@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."
I don’t need to like former Trump voters to accept them in a winning coalition. It’s like Buffy teaming up with Spike in the S2 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spike’s motivations were self-centered and hardly noble, but he still helped her save the world. open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
26.02.2026 21:47 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1I'm not bullish yet about Dems flipping Senate *but* I'm not sure GOP has enough votes for an election year confirmation of an obvious hack like Cannon. Collins would probably vote no given her situation. Trump has pissed off Cassidy/Tillis enough that they aren't reliable yeses. Same with Murk.
27.02.2026 01:07 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
I wrote about my childhood snow days spent with Lauren Fenmore from Young and the Restless. open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
27.02.2026 17:54 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Yep. People will say "just move to independent media!" which is fine for the politically aware. But the less politically aware will just keep watching CNN or CBS News or whatever it is, largely unaware of the change that's happened. They'll get dragged to the right, & it'll help the fascists win.
28.02.2026 04:07 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A propagandist trying to pretend his intentions weren't bad. Fox disinfo station actually got away w this in court in 2020.
www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-kar...
Sarcasm about propagandists who try to pretend their ontentions weren't bad. Fox disinfo station actually got away w this in court in 2020.
www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-kar...
Just bc the lies aren't believable to us high info voters doesn't mean others don't believe them.
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Tons of ppl are actually saying & believing this. If only fighting disinformation were this unnecessary. T wd never have been elected then bc ppl wdn't have believed that he'd lower grocery prices or that he'd deport only murderers & rapists.
28.02.2026 04:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Sarcasm but tons of ppl are actually saying & believing this. If only fighting disinformation were this unnecessary. T wd never have been elected then bc ppl wdn't have believed that he'd lower grocery prices or that he'd deport only murderers & rapists.
28.02.2026 04:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Tequila Talk In 10! Trump Threatens “Emergency” to Cancel Midterms (Really, Not Fucking Clickbait). My pal Joe Walsh had a thing to say on this at State of the Swamp (SOTS)!
We’ll drink tequila! And it’ll be MUCH shorter than f-ing SOTU :)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnxU...
Sarcasm about some ppl's ideas about what bipartisanship is
28.02.2026 04:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sarcasm
28.02.2026 04:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sarcasm about Dowd columns
28.02.2026 04:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sarcasm
28.02.2026 03:59 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Of course, as someone pointed out, it's already happening .
27.02.2026 17:39 — 👍 281 🔁 1 💬 10 📌 0Sarcasm
28.02.2026 03:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Sarcasm about "both sides " reporting media
28.02.2026 03:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sarcasm
28.02.2026 03:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sarcasm
28.02.2026 03:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Good for Meidas Touch.
We also need some truth oriented media that can reach ppl who are not liberal.
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27.02.2026 23:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thread
27.02.2026 23:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The lying IS persuasive. Even nonsense lies, repeated often, cause ppl to believe. Resrch
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusor...
Lies by GOP, repeated by RW media, is how they got control of all 3 branches of gov. But Dems wd rather be defeated by authoritarians than admit it.
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We should pursue this goal because lying like this is corrosive. But Democrats should do it because the lies come at great cost to them. www.offmessage.net/p/make-trump...
27.02.2026 19:54 — 👍 81 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 0I don't know why this is so hard. Fighters win—we see that over and over, because often it's *not* about their politics! Trump was perceived as a fighter!
The most effective way to reduce Trump as a foe is undermining his narrative as a tough guy... by fighting him.
this is good. underrated problem with popularism: it is--openly and explicitly--a pathetic, wimpy school of thought www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
27.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 1357 🔁 268 💬 41 📌 46Too late now. Propaganda lies have caused an authoritarian con artist to be elected. and he is not pro-America. We need to keep the authoritarians from blocking free & fair elections & get democracy lovers back in power.
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Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.
Full statement from the band:
