https://deceit.blog/tag/threads Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged "threads". en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:55:49 GMT 60 https://deceit.blog/essay/artists-are-liars-and-thieves https://deceit.blog/essay/artists-are-liars-and-thieves Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. Somewhere on Threads right now, an artist is quote posting an AI image with three words: this is theft. Under it, for emphasis: good artists borrow, great artists steal. Nobody edits the second line out. Nobody catches the problem. The problem is not small, and it is not the only one in the caption.… https://deceit.blog/essay/times-square-belongs-to-god https://deceit.blog/essay/times-square-belongs-to-god Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:01:28 GMT Explain. A Threads post made a property claim in the voice of a prophecy: TIMES SQUARE BELONGS TO GOD. At the time of capture, the post showed 116,000 views, 10,300 likes, and 1,900 comments. It was about twenty one hours old. Those numbers do not prove that the sentence is true. They prove that the sentence…