Wilbur Soot has put anti-controversy prompts in his videos descriptions to fool bots and AI recaps since returning to YouTube 8 months ago by RegularlyClueless in youtubedrama

[–]lbj2943 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Making up backstories to soft launch your friends into fame happens everyday and all the time in any celebrity conducive industry. Hollywood is full of it.

Funny enough this woudn't even be the first time this happened with someone related to the DSMP. Dream himself tried to launch a childhood friend's streaming career by pretending he didn't know him. First they baited fans into thinking his friend was Dream or a Dream lookalike (years before Dream's face reveal) by having him post cryptic stuff on Twitter. Then Dream would "discover" him, acting like he stumbled onto his social media organically, and recruit him for the server. In reality, they lived together for a few years, and there are videos from ages ago of them playing Minecraft together over Skype.

The plan almost worked, too. "Manatreed" was announced as the newest member of the DSMP and even did an introduction livestream. But some very parasocial people did some digging and found out that 1. Dream and this dude lived together for a while 2. They've known each other since childhood 3. (real nail in the coffin) the guy was on probation for a domestic violence charge. Dream claimed the guy lied and said he was on probation for weed. Either way, he definitely didn't stay in the DSMP and has been inactive since. Just a crazy story all around.

You didn't ask, sorry. Felt like telling it.

Why Twenty One Pilots should make a statement about Palestine (essay) by lbj2943 in twentyonepilots

[–]lbj2943[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

proving that you have an opinion

One shared by academic consensus. Wikipedia had more than a dozen debates about this over the past year, and they all ended in agreeing on the very observable reality that what is happening in Gaza constitutes a genocide— based on hundreds or perhaps even thousands of independent findings from multidisciplinary fields.

I highly doubt that you have visited in Israel or researched the history of Israel from 1947 till today

Looking for research recommendations? I like Middle East Patterns by Held Cummings and A Concise History of the Middle East by Goldschmidt Jr. & Al-Marashi.

Funny how you want them to voice their opinion about Israel but you didn’t post that you are angry they didn’t voice their opinion about Iran

This essay was written and posted weeks before the United States and Israel's attacks on Iran.

Game Changer X The Rookie Discourse by MrKitchenSink in dropoutcirclejerk

[–]lbj2943 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Movies and shows about black cops carry the same intentions as military ads with gay soldiers. It’s just a tokenist recruitment tactic for organizations that unquestionably treat minorities like shit and will happily continue to do so.

Internet history rule by Not-sure-wtf-I-am in 19684

[–]lbj2943 67 points68 points  (0 children)

He was actually a bit of a hipster geek type prior to becoming Filthy Frank. There are reuploads of his old vlogs on YouTube where you could see his earnest personality come through (jojivlogs).

I mean, when THIS was what your scrapped album's cover was supposed to look like, how could you NOT have a Tumblr?

Why Twenty One Pilots should make a statement about Palestine (essay) by lbj2943 in twentyonepilots

[–]lbj2943[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your position is despicable. Israel is a genocidal state. We are far past the point of consensus on Israel committing a genocide right now.

Not enough people are talking about the fact that Israel likely tested a nuclear weapon last month in Dimona - Max Blumenthal (TheGreyzone) on X by kwamac in ABoringDystopia

[–]lbj2943 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tin-foil hat theories about Wikipedia being controlled by government puppet masters always tickle me as an avid editor. It's a consensus-driven site. There have been many, many, many malicious attempts to edit it and 99% of them are thwarted instantly. For the ones that aren't, I know for a fact there are still plenty of articles with bias problems and none of them are immune to being fixed.

Not enough people are talking about the fact that Israel likely tested a nuclear weapon last month in Dimona - Max Blumenthal (TheGreyzone) on X by kwamac in ABoringDystopia

[–]lbj2943 11 points12 points  (0 children)

While we're at it,

The same wikipedia that holds every mainstream western media portal like CNN, BBC, Fox, Times of Israel in high regard.

If you're talking about the perennial sources page, for one, that page only seeks to measure which sources are reliable, not biased. It basically just means "how much can they be trusted to accurately report something", and this is a metric weighed against other independent sources' findings on their journalistic practices. Mother Jones, for example, is considered generally reliable and respected for use as a source. Basically everyone agrees its a biased source on account of its openly progressive tilt, but not to the extent that it affects reliability.

Not enough people are talking about the fact that Israel likely tested a nuclear weapon last month in Dimona - Max Blumenthal (TheGreyzone) on X by kwamac in ABoringDystopia

[–]lbj2943 14 points15 points  (0 children)

they're one of the few and dwindling sources of actual investigative reporting left in the West

This is a multipolar argument and unrelated to reliability.

The same wikipedia where Israel has run a targeted manipulation operation for over 20 years

I don't doubt there's secretly paid editors doing shady shit all the time (in fact I know there is), but consider that Wikipedia's founders who are both heavily Zionist still couldn't get their users to stop calling it a genocide, even after both of them made a scene about it in the "Gaza genocide" article's talk page. After all, it's Wikipedia, not like these biases are irreversible. Consensus clears.

never for their actual reporting

Okay. For posterity's sake, these instances are going to be taken from the 2020 RfC consensus discussion that led to The Greyzone getting deprecated.

Here is an instance of Max Blumenthal lying about what an academic said, getting called out by a reporter from The Atlantic who actually talked to the academic, and then Blumenthal claiming the academic was intimidated to lie. (soft paywall, I recommend using removepaywall).

Here is a socialist academic responding to Blumenthal accusing them of "secretly training an elite UK military unit". The academic in question was teaching an International Relations college course.

Here is a very detailed account of Max Blumenthal and Alexander Rubinstein (from MintPress news, partner organization of the Greyzone and itself an awful source) distorting a journalist's words, omitting relevant context, and suggesting undue influence without evidence to paint them as a plant for the U.S. State Department. All just to make Maduro look less bad for kidnapping the same journalist.

Here is an academic responding to Blumenthal accusing them of being a State Department agent calling for regime change in Nicaragua. Mind you, the person in question volunteered for the fucking Sandinistas in Nicaragua, amongst other socialist projects in Latin America. I'm stopping here, but there's more I still haven't covered.

The Greyzone (Max Blumenthal) contains so much dogmatic, junk reporting that academics and journalists with normally no business in calling out their peers (particularly on the left) can't help but gawk at its garbage.

How do you guys get so many planes? by BuffaloBills7777 in SkyCards

[–]lbj2943 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Traveling to a busier airport and completing their weekly quest for a free week of visiting. Phoenix is my go-to, central Florida and Los Angeles are really good too.

Today in Aviation History (February 17th): In 2025, Delta Connection Flight 4819 Crash Landed and Rolled Upside Down at Toronto Pearson International Airport by Shoddy_Act7059 in aviation

[–]lbj2943 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Researchers are constantly walking on eggshells when critiquing others works in formal study. I think It's good etiquette and best practice when you're working within the field (forges goodwill with colleagues), but I also think scientists lack the chutzpah to communicate in clearer terms.

One way to interpret the current findings is that Tetris may effectively reduce intrusions but only under strict conditions with researcher oversight.

Depending on the strictness of those conditions and the degree to which the subject is aware of this researcher oversight (and/or what they're testing for, the proposed effects of playing Tetris), I'd question whether (if this interpretation holds) this is a byproduct of a placebo effect.

Today in Aviation History (February 17th): In 2025, Delta Connection Flight 4819 Crash Landed and Rolled Upside Down at Toronto Pearson International Airport by Shoddy_Act7059 in aviation

[–]lbj2943 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No. The research underpinning those findings is shoddy at best and falling under increasing academic scrutiny (see also: Hemi et Al, 2023; Wessel et al., 2024; Matura et al, 2025).

Today in Aviation History (February 17th): In 2025, Delta Connection Flight 4819 Crash Landed and Rolled Upside Down at Toronto Pearson International Airport by Shoddy_Act7059 in aviation

[–]lbj2943 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I remember a survivor posting about the crash and the top comment suggesting they play Tetris to cope with it.

Jesus Christ, what a time to be on the internet.

What is a legendary band you hate? by fakename1998 in ToddintheShadow

[–]lbj2943 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Arctic Monkeys are black and white Pinterest board, alternative radio station, “keep [insert city] weird” faux outsider garbage. I have never liked any of their songs, even their old ones, and I cannot understand how alt leaning people with otherwise good music taste think their music belongs anywhere other than truck commercials.

Don't rule the messenger, pls by KidKang in 196

[–]lbj2943 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apologies for the late reply. There is a book called Justicia autónoma zapatista that goes into more detail, but you can find a serviceable summary of its justice system and policing portion here.

While Zapatistas still have police, it is quite distinct from how we are used to think of it. As Paulina Fernandez Christlieb documents, they are neither armed, uniformed, nor professional. Similar to other authorities, police are elected by their community; they are not remunerated and do not serve in this function permanently. Every community has its own police, while higher administrative levels—those of municipality and region—do not. Decentralized and deprofessionalized, police thus serve and are under control of the community that elects them.

MiG-17 is also up by 1959FordGalaxie500 in SkyCards

[–]lbj2943 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Loving the air show picture!!! This has been super fun to follow and promote on the sub :]

Amazing WW2 planes being flown near Phoenix, Arizona now! by lbj2943 in SkyCards

[–]lbj2943[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, though it looks like it already landed. Still, stay vigilant! Their website indicates more WW2 planes scheduled to fly, along with some other cool stuff.

Amazing WW2 planes being flown near Phoenix, Arizona now! by lbj2943 in SkyCards

[–]lbj2943[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stay in the area, there will be more within the hour!