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Expect a lot more fake stories about fraud and other nefarious doings from these guys to justify their crimes. The exact something happened with twitter.

motorest 2y ago
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- ZeroGravitas 2y ago
  They're more likely to claim the agency knowingly gave $100 million worth of paperclips to the Taliban as part of a Marxist plot.* If you're going to make stuff up, why not go big and viral. * And yes, if you're not keeping up with the news cycle this is a thing that really happened, just with condoms not paperclips.
  - tim333 2y ago
    You have to wonder given the Gaza mix up - they saw money going to "gaza" and assumed it was the usual one rather than Gaza, Mozambique - whether they are going to do anything competently. I mean a techy seeing one word on a spreadsheet that looks iffy and putting hundreds of skilled people out of their jobs as a result is not a great way to run things.
    - ZeroGravitas 2y ago
      One theory is it's a mixup about the Gaza in Mozambique: > According to the HHS grants database, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Mozambique received more than $83m in funding since 2021 for reproductive health projects in two provinces: Inhambane and Gaza.
gman83 2y ago
Yeah, it's probably a fishing expedition to uncover some "scandal": https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbook-comes-for-the-us-government/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbo...
- notfed 2y ago
  And the fisherman definitely isn't controlling for selection bias.
  - ZeroGravitas 2y ago
    It's Twitter Files but for the US Government. Total nothing burgers but you still have people foaming at the mouth about whatever slanted headline they managed to cook up and do performative outrage over. And to be clear, they all knew that going in. They're intentionally using false stories to attack and threaten people and organisations and have turned it into an industry.

motorest 2y ago

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ZeroGravitas 2y ago
They're more likely to claim the agency knowingly gave $100 million worth of paperclips to the Taliban as part of a Marxist plot.* If you're going to make stuff up, why not go big and viral. * And yes, if you're not keeping up with the news cycle this is a thing that really happened, just with condoms not paperclips.
- tim333 2y ago
  You have to wonder given the Gaza mix up - they saw money going to "gaza" and assumed it was the usual one rather than Gaza, Mozambique - whether they are going to do anything competently. I mean a techy seeing one word on a spreadsheet that looks iffy and putting hundreds of skilled people out of their jobs as a result is not a great way to run things.
  - ZeroGravitas 2y ago
    One theory is it's a mixup about the Gaza in Mozambique: > According to the HHS grants database, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Mozambique received more than $83m in funding since 2021 for reproductive health projects in two provinces: Inhambane and Gaza.

gman83 2y ago

Yeah, it's probably a fishing expedition to uncover some "scandal": https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbook-comes-for-the-us-government/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbo...

notfed 2y ago
And the fisherman definitely isn't controlling for selection bias.
- ZeroGravitas 2y ago
  It's Twitter Files but for the US Government. Total nothing burgers but you still have people foaming at the mouth about whatever slanted headline they managed to cook up and do performative outrage over. And to be clear, they all knew that going in. They're intentionally using false stories to attack and threaten people and organisations and have turned it into an industry.