wilfred<p>It is true, you should probably leave substack.</p><p>"Unfortunately, Substack willingly platforms, and allows bad actors to monetize, hate speech and misinformation."</p><p><a href="https://leavesubstack.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">leavesubstack.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>substack</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/badactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badactors</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/hatespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hatespeech</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternatives</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
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Hacker News<p>Bad Actors Are Grooming LLMs to Produce Falsehoods</p><p><a href="https://americansunlight.substack.com/cp/168074209" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americansunlight.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">cp/168074209</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Falsehoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Falsehoods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a></p>
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘<p><a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/TheMetalDogArticleList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMetalDogArticleList</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/MetalSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetalSucks</span></a><br>Crypto Scammers Force Nuclear Blast to Shut Down Their YouTube Channel<br>They're trying to restore everything. Crypto Scammers Force Nuclear Blast to Shut Down Their YouTube Channel .</p><p><a href="https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/06/23/crypto-scammers-force-nuclear-blast-to-shut-down-their-youtube-channel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metalsucks.net/2025/06/23/cryp</span><span class="invisible">to-scammers-force-nuclear-blast-to-shut-down-their-youtube-channel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/CryptoScammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoScammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/NuclearBlast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearBlast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/YouTubeChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTubeChannel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/MetalSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetalSucks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/HesherKeenan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HesherKeenan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/June2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>June2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/RecordLabel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecordLabel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/Hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hacking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/Opportunists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opportunists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a></p>
aaron ~# :blinkingcursor:<p>I came across the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Fail2Ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fail2Ban</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>docker</span></a> image from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linuxserverio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxserverio</span></a> and thought to myself that it's finally time to set up Fail2Ban. I admit i never used it before and it was a bit difficult to add it to my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/playbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>playbook</span></a> as all of my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/servers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>servers</span></a> have different services and therefore different <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/logfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logfile</span></a> paths, but that's nothing <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/jinja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jinja</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/templating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>templating</span></a> can't fix.</p><p>Now that i've got <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> notifications for banned <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPs</span></a>, it's time to work on actual <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IPblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPblocking</span></a>. I also want to use the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IPComplaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPComplaint</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AbuseIPDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseIPDB</span></a> actions as i really like the idea of reporting abuse (even though i have no idea how effective that may be). </p><p>I may also want to replace the discord <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/webhook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webhook</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> notifications later as that's mostly the reason i've set up a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mailserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mailserver</span></a> ( <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/stalwart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stalwart</span></a> ) in the first place. </p><p>I mean, most of my services are only accessible from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tailscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tailscale</span></a> or my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/homenetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homenetwork</span></a>, but since <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ansible</span></a> makes it so much easier to apply higher standards, i just can't resist. My <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> is changing every day and i think setting up additional <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a>, even though i don't need it yet, is never a bad idea. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/badactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badactors</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/firewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firewall</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"They can simply yell “tyranny,” even as the bureaucrats and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> responsible for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> rarely spend time clearly articulating its purpose. As a result, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicconversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicconversation</span></a> is dominated by those most invested in misrepresenting it."</p><p><a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/regulation-or-repression--how-the-right-hijacked-the-dsa-debate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawfaremedia.org/article/regul</span><span class="invisible">ation-or-repression--how-the-right-hijacked-the-dsa-debate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EUregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUregulation</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RageBait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RageBait</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/protectingdemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protectingdemocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/badActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badActors</span></a></p>
Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳<p>Reddit, assholes, meet pi-hole.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/badactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badactors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reddit</span></a></p>
Milcom Miasma<p>Whew, that was lucky.</p><p>I just saw that Tom Cruise is releasing another Mission Impossible movie in May. </p><p>Thank God, I was afraid I was going to run out of things to hate this spring.</p><p>I understand from the teaser the U.S. gifts him an aircraft carrier in this one. I'd like to say that's a patently ridiculous premise but then I remembered who's in charge of the DoD these days.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BadMovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadMovies</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EvenTheMoviesAreStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvenTheMoviesAreStupid</span></a></p>
gellenburg :heart_pride: :verified_gay:<p>1. If you're going to <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/report" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#report</a> somebody you need to give <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/examples" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#examples</a> of what <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/activity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activity</a> you're reporting. Just <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/reporting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reporting</a> a <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/profile" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profile</a> and telling an <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/instance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instance</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/admin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#admin</a> that an <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/account" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#account</a> is being "<a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/spammy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spammy</a><span>" doesn't cut it. Not when we can clearly see the user is not.<br><br>2. Again, not a very helpful report. You report a user and say they're a </span><a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/SCAM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCAM</a> account but offer up absolutely no <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/evidence" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evidence</a> to support your <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/claim" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#claim</a><span>.<br><br>3. Every account was new once, including the person that reported this one. As long as </span><a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/NSFW" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSFW</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/content" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#content</a> is properly <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/flagged" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flagged</a>, there's no issue. Suspecting an account to be a "scam account or worse" is not a valid <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/reason" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reason</a><span> for reporting an account.<br><br>4. Another report without any basis or </span><a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/justification" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justification</a><span>.<br><br>5. Again, another baseless report about somebody with absolutely ZERO evidence to back up their claim. <br><br>So here's what's going to happen....<br><br>The instances that forwarded these </span><a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/bogus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bogus</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/reports" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reports</a> to me, and wasted my time, each have a <i><b>strike</b></i><span> against them.<br><br>Strike three and we tell </span><a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/Sharkey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sharkey</a> to <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/ignore" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ignore</a> any and all reports coming from the <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/instance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instance</a><span> in the future.<br><br>No </span><a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/admin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#admin</a> wants <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/BadActors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BadActors</a> on their instances, and no admin wants a <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/BadActor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BadActor</a><span> to make someone else feel unwelcome.<br><br>But you can't just flag and report an account for any bullshit reason either.<br><br>You have to give us proof and evidence.<br><br>This is not high school and this is not middle school. If somebody is being disruptive or causing problems, let us know.<br><br>But if you just suspect someone </span><i>might</i> cause problems or they <i>might</i> be disruptive... wait until you have proof and evidence and <b>then</b><span> let us know!<br><br></span><a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/FediAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediAdmin</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/AdminStuff" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdminStuff</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/administrivia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#administrivia</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/UserReports" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UserReports</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/FediReports" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediReports</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/InstanceAdmins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InstanceAdmins</a> <a href="https://queerfedi.com/tags/MastoAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoAdmin</a></p>
Jack Linke 🦄<p><a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a></p><p>"bird.makeup is a Twitter to ActivityPub bridge."</p><p>At least 4 different users of this service came across my feed today. It seems to be used by a lot of creeps, liars, <a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a>, and far-right folks, so beware. I guess that's not super surprising, considering the increasing percentage of Twitter that is pure 💩</p><p>Blocking them, and recommend others do the same.</p><p><a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a> <a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/Blocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blocked</span></a> <a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/Instances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instances</span></a> <a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/ThatsNotWelcomeHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThatsNotWelcomeHere</span></a> <a href="https://social.jacklinke.com/tags/TheBadPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBadPlace</span></a></p>
Angus McIntyre<p>This is an ad served by Google Ads. It appears superimposed on a (legitimate) web page, with the rest of the page blurred out. I didn't check to see where clicking the Open button would take me, but I doubt it's anywhere good.</p><p>Google does allow users to give feedback on this ad, but the only option is "Seen too many times”. There is no option to flag it as the blatant cross-site scripting/probable <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phishing</span></a> attack that it is.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhishingAsAService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhishingAsAService</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a></p>
Mark R. Stoneman<p>"Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine" <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/perplexity-is-</span><span class="invisible">a-bullshit-machine/</span></a> Ignoring robots.txt files and pretending to look up answers? I bet they'll have to overpay humans to help them spin their way out of this. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Perplexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perplexity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a></p>
jeSuisatire …ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ<p>Please welcome the ultimate <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SPAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPAM</span></a> mail text: </p><p>> Dearxyz@whoEver.com<br>Due to new updates on our server, your email account:<br>Dearxyz@whoEver.com will stop receiving emails if not verified within 24hrs starting from today<br>To keep your account with us, kindly verify below</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/badActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badActors</span></a></p>
❌ Ditto<p>Could you have a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>union</span></a> representing <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> maintainers? How would that work?</p><p>Would a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> (or several of them) be a replacement for a union: doing both maintainer <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/verification" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>verification</span></a> / <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/clearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clearance</span></a>, and simultaneously representing <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>developers</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/maintainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maintainers</span></a> for good <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sponsorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sponsorship</span></a>/ <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>funding</span></a>?</p><p>How could <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/badactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>badactors</span></a> be avoided?</p>
Stage name Jay Peach<p><span>Just wrote a blog post about </span><a href="https://calckeymusic.social/tags/spotify’s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spotify’s</a><span> habit of condoning </span><a href="https://calckeymusic.social/tags/badactors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#badactors</a><span> here at </span><a href="https://jaypeachproductions.com/index.php/2024/03/26/spotifys-bad-actors/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://jaypeachproductions.com/index.php/2024/03/26/spotifys-bad-actors/</a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Parent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parent</span></a> Got 444 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Removed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Removed</span></a> from a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SchoolDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolDistrict</span></a></p><p>This <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>story</span></a> illustrates how <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/badactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badactors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/manipulate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> to create <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>, while <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wasting</span></a> significant amounts of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publicinstitutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicinstitutions</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/one-parent-got-444-books-removed-from-a-wisconsin-school-district/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/one-parent-got-44</span><span class="invisible">4-books-removed-from-a-wisconsin-school-district/</span></a></p>
Pauline von Hellermann<p>7/n Today sharing this <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/DeepStateRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepStateRadio</span></a> podcast, with host David <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Rothkopf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rothkopf</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@MichaelEMann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MichaelEMann</span></a></span>, about <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OurFragileMoment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OurFragileMoment</span></a>. It’s about much more than <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/COP28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COP28</span></a> but provides good context - in particular the role of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a> brothers</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/deep-state-radio/id1245002955?i=1000630044822" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">deep-state-radio/id1245002955?i=1000630044822</span></a></p>
Warner Crocker<p>American media sure is good at turning really small men (and a few women) into larger than life bad actors and then ignoring that their performances suck.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/badactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badactors</span></a></p>
Mark R. Stoneman<p>"Musk’s new Twitter policies helped spread Russian propaganda, E.U. says" <br>🎁🔗 <a href="https://wapo.st/3R0JiBF" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3R0JiBF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Meta's been a bad actor too, as per usual. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BadActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadActors</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinfo</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a></p>
David Fleetwood<p><span>The level of disappointment I feel in </span><a href="https://oliphant.social/@oliphant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@oliphant@oliphant.social</a><span> right now is off the charts. And the blindness of so many to obvious attempts to destroy leftist unity. I've had to constantly fight against this in real world organizing, and I started quietly discussing some obvious bad actors in this space with some people here but here we are.<br><br>To be clear, over the course of a month an effective leftist instance was expanded, infiltrated, it's most powerful voice evicted and the instance admin outmaneuvered. The instance may not exist soon, and it provided tooling and lists used to keep much of leftist ActivityPub/Mastodon safe.<br><br>People need to take a big step back and look at the big picture of what is going on here. This was effective organizing until others organized to undermine and destroy it.<br><br></span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/oliphant" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oliphant</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/badactors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#badactors</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/anarchistnina" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anarchistnina</a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MhairiBlack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MhairiBlack</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> people should be ‘left the hell alone’.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deputy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deputy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/leader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leader</span></a> said “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/badactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badactors</span></a>” are using the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a> around <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> as a “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wedgeissue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wedgeissue</span></a> to cause <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Allies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TERFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TERFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TERFIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TERFIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MoralPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoralPanic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HateSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hatecrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hatecrimes</span></a> <a href="https://www.newschainonline.com/news/mhairi-black-trans-people-should-be-left-the-hell-alone-352062" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newschainonline.com/news/mhair</span><span class="invisible">i-black-trans-people-should-be-left-the-hell-alone-352062</span></a></p>
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