I wrote about a recently released DHS report that’s received, imo, not enough attention: “The report describes attempts by top officials to link protesters to an imaginary terrorist plot in an apparent effort to boost Trump’s reelection odds, raising concerns now about the ability of a sitting president to co-opt billions of dollars’ worth of domestic intelligence assets for their own political gain.”

https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-homeland-security-report-antifa-portland-1849718673

Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump

A new Homeland Security report details orders to connect protesters arrested in Portland to one another in service of the Trump's imaginary antifa plot.

Gizmodo

@dell Can we have some CWs on "look at this terrible right wing thing"-posts please? Not because politics are taboo, but because people should be able to engage with them intentionally.

@couts - ditto for boosting them.

Please have a look at excellent thread on the subject here: https://merveilles.town/@lrhodes/109293898785996768

L. Rhodes (@[email protected])

I think one of the more urgent topics the #journalists now arriving on Mastodon need to discuss is their policy toward content warnings. It's a valued and established part of the culture of Mastodon, and journalists need to quickly establish a consensus on best practices.

Merveilles
@nikodemus @dell happy to do it! how… do you add a CW to something you boost?
@couts @nikodemus @dell You can't add content warnings to what you boost, sorry. That would be a good thing to pass on to OP (although i do not see the post that is being mentioned)

@fiskfan1999 @dell @couts This is the post: https://mastodon.lol/@dell/109299079647288554

Not the worst thing ever by any means.

dell cameron (@[email protected])

I wrote about a recently released DHS report that’s received, imo, not enough attention: “The report describes attempts by top officials to link protesters to an imaginary terrorist plot in an apparent effort to boost Trump’s reelection odds, raising concerns now about the ability of a sitting president to co-opt billions of dollars’ worth of domestic intelligence assets for their own political gain.” https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-homeland-security-report-antifa-portland-1849718673

Mastodon.lol
@nikodemus @fiskfan1999 @dell I’ll admit this is hard for me to grasp since news is the world I live in, but I appreciate your thoughts and insights.

@couts @dell If OP is missing the CW, don't boost, but create a new post with the CW and link.

Ideally of course OP could add the CW. (Edit if they can, Delete & Redraft if they can't - depends on the instance.)

@nikodemus @dell Oh I just mean I would never want a CW on that particular kind of post, so my judgement about what deserves a CW will inevitably misalign with someone else’s.