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it's not aliens
i wish it were aliens
but it's not aliens
it's just the ol' engineered panic, an attractive nuisance ensuring natsec reporters get assigned to investigate balloon bullshit rather than budgets or bombings (à la nordstream)
until next time
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Almost six million people watched this. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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The Military-Industrial Complex is recession-proof.
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@PETEKEELEY I hold to my own belief, a hope recorded once and never repeated, that there will come a day when you apprehend the world beyond the color of its flags, and on that day appreciate what you have written.
Best regards.
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The whole system revolves around the idea that the majority can be made to believe 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, so long as it is repeated loudly and often.
And it works.
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Hell of an endorsement:
"Substack means reporting is back . . . unfiltered and unprogrammed—just the way I like it."
—Seymour M. Hersh
seymourhersh.substack.com/p/why-substack
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Can you think of any examples from history of a secret operation that the White House was responsible for, but strongly denied? Besides, you know, that little "mass surveillance" kerfuffle.
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From the reporter who won the Pulitzer for uncovering the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, broke stories on Watergate and Abu Ghraib:
seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-…
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If you're on an iPhone, this is the best article so far explaining the #nostr/Damus app everybody is talking about:
9to5mac.com/2023/02/01/nos…
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You can find me on #nostr @ pubkey: npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 .
(Tweeted because some folks can't copy/paste from the bio for some weird, user-hostile reason)
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What is #nostr?
Unlike the old social media "platforms" where the platform-owner (FB, Tiktok, Twitter) gets to decide who can speak—and what can be heard—#nostr is an open protocol.
If a platform is a silo, a protocol is a river: no one owns it, and everyone is free to swim. twitter.com/jack/status/16…
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Check out the future of social media on #nostr. My account ID in my bio if you want to add me.
Also available on android @ play.google.com/store/apps/det…, or the open web via snort.social or iris.to . twitter.com/jack/status/16…
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@CJR You can read it here:
cjr.org/special_report…
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The @CJR review of post-2016 reporting is long, but important.
The TL;DR conclusion:
corpo media knowingly suppressed facts that cut against popular narratives,
ignored denials,
eagerly laundered partisan attacks via "anonymous sources,"
and refuses to reflect on mistakes.
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The first authoritative, fairly even-handed account of how the press got played during the 2016 scandal season is well worth reading. There are a number of causal connections that were overlooked (or ignored) at the time, which seem clearer in hindsight.
cjr.org/special_report…
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Something like 26,000 words here. Hard to brush off, even for the @nytimes.
cjr.org/special_report…
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This story is coming out right as Trump reannounces candidacy, granting a tailwind, bc the institutional press refused to reckon with it during (or even after) the administration.
I fear they'll continue to ignore it, and so it will become a *nightmare* in the general election. twitter.com/mtaibbi/status…
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More and more governments are seeking to arrogate unto themselves the title of "arbiter of truth." A dangerous trend. twitter.com/BigBrotherWatc…
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Government as the sole arbiter of truth. Coming soon, or already here? twitter.com/BigBrotherWatc…
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The next wave of digital authoritarianism.
cpj.org/2023/01/how-uk…
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Dieser Post ist Bilds altem Sex-Raubtier gewidmet, das versucht, mit Verschwörungstheorien von seinem eigenen Fehlverhalten abzulenken. Es ist nichts Mysteriöses daran, das Denken eines Habermas dem einer Boulevardzeitung vorzuziehen.
You can find me on #nostr @ pubkey: #npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9. (use Damus on iOS, Amethyst on Android, or snort.social)