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Why did one chant ignite fury while another was ignored? The Bear delivers powerful insight and analysis into the double standards shaping public discourse. Read why this matters.

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Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A Glastonbury chant caused a national meltdown, but the Bear’s incisive analysis reveals the real story.

Don't miss this insightful dive into Britain's moral panic.
Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
www.motherjones.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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If you are considering a trip to the US - you REALLY REALLY need to read this.
It’s simply not safe. You have no way of knowing whether you will be detained.
Terrifying account of what the US has become.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Smartphone bans in isolation fail to equip children for healthy use of tech, international study concludes www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
Smartphone bans in isolation fail to equip children for healthy use of tech, international study concludes
‘Schools, teachers and parents require training and guidance to help them support children’s healthy use of technology’
www.irishtimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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See here's how to do a headline.

fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...
February 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.

wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vallant
We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vallant
We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too high Zero per cent contained. In layperson’s terms, that means “out of control and burning at will”. It’s…
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Feels unfair that Finland can play a super hero against us. If they have AntMan shouldn't we get Hulk to even things out? #IrelandFinland
November 14, 2024 at 8:37 PM