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Your friendly neighborhood debunker. Chaotic good lovable rogue. Managing editor, ().

Joined March 2007

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    This is what I mean by the , because this is it. They also use these networks to harass journalists and editors and threaten to sue over stories they don't like. They're why Americans have a distorted view of the border. And now you know.

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    It's really educational to look at lists of books that specific countries or regimes try to ban, and the reasons they offer for doing so:

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  4. Now, what other situations in the last century or so can you think of in which a bunch of people risking their lives and livelihoods to warn the world about monstrous plots developing right out in the open were called "alarmists" for their pains?

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    ‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley, face of pro-Trump Capitol riot, pleads guilty to felony

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  6. Obviously I meant chance and not change

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    This is commendable, as drivers may fear insurmountable legal costs. But a more powerful statement would be pulling business out of the state -- particularly as Texas has been anointed as a Silicon Valley alternate

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    The child Ali, a new victim of the Russian planes that targeted him today near the town of Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib, tending sheep to support his family, Ali did not dream of school or a warm house, his dream was very simple.. he just wanted to live in peace.

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  9. That is the universal "you," not Kyle "you", sorry Kyle!

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  10. Because, as the "hysterical" "emotional" "alarmists" told you, they were just waiting for their change all along.

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    Thread: How the California recall scheme is part of a broader conservative effort to make democracy obsolete. This is a summary of my latest for :

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    4 hours ago

    No one owns anti-disinfo counterintelligence in the United States. And it shows. "discontinue the criminal law enforcement function... [and] clarify that the Department does not possess the authority to conduct counterintelligence activities"

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    So important. If not for micro targeting, community members could form arguments and mitigate the spread, early on. By the time we hear about some crazy, it already has an isolated agreement infrastructure built up that can weather criticism.

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    In every month since March, the number of construction workers in Texas has steadily declined. That reality, along with supply-chain disruptions, is slowing down Texas's construction industry.

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  17. This is not my theory. This is not something I just cooked up on my own. This happened, and platforms were forced -- thanks to great journalism -- to admit it. But everyone seems to have forgotten about it. Well, I sure as fuck haven't.

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  18. Remember this? That story's not over yet. It's still going on all over the place. Much worse now, even.

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  19. It used to have to be applied with a broad brush, but now disinformation can be surgically shown to individuals and populations that have already been identified as most likely to believe it, thanks to all that personality data steals and gives to hostile powers

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  20. And they can be inflicted on populations at large as extremely cost-effective attacks using algorithmically-driven timeline changes that invisibly chooses for us what news we see plus group and friend suggestions, etc.

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    Sep 1

    Nearly 4.7 million Californians have already voted in the recall election. Here’s what we know abt them (a thread). More than 2X as many Democrats have voted then Republicans & Gov. Newsom's liberal Bay Area home base has among the highest return rates ...

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