Stuart A. Thompson
stuartathompson.bsky.social
Stuart A. Thompson
@stuartathompson.bsky.social
Reporter @nytimes.com. I cover the ~internet~ and report on digital influence operations, AI, far-right politics and lots more
when story targets decline to be interviewed
May 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Canadians are now labeling food with a “T” symbol if it’s American and impacted by tariffs. RIP American-made food sales.
April 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
there's a ridiculous trend among right-wing users on X where they ask Grok unknowable questions then believe that the answers are 100% accurate instead of based on chatbot autocomplete. they dont understand AI and are so eager to believe the word of something they worship.
April 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
checking on X and found this sophisticated scam that uses
- a real paid ad that X approved
- a fake tweet by Musk in that ad
- a link that says "from x.com" beneath the ad, and I'm not sure what that means but looks legit
- a very professional looking website
- all a scam
April 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
no shade against Harry who I respect but I feel like his trajectory from wonky NYC podcast grump to whatever sideshow character he's created for CNN is worthy of some discussion
April 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
the number of Tim Hortons per block in Canada cannot be understood by the American mind
April 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Shopping in Canada. They put Canadian flags on all the Canadian products so people know what to buy.
April 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
real tweet. reads like far-right conspiracy madlibs.
April 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
i've been on A1 more than i've lead the homepage, i guess this is actually a more coveted spot?
March 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
it's kind of funny to me that Kari Lake gave Trump everything and was rumored as a VP pick then lost two consecutive races so as a consolation prize got handed the coveted spot as.... Voice of America lead??.... to only see the group basically shut down
March 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Elon has driven interest in teslas down from 22 percent to just 8 percent
March 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
conspiracy influencers are spinning in circles trying to rationalize trump's actions lately. just read this ...

"I’m not 100% sure what Trump is up to or what his overall all objective is" .. "Whatever Trump is up to, it’s big." lol
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
why?
March 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
top comment on r/conservative says a lot about the trade wars
March 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
one of these things was a national scandal one was not
March 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Elononomics
March 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Trumponomics
March 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
so what's stopping them from using this rationale to deport green card holding reporters who are critical of trump and his allies?
March 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
surprised to see the mood on right-wing social media is decidedly anti-"51st state" because canada is too liberal and it means essentially allowing 40 million new "immigrants" to compete for jobs
March 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this is 5D — no, 6D! — chess here.
March 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
so the negotiating tactic is to strike fear into allied countries that a tariff will come then repeatedly cry wolf about said tariffs over and over until the threat appears hollow and random, got it
March 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
wow linkedin just busted me to my coworkers
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
here's how the antivax crowd is reacting to RFK endorsing vaccines against measles: read between the lines and he's talking about taking Vitamin A
March 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Elon is turning on his beloved Community Notes because it's not supporting his anti-Ukraine propaganda. somehow "government and legacy media" are now gaming this system (how???)
February 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
i'm just a canadian but i thought americans had some kinda problem with kings?
February 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM