Mastodawn

3/🧵Hardly a day goes by without Trump’s telling us that no president has amassed a political movement like his or accomplished as much in such a short time or built such a rich economy or worked harder. Me, me, me. Best, best, best. He can’t find enough hours in the conventional workday to proclaim his glory adequately, so he has been known to spend the wee hours strutting on Truth Social, as he did from 9 p.m. to midnight on the first day of December, in a narcissistic meltdown of more than 150 posts.

About six hours later, as he reflected on what terrific fun that was, he awarded a superlative to the platform designed to accommodate his superlatives. “TRUTH SOCIAL IS THE BEST!” he wrote. “There is nothing even close!!!” Exclamation points are like pluses. You can’t have just one. —Frank Bruni, NYTimes #Trump #Huckster #bragging #Republicans #TrumpRegime #USPol

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MathiasTCK.bsky.social Sep 12, 2025

" But another feature of the modern far-right is an embrace of the #PostTruth #huckster. In these circles, it’s always possible that someone is playing a character—or will claim to be doing so, muddying the waters "

C.Aug 12, 2025

From an article I read today:

"... but absolution is the realm of priests and other con artists."

<slow-clap>

#ConArtist #huckster #fraud

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MathiasTCK.bsky.social Jul 24, 2025

I think Trump should stay away from words similar to #Huckster, but yeah #Hulkster tag has traffic: bsky.app/profile/bb07...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6ncuqtjvsnqdhq2ufmvet6j6/post/3lupxwhd3wk2r

C.Jul 8, 2025

This article (which is what we used to call actual idea-containing blog posts), called "The Rise of Whatever", has been making the rounds over the last few days.

https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

It is, frankly, excellent. It is closer to my own feelings about "AI" / LLM than anything I've seen written by anyone else. I have despaired over the last couple of years as I saw the number of people I respected who somehow started accepting what this article refers to as the beige sludge that LLMs produce.

If you're an engineer or software developer, it's a must read. Or if you use "AI" in your own work, or in your own personal time. Or if you listen to the hucksters selling "AI", which you must be doing, because it's bloody impossible to go a day without hearing some fucking stupid thing that Sam Altman has shat onto the internet and called it wisdom.

Basically, everyone should read it. Unless they're actually three LLMs in a trenchcoat.

#LLM #AI #whatever #RiseOfWhatever #SamAltman #huckster #fraud #hype #bubble #NotArt #NotWriting #wisdom

The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.

b҉May 6, 2025

🔗

#oregon #medford #pnw #opb #maga #reactionary #pseudoscience #joeRogan #dianePowell #uspol #ableism #autism #telepathyTapes #snakeOil #huckster #hucksterism #conspiracism

b҉ (@[email protected])

IMHO Diane Powell is a crank who’s clearly already pretty far down a stupid & dangerous David Icke type path with her #TelepathyTapes grift. OPB’s gingerly agnostic [approach](https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/04/medford-psychiatrist-autism-telepathy/) to her bullshit is embarrassing. As the writer of a more worthwhile [piece](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/telepathy-tapes-prove-we-all-want-believe) on this topic said: *”Journalists, learn to recognize the outline of this story, please.”*

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WithholdEggs Mar 13, 2025

#Trump has started a #TradeWar that will cost almost everyone including #MostAmericans

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/2025/03/13/us-stocks-drift-as-trumps-latest-tariff-threat-offsets-good-news-on-the-economy/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/2025/03/13/us-stocks-drift-as-trumps-latest-tariff-threat-offsets-good-news-on-the-economy/

#Huckster #Scammer #Liar #ConArtist #DOGE #TradeWars #TrumpsTradeWars #TrumpsUSCanadaTradeWar #CDNpoli #Tariffs #TrumpsTariffs #Americans #TariffsAreTaxes #USpoli #USApoli

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arcofjustice Sep 10, 2024

@KeithDJohnson #huckster #conman #snakeoilsalesman

SPQR Jul 24, 2024

Last November, Ohio voters codified reproduction rights in the state constitution by referendum – by a vote of 57% in favor. This was a personal defeat for Vance, who characterized the pro-choice Ohio majority as “sociopaths” who “murder their own children.”
#Ohio #Election2024 #JDVance #VP #huckster #abortion
https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/veep-stakes?r=2nb6xo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Veep Stakes

Will Vance be Sacrificed?

Thinking about...

William Lindsey

Mar 31, 2024

“As you know, I love Bible. It’s my favorite book. I’ve definitely read it. My favorite part is probably the ending. How it all ends up. …

I’m doing this for the glory of God. And for pandering and mostly for money.”

~ Trump in SNL parody of his bible-hawking grift gig

#Trump #bible #blasphemy #grift #huckster

https://www.alternet.org/snl-trump/

'I love Bible': SNL rips into Trump’s Easter message in latest cold open

Donald Trump's Bible-hawking Easter message was skewered by Saturday Night Live in its latest cold open, in which the story of the resurrection of Jesus was re-told featuring the holy book-hawking ex-president as the Messiah."That's right, it's Easter!" Trump — played by James Austin Johnson — annou...

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