Policing Trump’s (or anybody’s) tweets: the problem is context
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Policing Trump’s (or anybody’s) tweets: the problem is context

ByJosh Bernoff

Donald Trump tweeted that mail-in ballots in California would lead to fraud. Twitter added a content warning on his tweets. If you think this is the start of Twitter fact-checking tweets, you’re wrong. It can’t. The problem is context. Let’s review what actually happened. Here’s what Trump tweeted: Twitter did something it rarely does: included…

Renoir at The Clark: How should we feel about all that flesh?
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Renoir at The Clark: How should we feel about all that flesh?

ByJosh Bernoff

The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, western Massachusetts, has mounted a comprehensive exhibit of the nudes of impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It’s impossible to see these paintings and sculptures in a public setting without some complicated feelings. I’ve never visited an impressionist art exhibit with a content warning before. I visited The Clark this weekend. (If…