Anna Merlan

it’s exhausting, as it’s created to be; it also means that i, attempting to be discerning, am much more apt to share things i feel confident about based on my own education, but folks shouldn’t have to be years-worth of confident in a subject matter to feel as though they can trust something 😮‍💨

Can I frame this and put it somewhere prominent in my house

This is already such a massive problem, from a completely anecdotal sense. Every day, something is shared in a group chat or Discord that I'm in, and the inevitable response of "Is that real?" comes through. Not sure how that is going to affect us psychologically long-term, but it can't be good.

lol thank you, sob

yes JESUS FUCKING CHRIST YES

AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse? Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.

I'm going to share this story one more time, because I think the problem it describes -- being unable to determine what is true online or in the news, and just giving up entirely on trying -- is going to get more and more common. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I’m incredibly baffled by that, never seen it before. Trying to figure out what happened. Maybe they have an RSS feed that glitched?

I do think they’re trying to find a balance between keeping their audience and keeping their access!

AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse? Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.

“When disinformation is constant, the everyday cost of knowing what’s going on rises. People spend more time verifying the basics, or they stop trying."

Please be careful about any of these automated news aggregator things and double-check the content of the articles they're sharing before you repost

The pro-MAGA press can’t agree on how to cover Trump's war on Iran A combination of fight, flight, fawn, and freeze.

It was inevitable that one day, the reporters, influencers, and others in the MAGA-flavored press would be called upon to cover an actual news event that does not always reflect favorably on the president.

With the invasion of Iran, that day has now arrived.

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The pro-MAGA press can’t agree on how to cover Trump's war on Iran A combination of fight, flight, fawn, and freeze.

NEW: I wrote about how the far-right press and usually pro-Trump conspiracy outlets are covering the Iran war, and I have to say, it's a bit more interesting than I anticipated. For once, Alex Jones has found a news event that he thinks is both real and worrying: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s the only good thing about it!

I love Middle Age

I accidentally slept an extra hour today and now will live forever

Definitely hooted

They HATE tidy exposition

He’s not thinking about anything, ever

I think we should have a moratorium on spooky oracle children in film, however

I just saw Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die and both REALLY enjoyed it and got actively annoyed several times, which I think means it was a good movie

Two Republican congressmen hobnob with an alleged Holocaust denier. Again. Reps. Matt Gaetz and Dana Rohrabacher just can't quit Charles C. Johnson.

Wow Chuck Johnson, haven't heard that name in years: www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

I love the Bummer Beat 🫠

lol hi bud

I wish he'd frenziedly repost AI slop harvested from Nazi twitter accounts but what are you gonna do

It SURE is

I guess “do what Trump often does and endanger prosecutions with inflammatory tweets declaring the preemptive guilt of the accused,” maybe?

I very literally do not know what you want him to do here

Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack

Is the premise of this story that the mayor should make lighthearted video content about an ongoing criminal investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

I tell you what, I love doing my taxes amid the Omnicrisis