Notices tagged with trolls

Despite being monstrous giants, the trolls of Icelandic folklore possess one major weakness: sunlight turns them to stone. Many of the large rock formations that can be seen across Iceland are said to actually be petrified trolls. #WyrdWednesday

📷: Ross Hughes

#Folklore #Trolls #Iceland

Elon Musk 'rage quits' livestream after trolls tell him he has 'no real friends'

#NoRealFriends #CelebrityCulture #Trolls #SocialMediaHarassment #PathOfExile2

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/09/elon-musk-rage-quits-livestream/

Our #Congress has turned into Internet #trolls.
"In the video, posted early Saturday, Mullin is in the Capitol and recounts how a reporter shot and killed Rep. William Taulbee there in 1890, a year after Taulbee left office. There's a lot we can say about #reporters of the stories they write, but I bet they would write a lot less false stories if we could still handle our differences that way," https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/markwayne-mullin-floats-using-violence-journalists-report-fake-news-rcna199922

@tshirtman @mloxton @tarheel @inthehands

agreed. in this regard, #socialMedia can be a force multiplier for good as well as what it is now: a force multiplier for #bigotry and #plutocracy

but that makes our communities a target

so we need something like #fediverse where we can squash the #trolls without "freezepeach" #bigoted morons and #centralized #corporate social media indifference or tacit support for #ignorance and #hate

‘Malin’s Fountain’ in Austin, Texas

An 18-foot-tall troll sculpture, made from recycled wood and materials found in nature.#artoutside #outsiderart #sculptures #trolls #section-Atlas
‘Malin’s Fountain’

This is what is looks like when Russian #trolls impersonate you to spew Kremlin propaganda on #ukraine. Note that they are also disgracing my employer, not just me!
#russia #nafo

▶ Biden TROLLS Trump With A Special Gift | The Kyle Kulinski Show

#Patreon #Trolls #Trump #Politics #Substack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Gue9B6rqQ

Prince Harry Says He Feels Sorry For "The Trolls" Who Make Up Divorce Rumors About Him and Meghan Markle

#MeghanMarkle #Trolls #NewYorkTimesDealBookSummit #RoyalFamily #PrinceHarry

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/prince-harry-divorce-rumors-meghan-markle

### Sadly it's a global pandemic of stupidity and paid trolls screaming conspiracies!

#climatechabge #climateEmergency #ClimateDenial #ClimateCatastrophe #Trolls #Idiocracy

Notorious transphobe J.K. Rowling
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/jk-rowling-john-oliver-transgender

* says people like John Oliver "make idiots of themselves" supporting trans athletes
* Harry Potter author posted lengthy statement on X calling out "Last Week Tonight" host

#transphobia #JKRowling #HarryPottter #TERF #antiLGBT #trolls #billionaires

bear with me for a second:

a million reasons, but a big reason the #democrats lost is because the center of gravity for #media has moved to #socialmedia

where the #trolls and #disinfo play. enough dum dums bought the lies

the democrats didn't play that game. because what game can they play in that shit?

it's literally owned by #plutocrats and #fascists

so... how do we fight?

we need our own

and what do we have

#mastodon and the #fediverse

we need to grow like a fucking weed

am i wrong?

The Troll Statues of Ninigret Park in Charlestown, Rhode Island

Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.#recycling #statues #trolls #parks #section-Atlas
The Troll Statues of Ninigret Park

#TeamHarris Hilariously #Trolls #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump and #ShadyVance Ahead of #Debate.

The #DemocraticNationalCommittee projected #messages such as “#WeirdasHell” and “#Trumpisachicken” onto his #NewYork #properties.

https://newrepublic.com/post/186554/kamala-harris-donald-trump-jd-vance-dnc-troll-debate

PREDICTION

Trolls will be out in force on social media following Trump's colossal embarrassment last night at the hands of a smart, capable Black woman. They were already popping up in my feed here, purporting to be from all over the world, picking, picking away at what they want to pretend is bad journalism (when it exposes Trump) and at Western liberal arrogance — and on and on.

My advice: don't take their bait.

#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate #trolls

In just hours, fake bot accounts boosted a 100% fake story from obscurity onto Google's front page. “In 2016, a disinformation operation like this would have likely required an army of computer trolls,” [an expert] said. “Today, thanks to generative AI, much of this seems to be done primarily by a single individual..."

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/how-disinformation-from-a-russian-ai-spam-farm-ended-up-on-top-of-google-search-results/

#disinformation #misinformation #HackingTheNews #AI #trolls #MediaTrolls

I posted this cartoon last week for the European elections (with the EU logo on the stone), but this was actually the initial cartoon idea I had, which works just as well I think...

#socialmedia #extremeright #trolls

Trump said "finish the problem" about Gaza in March. He would greenlight #Netanyahu for #Israel to max out #genocide on #Palestinians

So you're asserting your single-issue concern as more important than other issues and you're even wrong on that one issue

Biden sucks, but Trump and Biden are the only two who have a chance of winning. Again: #strategy, not #emotion

#Emotional #manipulation is how #geopolitical #trollfarm moves to topple #American #democracy, those #trolls are here on #Mastodon

Na gut, dies ist nun in Schweden aber wann wird es hier mal aufgeklärt, dass es auch in jeglichem Land Trollfabriken von den Rechten geben kann (oder gibt)?

»Politisches Erdbeben in Schweden wegen Skandal um Trollfabrik:
Enthüllungen über eine von den Schwedendemokraten betriebene Trollfabrik haben ein politisches Erdbeben ausgelöst.«

🔊 https://www.srf.ch/news/international/vor-europawahl-2024-politisches-erdbeben-in-schweden-wegen-skandal-um-trollfabrik

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#srf #radio #schweden #politik #politisch #demokratie #trolls #trollfabrik #internet #socialmedia #propaganda #Enthüllung

I no longer assume that everyone online is familiar with old school net culture. One of its old sayings is; "don't feed the trolls". The point being that most people being flippant ass-hats online do it for the attention, so if they don't get any, it's no fun for them, and they go away.

#NetCulture #trolls #trollling #DontFeedTheTrolls

Yesterday I visited Bruun Idun, again, (“Eden” for short).

She’s still chillin in the foresty forest of Lincoln Park, West Seattle, next to Puget Sound, playing her flute to summon resident orcas home.

This is currently my favorite walk. It’s 2 miles round trip and gives me forest, beach time and is just right.

#ThomasDambo #NorthwestTrollsWayOfTheBirdKing
#PNW #Seattle #Trolls