∨∅ℝ⊤∈× ∃ĝĝ [ 🎃👻 ] @vortex_egg@hackers.town

Brooke Binkowski of fact checking site truthorfiction.com has a great thread on birdsite about how big tech platforms are never going to deal with the festering nazi and fascist communication on their sites, and that we have to deal with it ourselves through direct action.

She provides links to several write-ups about how to do just that.

Thread: https://twitter.com/brooklynmarie/status/1385257979188895745

Links:
- https://www.truthorfiction.com/how-to-fight-disinformation-introduction-and-overview/
- https://www.truthorfiction.com/how-to-fight-disinformation-part-i-firehosing/
- https://www.truthorfiction.com/how-to-fight-disinformation-part-ii-gaslighting/
- https://www.engadget.com/anti-vaccine-misinformation-report-12-accounts-212245856.html
- https://www.stratcomcoe.org/decoding-crimea-pinpointing-influence-strategies-modern-information-warfare
- https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/antifa-proud-boys-militia-trump-insurrection-1121933/

I kind of hope I could turn this into a real full time job...

I'm learning how to AWS for this job. 🥴

I hope everyone is doing well.

I've been super busy with school/internship/digital investigations workshop/staying alive.

You all are great.

Never seen civil society bully a company into logging off and then logging back on under a different screen name in an attempt to escape criticism before.

Continuing to pass further through the liminal space and becoming myself on all levels. Really need to pick a new name one of these days.

Wrote a blisteringly critical takedown of the ALA’s code of ethics for a class discussion post in light of the critical librarianship studies we’ve been for class.

Gods bless ILL.

I'm going to really enjoy this job. Kind of a shame that it's a limited time internship. Maybe they'll have money to hire someone full time down the road — they definitely have enough to do that they are gonna need it.

It’s nice to be able to actually materially work on some of the problems I’m worried about.

Finished a big group annotated bibliography homework assignment for school today, and starting my new part-time job tomorrow. Of course they sent me like 50 pages of onboarding material but think I need a little R&R.

Me, searching for new information in databases: Haha, yes, YES!

Me, having to analyze and organize it into a bibliography: wtf, this sucks!

It turns out that CogSec influencers are just... influencers. WTF this sucks.

Found a new-to-me search term in mis/disinfo/propaganda research: cognition security or CogSec. Now we're getting somewhere.

M A N I F E S T I N G

I really manifested the open doorways for all of the things I set out to get involved in two years ago. Well, there's still one more door to open but I'm working on it.

And then I need to keep it moving on the other side.

Today I impulse purchased a weighted heated massaging blanket, and my chronic back/shoulder injury is loving me for it.

EFF stop stanning for cyptocurrency scams 2021 challenge. It's embarrassing and I really feel uncomfortable having donated to you in recent memory.

I got accepted into another thing I applied to (non-job, learning workshop type thing). Guess I'm oversubscribed now. 🙃 ​