Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Here's a good test case for our framework, demonstrating how a real incident can be turned into a false "rigged election" rumor or narrative. Here the DOJ highlights a case where a postal worker discarded mail that included ballots, and uses that to suggest voter fraud and untrustworthy elections. 725088
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 03/09/2026More from my review of The Nerd Reich: 5430135
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/202616 months ago: Never forget how it started. 7572703494
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialJLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Manosphere Isn't A Rabbit Hole Its a bunch of content algorithmically adjacent to a bunch of more popular stuff people prefer. It is not very durable. Many of its viewers think it sucks. It can easily be supplanted with a little effort. equimundo.substack.com/p/the-manosp... 218443
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively. 30672563803
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"Living through a global resurgence of fascism, the greatest difficulty has proved to be not arguing against it, but convincing non-fascists that fascism’s adherents mean it. They believe what they are telling us they believe—and they will act accordingly." www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...liberalcurrents.comFascists Really Believe ItMillions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory. 7484164
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialAdam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast. 10346181519
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026These guys never get fired for being wrong. Being truthful or accurate isn't what they're hired to do. 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I have nothing but respect for the reporters who are the exceptions to this rule. I can't imagine how hard it is to do actual journalism while so much of the industry around you is selling out. Please know it's appreciated in the present and will be remembered in the future. 1048131
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialQuentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/20261/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found: 12502183
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026These are good ideas. I've long believed that "debates" (or whatever you want to call those performances) are a really poor way for a candidate to demonstrate how informed or capable they are. 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits. 361835591
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Messi's the 🐐 but 🇪🇸 is the champion 000
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Man zero shots from Argentina in 86 minutes, I'm sorry, that's just really sad 000
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026👀 I spot Animalstatic.klipy.comMuppet Animal Looking AroundALT: Muppet Animal Looking Around 000
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It seems rather uncontroversial to me, but there still seem to be lots of people in the legacy media space that simply can't grasp the idea that "neutrality" can be performative, complicit, misleading, harmful, and/or cowardly. 100
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialg+ GameFlow @gameflow.bsky.social · 15/07/2026g+ GameFlow: FIFA World Cup Knockout Round England v Argentina on July 15, 2026. #ENGvARG ⚽️🤖 021
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026"When Donald Trump first appeared in U.S. politics, Graham recognized him immediately for what he was: the spokesman for an alien ideology, one radically different from the idealistic patriotism that Graham had practiced and preached since childhood." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Quintessential Politician of This EraThe late South Carolina senator made a mid-career turn to MAGA. 68997280
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026NGL I'm not torn up about the fact that someone gets ejected for diving 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms. The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment.nbcnews.comTrump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midtermsThe dismissals hamstring a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms. 25028781601
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I don’t think people need to be “crucified” for thinking Platner changed or whatever but I do think they should engage in serious self-reflection and humility, such as not referring to themselves as being “crucified” 995909682
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialOccam’s Rusty Spoon @occamsrustyspoon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026 042
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It's sadly a low bar, but few journalists are willing to admit they made huge mistakes like this. But we should praise such admissions. 010
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Win: Platner is out Loss: USA is out 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization 13457101206
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Mexico's plan: hey what if we just cross the ball into the tall trees 000
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Ooof, gotta be red. Wild tackle. 000
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026What's the opposite of King Midas 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 05/07/2026This is NOT what the FIFA World Cup is about. The FIFA World Cup is about *opens history book* uh oh *Frantically starts flipping though pages* uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh 124585915
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialCharles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Yanks can survive this today, but it's disastrous should they advance to face Belgium. Balo is one of this team's irreplaceable figures 1245
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Getting really tired of VAR and tech in soccer games lately 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...democracydocket.comMail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can doThe USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections. 10930322030
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Belgium, what you doinstatic.klipy.comFriends: Joey Tribbiani's Shocked ReactionALT: Friends: Joey Tribbiani's Shocked Reaction 000
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I thought the red card rule that got Almirón sent off was ridiculous but then I read up on it and I guess it makes sense? 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Every day feels like we’re unwilling participants in a cautionary tale that future generations will study in disbelief. 1319923
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026@fubo-tv.bsky.social What year is it? 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.social250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 05/06/2026@btarrington.bsky.social is a historian, writer, veteran, and Executive Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. He's the former Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Arrington tells of the message Eisenhower drafted before D-Day, should the invasion have failed. #WeAreAmerica250 10358126
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialScott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 05/06/2026"How flexible work arrangements reshape mothers’ careers" cepr.org/voxeu/column... via @voxeu 0138
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Having watched a number of Kevin O'Leary clips trying to defend his gigantic data center, I can't imagine this guy has ever sold a single thing to anyone intelligent in his life 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/05/20261. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0 23996104059
thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Rare to find a video clip that captures so succinctly what's wrong with cable TV and Congress and the US 000
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialThe Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 12/05/2026Emails obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune show MIDA repeatedly advocating on behalf of Kevin O’Leary, effectively negotiating against the people of Box Elder County in the process. sltrib.comBox Elder County wanted data center project money up front. MIDA pushed back, advocating on Kevin O’Leary’s behalf.Facing the prospect of a massive data center and energy campus moving in, Box Elder County wanted the money up front. 1196
Reposted by @thenextvinnie.bsky.socialAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...hsph.harvard.eduUSAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthThe Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord... 6222011448