Back at the Liberalism in the 21st Century conference. [@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social](
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Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social)
Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distingu...
 ) is making the point that the reactionary right is highly effective at turning their ideas into discourse AND policy, drawing young ppl into political machine power structures while still in college.
Straight off the plant WFH lunch 🌱 Basil is from the indoor hydroponics, tomato are the Early Girls which were actually the last to produce. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiah2kfmpgahfcuesp7ekdfpte5fxx2trsl3umi7ysq6h4cx5mvh3y
Peanut was A+ meme fodder: you could generate provocative, funny, poignant squirrel pics. But to the point: the right makes heroes of the Wronged Man constantly. There are GiveSendGo’s for people who defend RW values set up within minutes. They are on every pod. The clips are circulated. Merch. RE:
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Kate Starbird (@katestarbird.bsky.social)
On government overreach (and sandwiches): In Oct 2024, the right posted itself into a frenzy over the U.S. gov seizing IG celebrity Peanut (a squir...
This is 💯 the impact of ref-working by anti-vaxxers, who have cowed platforms into believing that their policies — which were developed after measles outbreaks + child deaths — were “bad”. One of the ppl mentioned here - Dressen - is suing me for “censoring” her. 🙄 [www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...](
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Anti-vaccine myths surged on social media ahead of the CDC shooting
Before the shooting, social media companies relaxed their protocols around misinformation.
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Anti-vaccine myths surged on social media ahead of the CDC shooting
Before the shooting, social media companies relaxed their protocols around misinformation.
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Populism is broader than Trump. The speaker was talking about Modi extensively. And the way people decide on who the enemy is, is refined and communicated through deep stories. “Eating the pets” was a story. RE:
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social)
this is such a depressing misread of why Trumpism wins American voters aren't drawn to parables They want an enemy and they want to see that enem...
“The only way a populist can be fought is by telling a true story better.” I’m at the Liberalism in the 21st Century conference listening to Suketu Mehta extol the critical virtues of storytelling. “God speaks to us in stories, not in studies.”
We are about to have the wedding cake baker discourse about the overpriced sweater company via the free speech media RE:
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The Free Press (@thefp.com)
Lingua Franca built a brand selling luxury ‘resistance.’ But when a customer ordered a cashmere pro-Israel sweater, the company decided that so...
Zuck can ask newly-appointed chatbot ethics expert Robbie Starbuck to weigh in on this. Also on “Should the bots groom kids?” RE:
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Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
The part about telling people their stage 4 colon cancer can be cured with crystals is also fucked up. Especially since people lacking connection a...
From a story ab one of Meta’s AI chatbots setting up a meeting with a cognitively impaired elderly man.… guidelines for “romantic roleplay” with kids. Don’t let your kids talk to these things unsupervised — depraved engagement games. [Character.ai](
character.ai | AI Chat, Reimagined–Your Words. Your World.
Chat with millions of AI Characters on the #1 AI chat app. Where will your next adventure take you?
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New zombie food from Tulsi tonight: a newly-declassified email where intelligence heads are discussing how to collaborate given time constraints. The NSA head is asking the CIA & FBI to make all data available to his analysts. "Not saying that we disagree". Tulsi: Was Russia even involved AT ALL? RE:
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Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
New post up on Substack: I wrote about why frames beat facts, and why this Administration relies so heavily on “Files” dumps to shape reality &...
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