Jonn ElledgeFeb 16, 2023
hmmmmmm
Show threadBlair Bidmead
@JonnElledge Birdland flashbacks. Ugh.
Feb 16, 2023 at 10:03pmWeb
Show threadJonn ElledgeFeb 16, 2023
@blairbidmead ...hang on what
Show threadBlair BidmeadFeb 16, 2023
@JonnElledge I binned twitter for new year. I've sort of missed it, but have felt lower levels of general, mild anxiety since quitting. Your toot here slapped me in the face with what I've been missing. I used to seek out nut-nuts like Churchill there. It's stopped being fun.
Show threadJonn ElledgeFeb 16, 2023
@blairbidmead ahh gotcha I thought I'd forgotten a bird-based conspiracy theory
Show threadJonn ElledgeFeb 16, 2023
@blairbidmead I love twitter but I am a journalist and also fundamentally broken
Show threadPhilip Purser-HallardFeb 17, 2023
@JonnElledge @blairbidmead https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html
Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.

Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about.

The New York Times