Mary Shine
@maryshine.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Dis/mis-info harm democracies, societies & individuals. Covid isn't flu. Masks work. Kindness is free but so is blocking. Act accordingly 🙂
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Mary Shine
@maryshine.bsky.social
· Nov 15
a calendar with today is the day you reach out written on it
Alt: a calendar with today is the day you reach out written on it
media.tenor.com
🇨🇦 CANADA 🇨🇦
Feeling like uv lost hope? Struggling 2 cope?
If ur dealing with thoughts of suicide or ur worried 4 someone else u don't have to weather this alone.
REACH OUT
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline
👉 A safe space to talk- 24/7/365
LINK UP with those who care about & can HELP YOU 💕
👇
988.ca
Feeling like uv lost hope? Struggling 2 cope?
If ur dealing with thoughts of suicide or ur worried 4 someone else u don't have to weather this alone.
REACH OUT
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline
👉 A safe space to talk- 24/7/365
LINK UP with those who care about & can HELP YOU 💕
👇
988.ca
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North American could benefit from reading this thread because I'm seeing the very same message, sometimes, depending on which country, in a slightly more subtle manner
#Politics #Canada #USA
#Politics #Canada #USA
THE THREE LYING FACES OF FASCISM
"How authoritarian regimes use "catechisms" to shape the mind - from Mussolini to the USSR to today's Russia"
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"How authoritarian regimes use "catechisms" to shape the mind - from Mussolini to the USSR to today's Russia"
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🧵 THE THREE LYING FACES OF FASCISM
How authoritarian regimes use “catechisms” to shape the mind — from Mussolini to the USSR to today’s Russia.
Authoritarian systems all teach the same lesson:
Obedience is virtue.
Doubt is betrayal.
The State is sacred.
How authoritarian regimes use “catechisms” to shape the mind — from Mussolini to the USSR to today’s Russia.
Authoritarian systems all teach the same lesson:
Obedience is virtue.
Doubt is betrayal.
The State is sacred.
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Can you spot the fake? 👀
AI-generated images are getting really convincing these days, and spotting what’s real vs. fake is becoming a huge challenge.
Think you have the “AI eye”? Test your skills with CCDH’s new “Spot the Fake” game 👇
AI-generated images are getting really convincing these days, and spotting what’s real vs. fake is becoming a huge challenge.
Think you have the “AI eye”? Test your skills with CCDH’s new “Spot the Fake” game 👇
counterhate.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Can you spot the fake? 👀
AI-generated images are getting really convincing these days, and spotting what’s real vs. fake is becoming a huge challenge.
Think you have the “AI eye”? Test your skills with CCDH’s new “Spot the Fake” game 👇
AI-generated images are getting really convincing these days, and spotting what’s real vs. fake is becoming a huge challenge.
Think you have the “AI eye”? Test your skills with CCDH’s new “Spot the Fake” game 👇
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⚡️ Podcast | Disinfolklore Universe - Episode 1
It’s exactly a year since I detected the system-wide effects of the aggregatation of MAGA and Russian Disinfolklore artifacts invading our minds, info space…
Available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: www.disinfolklore.net/p/podcast-di...
It’s exactly a year since I detected the system-wide effects of the aggregatation of MAGA and Russian Disinfolklore artifacts invading our minds, info space…
Available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: www.disinfolklore.net/p/podcast-di...
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
⚡️ Podcast | Disinfolklore Universe - Episode 1
It’s exactly a year since I detected the system-wide effects of the aggregatation of MAGA and Russian Disinfolklore artifacts invading our minds, info space…
Available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: www.disinfolklore.net/p/podcast-di...
It’s exactly a year since I detected the system-wide effects of the aggregatation of MAGA and Russian Disinfolklore artifacts invading our minds, info space…
Available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: www.disinfolklore.net/p/podcast-di...
THE THREE LYING FACES OF FASCISM
"How authoritarian regimes use "catechisms" to shape the mind - from Mussolini to the USSR to today's Russia"
🧵👇
"How authoritarian regimes use "catechisms" to shape the mind - from Mussolini to the USSR to today's Russia"
🧵👇
🧵 THE THREE LYING FACES OF FASCISM
How authoritarian regimes use “catechisms” to shape the mind — from Mussolini to the USSR to today’s Russia.
Authoritarian systems all teach the same lesson:
Obedience is virtue.
Doubt is betrayal.
The State is sacred.
How authoritarian regimes use “catechisms” to shape the mind — from Mussolini to the USSR to today’s Russia.
Authoritarian systems all teach the same lesson:
Obedience is virtue.
Doubt is betrayal.
The State is sacred.
December 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
THE THREE LYING FACES OF FASCISM
"How authoritarian regimes use "catechisms" to shape the mind - from Mussolini to the USSR to today's Russia"
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"How authoritarian regimes use "catechisms" to shape the mind - from Mussolini to the USSR to today's Russia"
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Reposted by Mary Shine
Reposted by Mary Shine
Conspiracy is a mobilizing mechanism for populism. Under the salaciousness of theories are the emotions that are fed by political actors: fear and perceived injustice.
If I had funding I would do a similar survey here in Canada.
If I had funding I would do a similar survey here in Canada.
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Conspiracy is a mobilizing mechanism for populism. Under the salaciousness of theories are the emotions that are fed by political actors: fear and perceived injustice.
If I had funding I would do a similar survey here in Canada.
If I had funding I would do a similar survey here in Canada.
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Canada only mentioned in US NSS once, in the context of trade policy with China, suspect that we're being lumped-in with Europe on a lot of these "concerns".
My other Canada take is that Ottawa was *allegedly* waiting for the US document to drop before releasing our long awaited NSS. Soon maybe?
My other Canada take is that Ottawa was *allegedly* waiting for the US document to drop before releasing our long awaited NSS. Soon maybe?
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Canada only mentioned in US NSS once, in the context of trade policy with China, suspect that we're being lumped-in with Europe on a lot of these "concerns".
My other Canada take is that Ottawa was *allegedly* waiting for the US document to drop before releasing our long awaited NSS. Soon maybe?
My other Canada take is that Ottawa was *allegedly* waiting for the US document to drop before releasing our long awaited NSS. Soon maybe?
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Someone who is NOT ME is doing this in Columbia Road in Washington DC and I love it very much.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Someone who is NOT ME is doing this in Columbia Road in Washington DC and I love it very much.
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FBI documents show the agency spent more than $850,000 on overtime pay for agents tasked with processing and redacting Epstein-related files. Here's how we confirmed the records are authentic: www.snopes.com/fact-check/f...
FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime to redact Epstein files, documents show
Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold sued the FBI and DOJ for the files as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.
www.snopes.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
FBI documents show the agency spent more than $850,000 on overtime pay for agents tasked with processing and redacting Epstein-related files. Here's how we confirmed the records are authentic: www.snopes.com/fact-check/f...
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Significantly boosting military support for Ukraine now can achieve a peace that resulting in long term savings ro European countries.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Significantly boosting military support for Ukraine now can achieve a peace that resulting in long term savings ro European countries.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause
Advantage held even after removing coronavirus-related deaths from the mix
medpagetoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
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Bellingcat has been experimenting with story formats, trying to get away from drawing coloured boxes around important things. Our latest is below:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
From School to Battlefield to Grave: How Russian Cossacks drive young people to war - bellingcat
The All-Russian Cossack Society turns school clubs into pipelines for state-sponsored militarisation and recruitment for war in Ukraine. Bellingcat shows how they shape an alternative mobilisation for...
www.bellingcat.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Bellingcat has been experimenting with story formats, trying to get away from drawing coloured boxes around important things. Our latest is below:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
Authoritarian promises are not mistakes.
They are tools.
"A hundred years of Russian and Soviet political promises — and how every one of them collapses when it meets reality."
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They are tools.
"A hundred years of Russian and Soviet political promises — and how every one of them collapses when it meets reality."
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🧵 END-OF-DAY THREAD — WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY
Propaganda, false promises, and a century of authoritarian déjà vu.
Today we looked at something uncomfortable but necessary:
Propaganda, false promises, and a century of authoritarian déjà vu.
Today we looked at something uncomfortable but necessary:
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Authoritarian promises are not mistakes.
They are tools.
"A hundred years of Russian and Soviet political promises — and how every one of them collapses when it meets reality."
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They are tools.
"A hundred years of Russian and Soviet political promises — and how every one of them collapses when it meets reality."
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Why Authoritarian Promises Are Never Meant to Be Kept
"Authoritarian systems — USSR or modern Russia — do not fail at keeping their promises accidentally."
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"Authoritarian systems — USSR or modern Russia — do not fail at keeping their promises accidentally."
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PART 1 — The Promise–Reality Gap: Why Authoritarian Promises Are Never Meant to Be Kept
Authoritarian systems — USSR or modern Russia — do not fail at keeping their promises accidentally.
They never intended to keep them.
Every promise functions as a tool, not a commitment.
Authoritarian systems — USSR or modern Russia — do not fail at keeping their promises accidentally.
They never intended to keep them.
Every promise functions as a tool, not a commitment.
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Why Authoritarian Promises Are Never Meant to Be Kept
"Authoritarian systems — USSR or modern Russia — do not fail at keeping their promises accidentally."
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"Authoritarian systems — USSR or modern Russia — do not fail at keeping their promises accidentally."
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Do what’s best for Canada. That’s not buying American.
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Do what’s best for Canada. That’s not buying American.
Reposted by Mary Shine
MacGillivray Injury and Insurance Law says it’s launching a class-action lawsuit against Nova Scotia Power over the utility’s data breach and bill estimations. #NovaScotia #LFG #ClassAction #NSPower
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Firm launching class-action lawsuit against Nova Scotia Power over cyberattack, billing
MacGillivray Injury and Insurance Law says it’s launching a class-action lawsuit against Nova Scotia Power over the utility’s data breach and bill estimations.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
MacGillivray Injury and Insurance Law says it’s launching a class-action lawsuit against Nova Scotia Power over the utility’s data breach and bill estimations. #NovaScotia #LFG #ClassAction #NSPower
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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Dark Age Nation...
Expected. Still infuriating & nonsensical.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
"...overturning a 30-year-old policy that has contributed to a massive decline in cases of the virus."
Expected. Still infuriating & nonsensical.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
"...overturning a 30-year-old policy that has contributed to a massive decline in cases of the virus."
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dark Age Nation...
Expected. Still infuriating & nonsensical.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
"...overturning a 30-year-old policy that has contributed to a massive decline in cases of the virus."
Expected. Still infuriating & nonsensical.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
"...overturning a 30-year-old policy that has contributed to a massive decline in cases of the virus."
Reposted by Mary Shine
Whether or not the targeting of a boat was actually prompted by this tweet, it sends a profoundly disturbing message of how cheap life is, that it is worth less than such a momentary performance.
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Whether or not the targeting of a boat was actually prompted by this tweet, it sends a profoundly disturbing message of how cheap life is, that it is worth less than such a momentary performance.
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Also the antivax: vaccines caused your kid to be autistic. We recommend you have them drink this solution of industrial bleach and enema them with it.
You and Professor Caulfield are the right side of history. Thanks for shouting loud about the truth. 🙏
You and Professor Caulfield are the right side of history. Thanks for shouting loud about the truth. 🙏
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Also the antivax: vaccines caused your kid to be autistic. We recommend you have them drink this solution of industrial bleach and enema them with it.
You and Professor Caulfield are the right side of history. Thanks for shouting loud about the truth. 🙏
You and Professor Caulfield are the right side of history. Thanks for shouting loud about the truth. 🙏
Reposted by Mary Shine
In the old USSR, ordinary citizens couldn’t freely leave. To travel abroad, one needed an exit visa, an international passport, and KGB approval, which were rarely granted.
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In the old USSR, ordinary citizens couldn’t freely leave. To travel abroad, one needed an exit visa, an international passport, and KGB approval, which were rarely granted.
Reposted by Mary Shine
Authoritarianism often begins with restrictions on who can enter a country, but it seldom stops there; constraints on who may leave typically follow.
December 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Authoritarianism often begins with restrictions on who can enter a country, but it seldom stops there; constraints on who may leave typically follow.
A structural analysis of the “12 Theses of the Patriot of Russia”
WHAT THIS TEXT REALLY TEACHES US
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WHAT THIS TEXT REALLY TEACHES US
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WHAT THIS TEXT REALLY TEACHES US
(A structural analysis of the “12 Theses of the Patriot of Russia”)
This poster is not random propaganda
It is a catechetical indoctrination text — a political religion disguised as moral instruction
We can break it down into 7 core mechanisms
(A structural analysis of the “12 Theses of the Patriot of Russia”)
This poster is not random propaganda
It is a catechetical indoctrination text — a political religion disguised as moral instruction
We can break it down into 7 core mechanisms
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A structural analysis of the “12 Theses of the Patriot of Russia”
WHAT THIS TEXT REALLY TEACHES US
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WHAT THIS TEXT REALLY TEACHES US
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HOW MANY FALSITIES ARE IN THE SOVIET MORAL CODE?
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HOW MANY FALSITIES ARE IN THE SOVIET MORAL CODE?
Spoiler: almost every line contains either an internal contradiction or a historical falsehood.
We can break them down one by one.
Spoiler: almost every line contains either an internal contradiction or a historical falsehood.
We can break them down one by one.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
HOW MANY FALSITIES ARE IN THE SOVIET MORAL CODE?
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Reposted by Mary Shine
Breaking: "The FBI has arrested a suspect in the investigation into pipe bombs planted near the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, according to a federal law enforcement official familiar with the investigation" www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Suspect arrested in January 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case
The bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C, on the eve of the January 6 siege on the Capitol.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Breaking: "The FBI has arrested a suspect in the investigation into pipe bombs planted near the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, according to a federal law enforcement official familiar with the investigation" www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by Mary Shine
According to the AP, the suspect is a man, not a woman as some had previously speculated. apnews.com/article/pipe...
FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says
The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
According to the AP, the suspect is a man, not a woman as some had previously speculated. apnews.com/article/pipe...