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The censors never call it censorship
FIREwire No. 47
Oct 2 • David Josef Volodzko

September 2026

Trump bans the press, Montreal fines insults to cops, and how a draft card explains AI
FIREwire No. 46
Sep 25 • David Josef Volodzko
A chill in the air
One year after Kirk, a professor in limbo, and new data on political violence
Sep 18 • David Josef Volodzko
Big Game is watching you
FIREwire No. 44
Sep 11 • David Josef Volodzko
Agents in the pews, Beijing in Houston...
FIREwire No. 43
Sep 4 • David Josef Volodzko

August 2026

The Pentagon, the press, and the paywall
FIREwire No. 42
Aug 28 • David Josef Volodzko
When the cure is worse than the disease
FIREwire No. 41
Aug 21 • David Josef Volodzko
FIREwire: The freedom suite
Durags, Draco Malfoy, and dystopian AI
Aug 14 • David Josef Volodzko
FIREwire: 'We're Americans. We get to do that.'
“We’re Americans.
Aug 7 • David Josef Volodzko

July 2026

FIREwire: Racial slurs and deepfake throuples
Plus: San Quentin, Anne Widdecombe, and Lou Koller
Jul 31 • David Josef Volodzko
FIREwire: The political bias of AI models
Also, is Trump seriously calling to revoke license of networks that didn't air his speech?
Jul 24 • Michelle Liao
FIREwire: The high cost of censoring speech
Also, does Father Putin think SpongeBob SquarePants is too gay?
Jul 17 • David Josef Volodzko
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