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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1h

Red Bull seems to do a great job finding talent - like this 18yo Capjay from LA that won US regional. Some of the kids that hit become Red Bull dancers —teach workshops, perform, do crew battles, etc. Supporting a growing scene.

I’ll share a livestream link tonight.

youtu.be/NhY9kBzQhu8?...

Best of Capjjay, 18-year-old dancer from Long Beach // stance x RED BULL DANCE YOUR STYLE SOUTH USA

YouTube video by stance

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1h

For the last few months there have been world & 🇺🇸 regional qualifiers. Tonight is the final 16 — 8 who came up via qualifiers, 8 wild cards Red Bull picked, who are famous and/or amazing dancers.

Some of my favs, like the 🇰🇷winner Mett, got eliminated in pre-finals.

youtu.be/-VdNor1XrIA?...

LEEK vs POPPIN METT｜TOP-16 @ RED BULL DANCE YOUR STYLE 2025 KOREA｜LB-PIX

YouTube video by LB-PIX

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1h

Out in LA for the Red Bull Dance Your Style (DYS) World Final!! I’m excited. Brought my 8yo —she’s 🩰, not a street dancer (my 5yo is that kid) but I thought it’d be fun & good for her to see talented young people at the top of their game.

They’ve been doing pre-finals…

youtu.be/hBEkKouWsbM?...

Ian Hot Ko from Slovenia 🇸🇮 16 years old is a killa at Red Bull Dance Your Style Pre Final! 🔥🤯

YouTube video by stance

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 8h

I forgot that the BS around the Twitter Files and the idea that the (Trump) government was censoring social media was such BS that even Amy Comey Barrett debunked it.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Who was president in 2020?

Senate Rs spent hours Wed insisting a Biden Censorship Regime was in power.

It’s ridiculous on its face—but dangerous in its purpose.

If you can convince people of that lie, you can justify what Trump is doing now. It’s “just payback”.

open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

Who was president in 2020?

On pressure, coercion, and confrontations with reality

open.substack.com

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Who was president in 2020?

Senate Rs spent hours Wed insisting a Biden Censorship Regime was in power.

It’s ridiculous on its face—but dangerous in its purpose.

If you can convince people of that lie, you can justify what Trump is doing now. It’s “just payback”.

open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

Who was president in 2020?

On pressure, coercion, and confrontations with reality

open.substack.com

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 1d

I want to highlight this excellent piece by @noupside.bsky.social and @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social on the rapidly shifting information & media landscape. Domain experts and the institutions that support them must rapidly change tactics to meet the moment.

For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies

To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

carnegieendowment.org

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks :)

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 1d

"A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators."

Brazilian scammers, raking in millions, used Gisele Bundchen deepfakes on Instagram ads

A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators.

www.reuters.com

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Good for him. More of this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

My husband is amazing. He is currently watching a long thing I worked on but can’t make myself watch again — his effort means it will actually get out the door. He reads things. He gives unvarnished & honest, yet supportive, feedback. And he’s a great dad. I am very appreciative & incredibly lucky.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

The Macedonian Teenagers, all grown up! 10 yrs later it turns out that tapping the right wing rage machine remains extraordinarily lucrative! Who could’ve guessed?

(I wrote a book about it lol and researched some of this guy’s prior art)

Meanwhile, the capacity for investigations has diminished.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

the guy is an entitled antisocial prick and the airline legally has to have compliant passengers in an exit row. read the part where the flight attendant says they wouldn't have had to do it for other seats.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

entitled antisocial pricks willing to inconvenience 100+ other people are bad 🤷‍♀️

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

I am outraged on your behalf.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d

This is the kind of plane incident where it's absolutely appropriate to post a photo of someone to the socials b/c deranged people walk among us.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 3d

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

Ask Mike Benz and Michael Shellenberger about all the lies they told to help accomplish this. Ask Joe Rogan about how he nodded along mutely while hosting Benz on his show while he spouted bullshit about “CIA fronts”.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

Eric Schmitt once again lies, says the EIP was taxpayer funded - it wasn't. Maybe he's an idiot.

Sean Davis claims a "censorship industrial complex" was created by the Biden Administration.

But he wrote his tweets about the *2020 election* were ""censored""??

Who was president in 2020, Sean?

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

The testimony of Eugene Volokh - invited by the majority - is honest about this.

Anti-jawboning legislation like FIRE's, for example, to require that government takedown requests be made public, is a worthwhile use of time. Pursuing these fantasies are not.

www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

Every time someone points out that Murthy was tossed, Schmitt says "no no it was a procedural standing issue, but the district court said there was censorship!"

Senator, stop. Amy Coney Barrett said a number of the district court's findings were CLEARLY ERRONEOUS. There's no there there. It's cope.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

God bless @edmarkey.bsky.social, who laid out what I argued in Lawfare last week.

1. Murthy case was tossed
2. The Twitter Files were BS
3. The Weaponization testimonies showed no coercion

"Meanwhile Carr turns the FCC into the Federal Censorship Commission"

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/spee...

Speech, Coercion, and the Myth of the Censorship Regime

Google's letter to Rep. Jim Jordan inadvertently provides evidence against the "censorship industrial complex" narrative he is using it to support.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

I got in a debate about this live on stage at a free speech conference last week yaschamounk.substack.com/p/the-good-f...

The Good Fight Club: Who’s a Hypocrite About Free Speech?

Yascha Mounk is joined by Renée DiResta, Jacob Mchangama, and Jonathan Rauch at the Global Free Speech Summit in Nashville!

yaschamounk.substack.com

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

Another thread from @berinszoka.bsky.social here who is also following the hearing and has Legal Takes

bsky.app/profile/beri...

Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 3d

The Federalist wasn't censored for their content. Google simply requires moderation of hate speech *in user comments,* which The Federalist refused to moderate (or move to a separate page

www.techdirt.com/2020/06/16/n...

No, Google Didn't Demonetize The Federalist & It's Not An Example Of Anti-Conservative Bias

So, earlier today, NBC reported that Google had “banned” two well known websites from its ad platform, namely The Federalist and Zero Hedge. The story was a bit confusing. To be clear, …

www.techdirt.com

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