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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Russia and American “Far Right” politicians use disinformation and FUD absurdly often, and to great success from time to time.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Fear, uncertainty and doubt (often shortened to FUD) is a propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information, and is a manifestation of the appeal to fear.” [see also “Gene Amdahl”]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Misinformation is false or inaccurate information—getting the facts wrong. Disinformation is false information which is deliberately intended to mislead—intentionally misstating the facts.
The spread of misinformation and disinformation has affected our ability to improve public health, address climate change, maintain a stable democracy, and more.”

https://www.apa.org/topics/journalism-facts/misinformation-disinformation

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

it seems the Russian disinformation war against Europe continues apace:

https://nafo.uk/@alcaldood/110650255114474172

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alcaldood@nafo.uk ("Alastair") wrote:

BBC report on the avalanche of fake France riot videos spreading online.

This is a russian propaganda operation. It's aim is to push the "Europe is burning" narrative, influence elections and get far right, pro-russia politicians elected.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66081671

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alcaldood@nafo.uk ("Alastair") wrote:

Yesterday, tens of thousands of tweets falsely linked this video of a fire in France with rioting, and said that Macron had banned reporting. As the official French alert clarifies, it is not related to any riot.

The video was first tweeted from an account in South America - odd considering it's news about France - so I did a Google reverse image search for the source.

The *only* result: Russia Today in Spanish.

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• Alertesinfos - (translation from French) The ongoing fire in Vaulen-Veli has nothing to do with the ongoing riots. (remote)
• Google Reverse Image Search Results RT en Espanol - Noticias RT en Espanol - Actualidad (remote)
• Tweet: "French President Macron has declared a total ban on social media reporting of events in France. So here you go: Fire in Lyon." 4,977 retweets, 9.388 likes. (remote)

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theropologist@beige.party ("Velocirooster adminensis :bc:") wrote:

You can ask me to act normal or act natural but please understand these are two entirely different things

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seamus@aus.social ("Seamus") wrote:

As Sisyphus reached a million followers, the audience moved to a new platform where he would again start from zero and resume the climb.

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arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb

A thinner, lighter, cheaper lens could be our way to study the Universe further.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/a-new-thin-lensed-telescope-design-could-far-surpass-james-webb/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Republicans see this as a good goal.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/16/an-effective-ad/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z10j_H7zOb8

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

I hid some treats from the kids and can’t remember where I put them. This is both good and bad.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Truly, honestly, your "huge community" is (vs the set of all JSON users) miniscule. And this is a backward compatible change. WUY AR U N8 DUNG THIZ0?!???

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Mastodons!

What are nice-time, fun, science-fictions that I should consume as audiobooks while I do light sysadmin and programming?

I'm up to date on Wier and Robinson and don't want to do all of the Corey slog (TV series was great!).

What next, for a noob?

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

There might be other social networks, but there aren't better social networks to be following @spaf on.

So many of us owe him so much, and to see him having fun here gives me immense happiness.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

I do not, for the life of me, understand why small-ish bits of the ecosystem that have the ability to move unilaterally (NPM package files, Chrome Extension manifests, etc.) do not support JSON5. Comments. Comments!!! We could be living so large rn.

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evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

Of course if she was being nominated to the Supreme Court and her debts were suddenly paid off by some unknown party, that would be fine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/15/kemba-walden-nomination-cyber-director/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

aldeka@wandering.shop wrote:

New shirt design: https://rustaceans.creator-spring.com/listing/containerize-me-ishmael

(also in sticker form! https://rustaceans.creator-spring.com/listing/containerize-me-ishmael-2) #docker #art

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• Sleeping whale with boxes stacked on top of it. The whale is being lifted on ropes by a group of tiny birds, and lifted unevenly, so the whale is tilted and the boxes are sliding and falling off into the water. It is a mashup of the "failwhale" from the old Twitter days and the old Docker logo. (remote)

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markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

Katzenschadenfreude

#caturday #cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #funny #humour #humor #weirdsigns

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• At a beach, water in the background, with a no dogs sign. A black and white cat with its mouth open (looks like its laughing) sits in front of the sign (remote)

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BrentToderian@mastodon.online ("Brent Toderian") wrote:

This is REALLY important.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
>
Let that sink in. It costs less than accepting homelessness.

> #Finland #Helsinki #homeless #cities #homes
https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

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exchgr@mastodon.world ("elle mundy") wrote:

bluesky: mall punk
threadstagram: 2020s top 40
twitter: racist death metal
facebook: 1970s top 40
mastodon: prog fusion

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ptoothfish@mastodon.nz ("ptoothfish🐙") wrote:

you wouldn’t be this old #YouWouldntMeme #HasItOut

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• you wouldnt downlaod a car but it says badger badger badger mushroom mushroom (remote)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

I guess it's time to say it that I recently resumed my regular #running after a 2-year hiatus. The reason for which — an injured knee — is still present but with after some treatments I can now run for 5 miles without it getting painful. Still slow, and I'm not sure I'll be able to run any faster any time soon, but I'll get that over not running at all.

Getting back to my old trails actually felt very nostalgic :-)

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gfarrell@mastodon.world ("Gerard") wrote:

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ULTROS_PROFESSIONAL@cuties.cloud ("オルトロス世話役") wrote:

hello australian fedi users, a mate of mine is on a visa looking for farm work so they don’t get deported, they have to have something lined up in the next three weeks.

they live in sydney and are willing to go wherever, but looking into eg tassie the wages won’t cover accommodation, they actually need a job that will fill their belly and let them live indoors, as well as being in “rural australia”

does anyone have any leads? boosts appreciated!

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

AnarchoNinaWrites@oliphant.social wrote:

*shrugs*

I dunno why you folks even bother talking to these people to try and convince them to come to Mastodon. It's the classic example of "feature" versus "bug."

You think Mastodon being shitfuck impossible to monetize is a feature; I happen to agree with you. Official America? Thinks it's a bug.

And that is NEVER going to get better, until one of you surrenders.

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BBC@c.im ("BBC News") wrote:

#BBC [World] The 'QAnon Shaman' and other Capitol rioters who regret pleading guilty https://w.st/TDfRq

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

there are only two hard things in computing: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.

(with apology to Phil Karlton)

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paintedsky@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Karyl :godot: :procreate:") wrote:

There are two wolves inside of you. One wants your OS to have an ultra-slick futuristic aesthetic. The other one wants your OS to look like Windows 95

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mike@sauropods.win ("Mike Taylor") wrote:

Such an important observation!

"Ad-driven social media platforms are willing to tolerate monumental volumes of abusive users [because] hate and fear drives engagement, and engagement drives ad impressions.

Mastodon is not an ad-driven platform. There is absolutely zero incentives to let awful people run amok in the name of engagement."

https://escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-was-wrong-about-mastodon-moderation.html

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mcnees ("Robert McNees") wrote:

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born #OTD in 1943. As a grad student at Cambridge in 1967, she discovered an entirely new type of celestial object: Pulsars!

Photo: National Science & Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library

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• Black and white photo of Jocelyn Bell Burrell, when she was a graduate student, holding a printout on a roll of paper and standing in front of a large radio dish. She is wearing a coat and glasses, smiling and looking toward the camera.