When I recorded the show, I had not dug into the official bullshit about the arrest of Pavel Durov, the Russian guy who founded Telegram. I still lean toward this being connected to the Ukraine war, but maybe the free speech people are right, and it is about censorship. Politically, it is better if people see it as an attack on liberal values, like free…
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