Notices tagged with milton, page 4

"This tweet format has become conspicuously popular on the redpilled internet. The formula is simple: 1) Post a screenshot of a supposedly genuine text message, 2) express outrage, 3) ask if it’s true without really caring whether it is, and 4) do no further investigation into the matter. It’s a newfangled incarnation of a classic, the chain email. Pass it along or else no one will know the 'truth.'”

~ Scott Nover

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #lies #disinformation
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https://slate.com/technology/2024/10/charlie-kirk-elon-musk-hurricane-helene-fema-misinformation-x-twitter.html

"The scale and speed of conspiracies about Hurricane Milton being orchestrated and controlled by the deep state is incredible to watch."

~ David Gilbert quoted by Brian Stelter

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1728478038680ff973c96c20d/raw

"I do think there is something about religiosity that makes religious populations easier to manipulate. …

Reality-denial has been baked into conservatism for a very long time. It is certainly baked into conservative Christianity. Anecdotally, I’ve seen the most conspiracy-theorizing in other conservative religious societies, and certainly not just Christian ones."

~ Jill Filipovic

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://jill.substack.com/p/the-breaking-of-the-conservative

"Politicians and right-wing influencers have spread conspiracy theories online suggesting that Hurricane Milton has been geoengineered by nefarious forces, with the end goal of preventing Republicans from voting in the presidential election."

~ Tess Owen

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-milton-geoengineer-lasers-fema-conspiracy-theories-debunk/

Looking at the AI "slop" circulated on social media — the little girl with her pup — Jason Koebler says,

"Something very disheartening is happening with this particular image, however. A specific segment of the people who have seen & understand that it is AI-generated simply do not care that it is not real & that it did not happen. To them, the image captures a vibe that is useful to them politically."

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #AI
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https://www.404media.co/hurricane-helene-and-the-fuck-it-era-of-ai-generated-slop/

"The attacks, which include wild claims that Jewish officials are conspiring to orchestrate the disasters, sabotage the recovery or even seize victims’ property, are being fomented largely on Elon Musk’s X."

~ Will Oremus and Maxine Joselow

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #antisemitism
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/08/hurricane-helene-antisemitic-misinformation-x/

Writing from her perspective having grown up in rural Missouri, Susan Niemann says,

"Perhaps by better understanding them, we can reason with them? Nah. The vitriol has reached a fever pitch now. The cult mentality of Trump supporters is strong. VERY strong.

People have been told who to hate and that it’s ok to do so. No matter what facts are presented to them, they refuse to hear it."

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://adchick.substack.com/p/im-so-sick-of-all-of-it

"Antisemitic tropes have commingled on the site with false rumors and conspiracy theories amid the chaos of the recovery effort, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonprofit Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)."

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #antisemitism
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#PSA about #Hurricane #Milton relief #misinformation...

#FEMA, #Military, and other groups are in place and already on the ground in #Florida and #Georgia. Everything is being expedited.

There is plenty of #aid available for damage and many programs. The limit is NOT $750: that is the amount from the "quick approval" program, and you can apply for more.

Aid is NOT being redirected towards illegal immigrants.

The government is NOT redirecting the storm with space lasers or "Jew magic". I should not have to say that one, but it is not happening.

If you are in #GulfCoast Florida, you have until Noon to get out: storm surge will reach record levels, covering cars and homes.

Milton

#USA #Milton #Trump #cartoon #karikatur

As Floridians are evacuating ahead of hurricane #Milton – third fastest growing hurricane on record and perhaps the biggest in a century…

…here's Eric Schmidt, opining that we need to feed AI beast at all cost, climate change be damned:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/08/eric_schmidt_speech/

"We're not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we're not organized to do it" – says a man who had a shit-ton of impact on how we're organized.

Schmidt founded White Stork, a weapons company that develops AI-powered drones. 🤮

I know a lot of us laugh at #musk and we laugh at how he wasted so much of his money just to tank #twitter. But as #milton makes landfall and this becomes the crisis it likely will be, let’s also make certain to remember that he took a site that evolved into a crucial tool for #disaster response and destroyed it. When I say he has blood on his hands it’s not just about blood emeralds. Twitter could have likely helped save lives here if it still was what it had been before he got his hands on it.

If you have folks you know who plan to "hunker down and ride it out" in the Tampa area, show them the list of locations closing for Waffle House. #WaffleHouseIndex #WHIndex #FLwx #Milton #HurricaneMilton #hurricane

Ummmm....the actual forecasts were NOT for #Milton to "slowly weaken" upon entering the Gulf, but to maintain its strength before weakening due to shear just prior to landfall. Also, most of the forecasts did take warmer ocean temperatures into account and did forecast rapid intensification, though not to the extreme extent that actually occured.

The odds are still that Milton still does not hit as a Cat 5, more like a Cat 3.

Better to be safe than sorry, though.

https://beige.party/@allenstenhaus/113273937988084130

Received confirmation that our votes were counted, ahead of the menace that is Hurricane #Milton. And while we are at it, pencil in a reservation in Hell for those spreading emergency disinformation that could cost lives.

Wow. The fossil-fueled Monster Hurricane Milton is a Cat 5 Hurricane again, bigger and badder than before. Central pressure in the eye of Milton has fallen to an estimated 905 mb with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph.
#Milton #flwx #climate #fossilfuels

Wingnut conspiracy theories are already horribly stupid, but this "Soros Liberal Commie Jooows are using HARP weather machines and seeding the clouds to make hurricanes like #Milton and #Francine strike Patriotic Conservative Americans for the benefit of ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!" bullshit is especially comical.

Then again, these are the same yahoos who proudly proclaimed that the San Francisco and LA earthquakes were "God's judgement against homosexuals and pornography addicts!!!"

SMFnH

Should I feel guilty because while Florida is hunkering down for the full force of #Milton, my domicile here in South Louisiana is feeling the first taste of autumn, with mid-50's lows, low 80's highs, and full CAVOK (as in no clouds in the sky for miles)??

this toot was posted 7 hours ago.
https://hachyderm.io/@amcasari/113272641707801752

as of 07:32 NY/EST #Milton is back to being a #CAT5 #hurricane. it should be hitting #Florida as a Cat 5/4

Godspeed, indeed.

image via Zoom Earth
https://zoom.earth/storms/milton-2024/

@blogdiva

The core issue with #Milton is whether that westerly shear that is supposed to boot it east can also entrain dry air into the system enough to weaken it before it makes it to land. It's a close battle, and the difference between landfall as a weakening Cat 2/3 and a still hefty Cat 4.

Also, model runs are trending a bit further down the coast from a direct Tampa Bay hit to between TB and Cape Coral/Fort Myers, which would mean a nuke dodged for Tampa re: storm surge.