Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Norgy]

This Benny Johnson, a YouTube fellow with some extreme opinions, seems to have gotten a lot of traction under Trump.

[DGuller]

I clicked on a YouTube link from a Reddit thread, something chess-related.  However, because I went through the mobile browser, I wasn't logged in, so I guess I got default algorithm. 

The very top suggestion was some clickbait about De Niro being DESTROYED.  I can definitely see how someone on the fence, or even a liberal with a few simmering resentments, can get down the rabbit hole.  The truly dangerous form of AI was already put in production more than a decade ago.

[grumbler]

These "billionaires create jobs" people don't seem to understand that guys like Musk lay off as many as they hire and get massive government corporate welfare.

The fish rots from the head.

[Valmy]

I clicked on a YouTube link from a Reddit thread, something chess-related.  However, because I went through the mobile browser, I wasn't logged in, so I guess I got default algorithm. 

The very top suggestion was some clickbait about De Niro being DESTROYED.  I can definitely see how someone on the fence, or even a liberal with a few simmering resentments, can get down the rabbit hole.  The truly dangerous form of AI was already put in production more than a decade ago.

Yeah. I get very low view count right wing slop still recommended to me by the algorithm from time to time. It's weird.

[Syt]

Ah yes, Texas, the Shariah state.

We thought about moving to Texas, but not anymore......

Christina Aguayo News
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#new Texas has become the top state for the number of m*slim mosques that are being built, coinciding with millions in state and federal taxpayer dollars reaching Islamic organizations that include multiple groups tied to Islamist  t*rrorism networks.
#muslim
Houston and the Dallas- Fort Worth metro area are hot spots - especially in Collin County suburbs around Plano.
#houston
Legislative records from 2025 show how Texas now has more than 330 mosques and Islamic centers.
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Harris County (Houston): 84 mosques and centers.
Dallas County: 48 mosques and centers.
Collin County (Plano and surrounding North Texas suburbs): 22 mosques and centers.
Tarrant County (Fort Worth area): 27 mosques and centers.
A Middle East Forum investigation revealed that Texas state agencies distributed about $13 million in  state grants and federal sub-awards to 18 Islamic organizations over multiple years.
Public grant data, tax filings, and organizational activities show that 12 of the 18 organizations operated under  Islamist influence linked to the m*slim Brotherhood, Jamaat-e-Islami,
 Hamas-aligned networks, or the Iranian regime. Nearly all of the $13 million went to these 12 groups.
Examples include:
Texas m*slim Women's Foundation:
Over $11 million from 2015–2025, much of it through state workforce and community programs. The group has hosted events featuring speakers supportive of Hamas-linked figures.
Islamic Education Center of Houston:
$485,000 (2021–2023).
Associated materials and events included children's videos pledging allegiance to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and events memorializing regime figures.
Foundation to Advance Islamic Teaching in Houston (FAITH): Over $306,000 in 2023 via Texas Workforce Commission coronavirus relief funds.
Founded by a Muslim Brotherhood-linked activist; its schools incorporate tarbiyah methodology associated with Brotherhood networks and maintain ties to Islamic Relief, which has faced accusations of Hamas funding channels.
Islamic Center of Round Rock: $130,000 in 2023. Sermons there included statements such as
 "We will bring freedom to the entire world" by removing the "Zionist regime" and claims that "Jews kill prophets because this is their attributes."
Clear Lake Islamic Center: Over $86,000 since 2023, including federal awards routed through the Texas Governor's Office.
Imams there posted mourning for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and welcomed attacks on Israel.
m *slim American Society Katy Center: $91,862 overseen by the Governor's Office.
The m*slim American Society functions as a m*slim Brotherhood arm in the United States; its founder has advocated for Islamic law.
Other recipients with documented ties:
Islamic Ahlul Bayt Association, Islamic Center of Brushy Creek, Islamic Center of Greater Austin, Islamic Society of Greater Houston and its subsidiary Islamic Education Institute of Texas, and Muslim Community Center for Human Services.
Sermons and events at several funded sites featured explicit pro-Hamas or pro-Iran rhetoric, including calls for "victory over the disbelieving people," celebrations of the October 7, 2023 attacks, and praise for Iranian regime figures.
#ChristinaAguayoNews

I find it hilarious how this Aguayo lady censors "m*slim" but not "#muslim" or "Islam"

[The Minsky Moment]

I guess that's cool that Christina Aguayo, whoever she is, gets to have her own news.  Do we all get our own news now?  We can just add "News" to our names, and bingo, we are professional journalists!  We can have Loudmouth at Bar News, and Crazy Guy in Street News.  Fun.

[Tonitrus]

What are the requirements to be a "professional" journalist? 

[Valmy]

What are the requirements to be a "professional" journalist? 

Probably at least leave your house and do some reporting. At least if you are going to be pretending to be doing news.

Otherwise you are just editorializing on other people's work.

[Tonitrus]

I mean, that's fair...and I do think the person referenced above is a crank.  But I do push against the idea that journalists are like engineers...the idea  that someone else or an institution needs to grant their approval for one to do some serious muckraking.

That said, journalist "quality" varies quite a bit, and many/most self-labeled "news" are cranks, mouthpieces for some agenda, or click-bait.  But should be for us/the consumer to decide, not some authority. 

But alas, often the consumer is just as flawed. 

[HVC]

Guess no journalist olympics for them

[crazy canuck]

I mean, that's fair...and I do think the person referenced above is a crank.  But I do push against the idea that journalists are like engineers...the idea  that someone else or an institution needs to grant their approval for one to do some serious muckraking.

That said, journalist "quality" varies quite a bit, and many/most self-labeled "news" are cranks, mouthpieces for some agenda, or click-bait.  But should be for us/the consumer to decide, not some authority. 

But alas, often the consumer is just as flawed. 

I have learned that in the United States engineers also do not require certification. So in the United States journalist are a lot like engineers.

[HVC]

Unless they changed engineers don't require certification here either, unless they're signing off. But my experience in a decade or so behind.