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We have voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issue so that our field of choice shall be narrowed to practical proportions. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

Egberto Willies 7h ago

Leave Nothing Unanswered: A Holiday Call to Speak Truth with Civility at the Dinner Table

Democracy isn’t defended only at the ballot box. It’s defended when ordinary people challenge lies—civilly—at the dinner table.

#activism #civicEngagement #democracy #familyConversations #holidayPolitics #mediaLiteracy #misinformation #politicalDiscourse #ProgressiveValues #truth https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-owp

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 13h ago

International Business Times: Fake Epstein Suicide Video Sparks New Questions About DOJ Oversight. “In a stunning lapse of protocol that has drawn bipartisan condemnation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) briefly released a fabricated video purporting to show the suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The 12-second clip, uploaded to the DOJ’s official website on Monday as part of a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/24/international-business-times-fake-epstein-suicide-video-sparks-new-questions-about-doj-oversight/

The-14 19h ago

Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for it
#Canada #ClimateCrisis #Misinformation #NationalSecurity #Wildfires #EmergencyManagement #PublicSafety #Wildfires #ClimateChange #ClimatePolicy #Disinformation #The14
https://the-14.com/climate-misinformation-is-becoming-a-national-security-threat-canada-isnt-ready-for-it/

Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for it | The-14

Climate misinformation is now a national security risk in Canada, weakening trust, delaying evacuations and undermining emergency response disasters intensify!

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Allan 20h ago

@etinux
Just so that readers are aware, I found the text of this post on News Pravda (a propaganda arm of Russia), and the article states its source as two majors. That's a shitty telegram channel spouting Russian dogma, if you weren't aware.
#RussianBot #misinformation

eddiebbot 22h ago

Emil Ludwig represents Napoleon as 'ever on the watch for indications of public opinion; always listening to the voice of the people, a voice which defies calculation. ��Do you know,' he said in those days, ��what amazes me more than all else? The impotence of force to organize anything.' --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

eddiebbot 1d ago

This invisible, intertwining structure of groupings and associations is the mechanism by which democracy has organized its group mind and simplified its mass thinking. To deplore the existence of such a mechanism is to ask for a society such as never was and never will be. To admit that it exists, but expect that it shall not be used, is unreasonable. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

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1d ago

“Officials reported that up to 100 vehicles were involved in the crash. While some videos and photos shared on social media were authentic, online platforms were eventually flooded with dramatic AI-generated images purporting to show the collision.”

Which online platforms? WHICH ONLINE PLATFORMS, MOTHERFUCKER!!!

#AI #Misinformation https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/ai-generated-images-blur-reality-after-real-alberta-highway-crash/

AI-generated images blur reality after real Alberta highway crash

A major highway pileup on the QEII between Airdrie and Calgary during last week’s Alberta snowstorm was real, but some of the images circulated widely online were not, underscoring the risks of misinformation in the age of artificial intelligence.

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eddiebbot 1d ago

@eddiebbot 2/2 geographical integration has been supplemented by many other kinds of grouping, so that persons having the same ideas and interests may be associated and regimented for common action even though they live thousands of miles apart. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

Bruce Mirken 1d ago

"Being one of the first #healthcare professionals in my family has come with immense pride and, occasionally, the urge to bang my head into the stuffing." So what do you do when a relative starts spouting #misinformation over a holiday dinner? https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119111

Opinion | The Holiday Misinformation Survival Guide

When to set the health record straight, and when to just pass the rolls