J Gorn

Dancing to the beat of my own drummer in 140 characters or less.
Thoughts expressed here are not my own.

[J Gorn @gorn1]

@john_macgowan This should've been on your corflutes

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@jeremyrockliff Can you finish building the dock for the Spirits first bro

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@elonmusk Gotta stop burning money trying to buy elections bro

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@elonmusk plz post about the judge vote. I need to know which woke lefty snowflake to blame (it's Soros isn't it)

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@AvidCommentator Na gonna need you on bluesky so I can complete my transition out of here.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

In years to come, students in university departments around the world will be studying the propaganda embedded in this headline.

As someone who regularly lectures in sociology, journalism and media studies, I could teach an entire lesson on the title alone.

For example:

1. Treating the 4 Israeli soldiers as more important than the 23 Palestinian children (by leading the story with their deaths and just chucking in the others at the end) implies their lives are of higher value.

2. Infantilizing active duty soldiers as "teenagers" while not emphasizing the age of the schoolkids, despite many of them being demonstrably younger.

3. The classic use of the passive voice: Israelis are "killed" while Palestinians merely "die".

4. Putting scare quotes around "23 die" subtly undermines the credibility of that claim. Maybe no one died, and the Palestinians are just lying?

5. Using the word "attack" for Hezbollah actions, but choosing a more neutral, clinical word like "strike" for Israeli aggression.

6. Allowing Israeli sources to dictate the framing of the story ("Israel names teenage soldiers") etc.

7. Actually naming the Israeli soldiers, but not doing the same for the far greater number of Palestinians, again sends the message to the reader that Palestinian lives don't matter nearly as much, if at all.

It's truly incredible how much propaganda has been packed into 16 words. We are swimming in an ocean of propaganda. That's why it is crucial to deconstruct it and critically assess everything you read, see and hear.

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@Leo_Puglisi6 friendly reminder that it is the 21st night of September

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@KatieGrace2022 @telesynth_hot @AdamBandt Good analysis Katie. Well done.

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@shamefulbella41 @ContraDeletes Umm sir babies with sniper bullets in their heads isn't romantic. Unless you're into that...

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@elonmusk @karpathy Thank you Doctor Musk sir

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@john_macgowan This needs more attention. If phone sniffing dogs are real, I want one (I lose my phone a lot)

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@bluebristolian @GrogsGamut I am not an NPC I buy blue tick from genius rocket man. I am smart.

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@pferrari27 @MichaelPascoe01 @RBAInfo @AlboMP Paul it's not a straw man, that's actually Dutton's policy. Albo has been shit, but Dutton has promised to be shitter.

[J Gorn @gorn1]

@TheKouk Market is strong. Shiny giant apple statues are selling out.
Time for a rate cut kouky!

[brandon* @brndxix]

the free speech demon strikes again

[Leo Puglisi @Leo_Puglisi6]

ABC: Clearly having issues
Sky: Showing a loop
6 News: No issues at all!

Only one news channel this country needs

[cam smith @sexenheimer]

Bit of personal news - it's my first day at Crowdstrike as the guy who flicks the On switch every morning. Completely blanked on it today but reckon I will nail it Monday.

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@bourbonposting @SwannMarcus89 Nobody but Cage could've made PIG a good film

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@1bnna2bnna3bnna It's my feelpinion that the ongoing genocide of Palestinians is bad. Shame the party I've always voted for don't feel the same...

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@PeterDutton_MP Could pop a few solar panels on that big roof petey