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anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jan 7
Forget the division of Left and Right. We are entering the age of the New Obscurantism: politics fused with magical solutions, superstition, an aura of spirituality and the cultivation of fear

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Everyone who briefly tried Bluesky a year ago and just came back for the first time:
Screenshot from The Simpsons of scientists in Hazmat suits entering Moe's Tavern and saying "Man alive, there are men alive in here."
November 9, 2024 at 9:44 PM