By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026Politicians and celebrities and activists show up in our feeds, declaring their fealty to this cause or product, or their fury at some turn in the world's events. 4/ 1671
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026Battlefields mound high with bodies and influencers marvel at impossible, sumptuous meals. It all *seems* plausible, and some of it is real, but not all of it, and because we know some of it is fake, we can't be sure if any of it isn't. 5/ 1826
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026It's a very putinesque way of living. Vladislav Surkov was Vladimir Putin's media strategist, and he had a deadly effective tactic: he announced that he was covertly funding *some* of the groups that publicly opposed Putin, but did not disclose which of those opposition groups were fake. 6/ 29710
