Last month Mike and Brunwulf interviewed Stephen McNallen about his 2015 book Asatru: A Native European Spirituality. This month they finish their analysis, going through the text chapter by chapter, raising points of interest. Since Mr. McNallen's work is an overview of Germanic religion, in this episode Mike and Brunwulf touch on an enormous range of topics over nearly four hours. The result is a sweeping survey of the religion of our forefathers, a great refresher for experts and a perfect introduction to the religion for newcomers.
Last month Mike and Brunwulf interviewed Stephen McNallen about his 2015 book Asatru: A Native European Spirituality. This month they finish their analysis, going through the text chapter by chapter, raising points of interest. Since Mr. McNallen's work is an overview of Germanic religion, in this episode Mike and Brunwulf touch on an enormous range of topics over nearly four hours. The result is a sweeping survey of the religion of our forefathers, a great refresher for experts and a perfect introduction to the religion for newcomers.
The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. Messages are not fully encrypted by default. That means the company could, in theory, access the content of the messages, or be forced to hand over the data at the request of a government. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. Also in the latest update is the ability for users to create a unique @username from the Settings page, providing others with an easy way to contact them via Search or their t.me/username link without sharing their phone number.
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