Some links to Q-related items today
Uniting QAnon and climate denial? Do tell.
“There’s no reason that an urban planning initiative should have anything to do with the idea that Bill Gates wants you to eat bugs."
I took a break from editing to look at the #15minutecities conspiracy, which unites QAnon with climate denial, in @WIREDhttps://t.co/1ivayGmJ4d
— Peter Guest (@PeterGuest) February 20, 2023
O’Keefe adrift?
Breaking: Right-wing activist James O'Keefe resigned from Project Veritas this morning, under pressure from the board of the nonprofit he founded.
O'Keefe faces an FBI investigation and employee complaints of "outright cruel" behavior. https://t.co/myzqRTwHiU
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 20, 2023
Helping MTG without knowing it
Stop Quote Tweeting MTG.
Your raging amplification = her goal.
Twitter's algorithm doesn't know these are dunks.
It just sees this as engagement & rewards the account with more attention.
Quote Tweet your friends, screenshot your enemies. pic.twitter.com/WCM3DLuiMl
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) February 20, 2023
Meanwhile, at Twitter
The BBC wrote a story about a tweet from a verified Will Ferrell account except it wasn't Will Ferrell, and they didn't notice, because verification means nothing now. https://t.co/SVoaL8LErO pic.twitter.com/BKBH5PQigM
— erin mccann | (@mccanner) February 21, 2023
Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on February 21, 2023 at 08:00
