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Noam Cohen
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Journalist who’s interested in what’s true on the Internet and who decides, which means I like to write stories about @Wikipedia. Author of The Know-It-Alls, on Silicon Valley's libertarian politics: http://thenewpress.com/books/know-it-alls.
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Much unintentional humor in the Guardian piece on performers' explanations for taking the money to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
From Guardian article, "US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’" Comedians performing at the festival’s headliners do not seem particularly concerned about the criticism – or the alleged wrongdoing. “One reporter was killed by the government – unfortunate, but not a fucking hill that I’m gonna die on,” Jim Jefferies said on Theo Von’s podcast in August, arguing it is for the greater good that “freedom-of-speech machines” such as himself bestow their “edgy” material on the kingdom and its subjects. (Since making the comments, Jefferies has since disappeared from the festival’s lineup; his representatives did not respond to inquiries about this.)
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The Mark Zuckerberg image makeover continues … Zuck’s Wikipedia article now features a fresh, Meta-produced photo (left), replacing a 2020 shot (right).
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Tonight, the West Side Story Cup.
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February 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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The SpaceX news as artificially intelligently summarized on X/Twitter.
January 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM