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STREET ART UTOPIA<p><strong>Elon Mask: Street Art Takes Aim at Musk’s Controversial Salute and Far-Right Ties</strong></p> Street artist Evyrein’s work "Elon Mask" critiques Elon Musk’s Nazi-style salute during Donald Trump’s second inauguration and his subsequent appearance at a far-right AfD event in Germany. The artwork, located in Padua, Italy, depicts Musk pulling a black mask over his face to mimic a Hitler-style mustache, with bold red graffiti text reading "Elon MASK" above. For more by Evyrein follow him on Instagram here! More: Speak Truth to Power? - 32 Photos Of Real Talk Graffiti If you […] <p><a href="https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/27/elon-mask-street-art-takes-aim-at-musks-controversial-salute-and-far-right-ties/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streetartutopia.com/2025/01/27</span><span class="invisible">/elon-mask-street-art-takes-aim-at-musks-controversial-salute-and-far-right-ties/</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries</p><p>"An analysis of the nine top players in the U.S. fossil fuel-derived hydrocarbon industries (oil/gas, plastics, and agrichemicals) shows tight linkages across the three different sectors, with news media, other petrochemical industry players, and politicians also frequently tagged, according to a study published January 15, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Alaina Kinol from Northeastern University, United States, and colleagues...Our study suggests that climate obstruction in different industries is more coordinated than is generally recognized...these different companies in different sectors are using the same strategic messaging to promote a distorted image of their environmental responsibility.” &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070135" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">070135</span></a></p><p>"The use of fossil-derived hydrocarbons in fossil energy, plastic production, and agriculture makes these three sectors mutually reinforcing and reliant on sustained fossil fuel extraction. In this paper, we examine the ways the fossil fuel energy, plastics, and agrichemicals industries interact on social media using Twitter (renamed X as of 2023) data analysis, and we explore the implications of these interactions for policy...."<br>&gt;&gt;<br>Kinol A, Si Y, Kinol J, Stephens JC (2025) Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries. PLOS Clim 4(1): e0000370. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000370" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0</span><span class="invisible">000370</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossilfuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/delay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pertrochemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pertrochemicals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/agrichemochals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agrichemochals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Hydrocarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hydrocarbon</span></a> Industries <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicDiscourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDiscourse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a></p>
CultureOverlord :verified:<p>Meta is abandoning its misinformation program despite studies showing such programs are effective.</p><p>▪️ Why abandon it?</p><p>▪️ What impact could this have on misinformation online?</p><p>▪️ Why might Meta qualify this as a "censorship" issue?</p><p>▪️ How might young people be harmed as a result of this?</p><p>🌐 <a href="https://theconversation.com/meta-is-abandoning-fact-checking-this-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-fight-against-misinformation-246878" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/meta-is-ab</span><span class="invisible">andoning-fact-checking-this-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-fight-against-misinformation-246878</span></a></p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/medialiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medialiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/hatespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hatespeech</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/digitalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalhumanities</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/classroomdiscussions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classroomdiscussions</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/publicdiscourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicdiscourse</span></a></p>
Timothy Shortell<p>Here's the WaPo story:</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/30/trump-racist-gop-rhetoric-new-york-rally/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/10/30/trump-racist-gop-rhetoric-new-york-rally/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sociology</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/PublicDiscourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDiscourse</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ReportingOnRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReportingOnRacism</span></a></p>
Ellie Hood<p>Favorite long read of the day compares social media to a digital coffehouse: <br /><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2022/12/social-media-culture-coffeehouse-today" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newstatesman.com/culture/2022/</span><span class="invisible">12/social-media-culture-coffeehouse-today</span></a> </p><p>...&quot;its financial viability depends on its attractiveness to its patrons, not on manipulating or exploiting the discourse it hosts. They can say or write anything they want, up to the point where it fundamentally jeopardises the civility of the establishment or threatens directly to harm other patrons.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>longread</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/publicdiscourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publicdiscourse</span></a></p>