Green_Footballs

Green_Footballs, 1 year ago to random

There’s a lot of talk about the harm social media does to society, but I’d argue that mainstream media is a FAR larger problem.

Fox News may be the biggest example, but there’s a rot in the entire news media complex and as usual it comes down to money. Journalism has increasingly been replaced with “narratives” and both-sides rhetoric, chasing after clicks and views and advertising dollars.

This is how fascism takes root in the 21st century, through late stage capitalism.

Green_Footballs, 1 year ago to random

Ex-FBI agent feds say urged Jan. 6 rioters to kill police worked terrorism task force

Jared Wise was part of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and served as supervisory special agent in charge of the Homegrown Violent Extremism unit.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ex-fbi-agent-feds-say-urged-jan-6-rioters-kill-police-worked-terrorism-rcna82775

Green_Footballs, 1 year ago to random

It’s impossible to over-estimate the damage Rupert Murdoch and his hellish spawn have wreaked on the world.

Green_Footballs, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

I’m pretty tired of media people expressing outrage at the depravity of Trump and the GOP.

Yeah, we know. We've BEEN knowing. So why are you still chasing them like dogs chasing cars?

Green_Footballs, 1 year ago to random

Jack Dorsey is posting more these days, removing all doubt that he is one hyper-privileged narcissistic clueless idiot.

Green_Footballs, 1 year ago to random

In a way I understand what the Bluesky team is going through. I’m no insider but it looks like they’re basically a team of people who were tasked with implementing the AT protocol, and they don’t have anything like the resources they actually need to prevent the onslaught of really bad people just itching to fuck it up.

So it’s not entirely their fault, but the protocol should have been designed from the start with these issues of far right fascism FRONT OF MIND.

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

I’ll give Elon Musk credit for one thing he did all by himself: he’s destroyed the myth of the super-rich Tony Stark tech genius.

Green_Footballs, 4 months ago to random

You know who else failed the first time he tried to take over a government, but definitely not the second time?

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

Trump ally Clark attempted ‘coup’ at US Justice Dept, ethics counsel says | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-justice-official-clark-faces-ethics-hearing-over-2020-election-role-2024-03-26/

Green_Footballs, 29 days ago to random

We need a gag order on the whole fucking Republican Party.

Green_Footballs, 1 month ago to random

This interview is seriously whacked out, both the questions and Dorsey’s bizarre answers.

He has “a strategy for ending censorship forever!” lol

https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

Green_Footballs, 1 month ago to random

Don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s always going to be easy to detect propaganda trolls, whether Russian or whatever. Just be aware that they’re there.

It’s difficult to calibrate how much suspicion is reasonable, but there should always be some, if anything seems off.

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

WTF? Meta Cancels LGF https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/53549_WTF_Meta_Cancels_LGF

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

Video: Meet the Far-Right Extremists Plotting Trump’s Second Term https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/53550_Video-_Meet_the_Far-Right_Extremists_Plotting_Trumps_Second_Term

Green_Footballs, 1 month ago to random

Prosecutors Have Handwritten Notes of Trump Hush Money Scheme: ‘He Wrote All of It Down??’ https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/53588_Prosecutors_Have_Handwritten_Notes_of_Trump_Hush_Money_Scheme-_He_Wrote_All_of_It_Down

Green_Footballs, 4 months ago to random

LOL!

Trump suggests he would consider a tariff upward of 60% on all Chinese imports if reelected

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/politics/china-trump-tariffs-taiwan/index.html

Also…

China spent over $5.5 million at Trump properties while he was in office, documents show

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/04/politics/trump-properties-china-foreign-payments/index.html

Green_Footballs, 12 days ago to random

Andy Biggs needs to stop hanging out with such a bad crowd.

Green_Footballs, 3 months ago to random

Colbert drops the comedian persona and gets real.

https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/53419_Stephen_Colberts_Public_Servic/comments

Green_Footballs, 1 month ago to random

Even before Musk, Twitter under Jack Dorsey was INCREDIBLY BAD at moderation. I could cite MANY examples of ridiculous moderation fails, just from my own email archives.

If you ever tried to use Twitter’s reporting tools to get them to moderate horrific racism, stalking, outright Nazis and worse, and only received an email saying they didn’t see anything wrong with it and would take no action, you know what I’m talking about.

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

I’m over here wondering how Truth Social, one of the worst cheap-ass social media knock-off sites I’ve ever seen, packed with scams and extremism, could possibly be valued at $5 billion. The fuck. Talk about fraud.

Green_Footballs, 1 month ago to random

Will always be the ultimate image of Republican cowardice.

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

Trump just got slapped with a gag order in his NY criminal case, prohibiting him from attacking judges, jurors, witnesses, or family members.

https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/PeopleDJT-DecOrderExtrajudicial.pdf

Green_Footballs, 1 month ago to random

It’s not paranoia to suspect there really are Russian trolls infiltrating social media and spreading divisive propaganda.

It’s what they do. And with this election they have more motivation than ever to step it up.

Green_Footballs, 4 months ago to random

I don’t know if it’s true that most people get more conservative as they get older, but in my case, I’m very much more left-leaning than I was earlier in my life. For those who get more conservative, I think it’s probably because they’ve shut down their ability to feel things deeply.

Green_Footballs, 2 months ago to random

oh, oh

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