Stealing Corporate Thunder
A Guide to Prebunking and Debunking Commercial Disinformation in the Policy Space
How do you get ahead of corporate misinformation in the policy space? You Steal Corporate Thunder! Check out our guide to prebunking and debunking industry disinformation to advance pro-public-interest policy debates⦠www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/stealing-c...
11.02.2026 00:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This week, we dive into the narratives that corporations use to deflect responsibility of harm and convince policy makers not to regulate industry.
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04.02.2026 15:33 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Curious what you think @nader.org and @kayaburgess.bsky.social - we cited your articles to make our arguments
04.02.2026 22:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We're so grateful to the many authors we cited, including @kenworthy.bsky.social, @simonchapman.bsky.social, @christian-s-warren.bsky.social, @aaronreeves.bsky.social, and @jeanmadams.bsky.social. Thank you for your work. It made our work possible.
03.02.2026 20:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
What Corporations Say to Get Their Policy Way
Industries' Narrative Playbook to Fight Regulations
Our latest piece in Commercially Determined breaks down 10 common tropes used by industry to sway policy. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/narrative-.... Curious which you hear most in your policy space.
03.02.2026 20:42 β π 3 π 6 π¬ 4 π 0
Everyone Has Parkinsonβs Now (and What Industry Has To Do With It)
(and What Industry Has to Do With It)
Multiple industries have been linked to Parkinsonβs Disease. Itβs just one way that harmful commercial determinants are all around us, everywhere, all at once. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/everyone-h...
23.01.2026 14:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Fighting Back Against Commercial Harms
A look at how applying a commercial determinants lens unlocks systemic solutions and that youβre not powerless against powerful root causes.
We dedicate the second Tuesday of each month to reimagining what's possible.
This week's piece explains why practitioners should integrate a commercial determinants lens into their work.
www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/root-solutions-not-bandaids
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14.01.2026 01:34 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Intro to Commercial Determinants: Confronting Business Harms
An Introduction to Commercial Determinants
π Itβs here: the first edition of Commercially Determined.
The opening issue introduces a predictable corporate playbookβ10 tactics repeated across industries and geographies.
Check it out and subscribe.
www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/commercial...
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06.01.2026 16:12 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1
I second the appreciation for authors working in the commercial determinants space, even if not always calling it that. You all help shine a light on deceptive and harmful corporate practices that we need to stamp out.
07.01.2026 14:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So great to launch this work. So much more to come each week.
07.01.2026 14:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Intro to Commercial Determinants: Confronting Business Harms
An Introduction to Commercial Determinants
We leaned on great work by @dharna.bsky.social, @fastlerner.bsky.social, @markpetticrew.bsky.social and others to launch. Appreciate what you do.
www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/commercial...
Commercially Determined will drop weekly on Tuesdays. Stay tuned!
07.01.2026 14:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Try this AI prompt to make you a little safer from AI's commercially determinant hallucinations, delusions, and harms:
β "I know you're programmed to flatter & affirm. I don't need that. I need accurate, balanced, non-inflated answers. In all your interactions with me stay accurate and detached."
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