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Linas J (he/him)<p>Tech agencies lawyer up after claim they failed to protect Jacinda Ardern from ‘violence, misogyny’ | RNZ News</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542058/tech-agencies-lawyer-up-after-claim-they-failed-to-protect-jacinda-ardern-from-violence-misogyny" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/542058</span><span class="invisible">/tech-agencies-lawyer-up-after-claim-they-failed-to-protect-jacinda-ardern-from-violence-misogyny</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hatespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hatespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracytheories</span></a></p>
AIPT<p>‘Dandadan’ is the paranormal anime you’ve been waiting for</p><p>Although that doesn’t LOOK like the Dover Demon … <br> </p><p><a href="https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/15/dandadan-paranormal-anime-conspiracy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aiptcomics.com/2025/02/15/dand</span><span class="invisible">adan-paranormal-anime-conspiracy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cryptids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptids</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"Unless evidence of violations is presented, such comments undermine the men &amp; women of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a>. The FBI invites <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> to partner in determining the source of any leaked information &amp; working together professionally to ensure the safety &amp; security of ongoing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> enforcement operations," it said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DogKiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DogKiller</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheInmatesAreRunningTheAsylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheInmatesAreRunningTheAsylum</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/radicalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radicalized</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticViolentExtremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolentExtremists</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"The FBl is so corrupt. We will work with any &amp; every agency to stop leaks &amp; prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> said.</p><p>"Making unfounded allegations calling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents corrupt is deeply irresponsible &amp; has not been supported by any evidence to date," the FBI said in a statement on Friday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoemDogKiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoemDogKiller</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheInmatesAreRunningTheAsylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheInmatesAreRunningTheAsylum</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/radicalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radicalized</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticViolentExtremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolentExtremists</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> dismisses <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> secy’s claims that called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> corrupt</p><p>The FBI said on Friday that allegations made against its agents labeling them as corrupt are "unfounded" &amp; "deeply irresponsible."</p><p>The comments by the FBl appear to be in response to a social media post made by newly confirmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> about a report by the LA Times that cited a leaked document on an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> enforcement action in LA.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DogKiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DogKiller</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-dismisses-homeland-security-secretarys-claims-that-called-fbi-corrupt-2025-02-15/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/fbi-dismi</span><span class="invisible">sses-homeland-security-secretarys-claims-that-called-fbi-corrupt-2025-02-15/</span></a></p>
ABlueView<p>You Break It, You Bought It Donald <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ABlueView" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABlueView</span></a>🧵1/3</p><p>After remaining in the site's Checkout for weeks, Donald Trump finally completes his purchase of RFK Jr from Crazy Eddies, where the conspiracies are INSANE!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AntivaxxersAreMorons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntivaxxersAreMorons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>When ‘Just Asking Questions’ About Science Turns Into 300,000 Dead<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FactsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactsMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VaccinesWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinesWork</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion/kennedys-views-on-science-are-too-dangerous-for-us-to-accept.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/13/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/kennedys-views-on-science-are-too-dangerous-for-us-to-accept.html</span></a></p>
The Skeptic magazine<p>Contorium: how a conspiracy narrative embraced a Turkish parody crystal</p><p>Contorium, a fictitious element made up by a Turkish university student, raises the question: when does a parody stop being just a parody?</p><p><a href="https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/02/contorium-how-a-conspiracy-narrative-embraced-a-turkish-parody-crystal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">skeptic.org.uk/2025/02/contori</span><span class="invisible">um-how-a-conspiracy-narrative-embraced-a-turkish-parody-crystal/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The GAO is precisely the sort of agency that could be targeted by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to weed out “left wing” career employees. A similar accounting of domestic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> will not happen under the current regime—or it will be distorted beyond all recognition to play up the imagined threat from the reactionary bogeymen of BLM &amp; antifa.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> Poised to Focus Counterterror Strategy on “Things Like BLM and Antifa”</p><p>According to current &amp; former officials in the bureau &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> offices, the shift will jeopardize years of progress combating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteNationalism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/fbi-kash-patel-antifa-blm-terror-groups" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vanityfair.com/news/story/fbi-</span><span class="invisible">kash-patel-antifa-blm-terror-groups</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>via Dan Diamond:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> said he supports <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s efforts to dismantle the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>, which President John F. Kennedy Jr., his uncle, created in 1961.<br>
“Very few people understand how sinister this agency really is,” Kennedy told reporters Thursday, without citing any evidence. He also claimed that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> agency had been “captured” by the military-industrial complex.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MitchMcConnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MitchMcConnell</span></a>, who had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polio</span></a> as a child, was the only <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> to vote against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>’s confirmation.<br>
The 82-year-old senator has written about &amp; publicly discussed the paralyzing disease, the effect on his life — including his childhood days confined to bed or undergoing a strict physical therapy regimen to rehabilitate his left leg — &amp; his ardent support of lifesaving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Despicable</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> insults <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MitchMcConnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MitchMcConnell</span></a> over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> vote, casts doubts on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polio</span></a> diagnosis</p><p>Asked about McConnell’s bout with polio influencing his decision to vote no, Trump appeared to question his diagnosis.

“I have no idea if he had polio,” Trump said. “All I can tell you about him is that he shouldn’t have been leader.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/13/trump-mcconnell-kennedy-vote/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/13/trump-mcconnell-kennedy-vote/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a>, 44, has made attacking the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> a personal brand — in a book called “Government Gangsters,” in a series of television &amp; podcast interviews, &amp; in his longtime role as a *trusted* adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Patel has vowed to clear out FBI headquarters &amp; turn it into a museum, fire the agency’s leadership, &amp; punish what he calls the “deep state” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> against Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Frank<p>Sovereign citizens hold event to ‘indict’ Australian MPs in former Parliament House</p><p>Old Parliament House reviews public booking system after ‘grand jury indictment event’ staged in building’s courtyard</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/11/sovereign-citizens-hold-event-to-indict-australian-mps-in-former-parliament-house-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/feb/11/sovereign-citizens-hold-event-to-indict-australian-mps-in-former-parliament-house-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Cookers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cookers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SovereignCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignCitizen</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/morons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
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Frank<p>Conspiracy theory on methane-cutting cow feed a ‘wake-up call’, say scientists</p><p>Social media storm of misinformation about Bovaer has drawn in Reform UK, the dairy industry and even Bill Gates</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/11/conspiracy-theory-on-methane-cutting-cow-feed-bovaera-wake-up-call-say-scientists" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/feb/11/conspiracy-theory-on-methane-cutting-cow-feed-bovaera-wake-up-call-say-scientists</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/cookers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/morons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morons</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>The Square One Fallacy. Why you need to know about it and how conspiracy theorists use it. </p><p>“The square one fallacy is arguing that we have no data to illuminate a particular question, that we’re starting from scratch, when there is an actual body of evidence that we are ignoring, either deliberately or cluelessly.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/square-one-fallacy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical</span><span class="invisible">-thinking/square-one-fallacy</span></a></p>
David Levine🖖<p>So, I have pinned a story about how I was once accused of covering up contact with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aliens</span></a>. I just posted this video getting into the details, and talking about unintuitive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a>, and apophenia. I hope it is both funny and enlightening. <a href="https://youtu.be/uEkCnaw22qM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/uEkCnaw22qM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracytheories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longform</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The payment to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> came as he participated in a documentary that Lopatonok produced depicting Patel &amp; other veterans of the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin as victims of a conspiracy that “destroyed the lives of those who stood by Donald Trump in an attempt to remove the democratically elected president from office.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/asset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asset</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a></p>