I’ll always remember the day Twitter restored my long-suspended account — not because it was a particularly meaningful occasion for me, but because it happened to fall on Valentine’s Day. Elon Musk’s romantic gift, as I jokingly thought of it, lasted little longer than a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates. Exactly two months and 14 days later, I was booted off the platform again. (more…)
Tag: the Twitter Files
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The story is not about me, and actually it isn’t about Matt Hancock as an individual. The story is about collateral damage. — Isabel Oakeshott, English journalist
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies. — Fleetwood Mac
If there is one lesson to be learned from the recent Covid pandemic, it is that British public opinion is as dirigible as a child’s party balloon on a string. Just as when someone in a crowd looks fixedly up to the sky, followed by the chap next to him, repeated by the family next to him, until finally everyone is looking up at nothing, classic crowd psychology also applies to information. Divert the attention of a few, and you will get everyone’s attention, like aquarium fish following the alpha. (more…)
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On February 10, Project Veritas’ Board of Directors forced James O’Keefe out of the organization he founded in 2010. A statement released by the Board alleged financial misappropriation and mistreatment of employees — but his donors and followers aren’t buying it.
Board minutes pasted in a video of James O’Keefe’s final staff meeting suggest financial misconduct, indicating that he was reimbursed for a $12,600 downpayment on his wedding[1] O’Keefe is unmarried), and this memo presented to the Board on February 6 alleges that he ate a pregnant woman’s sandwich. (more…)