Studying, writing on, & warning about the Christian Supremacist right since 2004. Before that, in late 90s I warned of global warming. Now, I'm hunkering down to weather the storm, & raising giant isopods in my basement, for fun and profit.
Seth Cotlar is one of my favorite historians to follow.
Aaron Rupar"If your neighbor thinks some kooky things about communists, it might make them kind of an intolerable jerk, but they don’t have the power to do anything. But when the FBI or CIA or other institutions that have power think this way, then it starts to have real implications” — @sethcotlar.bsky.social
Google's new feature allowing users to use AI to manipulate satellite imagery can lead to this exact scenario, people believing that a US city of ~5,500 no longer exists. We know it can happen b/c people like Alex Jones have already done smaller scale versions of this sort of epistemic terrorism.
If you didn't vote Dem, you voted for this.In the world of the book, a few years prior to the narrative, a YouTube prankster created a very well-executed hoax briefly convincing the world that the town of Moab, Utah was destroyed by a nuclear device. This was quickly debunked by the continued normal existence of Moab, Utah.
WTF, Google? WTF! You're providing tools for epistemic terrorism that will destroy our faith in all information and knowledge. That road leads to burning witches, bloodletting medical practices, and flat-earthism.
Eliot HigginsGoogle Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
It might help to specify how people could, personally, help. Regardless, Elias is doing heroic, essential work defending our election system.
Marc EliasI have been called an alarmist and worse by well meaning people who want to think it will just all be ok. The truth is it doesn't always end up ok and we can't pretend it will. Donald Trump is targeting Black voters and women to rig this election. We need to stand up, call it out and take action.
OhMyGawd. Influential Christian Nationalist evangelicals embedded in the WH during the George W. Bush years at least knew African geography, from pushing their nasty Jesus there. Back in 2004, I couldn't imagine it getting worse, but this truly is racist knuckle-dragging "Idiocracy" come to life.
PBS NewsThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Somewhere, there's peace, beauty, tranquility...
Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦Tonight’s sunset stopped me in my tracks. An incredible summer evening on Lake Winnipeg.
Musk gets phony constitutional cover to do this from the 2010 Citizens United SCOTUS decision that claimed the 1886 Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company SCOTUS decision granted citizenship to corporations. That lie was engineered in 1886 by a corrupt SCOTUS judge & his clerk...
George PearkesNYT: Musk preparing 9 figure spending campaign in support of Republicans in "swing" states like Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas.
Plus, you become a fascist.
laŭraif an elite lobbying effort can convince you that you have to ban trans people from sports to survive in politics you straightforwardly do not have it in you to pass electoral reform, or stand up to the fossil fuel lobby, or do any of the difficult things that have to be done
Business and management consultants are a pox upon our society.
Asheesh Kapur Siddique“Harvard paid McKinsey & Company at least $250,000 to consult on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ staff restructuring efforts, according to internal documents obtained by The Crimson.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...