Trump’s recent tweets about bitcoin have excited some crypto fans, who see it as acknowledgment of the virtual currency’s status. This is simply not the case.
After a week of finding myself explaining to people that things they were sending me on Facebook were completely untrue, I picked out my four favorite fake election memes to have a casual look at, and make a (not-so) bold prediction about the next one.
While the most recent dispute between Russia and Turkey might seem to be all about the shooting down of a Russian jet near Turkish airspace, the actual roots of their rivalry go much deeper, and show us that we ignore history at our peril.