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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 14h

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davidbowman17.bsky.social @davidbowman17.bsky.social · 17h

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

techpolicy.press/trumps-tikto... Trump’s TikTok Deal Would Further Entrench Big Tech Surveillance

Trump’s TikTok Deal Would Further Entrench Big Tech Surveillance | TechPolicy.Press

Trump's TikTok deal would effectively endorse the current extractive system shaping our social media platforms, writes Jeffrey Chester.

techpolicy.press

Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

just randomly looking around and found a place that sells these outfits in multiple sizes, if anyone's interested

www.favounicorn.com/inflatable-f...

Inflatable frog costume in kid and adult sizes, $54

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

This is AI.

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

I would expect the amount of ai content especially trying to muddy the waters around government actions like the fake reporter arrest video to accompany any actual video of fascist violence coming online in an effort to discredit it all as ai.

The information war is getting much more serious now.

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

Text has been altered from original. It reads
Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/10/m...

Protest frogs vs. MAGA media influencers: the information war over ICE in Portland and Chicago | CNN Business

As the Trump administration floods social media with “propaganda” videos, and MAGA personalities flock to Portland and Chicago in search of a “rebellion,” local residents are responding with… chicken ...

edition.cnn.com

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

The Memes Hype Cycle: Trigger, "Inflation", Peak & Mass Media Coverage, AI Takeover. Next: Trough of Disillusionment, Fade-out, Rebirth.

The inflatable protestfrog became well known on platforms, more and more people showed up in frog-costumes, there were many media articles on the phenomenon and many AI videos for example showing the frog being handed the Noble peace prize and AI movie posters of Freedom Frog 2, Rise of the pond. Most likely people will at some point grow tired of the frog, MAGA influencers will try to criminalize the frog or the person behind it and at some point people will most likely lose interest until the next time the frog as a kind of meta-meme will rise again...

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

„People will stop believing everything“

News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 1d

"In a world where everything can be fake, & the fake stuff looks & feels real, people will stop believing everything." - Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin, a former trust & safety manager at TikTok, in this @bobbyallyn.bsky.social story ⤵️

#NewsLiteracy

Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet

OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos?

www.npr.org

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

Freedom Frog 2 - The Trailer

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

Antifafrog AI Memes

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 1d

www.routledge.com/Tactical-Per...

Tactical Performance: The Theory and Practice of Serious Play

'Lucid, sharp, funny, Bogad's Tactical Performance is the book we've been waiting for on creative activism.' Diana Taylor, Director, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York Univers...

www.routledge.com

Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 2d

The AI Slur ‘Clanker’ Has Become a Cover for Racist TikTok Skits www.wired.com/story/the-ai...

The AI Slur ‘Clanker’ Has Become a Cover for Racist TikTok Skits

The online trend takes a comedic approach to spreading anti-AI messaging, but some creators are using racist references to make their point.

www.wired.com

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 2d

Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Barron Trump tipped for top job at TikTok as dad says users ‘owe’ him

The president has previously claimed that users ‘owe’ Barron Trump for saving the social media platform in a video from the Oval Office

www.independent.co.uk

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 2d

But there are chickens too bsky.app/profile/wwee...

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 2d

The Antifafrogs are multiplying

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 2d

www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
The Face of the Algorithmic Image: Early Film Theory and Deepfakes

www.tandfonline.com

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 2d

'flood the zone' --> 'map the flood'

"We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025."

www.trumpactiontracker.info

Screenshot of the site, including bar charts and more

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 3d

TikTok was never just about TikTok www.newamerica.org/the-thread/t...

TikTok Goes MAGA? Lilian Coral on the Deeper Stakes of the TikTok Deal

This TikTok deal claims to solve a national security issue—but does it hold up? We measure it against five core principles for real tech accountability.

www.newamerica.org

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 3d

Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI

This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...

www.tandfonline.com

Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 3d

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Noem: “We are hoping…we will get more and more information about the network and how we can route them out and eliminate them from the existence of American society…Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them. They are just as dangerous.”

Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 3d

Thx! Wie hier @jasonkoebler.bsky.social

www.404media.co/hurricane-he...

Hurricane Helene and the ‘Fuck It’ Era of AI-Generated Slop

The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks.

www.404media.co

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 3d

AI Antifa

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

It's clear most Trump supporters have no idea the videos are fake.

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

gizmodo.com

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 3d

"What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?"

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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