Flerf Watch

What I’ve noticed after one week on Flat Earth Twitter: 1) It’s all a grift. 2) They don’t actually have any real arguments — just memes and incredibly obscure reference images. When that fails, ad hom attacks. 3) They seem to have a genuine thing for Nazism and White Nationalism. Legitimately — not a “YoUre a NaZi” accusation. Many proudly support it. 4) Anything that cannot be explained is automatically fake (photographs, gravity, lunar eclipses, etc.). 5) All the “big” accounts have terrible engagement, likely from botted followers. They do it to appear more popular than they actually are. @nikitabier should look into this. 6) It’s all a grift (seriously).

Community Notes is flailing with a bunch of nonsense as usual. The 8 inches per mile squared curvature requirement IS exactly what should be observed (up to 1/4 of globe circumference), based on the official globe measurements NASA provides on their own website HERE 👇 science.nasa.gov/earth/facts/ And the claim that observer/lighthouse heights are not taken into consideration is false; the video clearly outlines the elevation alongside every lighthouse. But don't take just this video's word for it - you can input your own numbers for any distance and observer height into the Earth Curvature Calculator yourself HERE 👇 dizzib.github.io/earth/curve-ca… Notice how these "fact-checkers" always just say "nuh-uh you're wrong" without providing their supposed CORRECT formula to replace it, as this would require making even more new numbers up, further complicating the derivations of the lie they are scrambling to defend. There is no Earth curvature, and there is no globe. I am sorry for those whose feelings are really hurt by this. Oh, and that random online forum CN added as their "source" for "refraction" being why we're able to see objects that are supposed to be hidden by miles of curvature, is a complete joke. Here is the refraction lie thoroughly debunked for those who want to add that nugget of knowledge to their arsenal 👇 x.com/benwehrman/sta…