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Government & world politics. Former expatriate. Lover of nature and all things blue. 🌊💙 Bye, bye Twitter🐩#TwitterMigration #BLM #BidenHarris #WomensRights

"Bluesky has a large number of followback accounts. Some of these accounts have already done things like switch from Democratic Party memes to neo-Nazi propaganda when they had enough followers." 😬 #spambots

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/07/a-polite-disagreement-bot-ring-is-flooding-bluesky-reply-guy-as-a-disservice/

A polite disagreement bot ring is flooding Bluesky — reply guy as a (dis)service

On the Bluesky social network, you may notice a lot of drive-by responses from accounts that rarely or never post — they just reply to other accounts. The reply pattern starts with a phrase like “I


Pivot to AI

The shooter at Stoneman Douglas was MAGA.

The suicide bomber in Nashville was MAGA.

The shooter at the ClubQ nightclub was MAGA.

Kyle Rittenhouse, who drove two states away to hunt people for sport was MAGA.

The insurrectionists who stormed the US Capital on January 6 were MAGA.

The murderer who killed a lady for flying a Pride Flag was MAGA.

The Jacksonville shooter who murdered three black people in a Dollar Tree was MAGA.

The guy who broke into Paul Pelosi's house and tried to bash in his brains with a hammer was MAGA

Even the kid who tried to assassinate Donald Trump was MAGA.

It's not mental health.
It's MAGA.
MAGA is terrorism.

Two years ago today I tested positive for Covid. I was fit and healthy and expected to be back to normal in a few days. It's been two years and I still can't walk 50 yards.

The only people who think #LongCovid is no big deal are those who don’t know enough about it.

#MaskVentilateTest #VoteForPoliticiansWhoArentGreedySociopaths

New on 404 Media: verified Twitter 'OSINT' accounts are destroying the Israel-Palestine information ecosystem. What used to be a network of reliable experts has been taken over by profit and click driven verified accounts. Everyone loses out. "Unprecedented" levels.

I spoke to multiple respected OSINT experts who have been tracking conflict on Twitter for years. Now after Musk's changes on verification, profit:
- "all hell broke loose"
- “this entire space is 90% grifters”
- “It just creates more noise and less signal

https://www.404media.co/twitter-verified-osint-accounts-are-destroying-the-israel-palestine-information-ecosystem/

‘Verified’ OSINT Accounts Are Destroying the Israel-Palestine Information Ecosystem

The problem with profit and engagement driven misinformation from pseudo-OSINT accounts during the Israel-Palestine conflict is "unprecedented." One expert said after Musk's recent changes "all hell broke loose."

404 Media

BREAKING: Hunter Biden gained 41 trademarks in China, made $640 million while “working” in daddy’s administration, and received $2 billion from the people behind 9/11.

Now that I got Republicans’ attention. That was actually Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.

This whole book banning thing, Moms of 'Liberty' the pulling of school libraries, turning school libraries into detention centers.

It's obviously all connected & 'concerns' about trans people and CRT are just excuses to make the policy go down more smoothly with the public. To make the debate a mess, emotionally charged & awkward.

The real goal is obvious: Limit the exposure of young people to libraries. It's a war on libraries.

And I've been too shocked to really process what that means.

For every, "Don't be over dramatic." For each, "It'll never happen here." All of the, "That's not what this will lead to."

This âŹ‡ïž This is why we're scared.

This is Afghanistan over Only 60 years. Freedom, education, jobs ... to today a woman can not legally be in a public park. Even with an escort. She can't be in public.
#Taliban #uspolitics #Afghanistan #Christofascism #christiantaliban #freedom #USA #abortion #freedomofmovement #texas #womensrights

Democracy has no “off years” — and in fact, election administrators across the country are gearing up for state and local elections in 2023.

Help ensure safe and fair elections in your community by signing up to @PowerThePolls today.

Powerthepolls.org/aotl

Let’s not forget that Elon Musk once stole photos of someone else’s dog off Twitter and tried to pass it off as a photo of his own dog! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/style/elon-musk-memes.html
Elon Musk and Memes: A Controversy Over Giving Creators Credit

The billionaire has been posting content creators’ work without credit. Some are frustrated; others, simply puzzled.

The New York Times

Thanks, Alito.

42,162,179 more Americans have reported contracting #COVID, and 293,767 have died since the Supreme Court rejected the vaccine mandates. #ThanksAlito