"The formula is simple: 1) Post a screenshot of a supposedly genuine text message, 2) express outrage, 3) ask if it’s true without really caring whether it is, and 4) do no further investigation into the matter." https://slate.com/technology/2024/10/charlie-kirk-elon-musk-hurricane-helene-fema-misinformation-x-twitter.html

Morning Briefing: Martin Sellner, leader of the Identitarian Movement of Austria, and Guido Taietti, member of the Italian neo-fascist group CasaPound, are speaking at the upcoming American Renaissance Conference. https://www.radicalreports.org/p/morning-briefing-european-neo-fascists

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hurricane-milton-misinformation-meteorlogist-death-threats-1235130352/

Hurricane Evacuations Are Becoming More Challenging—Physically and Psychologically https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-milton-reveals-the-physical-and-psychological-challenges-of/

Hurricane Helene’s Floodwaters Damaged 80 Percent of Buildings in Asheville’s River Arts District https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hurricane-helenes-floodwaters-damaged-80-percent-of-buildings-in-ashevilles-river-arts-district-180985209/

God or Deep State? Christian Nationalists Can’t Decide Who to Blame for Hurricane Helene. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/god-or-deep-state-christian-nationalists-cant-decide-who-to-blame-for-hurricane-helene/

Uvalde City Officials Release Dozens of Missing Videos From Officers Responding to Robb Elementary Massacre https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-releases-missing-police-videos-robb-elementary-shooting

Texas’ abortion laws are straining the OB/GYN workforce, new study shows https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/08/Texas-obstetrics-gynecology-abortion-survey/

Morning Briefing: Far right anti-LGBTIQ activists staged a protest of a drag queen story hour at the public library in Somerville, Massachusetts, and bomb threat 'forced the evacuation of the library.' https://www.radicalreports.org/p/morning-briefing-drag-queen-event

Confluence of Epic Hurricanes, Election Ensnare Military in Misinformation Deluge https://thewarhorse.org/hurricanes-election-ensnare-military-misinformation-storm/

‘Every day is a new conspiracy’: behind Trump’s ironclad grip on rightwing media https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/07/trump-rightwing-media-tv-podcasts-sites

A Purrrrfect Political Storm: Crazy cat ladies have come to dominate this election season. It’s hardly the first time. https://daily.jstor.org/a-purrrrfect-political-storm/

In A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America, Richard Slotkin attempts to untangle the stories that the US tells itself about race, colonialism and the Civil War. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/great-disorder-richard-slotkin-review

The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Society in Morocco Reveals an Ancient Farming Culture https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-discovery-of-a-5000-year-old-society-in-morocco-reveals-an-ancient-farming-culture-180985190/

Archaeologists Explore Life After Dark in the Ancient Night https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/life-after-dark-ancient-night

"This girl does not exist. The puppy does not exist. This is not reality. No, the image is not 'emblematic' of some deeper truth. That is nonsense." https://www.readtpa.com/p/people-are-sharing-fake-hurricane

Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests https://www.propublica.org/article/have-government-employees-mentioned-climate-change-voting-or-gender-identity-the-heritage-foundation-wants-to-know

Politically charged rumors and conspiracy theories about Helene flourish on X https://www.npr.org/2024/10/03/nx-s1-5134866/rumors-conspiracy-theories-helene-social-media

"But whether Trump and Vance win in November or not, Christian Nationalism will still be working its way into public policy. That’s because it’s not merely something implemented in the White House or other places in the nation’s capital." https://wordandway.org/2024/10/01/when-christian-nationalism-becomes-public-policy/

You might discover a conspiracy theory on social media — but you’re more likely to believe it if you hear it from a friend https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/10/you-might-discover-a-conspiracy-theory-on-social-media-but-youre-more-likely-to-believe-it-if-you-hear-it-from-a-friend/