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A24’s new movie, “Warfare,” takes a different approach to war films. (Photo courtesy of IMDb)
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‘Warfare’ is a fascinatingly boring war film

“Warfare” was written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, with the film being based on Mendoza's experience as a United States Navy Seal deployed during the Iraq War. In this sense, the film is a passion project, with its plot being an attempt at a faithful reenactment of an encounter he and his platoon experienced on Nov. 19, 2006, in the wake of the Battle of Ramadi.

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Social Media should have more user-controlled content moderation. (Photo courtesy of Flickr,“Girl Checking her Instagram” by Themeisle, Feb 2, 2019)
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OPINION: Social media has a rage bait epidemic

Rage bait, posts designed to anger a user with intentionally negative opinions, is common on all social media platforms. It’s a fixture of the algorithm no matter what, as engagement farming is inherently the point from a creator’s perspective. I don’t mind those kinds of posts usually, and I tend to scroll past whatever insane take that graces my screen.  That was until recently when I made the apparently fatal mistake of lingering on one such post.

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