Breaking: “allowing foreign actors to manipulate information and spread propaganda" is bad again. Govt guy Ed Martin doing some ref-working in the letter, by the way, pls someone tell Jim Jordan. [www.theverge.com/news/656720/...]( ) [Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikip...]( )
Wore my shirt today. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreigftkv6kih6vkm4fmzdzijeumzba3wptd2gbjymuvhkyzqfnhcana
On the Natalism Discourse: my persistent frustration w/liberals is the lack of understanding of how to play oppositional power politics. This is how the right comes to own - and then gut - so many common sense issues the left could win - how “achievement” or “merit” came to be right-coded, for ex.
#Propaganda101: Propagandists frame arguments by redefining their terms to suit themselves — right there in the moment. Here, we have “<term>, which means <ridiculous exaggeration tapping MAGA victim complex>” It’s often some BS thought-terminating cliche- but it’s effective for their audience. RE: View quoted note →
I believe we are slated to get an EO about ActBlue today RE:
Authoritarian governments (Turkey) now paying attention to Bluesky. Solid discussion of the nuance of compliance with takedown demands, apps enabling workarounds, and distinctions vs federated networks like Mastodon. [techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...]( ) [Government censorship comes to...]( )
The propaganda campaign to reframe studying mis/disinfo as part of some “censorship industrial complex” to suppress the right was phenomenally effective - bc academia treated it as a debate ab facts, not a power game. Stanford botched the war for public opinion, thought status quo would hold. RE: View quoted note →
Checked out [@petebuttigieg.bsky.social]( ) on Flagrant pod and it’s good. Master class in relatability and connection. It’s not hostile. It’s speaking based on values. Second clip in next post… https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreidvrem7rzsi2qqp32ayodep24ob6trav7u7nlymmznriwjmfzpbvm
MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS, Catturd. No but srsly lol you should cry to Michael Shellenberger ab this. Transparency was supposed to be part of the deal alongside "freedom of speech not freedom of reach" (the only way to moderate centralized platforms). Your mercurial billionaire just didn't deliver. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreielyh5rsnf5hkium3t22wax6dnmyznod33xnvqkp4x6ieo57abywa
“VCs who cant do basic math if it conflicts with ideology” https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreibwoiu2vjgdxcy5o5pxpuayvx4vmvsoew5y7h2onntombxcg3vyuq