Archive for the 'Media' Category
Polarization by Design: How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuasion Costs
December 4th, 2025Via: arXiv: In democracies, major policy decisions typically require some form of majority or consensus, so elites must secure mass support to govern. Historically, elites could shape support only through limited instruments like schooling and mass media; advances in AI-driven persuasion sharply reduce the cost and increase the precision of shaping public opinion, making the […]
Brain Rot: Short Form Video Use, “Associated with Poorer Cognition (Attention, Inhibitory Control, Language, Memory, and Working Memory)”
November 24th, 2025Via: Independent: Excessive usage of TikTok and Instagram Reels is damaging cognitive performance, the American Psychological Association has said in a recent study. Data from 98,299 participants across 71 studies found that the more short-form content a person watches, the poorer cognitive performances they had in terms of attention and inhibitory control – meaning the […]
YouTube Removes Windows 11 Microsoft Account Bypass Tutorials, Claims ‘Risk of Physical Harm’
November 7th, 2025Via: It’s FOSS News: Two weeks ago, Rich had posted a video on installing Windows 11 25H2 with a local account. YouTube removed it, saying that it was “encouraging dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious physical harm or death.” Days later, Rich posted another video showing how to bypass Windows 11’s hardware requirements to […]
86% of PCR-Positive “COVID Cases” Were Not Real Infections
November 7th, 2025Via: Nicolas Hulscher: A bombshell peer-reviewed study out of Germany just dismantled the scientific foundation used to justify lockdowns, social distancing, and vaccine mandates. Researchers analyzed data from the Akkreditierte Labore in der Medizin (ALM) — a nationwide consortium of authority-accredited medical laboratories that performed roughly 90% of all SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in Germany between […]
David Icke Unbanned on YouTube
November 4th, 2025I was surprised to see that David Icke videos started appearing in my YouTube feed again.
Box Office Massacre: October Revenue Falls to 27-Year Low, Excluding the Pandemic
October 30th, 2025Glorious. Keep em coming. Via: The Hollywood Reporter: The dramatic downturn in North America is due to a scarcity of product and the failure of fall event pics to connect with audiences, including the ill-fated ‘Tron: Ares’ and the Dwayne Johnson starrer ‘The Smashing Machine.’
Timothy Mellon is Trump’s $130 Million Mystery Military Donor as “UAP” Psyop Film Nears Release
October 25th, 2025Timothy Mellon’s $130 million would only cover payments to U.S. military personnel for a few hours. Let’s be generous and call it far less than a day. I think it’s safe to assume that there’s an approximately zero percent chance that these funds are actually meant to cover payroll for military personnel. Hmm… I find […]
Dark Money British Political Operatives Interfering in American Elections
October 14th, 2025Via: The Disinformation Chronicle: A few years back, I kept tripping across one of the many “disinformation experts” who popped up during the COVID pandemic like mushrooms on a rotten log after a hard night’s rain. I had no clue who Imran Ahmed was, nor his Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), but the Biden […]
Mexico: Proposed Law Criminalizing Memes
October 5th, 2025pic.twitter.com/SUNnCFn0Vj — SkoolTeecher (@skoolteecher1) October 5, 2025 Via: The Yucatan Times: In a move stirring national debate, Mexico’s ruling party Morena has introduced the so-called “Anti-Sticker” Law, a legislative initiative aimed at penalizing the creation and dissemination of memes, stickers, and deepfakes that ridicule public figures—particularly politicians—on social media.
Chronic Disease in Children After Vaccines
October 4th, 2025The big news here, at least for me and probably for you, is that this is allowed on YouTube now. Via: Dr. John Campbell: Paper: Impact of Childhood Vaccination on Short and Long-Term Chronic Health Outcomes in Children: A Birth Cohort Study
