Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert
@upine.bsky.social
Analysis of effects of disinfo on social systems, writer http://Medium.com/@upine "All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do bothsidesism."
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How People Try to Solve Problems in a Libertarian Culture
There once was a land without environmental regulations. So various companies routinely poisoned the air, the water and the land. Everyone…
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Right Wing Domination of Media & Politics Keeps Us Stuck in Disinformation and Right Wing Government
(I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.)
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(I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.)
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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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God I love the goofy way a ferret hops around instead of running when they’re really happy or excited
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
God I love the goofy way a ferret hops around instead of running when they’re really happy or excited
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When you are smiling because you know you found just the right stick for the nest and your partner will be SO happy!
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
When you are smiling because you know you found just the right stick for the nest and your partner will be SO happy!
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
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Along Flying Mountain #flyingmountain #acadia #acadianationalpark #somessound #mountdesertisland #maine #mainecoast #newengland #landscapephotography
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Along Flying Mountain #flyingmountain #acadia #acadianationalpark #somessound #mountdesertisland #maine #mainecoast #newengland #landscapephotography
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"A YouTuber dropped his camera to the bottom of the ocean and recorded a deep-sea animal that no one has been able to identify."
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YouTuber Drops Camera in Ocean and Films an Unknown Deep-Sea Species
'So what species is this one? The answer is we have no idea.'
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November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"A YouTuber dropped his camera to the bottom of the ocean and recorded a deep-sea animal that no one has been able to identify."
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Sarcasm
My BARC (Bots Above Replacement Country) model estimates that 85% of large MAGA accounts are based outside the United States. And I tell you the best place to get rogan josh in Islamabad. All that and more in the next Silver Bulletin.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Times have been tough in this Afghani town ever since the woke mob shut down the old poppy seed factory. So when Vladimir Putin promised to pay everyone to create MAGA Twitter accounts, they finally had something to cheer about again. Then Twitter turned on its new public location feature.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Sarcasm
Sarcasm
My three-year-old was reading MAGA Twitter when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why do the people in Pakistan love the nice orange man so much?" And when I told her "Because he's the only American president who never started any new wars," she started crying.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Sarcasm
Sarcasm
The Pakistanis producing pro-Trump content on social media may hail from a different part of the world than American Trump supporters, but they are motivated by the same underlying emotion: economic anxiety.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Sarcasm about Federalist Society judges
Should pro-Trump Pakistanis be allowed to vote in American elections? This Federalist Society judge thinks so.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Sarcasm about Federalist Society judges
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At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
Sarcasm about mainstream media hot takes where they pretend to be confused about the obvious
JD Vance, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff just drafted a plan that would effectively hand Ukraine over to Putin. But what were they really trying to do?
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Sarcasm about mainstream media hot takes where they pretend to be confused about the obvious
Sarcasm about NYT Editorial Board takes
American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Sarcasm about NYT Editorial Board takes
Sarcasm
Pakistani MAGA troll accounts, which I do not support, are very different from Brazilian MAGA troll accounts, which I also do not support.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Sarcasm
Felch... and Felch Lives
Hollywood investigative reporter Olivia Nuzzi would sleep with any man in Chevy Chase if it would help her land a scoop. That includes an HHS secretary even sleazier than Joe Don Baker—and I don't mean Biden Trump James.
by Maureen Dowd
Hollywood investigative reporter Olivia Nuzzi would sleep with any man in Chevy Chase if it would help her land a scoop. That includes an HHS secretary even sleazier than Joe Don Baker—and I don't mean Biden Trump James.
by Maureen Dowd
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Sarcasm
A contracting economy may be exactly what America needs.
by Hugh Hewitt
by Hugh Hewitt
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Sarcasm
Sarcasm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chastised Sen. Mark Kelly for incorrectly displaying his military uniform medals, not comprehending that photographs reverse images from left to right. Here’s what that says about Joe Biden’s cognitive state.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Sarcasm
It is a shame that Brazil’s judges are so activist that none of them stepped in to change the laws for Jair Bolsonaro.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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LMFAO all the people writing into the NYT to complain about the recent David Brooks column: "Case in point: There is not one word of sympathy for or concern about [the teenage victims] in Mr. Brooks’s 1,200-word piece."
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Opinion | Yes, We Must Talk About Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving ...
a cat wearing a blue shirt is sitting on a laptop computer
Alt: a cat wearing a blue shirt is sitting on a laptop computer typing quickly
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving ...
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People foisting their pie takes while also making other people feel bad because they like a pie is key Social Derangement Syndrome.
Before social media, we didn’t air our dumb thoughts to everyone. We didn’t face stupid criticism from strangers about the pie we like.
Let people like their pies!
Before social media, we didn’t air our dumb thoughts to everyone. We didn’t face stupid criticism from strangers about the pie we like.
Let people like their pies!
a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is laughing with a woman in a polka dot dress .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is laughing with a woman in a polka dot dress .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
People foisting their pie takes while also making other people feel bad because they like a pie is key Social Derangement Syndrome.
Before social media, we didn’t air our dumb thoughts to everyone. We didn’t face stupid criticism from strangers about the pie we like.
Let people like their pies!
Before social media, we didn’t air our dumb thoughts to everyone. We didn’t face stupid criticism from strangers about the pie we like.
Let people like their pies!
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Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert
X has a problem with foreign accounts profiting specifically on right wing extremism because it’s really hard to rage bait someone with “everyone should have access to affordable healthcare”
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
X has a problem with foreign accounts profiting specifically on right wing extremism because it’s really hard to rage bait someone with “everyone should have access to affordable healthcare”
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In the hope that something beautiful will grow out of the mud and pain of 2025, everyone please say hi to Lotus.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
In the hope that something beautiful will grow out of the mud and pain of 2025, everyone please say hi to Lotus.