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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 10m

OH THIS IS HEAT. BIRDCAGE.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 2h

gonna try and play as many steam next fest demos as possible

tap in

twitch.tv/linktothepabst

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2h

jd vance is currently defending this

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2h

Young Democrats: hey maybe don’t kidnap my international friends

Young Republicans:

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 4h

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 3h

collar gate is the latest instance of a trumped-up non-issue blossoming into a large-scale psychosis event – and possibly the dumbest. it's also the modern internet doing exactly what it was engineered to do

To be honest, I wouldn’t be mentioning this if not for the fact that it’s a microcosm of how online platforms work today: Somebody makes an accusation based on evidence that’s spurious at best, big names with something to gain (viewership or the downfall of a perceived enemy) uncritically boost it, internet sleuths obsessively piece together supporting evidence by amassing context-free clips and ignoring everything that doesn’t match their intended conclusion, and all of the aforementioned parties spread performatively apoplectic videos across Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and wherever else they can sucker in uninitiated normies.

Some version of this happens every week – every day, on a smaller scale – without fail. It accomplishes nothing aside from giving the disaffected masses a brief glimmer of what feels like purpose, but is actually a bloodsucking waste of their precious time on this dying planet. And of course, it provides platforms with sweet, sweet engagement numbers. As a result, platforms will probably never intervene to disrupt this corrosive dynamic, which has broken the general public’s ability to perceive anything resembling objective reality, even as society collapses around them and people like Piker attempt to identify the real reasons why (hint: they don't involve dog collars).

The internet has been like this at least since the Depp v. Heard trial, which wannabe sleuths similarly feasted on in 2022 while getting pretty much every important detail completely wrong. At least back then they were obsessing over something of consequence. Now they’ve taught viewers to regard every trumped-up non-issue they can surface with similar gravity.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 3h

I can't believe we're still talking about this

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hasan ranting while his dog, kaya, attempts to leave her spot

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 3h

My most dedicated stalker is using X: The Everything App to tell the Department of Homeland Security that I'm a violent left-wing extremist. 🧠✨

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 12h

RIP D ANGELO

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 13h

Who called Northernlion a “Skinhead podcaster”

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Reovyn, The "Woke" Nerevarine @reovyn.bsky.social · 20h

Memes aside though, I already recommended it on stream discussion, but here's a video I HIGHLY recommend to you and people who wanna devour more SIGNALIS content: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkkB...