Mastodawn

Wenn es stimmen würde, was der Teaser insinuiert (tatsächlich ist es ja nur Clickbait-Geraune), dann würden Bündnisgrüne und Union ja in Wahrheit vor allem über die Zukunft der SPD sprechen; und insbesondere ihres Vizekanzlers. #nothingburger

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Graham Perrin Apr 26

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@patrickcmiller/116467048166124126

This looks tasty. Smells tasty. Jessica Lyons writes convincingly, and amusingly, about AI – "nothingburger", and so on.

Let's take a bite! It's possible that Lyons fell victim to clickbait with her story twenty-four hours later – an "exclusive" with supposed victim Turshija (Boris Vujičić):

<https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/23/job_scam_targeted_developer/> | <https://web.archive.org/web/20260423222731/https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/23/job_scam_targeted_developer/>

Eagle-eyed commentary: <https://forums.theregister.com/forum/1/2026/04/23/job_scam_targeted_developer/#c_5266435> – if I'm not mistaken, the tale told exclusively to Lyons by Vujičić (tweets from 19:28 UTC on 22nd April) is an embellishment of the report that was made three hours earlier by Adib Hanna:

― <https://nitter.net/adibhanna/status/2046988777789555191> (16:25 UTC), with <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA7PsdI0zs8> the next day.

The community note at Vujičić's tweet:

＂Clickbait copying a real life story with receipts from the day prior, apparently embellished and lengthened with AI.＂

So.

Can we, should we, believe everything that we read?

Food for thought burger.

#AI #clickbait #nothingburger

Cc @patrickcmiller @Kierkegaanks @simonzerafa

Postscript (copied from Reddit): "Without wishing to appear unkind: this may be another case of early reporting not being the best reporting. I'm not ungrateful; the story that preceded discovery by The Register was informative (but clumsy―it may have harmed innocent victims). "

Pa🇵🇸Apr 18

RE: https://expressional.social/@Peter_Link/116423308727245721

You never forget your first sinister #nothingburger.

Pa🇵🇸Apr 13

#nothingburger: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nothingburger

See also: Any policy that gives zero meaning, benefit or real-life impact to constituents. On pre-internet era these policies usually represented or conveyed by government yes-men to mark the line of their disinterest/discourse from people.

Urban Dictionary: nothingburger

something lame, dead-end, a dud, insignificant; especially something with high expectations that turns out to be average, pathetic, or overhyped.

Urban Dictionary

Pa🇵🇸Apr 13

No mention of sea/airspace privilege.

https://media.defense.gov/2026/Apr/13/2003911810/-1/-1/1/READOUT-OF-SECRETARY-OF-WAR-PETE-HEGSETH-MEETING-WITH-INDONESIA-MINISTER-OF-DEFENSE-SJAFRIE-SJAMSOEDDIN.PDF

p.s to our neighbours: if you spot them, it's free duck season.

#nothingburger #dontpanic #hhgttg

Matthew Hall Apr 2

The #drumpf #NothingBurger on #Iran

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5770093/trump-address-iran-war

Nikolas Kozloff has moved Nov 7, 2025

All the more reason not to demobilize the 100,000 #Mamdani volunteers: #Bernie made this mistake after 2016, thereby becoming a political #nothingburger https://jacobin.com/2025/11/mamdani-dsa-democrats-cuomo-socialists

How Zohran Mamdani Triumphed Over a Decrepit Establishment

Zohran Mamdani ran an excellent campaign. But his victory was made possible by a decade of serious electoral work by New York City’s democratic socialists and the structural dysfunction of the political establishment.

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