#NowWatching “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” (2025) on Kino Film Collection

Directed by David Borenstein & Pavel Talankin

A Russian teacher secretly documents his small town school's transformation into a war recruitment center during the Ukraine invasion, revealing the ethical dilemmas educators face amid propaganda and militarization.

#streaming #documentary #Russian #military #propoganda #Putin #Oscars2026

When I was a kid and people talked about propaganda, I remember thinking how people who "fell for it" must be dumb or ignorant. Today I see propaganda everywhere.

I see it when my mother-in-laws thinks that people are celebrating in the street, cheering on Israel and the US liberating Iran from its tyrannical regime.

I see it in Canadian media which demonizes conflates Israel with Jews, and at every opportunity discusses what happens in Israel in only the most negative terms.

I see it right wing American media, which creates an artificial bubble of misinformation and distrust in facts and reality.

I see it in left wing American media, which hammers the same message onto people about identity over policy, and framing anyone with criticism of their conclusions as enemies to be reviled.

I no longer think that people who fall for propaganda as dumb or ignorant, but I don't know how to help people see different perspectives either.

#propoganda #politics

"How did a young Shakespeare scholar end up as a leading expert on the propaganda that pervades our world today?"

https://www.readingtheworldmovie.com/

#propoganda #markcrispinmiller #media #nyu #advertising #readingtheworld #documentary #divideandconquer

White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after #ICE protest. #blackwomen in the crosshairs.

#antitruth #trumpliesmatter #blackwomen #blackmastodon
#propoganda #whitesupremacy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/white-house-ice-protest-arrest-altered-image

Here's another #antique from my shop. A propaganda poster from a bygone era. #WW1

The assumption we have is that this was printed 1917-1919. When this sells I will pout a bit because it really is quite cool.

I think #WW2 propaganda wasn't QUITE as artistic as these were. I think that has more to do with how much easier it was to mass produce things like this at the time of #WWII vs 1 .

#propoganda #war #old #collection #art #fediverse #america #vintage #artdeco

An occasional look at the propaganda

The Times’ ‘Scottish’ section is a continuous diatribe about the country. They don’t even bother talking about food or the landscape, and never business or the positives (many) in our country. Notable here was the performance of the SNHS, university fees or other socially useful services (including bus and train transport) - a small percentage of England’s. That 24K is very selective

http://archive.today/2025.12.30-194939/https://www.thetimes.com/money/tax/article/scotland-living-property-tax-2rv6smxx

#Taxation #SelectiveFacts #Propoganda #Scotland

One day someone on your side of a political issue will generate AI propaganda to lie about something with ends justify the means thinking

#GenAI #AISlop #Propoganda

“What happens when #lying no longer shocks us and #dishonesty become normal? In this eye-opening talk, Skylar Hughes, a journalist and psychological researcher, explores why our outrage at fake news has faded and what that means for democracy."

#disinformation
#fakenews
#propoganda

https://youtu.be/Q9b7ZQh28GY