Twitter Files” that point to the existence of secret blacklists.

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: I read Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ so you don’t have to

In this week’s newsletter: The leaks don’t reveal a hotbed of leftwing bias at the social media company – just a thin-skinned billionaire rehashing culture wars of years past

Axios

Bari Weiss reveals business plan for buzzy new media startup

Weiss has more than doubled the number of paid subscribers to her newsletter since last August.

Axios

The #TwitterFiles Rorschach test

Everybody sees what they were predisposed to see.

Fortune

Why is the FTC suing to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal? Because it doesn’t trust the tech giant

Federal regulators are skeptical that the Xbox parent will make good on pledges to keep games available on PlayStation.

Reason

Bari Weiss Twitter Files Reveal Systematic 'Blacklisting' of Disfavored Content

Twitter employees have indicated that shadow banning—at least by some definitions—is both real and common.

Reason

It's Far Past Time To Decriminalize Fentanyl Test Strips

Plus: Lawmakers "demanding action" against slurs on Twitter, FTC sues to stop Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard, and more...

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