Ablaze Spring 2024

The New News

Anna Angar

The New News News is no longer ‘news’ when it is the systematized dissemination of bias, dis- and mis-information with the deliberate intent of making one group look good at another’s expense; no – then the news is more properly called ‘propaganda.’

4 Minutes to Midnight

Anna Angar

I am 4 minutes to midnight and the clock is losing sand; over The Button of Doom hovers a heavy hand.

Last-minute diplomacy won’t save the situation this time; the end seems rather imminent: even the church bells chime. It’s now 1 minute to midnight time to let it unload; I’ve suppressed it all for far too long I’m just about to explode.

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