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Proton Mail doesn't guarantee anonymity—unless you do this

A Proton Mail recovery email leading to the arrest of a Spanish activist flared up discussions recently. Here's how to use the private email more anonymously.

TechRadar

The Antisemitism Awareness Act Will Make It Illegal To Criticize Israel on Campus

The protesters deserve criticism—but Congress is the real threat.

Reason

All hail the “Cinnamon Roll Man”

Shy, thoughtful and easy on the eyes. This new crop of heartthrobs is challenging classic male stereotypes

Salon

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Always modified my Twitter use in accordance with eLife board’s feedback, says sacked editor Michael Eisen

Michael Eisen fired as eLife Editor-in-Chief for quote tweeting The Onion's satirical article criticizing Palestinians. Eisen clarified himself, but eLife cited his approach to leadership, communication & social media as reason for firing. Eisen disagreed & cited eLife's reaction to social media as danger.

The Hindu

As Gaza crumbles, those speaking up for innocent Palestinians are being silenced and sacked

Simply opposing violence against civilians is to risk career and reputation. Where are the defenders of ‘free speech’ now, asks Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

‘McCarthyite backlash’: response to criticism of Israel alarms rights groups

Civil rights groups say critics of the Israeli assault on Gaza have lost jobs and students who support Palestine have been blacklisted

The Guardian - US

Prominent US figures face backlash and firings for pro-Palestinian statements

From magazine editors to Hollywood agents, supporters of Palestinians experiencing widespread rebuke

The Guardian - US

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Scientific Journal Dismisses Editor-in-Chief for Endorsing Onion Item on Gaza and Israel

https://twitter.com/mbeisen/status/1712947590294306976 Science reports: Michael Eisen, editor-in-chief of the prominent open-access journal eLife and longtime critic of traditional journals, says he is losing that job for publicly endorsing a satirical article that criticized people dying in Gaza for not condemning the recent attacks on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas. "I…

Reason

Scientific journal editor fired for sharing Onion article about Israel-Hamas war

‘They’re going to alienate and have alienated a huge part of the community: people who don’t think it’s bad to express political opinions that not everybody agrees with,’ Michael Eisen said after sacking

The Independent UK

White House trolls ‘worst person you know’ Matt Gaetz

Florida representative has blamed looming government shutdown on Speaker McCarthy

The Independent UK

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a helicopter, and you can land next to some": The wit and wisdom of David Lee Roth

The very best quotes from Diamond Dave, original Van Halen mouthpiece, Hollywood bon vivant and unbeatable wit

Louder

‘The whole thing was insane’: Bill de Blasio on dropping groundhog that later died

Former New York mayor spoke candidly about day in 2014 he dropped Charlotte the groundhog

The Guardian - US

Mocking the police got an Ohio man arrested – and the Supreme Court ignored The Onion's plea to define the limits of parody

Can Americans be jailed for making fun of the government? Most would respond with a resounding “No, of course not! The First Amendment protects us from that.”

The Conversation

It's important to know your onions

There was a news photograph recently in which a Filipina bride in Iloilo on the island of Panay carried a bouquet of onions down the aisle rather than flowers. She explained that while flowers would soon be thrown away the onions would last and ensure the newlyweds have something to…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: ‘The Menu,’ with Anya Taylor-Joy, Serves up Satire

“What are we eating? A Rolex?” So quips Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) in Mark Mylod's “The Menu” as she waits with her date, Tyler (Nicholas Hoult), a devoted foodie who has landed them a reservation at the exclusive restaurant Hawthorne. Like the opening of Rian Johnson's upcoming “Glass Onion: A Knives…

Salon

The Onion and the defense of satire

The Onion believes the right to use satire is under threat

Chicago Sun-Times

Beware of fake ‘newspapers’ packaged as the old-school real deal

The right-wing “newspapers” that have been infiltrating Chicago-area voters’ mailboxes look like classic print products.

Reason

The Babylon Bee Joins The Onion in Decrying an Ohio Law That Makes Parody a Felony

The two fake news organizations want the Supreme Court to review the case of a man who was arrested for making fun of the police.

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The Guardian - US

Behind the scenes at the Onion: ‘Trump is the emperor who admits he’s naked’

As the celebrated satirical news site turns 35, it tackles a world that seems to parody itself

The Guardian - UK

A deepfake video of Joe Biden singing the children’s song Baby Shark isn’t funny – it is deeply worrying

The clip started out as a joke, but that doesn’t stop something gaining its own nefarious life online

The Conversation

4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence of satire should be heard by the US Supreme Court

If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how serious it suddenly became earlier this month. So serious, in fact, that it might end up before the US Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

The Onion takes on the Supreme Court to protect the right to parody

The Onion has filed a brief with the Supreme Court in support of a man arrested for mocking his local police force’s Facebook page. But will the judges get the joke? Richard Hall reports

Chicago Sun-Times

Mocking the police is not a crime

The case that prompted The Onion’s brief to the Supreme Court is no less ridiculous than the satirical website’s patently preposterous puffery.

Reason

Mocking the Police Is Not a Crime

A First Amendment case prompts The Onion to explain how parody works.

WEKU

The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously

The satirical site submitted a 23-page brief to the Supreme Court in support of a First Amendment case. Mike Gillis, The Onion writer who authored the brief, tells NPR why parody is worth defending.

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