The Starting Block
Tina CarmilliaA weekly collection of annotated media observations focusing on disinformation, data, and democracy beyond the Anglosphere.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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The 314th Block: The OSINT community is at it again
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Someone has been trying to get into my dog’s Instagram account all week. I don’t know who or why but it sure is annoying.
Conspiracy theory watch-list: Why, of course, han...
The 313th Block: Death by disease or disinformation
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I consume the news throughout the week and bookmark the links in my browser’s neatly categorised folders… except this week I was trying to find a tumblr post I bookmarked e...
The 312th Block: Hungry, un-free, refugee
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Hey, I’m working on my evidence law assignment on corroboration. It is the shortest assignment question I ever had to answer in my two years of studying law so far, but it...
The 311th Block: Listen, here's the title
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What do you think about Bigfoot? I had not given Bigfoot (or Sasquatch or Yeti) much thought recently until earlier this month, when I read about someone I know who, despit...
The 310th Block: Risky rice
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Nasi goreng kampung.
In the Malay language, there are many words and phrases to specifically describe rice in its various states, including padi (unhusked rice grain), be...
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