Shaping Reality

Data Analyst based in NY. I'm opinionated and I curse a lot. Instagram. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #Progressive, #LGBTQ ally, #DataScience, #Web, #Tech, #Geek, #TheResistance!

[Shaping Reality @Ready__Player_1]

@chelseahandler @countable I am...We are! #Resist #StrongerTogether 👊

[The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post]

Report: Israel, Iran engage in indirect negotiations over Syria fighting https://t.co/YNJvviQIyy

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”
- Hitler

[Shaping Reality @Ready__Player_1]

@realDonaldTrump In an interview with Vogue magazine many years ago, Trump's first wife Ivana stated that he has a copy of Hitler speeches under the nightstand which he studies regularly.

He's always studying the #Nazis.

[Shaping Reality @Ready__Player_1]

@realDonaldTrump The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.

Joseph Goebbels

[Shaping Reality @Ready__Player_1]

@realDonaldTrump It begins by seeding the ground with a falsehood: They spied on the Trump campaign.

It's then promoted by the President, who echoes the falsehood

Then his allies call to investigate the falsehood

This is how #propaganda works

It is also how democracy dies, one lie at a time.

[Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) @cbouzy]

If he believes it, it is not a lie? The reality is you and other journalists are partially responsible for Trump. When Trump tells a lie, you should use the words lie and liar. We are beyond the point of proper decorum. Trump is a pathological liar. https://t.co/dFVJnIRBcg

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

It begins by seeding the ground with a falsehood: "They spied on the Trump campaign." It's then promoted by the President, who echoes the falsehood. Then his allies call to investigate the falsehood.

This is how propaganda works. It is also how democracy dies, one lie at a time.

[Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0]

There are rumors floating around that Assange may soon get kicked out the embassy. If so, and if he's extradited to the USA and faces federal charges, this now-deleted blog post from 19 days before the 2016 election seems like an eerily prescient piece of legal advice.

[Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0]

Meet @veteranhank. This account has 154K followers, and would like you to know that it is not a Russian bot. It is, however, accurate to describe this as an automated account that followed popular Russian propaganda accounts operated by the Internet Research Agency.

[David Bober @mrdavidboberesq]

This kid will go far. #ethics

[Linda Tirado @KillerMartinis]

My latest: Decide Who You're Going To Be In Advance
https://t.co/aI4bKUHnlV

[Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath]

@JoshSchwerin https://t.co/kagG4YjOWB

[🌻 Jyn Erso 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @JynErso_Patriot]

White supremacist Richard Spencer tried fundraising to hire an attorney but wasn't successful. He may end up defending himself in court Thursday.

“He who represents himself has a fool for a client.”
-Abraham Lincoln

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[B̤̿it̺̕B͓̚ur͍̒neȑ🔥k33p !7 m0v!n @bitburner]

"Michael Cohen got $500,000 after Trump Tower meeting with Russian oligarch"

https://t.co/HZoFcgs89H

[danah boyd @zephoria]

“The big software people often don’t even know what’s happening inside the [machine learning] model. This should give us pause, but asking Silicon Valley to pause for reflection is like asking a puppy to drop its squeaky toy.” -@ftrain https://t.co/7S0R26FsdK

[Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance]

Wow. Trump cries over 5 #TrumpCriminalConvictions felons, his indicted Campaign manager & 13 Indicted Russians working for foreign intelligence? Crying for “beautiful lives” who have betrayed our nation is suspicious. #LieGate #RealSpyGate https://t.co/ihyDrNYMIF

[Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0]

I've been meaning to do this for a while - brief thread on the basic tools I use. All of this stuff is free and open source, and all of it works on Windows, MacOS, and most variants of Linux.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Rep. Jerry Nadler has now formally requested that the Justice Department investigate the apparent leak of the identity of the FBI’s confidential informant, which he says is in violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act.

[Katie Phang @KatiePhang]

I’m joining @davidgura at 3:15 pm ET to ATTEMPT to decipher yet another Trump tweet and to discuss the latest in the #MuellerInvestigation. @MSNBC #whatabouttheoldandnotsopretty https://t.co/jVp09jQch6

[Shaping Reality @Ready__Player_1]

@President1Trump #Yawn