🌱 community garden plot is going well, everything came up. but once a week we are still digging banana suckers and rhizomes out of the ground. It’s amazing how fast they grow. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreicfnwvtm4eyjz4nyxsyzrucvmd44bpeqborlmgr4q56xoyaqvw744
Important points & resources here! In Invisible Rulers (📕) I wrote in detail ab the right-wing bs machine that used a combo of subpoenas, FOIA, smears, online bridgading, & lawsuits to attack us - and ultimately shutter Stanford Internet Observatory. It is, I’m told, a v readable cautionary tale. RE: View quoted note →
The Right Wing Reproducibility Crisis ht [@thebulwark.com]( ) https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreib6qseoi6dditpsvs6gqy2ial44qcnn6lpitxuysm3khwy6tfgszy
Behemoth pic for #caturday. He waits at the top of the stairs when I get home from dinners & nighttime things and looks vaguely disapproving. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreif4y2qjleza3vq2s6zlk2teib4nvt3qucthh3fnghrsmmktyd5u3u
It’s been narratives all the way down throughout human experience - Lippmann described this as “pseudo-environments” a century ago: men live in the same world but think and feel in different ones, he argued, and it was the govt and/or media’s job to bridge these divergent narratives. RE:
Influencer Kristi is performing online MAGA norms for the adulation of the online crowd. Norms were rewired by the incentive structure of communicating on X. That’s the attention game she needs to win to maintain power and clout among the influencers & crowd she cares about. RE:
A more appropriate headline would be “Lawfare campaign expands against ideological enemies of Elon Musk” RE:
Another very simple message: Vaccines keep school children from dying of preventable diseases. Vaccine requirements are up to the states to decide — so go fuck yourself, Kennedy. Parents, wake up. You need to organize. Don’t let the MAHA nuts be the only organized voices in your legislature. RE: View quoted note →
The Fox News TV clown who was a defendant in Smartmatic defamation lawsuit, cited in the Dominion case, is going to be prosecuting a murder/terrorism case. RE:
Having a fascinating chat w/ppl ab tradwives & realizing those who missed Wife With A Purpose and the rise of it all in 2015 think what’s happening on TikTok today is “tradwife” culture - like basic SAHM aesthetic cottagecore vibes. Cute retro dresses and traditional roles... having kids. 1/2