It is absolutely more than 9 and the mods do nothing to stop these blatant lies. Make it make sense because this is insanity. I know this app is a full blown left leaning echo chamber, but still try being objective and actually tell the truth for once.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hrnews1/p/poll-nearly-70-of-americans-think?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

In december 2024 I bought my first domestic knitting machine and decided to give becoming a knitwear maker/costumer a shot. I love vintage fashion, so I mostly hunt for obscure knitting patterns from all over (UK, Netherlands, Germany, France and Japan mainly), translate, redraft and rewrite everything and then use a combination of machine and hand knitting and crochet to recreate the pieces.

It's a really tough niche to work in as the general public doesn't know much about knitting and the time and skill it takes to make properly fitted clothes. Also many people think domestic knitting machines are printers but for clothing, which couldn't be further from the truth 😅-- it's a ton of manual/physical labour.

It has been a rough year with ups and downs and many 12h+ days of working, but it has paid off! I sold some of my work and finished my first gig for an opera last November and I'm hoping I'll get more entertainment gigs in the future :)

Here's a selection of things I've knit and crocheted last year :)

I’m done pretending Joe Rogan is just a “curious everyman” asking questions. He’s a f*cking moron with a massive microphone, and the damage he’s done rivals right-wing media in everything but the branding.

Here’s the trick: Fox News lies intentionally. Rogan lies accidentally, which somehow makes it worse. He has zero epistemic discipline, zero accountability, and absolute confidence that “vibes” and “having a conversation” are substitutes for facts. THEY AREN'T!

He platforms cranks, conspiracy theorists, culture-war grifters, and outright bad actors, then hides behind “I’m just talking, bro” when the misinformation spreads to millions. That’s not neutrality — that’s negligence at scale.

The result?

Vaccine skepticism dressed up as bravery

“Just asking questions” laundering right-wing narratives

A generation of men trained to distrust institutions, experts, journalism, and even basic reality

Endless false equivalence between evidence-based positions and YouTube-brain contrarianism

And spare me the “he has people from both sides” defense. Putting a scientist and a conspiracy nut on the same stage without challenging falsehoods isn’t balance — it’s misinformation whitewashing.

Rogan isn’t malicious. He’s worse: incurious, overconfident, and influential. He mistakes openness for wisdom and reach for responsibility. When you have an audience that size, ignorance stops being harmless.

Right-wing media poisons people on purpose.
Joe Rogan poisons them by accident — and never cleans up the mess.

Different method. Same outcome.

I feel like we are reaching a tipping point