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[jerry113]

We now live in a time when scientists & park rangers are gagged by the White House from directly speaking to the public or mainstream media - and instead have to rely on unofficial, "rogue" twitter accounts to get their message out.

https://twitter.com/AltNatParkSer

https://twitter.com/RogueNASA

https://twitter.com/Alt_NASA

https://twitter.com/AltForestServ

https://twitter.com/BadHombreNPS

https://twitter.com/ungaggedEPA

https://twitter.com/altUSEPA

https://twitter.com/actualepafacts

https://twitter.com/alt_cdc

https://twitter.com/alt_fda

https://twitter.com/AltHHS

https://twitter.com/Alt_NIH?lang=en

https://twitter.com/altusda

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[a Master Ninja]

Using "alt" was a bad call.

 

[brochiller]

How do we know people who actually work for these agencies are managing these accounts?

 

[whytemyke]

So how do we know which alt accounts are real and which are set up by 4chan for future lulz?

 

[Xun]

Using "alt" was a bad call.

Agreed.

Good on them though.

 

[witness]

This makes me really proud.

 

[digita1alchemy]

How do we know people who actually work for these agencies are managing these accounts?

This is what I am wondering as well.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Using "alt" was a bad call.

Yep. "Rogue" would have been better.

 

[yanipheonu]

Show them control of information is a fleeting dream in the internet age.

 

[Lime]

Using "alt" was a bad call.

True. Initial reaction to it was "is this like a neo-nazi science twitter account?"

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

BadHombreLands got me weak.

 

[jerry113]

How do we know people who actually work for these agencies are managing these accounts?

 

[Stopdoor]

These accounts seem to have all their followers automatically ported over? How does that work?

Edit: Unless they've just grown that quickly?

 

[CountAntonius]

Show them control of information is a fleeting dream in the internet age.

Damn right.

 

[MMarston]

Yep. "Rogue" would have been better.

A rebellion built on empirical evidence

 

[RinsFury]

Good. Don't let that authoritarian piece of trash shut down the flow of information. Glad to see them fighting back.

 

[SchrodingerC]

Besides the unfortunate use of Alt, the fact they're fighting back is great.
Rogue NASA is an awesome name, btw.

 

[PowderedToast]

Using "alt" was a bad call.

it could do with being re-appropriated.

 

[littleworm]

Good for them, just hope these are actually people in the agency and not just random opportunists.

 

[Anticol]

It's been what, 1 maybe 2 weeks since that guy is the president?, this is looking terrible for the US and I hope americans will realize the big mistake they made, if they'll ever do.

 

[Afrodium]

It's been what, 1 maybe 2 weeks since that guy is the president?, this is looking terrible for the US and I hope americans will realize the big mistake they made, if they'll ever do.

It hasn't even been a week

 

[Woorloog]

it could do with being re-appropriated.

My thought.

I wonder what Trump thinks of these rogue heroes.

 

[Dai101]

 

[Ran rp]

 

[Anticol]

It hasn't even been a week

HAhaha oh man, big BIG mistake, buckle up guys hope you and the rest of the world survive this fuckwit for the next 4 years.

 

[Fulminator]

glad this is happening

sad that it had to come to this though

 

[smokeymicpot]

This been tweeted a few times it gets me every time though. It is perfect.

 

[Jackpot]

The Guardian's posted instructions on how to securely get in touch with them

https://www.theguardian.com/help/2016/sep/19/how-to-contact-the-guardian-securely

 

[waveuponwave]

Rogue NASA is an awesome name, btw.

SOunds like an awesome scifi scenario

too bad it's reality

 

[Nafai1123]

lol @BadHombreNPS. Glad the resistance is building. Fuck censorship.

 

[Diablos]

Wait until Trump's FCC gets its hands on the Internet...

 

[xBladeM6x]

Honestly, I think this is enough of an overstep in the Trump administration, that it's time already for impeachment. Regardless of what side you fall on, if you don't value the ability of scientific bodies to speak openly to the general public, you're an enemy of free speech and the broader scientific community.

 

[Dai101]

This been tweeted a few times it gets me every time though. It is perfect.

I just come up tp it while watching the altNPS account. Had me laughing for a while. Specially the tiny, miniscule hands.

 

[NimbusD]

how do we know they're real??

 

[gerg]

The Guardian's posted instructions on how to securely get in touch with them

https://www.theguardian.com/help/2016/sep/19/how-to-contact-the-guardian-securely

They've had this up for a while now (as you can see from the URL, from September 19).

 

[Jacksinthe]

how do we know they're real??

From a cursory glance it appears the NASA page is posting things like facts.

If they weren't real then they would probably be posting not facts.

Considering most orgs have been silenced by Our Greatest Leader, I'm inclined to believe these are legit accounts ready to share info as rogue accounts.

Our Greatest Leader doesn't quite understand how cyber works. He may have gagged a few mouths but new ones can pop up just as quickly as they've been silenced.

It's like breaking a pencil in half. You didn't destroy it, you've just made 2 pencils.

Let this escalate. This will be good fun.

 

[Lime]

Honestly, I think this is enough of an overstep in the Trump administration, that it's time already for impeachment. Regardless of what side you fall on, if you don't value the ability of scientific bodies to speak openly to the general public, you're an enemy of free speech and the broader scientific community.

Republicans don't give a shit and they have always agreed with what Trump is enacting

 

[TheCochese]

Shit like this gives me hope.

 

[Nordicus]

I just come up tp it while watching the altNPS account. Had me laughing for a while. Specially the tiny, miniscule hands.

I was laughing too, for an instant, 'cause my mind went:

"Hah, these satirical comics of foreign fascist dictators are always fun...

Oh my god it's the president of fuckin' USA

Hooooooly fuck man..."

 

[Spectone]

how do we know they're real??

Probably if they tweet the opposite of what the government says.

 

[Dai101]

Wait until Trump's FCC gets its hands on the Internet...

His tiny, minuscule hands.

 

[Rentahamster]

Probably if they tweet the opposite of what the government says.

Anyone can do that. Not just disgruntled government employees who were in charge of the real accounts.

 

[Ourobolus]

If you want to add it to the OP: Someone was nice enough to put all of these into an easy Twitter member list.

https://twitter.com/StollmeyerEU/lists/twistance/members

 

[Chmpocalypse]

The Guardian's posted instructions on how to securely get in touch with them

https://www.theguardian.com/help/2016/sep/19/how-to-contact-the-guardian-securely

This is a resistance movement. Consider how huge that is. We must all join it.

 

[Beartruck]

Somehow explain to me how we're not headed for a civil war. We have protests against this man numbering in the millions less than one week into office, and half of the federal government is in open defiance of his orders.

 

[WooHooAlex]

Following them all.

 

[rjinaz]

Hell yes. Followed all of them.

 

[Izayoi]

Never thought that TOR would ever need to be used in the US for freedom of speech reasons, but here we are...

 

[Jakten]

I question the legitimacy of some of these. If you go back into the history of the AltNatParkSer account you can see posts like this:

@WingsScotland Oi, fellow plebian. What say you, honourable rev, on the elecshun result?

https://twitter.com/AltNatParkSer/status/597086051245654019

Which makes me wonder where this account came from initially.

 

[cooljeanius]

I'm kinda torn about whether or not I want confirmation for any of these. On the one hand, I don't want to follow fake accounts, but on the other hand, if they provided any sort of verification that they're actually rogue government employees, they could face repercussions...