Shadowbanned Stories in 2023

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9/11 Plus 22 — Whither America?</h2> <div><h3>Or has America withered?</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*nN7Ad8mlD_hQHf6iVr-j6A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="d119" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/an-independent-view-on-the-4th-of-july-5c44c50014d"> <div> <div> <h2>An Independent View on the 4th of July</h2> <div><h3>Celebrating the freedom of constructive criticism.</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*_7tMSAklXtmiqhXCdjpwjQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="b2b3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/are-you-really-fighting-the-power-or-just-being-stroppy-196b0d61afd8"> <div> <div> <h2>Are You Really Fighting the Power or Just Being Stroppy?</h2> <div><h3>It’s being stroppy as a lifestyle choice that is the subject of my thoughts today.</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*nPAfOs82SGE_LnVGrgV0RA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="28e7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/ron-desantis-would-ban-my-textbook-ce69a6dbf803"> <div> <div> <h2>Ron DeSantis Would Ban My Textbook</h2> <div><h3>and other reasons you should read it</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Pe3H3G4p2cM8UB4QAsCj6Q.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="3dbc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/deplatform-trump-f0e5b474c58f"> <div> <div> <h2>Deplatform Trump?</h2> <div><h3>It’s not that simple.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*IUS4WthATJGye_0oU6rmsw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="f10d">Nothing Personal Unless It’s Daytime Talk Show Material</h2><p id="38e2">Medium says it wants personal experiences, but apparently only if it is either traumatic tell-alls or smiley unicorn fluff.</p><div id="4299" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/age-meh-fde95910c42f"> <div> <div> <h2>Age? Meh.</h2> <div><h3>It’s not a number.</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ldeWP5eSJjJGm21cSMjb3Q.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="f966">That first one mentioned I live in Prague, so could have been shadowbanned for mentioning a non-English speaking country.</p><div id="f368" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/my-spouses-cousin-s-graduation-959a143e1ab4"> <div> <div> <h2>My Spouse’s Cousin’s Graduation</h2> <div><h3>A Stark Reminder of America’s Education Inequities</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*2VCnmxhY-OsO4EGbFiTk-w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="68fa" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/how-i-liberated-myself-from-barberism-b7a041289fa5"> <div> <div> <h2>How I Liberated Myself from Barberism</h2> <div><h3>Yes, I spelled that correctly</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*aZ6YEYVi5qG06tqzqOu8Lg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="c311" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/a-college-professors-view-on-diversity-equality-and-inclusion-6aeecea1069c"> <div> <div> <h2>A College Professor’s View on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</h2> <div><h3>We need to embrace what diversity means and what understand what is preventing it.</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*PA3_6TPi1LFcOaOggJO5Pw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="3008" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/youth-is-wasted-on-the-young-22f46612d389"> <div> <div> <h2>Youth Is Wasted on the Young</h2> <div><h3>But not for the reason most people think</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*yPs7GVg4GdRSozk60j2yow.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="2485" class="link-block"> <a href="https://dgilesphilosopher.medium.com/socialized-medicine-part-2-492f5ccd72b4"> <div> <div> <h2>Socialized Medicine, Part 2</h2> <div><h3>Five weeks without hassle or out-of-pocket expense</h3></div> <div><p>dgilesphilosopher.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*pyS3_NT1yf9HzDeQTHZYDQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="6f17">NO Criticism of Big Tech Allowed!</h2><p id="a6c6">No advertising on Medium, for sure one of its best qualities, yet they seem afraid to make Big Tech uncomfortable. Maybe others have had different results, but anything I write that reflects negatively about Big Tech is buried by Medium.</p><div id="a724" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/no-there-is-not-an-app-for-that-c0582d2a2b1a"> <div> <div> <h2>No, There Is NOT an App for That</h2> <div><h3>Phone apps are the latest conflict of technology versus real life</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div>

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            <h2>AI and Us: Dr. Eve Poole about Her New Book,“Robot Souls”</h2>
            <div><h3>"Robot Souls" is a book as much about us humans as it is about robots and AI.</h3></div>
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            <h2>Bad Experiences With Online Ad Agencies</h2>
            <div><h3>If you publish Web sites, you may want to avoid these companies.</h3></div>
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            <h2>Perspective Shifts — Yes, But Which Kind?</h2>
            <div><h3>How you approach the world is a crucial consideration.</h3></div>
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            <h2>What Search Engines Tell Us About Free Will</h2>
            <div><h3>It also tells us a lot about life</h3></div>
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            <h2>Digitalization, Power, and Online Tyranny</h2>
            <div><h3>How can we clarify the role of digitalization in the “crisis in democracy?”</h3></div>
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            <h2>People Are Lazy. I Have the Stats to Prove It.</h2>
            <div><h3>Readers and views alike have short attention spans.</h3></div>
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    </div><h2 id="7a21">Total Mystery Why These Were Shadowbanned</h2><div id="bde9" class="link-block">
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            <h2>The Mass Panic Over ETs Myth</h2>
            <div><h3>Would people really freak out when they learn that ETs are real?</h3></div>
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            <h2>How to Have an Argument (More of a Debate Really)</h2>
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            <h2>A Philosophy of Flu — Fluosophy?</h2>
            <div><h3>I am sick therefore I am . . . something else . . .</h3></div>
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    </div><h2 id="bfa6">And Finally, What Did They Have Against Jeff Reboulet???</h2><div id="af51" class="link-block">
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            <h2>In Praise of the Jeff Reboulets of the World</h2>
            <div><h3>Hidden behind the Cult of Celebrity are the people who do the work.</h3></div>
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            <h2>Are We Containing the Wildfire of Empty Clickbait?</h2>
            <div><h3>Can Medium stay above the scourge?</h3></div>
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Shadowbanned Stories in 2023

Yes, it’s real

My Shadowbanned Articles

Foreign Countries

Review of the Documentary “Pardesi”

A 1992 documentary about the roots of the Asian Underground

I Love a Country that Celebrates Four Independence Days

Commemorating the past and its heroes in central Europe.

Conversations with a Croat Cevapčići Vendor

Every person has a perspective from which we can learn; don’t fear diversity.

Czech Election Shows How Backward the USA Is

Cultural and political priorities yield different results.

Nonpartisan Political Analysis

Is Your Politics One of Principles or Pettiness?

Like COVID, Putin’s War on Ukraine has brought out the best and worst of people.

Paulo Freire on Social Conflict

His main sociopolitical concept.

The Fine Line Between Patriotism and Jingoism

What is it that people are honoring?

9/11 Plus 22 — Whither America?

Or has America withered?

An Independent View on the 4th of July

Celebrating the freedom of constructive criticism.

Are You Really Fighting the Power or Just Being Stroppy?

It’s being stroppy as a lifestyle choice that is the subject of my thoughts today.

Ron DeSantis Would Ban My Textbook

and other reasons you should read it

Deplatform Trump?

It’s not that simple.

Nothing Personal Unless It’s Daytime Talk Show Material

Age? Meh.

It’s not a number.

My Spouse’s Cousin’s Graduation

A Stark Reminder of America’s Education Inequities

How I Liberated Myself from Barberism

Yes, I spelled that correctly

A College Professor’s View on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We need to embrace what diversity means and what understand what is preventing it.

Youth Is Wasted on the Young

But not for the reason most people think

Socialized Medicine, Part 2

Five weeks without hassle or out-of-pocket expense

NO Criticism of Big Tech Allowed!

No, There Is NOT an App for That

Phone apps are the latest conflict of technology versus real life

AI and Us: Dr. Eve Poole about Her New Book,“Robot Souls”

"Robot Souls" is a book as much about us humans as it is about robots and AI.

Bad Experiences With Online Ad Agencies

If you publish Web sites, you may want to avoid these companies.

Perspective Shifts — Yes, But Which Kind?

How you approach the world is a crucial consideration.

What Search Engines Tell Us About Free Will

It also tells us a lot about life

Digitalization, Power, and Online Tyranny

How can we clarify the role of digitalization in the “crisis in democracy?”

People Are Lazy. I Have the Stats to Prove It.

Readers and views alike have short attention spans.

Total Mystery Why These Were Shadowbanned

The Mass Panic Over ETs Myth

Would people really freak out when they learn that ETs are real?

How to Have an Argument (More of a Debate Really)

How to disagree without being disagreeable

A Philosophy of Flu — Fluosophy?

I am sick therefore I am . . . something else . . .

And Finally, What Did They Have Against Jeff Reboulet???

In Praise of the Jeff Reboulets of the World

Hidden behind the Cult of Celebrity are the people who do the work.

Are We Containing the Wildfire of Empty Clickbait?

Can Medium stay above the scourge?