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The 9pm Fake Furry Dollop of Content Moderation with evelyn douek

The remarkable evelyn douek on the correct side of the wooden barrier. (Photo: Harvard Law School)

In the first special guest episode of The 9pm Edict autumn series we’re joined by evelyn douek, lecturer on law and a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Law School, and co-host of the Lawfare podcast Arbiters of Truth.

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Weekly Wrap 617: A sausage roll almost as long as the day itself, and then it began to rain

Big Sausage Roll at Springwood

During the week of Monday 21 to Sunday 27 March 2022 I was finally able to start addressing the mould problem. Thanks to La Niña’s reign of terror, mould has started appearing on almost every surface, and especially parts of the ceiling where moisture has seeped through from the adjacent storeroom whose roof has proved inadequate. The fierce brown bubbling of the bleach is most satisfying.

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Weekly Wrap 616: La Niña takes a break but it is a world of mould, fatigue, and history

A7V Mephisto

I saw the Sun several times during the week of Monday 14 to Sunday 20 March 2022, but its effect was to illuminate the layers of mould that now seem to cover so many surfaces. My greatest challenge was finding a shop with stocks of mould killer. My escape continued to be hours and hours of history.

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