An experienced YouTuber said the following

• When you published something on the Internet any reaction is a good reaction
• If someone attempts to troll you shower them with love and affection
• Trolls hate Love and will run back under their Bridge
• If someone reacts extremely negative see rule number one and silently thank them

The fact that a person reacts to something written by someone thousands of nautical miles away is a feat which should be cherished

@rl_dane

#Social #Media #SocialMedia #troll #reaction #any #good #YouTube #no #TV

More on that Blue Square poll/survey...

"More #Americans say questioning the #Holocaust is not #antisemitic and express agreement with anti-#Jewish stereotypes, according to a survey the #BlueSquareAlliance Against Hate released on Thursday.

The #poll of 7,053 #US adults, conducted from March 4 to April 3, found that 32% of respondents said they do not believe questioning the Holocaust is antisemitic, up from 26% in August 2025.

The #survey’s margin of sampling error is ±0.92 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

Agreement with all 10 antisemitic #tropes tracked by the survey—including claims that #Jews control #Hollywood and the #media or are more loyal to #Israel than the #UnitedStates—also increased since summer 2025. The rise in agreement with individual statements ranged from 12% to 38%, according to the survey."

https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/more-americans-reject-link-between-holocaust-denial-antisemitism-as-anti-jewish-attitudes-rise-survey

#RadioWarNerd welcomes #AdamJohnson to talk about his new book #HowToSellAGenocide: The #Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza, all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rerbx-2f7ac4c4
#GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #USpol #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

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' Those who shout loudest against #Green policies and visions for a #sustainable egalitarian future are those few with the most to lose.'
https://substack.com/@fatboyfriend/note/c-287269216

https://substack.com/home/post/p-203688103

'Hopetown by Simon Wilson
'The case for #voting Green
'I’m not a member of the Green #Party, but they're getting my #vote. Here’s why. ...

'THE GREENS HAVE two core messages. They’re both simple enough to express, but they can be difficult to explain.

'The first is that we have to change. We’re living beyond what’s called “#planetary boundaries”, which is a way of saying we are using up #Earth’s finite #resources, destroying #biodiversity and making the #planet inhospitable to life.

'There’s no “fix the economy and then we’ll sort out the planet”. The way we’re “fixing the economy” is the problem...

'The second message is that the problems we face have a common cause. It’s the super-rich. Not “people who are well off”, but a tiny #elite: #Elon #Musk and all who travel with him, the #tycoons of the #fossil-fuel #industry, the #financiers who enable them. They have created the #climate crisis, the menaces of social #media, the funnel that sucks #wealth upwards even while they pretend it trickles down.

'The #oligarchs and #techbros are not trying to solve the #world’s problems, although they have the resources to do so. They’re causing them so they can make #money from them.'

'Green policies turn those core messages into action plans. #Energy reform, to leave fossil fuels in the ground and introduce rooftop #solar with #batteries at massive scale. Urban networks of #electrified public #transport, #cycling and walking that are so frequent, reliable, safe and cheap they offer genuinely better #travel options for many people much of the time. #Conservation strategies to clean up our #waterways. A proper commitment to social #housing.

'And tax #reform, targeting the super-rich and offering a #tax cut to 96% of us...'

#PartyVoteGreen

Still waiting for #DoubleDownNews to respond to my suggestion they report on #OpenSource and decentralised #SocialMedia alternatives, as well as discussing the surveillance that comes with the #OnlineSafetyAct.

They say paid members can suggest topics for them to discuss, and all paid tiers are equal.

But perhaps some tiers are more equal than others.

#Media

Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Media. The licence plate reader company has expanded beyond car tracking to person-based surveillance. https://www.404media.co/how-cops-use-flock-to-track-people-not-cars/ #Media #SocialMedia #Privacy

Take note if you do NOT want Google using your data to train AI models!

Google recently updated its search privacy settings and automatically opted all its customers into its expanded AI training.

Images, voice searches, and videos uploaded into Google Search Services can be used to train LLMs.

The GOOD news is, you can disable this feature to retain your privacy. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-training-ai-on-more-of-your-data-now-unless-you-opt-out/ #Google #GoogleSearch #Search #Internet #AI #LLMs #SocialMedia #Privacy #DataPrivacy #Media #SearchServices #Personaldata #Chatbot #SearchHistory #SearchServicePersonalization

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Internet ones and zeros

Tonkatsu Box is a free, open-source media collection manager that lets you organize games, movies, TV shows, anime, manga, books, comics, and more in one place.

It stores your library locally, works offline after setup, supports local network sync, and can import data from Steam, Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, and other services.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=tonkatsubox

#OpenSource #SelfHosted #Media #Gaming #Anime #Privacy

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Screenshot of the Tonkatsu Box project page in dark mode. The top shows the Tonkatsu Box logo and the tagline: "Your personal collection manager for games, movies, TV shows, anime, visual novels, and manga." Below are platform badges for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and Rustore, followed by badges indicating passing tests, MIT license, Flutter support, and a Discord community. The layout highlights Tonkatsu Box as a cross-platform, open-source media collection manager.

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #RobinAndersen, author of #TheComplicitLens

"We discuss in depth the ways that the New York Times, CNN, and other #legacyMedia outlets became little more than Israeli propaganda organs, uncritically feeding IDF narratives, images, and self-declared expertise while not only discrediting Palestinian voices, but also becoming complicit with #Israel’s policy of censorship by murder"

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19421753-the-journalistic-malpractice-that-fueled-a-genocide-robin-andersen-on-complicit-lens
#Gaza #Palestine #mediaCriticism #media #books @bookstodon

ICYMI: Ten European media groups launch ad marketplace against 80% Google grip: Ten founding partners pool inventory and telco data as platforms capture 90% of Europe's ad growth, per the coalition. A September 2026 pilot tests demand. https://ppc.land/ten-european-media-groups-launch-ad-marketplace-against-80-google-grip/ #DigitalMarketing #Advertising #AdTech #Media #Google

Meta has removed a controversial AI feature from Instagram after users pushed back. The feature allowed people to create AI-generated images using public profile pictures, sparking privacy concerns. The company acted following criticism from privacy campaigners. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/ #Media #SocialMedia #AI

"Users can also pick from 17 main characters, including strong female lead, cute kid, underdog, ultra-rich tycoon, switched-at-birth heiress, female emperor, doppelgänger love interest, enemies-to-lovers."

Lavender Au for The Dial: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/chinese-micro-dramas

#Longreads #China #Drama #Video #Storytelling #Content #AI #Media

"In recent years, the Signal messaging app has become a newsroom staple, enabling journalists, colleagues, sources, and others to speak to one another securely with end-to-end encryption. This means no one except those in conversation — not even the service provider — can read your messages or listen in on your calls. Journalists use it individually, and we also see a trend toward using organizational Signal tiplines.

But it’s important to understand this is not a ”set it and forget it” decision. When talking to sensitive contacts, you do need to maintain your account to ensure it is safe and does not fall into the wrong hands.

Imagine if someone took over your Signal account. They could impersonate you, causing reputational damage, or worse, putting sources at risk. Unfortunately, this is not a hypothetical. We have seen at least one public example (and some less public) where newsrooms have lost access to Signal identifiers, sometimes leading to abuse.

There are a few simple things journalists can do to maximize the safety of their Signal account."

https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/signal-account-safety/

#Messaging #Signal #Privacy #Surveillance #Encryption #PrressFreedom #Journalism #Media

Meta has patented an AI device that tracks users emotions by constantly recording voice and surroundings through a wearable. The system analyses laughter, sighs and tone to determine mood, even monitoring medication intake. Privacy campaigners called it a recipe for disaster. https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-device-that-tracks-your-emotions-watches-you-take-your-meds/ #Media #SocialMedia #AI

Meta is facing criticism over its Muse Image AI tool, which lets users generate pictures from public Instagram profile pics. Privacy campaigners have called it a recipe for disaster, warning of non-consensual AI-altered images. Users can opt out through a separate setting. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9lee19y1yo #Media #SocialMedia #AI

Ask simple questiions:
1. How often do you read scientific curated papers or news?
2. How often do you watch scientific curated documentaries?
3. How often do you consume free, rich tech bros media, consiracy theories, holywood movies and entertainment shows?

#News
#howto
#instructions
#wold
#sociaty
#social
#science
#Media
#Truth
#lies
#propoganda
#selfhelp
#mind
#doctor
#crisis
#mentalhealth
#information
#informedidiot

"Johnson argues that the #liberalMedia took upon itself the task of dulling the outrage of ordinary news consumers and making #Israel’s slaughter seem understandable or unavoidable and thus not too objectionable [...]

"The focus on the 'liberal' #media is essential. Genocide support from right-wing media is a given; liberal buy-in is essential for genocide to become normalized."

Ida Audeh reviews #AdamJohnson's #HowToSellAGenocide

https://countercurrents.org/2026/07/manufacturing-consent-for-genocide-adam-h-johnsons-indictment-of-the-liberal-media/
#Gaza #Palestine #books @bookstodon

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cover of book: HOW TO SELL A GENOCIDE: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza Adam H. Johnson image (photo, at top): Biden meeting with Netanyahu on July 25, 2024 (Getty Images)

As #Trump rebrands DC festivities as a "spectacular Trump rally," broadcasters should look elsewhere to celebrate the #UnitedStates’ 250th.

As with so much in DC, Trump took over. His effort to rebrand the Washington, DC, events, provides #media & #news outlets an opportunity to instead look around the rest of the country — so do it.

Ignore the Trump rally.

As an example, PBS will turn to Williamsburg, Virginia, instead of DC.

#journalism #FourthEstate #propaganda
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/03/politics/america-250-july-4-national-mall-trump-analysis

NEW: How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral

"I thought I had missed something major in my reporting. Turns out I had stumbled into an AI-fueled feedback loop that involved a real LLC’s fictional website and a search engine that’s thrusting unreliable answers on users."

https://www.propublica.org/article/google-ai-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Google #AI #Journalism #Media #Technology #Tech #Research #LLM #artificialintelligence

Donald is going to have a threesome with his sons, and in the threesome he'll give them and himself the MEDAL OF HONOR.

Trump: I see my two beautiful sons sitting there. I think I'm going to give one medal of honor to myself, one to them, and we'll have a threesome.

#usa #news #midterms #press #media #eu

Always interesting to see what stories media runs with. Headline anthropomorphizing the truck that crashed into a man, which made him thrust his child to safety and lose his foot and part of his leg to eventual amputation.

You'd think they'd cover why a truck was driven into a family and who drove it, but no.

Instead it's another inspiration porn story about disability. Every comment talking about his "great attitude" and no one questioning why & how a truck was driven into him. No reference to whatever (if any) coverage there was on the crash.

#Ableism #CarCentrism #Media #Journalism #InspirationPorn

Apple's Hide My Email feature contains a vulnerability that exposes users' real email addresses, despite being reported to Apple over a year ago. Users relying on the feature for privacy may be at risk. https://www.404media.co/apple-hide-my-email-vulnerability-reveals-peoples-real-email-addresses/ #Media #SocialMedia #Privacy

"Has #WesternMedia helped normalise #Israel’s violence against #Palestinians? And how has US corporate and legacy #media coverage of the #genocideInGaza over the last two and a half years shaped public attitudes and political decisions? This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks to journalist #AdamJohnson, author of the new book #HowToSellAGenocide."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTQYdNxQXLc
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaGenocide #GazaCoverage #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #MSM #mediaCriticism #books @bookstodon

There was a terrible event in #WWII in #Saipan where as American troops advanced the Japanese civilians committed mass suicide. They believed due to #propaganda that the Americans would be monstruously cruel

Here we see a similar sentiment as #Ukraine captures #Russia's troops

Traditional #media and #socialMedia lies lead to this

Pointless #war and stupid #projection of one's own malice

It's why the lies we see can't just be dismissed. They are rat poison. They must be fought

#UkraineWar

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291779/gov.uscourts.dcd.291779.16.0_1.pdf

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #news #usa #media #eu

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ORDERED that by no later than July 2, 2026, the Attorney General shall: Page 1 (1) either produce to the public the emails bearing Bates numbers EFTA00749245, EFTA01187999, EFTA01930501, ETFA01928255, EFTA00628112, EFTA02648868, EFTA02504630, and EFTA01022356 with sender and recipient names unredacted, or show cause why the redactions should not be removed; (2) either produce to the public the DOJ documents bearing Bates numbers EFTA01703108 and EFTA00038227 Case 1:26-cv-01417-EGS Document 15 Filed 06/25/26 Page 2 of 2 with potential co-conspirator names unredacted, or show cause why the redactions should not be removed; (3) either produce to the public the underlying FBI interview notes that formed the basis for the FD-302 interview reports bearing Bates numbers EFTA01245620, EFTA02858481, EFTA02858491, and EFTA02858495, with appropriate redactions to protect victims’ information, or show cause why the notes should not be produced; (4) initiate review and production of foreign-language materials that may be subject to production under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and provide notice to the Court and all parties that such review is underway; and (5) either publish in the Federal Register the redaction log required under Epstein Files Transparency Act §2(C) (2), and update it concurrently with each future release of redacted materials; or show cause why he cannot do so.

“Hello?” a voice said on the other end of the line. This time, the president had picked up.

“I’m writing a story about a big supporter of yours in the oil industry, Jeff Hildebrand,” I said. “Can I ask what you think about him?”
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-called-trump-hildebrand?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oil #Gas #Trump #Journalism #Media #Journalists

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On #Mastodon there are now
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Viral videos mislead as Albania erupts against Kushner-linked luxury resort • FRANCE 24 English

Factchecking of some of the videos circulating on non-Fedi media...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMu-XzNJjiY #Media #Factchecking #Albania #USpol #Corruption #Environment

On #Mastodon there are now
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