The Alt National Park Service exploded in popularity after the 2024 election, and their cryptic, mysterious "code number" posts were a big part of their rise. In the aftermath of the election, people were desperate for hope, and AltNPS was ready to exploit that desperation 🧵:

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AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

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"Reading books is active resistance" is something I tell to my students every day.

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Critical to note here that the core problem with her statements is not ignorance, it's Christian fundamentalism. Her anti-intellectual and superstitious religious views reward ignorance and encourage religious bigotry. And then the Republican party just weaponizes them.

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Democracy is… probably still better than the alternatives but man

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