Today I will be honoring Charlie Kirk’s legacy by soliciting money from billionaires who want to set the agenda of my platform and organization.

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads

New: The federal probe of Charlie Kirk’s killing has yet to find a link between Tyler Robinson & LW groups, per 3 sources familiar “Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Being mortal is such a funny and thrilling thing. I woke this morning with an unquestioned certainty that I will see the sun set tonight. It’s the same certainty that Charlie Kirk had on the 10th. He happened to be wrong, and it’s too early to say if I’m right. The chaos is exhilarating sometimes.

If your political faction has control of the federal government and even begins to make culture war gains, it’s important to assume that trajectory will continue forever and wildly overplay your hand during the year leading up to the already-disadvantageous midterm elections.

Going back to 1998 to explain that in 27 years "Should the sidekick on Win Ben Stein's Money have a network TV show?" will be the most hotly-discussed political issue of the day because President Donald Trump used the assassination of a right-wing podcaster as a pretext for abusing federal power.

As long as we're going after late night hosts, it was outrageous that Jay Leno was permitted to use public, FCC-regulated airwaves to falsely claim that "presidential kneepads" exist. I looked like a FOOL in front of the White House tour guide.

How’s that for timing www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

We all have our stories that we cannot personally process and as a former baseball reporter who has done a lot of reporting on the US anti-trafficking movement (which has an at best tenuous relationship to actual anti-trafficking work) this one is mine

Cory Doctorow’s interview on the QAA podcast is fantastic. That is all. open.spotify.com/episode/00PK...

When QAnon emerged publicly in August 2018, the media was totally blindsided. Most had either no knowledge, or had actively ignored it. There's no excuse now. The president is sharing insane prophecy cult memes, and it needs to be covered. It's not normal.

In a new interview with a QAnon-affiliated podcast, prominent election denier David Clements said that he was "thankful for the people that do the decodes" of Q posts & suggested that people would be "foolish" to ignore the Q posts.

I really like the QAA podcast but it's really difficult to listen to where people walk in at different times & you're just listening to an excerpt from a nutjob. Or you're using power tools & when you stop suddenly there's Tucker Carlson talking about cum.

This was a really exceptional episode of QAA feat @maargentino.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...

I’m a little insulted I’ve never received an offer to take dark money. I wouldn’t take it, I’m very grateful for the support of QAA’s listeners. But still: no political power player even tried to see if I could be bought? They must either think too highly of me or too little of me.

You can hear me speak about my book "QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement" on this weeks QAnon Anonymous Podcast. Big thank you to @travisview.bsky.social and @jakerockatansky.bsky.social for having me on. Discount code for my book in the Ep on.soundcloud.com/wb5ifyquFfq0...

The “overwhelming majority” of documents the Justice Department gave Congress in response to a subpoena for all information from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein had already been publicly released, according to Democratic members.

I’m having an excellent day because I now the owner of rare Masonic propaganda about The Morgan Affair.

In a new column, @chaykak.bsky.social writes about how he sees the Labubumatchadubaichocolate phase as IRL Brain Rot—a culture that exists physically but is incomprehensible without the internet.

Some important context here: The first computers ever built, over 150 years ago, were capable of doing numerical calculations accurately.

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

finally a cable news channel for our times

Listened to a QAA podcast where it was mentioned that there’s a conspiracy theory that the world is made out of flesh and guys do videos looking at mountains and pointing at different strata like it’s marbling on a steak and damn it was nice to hear about a not explicitly racist conspiracy

Just finished the QAA episode about Candace Owens throwing her life energy into transvestigating Brigitte Macron and wow. Oh boy

This feels like getting an A in your hardest class. Thank you @travisview.bsky.social. The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging is now available to pre-order: bookshop.org/a/115106/979...

Please stop naysaying about complex issues, esp. when your information is limited. Trump wants to be emperor; but he can't control everything. Many times, when forced to, govt officials (sort of) follow the law. Often, court orders make a huge, practical difference. Aaron explains it:

@travisview.bsky.social doing a deep dive into french high school curriculums because he got annoyed by the mixed information available about the macrons is such a power move. another banger episode by my favorite podcast!

The QAA podcast on Candace Owens is so good I’m crying www.patreon.com/posts/becomi...

There’s a popular theory that Trump’s revived Russiagate probe is meant to distract from the Epstein files. (It’s working ... for now.) www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

FROM @reuters.com: President Trump’s rhetoric has galvanized a new wave of far-right activists, fueling growth in white supremacist ranks. "He’s the best thing that’s happened to us," said the leader of the Aryan Freedom Network. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

for @literaryhub.bsky.social I wrote about Pynchon’s early career, the rocket death drive, and the statue of Werner von Braun in Huntsville lithub.com/why-thomas-p...

Q: Sir, what are you trying to build? TRUMP: Missiles. Nuclear missiles

The Alt National Park Service has spent months stealing from journalists, directly plagiarizing the work of others more than a hundred times. With more than 4.3 million followers on Facebook and nearly 900k here on Bluesky, they've built a massive following on theft.

This is wild but I went on my fav podcast QAA Pod to harp on about the phoney baloney NatSec social science of Disinfo Studies. Big thanks to @travisview.bsky.social and Julian! www.patreon.com/posts/135278...

NEW: Republicans in nearly 20 states + Congress are writing bills to ban “weather modification.” “It’s not a conspiracy theory,” PA Sen. Camera Bartolotta said. “All you have to do is look up.” Dems see it as “absolutely” the GOP’s latest response to climate change www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

No Secret Societies

I can be heard chatting with Mary Louise Kelly about how the conspiraicst right is reacting to Trump's ongoing Epstein-related issues on NPR's All Things Considered today at 4:07 PM Eastern.

he's lost the QAnon Shaman

Listening to the QAA ep on labubus and these toys are the new beanie babies or troll dolls in the 90s. Like all aspects are reminding me of that craze so it’s kinda funny to hear ppl act confused over the popularity lol. Too bad they’ll be rotting in a landfill in a few years

Richard Grenell, Trump’s envoy for special missions, earlier today retweeted a post that includes an image of a Q post in it.

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social that the “Jeffrey Epstein hoax” is a scam.

Whenever @travisview.bsky.social, @jakerockatansky.bsky.social and Julian Feeld discuss #Epstein on the QAA podcast, it's a must-listen event. There's was the dive into 47s latest bit of nonsense on the case I was most looking forward to, and they did not disappoint. www.podbean.com/ew/dir-6pvam...

It’s notable that significant research was conducted over the last 5+ years on how to structure technology affordances to help people make sense of information and improve their literacy, much of it funded by tech companies, who’ve now gone out of their way to throw it out and do the exact opposite

If you're not subscribed to the Patreon for the QAA Podcast, get on it! This is a great primer on AltNPS's plagiarism and general scammy behavior online. And I'm not just saying that because @travisview.bsky.social called my weird little hater account "great." www.patreon.com/posts/hunt-f...

🚨Federal judge orders DHS to limit “roving patrols” in Los Angeles. The judge finds that the evidence shows that DHS officers are racially profiling people to demand their papers, which all sides agree is illegal, and orders DHS to stop those unlawful practices.

I've just listened to the first episode of this, which is free to listen in the QAA podcast's regular feed. Like all of Liv's work, it's fascinating, well-researched and thoughtful, and I'm so happy she's got an opportunity to go deep on this important topic. Go check it out and subscribe for more!

You can listen to the first one on the QAApod live feed for free and the rest the rest of them will be behind a 25$/year paywall (along with the rest of the QAA series and more to come!!) at www.cursedmedia.net

Go listen to my new series Science in Transition!! It's a history of the current anti-trans backlash and the first two episodes are out!!