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Government By and For the Trolls
Photo of Sarah Rogers courtesy of the State Department. Still of trolls from Ideastream Public Media video.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S MISSION is “to protect and promote U.S. security, prosperity, and democratic values and shape an int...
I Was Fooled by an AI Labrador Dad
A selection of IronPaws network dog dads.
I scroll Instagram like I have midnight snacks: furtively, trying not to disturb the others in my household. The sound is off, the glow of my screen directed away from my husband as I scroll in be...
When Compassion Is Conditional
Image: Imkara Visual For Unsplash+.
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS I’ve been feeling somber and sad as I’ve reflected on the apparent suicide of Jason Arday, a Cambridge University professor who experienced a multi-point societal failure that turn...
What I’d Do If I Had ‘Complete Control’ Over the Internet
Photo by Alena Lavrova on Unsplash
LAST WEEK, far-right influencer Mike Cernovich tweeted that I was nearly “given complete control over the internet” in my former role in the Biden Administration.
If you don’t know Cernovich, he’s a mano...
Field Notes: August 2, 2026
Welcome to Field Notes, a roundup of readings to help you find your way through our polluted information environment, along with some “offline” commentary—what’s going on in my garden, my kitchen, and my life off screen. 🧭
Online Note...
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I study the worst of the Internet and teach you how to avoid it. Demonized by the American right. Banned by Putin’s Russia. Undeterred.
Author of Spin Class. Recovering National Security Council and State Department spokesperson. Mom, Michigander, chocolate chip cookie baker.
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