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Tag results: Controversy

Not So Tenacious

The hiatus and possible breakup of Tenacious D makes me feel sad about the state of creative partnerships, and how power dynamics can break them.

Finish The Job, Adam

If Meta is going to support the fediverse, it needs to actually support people who don’t live on Threads. No lip service. No half-finished betas.

Berliner Goes Tabloid

Considering the tale of the longtime NPR editor who decided to pull a Bulworth at the tail end of his long career.

When Stewards Go Astray

A pair of recent controversies around the tech-publishing giant Automattic raise an important question in my mind: Do we have to worry about the future of WordPress?

Barely Minimum

Substack favors the quick fix for its moderation crisis over the fundamental change, leaving a lot of longtime users in the lurch.

The Open Letter Still Works

Our final year-end Tedium award honors an open letter that hopefully encourages more creator-economy activism in 2024.

Old Archives, New Controversy

The New York Times has the most robust online archives of any newspaper, but it’s proving difficult to square their handling of a recent controversy with the quality of those archives.

It’s An Illusion, Michael

The important—and sometimes controversial—role that toy magic kits have played for magicians. (Never reveal a magician's secrets, right?)

Biography, Unauthorized

An unauthorized look at the master of the unauthorized biography, whose name is not Michael Wolff, as it turns out. Meet Kitty Kelley.
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