Why is the alt text for the America by Design image “America First Legal logo”? https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreidud7zq7hkynz6kyyjk2gyooaueagzslvnjazr2chw6hyiqyhiwxy https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreib5repmruc2i7wsr5qm7wuphttrmawby6ph6hs6htn3inbbzdy3o4
The DSA doesn’t “censor Americans”. The people who’ve been pushing this BS the longest have been Michael Shellenberger, CBR Chair of Censorship Hoaxes at UATX, and Mike Benz aka Frame Game, who thought Hitler had some good points & wants to help his far right friends [www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-weighs-sanctions-officials-implementing-eu-tech-law-sources-2025-08-25/ ) [Exclusive: Trump administratio...](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-weighs-sanctions-officials-implementing-eu-tech-law-sources-2025-08-25/ )
1. The strategy is called nutpicking and it's what made LibsOfTikTok a million+ follower account. 2. GenAI lets the online crowd create fresh propaganda to keep the moment in play, but it also seems to dilute it a bit? Seems to work better for some moments (absurdist etc) than others. 1/2 RE:
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Dave Weigel (@daveweigel.bsky.social)
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Interesting analysis responding to the “Don’t Use These Words” memo (“birthing person” etc) by Third Way. It looked at language used by Dem politicians in their newsletters, found they aren’t using activist-speak. The terms got associated w/mainstream left mostly bc of Twitter…for a few reasons. RE:
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Lindsey Cormack (@dcinbox.bsky.social)
The full write up is here: Was It Something The Democrats Said? A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo https://open.substack.com/p...
Home? looking for something to watch? In an hour (10:30 ET/7:30PT) the Red Bull Dance Your Style US Nationals dance comp is happening! Livestream: [www.redbull.com/us-en/live/r...](https://www.redbull.com/us-en/live/red-bull-dance-your-style-usa-2025 ) It’s a very fun street dance event. 16 dancers across styles. They don’t know what the DJ will play. Audience judges. [Red Bull Dance Your Style USA ...](https://www.redbull.com/us-en/live/red-bull-dance-your-style-usa-2025 )
Sick with some cold/cough/sore throat situation that youngest kid going to school for the first time brought home. I had forgotten about this ritual…
MAHA wasn’t a response to COVID and any journalist who doesn’t understand that it *exploited COVID* intentionally, deliberately from day one should pack it in bc they’re a dupe. Cover people who want to improve nutrition if that’s what you want to talk about. [podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...](
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MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 08/22/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h 22m
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Apple Podcasts
MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 08/22/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h 22m
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Made it through 3 days of kindergarten before getting a note from the teacher letting me know that Mini Me has problems with authority. 🫠
The beautiful thing ab Bluesky, which this article & others ab 'lib twitter' never get to, is that here you can subscribe to labelers. Middleware! User empowerment! Someone's already built a furry-hider for you if you want it. Minimal effort to hide diapered furries. X can't do this for the Nazis. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreihmc3h632phmktfevre4g63dmx46xtqeu2pgm56m4xdmhddhm5zje
Remember when this was at its peak? Sociopaths on X were pulling up random grantees - journalists, dancers, etc - saying they were CIA assets, or in cahoots, bc they had USAID or USIP grants & those orgs were "fronts". Mike Benz went on Joe Rogan to do it. Sick. [www.propublica.org/article/doge...](
ProPublica
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family...
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family...
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