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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 20h

"Not far-right" Elon Musk replies "100" to an account associated with the white nationalist VDARE website who has "AJAB" in his bio, which means "All Jews Are Bastards"

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 21h

Can someone explain to me the difference between Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones?

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 1d

He forgot who was president when

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 3d

criticizing Israel does not make you antisemitic, but there are some antisemitic people who hate Israel, and Candace Owens is one of them.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 4d

I am here in Chicago this weekend, and my DMs are open for anyone who sees ICE out.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

I have never in my life seen anything like what is going on between the Broadview police force and ICE. These federal agents just do not give a shit about any kind of back the blue solidarity. Gas, verbal abuse, time wasting.

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 3d

X the everything app? Eat your heart out, rocket man …

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

Russia is pushing a “super app” for citizens. What could possibly go wrong?

www.theatlantic.com

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine if Art Bell was one of the most influential political commentators while Bill Clinton was in the White House and that’s basically what we have now with Tucker Carlson vis-a-vis Donald Trump

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 6d

Red mercury: miraculous, expensive… and totally made up.
We tried to debunk this weird and outlandish story. Spoiler alert: it didn’t work.
I wrote about the secret history of this fake liquid that shows the historical depths of our information disorder.
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 6d

Elon Musk's ex-comms guy: “The craft of journalism is different than sharing the raw feed.” edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/b...

He used to work for X. Here’s what he says is wrong about Musk’s stance on the mainstream media. | CNN Business

X’s former communications chief spoke exclusively to CNN to about why social media isn’t a replacement for journalism, contrasting the opinion of his former boss Elon Musk.

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 7d

British conspiracy theorists: ID cards are the start of NWO Nazism
American conspiracy theorists:

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 12d

I appeared on the Radio 4 programme The Moral Maze to rebut arch monarchist Curtis Yarvin. As a result, I think I finally reached the dead end of the Dark Enlightenment.
Behind the scenes coverage:
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...

The dead end of the Dark Enlightenment

Hopefully the last thing I ever write about Curtis Yarvin, but only if we're all very lucky

open.substack.com

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 13d

If you want to know why Donald Trump put up a video about medbeds, don't ask the White House press secretary.
uk.news.yahoo.com/americans-re...
I got no response from the WH either. But here's what my medbed journey told me about MAGA...
thedayofreckoning.substack.com/p/the-reason...

Americans remain no closer to learning why the president shared an AI-generated video of himself promoting a QAnon conspiracy.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gushed that it was “refreshing” that President Trump posted an AI-generated video of himself promoting a QAnon conspiracy about magic beds. Leavitt was res...

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 14d

I contributed to this BBC documentary on Charlie Kirk. It sets out facts and includes a huge range of voices, and for that alone it’s worth at least a few thousand hot takes. The BBC at its best, (tho this is unfortunately not available outside the UK)
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

BBC News - Who Was Charlie Kirk?

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead in Utah. But what shaped his views and how did he rise to become one of the most important right-wing influencers in the United States?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 15d

Donald Trump posted a weird fake video about medbeds not because he believes what was in it, but because the people who are into conspiracy theories like medbeds are at the core of his movement.
Also: I used a medbed! It was not good.
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...

The reason Donald Trump posted a fake video about a fictional technology called 'medbeds'

And what happened when I spent 20 sad minutes lying down on one of them

open.substack.com

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 17d

I once tried a medbed. It was weird!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-t...

The truth about 'medbeds' - a miracle cure that doesn't exist

Why has a fictional miracle cure taken off online - and who's making money out of it?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 17d

Donald Trump has shared an AI video *of himself*, which includes a fake Fox report about medbeds, a hoax miracle cure truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT... h/t @internetthought.bsky.social

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

truthsocial.com

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Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought.bsky.social · 17d

For anyone wanting to know more about President Trump's #medbed announcement, here are some relevant links. But first the original video from Trump truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 17d

Wow! Utterly bizarre to share an AI video *of yourself* with a fake announcement

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 18d

Via @wendling.bsky.social: Charlie Kirk hyped a conspiracy theory about a supposed "Day of Jihad."

"Make sure you have a gun on you," Kirk said.

Days later, a man obsessed with the conspiracy theory murdered a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy.

thedayofreckoning.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk to Americans: “Day of Jihad? Arm up”

One story has been missing from the debate raging over free speech.

thedayofreckoning.substack.com

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 18d

In the debate about free speech after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, one story has been missing – how rumours of a “Global Day of Jihad” spread by Kirk and others suddenly led a deranged man to kill a six-year-old boy.
My first post on a new blog explains all.
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...

Charlie Kirk to Americans: “Day of Jihad? Arm up”

One story has been missing from the debate raging over free speech.

open.substack.com

Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 24d

US law is very different on this score than UK law, in large part due to the 1st amendment

Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 24d

Breaking down what we do and do not know about what might have motivated Charlie Kirk’s killer with @shayan86.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article...

The motive behind Charlie Kirk's killing: What we know and don't know - BBC News

Prosecutors have broadly outlined suspect Tyler Robinson's political views - but many questions remain.

www.bbc.com

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