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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 15m

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 4h

A long time back a friend warned me we should pay attention to how we feel about the things we read, listen to, or watch. Strong feelings being evoked can be a good indicator of propaganda. I think about it a lot

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 6h

All this fear of jackbooted feds was just the right projecting their fantasies onto us.

George Smiley @mc2020.bsky.social · 1d

Every 2A nutjob's worst nightmare - literal jackbooted thugs going door-to-door with a firearms database, but it's fine, because they're the ones carrying it out.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5h

Fred Willard talking about a dog show in Best of Show (2000) is Donald Trump or any of his surrogates talking about any subject of public importance in 2025. (Autism and Tylenol, war ravaged Portland, tariffs, Trump’s Nobel Prize, etc etc)
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Best in Show (7/11) Movie CLIP - Judging the Hounds (2000) HD

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 5h

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Originally published in 1922, Public Opinion, by Walter Lippmann

"This book explores the complexities of public opinion formation, examining how people's perceptions of reality are shaped by the images and stereotypes they hold, often based on incomplete information."

Public Opinion (book) - Wikipedia

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 6h

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Committee on Public Information - Wikipedia

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Edward Bernays - Wikipedia

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 6h

"Originally published in 1928, this manual of mass manipulation provides a detailed examination of how public discourse and opinion are shaped and controlled in politics, business, art, education and science."

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"A look at how government and corporations control how we think and act, Propaganda outlines Edward Bernays's vision for regimenting the collective mind. Originally published in 1928, this manual of m

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 6h

"Originally published in 1928, this manual of mass manipulation provides a detailed examination of how public discourse and opinion are shaped and controlled in politics, business, art, education and science."

Propaganda | WorldCat.org

"A look at how government and corporations control how we think and act, Propaganda outlines Edward Bernays's vision for regimenting the collective mind. Originally published in 1928, this manual of m

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 6h

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 6h

This explains a lot of how we got here, imo

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The Century of the Self - Wikipedia

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Watching the news report on the president's greasy little grift as a customer satisfaction story and not, you know, This is Deeply Unconstitutional and Also Fucking Embarrassing as Hell

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 7h

The question for governors like @governorferguson.bsky.social is: when the AI boom deflates or goes utterly bust, what will that leave us with: new renewables and transmission we can use to modernize our economy, or fossil fuel extensions/expansions, soaring electricity prices, & zero jobs?

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 8h

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 7h

Wearing an n95 is BY FAR the single most impactful act of resistance a person can do right now.

Your maskless face is the bullet in a fascist’s gun.

Mask up to resist eugenics by protecting vulnerable groups like kids, BIPOC, trans, disability and immigrant communities.

Give/get mask mutual aid:

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 17h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Dustin Debris @objectiveunlocked.bsky.social · 20h

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 21h

Trump is stupid and he's venal and he's ignorant, but this is pretty clear evidence that his staff is only showing him false information.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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nicky woolf @nickywoolf.bsky.social · 21h

apropos of nothing I'm rereading Reaper Man and it is gobsmacking to me that Terry Pratchett and Donald Trump are the same species existing in the same universe. like, I don't know why this is what brought it home to me, but. jesus christ what happened to us

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 21h

So no one told him since the last time he said this that it's not true? How do people still put up with journalism/media/all politicians? Saying a city is on fire when it's not would be the end of every presidency until this fucking clown. It's beyond absurd.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "AI is based on information. I hope they're right about information. I don't know. You've gotta make a lot of money to-- there's gotta be a lot of information out there, but that seems to be pretty hot. We're leading the world on information on AI."

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