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Richard RatheDeception, Obfuscation & MisdirectionThis is a concatenation of posts I originally made in 2016-2017--even more relevant today...Most are familiar with the concept of <a href="https://c.im/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FUD</a>—short for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uncertainty</a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/Doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doubt</a>. It summarizes a strategy often used in marketing and political propaganda. Its effects are pernicious, divisive and lead to exploitation. Examples abound. Fear is a strong motivator! To resist FUD one must understand how it is practiced using the principles of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Obfuscation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obfuscation</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Misdirection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Misdirection</a>.<a href="https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/deception_obfuscation_misdirection/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/deception_obfuscation_misdirection/index.html</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lies</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Liars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liars</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeorgeOrwell</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HannahArendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HannahArendt</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disinformation</a>

Toni Aittoniemi”They didn’t teach AI to lie”, say a lot of reasonably smart people referring to the Task Rabbit example.YES, THEY MOST CERTAINLY DID.We know they fed it the entire library of human literary works.What are among the most common literary work? News, Fiction & Drama.What are among the most common topics of news, fiction & drama? Different forms of lies & deception.Now tell me again they didn’t teach it to lie. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

janhoglund““We are public servants, not Elon’s servants,” one Food and Drug Administration employee told the reporters, adding, “[t]he public deserves to know how dysfunctional, destructive, and deceptive all of this has been and continues to be.”” —Heather Cox Richardson, March 21, 2025 <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> ‘s <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/dysfunctional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dysfunctional</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/destructive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destructive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

WildernessSome games begin long before the players realize they're part of them.Read "The Game" a really short story: <a href="https://medium.com/@wildernesstory/the-game-b6e753e50475" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@wildernesstory/the-game-b6e753e50475</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shorts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shorts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiewriter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indieauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indieauthor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerslift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writerslift</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#secrets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a>

Wisdom in SpaceThe deeper problems connected with advertising come less from the unscrupulousness of our 'deceivers' than from our pleasure in being deceived, less from the desire to seduce than from the desire to be seduced. -- Daniel Boorstin⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DanielBoorstin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanielBoorstin</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Advertising</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChacoCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChacoCanyon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PuebloBonito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PuebloBonito</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ruins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ruins</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a>

janhoglund”For years, Musk got away with treating his workers poorly, opposing their efforts at unionization, failing to improve vehicle build quality, and not delivering on promises like fully realized self-driving software, solar roof tiles, or battery-swap stations. … But that seems to finally have changed — and Tesla is feeling the consequences first because it’s most exposed to consumer pressure.” —Paris Marx, Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tesla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

janhoglund”As Ludicrous author Ed Niedermeyer has long explained, Tesla has effectively survived this way for a long time: upping the stakes with fantastical promises…and making investors believe unimaginable returns were in their future.” —Paris Marx, Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tesla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

Nick EspinosaHow We Save Ourselves From Rogue AI<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Training</a><a href="https://youtu.be/AvP4E3w0PQo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/AvP4E3w0PQo</a>

Nick EspinosaDaily podcast: How We Save Ourselves From Rogue AI<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Training</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a><a href="https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/sra" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/sra</a>

Pekka KallioniemiOleg is one of <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>’s main collaborators in <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Estonia</a>, which is also why he uses their main strategies, <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a> and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lies</a>, in his work. According to <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/KAPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KAPO</a> he's falsely claimed to represent Estonian National Television (ETV) to gain people’s trust when asking for interviews. 8/13

janhoglund“Musk has claimed to have found billions of dollars of waste or fraud in the government, and Trump and the White House have touted those statements. But their claims to have found massive savings have been full of errors, and most of their claims have been disproved.” —Heather Cox Richardson, March 6, 2025 <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

Bug Hunter CatI distrust almost everything, especially when it comes to humans. I distrust people aligned with ideologies or beliefs, but also those who say they don't believe in anything. I distrust those who have no ethics or morals, but also those who do. Humanity loves conflict, wars, power struggles. Every era of history has had its own great conflicts, wars, revolutions and social confrontations. And every conflict has at least two sides, it's always about "us and them." If you are one of those people who takes sides in every conflict, you are living in a delusion. Wherever there is conflict, there is someone stirring up trouble, someone making waves so that you do not see the reality. Your hate, your outrage, your fear, and all the mental turmoil that all of this generates in you, generates millions in profits for someone. Leaders, the media, experts in almost everything, They have you on your ass all the time fearing for your life and your dignity, day things are being stolen from you while you think you are fighting and advocating for idealistic causes invented to distract you. Distract yourself from what? From the peaceful life you should be living. Because people who are not afraid and live peacefully, don't consume the crap they want to sell them. I refuse to be the cattle of millionaires and powerful people who try to squeeze the lives of others out of greed.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fanaticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fanaticism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ideologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ideologies</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/beliefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beliefs</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/idealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idealism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conflicts</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wars</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actuallyautistic</a>

janWe do not see the minds that we hurt when we publish falsehoods, but that does not mean we do no harm. —Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/lies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/deception" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

GamingSugoiDeception Gameplay Walkthrough FULL GAME - No Commentary <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLRYCTmWh9w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLRYCTmWh9w</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pcgame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pcgame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/walkthrough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#walkthrough</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/playthrough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#playthrough</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a>

David J. AtkinsonNew deceptions and <a href="https://c.im/tags/cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheating</a> by <a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> reinforcement learning models: As predicted. It is unclear whether “self-preservation” is a goal given to o1-preview or it emerged in the machine from learning. I suspect the latter because goal-pursuit is exactly what some <a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> does extremely well. Self-preservation is a necessary strategy. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a> has emerged in competitive and multi-agent systems for over a decade (see e.g., Arkin, Wagner, Clark). The combination of self-preservation and deception is new, surprising, and a big concern AI <a href="https://c.im/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#safety</a> and AI <a href="https://c.im/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> . “Of particular concern, Bengio says, is the emerging evidence of AI’s “self preservation” tendencies. To a goal-seeking agent, attempts to shut it down are just another obstacle to overcome. This was demonstrated in December, when researchers found that o1-preview, faced with deactivation, disabled oversight mechanisms and attempted—unsuccessfully—to copy itself to a new server. When confronted, the model played dumb, strategically lying to researchers to try to avoid being caught.” h/t <a href="https://beige.party/@chizeck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chizeck</a> <a href="https://beige.party/@chizeck/114042958654033766" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://beige.party/@chizeck/114042958654033766</a>

GrickleIt seemed nice. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grickledoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mice</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cookies</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cartoon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funny</a>

Paul Houle🤥 Tailored Truths: Optimizing LLM Persuasion with Personalization and Fabricated Statistics<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17273" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17273</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#llm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arxiv</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

kuchinsterThe American dumpsite New York Times continues to spread lies to the world. They write: "It was Ms. Merkel who agreed to shut down the country’s nuclear power plants and increase Germany’s reliance on imported natural gas from Russia, helping to create an electricity price spike and a security crisis years later, after Moscow decided to turn off the taps following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022." * And in reality: "BERLIN, Feb 22 [2022] (Reuters) - Germany on Tuesday halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project, designed to double the flow of Russian gas direct to Germany, after Russia formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine." ** * #^<a class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/world/europe/angela-merkel-is-retired-but-shes-still-on-the-ballot.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/world/europe/angela-merkel-is-retired-but-shes-still-on-the-ballot.html</a> ** #^<a class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germanys-scholz-halts-nord-stream-2-certification-2022-02-22/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germanys-scholz-halts-nord-stream-2-certification-2022-02-22/</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=Western" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Western</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=US" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=american" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">american</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=media" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">media</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=newyorktimes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newyorktimes</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=deception" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">deception</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=lies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lies</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=mindmanipulation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mindmanipulation</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=europe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">europe</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=germany" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">germany</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=economy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">economy</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=energy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">energy</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=naturalgas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">naturalgas</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=nord-stream" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nord-stream</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=blameRussia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blameRussia</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.de/search?tag=history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">history</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-francois/74642/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from La Rochefoucauld</a><blockquote>The surest method of being deceived is to believe that one is cleverer than others.   [Le vrai moyen d’être trompé, c’est de se croire plus fin que les autres]</blockquote>François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶127 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957), ¶127] Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-francois/74642/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheating</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cleverness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cleverness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=craftiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#craftiness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cunning</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=deceiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deceiving</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ego</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fooling</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=outwitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outwitting</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pride</a>

Rich Stein (he/him)<a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@w7voa</a> Two things can be true at once, correct, <a href="https://mastodon.online/@jackmjenkins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jackmjenkins</a> -- He's going to fight anti-Christian bias and antisemitism.Can three things also be true at once? Are we going to hear about a commission/panel to fight Islamophobia -- or will Muslims become one of the "others" to blame? <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/deceiving-the-public" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/deceiving-the-public</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a>

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