That is if you redefine what the words 'fact' or 'fact-checking' mean in the style of Orwellian newspeak.

Didn't watch Foundation yet, but loved him in The Expanse, such a charismatic presence.

Is it? We had immunosuppressors for decades, we know about about AIDS and gene therapy. Doesn't sound like such an extreme feat to me.

Isn't that a bit naive? Hypothetically, if the conspiracy theories were true, why would an established publisher take the risk to go against a genocidal cabal? It's infinitely easier (and healthier) to align yourself with the winning side.

That's exactly what a government shill would say. /s

But seriously, I never found Hanlon's razor particularly convincing. The conspiracy theories usually say that there is some entity ABOVE your government that hands down the orders to the oblivious politician actors. Compartmentalization[0] is a common method in the military and intelligence community to keep the majority of their minions in the dark about the true nature and extent of their work.

Take Snowden for example: none of the (according to wikipedia) 30,000-40,000 internal employees stepped forward to blow the whistle on NSA's pervasive and illegal dragnet surveillance. It took Snowden, an external contractor of all things, to do what's right.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmentalization_(informat...

But unless the company radically changes their internal KPIs, it's probably just a matter of time until Meta will taint that name too and evoke the same association as the word "metastasis" does.

The concept is called the "euphemism treadmill"[1], you can try to outrun the negative association but it will catch up eventually, famously evidenced by the company originally known as Blackwater[2].

As much as I hate the subscription model in software, I'd prefer it for social networks and messenger services to stop the omnipresent and insidious peeping model for advertising purposes which we see today and ideally before it starts to infect a nascent "metaverse" of AR and VR.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/euphemism_treadmill

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_(company)

So the only person I would actually discard to be the real Satoshi is the one person that wants to be Satoshi the most - Craight Wright.

In contrast to the 'mostly peaceful' BLM protests leading up the elections of 2020?

"Neutral" NPR reporting on this:

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/963336791/brian-sicknick-capi...

Perhaps these threads will contain some useful info for you:

(The Mom Test)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28667439

(From side project to 1k/month)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24307434

(Validate your idea/MVP)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26644616

Facebook wants regulation for itself to kick the ladder down for future competitors, the current "whistleblowers" want it for FB because of personal idelogical leanings toward modern identity politics, the legacy media corporations want regulation applied to FB hoping that it will somehow save the former's outdated business model and the Biden administration wants it in order to manufacture consent in the face of falling popularity ratings and to keep those pesky allegations of election fraud down (except for their own allegations against the opponent).

The consensus on man-made climate change has grown following the rise of aggressive identity politics and "social justice warrior" cancel culture on social media.

I remember using it for a few months and then being unable to to keep up with my fellow clan mates. I wondered if everybody else was playing with on cheat mode because I was totally burning myself out and missing out on sleep to get a few more sets of pushups or meditation in. Staying up long after midnight every day takes its toll eventually. I had also marked a few tasks as "very important" which I was unable to complete as there was so much shame connected to it. Ironically not completing the tasks just increased the shame until I wouldn't even dare to look at them anymore...

"Relevant" is a code word for "we spy on your every move and also share your personal browsing behaviour with our many external partners to serve you relevant ads".

More expensive doesn't mean better, it most likely just means putting someone in charge whose primary metric is short-term profit.