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Renee DiResta
@noupside.bsky.social
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🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown ✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic 📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com) —how influencers, algorithms, &online crowds shape public opinion 🦹🏻‍♀️Twitter Files supervillain
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · Apr 15
New from me: an essay on the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and its remarkable 30 year history of witch hunts & blacklists.

It chronicles the progression of how industries & academia went from capitulation to defiance,& what we can take from that today

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/proc...
Process as Punishment: An American History of Political Spectacle Renee DiResta Monday, April 14, 2025, 12:00 PM American political theater isn't new. The House Un-American Activities Committee operated for decades— until targets learned to fight back.
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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 10h
I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 9h
I'll take the over on Michael Shellenberger becoming a "60 Minutes" correspondent at Vichy CBS News.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 12h
Who remembers Greg Abbott crying about Jade Helm?
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d
Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 14h
“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time
Senator Jim Banks V @SenatorBanks Follow g.. The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states. It included illegal immigrants and handed Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it. Zinited Statcs SScnate MASHNORON DEYNN October 6, 2025 an. Thow arewutn Socretary U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230 Dear Secretary Lutaick: I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot đoo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens. Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo. Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d
I felt the same with this 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.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d
We discussed here, on the TechDirt pod:

www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/t...
Techdirt Podcast Episode 432: The Fictional Censorship Cinematic Universe
Support us on Patreon » Last year, Renée DiResta joined us on an episode of the podcast to talk about her book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality, all about the peo…
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d
That helpful article by @mmasnick.bsky.social breaks down some of the CISA nonsense. But Ted lies ab a lot more.

Like the bs claim that the Election Integrity Partnership was needed to *secretly* “switchboard” — when CISA clearly had & was using its own direct contacts for multiple years prior!🤔
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d
Been sayin’ it. Who was president when the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop got blocked for ~48 hours? Who was president during the 2020 election? Who was president in early COVID?

We are gonna have an entire stupid hearing about this on Wednesday.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 1d
Senator Cruz Figure Out Who Was President From 2018 To 2020 Challenge; Impossible

I have a simple question for Senator Ted Cruz: Who was president in 2018? How about 2020? I ask because Cruz just released a “bombshell” report claiming that the Biden administration "converted" CISA into "the…
Senator Cruz Figure Out Who Was President From 2018 To 2020 Challenge; Impossible
I have a simple question for Senator Ted Cruz: Who was president in 2018? How about 2020? I ask because Cruz just released a “bombshell” report claiming that the Biden administration "converted" CISA into "the Thought Police." There's just one tiny problem with this narrative: Cruz's own report shows that everything he's mad about started under Donald Trump, under whose leadership CISA was created.
www.techdirt.com
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d
Every two weeks
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
That one is a pretty generic cherry tomato, determinate. Since the hydroponic system best accommodates things up to 4’ tall I usually do cherry tomatoes. I get the microdwarf ones sometimes because they are very dense.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
I really like mine. We have outdoor too, with a high fence. It’s tough. I lost a bunch of squash to rabbits until the vines were long enough to trellis.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Not sure why it thinks I want this! When it’s tech and public health niches it’s at least related to what I post. I don’t follow anyone who’s really out there creating Taylor Swift content.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
My whole Threads feed is Takes (tedious, tedious takes) on That Album that I will never listen to by an artist I’ve never expressed any interest in. It’s wild to see how quickly that algorithm changes a feed to be about one thing only.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Meaning 2 units; this is an Aerogarden Farm. The one to the right had the shishito pepper I just killed and you can see the bell pepper collapsing to the left lol. You can put plants in all those holes, I normally do 2-3 “big” things but some people go nuts w/ greens. I’ve also seen ppl trellis.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Tomatoes on the left, eggplant on the right. I have 2 this size and a small countertop one for lettuce.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
It’s an open hydroponic system so they would just be in my house :)
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Artificial
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Aerogarden. My dad built his. I went simple. Honestly I think simple is the way to go.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
I killed every plant, sprayed alcohol on every surface, vacuumed all over, kept everything empty for three months, and then restarted. They are the worst.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
The shishito are enough for a side dish. I usually roast the purple eggplants with pasta, and toss the little green Thai ones into curry. I eat those tomatoes for lunch several days a week. :) I just have to decide what to do with the bell peppers…
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
The problem with aphids indoors is you can’t just spray them with a power hose or use ladybugs or wasps. I’ve had spider mites before, but aphids are new. Not sure how they got in.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Since people are asking: I have a hydroponic set up. I post about it every couple of wks. Unfortunately the peppers somehow got aphids, so I killed the Shishito today. The yellow bell pepper doesn’t seem like it’s gonna make it…wilted while I was away on a trip. Might be restarting those units.😒
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Hydroponic!
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2d
Hydroponics!
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