NYMAG: Who is QAnon? The Storm Conspiracy, Explained

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[skinsmarydu]

I will...eventually.

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[mistertim]

****ing lunatics.

[EmirOfShmo]

33 minutes ago, mistertim said:

****ing lunatics.

Yeah - can we get that as an emoji here?? It's needed 🤣

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Language

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[China]

Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories

 

On Tuesday, using his Truth Social platform, the Republican former president reposted an image of himself wearing a Q lapel pin overlaid with the words “The Storm is Coming." In QAnon lore, the “storm” refers to Trump's final victory, when supposedly he will regain power and his opponents will be tried, and potentially executed, on live television.

 

As Trump contemplates another run for the presidency and has become increasingly assertive in the Republican primary process during the midterm elections, his actions show that far from distancing himself from the political fringe, he is welcoming it.

 

He's published dozens of recent Q-related posts, in contrast to 2020, when he claimed that while he didn't know much about QAnon, he couldn't disprove its conspiracy theory.

 

Pressed on QAnon theories that Trump allegedly is saving the nation from a satanic cult of child sex traffickers, he claimed ignorance but asked, “Is that supposed to be a bad thing?”

“If I can help save the world from problems, I’m willing to do it,” Trump said.

 

Trump's recent postings have included images referring to himself as a martyr fighting criminals, psychopaths and the so-called deep state. In one now-deleted post from late August, he reposted a “q drop,” one of the cryptic message board postings that QAnon supporters claim come from an anonymous government worker with top secret clearance.

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[The Evil Genius]

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Can we start calling them Qunts?

 

[China]

QAnon Celebrity and 8kun Owner Jim Watkins Claims He Bought Kiwi Farms

 

Jim Watkins, the owner of 8kun and one of the people who facilitated the rise of QAnon to become a global conspiracy movement, claims that he has purchased Kiwi Farms.

 

Watkins made this claim during an episode of a conspiracy-filled internet show where he regularly makes appearances. On Thursday night, Watkins told those watching that he was busy trying to bring his own website 8kun back online after it had been knocked offline earlier this week.

 

He also claimed that some of the issues 8kun was experiencing could be “because I purchased Kiwi Farms.” Watkins offered no further details about his claim.

 

Kiwi Farms, a far-right hate site whose members viciously target and harass people online, was taken offline earlier this month following a high-profile campaign by trans activist Clara “Keffals” Sorrenti, who had been harassed, doxed, and “swatted” by members of the Kiwi Farms forum.

 

On Friday morning when asked by VICE News if Watkins’ claim was accurate, the owner and operator of Kiwi Farms, Josh Moon simply said: “No.”

 

He added that Watkins’ was “just trying to cause me problems” and described him as “a failed pornographer turned ‘free speech’ grifter.”

 

He also addressed the issue on his Telegram channel while making fun of Watkins: “To the evil person who accepted Bitcoin from this elderly person and sold him a piece of napkin with ‘owner of Kiwi Farms’ written on it in crayon, you should be ashamed of yourself. It's not fair to take advantage of our society's most vulnerable.”

 

Kiwi Farms was taken offline when the DDoS-protection company Cloudflare succumbed to public pressure and pulled its support for the site. Since then, Moon has jumped from one service provider to another to try and keep Kiwi Farms online, but most efforts have failed. Kiwi Farms is accused of ruining people’s lives and has been linked as a factor in at least three suicides of people who were targeted by the site’s users.

 

The latest effort came on Thursday when the .net domain briefly reappeared online under the protection of a Portuguese company called Daim Wall. However, that lasted mere hours and soon the company had announced that it too was pulling its service.

 

Watkins has worked with Moon and Kiwi Farms already, providing some services to it via a company called VanwaTech, which Watkins is involved in running. However, those efforts backfired when attacks against VanwaTech’s infrastructure not only brought Kiwi Farms offline but also knocked 8kun offline.

 

Despite offering to help via VanwaTech, Watkins clearly does not like Moon. “I don’t like Kiwi Farms, I despise them, I despise the owner, personally I hate the owner,” Watkins said in a livestream last week.

 

On Friday morning, a version of Kiwi Farms was accessible on the publicly accessible internet, as well as a dark net version. Moon said he was still working with VanwaTech to try and keep the site online, but said that if VanwaTech CEO Nick Lim “can't explain why Jim is saying these things,” Moon won’t be working with the company for long.

 

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[China]

QAnon Thinks Something Big Is Coming... Because of a ‘Simpsons’ Episode

 

A conspiracy that “something big” is about to happen on Saturday, Sept. 24, has taken hold among QAnon supporters around the world, in part thanks to an episode of The Simpsons.

The conspiracy first emerged in German QAnon channels on Telegram earlier this month, when followers began spreading a video that showed German lawmaker Friedrich Merz speaking to the Bundestag about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.

 

In his speech, Merz misspeaks and says that everyone will remember where they were on September 24, rather than February 24, the day Russia invaded. Merz corrected himself in the official record of the Bundestag, but QAnon followers in Germany believed they’d spotted Merz revealing a detail of a secret plan.

 

Without any extra information, however, QAnon followers were at a loss about what exactly was going to happen on the date in question. Soon, some intrepid researchers came up with a theory based on a single episode of The Simpsons.

 

One member of a German Telegram channel pointed out that in episode 9 of Season 24 (9/24, Sept. 24, get it?) of the animated sitcom, the plot revolves around a group of preppers. In particular, the characters discuss WROL, or Without Rule of Law, which is doomsday-prepper lingo for the complete breakdown of society after a major catastrophe. 

 

The episode also features an electromagnetic pulse device, which QAnon followers believe will usher in “10 days of darkness” and ultimately the return of former President Donald Trump to the Oval Office.

 

The Simpsons has a long history of somehow accurately predicting the future, including Trump becoming president. But claiming that the show’s creators predicted the end of the world to the day and secretly signaled this prediction by using a specific episode in a specific season is taking things to a whole new level.

 

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[China]

QAnon now has a troubling new splinter group called 'Negative48'

 

A new "splinter group" from theQAnon movement called Negative48 has emerged - and members caused friction with security at former President Donald Trump's rallies, it has been reported.

 

On Monday (26 September), The Washington Post 's Isaac Arnsdorf reported on the group and the strained relationship with the security team.

 

Negative48's members were behind the voyage to Dallas last year to see the apparent reemergence of John F. Kennedy Jr and his team effort with Trump to reclaim America from a dark evil.

 

They are also following the former commander-in-chief's rallies around the country like they're following their favourite band.

 

The arrival of the QAnon group, however, has led to a silent standoff with Trump's team, raising concerns that they could disrupt events, alienate other fans, distract from the former president's message or generate bad publicity," reported Arnsdorf.

 

Arnsdorf also said that the security, who were "male and female bodybuilders," kept a close eye on Negative48, informing them that they "can't block the aisles with their dancing."

The report also stated that the splinter group has an odd form of numerology within their plan, even going as far as to create ominous parallels.

 

"One man with the group who didn't identify himself illustrated how it worked using the name of this newspaper. 'The Washington Post?' he said. 'W is 23 in the alphabet. P is 16. Thirty-nine. Angel 39. Which angel? Lucifer was an angel,'" the report added.

 

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[Captain Wiggles]

According to the internet:

 

"Number 39 angel meaning is a message from the universe telling you to share your natural talents with other people and find true love in sharing your knowledge."

 

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[LD0506]

Goofy on meth

 

I am dumbfounded at these mofos.........how do they figure out how to get out the door in the morning? 

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11 minutes ago, LD0506 said:

Goofy on meth

 

I am dumbfounded at these mofos.........how do they figure out how to get out the door in the morning? 

Where do they get the time and money to follow him across the country?

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Hate to tell them, but 39 is Gus, the guy who runs the deli counter in the local Safeway.

 

~74

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[The Evil Genius]

On 1/19/2018 at 1:49 PM, Mr. Sinister said:

 

Another plague/2nd renaissance is what I have predicted. We're reaching the point that all of the sci-fi aliens warned us about

 

Occasionally I go back and reread page 1 of these longer threads.

 

Sin..you told us 2 years before it happened and we didn't listen. 

 

All hail Sin. 

 

Edited September 27, 2022 by The Evil Genius

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[mcsluggo]

On 9/23/2022 at 10:09 PM, Cooked Crack said:

 

 

we REALLY need a barf "response-emoji" here.... 

[Mr. Sinister]

On 9/27/2022 at 10:36 AM, The Evil Genius said:

 

Occasionally I go back and reread page 1 of these longer threads.

 

Sin..you told us 2 years before it happened and we didn't listen. 

 

All hail Sin. 

 

 

 

I've never wanted to be more wrong in my life. 

[Mr. Sinister]

On 1/21/2018 at 1:22 PM, zoony said:

 

According to the article, some of the videos have 175k views!  I can find a video of a gorilla taking a **** that has more views.  And both collect most of their views for the same reason, because train wrecks are interesting

 

Also, 100 percent guarantee every single person in this thread had to read the nymag story because nobody has any idea wtf this is even about

 

Now you and others are talking about armed uprising,  good times.

 

Damn, this one aged terribly, too  😬

[The Evil Genius]

Most of his hot takes did. 

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