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Some of the high quality content Zuckerberg’s platform is algorithmically shoveling into the brains of American consumers. This story is 100% made up, in case that wasn’t obvious.
September 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Some of the high quality content Zuckerberg’s platform is algorithmically shoveling into the brains of American consumers. This story is 100% made up, in case that wasn’t obvious.
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Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
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RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
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April 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one
April 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one
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Peter Marks from the FDA resigns
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
March 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Peter Marks from the FDA resigns
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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If you are visiting from Twitter, welcome!
Stay a while, make yourself at home, you will like it here.
Stay a while, make yourself at home, you will like it here.
March 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you are visiting from Twitter, welcome!
Stay a while, make yourself at home, you will like it here.
Stay a while, make yourself at home, you will like it here.
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HHS is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it issues regulations affecting government benefits and grants, including NIH funding.
RFK Jr. kills policy on public comment for health regulations
HHS is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it issues regulations affecting government benefits and grants.
www.axios.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
HHS is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it issues regulations affecting government benefits and grants, including NIH funding.
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In the nine months between these posts, Musk has changed his story’s location, number of victims, and circumstances of whether or not the man was reported.
January 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In the nine months between these posts, Musk has changed his story’s location, number of victims, and circumstances of whether or not the man was reported.
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Since the start of this year, Elon Musk has repeatedly posted about UK politics and grooming gangs at a significant rate.
BBC Verify has examined a 24-hour snapshot of his X timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
BBC Verify has examined a 24-hour snapshot of his X timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Since the start of this year, Elon Musk has repeatedly posted about UK politics and grooming gangs at a significant rate.
BBC Verify has examined a 24-hour snapshot of his X timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
BBC Verify has examined a 24-hour snapshot of his X timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising free speech," said Mr Zuckerberg.
Doublespeak.
As I wrote the other day:
Doublespeak.
As I wrote the other day:
January 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising free speech," said Mr Zuckerberg.
Doublespeak.
As I wrote the other day:
Doublespeak.
As I wrote the other day:
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THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
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The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?
Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
www.citationneeded.news
January 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?
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Man, this story is dark.
This was a weird story on the surface, and got weirder the more Andrew Keh and @stuartathompson.bsky.social dug into in.
He Died in a Tragic Accident. Why Did the Internet Say He Was Murdered? (Gift Article)
Within a day of the death of Matthew Sachman, 19, on New York City subway tracks, so-called obituary pirates had flooded search results with false information.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Man, this story is dark.
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“Lisa, a guy who has lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose ivory supplies are low”
December 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
“Lisa, a guy who has lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose ivory supplies are low”
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Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
propub.li
December 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Read more (published October) ⬇️
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He is absolutely melting down. And all of it directed at Trump supporters. Wowie.
December 28, 2024 at 4:38 AM
He is absolutely melting down. And all of it directed at Trump supporters. Wowie.
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A fierce dispute erupted in President-elect Trump’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. The rancorous exchange soon grew to encompass another flashpoint on the right: online speech. nyti.ms/3BYofKV
Trump Backers, Including Elon Musk, Clash With Far Right Over Immigrant Workers and H-1B Visas
A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2024 at 9:21 PM
A fierce dispute erupted in President-elect Trump’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. The rancorous exchange soon grew to encompass another flashpoint on the right: online speech. nyti.ms/3BYofKV
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Israel severely weakened safeguards meant to protect civilians to make it easier to strike Gaza in the weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, unleashing one of the deadliest bombing campaigns in modern warfare, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/49XyoV2
December 26, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Israel severely weakened safeguards meant to protect civilians to make it easier to strike Gaza in the weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, unleashing one of the deadliest bombing campaigns in modern warfare, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/49XyoV2
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After Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, Israel severely rolled back protections for civilians in Gaza, putting more lives at risk in its bombing campaign with an order that had no precedent in Israeli military history. Here are key takeaways from our investigation.
Eight Takeaways: How Israel Weakened Civilian Protections When Bombing Gaza
A New York Times investigation found that Israel severely undermined its system of safeguards when striking Gaza, and used flawed methods to find targets and assess the risk to civilians.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2024 at 12:43 AM
After Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, Israel severely rolled back protections for civilians in Gaza, putting more lives at risk in its bombing campaign with an order that had no precedent in Israeli military history. Here are key takeaways from our investigation.