“You’re better off switching to CNN.” It’s hard to believe, but that as actually true at this point. Also, you only touched on this briefly, but the massive influx of non-westerners onto the internet has led to the enshittification of everything. Truly the single greatest step to returning the internet to something resembling usable is region locking it. Lastly, let me just say that every sensible right winger is going to, in fact is already in the process of, leaving that platform and others like it. All that will be left are tools of mass psychosis and delusion.
Mike and the Mechanics had it right, "don't believe the church and state and everything they tell you", with the church being the media. I'm sure we are winning but I'm equally sure it's tougher going than the Donald portrays. The main thing, is we are in it now and have to play the hand out. Fortunately (or not) for us, and regrettably (in all cases) for Iran, we have a guy that won't countenance losing.
Last thing, the Iranian people who supposedly hate this regime need to get off their asses already.
True, although after the brutality in January, the regime has never been more hated. In the brief period that the internet was turned back on, there were some Iranians that were asking reluctantly, for outside intervention. More of that here, a genuinely interesting watch, and Ryan Chapman is usually very transparent and honest. https://youtu.be/e0ujFZ8Cbq4?si=OjUjkAgcJiKVI93H
Here's an idea on what Trump could do: seize via amphibious assault the Iranian islands of Qeshm, Kish, Lavan and Hormuz (which the strait is named after) and establish naval and airbases there to keep the strait permanently open. Iran couldn't do much to contest it with their navy has been largely sunk. The islands would be like an American Gibraltar, a fortress to project American power on the doorstep of a hostile regime.
I'm more than convinced that the Greenland thing was mostly a distraction from a whole bunch of other things, like Minneapolis, and the buildup for Epic Fury. He seems much more determined to see this through, he is already committed. it is far too dangerous for the Iranians to try and kicked off a revolution right now. Although, I do agree with you that these things don't exactly pop themselves out of thin air. At this point a negotiated settlement is what's most likely.
I sure hope Scott's voice is mostly recovered by tomorrow when we get the Duke Lacrosse IQ Supplement in honor of the 20 year anniversary of the event.
This claim certainly doesn't originate with Scott, but it is a bit of a misnomer to act as though Gulf War I was the first television war. During Vietnam, the amount of live footage (battles, gruesome injuries, demoralized troops, even being embedded with the enemy in a limited context) was all ubiquitous. That was part of what led to demoralization and widespread resistance, besides the draft itself. Nothing like that existed for WWII, which is a big part of how the allies were able to win. German propaganda wasn't able to influence people in that regard because people were experiencing the war first hand in a way many allies weren't. France had it rough, but nothing like the Germans. England experienced the war more than Americans, but nothing like that. Propaganda did not keep Germany united, it was the idea of defending their homes (despite the fact that, no matter what some people on our side might say, Germany made a lot of aggressive moves). In terms of the televisual event, it's interesting to remember a piece of footage I first saw on a Devon Stack stream supposedly from the first Gulf War, but clearly fake and shot somewhere in southern California. The correspondents merely pretending they were in the middle east. Who knows how commonplace such footage was and this was over 3 decades ago. Those war correspondents during Vietnam were at least actually in country, whether what they were saying about the war had anymore objective truth than the wildly optimistic and over the mark prognostications of Westmoreland, another matter entirely safe to say. Even if the Gulf War fakery (which many of us have seen) was an isolated incident, the depth of the lie is so great, it really trumps any AI slop on X. There's plenty more where that came from, so I don't think there's any merit to the claim that CNN, or anybody else is more reliable and that's got nothing to do with politics.
I guess it was a good thing to give up X for Lent. I keep hearing people say that there would be a lot of misleading noise, but I didn't know it was that bad.
In general, I've never been able to understand what becomes popular and what doesn't online--I'd have more followers if I did, I guess. Along these lines, I just don't understand the appeal of AI slop. Are people really this stupid/gullible/bored? If you actually read about what's going on, you can usually tease out the verified stuff and the exaggerations. Is this too much critical thinking?
Oh yes the slop war is here and... its kind of wild to see our information landscape turn into such places. I wrote an article scoping in ONLY on X as... man it was wild.
the BLUF is that what we found there was a disaster of a different kind. It was an overwhelming amount of really bad information masquerading as truth from the “number one news app. But the machine is doing as its told.
Here's the link as an act of SHAMELESS self promotion, though the BLUF really kind of covers it all.
Traditional media has always lied and could never be trusted (they are guilty of fabricating information, mis-using old footage, etc.) but it is true they aren't using AI for their bullshit. Yet.
“You’re better off switching to CNN.” It’s hard to believe, but that as actually true at this point. Also, you only touched on this briefly, but the massive influx of non-westerners onto the internet has led to the enshittification of everything. Truly the single greatest step to returning the internet to something resembling usable is region locking it. Lastly, let me just say that every sensible right winger is going to, in fact is already in the process of, leaving that platform and others like it. All that will be left are tools of mass psychosis and delusion.
You mocked Vivek Ramaswamy when he said he was exiting social media, and now you find yourself largely in agreement....
Sometimes you’re just wrong, although to some extend it is an apples to oranges comparison.
Mike and the Mechanics had it right, "don't believe the church and state and everything they tell you", with the church being the media. I'm sure we are winning but I'm equally sure it's tougher going than the Donald portrays. The main thing, is we are in it now and have to play the hand out. Fortunately (or not) for us, and regrettably (in all cases) for Iran, we have a guy that won't countenance losing.
Last thing, the Iranian people who supposedly hate this regime need to get off their asses already.
Agreed, excepting that starting a revolution in a massive security state like Iran isn’t exactly easy.
not to mention that when a country is attacked, people in that country generally support their own country rather than the attackers.
True, although after the brutality in January, the regime has never been more hated. In the brief period that the internet was turned back on, there were some Iranians that were asking reluctantly, for outside intervention. More of that here, a genuinely interesting watch, and Ryan Chapman is usually very transparent and honest. https://youtu.be/e0ujFZ8Cbq4?si=OjUjkAgcJiKVI93H
Here's an idea on what Trump could do: seize via amphibious assault the Iranian islands of Qeshm, Kish, Lavan and Hormuz (which the strait is named after) and establish naval and airbases there to keep the strait permanently open. Iran couldn't do much to contest it with their navy has been largely sunk. The islands would be like an American Gibraltar, a fortress to project American power on the doorstep of a hostile regime.
Too many drones unfortunately. Also boots on the ground is gonna be a terrible look.
I'm more than convinced that the Greenland thing was mostly a distraction from a whole bunch of other things, like Minneapolis, and the buildup for Epic Fury. He seems much more determined to see this through, he is already committed. it is far too dangerous for the Iranians to try and kicked off a revolution right now. Although, I do agree with you that these things don't exactly pop themselves out of thin air. At this point a negotiated settlement is what's most likely.
I sure hope Scott's voice is mostly recovered by tomorrow when we get the Duke Lacrosse IQ Supplement in honor of the 20 year anniversary of the event.
pre recorded. ready to go. he mentioned he didn't want to record again
but that's what happens when he spent the weekend karaokeing In the End by Linkin Park and Toxicity by System of a Down
Haha alright. Well hopefully it will have an early Release tomorrow In the morning.
This claim certainly doesn't originate with Scott, but it is a bit of a misnomer to act as though Gulf War I was the first television war. During Vietnam, the amount of live footage (battles, gruesome injuries, demoralized troops, even being embedded with the enemy in a limited context) was all ubiquitous. That was part of what led to demoralization and widespread resistance, besides the draft itself. Nothing like that existed for WWII, which is a big part of how the allies were able to win. German propaganda wasn't able to influence people in that regard because people were experiencing the war first hand in a way many allies weren't. France had it rough, but nothing like the Germans. England experienced the war more than Americans, but nothing like that. Propaganda did not keep Germany united, it was the idea of defending their homes (despite the fact that, no matter what some people on our side might say, Germany made a lot of aggressive moves). In terms of the televisual event, it's interesting to remember a piece of footage I first saw on a Devon Stack stream supposedly from the first Gulf War, but clearly fake and shot somewhere in southern California. The correspondents merely pretending they were in the middle east. Who knows how commonplace such footage was and this was over 3 decades ago. Those war correspondents during Vietnam were at least actually in country, whether what they were saying about the war had anymore objective truth than the wildly optimistic and over the mark prognostications of Westmoreland, another matter entirely safe to say. Even if the Gulf War fakery (which many of us have seen) was an isolated incident, the depth of the lie is so great, it really trumps any AI slop on X. There's plenty more where that came from, so I don't think there's any merit to the claim that CNN, or anybody else is more reliable and that's got nothing to do with politics.
I guess it was a good thing to give up X for Lent. I keep hearing people say that there would be a lot of misleading noise, but I didn't know it was that bad.
In general, I've never been able to understand what becomes popular and what doesn't online--I'd have more followers if I did, I guess. Along these lines, I just don't understand the appeal of AI slop. Are people really this stupid/gullible/bored? If you actually read about what's going on, you can usually tease out the verified stuff and the exaggerations. Is this too much critical thinking?
Oh yes the slop war is here and... its kind of wild to see our information landscape turn into such places. I wrote an article scoping in ONLY on X as... man it was wild.
the BLUF is that what we found there was a disaster of a different kind. It was an overwhelming amount of really bad information masquerading as truth from the “number one news app. But the machine is doing as its told.
Here's the link as an act of SHAMELESS self promotion, though the BLUF really kind of covers it all.
https://thedisinformationobserver.substack.com/p/x-is-a-cesspool-for-news-and-the
Traditional media has always lied and could never be trusted (they are guilty of fabricating information, mis-using old footage, etc.) but it is true they aren't using AI for their bullshit. Yet.