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Dear friend and ER doctor (for veterans and during COVID in NYC) is a bit too busy saving lives than to give responses beyond this one that won’t be read and are asked for in bad faith.

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I was told by a few to post this on here. So Hello BlueSky! While working at the VA I’ve gotten to know, treat and help our veterans. So when I received the DOGE email, it struck a cord. But I’m a model federal employee, and to avoid a no reply = resignation. I responded. How’d I do? #doge

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I wrote about the Free Press's shameful decision to publish Hanania's apologia for Nazi salutes www.unpopularfront.news/p/enough

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David Icke, notorious English peddler of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about lizard people, is calling out Elon Musk on Twitter and it is fascinating to watch:

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These are the same attention dynamics that feed the spread of rumors and partisan outrage, have been effectively exploited by right wing populists around the world, and are reconfiguring global politics. But sure, Facebook, go for it!

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A powerful talk (that should be published in a book essay someday,) going over the different “phases” of rumor and disinformation research of the past decade, with a powerful call to action. @katestarbird.bsky.social is a legend who I am honored to work with www.youtube.com/live/YnJ5o09...

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Lots of folks are disappointed with the “Left” for being in such disarray. Yet in these moments, I’m also wondering, what about those Constitutional Conservative Textualists? Where are they? Can’t we also want them to step up more? (Danielle Sassoon aside)

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This is why the paper form for the news still wins for me.

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There are so many of @aresluna.org pieces I’ve loved over the years, but this tribute to Gorton has to be one of my most favorite. aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

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This is a critical point. The Trumpists (and other successful movements at the moment) understand the “social construction of reality” as a strategy, not just a descriptive theory.

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The “Weaponization of Government” committee continues its bizarro claims that university speech is “censorship”, and brags about its role in shutting down that speech, while using two conspiracy theorist / Substack salesmen as their star witnesses.

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Time to drink the Right’s Milkshake by reclaiming transgressive politics. By me on my Substack. “The Milkshake Doctrine.” open.substack.com/pub/failuret...

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The circus is starting: Jim Jordan, Taibbi & Shellenberger are congratulating themselves on Twitter Files. Jordan opens by gloating ab getting Stanford Internet Observatory shut down. Yes: the congressman got 1A protected research shut down. That's censorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7G5...

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I now have a new dream. A sit down with @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to discuss his father’s work in Gramsci and his reflections on how the American Right has engaged these ideas so heavily.

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Masnick explains how Musk is doing a Twitter Files on the whole U.S. government: "The danger isn’t just bad policy — it’s the replacement of accountable governance with conspiracy-driven chaos that threatens everything from disaster response to diplomatic relations." www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/t...

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A new political order has announced itself. Who are its biggest stakeholders? Hint: those who have the most to win in this “Year of the Coin.” open.substack.com/pub/failuret...

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With all the crypto events in DC for inauguration, this next four years seems like “The Age of Speculation.” Attention? That was the buzzword in 2016, 2020. Now people just wanna get rich and you don’t need attention to make millions on Trump coin.

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An earthquake alert in CDMX. Three posts in English and Spanish on Bluesky but a lot more activity on Threads and X. Interesting to see where folks flock to still for emergency posting. Alerta del Sismo en CDMX pero no hay mucho aquí en Bluesky…

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The CEO of Watch Duty used his skills as a software engineer to build the app to amplify fire safety information as a public service: “Techies are obsessed with going to Mars and inventing an AGI robot to do art. But I’m obsessed with time and life.” sfstandard.com/2025/01/09/w...

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Coping with the news that Dana White (president of the UFC) has been appointed to Meta's board? Perhaps it's useful to see how the dynamics of social media and improvisational entertainment (pro wrestling, improv) are already intertwined with today's politics: theconversation.com/how-right-wi...

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This piece made me furious. Nurses are asked to bid on shifts, offering to work lower and lower wages, and then the app can fail and not pay them at all. We don't have a nursing shortage, we have a shortage of good jobs sane humans are willing to work. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

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Skepticism on the left about the 2024 U.S. election results “was everywhere” on social media, “but it didn’t go viral,” @cip.uw.edu research manager @danielletomson.bsky.social told @nytimes.com in an interview. “There was no coherent narrative.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/t...

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Right-wing media operates like #improv theater, with influencers as performers and audiences as active participants. #Researchers explain how this dynamic ecosystem shapes reality for many Americans. https://buff.ly/3CSLpm3 Danielle Lee Tomson and @katestarbird.bsky.social @uofwa.bsky.social)

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The Millennial urge to capitalize on micro-skeet fame. Yet post pandemic, I’m so comfy not regularly using social media….

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My colleague @danielletomson.bsky.social and I published an article in The Conversation expanding upon the metaphor that the dynamics of right-wing/conservative media look a lot like improv theater: theconversation.com/how-right-wi...

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Want to understand right-wing media? Take a UCB improv class. Fun piece by @katestarbird.bsky.social and me in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-right-wi...

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“Let’s see if all these journalists change Bluesky” ~Logs in after minimal skeeting for months~ “Still talking about Alf I see.” Noice.

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Yesterday, chatter about the arson attempt on a ballot dropbox in Vancouver, WA took off on Bluesky — one of the fastest election rumors we’ve seen here. Most skeets focused on the arson (true), though some speculated (unsubstantied) about a connection to far-right groups like the Proud Boys.

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The threat of widespread noncitizen voting isn’t real. It’s a conspiracy theory with racist roots, the manifestation of a well-funded conservative activist, the fever dream of thousands of volunteers who meet on zoom. And it’s already doing real harm. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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In 2020, researchers documented how rumors about election fraud were motivated and then mobilized by Trump and his supporters to contest the election. In 2024, this rumor generating/mobilizing machine is increasingly mature. Our team breaks down how it works: uwcip.substack.com/p/making-the...

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Our team just published a "rapid research post" tracking speculative rumors about an updated DOD directive — alleging a connection to potential political violence around the 2024 election — as they spread across/between communities and social media platforms. uwcip.substack.com/p/rumors-rap...

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Early last week, Donald Trump made a Truth Social post falsely claiming that Democrats were using UOCAVA (overseas voting) to cheat in the 2024. Our team unpacked where those rumors come from — and how they mislead — in a "rapid" research post: uwcip.substack.com/p/examining-...

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Are all these journalists really making that much more money on Substack? Or have that much more freedom and career ease? @oliverdarcy.bsky.social and @taylorlorenz.bsky.social can you weigh in on the incentives or reasons?

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This claim is a doozy. It relies upon a lack of understanding of how the absentee registration process works & the downstream security meaures that would prevent a ballot completed by an ineligible person from being counted. But then it sprinkles in a little "foreign interference" for extra effect.

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WA Post discussing how "radical transparency" is being employed to try to mitigate election misinformation. These efforts can have mixed effects. The raw evidence they provide can be used to refute false claims, but can also be twisted into false rumors: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Reminder for folks framing this story as voter suppression / election fraud. Election adminstration errors happen. But they are very rarely intentional, almost always have remedies, and are unlikely to affect outcomes. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/u...

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Walking in NYC and I see a mirror paint Lambo with a FDNY license plate followed by a Rolls Royce with a NYPD license plate and wtf do you get paid as a cop in this city….

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The past week’s “‘Call of Duty’ has gone woke” outrage is ridiculous on its face, but also recalls an almost decade-old precedent for these grievance campaigns: Gamergate.

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As it was written @zachverdin.bsky.social - the LA Jew born in Texas soil - has exploded onto the scene as it was written. I’m sure @morar.bsky.social @smoseee.bsky.social and @vitachronicles.bsky.social can preach your gospel.

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