kottke.org3d ago
We’re expected to believe that the NY Times is a serious newspaper when they are sending a reporter to talk to dozens of ppl to debunk a claim from a known conspiracy theorist, fascist, and grifter that he’d teleported into a Waffle House?!? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.u56i.a8rPTNc__Diz
No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

Gregg Phillips, who is in charge of responding to fires and floods, says the hand of God suddenly and mysteriously moved him to a 24-hour breakfast spot in Rome, Ga.

The New York Times
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@kottke if someone at the Waffle House was like: “oh yeah, huh, I remember that drunk guy. He was blitzed. Wow.” That trip would have paid off. It’s worth debunking falsehoods. I’m actually in a strange way more curious now what happened. Is this a case of hallucinations vs drunkenness vs outright lying? What possible benefit does lying about random teleportation bring, if it isn’t a cover for something else?

What a world we live in.

Apr 3 at 9:18pmWeb