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simnett.bsky.social
Writer This machine kills fascists PSA: lies can be designed to fit narratives and primed for virality in a way the truth can't
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There's not much point is telling protesters to "do it nicely" Malcolm X: The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses…

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now. Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump. This is how you want a leader to talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

submitted 1 day ago • 89 comments

Apropos of not much: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhZ...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

@pkrugman.bsky.social I think the expression you were looking for on your substack might be Mehercule! (by Hercules)

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

So... Rather than focusing on what may well turn out to be the real issue, that the President tried to do a thing (doesn't matter what) that he cannot, everyone focused on *what* he tried to do. Like focusing on Ben Johnson's 100 meters time, without even thinking the big story, his use of drugs.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

submitted 39 days ago • 266 comments

I get my own back on the annoying NYT Wordle bot skill score by exploiting the lack of repeat solutions. In many cases that narrows down a choice of 2/3/4 to a single word. #sorrynotsorry

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

glad to hear a typical thriller plot device still rings true...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I was going to make a pithy, cogent, and well-reasoned comment on the Merits of the Issue, but I realized that both the merits, and (bizarrely) the issue will likely be completely different tomorrow, so I don't really see the point tbh.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

In re the EU deal, I find it always worth reminding the Brexiteers that even though Engerland trounced France at Agincourt, it lost the 100 Year’s War comprehensively. #long_game

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments