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He dedicated years of his life to QAnon. One day made him question it all.
Unlike so many fellow conspiracy theorists, Justin would ultimately crawl out of the dark place his own mind had taken him. His first steps began at the U.S. Capitol.
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For those who thought Pizzagate wasn’t quite silly enough
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After spending years coming after furniture and pizza, QAnon followers are finally ruining life for butterflies and those who enjoy them.
Far-right conspiracy theories have latched onto baseless claims that major Texas butterfly sanctuary is a hub for sex trafficking, leading to real-world threats against the sanctuary’s staff. On Thursday, the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, sent out an email blast letting supporters know that the hub would be closed from Friday through Sunday “due to credible threats we have received from a former state official.”
You might be scratching your head about why a bunch of conspiracy theorists are losing their shirt over the National Butterfly Center, a nature sanctuary whose claim to fame is housing more than 240 species of butterflies. But it’s not the butterflies at issue here (thank goodness), it’s where the sanctuary is located.
The center is located right on the U.S.-Mexico border. In fact, it’s the site of one of the biggest border wall fights during the Trump era. The former president wanted to build a wall along the refuge, sparking an outpouring of anger and a two-year campaign to stop construction because of the threat it would pose to the delicate ecosystems. (This was a common theme in the Trump era, and the sections of the wall that were built have already seen that play out.)..........
QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Force Butterfly Sanctuary to Shut Down
Sadly, this isn't the first time that the National Butterfly Center has been forced to take cover from QAnon followers—and it likely won't be the last.
For those who thought Pizzagate wasn’t quite silly enough
====================================
After spending years coming after furniture and pizza, QAnon followers are finally ruining life for butterflies and those who enjoy them.
Far-right conspiracy theories have latched onto baseless claims that major Texas butterfly sanctuary is a hub for sex trafficking, leading to real-world threats against the sanctuary’s staff. On Thursday, the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, sent out an email blast letting supporters know that the hub would be closed from Friday through Sunday “due to credible threats we have received from a former state official.”
You might be scratching your head about why a bunch of conspiracy theorists are losing their shirt over the National Butterfly Center, a nature sanctuary whose claim to fame is housing more than 240 species of butterflies. But it’s not the butterflies at issue here (thank goodness), it’s where the sanctuary is located.
The center is located right on the U.S.-Mexico border. In fact, it’s the site of one of the biggest border wall fights during the Trump era. The former president wanted to build a wall along the refuge, sparking an outpouring of anger and a two-year campaign to stop construction because of the threat it would pose to the delicate ecosystems. (This was a common theme in the Trump era, and the sections of the wall that were built have already seen that play out.)..........
QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Force Butterfly Sanctuary to Shut Down
Sadly, this isn't the first time that the National Butterfly Center has been forced to take cover from QAnon followers—and it likely won't be the last.
Yeah well, I don't mind at all either. No one's labels mean anything to me.
Jesus. This reminds me of the story I read yesterday where Wordle saved some woman's life after she didn't respond to her daughter's game. Someone had broken into the woman's home and beaten and raped her, IIRC. The daughter called the police for a welfare check and they busted this dude with the mother bound and gagged. A stupid word puzzle game literally saved this woman's life.
A Chicago-area grandmother had a habit of sending her daughter a Wordle game every morning. When she didn't send a game on February 6, her family knew something was wrong.
Denyse Holt, who is 80 years old, had woken up to a real-life nightmare the night before. A naked stranger had crept into her bedroom — with scissors in his hand. He was covered in blood, Holt told CBS Chicago.
"I was in shock," she told the station of the 17-hour ordeal. "I was trying to survive — that's all."
She stayed calm when the man got in next to her. She was even ordered to take a shower with him, then a bath — all while wearing her nightgown.
Holt said he told her he had cut himself while breaking into the house. Leaving a trail of blood, she and the man went around the house, while he disconnected her phones.
"He took two knives from my kitchen. He told me he liked those," she said. "I didn't think I was going to live."
Denyse Holt / Credit: CBS Chicago WBBM-TV
After forcing her into a windowless bathroom in the basement, Holt said he barricaded the door with a chair. To pass the time, she began to do exercises, marching and stretching as much as she could.
Her daughter, more than 2,000 miles away in Seattle, was worried after she noticed her mother had not read her texts and did not played their daily game.
"I didn't send my older daughter a Wordle in the morning. And that was disconcerting to her," Holt said.
A friend of mine lost his father when he was around 16. He told me his mother subsequently became a sucker for religious organizations looking for money. Same thing. She had a predisposition and when she lost her husband's advice it came to the fore.
Yea, right around the time the NYT bought it, it started poping up everywhere.
People who have been married a long time do some strange things when one partner dies. It must be really traumatic.
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