Ariel Stulberg
@ariels.bsky.social
Literary author, white hat propagandist, former reporter, politics, markets, media, Russia
Trump's a media story.
George W Bush, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Bob Dole---like them or don't, there wasn't some grand misperception about what they were like.
With Trump, we never reach "is this good or bad?" The disagreement is *always* over what's happening in the first place
George W Bush, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Bob Dole---like them or don't, there wasn't some grand misperception about what they were like.
With Trump, we never reach "is this good or bad?" The disagreement is *always* over what's happening in the first place
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Trump's a media story.
George W Bush, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Bob Dole---like them or don't, there wasn't some grand misperception about what they were like.
With Trump, we never reach "is this good or bad?" The disagreement is *always* over what's happening in the first place
George W Bush, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Bob Dole---like them or don't, there wasn't some grand misperception about what they were like.
With Trump, we never reach "is this good or bad?" The disagreement is *always* over what's happening in the first place
If only Kamala were brat
January 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If only Kamala were brat
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i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. “the people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!
January 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. “the people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!
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Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.
January 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.
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Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."
www.status.news
December 5, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
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Super interesting thread by disinformation expert Kate Starbird. @katestarbird.bsky.social
Oh yes. It’s a massive multiplayer online game. Largely self-sustaining. Anyone can play. All you need is a social media account. Your points are the followers you gain along the way. Plus all the social interactions are their own reward for those who participate for community.
November 11, 2023 at 10:27 PM
Super interesting thread by disinformation expert Kate Starbird. @katestarbird.bsky.social
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Elon Musk boosting two regular fake news posters who have historically posted debunked videos
neither are on the ground or verify. both have shared AI-generated videos in the past as real.
they just share any garbage they come across to rack up views.
neither are on the ground or verify. both have shared AI-generated videos in the past as real.
they just share any garbage they come across to rack up views.
October 8, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Elon Musk boosting two regular fake news posters who have historically posted debunked videos
neither are on the ground or verify. both have shared AI-generated videos in the past as real.
they just share any garbage they come across to rack up views.
neither are on the ground or verify. both have shared AI-generated videos in the past as real.
they just share any garbage they come across to rack up views.
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At least 25% of being an adult is trying not to get ripped off. It is constant. In the mail. On the phone. On your TV, On your computer. At stores. At work. Keeping that watch. Trusting almost nobody. And then we wonder why people get conspiratorial.
August 19, 2023 at 9:34 PM
At least 25% of being an adult is trying not to get ripped off. It is constant. In the mail. On the phone. On your TV, On your computer. At stores. At work. Keeping that watch. Trusting almost nobody. And then we wonder why people get conspiratorial.
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nobody knows how to find OR reach anybody else — goods, services, information, entertainment — due to the absolute firehose of garbage that has saturated every internet thoroughfare
I still browse Amazon for books, but for basically everything I buy from there, I figure out what product I want elsewhere. External buying guides, Wirecutter, etc., are helpful and trustworthy in a way that Amazon, through all its sponsored listings, as decided it doesn't want to be.
Basic shopping on Amazon has become impossible without drowning in drop-shipped crap. Just this week, Amazon happily sold me "Amazon's Choice" products from illustrious fake brands like PIPISHELL, HOME SO, Kuject, YouCopia, and MIUKAA, with search filled with page after page of only sponsored junk.
June 6, 2023 at 9:59 PM
nobody knows how to find OR reach anybody else — goods, services, information, entertainment — due to the absolute firehose of garbage that has saturated every internet thoroughfare
This guy got @ariel but I can't stay mad at him
June 4, 2023 at 8:59 AM
This guy got @ariel but I can't stay mad at him
What hath God wrought this time?
June 3, 2023 at 9:27 PM
What hath God wrought this time?