Trenches Labs: How #TwitterGulag Works Part 2 – Seeing Active Blocks and Sweeps
In our prior post in this series we replicated a Reply Trap for sending an account to TwitterGulag. If you are unfamiliar with TwitterGulag and how Twitter activists use the platform to silence opponents you should read that article first. For those familiar with TwitterGulag and account suspensions, that post showed just one of the [...]
Trenches Labs : How TwitterGulag Works Part 1 – Setting Reply Traps
UPDATE: This 4 part series is essential to understanding how Twitter Suspension Algorithms work and make Twitter users susceptible to being suspended from Twitter by other users. Twitter modifies these algorithms as it tries to fight SPAM, but “hacktivists” continue to exploit these modifications and get conservatives on Twitter sent to Twitter Gulag. We urge [...]
The Chronicles of Strandedhan (Part 2 of Infinity: The Dark Side)
The Trenches have shown some immediate restraint in this Wild West of conservative combat. Not backing down from fire at the posse, but definitely being scarce on warning shots and revenge. It comes as no surprise that with Snagglepuss’s recent attacks, we’ve had to add another page to the chronicles of everyone’s favorite Don Quixote [...]
Dear @TwitchyTeam: Seriously, WTF?
I guess we’ll call this an extended letter to the editor, dearest Twitchy Team, because one of the recent posts you ran titled “Cuckoo of the Day: FBI paved the way for gun grab” , really, pretty much pissed me off. Not only was the sense of condescension and arrogance almost completely overwhelming, the ridiculous attack [...]
Schrodinger’s Socks : Neal Blows Another
When quantum mechanics were first getting worked on, some strange ideas took some getting used to. One such idea was that a particle could be in two places at once. A physicist gently mocked the idea with a thought experiment were a cat in a sealed box ended up both alive and dead at the [...]
Stop Politicizing Crazy… And While You’re At It Keep Your Hands Off My Guns
Sorry Brian Ross and fellow spin doctor “journalists”. Most times crazy people are just that, crazy. James Holmes’ crazy had nothing to do with his politics. It had nothing to do with the tea party. And not everyone who owns a gun is a pathological lunatic looking to go on a shooting spree. An hour [...]
Of Penumbras, Patriotism, and Paradigms
Part One: Of Penumbras Recently, the United States Supreme Court had two huge opportunities to reaffirm (or, rather, re-establish) our founding-era philosophy of Federalism. In both instances, they got caught with their emanations down, allowing their collective (and grossly deformed) penumbras to hang out in full public view. A more grotesque sight has not been [...]
Asshats Alert! @RJSt3rl1ng and Friends
Oh, RJ. I saw what a certain “Anon” profile did you to recently, and actually felt bad. The reason why? I’ve had that done to me before, and actually had it done to me again, just recently. And it’s a bullshit tactic. So, I was going to let things be for a bit, as we [...]
The Full Monty Python: The Lewd, Crude, Uncensored Truth Behind “Weiner Trutherism”
Was WeinerGate a setup by Andrew Breitbart, Mike Stack, Dan Wolfe, Patrick Frey, and the Conservative blogosphere? Is SWATerGate the next master plan from the VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY?!1 Editorial Notes – - Mike Stack claims the Direct Messages sent from Dan Wolfe on May 5, 2011, about where he first heard of the “scandal [...]