@ropniprap.bsky.social
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Social media is creating a genuine epistemic crisis, where people's knowledge of the world, and indeed their entire conception of reality, is formed by their sense of what their internet friends say and believe.
May 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Social media is creating a genuine epistemic crisis, where people's knowledge of the world, and indeed their entire conception of reality, is formed by their sense of what their internet friends say and believe.
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Oh so she was straight up just insider trading in the open.
April 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Oh so she was straight up just insider trading in the open.
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We lost the institutional ability to say when people were fudging the truth, or lying, or just incorrect about things, and what's happened is that without the social pressure to not be a deranged maniac, the most powerful people in the country have fallen into bizarre, all-consuming delusions
March 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We lost the institutional ability to say when people were fudging the truth, or lying, or just incorrect about things, and what's happened is that without the social pressure to not be a deranged maniac, the most powerful people in the country have fallen into bizarre, all-consuming delusions
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*Joe Biden cancels student debt*
MAGA: "Tyrant!"
*Donald Trump says he'll ignore the Constitution and run for a third term*
MAGA: "Cry more, libs! Trump derangement syndrome!! 🤣🤣🤣"
MAGA: "Tyrant!"
*Donald Trump says he'll ignore the Constitution and run for a third term*
MAGA: "Cry more, libs! Trump derangement syndrome!! 🤣🤣🤣"
March 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
*Joe Biden cancels student debt*
MAGA: "Tyrant!"
*Donald Trump says he'll ignore the Constitution and run for a third term*
MAGA: "Cry more, libs! Trump derangement syndrome!! 🤣🤣🤣"
MAGA: "Tyrant!"
*Donald Trump says he'll ignore the Constitution and run for a third term*
MAGA: "Cry more, libs! Trump derangement syndrome!! 🤣🤣🤣"
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They aren't "making government more efficient". They're destroying the anti-scam police, cutting pediatric cancer research and destroying social security while brazenly lying about it.
March 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
They aren't "making government more efficient". They're destroying the anti-scam police, cutting pediatric cancer research and destroying social security while brazenly lying about it.
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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I keep hearing comments that elected Dems don’t know what to do because they are in the minority. How many smallish-audience podcasts did you do this week with Dems working hard to build up their audiences? If you want an alternative media universe, you have to help create it.
March 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I keep hearing comments that elected Dems don’t know what to do because they are in the minority. How many smallish-audience podcasts did you do this week with Dems working hard to build up their audiences? If you want an alternative media universe, you have to help create it.
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Truer words were never spoken.
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Truer words were never spoken.
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Basically, the far right accurately identified the weak point in liberal democracy: mainstream media institutions that were collapsing and therefore easy to purchase or pressure, combined with a public that got most of its information from an almost totally unstructured info ecosystem.
March 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Basically, the far right accurately identified the weak point in liberal democracy: mainstream media institutions that were collapsing and therefore easy to purchase or pressure, combined with a public that got most of its information from an almost totally unstructured info ecosystem.
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1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
March 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
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WEIRD HE HASN'T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET THAT PASSED AND CUTS $880B FROM MEDICAID AND $230B FROM FOOD STAMPS I WONDER WHY
March 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
WEIRD HE HASN'T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET THAT PASSED AND CUTS $880B FROM MEDICAID AND $230B FROM FOOD STAMPS I WONDER WHY
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Imagine that. 💰
March 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Imagine that. 💰
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
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Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
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The blood that Elon Musk and his DOGE-cronies have on their hands because of the PEPFAR Funding Suspension.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
February 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The blood that Elon Musk and his DOGE-cronies have on their hands because of the PEPFAR Funding Suspension.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
200.000+ people not getting their daily HIV medication.
15.000+ deaths and counting.
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We love merit, don’t we folks?
Scoop: As federal health agencies are gutted, Kyle Diamantas, a Florida attorney w/ a slim resume + no prior gov't experience, is the new head of food safety at @US_FDA. Turns out, he's Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, @vanityfair.com is reporting exclusively: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f... /1
America’s Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy
As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president’s son has been put in charge of food safety at the FDA, overseeing the nation’s food...
www.vanityfair.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We love merit, don’t we folks?