#factcheck

[i-add-sources]

I appreciate blogs like yours because not only do you add fact-checking to tumblr which is so needed…

I also learn a lot about how to fact check on my own just by seeing what you link and what you must have been searching to get those sources !

Thank you! I'll use this as an opportunity to show yall the "secrets".

The main thing I do is google dorking. For example if i need to find a tweet from a screenshot I'll do as follows: site:x.com "[text from tweet]"

For an article I'll go "[title of article]" [author] or site:[newssite] "[title of article]"

If there's a bunch of new articles popping up and i need to find an old one I'll use the google advanced search filters or "before:yyyy-mm-dd"

If I'm just trying to verify a claim it's the trick to know the right keywords, finding multiple sources independently saying the same thing (so not all copying the same one article) and verifying whether those sources are actually trustworthy on the topic they're reporting on. I wouldn't use a republican politician's site for news on a celebrity/current events but if it's a bill they've introduced I'll cite them on it. The closer to the original event/announcment/statement you can get the better.

archive.org is my best friend for finding deleted/altered articles and pages, and circumventing paywalls. I try where possible to archive pages myself as well.

Using multiple search engines is also useful, als they'll push different things.

For news from (south)east Asia i use Baidu, and for Russia Yandex.

Edit because I used "and" five times in one sentence

[itsmythang]

Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 

@AdamKinzinger

To my former GOP colleagues still in office: enjoy the next 24-48 hours. Relax, take some time for yourself. Cuz pretty soon you’re going to have to go on TV and defend all the terrible things Trump agreed to in China because he wanted to be friends with XI

[humusboii2thereturnoftheking]

Julian Casablancas: A Case Study in "Edgelord" Erasure

Can we talk about the absolute intellectual bankruptcy of Julian Casablancas comparing October 7 to a "slave rebellion" in a recent SubwayTakes interview? Because the math ain't mathing.

Casablancas is doing that very specific thing where an ultra-privileged celebrity tries to regain cultural relevance by cosplaying as a "martyr" for the truth. He starts his rant with "It's been nice having a career with you," which is a total joke. He’s not losing his career, he’s getting a standing ovation from the exact crowd that thinks "antisemitism" is just a buzzword used to silence them.

Julian's whole "Zionists have white privilege" bit is a textbook example of American-centric brain rot. He’s trying to overlay a US racial dynamic onto a region where half the Jewish population is Brown or Black. He’s erasing the memory of Yemenite Jews, Ethiopian Jews, and the 6 million European Jews who weren't "white enough" for the gas chambers. To Julian, Jews are only allowed to exist as "white oppressors" because if they’re an indigenous, persecuted minority, his "slave rebellion" analogy crumbles.

Julian also stated: "Slave rebellions that were violent didn’t mean that slavery is not bad." Cool. Who was the "slave holder" at the Nova Music Festival? Which plantation did 4-year-old Ariel Bibas run? Which "privilege" was the 80-year-old grandmother in the tunnel enjoying when she was kidnapped?

You won’t answer that because your analogy only works when it stays vague. The second you apply it to a baby or a murdered teenager, you aren't a "brave truth-teller" you're just a guy making excuses for a massacre.

While you smirk on a subway show about how "safe" you are to speak your truth, 70% of religious hate crimes in the US target Jews. You aren't the one in danger, Julian. You’re the one feeding the fire.

Your career is fine. The people you’re talking about are not. Stop using a 1,500-year-old history of displacement and a modern massacre as a "shortcut" to being edgy. It’s not "punk", it's just disgustingly bigoted.

[girlactionfigure]

Since October 7, Israel has been accused of stealing Palestinian bodies to harvest their organs. But there’s zero evidence for this claim. It’s a modern-day blood libel—a reincarnation of the medieval antisemitic myth that Jews murder non-Jews for ritual purposes.

In 2009, a Swedish tabloid made similar claims, later admitted they were speculation. In 2014, Time repeated it and retracted. Since Oct 7, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor revived the lie, despite offering no proof. Its founder and leaders have long-standing ties to Hamas.

There is no evidence that Israel has ever murdered Palestinians to harvest organs. This conspiracy is baseless, dangerous, and antisemitic—now amplified by influencers like Gigi Hadid to millions online.

[unbfacts]

[todays-just-a-daydream]

just went through every single gig in summer 2005 on oasis-live.net and found no match for this video. it’s definitely a match for dbtt tour because the background lights used onstage at this time are clearly visible. i thought it might be summer sonic in tokyo japan because noel’s tan polo matched. but liam was wearing a slightly different yellow shirt. i’m looking for footage with liam in a yellow shirt that has a collar and that gig was a tee with a scarf. i found another gig with liam in a yellow polo that might match but noel’s in a dark polo: bennicassim spain. interesting that gig is the one right before summer sonic. so good chance it’s the right time period. but i’m not seeing an exact match. perhaps it's for a gig without photos. or a case of oasis live having the wrong photos. anyone recognize the footage?

[nolan-higdon]

Did the Media Help Cover for Epstein? Enjoy this clip from my conversation with Brian Karem on The Disinfo Detox

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[comradekas]

Ballot Brouhaha: How Basic Voting Rules Became 'Evidence' of Fraud

When social media magnates and election skeptics scrutinized New York City's ballots, they mistook voting laws for conspiracy—and exposed a dangerous pattern of disinformation.

On November 4, 2025, as New Yorkers lined up to vote in their mayoral election, billionaire X owner Elon Musk took to his platform with an alarming declaration: "The New York City ballot form is a scam!" He pointed to candidates appearing twice on ballots and former Governor Andrew Cuomo's placement at the bottom as undeniable proof of election rigging.

It sounded convincing to his millions of followers. But it wasn't true—not in any meaningful way.

What Musk called fraud was actually New York's legal "fusion voting" system—where candidates can appear under multiple party lines. Zohran Mamdani (Democrat/Working Families) and Curtis Sliwa (Republican/"Protect Animals") both appeared twice legally.

Cuomo's bottom placement followed standard ballot ordering rules for independent parties. Experts called the claims easily verifiable misinformation.

When routine election procedures are recast as conspiracies, our democratic foundation erodes—not from hypothetical fraud, but from deliberate misinterpretation by powerful voices.

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