Not the worst news ever.
Unfortunately, the worst news will probably be whoever is chosen as his replacement.
#Trump weighing the ouster of #KashPatel
Patel has come under scrutiny for his stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail & use of a government jet.
#law #DOJ #FBI #ConspiracyTheories #TrollCabinet #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-kash-patel-replacing-fbi-director-planes-girlfriend
How do conspiracy theories develop and proliferate, and what are the best tactics to quash them? Extensive research focused on Europe, led by a team at King's College London, indicates that it depends where you are. In the U.K., concerns over COVID lockdowns led to conspiracy theories about restriction of movement in "15-minute cities." In the Baltic states, fear of hidden elites is fueled by memories of Nazi and Soviet occupation.
"These ideas are spreading in all parts of society. If we want to tackle the problem of conspiracy theories, it’s not enough to turn off a particular pipeline, such as putting restrictions on a specific social media platform or shutting down someone’s account," says Professor Clare Birchall, who led the research. "We need to think about structural problems in society as well as the business models of platforms. And instead of focusing on why people don’t trust institutions and politicians, we should work on making them worthy of trust."
#ConspiracyTheories #Europe #Internet #Technology #SocialMedia #Research #SocialScience #Science #Politics #Media
Dr. #RalphAbraham was appointed as #Louisiana’s surgeon general in 2024.
At the #CDC, Abraham will be the highest ranked official with a medical degree. The agency does not have a permanent director & the acting director, Jim O’Neill, is a former biotech exec.
As a top #health official, Abraham halted the state health dept’s mass #vaccination campaigns.
#CDC #HHS #PublicHealth #Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy #law #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics
Dr. #RalphAbraham’s views on many issues align with those of “Health” Secy #RFKJr. He has endorsed avoiding #Tylenol in pregnancy except “when absolutely necessary” because of a debunked link to #autism. He has also backed ending routine #immunization for #hepatitisB at birth & removing from #vaccines ingredients like aluminum salts, which are added to enhance the immune response.
#PublicHealth #Health #science #medicine #policy #law #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #USpol
Paging #BillCassidy
#CDC Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of #Vaccines as Second in Command
During the #Covid19 #pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted #discredited treatments like ivermectin &, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, HALTED the state’s mass #vaccination campaign.
#PublicHealth #Health #science #medicine #policy #law #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/health/cdc-ralph-lee-abraham-vaccines.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
It’s One of the Most Influential Social Psychology Studies Ever. Was It All a Lie?
On the night before Christmas in 1954, a Chicago housewife named Dorothy Martin begged her followers to step outside, sing together, and wait, at last, for the aliens. Things hadn’t been going well for Martin, the leader of a small UFO-based religious movement usually known as the Seekers. She had previously told her followers that, […]In another instance, Bish said she got a phone call from #ScottStrauss — a former #DOJ prosecutor who was pushed out of his job after attempting to launch investigations of baseless voter-fraud #ConspiracyTheories tied to the 2020 election, acc/to 3 other people familiar with the matter…. Bish said Strauss identified himself as working for Freddie Mac, the mortgage giant #BillPulte took over as chief executive earlier this year.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1963, #JackRuby shot and killed #LeeHarveyOswald, preventing the latter from ever going to trial for killing #JFK. While the subsequent #WarrenCommission proclaimed Oswald the sole gunman, Ruby's act on this day has fuelled #ConspiracyTheories ever since.
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research
#Tech #AI #ChatGPT #Chatbots #ConspiracyTheories #Misinformation #AIMisinformation #TechSafety #ElonMusk #DigitalMedia #Research #AIEthics #Google #OnlineSafety #MediaLiteracy #AIChatbots
https://the-14.com/ai-chatbots-are-encouraging-conspiracy-theories-new-research/
It's good that something is being said about Right Wing Antisemitism for a change but the people who vote for him like the Racism, it appeals to them.....just like Trump's bigotries appeal to his base.
#NigelFarage #Farage #AntiSemitism #Bigotry #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #ConspiracyTheories
Nabil, Salim, and Valerie discussed the frustrating nature of conspiracy theories, feeling overwhelmed by conflicting information and the difficulty of finding definitive answers amidst speculation and deliberate obfuscation. 😔🤔💡 | #Conspiracytheories | More https://scrollbots.com
Will Sommer reveals a puzzling silence from QAnon on the Epstein files. Despite the scandal mirroring their core beliefs, the movement finds itself disheartened by President Trump's reluctance to disclose evidence and his connections to Epstein. Read Sommer's sharp analysis: https://www.alternet.org/epstein-qanon/ #QAnon #EpsteinFiles #ConspiracyTheories
I am fairly sure the early researchers into the physics of the atom would never have dreamt that the knowledge they were gaining would end up being put to such dreadful use.
Also fairly sure the writers of fiction such as 'The X Files', 'V' and 'The Matrix' wouldn't have foreseen that their entertaining imaginations would be seized upon by social manipulators, and their legions of the socially manipulated, to do serious harm.
Just my thoughts for the day.
Cheer up Nige! 😂
Watched #Bugonia a couple of days ago.
Two losers kidnap a hyper-successful businesswoman, CEO of a biotech company, accusing her of being an alien from the #Andromeda galaxy, demanding that she establish contact with her emperor to negotiate the withdrawal of all Andromedan aliens from earth.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd_5HcTujfc
The movie is mostly limited to those three characters, but the actors do a great job of bringing the characters to life.
I'd say the movie is mostly a thriller based on the hostage situation, at times something of a parody on #conspiracytheories and people who believe in them.
Solid entertainment, I'd say 7/10.
OT: I can recommend "The Negotiator" for a more intense thriller based on a hostage situation.
Majorie Taylor Greene No Longer Trusts the Plan
FACT Aotearoa newsletter – 21 Nov 2025
A round-up of the fight against conspiracy theories (FACT) in Aotearoa
In this edition
We voom through some conspiracy theory articles we’ve been reading. And we look at the controversy around the BSA and The Platform.
Majorie Taylor Greene No Longer Trusts the Plan
In a stunning announcement posted to Twitter/X on Friday night, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said that she will resign her seat in the House on January 5, 2026. The announcement comes after Greene publicly skirmished with Donald Trump over the release of the Epstein files. Trump has responded by calling her a “traitor,” a […]https://murica.website/2025/11/majorie-taylor-greene-no-longer-trusts-the-plan/
What's the difference between trolling and online harassment? Gamergate originated within the gaming community and brought out its worst practices, exploiting social media capabilities to discredit members of a minority. Gamergate wrote the playbook of weaponized misinformation, later used to create and spread the most successful conspiracy theories.
#gamergate #socialMedia #doxxing #swatting #harassment #conspiracyTheories #algorithms #trolling
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-gamergate/
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-gamergate/
Clown Show: CDC Website Changed To Suggest Vaccines May Indeed Cause Autism
#RFKJr Says He Personally Told #CDC to Change Website’s Language on #Autism & #Vaccines
In an interview, #Trump “Health” Secy Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited what he thinks are gaps in vaccine safety research.
#PublicHealth #Health #science #medicine #policy #law #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccines-autism-website.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
