Brazil Insurrection Had Familiar Faces, Themes
The far right uprising in Brasilia strongly resembled the January 6 2021 violence at the United States Capitol for a variety of reasons.
The far right uprising in Brasilia strongly resembled the January 6 2021 violence at the United States Capitol for a variety of reasons.
Narratives about a purported string of food factory fires in 2022 had long-tail staying power, but rarely did debunkings address the “whys” of the conspiracy theory.
A graphic, viral Facebook post falsely attributed to a “Uvalde mom” is circulating.
A popular Imgur post suggested that a federal free lunch program in American schools would be ending in June 2022.
A popular post claimed that the fried food popularly known as “hush puppies” were named for their use in distracting dogs by people escaping slavery.
A New York Post tweet claimed that eating just one hot dog “takes 35 minutes off your life,” but the underlying research was far more complicated than the headline suggested.
Rumors of a current or imminent gas shortage spread on social media and by word of mouth.
Social media posts and images of signs about how no one wants to work are omnipresent, but low-wage jobs are not “competing with unemployment benefits.”
Criticism of Jay Baker’s behavior at a press conference only heated up after the “spoof” shirts came to light.
On January 28 2021 the popular stock trading app Robinhood controversially halted trading of two viral tickers ($GME and $AMC) following the improbable rally of $GME, leading to whispers that Robinhood was owned by Citadel — a capital firm purportedly adversely affected by the whole mishegas. There is, of course, a lot to unpack in …