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Isn’t this one just cropped?

“ChatGPT, please rewrite this inflammatory post full of libelous accusations using the rhetorical style of my worst enemy.”

In a sane world, the computer’s calculation would be used to guide a real investigation, which would find real evidence. The statistics wouldn’t be used as proof of anything.

I disguise my internet writings by doing them left handed.

The steady exodus from Elon Musk’s X has benefited smaller, independent alternatives such as … German-developed Mastodon

So somebody took a look at the modern web and thought “Hey, this is pretty good, but you know what would make it even better? Even more shit you didn’t ask for popping up in your face with every click!”

There was a time when Amazon was not full of scummy rip-off products, when it was not playing games with prices, when it was not a cloud-computing powerhouse, and you know what happened?

That’s right, they crushed their adversaries (retail shopping) and earned billions in profits. They won.

But somehow that’s not enough winning, there isn’t enough winning until all the value has been vacuumed up from the world.

2026: Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

2025: Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology

2024: Substack founders make statement that Nazis will be tolerated on the platform

2023: Substack Has a Nazi Problem

My first Fediverse account was on Pixelfed. I am nobody, but I immediately attracted a couple dozen followers. All blank profiles, all followed exactly five accounts, all suspiciously algorithmic names. They’ve all gone quiet.

Disingenuous social media participation is everywhere. I think we might call it “cyberturfing.”

These kinds of pictures go back years, and it’s really, really easy to mis-label them or to cherry-pick them to provoke whichever reaction the poster is trying to provoke. They have traditionally been a right-wing tool, maybe because so much right-wing sentiment is driven by negative feelings like disgust.

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement included clean-up crews, they even arranged some media photo-ops with their clean-up crews, but trash and litter is what showed up in the media anyway.

So I’m skeptical that I’m learning anything when I see pictures like these. I think you should be skeptical, too.

Charlie Kirk was an out-and-proud racist, and his supporters loved that about him. We don’t have to consider the litter to understand that his supporters are fundamentally opposed to the spirit of America itself.

It would be very helpful for my understanding to be able to see this content.

I can understand being curious, I’m curious too.

But it’s hard to imagine any circumstance that would make TikTok support’s responses seem reasonable in context. They’re claiming a right to remix your stuff (where “you” are a paying customer mind you) without your knowledge or consent, and then to disseminate that remix at their discretion.

The specifics of how they altered this ad are almost incidental by comparison.

We’ve all heard the crack, right? “You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.”

How about 15?

Fight dementia today, by dying of a heart attack at 45 instead

Yo. Dawg.

…two mice fighting over crumbs…

This is the future the oligarchy wants