russian worms told us Europeans in 2023 that we would run out of fuel and be eating squirrels, yet, here we are in 2026 eating steaks on a full tank watching endless clips of russian worms beating each other in fuel lines while stocking up on buckwheat... Hilarious.
One of my longest-standing arguments is that we are not living in Orwell’s 1984, where truth is centrally suppressed and censored by force (that’s former communist societies, modern-day China, Russia, North Korea).
We are living in something much closer to Huxley’s Brave New World.
The truth is not hidden - it is almost always readily available. But it is buried beneath an industrial quantity of noise: propaganda, outrage, half-truths, conspiracy theories, influencer theatre, algorithmic rage bait and an endless stream of content designed not to inform us, but to keep us emotionally stimulated.
The modern information system does not need to censor the truth when it can simply drown it in noise.
A fact no longer has to be disproven - it only has to be surrounded by a hundred competing claims, stripped of context and nuance, turned into partisan ammunition and pushed into the same feed as celebrity gossip, memes and 15 second videos engineered to deliver the fastest possible dopamine hit. By the time the truth reaches us, it appears as just another piece of content competing for our attention.
That is the more sophisticated form of control: not preventing people from knowing, but exhausting their capacity to care.
Orwell feared a world in which people would be deprived of information. Huxley feared a world in which they would be given so much distraction, stimulation and triviality that they would lose the desire to seek it.
The defining struggle of our age is therefore not simply between truth and censorship, but between truth and indifference.
Russia will not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine along the front line—according to Lavrov, the Russian Minister of Lies and Disinformation.
Just to recap for anyone with an IQ lower than room temperature: the terrorists in Russia do not want peace.
@GeoffreyTull@IAPonomarenko Yep. And, when his head is full of shit, his bank account empty and the car taken by the bank, Ivan somehow think it is a good idea to sign up for a few months "driving supplies behind the front" to cash in those sweet rubles.
‼️ Russian politician Aleksey Zhuravlyov stated in an interview with Ivan Mironov that 20–30% of Ukraine’s population should be exterminated.
Mironov: “Are you calling for 20–30% of Ukraine’s population to be exterminated?��
Zhuravlyov: “They all must be exterminated. If it were 50% — even 50% would have to be exterminated.”
Nord Stream detail I had missed.
Russian navy ship SS-750, designed for work under water complete with a submersible was at the scene of explosions 4 (sic) days prior.
I used to be of the understanding it was within weeks.
If you can’t find differences: Russia is invading and Ukraine is defending. Russia is a terrorist dictatorship targeting civilians, Ukraine is an allied democracy targeting refineries. Russians won’t oppose the war, Ukrainians want nothing more than for it to end.
⚡️Ukraine has a great future, - Trump
Ukraine has a wonderful land and strong people.
We have a great relationship with Zelensky from the Oval Office to this day.
To this, Zelensky replied: "This is not the end."
"This is the beginning," Trump responded.