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I don't like this, but it's true. Twitter is where I still have the largest nominal reach, and probably largest reach among various people in the public eye, and there's an argument for the uses of that... but it would be far better for "X" to become irrelevant, and my use slows that down.

Ladies: before you quit your high paying ad exec job in the city and move in with the handsome charming flannel-wearing Christmas-loving man who runs an adorable small business in your hometown, remember to ask where he was on January 6 👀

Literally all musk had to do was enjoy being rich and not be a Nazi, and that was too difficult. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/t...

Trump says he's going after "radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country." That kind of rhetoric has preceded every genocide in history. Am I saying Trump is planning a genocide? No. But don't be surprised when the brownshirt violence starts.

How it started/how it ended

The demonization of DC in right-wing rhetoric has always been racist and aimed to justify the disenfranchisement of DC as a state. But in the last year it's been matched by efforts to strip DC of home rule and make us an "example" of how the GOP would run cities and it terrifies me

Yeah. The "14" is a completely fake number, with no connection to the Secret Service's actual practices (which involve the number "120"). The "88" is his own chosen number. And I don't see any reason to give him the benefit of the doubt on it.

Google is reportedly testing a product that uses AI technology to produce news stories, pitching it to news organizations, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal’s owner, News Corp

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Contrary to what Lara Logan claims (besides falsely claiming MMFA is behind QAnon), she's previously: -echoed Q's call to deny QAnon exists -collaborated with QAnon influencer Juan O. Savin -endorsed the QAnon-connected adrenochrome conspiracy theory So she does have something to do with QAnon.

100% to this: “responding to disinformation is not about playing whack-a-troll or censoring. It’s about providing, surfacing, and teaching people how to find correct information. It’s about more speech, not less speech.”

at this point, “are you willing to let Libs of TikTok continue to spew terrorist filth on your platform” is a remarkable litmus test for if a company has a spine

Fox's response to Dominion is to promote the dime store Tucker Carlson

The position articulated here is “if enough powerful people purport to believe a lie, we have no choice but to give it as large a platform as possible” https://bsky.app/profile/mtsw.bsky.social/post/3jx7st5ovbo26

Spoiler: their obsession with Pride has nothing to do with the kids

The right wing Sinclair broadcasting video they played across all their stations warning about fake news becoming a right wing talking point is so dystopian and bleak.

Throwback pug photo seems like the right first post move