Today's Skepchick

Russiagate is a real thing. It's just not what some would have us believe.

Questions

At this point, there has to be a mad scramble to pin the rap on somebody who's not you.

Pretty Low

Gotta be lower than a pregnant snake's belly after a heavy meal to prey on people this way.

MAHA

More from Rebecca Watson on bullshit public policy coming from BKjr's gang at HHS.

And the main problem seems to be that we're allowing these jagoffs to run the joint almost solely on the premise that A.I. is the be-all and end-all in management - to the point where they just turn the thing on and we're all supposed to do whatever the fucking computer pukes out.

The machine works for me -

not the other way around.

American Death Cult

Trump's gang is putting people's lives at risk.

The question is: Why?

• I can't say with any great conviction that the whole thing is malevolent, but that shouldn't be dismissed
• Maybe the cult effect is driving people to do whatever they think is fashionable at the moment
• Group psychosis is always an option

But there's a certain element of "branding" at work, and I think that's the gist of it. ie: Trump's brand is 'A', so people migrate to him for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is thinking they can wield power and get a good-sized paycheck out of it. And whether they actually align with his "thinking" or not is of no great concern to them.

And "the greater good" be damned.

The Lights Are Flashing

Ten years ago, it was Social Media and bot farms.

The culture is changing with startling rapidity, especially now that the operative phrase is "Go fast and break things".

A.I. is the new media tool that's being used by (eg) American fascists the way the brand new media tool known as radio was used in the 1920s by European fascists.

The road to tyranny

is crowded with people

telling us we're overreacting

Here's Rebeccah

... with further confirmation on the deliberate ignorance of conservatives.

Be All That You Can Be

An army of one.

A few good men.

Join the navy and see the world.

 Aim high - fly, fight, win.

Join the US military. See faraway exotic lands. Meet fascinating people - and kill them.

We're the best fighting force the world has ever seen. We're the best trained, best fed, best equipped, and best armed - we're just the best!

But we get completely flummoxed when somebody throws a pronoun at us. We just go all pieces.

Foil Hats All Around

One fantasy to rule them all

Like legends and myths, there's a kernel of truth in most conspiracy fantasies.

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