It's a tough world out there, and not everyone is privileged enough to have an easy or ethical source of income, given the inherently unethical nature of extractive, exploitative, colonialism-derived, late-stage capitalism in which we all struggle to come up with the money necessary to stay alive. Some people, though, have really easy jobs. Creating and spreading disinformation, for example, has got to be one of the all-time easiest jobs in the world — you just make stuff up!
But even that can get to be too much for some, such as Judith 'please don't put in the newspaper that I got mad' Curry and Anthony Watts, who's retreading failed old experiments and is desperate for young people to do his job for him. While Curry, a retired professor, and Tony Watts, a former TV weather presenter, are clearly on the tail end of their ignoble careers, a relative up-and-comer in the fossil fuel propaganda world is also too incompetent to do his own job.
Although Alex Epstein has only been kicking around the disinfosphere for a decade or so, he's made quite a name for himself as the man who will tell the oil industry that they're actually the good guys. But now, he's hiring! So if you saw Rick Perry talk about fossil fuels preventing rape and thought "I could do better," now's your chance to provide talking points that might get put in front of "pro-energy, pro-freedom elected officials and staff from US Senate, US House, and Governor's offices."
His latest "Energy Talking Points" post claims he's "receiving overwhelming demand from major elected officials (and staff) for usable 'energy freedom' policies," and because he's just a propagandist with a philosophy bachelor’s degree and not any kind of actual energy expert, he needs to find someone else to do the energy policy work while he begs real experts to debate.
Now, you might think that talking points would come after someone figures out their policy preferences, but for Epstein, it's of course the opposite, as the goal is denial, not policy.
If you want to work for someone who thinks that "western" culture is superior and that Martin Luther King Jr. is responsible for Black crime, here's the Google form where you can submit an application to be an "Energy Policy Architect." Epstein graciously offers "a variety of arrangements," from part- to full-time, and "will also keep any communications entirely confidential, so feel free to apply knowing that we won't contact your current employer" (emphasis his).
So, you know, if you want a little side hustle churning out the dumbest energy talking points you can come up with, get to submitting! (Though we're claiming the talking point that "fossil fuels smell great, and taste even better!") You can also just submit your own talking points with this other very official Google form if you're not trying to apply for the job and just want to waste some time.
Before you do, though, bear in mind that while Epstein has boldly committed to not telling your employer that you're trying to work for him, he's not quite so generous with your efforts. Both forms include a requirement that you give him "unconditional permission to utilize" your submission and "if the work is publicly used, whether and how [the applicant is] publicly given credit" is up to Epstein's discretion. A note claims it's "necessary for us to review your content while protecting ourselves from the risk of getting sued."
He could instead just commit to not using the submitted work unless the author is compensated and agrees, as is (or at least should be) standard practice for positions requiring submitted original work.
But then again, maybe you shouldn't expect the most ethical hiring process, given the decidedly unethical nature of the job!