SF: the White Space novels by Elizabeth Bear, especially Machine; the Midsolar Murders series by Mur Lafferty; the Infomocracy series and the Mossa and Pleiti series by Malka Older (very different vibes from each other, both excellent series)
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
SF: the White Space novels by Elizabeth Bear, especially Machine; the Midsolar Murders series by Mur Lafferty; the Infomocracy series and the Mossa and Pleiti series by Malka Older (very different vibes from each other, both excellent series)
I mean this was right below that on my timeline so: is 60 minutes a real news show? I guess not. Where does one find a real news show/paper, in real time? #Infomocracy
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"Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'"
In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:
In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:
🧾 Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'
Mehdi debunks the president's lies, unpacks the failure of our mainstream media, and has the latest from Gaza, as well as Trump's 'Great Gatsby'-esque Halloween party.
zeteo.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I mean this was right below that on my timeline so: is 60 minutes a real news show? I guess not. Where does one find a real news show/paper, in real time? #Infomocracy
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1) paywalls
more importantly 2) if I see eg NYT publishing, idk, "man bites dog", yes prob true. But do I trust their extensive framing on what dog did to provoke it & what that means for dog-owners in the 5 boroughs? no I don't, which leads back to not paying to get through the paywall
#infomocracy
more importantly 2) if I see eg NYT publishing, idk, "man bites dog", yes prob true. But do I trust their extensive framing on what dog did to provoke it & what that means for dog-owners in the 5 boroughs? no I don't, which leads back to not paying to get through the paywall
#infomocracy
I feel one million years old here, but we do actually have a pretty reliable way of knowing what news is true. Did a real newspaper publish it? Then probably yes. Can’t find it in a real newspaper? Maybe not.
A large majority of U.S. adults now get news digitally, but nondigital news consumers are less likely to say they extremely often or often encounter inaccurate news.
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
1) paywalls
more importantly 2) if I see eg NYT publishing, idk, "man bites dog", yes prob true. But do I trust their extensive framing on what dog did to provoke it & what that means for dog-owners in the 5 boroughs? no I don't, which leads back to not paying to get through the paywall
#infomocracy
more importantly 2) if I see eg NYT publishing, idk, "man bites dog", yes prob true. But do I trust their extensive framing on what dog did to provoke it & what that means for dog-owners in the 5 boroughs? no I don't, which leads back to not paying to get through the paywall
#infomocracy
Those who control the process of disinformation must have access to information. Those who manipulate information rule the world.
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Quasi-spoiler for Infomocracy (2016) but one of the characters stabs another one when the internet goes down and I really don’t want to live like that.
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Quasi-spoiler for Infomocracy (2016) but one of the characters stabs another one when the internet goes down and I really don’t want to live like that.
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Incidentally, one of my favorite books to recommend these days is Malka Older's "Infomocracy." It's part one of a series!
I'd love to teach it one day.
I'd love to teach it one day.
Trump: "AI is based on information. I hope they're right about information. I don't know. You've gotta make a lot of money to-- there's gotta be a lot of information out there, but that seems to be pretty hot. We're leading the world on information on AI."
October 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Incidentally, one of my favorite books to recommend these days is Malka Older's "Infomocracy." It's part one of a series!
I'd love to teach it one day.
I'd love to teach it one day.
he's not "predicting" it, he's expressing his selfish vision of nobody doing anything he doesn't want (not that we should care what any of these comemierdas predict anyway, but since some people do, sub-heads should be clear). Also who's going to monitor all this surveillance? #Infomocracy
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
he's not "predicting" it, he's expressing his selfish vision of nobody doing anything he doesn't want (not that we should care what any of these comemierdas predict anyway, but since some people do, sub-heads should be clear). Also who's going to monitor all this surveillance? #Infomocracy
So, so many, but I will never stop mentioning and recommending Malka Older's Centenal Cycle: Infomocracy, Null States, and State Tectonics.
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
So, so many, but I will never stop mentioning and recommending Malka Older's Centenal Cycle: Infomocracy, Null States, and State Tectonics.
What we all knew was going to happen is now in fact happening.
September 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
September 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
if you haven't read Infomocracy by @older.bsky.social let's just say it's a timely work of speculative fiction
Morning. ☕️
ICYMI: Republicans in Congress are simultaneously condemning and fueling violent political rhetoric in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing.
They're just using different social media accounts to send different messages. www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
ICYMI: Republicans in Congress are simultaneously condemning and fueling violent political rhetoric in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing.
They're just using different social media accounts to send different messages. www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
GOP Lawmakers Are Sending Contradictory And Disturbing Messages
On different social media accounts, Republicans are simultaneously decrying and fanning violent rhetoric in response to Charlie Kirk's killing.
www.huffpost.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
if you haven't read Infomocracy by @older.bsky.social let's just say it's a timely work of speculative fiction
Italy was a clear warning sign 25 years ago. Media consolidation is deadly to democracy.
90% of the UK newspaper market is controlled by three companies: DMG (Daily Mail et al), News UK (Murdoch), and Reach (the Mirror, Express). This also translates to a huge share (~40%) of online reach.
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Malka Older’s Centenal Cycle
A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’. A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’.
us.macmillan.com/series/thece...
A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’. A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’.
us.macmillan.com/series/thece...
The Centenal Cycle | Series | Macmillan
About this Series
In Malka Older’s Centenal Cycle, ...
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April 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Malka Older’s Centenal Cycle
A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’. A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’.
us.macmillan.com/series/thece...
A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’. A series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with ‘Infomocracy’.
us.macmillan.com/series/thece...
September 2, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I’m delighted to announce that today I’m launching a new nonprofit journalism studio: Proof News.
Proof is into proving things! Our goal is to question, test, and investigate the most important issues of our time. We will always tell you what we know and what we don’t know.
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Proof is into proving things! Our goal is to question, test, and investigate the most important issues of our time. We will always tell you what we know and what we don’t know.
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February 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Reread @older.bsky.social’s Infomocracy and am here to tell everyone to read it. Super relevant and a fast, absorbing read. bookshop.org/p/books/info...
Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle
Book One of the Centenal Cycle
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February 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Reread @older.bsky.social’s Infomocracy and am here to tell everyone to read it. Super relevant and a fast, absorbing read. bookshop.org/p/books/info...
Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US
Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US
Tech firm to make change in line with Trump’s executive order, using both names in world outside US and Mexico
Google has confirmed it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US, after an executive order from Donald…
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today is National Science Fiction day, and we're celebrating as we usually do: with book recs! Check out 32 of our favorite sci-fi reads (many, but not all, queer) and grow that tbr for 2024!
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January 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Today is National Science Fiction day, and we're celebrating as we usually do: with book recs! Check out 32 of our favorite sci-fi reads (many, but not all, queer) and grow that tbr for 2024!
duckprintspress.com/2024/01/02/3...
duckprintspress.com/2024/01/02/3...
Here are some of my SF recs: Infomocracy by Malka Older, Machinehood SB Divya, most of SL Huang’s stuff (Zero Sum Game is fun)
Modern short fic definitely read Isabel J Kim
Modern short fic definitely read Isabel J Kim
December 25, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Here are some of my SF recs: Infomocracy by Malka Older, Machinehood SB Divya, most of SL Huang’s stuff (Zero Sum Game is fun)
Modern short fic definitely read Isabel J Kim
Modern short fic definitely read Isabel J Kim
Some great examples are Becky Chambers's Monk and Robot books, A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys, and Malka Older's Infomocracy books.
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November 9, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Some great examples are Becky Chambers's Monk and Robot books, A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys, and Malka Older's Infomocracy books.
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Johnson: "Do not believe the lies the Democrat Party has said. We had their ads taken down. They were running ads around the country in swing districts trying to convince people Republicans are going to 'gut Medicaid.' It's just simply not true & that's why their ads & billboards had to come down"
April 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Redbubble is upping their fees and the explanation sounds very ai-ish and enshittifying, so I'm thinking it might be time to retire my Infomocracy account there. If you want "I Vote for Policy1st" or Team Mishima gear, now would be a time to grab it, I guess.
August 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Redbubble is upping their fees and the explanation sounds very ai-ish and enshittifying, so I'm thinking it might be time to retire my Infomocracy account there. If you want "I Vote for Policy1st" or Team Mishima gear, now would be a time to grab it, I guess.
את Infomocracy קראת? זה על עולם טכנו-אוטופיסטי שמחולק כולו למיקרו-מחוזות בו יש מחשב שקובע מה אמת ומה לא אמת ומנהל את הבחירות שם. יהיו לך הרבה דעות על זה.
כמו כן, אם איכשהו עוד לא קראת את סנוקראש אני ממש ממליץ, ומאמין שתאהב אותו.
כמו כן, אם איכשהו עוד לא קראת את סנוקראש אני ממש ממליץ, ומאמין שתאהב אותו.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
את Infomocracy קראת? זה על עולם טכנו-אוטופיסטי שמחולק כולו למיקרו-מחוזות בו יש מחשב שקובע מה אמת ומה לא אמת ומנהל את הבחירות שם. יהיו לך הרבה דעות על זה.
כמו כן, אם איכשהו עוד לא קראת את סנוקראש אני ממש ממליץ, ומאמין שתאהב אותו.
כמו כן, אם איכשהו עוד לא קראת את סנוקראש אני ממש ממליץ, ומאמין שתאהב אותו.
2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the Zinoviev Letter - a fake letter published in the Daily Mail associating the British Labour Party with Soviet Communism, published 4 days before the General Election.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinovie...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinovie...
Zinoviev letter - Wikipedia
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June 9, 2024 at 9:53 AM