Mastodawn

"Alternative 3 shows just how much impact a well-constructed spoof can have, even when its creators protest that it’s not real."

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/16/alternative-3-mockumentary-missing-scientists-conspiracy-50-years-later

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_3

#essay #mockumentary #conspiracies #Alternative3

‘Wow, it really worked!’: the 70s TV show that’s causing worldwide panic – 50 years later

When UK mockumentary Alternative 3 tried to spook viewers that scientists were vanishing as part of a sinister space plot it succeeded. Today, the resulting conspiracy theory has even seen Trump’s government launch an investigation

The Guardian

Stephen Elliott~Buckley May 28

https://substack.com/@edwardsnowden/note/p-38154688?r=9zc7r

#snowden

#conspiracies or #gaslighting?

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism

Conspiracy: in Theory and Practice — Edward Snowden

Would you like to know a secret?

Continuing Ed — with Edward Snowden

Universität zu Köln May 28

🤔 Conspiracies at the breakfast table

Researchers from the #UniCologne and the TH Köln investigate how family members who live in different realities can reconnect. In the RaisoN research project they look into how conspiracy theories change people’s immediate environment, i.e. the ‘social circle’, and what kind of support those close to them might need.

Read more in the current issue of the #Unimagazin▶️ https://uni.koeln/BUZ32

#uniköln #unicologne #conspiracies #research

PugJesus Apr 27

I wish the Republicans were right, just this once

CBC World Apr 27

How the Onion’s new Infowars creative director plans to get laughs out of conspiracies
Tim Heidecker could take over for Alex Jones as the head of conspiracy website Infowars in days as part of the Onion's acquisition. The comedian, actor and musician told As It Happens about his plan to get people laughing and smiling on a platform that inspired anger and fear.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/onion-infowars-laughs-conspiracies-9.7179144?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories Apr 27

How the Onion’s new Infowars creative director plans to get laughs out of conspiracies
Tim Heidecker could take over for Alex Jones as the head of conspiracy website Infowars in days as part of the Onion's acquisition. The comedian, actor and musician told As It Happens about his plan to get people laughing and smiling on a platform that inspired anger and fear.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/onion-infowars-laughs-conspiracies-9.7179144?cmp=rss

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Guillotine Jones, Flâneur Apr 26

@mattly
Never attribute to malice or a conspiracy what can easily be explained by incompetence or the profit motive.
#Capitalism #Conspiracies

RobD Apr 24

Ok, hot take here. Anyone who believes and is worried about the earth losing gravity for 7 seconds in August should have their voting rights taken away (and maybe their driving rights too).

#Science #Conspiracies #Physics