Conspirador Norteño

Alcatraz, salad, and Bluesky spam

In which a set of repurposed Bluesky accounts spams the platform with news links and plagiarized photographs of food and California

May 17 • Conspirador Norteño

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Exploring the CourtListener API

Using the CourtListener REST API to search U.S. court records and download publicly available data

May 10 • Conspirador Norteño

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April 2026

Exploring the Reddit JSON interface

Reddit's official API may be out of reach for most, but an unofficial alternative still works

Apr 28 • Conspirador Norteño

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These firefighters do not exist

In which a network of fake Facebook accounts uses scare stories to promote dubious websites that sell carbon monoxide detectors

Apr 19 • Conspirador Norteño

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March 2026

One AI-generated human race, part III

The further AI-generated adventures of a TikTok spam network

Mar 29 • Conspirador Norteño

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Finding fake followers, TikTok edition

As with every other social media platform, follower sales operations are abundant on TikTok

Mar 22 • Conspirador Norteño

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War, fake videos, and engagement farming

AI-generated videos of war in the Middle East have gone viral in the wake of recent US/Israeli strikes on Iran

Mar 8 • Conspirador Norteño

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"Beautiful USA", operated from Romania

Many patriotic US-themed Facebook content farm pages are run by people or organizations in countries other than the United States

Mar 1 • Conspirador Norteño

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February 2026

This luthier is real, but this Facebook account is not

In which the operator of a Kyiv-based guitar repair business is impersonated by Facebook spammers

Feb 20 • Conspirador Norteño

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A strange set of starter packs

In which numerous popular Bluesky accounts gain large numbers of low quality followers after being added to starter packs created by an account no one…

Feb 14 • Conspirador Norteño

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Delivering dubious news in the blue, blue skies

One of the most prolific sources of right-wing media links on Bluesky is a single automated account

Feb 9 • Conspirador Norteño

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January 2026

Computer, enhance!

Using generative AI to "enhance" photos and videos and fill in missing details does not, in fact, work

Jan 31 • Conspirador Norteño

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