Tom StaffordFeb 27

I've just an idea for a crazily unethical experiment:

- pick ~20 minor celebrities
- randomise into two halves
- half you leave alone
- half, you buy a bot army which responds with enthusiastic endorsement whenever they say anything edgy, conspiratorial or political on social media
- come back in ~6 months and see how the behaviour of each group has changed

I think we're all living with the consequences of this being done already, but for politics rather than science

#Reckons ?

ClareBear 💚 Dec 15
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/581876/services-sector-slump-gives-economic-reality-check "Negative comments received show the services sector overwhelmingly citing the weak economic environment, including low consumer confidence, high living costs, inflation, interest rates, and reduced spending, as the main factors affecting recent activity." ARe wE baCk on tRacK yEt mIstEr guMmiNt? #nzpol #economy #reckons #backontrack
Services sector slump gives economic reality check

It is the worst reading since May.

RNZ
Jeff SmithFeb 1, 2025

Making enchiladas for dinner and thinking about the 10 years I lived in California.

Is it time for Mexico to take back California and make it the 32nd state?

#california #mexico #reckons

🐙ptoothfish🐙Oct 25, 2024
if anything bsky is going to go to shit faster and harder than twitter did, cos you gotta cash out quicker each time you run the con #reckons
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jul 7, 2023

#Serialkiller #docuseries '#LastCall' #reckons with #NYC's #history of #antigay #violence.

The four-part #HBO #truecrime #series re-examines #NewYorkCity’s #yearslong #search for a #murderer who #targeted #gay #men in the early #1990s.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture #History #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/serial-killer-docuseries-last-call-reckons-nycs-history-anti-gay-viole-rcna92673

Serial killer docuseries 'Last Call' reckons with NYC's history of anti-gay violence

HBO's new serial killer docuseries "Last Call" re-examines New York City’s yearslong search for a murderer who targeted gay men in the early 1990s.

NBC News