If Facebook is the conduit, eat anything fresh-baked right away – but double-check any opinionated posts.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Pro-Trump group enlists teens in campaign likened to ‘troll farm,’ drawing rebukes
Twitter and Facebook suspend some accounts of teens being paid to pump out specific social media messages at the direction of a prominent conservative youth organization.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app
The video app is fighting the administration’s efforts to ban the Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Antitrust laws are no match for Big Tech
Century-old statutes can’t cope with companies that maintain market dominance through harvesting data for free.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Health and human services director: India Street Clinic working hard to meet Portland’s public health needs
The STD clinic has added PrEP for HIV prevention, implemented online scheduling and is now offering at-home HIV testing.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: The right to hold unpopular views is under attack
Margaret Chase Smith denounced McCarthyism 70 years ago. Her ‘Declaration of Conscience’ speaks to this moment in our politics and culture.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Twitter’s inaction on Trump’s unfounded ‘murder’ tweets is disgraceful
The tweets about the death of an aide to ex-U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough violate the platform’s own rules and should be deleted.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump says a lot of foolish things. Taking them seriously gives him too much credit
Commentators should focus on the remarks that are calculating and pay less attention to the ones that are just ignorant.
Posted inFood
Cooking with snails? Ants? Baby formula?
Mainers digging deep into their pantries and refrigerators are finding unusual ingredients to cook with during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inFood
Stuck at home? Instagram to the rescue!
Three Mainers offer virtual lessons on baking, gardening, homesteading and mixology.