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Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells

Drew Harwell

@drewharwell.com

I wrote in 2023 about our new "golden age of brutal voyeurism." "It’s like there are suddenly many more movie theaters in town, and some of them are much more friendly toward snuff films" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

washingtonpost.comViolent videos and ‘brutal voyeurism’ are redefining modern warFrom Russian soldiers shot down on camera to Hamas fighters slain as they tried to escape the Israeli navy, the scenes now shared across the internet are far more violent and graphic than in previous ...

9/10/26, 1:24 pm41 reposts251 likes

harywilke.bsky.social

@harywilke.bsky.social

I had a big doomscrolling on Reddit habit, then I noticed how often I was seeing videos of people dying or getting in horrible accidents. I set a limit for myself: the first such video I would leave the site. Took less than five minutes each time. Broke the habit.

greg munsill

@alcinaus.bsky.social

ISIS succeeded in changing us.