There is no basement underneath Comet Ping Pong. Why does it matter now, nearly a decade after "Pizzagate"? The story behind the conspiracy theory and why debunking can only go so far in healing our information disorder. New post: https://t.co/3FSM43hj99

Conspiracy logic:

I'd previously posted about a series of engagement farming accounts with large followings that use the names of major figures in the Trump family or administration. Now, according to X's location feature, an account called "Barron Trump News" with 580,000 followers is based in

Yes, this would be a psyop Unlike most of those other things that conspiracists call psyops https://t.co/95dpvKv1oF

There are some interesting criticisms of the Covid inquiry and then there are lunatic takes like this one. The problem for the more legit crowd is that there’s no policing because they’ve been redpilled against “cancel culture”. They literally can’t call out the crazies.

Nigam Arora returns to @SchwabNetwork to share insights on markets. He explains why $AMD's move isn’t bad for $NVDA, how Japan’s trade surge signals strength, and what disciplined investors should do with gold. Watch for what investors need to know.

The Covid report is scathing (and also points out that a mandatory lockdown could have been avoided: Lockdown could have been avoided - key findings from Covid inquiry https://t.co/4Ypv8brCFF) but for the conspiracists it’s not scathing in the unhinged way they want

Fortunately X, Reddit and Bluesky aren't real life. Unfortunately Facebook is https://t.co/gGl4pIuOr9

This hasn't received much coverage so far, but Andy Ngo has sued @observeruk for an article (a review of a Mumford and Sons album) that called him an "alt-right agitator" https://t.co/UR2EVkaTV8

Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this one and I can see why. “Why is the power company warning me about power cuts?” Some of modern life has become predictable to the point where disruption seems like deliberate conspiracy

Remember Veles in Macedonia? Now a decade later fake news hubs, where people from poor countries pump out rage bait to Westerners, still thrive. This one in Sri Lanka https://t.co/v50gvihW5B

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The Spectator has put this insanity on its World section and it’s behind a paywall so you may have to trust me that it’s a delulu take on how QAnon is right and good. Looking forward to next headline “Epstein did nothing wrong”

You know those people who hate the so-called “mainstream media”, and have a bizarre notion of how it all works? No, I don't mean those people! I mean the very concerned millennial types. Latest post, breaking down the bad arguments over “amplification”: https://t.co/Kexl7uEJm3

There are people on the left of politics who are failing to come to grips with a rise in conspiracy and violence. However those things have plagued the right for years. I don’t quite get how some right-wing activists think it’s a newish thing? https://t.co/7DbrzREE4q

Imagine having a conspiracy-addled brain, sitting across from Donald Trump and NOT asking him about Jeffrey Epstein. The mind boggles https://t.co/3of690TzB6

I’ve been writing about extremism on the right for many years, and people called it crazy or made up or overblown or “what about the other side”. Now: https://t.co/znhkLIbFUs

Is ICE retreating from Chicago? https://t.co/zU61EulPaz

The woman wanted in connection with a racist attack in central London isn't a mere "Trump supporter", she's a former QAnon follower who destroyed a mask display in a shop, but apparently later left the Q movement.

Amazing story about Jan 6 rioter turned Blaze reporter who appears to have falsely accused a police officer of planting a “false flag” pipe bomb outside the RNC. https://t.co/39k7dcLWaY

Tucker Carlson solidifies his conspiracy credentials with coverage of “Chemtrails”

have you heard this?

I have no idea what happened over the past few days. But hopefully the BBC's new leaders will focus on truth as well as impartiality, because that's what's really at issue here.