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He only got a few hundred shares on his post. But his reporting was quickly repackaged by X’s various “monitoring the situation” <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe1McpL1EdNErS546cDbqU2eaX-934bsFyGYaTpBlnH-33-6pxv-waVZvF4JSLf1Geo7Nt-UIeq4SlqH4s2-wWUSvXLMZ3oAaZbonpwzV7oEOxo4v0XKnc6-wDSkKHHIZgP5lGjGZJ3R6xXAbgET0_uZ-sVIjXYwlwVdM8TVANhu1Yb7wSKGC2HvcuKZkRcbIMjA4FWuLjML7r8I81jnpJl6r42mNIRpD3xQ6ufGOkQE6Rg7RRHw2SY2Mz8y43hYWKW-7LF2fGnAJ7tvOSqOn93gVZrG1i99JV1DxlaBNwwjKFcRpJUSCcAp8-3mtInNofvZKRLGpF10ZHVOhKoblW16m9SRUX4H-7MCZogpodt7SRFlXHYoQLgH8QOP8B90kEacfc-ArN-7B0cHk3ddT97VeTXVjuiXqeqgoCYnmeVmnHQJSWeXqvDHEJgOAO6IDwkmMuwtyYcCCIiPVVwDFtpMqdgznLHQSVpOfGbaVZwGflqRBWleXPIn7ybo2hlpaEQU_EVI12PHbqP1V57g-QY-_hDVNDKByHQ1iOcKIJKrPpwGnhwj8vn4NS6o6Kqts1MrBjRdegemZRXMhpKeRBBz6OqFtxMghhh1Tu2LrvcNZNT3kjZMilayE_HMbCmp1gOE0OFBUddREbDrauYcls83Yh-HamUpI5aFXZaOkUx9Iqki1g7DM2U0uwiHTU6G16R1oHu8IJLq_T_7oUaUX9WDfjagi6OHS80eoNUShxDm3ICpvv59W5WuYfFkF-p5FuheaoJ1fezBFMQWuNL1ONI/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h5/h001.skTiQ-xU7hUuKWGQCN6hXJJx4oViUxXXXy77hLJdMRE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>accounts</span></a>. Hundreds of users began speculating that World War III<b> </b>was right around the corner. As Plitsas <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0oyfDdabSGVvypTJEeXTQRe3a-Tu8eIG_lm5Jwvnxmohu8Exjxm8DKlVgX-iSbMGsodxJY6G0PsnVuKGdFIs69yg69N6sWIQSlDlwVKiDb6VG7f4GYOK8KZJ-wTMS-kCSI3dUJESuJVfI711I_0-TS3EN4Ul2hpLxPjs8Q1zUXzbf0LhGLrPqoSiQyIKegwTDVKDjkKE-DSIOWswL9q0hBNa1e514Weh9MsYjjQDC0rmsi0wgYpsrm7s7Y36hLyAF7eILq5f1S-1HdHVE-mctQg/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h6/h001.EYKAoypmC5E1HbJdwh-62jGrXPXwsLkRJE4MSXbNmJI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>would later complain</span></a>, “Terrible clickbait accounts paraphrased the original tweet and said the U.S. was preparing to conduct major strikes.” </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> One of the most popular of these accounts, The Kobeissi Letter, wrote, “The US is preparing to conduct a large-scale military operation against Houthi forces in Yemen in response to their strikes on Saudi Arabia.” The account is run by Adam Kobeissi, an investment banker. The Kobeissi Letter eventually deleted their Yemen post, but I was able to find a backup of it <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.W3njFjhbjHgbEWpuKUlUe2VqGSZcuxpH0QARbs7Zp7MFRCcbrR4oC_QcW74GiUkcWveh3Wxa1Hyj_1KpeLP0vtkfjddtyu7z9fgHrVBSbUrTeQJ6gZf7ryBZI0043vPlqBKjMyUkS1_brEGDBmf0Hd0-QWKY-PUOWN5_s28tIAeH68AVAR3ZuKZked0vsujUM6UF-HCY73PuH5epNKb7eFi3q_0IEZJDbhOavVzCN-VNkEGg6D27Gvn5kq5cMWT8YT7YIp85WpzrrZvk-VcJ4EXVKv46U-rplyF9uPffSUK3Rj6El_Hn4wVzaBKrIqqW719fKh42VRr23U0nVzRDcSdofMVfsWvmDm4FTwcODy8/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h7/h001.UcBITReFPbL4C8qvttPLwSHAfmgEvIHerOdQC3OY6wc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>cached</span></a> on a Yahoo! Japan search. (Which I did not know had access to X’s API. Fascinating!) </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> That insipid “Pentagon Pizza Report” account ran with it too, <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0ktKndM03GL-Qw4dX5Mf6L2y-QpReXNp_iy7ezHeb6OlBGV1Z1BT0YswIgXa3_XG1F1rbwDl39YAWAV7kUhybJ4ISUlsDjZ6phe3vVepGL8JF_gZbrxF3n6Tvs160tDH5Avv9MO1xVNxoVTIqtLyTbkCeBemsqpbts-3_Dxhr_Syaia3RW8MEMRjJzaSsPg_HzlwtwXuUa4TCoerPNl_9NKOdCN2sHuiZ14atRLDYD6J-Wp9hyDNWgMBJYngGWv44qtWIAUbh0NK0-iYahwD7pxBAdkGY7S49Oo3FMyB49ks/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h8/h001.8lzSQkayRnH6hez_ECnhVZpGraSJ2NWh_FpS8xdmoLY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>writing</span></a>, “The closest Dominos to the Pentagon is reporting very high traffic. Freddies Beach Bar, the closest gay bar to the Pentagon, is reporting low traffic.” The account now also tracks foot traffic to gay bars around the Pentagon. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But the account that got the most mileage out of Plitsas’ reporting was The Hormuz Letter, an X-native news account covering the war in Iran. There’s not a lot we know about the author(s) behind The Hormuz Letter, but Reddit’s r/oil subreddit <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr501Ue9_vaRFjy49i9CwlW6HTpcczCI78nqQyR5Lo9I9Ql_-nD7NfpZuhmm-Q0e53K8Lsmy2Vbvhy4MgiRL2za0RdP9YjxALlPpltdGABo2aqo3epLi1uD94DVTU3PrNFm216jeL1b8MwZtym_IIlldZrHnEhcM7nT6BmEIB1ibG7LYrJSdubKoLa6wa5WJp6BmSSha81NiGev4iaVjCMmJmYs7yAlu8OLZsO_6iVIMJgsydit_B0MTS9Bnzfd6iFPxS59ciVSsmUo96pVxuc61JHSY5FX5Omv0MooS8kzz-Kg/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h9/h001.vWh-tOtTWic4vOgMZXoAkv9FNLaZjXCfCdPlPu4Ogzc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>hates</span></a> them and <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr53NSSYOgT9D6Nw20hW00uCNpqEdAuH0og6Q9iPDbuNf-9fq2t9ORVqdjMjpojMltMVtwon07DGlBvyGer22udLeKa1cnwZYhW3tOznVRrAe16bf7gYpjy3MMvI2Y-AbcP9HF79KCs0uexhvAcNMPAamUeB-NbgmzXXlrW3EXZ2cTeZ2YQrz9cLGNGXYv0eJsb7ZIMCmTw5y_VdsqrX1gKgoXH6bOJcVs_m23pxqcRvVrw9F0RGJS0Y38Cq25FJZ8pmavx9iWNPwpS9voD14D8q-7iVt_w44sH6dJWZYYRaEyYtjT-cBvKdG1eZCoJ1NJww/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h10/h001.DxHNsUUts-jhe38EHCKrRCP389hJY_cN-0fTasbBY8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>thinks</span></a> they’re an Iranian <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr53sWZWuywpiEll54tcRFXgNB3MxMPkyM2fHvucEdgQN_fF55hWhanpD8eTWNXInNw0RFI1OUOj_vC2q3LF5oVVKzpaE27fVe7UypUY_t36b2ljWnWA3nHxNY6DimOUYVW3qVB-uvjv-9cVvlFU1K9bu2JKr0f8fUp4tdS_BjXzrO3CHjPA0IfBlx0FFo1d3aQPU_hP0RenHrmmbMoAK6zNwxC_0AVMYS01iR7ZQ2CXqY0cg7H2OHcE9ABEW1VvzN2zibNp7rqwAkObjMRIkNmP1pSQnCqKNqTzybzGVMV_-vebdi35-AnRCjfUfO0k92bc/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h11/h001.MTn6dArSMt6At9QeY2-jbpHqy9DGSU-l4KiwExPokVE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>propaganda</span></a> outlet. But I have to assume the users in r/oil think everything is Iranian propaganda. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The Hormuz Letter identifies as “Iranian” and, per X’s account info widget, it was created in late 2025, has changed its name twice since then, and is run out of Europe or a device using a VPN based in Europe. The account is Verified — as are the rest of them — and has around 200,000 followers. Its aggregation of Plitsas’ post, <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0l7OKBIqIUy2dibW6neipAdXoZOkmKE3wZ9sRQ9RZkW4K8cSfWtRzJkYyZz9lHtz5ptk5fM-PML85nQJk1prTkaKhZpKS_qa6K5ezTzZHwHd9hX7pWuK-Ar9CTRQmaURg_LFBLKrrm17fYVw-2QBnFwNaisOdjQpgp5L7CSLXa6FzUeiLS8h-HGUv5RJZ_qi3oxQudqKx3WFxE62Xv9z-qhBiZfQRDrYHF0kG2g-kINOFZg3P3TgEaVWNywNcYxqdbHpRW9V0mnU3drNM6Ah96k/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h12/h001.Xv6pFEWn02yjeEhJ8c7wSwt3Q2XMzyzdp3OYZssBqqA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>which claimed</span></a> the “US is preparing a large-scale military operation against Yemen's Houthis in retaliation for their strikes on Saudi Arabia,” was shared thousands of times Saturday night. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> By midnight eastern standard time, my X feed was completely convinced that nuclear war was imminent. According to <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpd7x9UyjzUw3NUrOVX1UCcdY0c9LR9N7JxYhMSxnL3tY3bQ7HpHEDZ6TDfABlL-s51NyovO5xpdvubIWAIaJD0RVKvWOKsQOAqVE9bewo73LdhJdpz9fe6G-lTruhOmK3eePhaS3ztm9Av6Y_3lxCA_-waOPoIJlLJdAvAPq--_Slh8Z3_t9rfP2dv8Q_DELBUcwqdUHy1-iutT4uVuQPp9SWyON_CPCyX03loL0Gz0hhjm0sokzogiRzm5In2_MfEoFCjjP7s7XzIywHjrVpg2XWdPancVNQDIO7wQG3Y9_/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h13/h001.0XAOQqFAOhqTNBUsBoadLvYGIsBPE3UV7Nh4FrwL2DA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i>Axios</i></span></a><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpd7x9UyjzUw3NUrOVX1UCcdY0c9LR9N7JxYhMSxnL3tY3bQ7HpHEDZ6TDfABlL-s51NyovO5xpdvubIWAIaJD0RVKvWOKsQOAqVE9bewo73LdhJdpz9fe6G-lTruhOmK3eePhaS3ztm9Av6Y_3lxCA_-waOPoIJlLJdAvAPq--_Slh8Z3_t9rfP2dv8Q_DELBUcwqdUHy1-iutT4uVuQPp9SWyON_CPCyX03loL0Gz0htGco5t8p3vBOHx-1J1N7IJQAEmPyKmSoRnSnZAhN6kuAjpmegeoFtoj1bk0R7Bri/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h14/h001.XrT_AF25NfvMy7VXkx4xGxHU11y7x2baKe8pBmOv28I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span> this morning</span></a>, it does seem like Trump flipped back and forth all day Saturday about whether he should attack Yemen, before ultimately deciding against it (for now). </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The most interesting side effect of the X’s Saturday night doomsday panic was that, by Sunday morning, hundreds of videos had gone viral making fun of Yemenis for chewing khat. If you’ve never heard of khat before, it’s recreational stimulant <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ikA6aulFzjfPfdZ6IbJ0s6sOeA3Tcd65d-TaTYeMjrnVzE1S_9-cv1lwGLEIrsBRPk-T3QmCBEdwEWuqAvQVS6D-fNPfMp81ZxsNPsKobPpOPJXYTDAGl5_z_ZsQPCiC1nUPaPu-FgYeH7U3Gw_6l7FbDon6rUmT2JsLN3hAUrH-8Kdq-G2ccwlBbT-L97WeXCfDpZWNvvkMqhy63NgZrieOX0jtPHx203ndfYwkcwnNm919us73nBz0plsTTCYX3yRnDWW50jJohdZa5K_Tf8TerJtLN-Kra1oRVRCWk1o/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h15/h001.wwacVcffJpqRUQtoDOSLfmIWTIjGGoaxE23TZtuQVWw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>that is pretty popular</span></a> in the country and if you chew a ton of it at once you end up looking like one of the jawbreaker kids from <i>Ed, Edd, n Eddy</i>. I’ve seen speculation <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0uWQN_IeNpOImaiJK9OdPe6wElCMx8m3Cy-4T2r45zxyA8-LtDPYp8Bz00R5SLQOVSkk4EGczfgJPW-p3OKmuUgRiSUvic2ZjiMm937_Z2lAvDEL_859ykiz-8l0h8MtASSfN8AQ5Wzy3YmyIJLtEffdwJyUdAl5-eF18RxKG1mh5rCvXLXttncZAIEzbusjggjFwuJ_cIWUXu5p21cOyG81yX6RiXeR-IrEUvIVM8gO9IRzIe48YCHwx-HESQhkCAVvpHE6pQ3ez8xVnAO6lFE/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h16/h001.Zzt6Vv0ufbb0RBUupDKwYvFHm3SvCSuabl21KAFQK_k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>on X</span></a> that this sudden surge of anti-Yemeni content was a psyop, deployed to sway public perception in the wake of a US-led missile strike against the Houthis. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In the process of trying to nail whether that was true or not, I actually discovered something surprising about how X currently works. But let’s start with the Khat posts. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/8f8ef2d0-16a0-4e41-ad55-a6cdbbcb87c7/Screenshot_2026-09-21_at_1.46.03_PM.png?t=1790012783" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t bb" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0pS_tmCdl9D0i6Q_KZlgrznZ0N6e4dvX_rW-MRFZhGLy1h5z_7HdGLrDtKMtt7s7qEmRgCdGdqe-n6pka5f5neuxwlQdGkbfYYpmB5Y_bgrDGBAQQGuScUIbcOH6Db6-f3hGtUTVDWtUL64vOO8r6qsKsgk0-HqOicziob6V5hBCCB_zZQmCIqsHjVLRtT57xUKaPFsHH5DC3fdHXM_joFtjq55Z5dO1XEj--WeKZPGbKgLj4t1oUSFsGEmsf164soZU1xJuzHas9WSNu15NsYY/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h17/h001.pn592KiNmM4KZV4DVWaJxigfXy5C2GqO0XBM86x-q4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>x.com/visegrad24</span></a>)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The most viral post about khat was from a right-wing Verified user based in the US going by <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0tka3zldJ7Slx_xRy56F0Va-oHhxummqvZ4lyfIxdU8wzdriD633cTD7fkjPzYs5jmRQ4Kwu2hTDrHyAM9nD-ugtVQqV0UQmo-OmLrixA1CgZj9gu2qiCsfIuch1ND75XN5uToYrfrEMaVLqmJUJfcm_HFHbMjBtjgpPdVGj1zpue2BKp8Lfmk95jFaaNYinIM54cckiWoBNIvqQjwJn1dzb1IzRIfnXSrDSGVTRpY9v0VsPx8_PLF8_-vRZwPRxdXlsLc26DS1KKzA9kjd3O18/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h18/h001.G2EIFME6oBC9VTz8quByH-hXqXJVSilb9gTCgYwEIGo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>@LeeKuanYimby</span></a>, who was sharing a video originally <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0sjXV9IKE4GqEF0C2k5zO8obT8rII4ukqOHH5LaMEFs8lDPFb5JnqwWo7TiUh8GC281-N69J0rIAxWiZipbwFD7d8mc4ATndSkWwJ6DqvLO8e9mJwmI0fUt_9tDm-n6sWx_8je25RYIFzgYpEhkLjWallHn9JUyBaINdRD7uuGZpuufSG3JPmtZbj7S_ThKw94ZNyFh8x9idHn9i40951E5mxx4VqkfGmufP7JOZd1qLf2i_6e3ppZTtodviMDUcQfmhpjvBvkqpGiCkT_3OATU/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h19/h001.Gxf7ImgJPgeAdSOy5aeeLg0EK70pvZ8ImlpEDN-c83c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>posted</span></a> by a Turkish user several days before. A similar post, featuring a different video, <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0pS_tmCdl9D0i6Q_KZlgrzlrlEWt3oiMZgmUHD80L8zRhd2Ho52QQd0QJsqyjQUrdysygQGoJgGK01pshMs2WI9Qji2ADj3lXgOuhs2hq5iFIxB8f4hHskUKa09RsOpIQKKJP54lL6Qb6oiWvQe4mE0FEcjAbYFl116x8NJTxlqQXsWwsQUi2KNARJDdijUGrzGAu0L70X4lJqLtsMldkI98XTMHh9sMwM-E18ar44Sk_eqz5McxbEGOuZ-ln_du6BKR_992PoGNC8mAXhrnHcM/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h20/h001.7wZI-ZY_FDRplfiYXlMw5lrckHGH_SiKvLBIqdLRpBk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>was posted</span></a> the next morning by <i>Visegrád 24</i>’s X account. The video in that post has been <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0miaL2K7Dl6EBk2NbUlBd5-nVeT5-nP_rlYIMWH1tcXnoAWrpwMA8xyIYS3-8GNrTc7_BdnbMS_-aPBQjL5WV-UvwSUOTyLCn4pFYoXaNpUKOyxbrGJuMe34t0-cO_vZf5PtGWkDyAWiKZmk8M2bJ_jzR10qsQ5O_T-Vb5NUQxBTDq8GJ3peiQANPiC86UKqymAvFiSMLKlggg4f2xWe5qhDLd1Vw98flCyasWaZwRlBQw5ncZt1DjuhYHE-XfS5yFLHB9_1aKCD__iUAZT4P3k/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h21/h001.kBXMKT5ksPuEcV4IoTcitzL61W9qhFftmUaWkH9-g-U" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>bouncing around</span></a> X since 2024. <i>Visegrád 24 </i>is a right-wing international news aggregator run by a Polish national Stefan Tompson. It <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.gCOUbOB2RhNWIqUcLDafG5esI5PUl25rnBa4f6ojZsly2wEO6feUW4qTKYDb6ZDY2gH-uUwpMEokhBpZlBkIi8kZ7d_XP7XTaMhGpqH09j_HMwr-L1KUaYhJfQQFiODhaClWpbvSbze5JM9t-OaGFYb3RbIFx4heJu1YTPqwAV65l09K4AHzReC1281RGxUZUQGTz9qH8RFBt1lV24vu7L1uVASF3YBb8wsYJXymTOU6_Ivos-QyuHlYN3UiR_xBT4vxaXfxCDImcosCDOpexT0pQirsKvN2Z1vSMHBANnVnK3w8jur0t9oxcFERwU2E/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h22/h001.g-MlKbnDuwfNtghoh_mk5AOQjLDBgeIZn0fum6sTMEQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>launched</span></a> right after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and has close ties to Poland’s far-right Law and Justice party. A third viral post about khat came from an X account called <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0vNJt9jBuKYM-62ekAzH38via-fIaZ9gpg4Iqea7kx3RwaLEs4YEdingGug6fMECMxeJciBray5A3KuncnUczMm6at2nJ_KX__DdpmLTfV2Vz6on7VKV-CKoUhCCJusuEYCkFmAyRgA8ckBmXikliPt4MkgMz35cHcdehxZ_TZCdfyw-KQNzwMrsOWsaTawzJOIECxBzvHPzAbcYtcqHcxW_Eb9T9DZ5qyLqsHNZK4QWfIKCzJdB8j13XeCXxkgi8dOkE84vBV_D9mA7KWDi7rLKG9T4clFXUyhscmTKl28G/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h23/h001.jXSy65sWv1OFVpltItItDGOs10RqC4hMDBUwEXoaIFM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>@hijibijihijibi</span></a>, which is based in India. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> My assumption was that all of this activity on X would have spread to other platforms. I mean, let’s say that this was a psyop. Why spend all the time and money targeting X if it’s not going to trickle down to the rest of the web? And I definitely found some evidence that that pipeline still exists. Posts about Yemen’s khat consumption showed up on the <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr51OTgVE0mzFCDCDdchBal4UdtKdfcN2Gvu2evS0UNMC3vLwSzQz_9yum12lytewFIPaHk6AuTUaUfdS6j4FNkohPtdshwO7gRp8nmflzZM_o307-NgxnZ95_3dqu2RKlpDxOws_JqgptNfXH5OiHAOuit-xf5L897-HVS5x9EK4YXX06gsn8Xpn_wI0oZdiE5vPxpvWQ3NgGwF8_m8xF1Wal0UoOgkDXwsF7xt4jb_4QP77K2HUmeqMAYQqm4hrDPkjyXM1OXQhSdqyXRLHo0mZYXhKo0teit72cqeaf6r0x5wdrFrZHaKri11-pa7hh5I/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h24/h001.pchJcUIcGSKTyUGjDxcds5ebo0YI0M0mByDCQYQSjjU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>r/todayilearned</span></a> and <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr52JDxfPsWxt8qQqwWCgjGxJ2UyDpThWHEEGgp6w-xC-DyCJSGwM8wRB7mGYalwJmjVo9LzBUW1tlGZgpMZDmk_Bg_ITeTw-hTSjRzmEZgTAwyX3zlDaoUZNxJW5ZMXyxlryUXxWl9cCP0nhDHC4CKd8V6eEQsh7uey9FhfSnQMFH3ovg8snjoXSM4H4cC6B3Z90ZRVigiZ-4fqKOO5j2fX7Vlcr584kad3Q5KxNdKiGqOmsKIs0bnhqJMZaObSoFVC1QA1rzrUk5mSzEyxbsU0HtA8h77gSEWGosINEJfa2BHSYGd90v6Za_FBFNOvwbL4/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h25/h001.p6fbpEPpQoXDOXP9haPcLBzNiGC7K4QAcNrb-XNgTU4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>r/AskIsrael </span></a>subreddits right after it started trending on X. And I <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe2TFYOxsfx40TQdSt8WevL5WYTa1YxxCrEQf0a_Ya6Mp1PZ9bZexz9kZmNWHfVINwx7ehz5PHTCmBw2D9noTQcUaCGL9E-RxsbtsA6TZG_8qq-QIMtKaR_KyTQZsz53t7dzEiFYJnm1TtdcKlk0ju5nCkaWmvOjxLgKItEX9kp0PZz_-GFVeW3mcyZkuH5k-yagdilSAslENH997GYqVDNCj6sah7YK3ewUUPtyWA1XfJ0cCXtYjBa_hO5-E-OA-PZUz1RBsfBn2-CpVRphwedBKOqk-ghMJYwX65ApuLwtOb1-IHVeXlWZhTQ4e00z6tX7kENq9BnZITxMpjNz1So/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h26/h001.vR9bHNgd72PHYFX4ixGXOj79Jquqj9e8UiQjBT_qhXw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>found</span></a> a few of the viral khat videos on <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpdw-c0VG_7guR61sGWDowoncg0PlNpNkh88SG0-y9xHsVhLAf_lYA2BDx1yBSjARK9mQ2PBh2CXfgz5UAtiolXJhnxmxjNCR-n8mU2SBXDn6wbp7STvPnoz7nv7eDAwRQhHVq7CWchB9Qe6u2zaX8vw2X9fsqxYm2H9oNqKT2BP3OspxWxEjAOC8vHU0vNC4cvQN4XM3eqrRO5TPIW_6QVfCKF9KRUjDnYzsPAS66nM_Ux7oFaJBL60OxY5nRfNGtElzEn1TCd4aCIkJfLuX0jNy2bafzMuGxF5t45YCf5bThhSZs3baDVYEZkTnJPKn8edxJZaiZFn5aD_jigD6dAY/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h27/h001.VxgsaqvM0xnps8XlfcXSb5SkkqF95VB5qafmDYAGH08" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>TikTok</span></a>, as well, though they weren’t performing very well. What surprised me, however, was almost all of the anti-Yemeni videos circulating on X this week were, literally, just months-old videos that pop up when you search “<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50XrN7kvnNjS8erpZZpXW2XMrbSBeBf8TMdhqqYvHhcnKiZOl3YzOhwlvCB06xJsbDkbyD8k569fy0tDvQ3aG2FghjE79n1tpDHq6IAKuHrBjHMCI--11ciuyjTmJGAJTLl4ODoIaLM_nmKGHkUdUFz8rGq2jw4Ykecp60YHdU1TpPq7vdLasQbUv5NZoR5pn9FDR8LHMB_L3vNj-44J5sLjFydMflb7hoeV0pVVsEsMPIS3l9kJ-zXDHMGsA--syfN5pF3Rf6wB5bYKfMYhvnMrI/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h28/h001.yFXhASgjaVYDuMmO2KHL9A6uEGbf55sA3GliN9dZ1Hc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Yemen</span></a>” or “<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50XrN7kvnNjS8erpZZpXW2XMrAK2tVU7_Jz0ZSxrwFTfLFd_OA8upUzoTi8_fGxrJmCc0ZE16My68bidDJLSG16WCZXqm0ZW9pX2LM3t16htaUJgyjZNB912BLB_XjyGVYVgiasxCvCmAwwSGQosw5o41UQezMAa_a46-LI9syB2f1SRmjZ6vzLAsL0H1vr1rvBOuYH5Z0Vclq1Al3J-yaDEBzeckk_R3H3Maa1kHEdvmB91BObH3gatLK-xt1T6-izrw20yJuYObgJ1bCbXn4Coi/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h29/h001.edyt1gA0XpMrIIy45SxDSzVeXAkJR3fU5qFRHdP7HaM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>khat</span></a>” on Instagram. Which has drastically changed my opinion of what’s happening on X right now. Let’s put this all together. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The few establishment journalists still on X use the platform more or less the way they always have. Their posts don’t get nearly as much traction as they used to, but their reporting routinely gets gobbled up by Verified accounts that are basically running DIY Bloomberg terminals, catering to the post-pandemic class of day traders and finance psychos that primarily use the app now. Those accounts create Trending Topics, which are then used as the pretext for coordinated far-right disinformation campaigns. But almost all of the videos being circulated during these flare-ups are just stolen Instagram Reels and very little of it is actually leaving the platform once it trends there. In fact, if I hadn’t have opened X at the exact moment all of this was happening, there would be barely any evidence that it happened at all. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> And if you were to remove the first link in that chain, if there were no journalists on there at all, I genuinely do think that entire ecosystem would completely break down. Or at the very least disappear inside its own filter bubble. Something to consider. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>The following is a paid ad. 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Thanks!</i></p></td></tr><tr><td id="pulling-back-the-curtain-on-wikiped" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h3 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:125.0%;"><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpZdztqwJ-p26QgAnRYwtXKmkvOos-mn-hBb3tbX1FMdKUq7kABv4ZyEJdfOViRmIvCzOWmSzVzm8ymbsqLNGtljHcBlRD0pH0iYo-OtKfzc9rG4U0MJVCC5GX4V9tmKpx9G28QhlTeZVbhFUWh_6UZFyonSok93PfXx1zlE_N9gPjflNgblMSYyTq3dW5Cs-ozKADxxMVpcbYP5DrwONuszMENFuj1RNBRgqRx-fP2Uadoslzo_hf-vE_1yq-IrV2rTq245XbMoDUy4kmGdNoUAQ9eAkJUhHrKH7Q1-rsYay/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h30/h001.CYf9OmRbpsYLrcCaMGDSnj4SMhKPJ6hALuGpagt7mBQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Pulling back the curtain on Wikipedia's Articles for Creation process</span></a></h3></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/f9f77000-489f-41b9-9542-1686c22088b6/AfC_Report_Garbage_Day_Ad_v1ALT-100.jpg?t=1790013349" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>Demand for new Wikipedia articles is enormous — especially among brands and startups eager to shape how they appear in search and AI results.</b></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But don’t let sketchy vendors’ promises fool you: getting a new entry published remains extraordinarily difficult. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>Lumino's </b><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpZdztqwJ-p26QgAnRYwtXKmkvOos-mn-hBb3tbX1FMdKUq7kABv4ZyEJdfOViRmIvCzOWmSzVzm8ymbsqLNGtljHcBlRD0pH0iYo-OtKfzc9rG4U0MJVCC5GX4V9tmKpx9G28QhlTeZVbhFUWh_6UZFyonSok93PfXx1zlE_N9gPjflNgblMSYyTq3dW5Cs-ozKADxxMVpcbYP5DrwONuszMENFuj1RNBRgqRx-fP2UaqsfmzpaTDo-biSYSwgfX3uUl6R42f_VTa2ZF2WoE3Yvac7VgBO3xMbcNbJWR2sJ5/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h31/h001.pN5H1rvYemTkrrpzKdcaYPz7VxG3zffNAubj9kahf_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>exclusive audit</b></span></a><b> of 1,009 Articles for creation (AfC) submissions pulls back the curtain on how the process actually works.</b></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This rare, data-driven analysis challenges common assumptions about notability and reveals the structural forces shaping Wikipedia’s growth and editorial guidelines. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>The full report is </b><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpSwsDVkiDxuO2MqLItsfjuDA8TfIbdc_n93LB4RdrrY62IJkO0oF7QYq1HM_T-7RuXXwq3RMJHu0YqVS6tj8nw3M3-cRxs2XCyNZ2gtDJuKlrT1mKgJdJB0KB19cb9nda07y6FEfyhsmREWnk1iPQs6bwMIAErB_9sCVA2UmLqXwjBiY6u-zYht1iV97Mq1-Ts5IQ0VRWrNL_1pLomTpp4PRpksELD2s8UZjRRXB_pPLxn1467X9VfItF3_SPZnCKcgHU4pAvRqZCgLYwMFAiNaOdPYz38eLiiu_cArk6Nv1/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h32/h001.q_IWVdvdKkFmUz2f_fYVQ9C9_iLmGtmAyd-x_xVKe9w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>here</b></span></a><b>. </b>You can also 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href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deGjpLsfAI1Nny3d5ykDt1BDshtjtQsiKD8Hry7ePkoM6GqteA9jVsQeATN_aEnMitf0UZDMlLn4hlYG-Z1bBhABxqhlm8GaldMK16WlovnfUNd7kG7etCW9q3gW_l0tKenr_QWNyhY7BmkwUHAmiYlihImm8pMfJl6UoTnOWCJfAlkNd_taEgQnwBAzBFYc08ghLSPfGJkdpwvcXAyh7zS-VexvDG9dl32u_5pP-g360OGALkPucQCQLT29FAZSUxo/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h35/h001.s6BLRLCpoxDsSNZdYUatPH2QQq_Qdpp5iOAfgdUQmLQ" style="text-decoration:none;"><table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none" style="max-width:520px;margin:0 auto;"><tr><td class="p" width="100%" style="padding:2px;border:none;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:100%;"><div style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:25%;"><img width="20%" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style="border:0;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/youtube_play_icon.png"/></div></div><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deGjpLsfAI1Nny3d5ykDt1BDshtjtQsiKD8Hry7ePkoM6GqteA9jVsQeATN_aEnMitf0UZDMlLn4hlYG-Z1bBhABxqhlm8GaldMK16WlovnfUNd7kG7etCW9q3gW_l0tKenr_QWNyhY7BmkwUHAmiYlihImm8pMfJl6UoTnOWCJfAo-fL-278uLooDftPoTJVyQQ9uPsMB-DVgyLuTIblSEnCBfGYbcTowd8-7hnREzQ5m3DUiQdi3OAwdGfujU6hhE/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h36/h001.rxyOqizR1Q1QoMScbGfrBqDjfz68ZBgsrnAtojsm0pQ" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgAVoL49H3M/maxresdefault.jpg" width="480" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="YouTube video by sugar" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;background-color:#000000;width:100%;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><p style="font-size:12px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, sans-serif;color: #686a6d; padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:6px !important; padding-left:4px !important;"> Kaien, Sugar & M.Sasuke 'GGEZ' Official MV </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></a></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I assume many of you have been tormented by this song over the last few weeks. If you have, you were no doubt sent the version embedded above, performed by Kaien Nuen and Angelina “Sugar” Zhang. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Nuen and Zhang are both multi-platform content creators who, unlike the Yemeni khat guys above, were successfully rocketed into the cultural consciousness off the back of a viral hate campaign on X earlier this month. An X post making fun of their music video, sarcastically captioned, “Prod. by me” by a user who definitely did not, has now been shared close to 10,000 times and racked up nearly 100 million views. So why did “GGEZ” break containment and not all the other miserable garbage on that platform? </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> “Some of the hate clearly comes from the fact that ‘GG EZ’ is just sleek enough to be listenable, while the subject matter microwaves stale flaps of internet culture à la ‘Pokémon Go to the polls,’ Kieran Press-Reynolds argued in a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ikA6aulFzjfPfdZ6IbJ0szwVLyNhEcJRSYxZlYgCq2tyiMXB62rFOGb4TvVpKTOMu5Z8fgDESfchNM3-OuAcIA8wbfMz-VZMHjo0XVpssw5MT4zfxVAQkMRWaPUhShLD6ONJxjNb1lq22lYPmfnxBiqWLjh_VdG-LE4KHpp62bwrWjulim07iGGE7hxZDayPE_fE758scmNoYsph-c9dHzaRfWl8IirSaaJ6_TGVy99CytbT8D7tZ_EDtfquT3EvaRhg_XKZX-75DJa2POyUUrw2JpJKnE6rS7hVgAzQsxnCMPuZmL5tXFiSalcysuWa/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h37/h001.kIIZ9nxYjxbmIKhFXUdEcPRU-1nddsn8j95LKJ7c5fU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>great </span></a><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ikA6aulFzjfPfdZ6IbJ0szwVLyNhEcJRSYxZlYgCq2tyiMXB62rFOGb4TvVpKTOMu5Z8fgDESfchNM3-OuAcIA8wbfMz-VZMHjo0XVpssw5MT4zfxVAQkMRWaPUhShLD6ONJxjNb1lq22lYPmfnxBiqWLjh_VdG-LE4KHpp62bwrWjulim07iGGE7hxZDayPE_fE758scmNoYsph-c9dHzaRfWl8IirSaaJ6_TGVy9_FSmdnY3AmyGV8TuUzIqDaRWvm0XPZNM9YkHqG5m-LTqGfP3YktVcibrsGzOWUAu-T0gl_6QcaFGUZAyOOZWTD/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h38/h001.l432i_U9XyhA06o1y44ZKCsCdr6iat1ol7w868Hk8yo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i>Pitchfork </i></span></a><a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ikA6aulFzjfPfdZ6IbJ0szwVLyNhEcJRSYxZlYgCq2tyiMXB62rFOGb4TvVpKTOMu5Z8fgDESfchNM3-OuAcIA8wbfMz-VZMHjo0XVpssw5MT4zfxVAQkMRWaPUhShLD6ONJxjNb1lq22lYPmfnxBiqWLjh_VdG-LE4KHpp62bwrWjulim07iGGE7hxZDayPE_fE758scmNoYsph-c9dHzaRfWl8IirSaaJ6_TGVy98EEygbxDQJf5HbNJxVN48rSz6vCF9B19MB8xsIlYw5dwcImh4TJgu7ForjtOFSV4_C56hhqfYTi6Y9zjkzEYsJ/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h39/h001.2CRgwrqRqlZJSHQKpb3WK0g4Gw2iSgwUMzA98sbiTA8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>piece</span></a> on the sudden popularity of the song. “But a lot of the backlash is also just racist and misogynistic, and there’s a flood of gross incel behavior around the video.” </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> What I, personally, find most, uh, not exciting exactly, but fascinating, I suppose, is that this is an example of something I’ve been waiting years to see. “GGEZ” was actually originally generated by AI and then covered by Nuen and Zhang. The original <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpXZy6gXsYGq2mxBII5CJ_5QrhVZp_B6utsneGO2P-CYfo7Obt-Yu_24H0y7Rb478Xh4LdmGO1wWBh72eHSzcguOxzlpxlugcUQjapmDIslvUgD04vJMEm7mSVZoSDfJXUFsIkqmfCZ4_DbwIb1h6qy_tudtg_E9tqWojdFIR3v5KeZZQ4H2g2yJohDv2a7JH9-X0VlYYik3GDpPmODHQK66y6eN_k75vs_zD_rZQzi_-iPFd4MNFiY0ykXbt5S_JyzJbqexZobFx3_BKSl-ycHo421PzDHZWPlQ1NsLRY77vwTfd56d4sII80zugbQH0rlqSTEIcvnjyhrJKCBPxMFtK2liUUxizjZVo_-mwhYle40jSeh3UPZv7oRYV40LS6g/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h40/h001.9uslKMMV8dDPx6UA2MCBwgQouBDwJLIDZbtPA6J-DLg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>was popular</span></a> in Korea as a dance challenge, but it wasn’t until human beings performed it that it really blew up. I expect a lot more of this going forward actually. God help us all, etc. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="sea-world-is-doing-a-romantasy-them" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">SeaWorld Is Doing A Romantasy-Themed Halloween Event</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Alright, so I do not keep up with what’s going on at SeaWorld, but I guess they do a Halloween thing every year called <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.W3njFjhbjHgbEWpuKUlUe2pYap8tvbmz_coF1lolTJqaNzbtnV8rCjr-t4wdbYHJiiA0Bv2_K6szFgcznzerjrefvvifZ9Y69Lb34KPqd3R1f6bAXLvLnuzDAmi-WPXvQbrbt0miJy2TI35c3V1o91S_3vSRnN_QOB8iLkvf3SRYViwIEtFCX0WfpAtp_BNop1mXLJzWT0kjknU_UAJudg-fVrudePc5X9FUso1xsF_c0poOc4m-bBclBEjYAbVevV11cLq8jiFL4OlKL-NVg9AH3oZ8ZuYEsGqu2L9vTRJDJmCpixqgn1lxbqAT8n1U/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h41/h001.8eCu5-tmjVpps4LH9I4Tt-a2lE_1K34kWNcekBzJE-I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Howl-O-Scream</span></a>. And this year they have a new “scare zone” at the park called Just One More Chapter which is both horny AND scary. Essentially, it’s a booktok haunted house. Here’s a video someone shot from inside the park. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="dd" style="padding: 0;" bgcolor="transparent"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="none" style="max-width:378px;margin:0 auto;" align="center"><tr><td class="q" style="padding: 0 0;"><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpdw-c0VG_7guR61sGWDowomKezLj7Ump0SivtCOebWhcHMO9jzz3CsvQqHC6BysnSmM3Urghs07iGavukGcRrW33GhjFCgj1fI8GnpSwDM7HXEXia7uUrIeFvJHvvpTp5cnGfUS-wArB1CO8FQSN4ThhNQ0XpTuJBEtcS0K9bqVX-xJLAijku1yELIl8HbK2lnbAIim0QlbSAvJix93g69JFAOyUTQcYmEXMDJyRZAJz1ahePCqr2r_F2tpYrXs53vUX3O4PErsz92XWnADsMLYz8MOM9SGCXBSdCN7u_sp29Rh-ed3o4-67tfIfL7s5RLAO1qzDTkosTL3431PuPOM/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h42/h001.jXkCh_81F6WiiwawZWEicHx54-nDKPceWjogN7SoyLs" style="text-decoration:none;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td valign="top" align="right" valign="top" style="width:100%"><div style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/logo.png", width="75" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:75px;"/></div><div class="tok-heart" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:90%;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/heart.png", width="68" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:68px;"/></div><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/comment.png", width="68" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:68px;"/></div><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/share.png", width="68" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:68px;"/></div></div><div align="center" style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div class="tok-play" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:300px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/play.png", width="75" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:75px;"/></div></div><img width="378" height="" height="672" style="border:0;border-radius:5px 5px 0px 0px;width:100%;height:auto;max-width:378px;max-height:672px;display:block" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/beef93d4-b5ea-4a2d-8e17-fc6ef5fc2edd/oIYeffQggIAVBMT88YWqMjtUEICaVIAvMCGjKF_tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?t=1790017353"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="width:100%;" bgcolor="#ff0050"><p style="color:white;"><strong>Watch now on TikTok</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 18px 20px 0;color:#161823;" valign="top" class="txt_social"><p><strong>@thetastebuzz</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 10px 20px 15px; color: #000000;" valign="top" class="txt_social"><p>This Book 📚Tok Themed scare zone at @howloscreamorlando at @SeaWorld Orlando is going to have all the ladies giggling!! 🤣 “Just one More C... See more</p></td></tr></table></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s a lot of shirtless dudes wearing half-masks and holding roses. It also has a lot of sliders, those guys you see on Instagram that do that weird thing where they roller blade without roller-blading? Like they have knee pads on and they use them to slide around. Not totally clear how that lines up with scary booktok stuff, but I guess it aesthetically makes sense. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I guess my main question is like… if this is at SeaWorld does it smell like SeaWorld? Like are all these guys crawling around and being sexy and it just smells like an aquarium? </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="that-weird-looking-guy-on-instagram" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">That Weird Looking Guy On Instagram Is Likely AI And Also Promoting A Crypto Coin</h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/e0422867-e86e-4723-9b27-40487af162bd/Screenshot_2026-09-21_at_1.59.55_PM.png?t=1790013606" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t bb" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50XppYm8BVSn3nibd8e5U8UBoz0tDmPOB843DlEjVl_Y7zN1Fmg9uDDwWL3kQdrfG3e0pYl6pDLx4Mq03e3ikJQ4tMb0XQlnz6X-YDgMiQG8B1NqZC01vyGOxfg_Zm3hl3ebbOn5tKP-Qbu32q4j70Wn3KedA8A2tMBGz0H6Kmfg899Z_Kff6PkXVQEbl51oNdRgln8-q0cNtYSUdHUycXQfoMeF1z1JihK1oxxv6_4jNDHxNsDf65Yfn7cItcDKJ_eE/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h43/h001.CUoBtujanVuAH9DGdINpN8MKtrPL-qy5humBLY5zUGA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>instagram.com/jean_philanthrope</span></a>)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The view count on <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50XrXeCi198Swk4vOo4F-gd_G9pPPYJ-eN6NiXBX-z4z0MTdcT_Gy1GBbRTyxzeVgJO4fjShYdIc-O175uGlvR4hjFrvH7_D5GRzu8T9VB7d7r9CuTNiu3OOjAfppkKbwKZRmq3AvpC1whfkRLF8HCPi5j3lB5JGoFAZV2M0yCEYsSWUBsTxdCBc99L6YOjL3xcOSWD0T1v_Rz-Ex6fbtZ16nKecWrC5D9W9YVkf8AM183lECj4BzJhIsPBFLN8UDSEM/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h44/h001.DXEBNW0-tdVeD7MSlD71tzW9IFqZQhTkYsXibl1aYAI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>the first video</span></a> posted by @jean_philanthrope Instagram account is staggering. Over a million likes and close to 30 million views since it was posted this weekend. And all that engagement seems pretty organic. The comments are mostly people making fun of how the guy looks. His account now has over 100,000 followers. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Shortly after the account started going viral, the bio on the page started advertising a Pump dot fun link. We actually can’t link to Pump dot fun because every major email service provider lists it as spam, but it’s the cryptocurrency platform that recently added a “bounties” feature. The owner of the @jean_philanthrope launched a $JEANPHIL token, which currently has a market cap of $1.6 million. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> As for the AI dimension to this. There are more than a few folks claim all the videos on the account are AI-generated. I ran a couple of his videos through a few different AI-detector services and got some mixed results that were sort of interesting. Most detectors I used said that his first video, the one that got 30 million views, was real. But they flagged the subsequent videos as AI-generated. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> So that either means that his first video was just really well-done and the owner of the page has gotten lazier. Or there is a real guy out there who looks like this and he recorded one video and then decided to just start AI-generating other videos of himself. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Weird either way. Anyways, just to circle back to the crypto coin. Monetizing memes has been a big project for the crypto community over the last few years. They really want to tie viral content to crypto markets and this would be another test of that idea. Best to ignore it. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="tik-tok-users-are-convinced-himalay" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">TikTok Users Are Convinced Himalayan Pink Salt Is Petrified Giant Dust</h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/62ff902a-361e-4a6f-a32a-770a1a85797e/Screenshot_2026-09-21_at_2.25.51_PM.png?t=1790015167" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Alright, so I <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVygmclWvMH8Y8OAAFrYZAXQ5UbbdIzUiuHZgKUIoRqJXEAMGuG-a-JOyY947V_tvXuI4A3-LLQhwi2vQNaL07a_tKsXGsYwVlcvVzr9lcI6NnSip7kcSpOkBa-3EYoQ0Y1dm4RLk7TbZsZgJ5Er_w3AjMQ4zZc4IsElU40xM-SGNVex-XuNaMq-gK4DuN0Zy0CSFRFcbnC4R7rS9Hlp-M25NTJYq5-ny5YKjeDEck5jTsdOwu0erTnW0eWMtSJmR9BAIhCp_GUVTRKwOXGImp-57s8oJxC0vtU-Y9-vlLjz/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h45/h001.AUr6y6DZHopjGD6UIt2uhjE1BPxYR7-WSp8CqPgW8W4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>came across</span></a> a video from a user named @askmineralmomma called “Why I stopped using Himalaya pink salt.” And I’ll be honest, I have genuinely no idea what she’s talking about. She seems to be arguing that Himalayan pink salt is suspicious because she thinks it’s full of metal from the machines that process it. I think idk. It doesn’t really matter because a bunch of people in her comments wrote that Himalayan pink salt is “petrified giants.” Which I was far more curious about! </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s been a while since I checked in on the “giants are real” internet. And it turns out <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpbrTRH3EbsLaqiMUj2SHOtLe1n9F12zhArsosdPhOrqDSN9j2-A7cDXTy-wm5HveoclVvgSrMJxhwG5ZEmVEdqbhpK4AEiBts3bM_PHhTW9xin6oDEaHB0De8Kiw-nnh069bqPPddChz3pUrTAo_yvI8CXnz5RxBlLN92-XHfxd4XVNrQyiuq6uElMS7px-MsB6ABsdFpYX3CEMioZU6r6rQikiBd2FloNueE_G1v5p7mDZoE7FPu2IF1IlGv1nOfv2VTd99aXcYh6fbsyiLa3ygPYx2jqm1mFSDMRJfa_bL/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h46/h001.kWxMyKpZ8xw6myRegQL_hGk-YhUK8qCfgsEjiaN6Ip4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>there are</span></a> more than few folks <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpT65xEtS0NjcGEsK1E_s9HfHypGV3Mjm_rncWUFEBxYerXgn4VmNZZkWUjbhhfxBdDO7Nkt0SdUYQl0Z6TR6xJQV-1cgUH-UCjbmSC0Lu2JkmcFFf5j4zCAWK4dlcyjKvvLTKewKh2IDxNKaL8kQzR1R2GQgdHT_FXE41Q2Xj1PKDSJy6ZRioO_02jcFxBfOMHsuXnwmi28rTeFXqMqUrfFUJlEiS4svyjBRUhVvB0uv0Jj7iLL2LuVBU5HFDivwuaPp9yyMoVO0RA61hxPJQImtF2vK7vhaDW_dd6hdy50o/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h47/h001.jlrjX4E-0vyV_DicqivjrxtAIqjRGQ5RHXbl5roFYKA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>on TikTok</span></a> who <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpbEYdy2cQK0bdmX85jBrJ_NBjsf8Fiw-mC1cJI96trdrJJKTfj-QTz1ip41vl-a8tNIh3nmZDcM02T3MeGCTQPo4Sd7M6G1J_MCKb0rsZAzDb4wM-grTxgCTpDehdbACSUygOPOJ13polgL0Ue4wli3ECF18vxRJruKoWulQtFQNKpKsBkSCBMkjJhvMGAG79goo3gw64Di3Q_hmLg5wSNqTgrMFTMrSv_8fMTPdJ0jUc6viMug55uxOue-rJRnasI1JzPEvq74pv1WSVzW1xgI/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h48/h001.-OeYJ_9vUUIHD1xLU6b_mRnooaZD8XaCPeq_aqKnqVk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>think</span></a> that pink salt comes <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpfnIFPZASPmbh_E1Gui4Hov3Ez7rt2KDdMtnAGj2-JXYS9GkaTMjFtHMX89XMdka01Jol0fr-l5uiQWhHmFf6jZDL9AMp_1KLDSlzqoLPDqFpPd7G0rr3f1v997YNRBmZg_TdkPth-dHM0FwDmjThtbOIWvQMHe2rlHRGGX9nzQvLdmFLFMXE7ZbR94mLoasgJfq0mLey2OEMUA6DQ5JhKN63oJd4RonBzzMwJuVsqBxLurHDgvlPcY_IpsQlC4iEAqRtY0tuuH9cV2fn_toOYOcdbmHBvk0znqR-A9K1_s_/4u8/VQkvunYLRueqciynNdSpeA/h49/h001.mS29142A-Mukc6FccgmEsrV5Len34--cFQLNtTeodDQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>from giants</span></a>. From what I understand, there was already a large sub-section of TikTok users who believed that giants were real and once walked the earth and I guess they assume Himalayan pink salt is petrified chunks of their bodies but it kind of looks like meat when you carve it up. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s important to have a hobby. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="a-good-climbing-video" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">A Good Climbing Video</h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" 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