considine

@considine@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you mean investors are trying to manipulate stocks by planting stories? Yeah, I think so. But intelligence agencies have whole training programs on how to manipulate narratives, and a very long track record of doing so. See the GCHQ leaked documents, the Church Committee, and The Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonor Saunders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna mute this one⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Liberalism is a political-economic ideology that gives a friendly face to capitalism. While market discipline enforces inhumane measures like a park bench that prevents homeless people from sleeping on it, simultaneously the same society produces the friendly face “solution” of a small, overburdened charity organization to help homeless people.

  So the state, which has the authority to enforce public park design, or, you know, regulate housing, won’t help. The liberal solution to systemic social inequity is charity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The top hits for my “WSB” search are:

  • World Sports Betting

  • r/WallStreetBets

  • World Superbikes

  I don’t think any of their goons are astroturfing (well, maybe World Superbikes). Did you mean a different entity?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Corporatism leads to imperialism by the need to seek profits in new markets. Wherever we see lots of defense of imperialism, there is corporate backing behind it. That’s why I think lemmy.world is astroturfed. There’s a strong anti-communist and pro “free market” capitalist tendency on there. Posts that attack the Global South as the world’s villains. On the other hand, there are also many people on lemmy.world that speak out against imperialism and capitalistic exploitation. But the recurrent waves of reactionary politics on lemmy.world indicate to me the presence of astroturfing trolls. This makes sense even on a relatively small platform like Lemmy because it threatens to become a nucleus for organizing against capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good evidence of astroturfing on Reddit. That Reddit took action and banned the Palantir agents only provides evidence that exposure of the op is the problem. Not evidence that Reddit acts in good faith.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are interested in my views and where my loyalty lies you can ask me about those things. Is there severe oppression in China? What is it? Do you mean Xinjiang? Have you seen any evidence to support this? Any evidence to the contrary?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frequent TikTok users in Taiwan more likely to agree with pro-China narratives, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Frequent Guardian readers more likely to agree with anti-China narratives, study finds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I read independent journalism from China. It’s called Ginger River Review if you’re interested.

  Independent news media was almost totally killed off in the US and Canada with the media mergers. Good thing Substack and for a while Medium, also YouTube, and just independent websites popped up. Of course YouTube is owned by Google and the reporting on it reflects their censorship.

  As for authoritarian, that’s a core part of the propaganda campaign developed by NATO / The Atlantic Council to deal with states that don’t bend the knee to US empire. It’s a smear that distorts what is happening in The West (increasing authoritarianism) and in China (improving quality of life).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think anyone in this thread is anywhere close to implying all western news is true or that all non-western news is false. Yes, I agree. But it’s a common belief in the West that Russian and Chinese news, for example are pure propaganda. The irony is that this belief is itself the result of propaganda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a good point. I totally agree. Every news source has its biases.

  The scary thing is getting hundreds of millions of people to believe Western news delivers the truth, while non Western news delivers the lies.

  Also I don’t believe there is a single correct position on every issue. But on genocide there is a basic take: stop it immediately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Consider The Guardian’s campaign against Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite. Or their many character assassination pieces against Julian Assange. These campaigns serve the interests of the Zionist lobby and the US empire, respectively.

  If you are critical of modern imperialism and capitalism, then The Guardian and AP do not have good takes on many issues. Currently, The Guardian publishes articles critical of the genocide in Gaza, which is the only correct position to take on the issue. However they have served Zionist interests in the past and carried water for US warmongers.

  While they get on the bandwagon when critical mass gets unstoppable they also manufacture consent for empire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your Phone Isn’t Eavesdropping on You to Show You Ads (It’s Worse Than That)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Article warns that you will be profiled based on interests.

  Article then profiles you based on interests. Proceeds to sell you VPN subscriptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Marlon Brando in Heat?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The irony is that a stillsuit is designed to prevent dehydration. But in her case it was the cause of dehydration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If these mother fuckers are trying to make me pay for Healthcare to talk to fucking ChatGPT I swear to god ChatGPT is going to write me so many scripts for opioids its won't be funny.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There can be enough work. We can build parks, fund art, literature, music. If the needs of society are met with less labour, the free hours can be put to creative work.

  But that requires a government for the people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If these mother fuckers are trying to make me pay for Healthcare to talk to fucking ChatGPT I swear to god ChatGPT is going to write me so many scripts for opioids its won't be funny.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like that, but instead of buying a tomato it’s shaping minds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chained⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People are lazy. But I bet more people cut their own fruit now that food is expensive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the problem sweetie? You've barely touched your eggsicle⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How about a dress made of meat?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal bug fixed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jeffrey Goldberg is editor of The Atlantic, a former Israeli prison guard, and very tight with the US security state. He has a history of writing DoD press releases as news.

  His invitation was not a mistake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Night dreaming is rated xXx⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  benzene has entered the chat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨frenly warnin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  88 is a lucky number in Vietnam. You’ll see Vietnamese restaurants use 88 in their name sometimes.

  Different cultures, different meanings. Not that Nazis are a culture. They are distinctly uncultured.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(:3)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing they didn’t expect a specific answer. Well done.