Unlocked! We round out our series on the Falun Gong by talking through the surreal rise of The Epoch Times, the money behind all their weird YouTube videos, and their fruitful partnership with Steve Bannon. Also: what is actually up with that whole organ harvesting thing?

UNLOCKED: Episode 286: Falun Gong Part 3: Crazy Rich Asians

While on vacation in a foreign land, Brace stole an artifact imbued with dark magical powers and now everything is upside down — he’s sick, he can’t think, all his underwear is gone, etc. REAL new episode coming this week !!!!

🤖📠 TRUEANON SPECIAL TRANSMISSION 📠🤖

Social media is in flux. The disruption started when Elon Musk acquired Twitter, purged most of the staff, turned the blue checkmark verification system into a pay for play system, and welcomed previously banned extremists and QAnon followers back onto the platform. To add to the chaos, last week Elon announced that Twitter is rebranding as “X.” His stated goal is to turn X into an “everything app,” an all-in-one platform for messaging, voice and video calls, social media posts, payment services, and more.  This rebrand included erecting a giant metal flashing X on top of the former Twitter building, much to the discomfort of the building’s neighbors in San Francisco.

On today’s episode we discuss how emboldened conspiracists are using their paid checkmarks to build clout and spread disinformation. This includes a newcomer to disinformation game named Dom Lucre, who was suspended for posting child abuse material before Elon personally restored his account. And General Michael Flynn and former 8kun administrator Ron Watkins working to revive pizzagate ahead of the coming election season.

We also chat with tech journalist Ryan Broderick in an attempt to figure out why Elon Musk is doing all this.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan,' 'Trickle Down,' and 'The Spectral Voyager': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Music by Pontus Berghe.  Editing by Corey Klotz.

Garbage Day Newsletter

https://www.garbageday.email/

Christopher Beale’s Link Tree

https://linktr.ee/realchrisjbeale

REFERENCES

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/27/twitter-csam-dom-lucre-elon-musk/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/facebook-far-right.html

https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1684670401027145728

Episode 241: There Is No Twitter, Only X feat. Ryan Broderick

Repeat guest Devin O’Shea regales the boys with a tale straight from ‘90s conspiracy theory culture. It concerns the prolific parapolitical researcher and St. Louis native Kenn Thomas. Thomas’ magazine Steamshovel Press made him a minor celebrity and earned mentions in The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, and The Smithsonian. The magazine was also a source of inspiration for the writers of The X-Files. In 1996, Thomas published his career-defining book: The Octopus: The Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro. The book weaves a complex tale of a massive conspiracy involving a journalist who died in an apparent suicide, Native American reservations, a state-of-the-art-security program, a source named Danger Man, the Contras, the Shah of Iran, and a private security firm called “Wackenhut.”

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan,' 'Trickle Down' and 'The Spectral Voyager':
www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous
QAA's Website: www.qanonanonymous.com
Music by Pontus Berghe and Nick Sena. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode Written by Devin O'Shea
https://twitter.com/devintoshea

Episode 245: Kenn Thomas, The Octopus, and ‘90s Paranoia feat. Devin O’Shea

We put Brace Belden of the TrueAnon podcast on trial for starting an elaborate hoax on Twitter about an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man, FEMA and a "triple kiss at the marshmallow hut". Jake regales us with a story about the playa.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like Manclan, Trickle Down and The Spectral Voyager: http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

TrueAnon: https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod / https://www.patreon.com/TrueAnonPod

Music by Nick Sena & Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

http://qanonanonymous.com

Premium Episode 226: Burning Man Ebola Outbreak feat Brace Belden (Sample)

Naomi Klein, author of 'The Shock Doctrine' and the upcoming 'Doppelganger: A Trip Into Mirror World', joins us to talk about QAnon, "diagonalist politics", and why people keep confusing her with Naomi Wolf online.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like Manclan, Trickle Down and The Spectral Voyager: www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

Naomi Klein: https://twitter.com/NaomiAKlein / https://linktr.ee/naomiklein

Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

http://qanonanonymous.com

Episode 246: Age of Doppelgangers feat Naomi Klein

Forgetful 9/11 to all our listeners. We start today’s show with an examination of the various kinks of American states. Then: Elon aka Mr. Too-Damn-Cap claims to have disabled starlink to scuttle a drone attack in Ukraine; and a chronical of the various humiliations Rudy aka Mr. Too-Damn-9/11 has suffered lately. Finally, a harrowing piece on the private companies attempting to foist metaverse VR into children's education.

Link to Karl Stevens’ and Jaime Lee Curtis’ new graphic novel Will plugs at the end of the show: https://bookshop.org/p/books/mother-nature-jamie-lee-curtis/18322363?ean=9781787739130

Chapo Trap House

766 - Mt. EverQuest (9/11/23)

The end of an era for a destructive numerology-based QAnon cult led by Michael Protzman AKA Negative 48 — a group that got infamous for their belief that JFK Jr and even JFK were on the cusp of returning from the dead. We spoke to CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan about his documentary exploring their effect on the families of those involved and the death of their leader. We also spoke with researcher Karma about her long-standing work on the group.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like Manclan, Trickle Down and The Spectral Voyager: www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

Donie O'Sullivan: https://twitter.com/donie / https://www.cnn.com/profiles/donie-osullivan

Karma: https://twitter.com/2022_Karma

Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

http://qanonanonymous.com

Episode 247: The Death of Negative 48 feat Donie O'Sullivan & Karma

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics: Schizophrenic bourgeois mind, life, death

Grill Stream

262 - Hyperborean Chamber II: In Through the Out Door 09.18.23

Will & Felix continue last week’s discussion on Gaza & Palestine with further thoughts on the brutality of the unfolding conflict, reactions and narratives pushed through the American media, shifts in public opinion, and the unstable positions of Israel & America.

Here are a few Palestinian aid organizations worth your support:
https://www.pcrf.net/
https://www.anera.org/
https://www.map.org.uk/

773 - Israeli Self Harm Force (10/16/23)

Author Vincent Bevins returns to the show to discuss his new book “If We Burn” covering the “mass protest decade.”  We discuss global protest movements from Brazil to Tunisia to Egypt to Chile, how they’ve affected or failed to affect global politics, and how the last decade of protest and activism relates to the ongoing conflict in Palestine.

 You can find Vincent’s book here: www.ifweburn.com

777 - Burn Book feat. Vincent Bevins (10/30/23)

Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Episode 241: There Is No Twitter, Only X feat. Ryan Broderick

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