The Starting Block

The 301st Block: Democracy in shambles online and in real life (sad)

Patterns and meanings

Feb 9 • Tina Carmillia

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The 300th Block: Exiled journalists, dead tech workers, and scammed soldiers

And a quick pulse check on digital sovereignty

Feb 2 • Tina Carmillia

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January 2026

The 299th Block: Displacement, Africa's internet, and diaspora politics

Watched Borgen, yet?

Jan 26 • Tina Carmillia

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The 298th Block: RISJ's journalism prediction, an untouchable hacker god, and the foreign nationals lured into the Russian army

Also, Wikipedia is 25!

Jan 19 • Tina Carmillia

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The 297th Block: Breaking the information blockade in Venezuela

Plus, facial recognition for Indian pensioners and digital citizen score for Vietnamese

Jan 12 • Tina Carmillia

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The 296th Block: How would you bring the news to the front-lines?

Plus: The scammer's guide to scamming and how war affects a child's brain

Jan 5 • Tina Carmillia

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December 2025

The 295th Block: Verify the rivals

Scams, fakes, and extremism

Dec 29, 2025 • Tina Carmillia

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The 294th Block: Mind your language

And the radicals

Dec 22, 2025 • Tina Carmillia

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The 293rd Block: Socmed and trad media

Crackdown, gagged, discredited, etc.

Dec 15, 2025 • Tina Carmillia

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The 292nd Block: Essays, online investigations, and research

Connect the dots

Dec 8, 2025 • Tina Carmillia

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The 291st Block: Chat is 3

Meanwhile I'm still struggling to stop receiving AI-generated music recommendations

Dec 1, 2025 • Tina Carmillia

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November 2025

The 290th Block: More on climate, propaganda

This edition is not written by Victoria Goldiee

Nov 24, 2025 • Tina Carmillia

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