Snake Oil
Julia MalleckA newsletter exploring the Wild West of Internet grifts, propaganda & disinformation.
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| Issues | 9 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | a year ago |
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Greetings from the galactic being
Hello cowboys, cowgirls, and cowthems—welcome back to another edition of Snake Oil. Today we present the third part of my exploration into Starseeds, an online community (or arguably, New Religious Movement or NRM) whose members claim to be...
Seems like you’re (astral) projecting
Cowgirls, cowboys, cowthems — welcome back to another edition of Snake Oil, a newsletter that gabs about grift, misinfo, propaganda, and other odd things being sold to us on the World Wild Web.
Today we have slithered into the inbox with...
Why TikTok thinks you're a space angel
Hello my fellow internet wanderers and welcome back to Snake Oil, the only newsletter on the web written by three kawaii ghouls stacked in a trench coat.
We are gathered here today because we need to talk about aliens.
And by that I mean...
How to Monetize Your K-Pop Boyfriend
In this installment of Snake Oil, we return once again to the genre of how-people-make-money-from-weird-videos-on-the-Internet. Previously we discussed Internet subliminals. Today, we take a look at how parasocial relationships drive K-pop...
QAnon Exists to Sell You T-Shirts: Part 3
Last time on QAnon Exists to Sell You T-Shirts, we learned how General Michael Flynn, former Trump national security advisor and current chair of America’s Future, Inc., is courting QAnon like it’s his date to prom. And it’s earned the debt...
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