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THE normal Hooters uniform already does plenty to catch the eye of male patrons.
One server shared a special outfit that’s a major hit with her customers, and they can only see it on a certain day of the week.
Fitness influencer Nikki Beth posts plenty of behind-the-scenes content from her day job at Hooters.
She typically wears the bright-orange shorts and tight, white T-shirt that comprise the standard clothing requirement for the company.
But on “Country Tuesdays,” Nikki changes into cutoffs, boots, and a cowboy hat, and the ensemble is a big hit.
In a series of videos, Nikki showed off her best moves in her western wear, dancing to viral TikTok songs and striking poses on the restaurant floor.
Seeing her spirited nature, men in the comments section modified their reactions to match her outfits.
“Howdy, gorgeous,” wrote a flirtatious cowpoke in the comments of one video.
Some people were more enamored with Nikki’s face than the outfit itself.
One man complimented her looks, calling her “Simply stunning.”
Another anonymous man agreed and labeled her “Absolutely beautiful.”
The popular Hooters server wasn’t afraid to get playful with her fans.
Nikki dons a hat and other western wear for the special themed days[/caption]
In the description of one clip, Nikki asked her viewers to guess which took longer: getting made up for work, or filming dance videos in the back room.
“Dances, of course,” a viewer guessed immediately, though he certainly didn’t mind the entertainment.
The cutoff shorts were particularly popular among male fans. “Great legs,” an impressed gentleman wrote.
Even though they didn’t know Nikki personally, the would-be suitors insisted their romancing was sincere.
“I legit want to date you,” a desperate man pleaded.
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“It’s clear they are trying to get them to cut off aid and money to Ukraine,” said Alex Plitsas, a former Army soldier and Pentagon information operations official now with Providence Consulting Group, a business technology company. The campaign — using accounts that pose as enraged Americans like Nora Berka — have added fuel to the most divisive political and cultural issues in the country today. It has specifically targeted Democratic candidates in the most contested races, including the Senate seats up for grabs in Ohio, Arizona and Pennsylvania, calculating that a Republican majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives could help the Russian war effort. The campaigns show not only how vulnerable the American political system remains to foreign manipulation but also how purveyors of disinformation have evolved and adapted to efforts by the major social media platforms to remove or play down false or deceptive content. The agencies urged people not to like, discuss or share posts online from unknown or distrustful sources. They did not identify specific efforts, but social media platforms and researchers who track disinformation have recently uncovered a variety of campaigns by Russia, China and Iran.
These are much smaller campaigns than those in the 2016 election, where inauthentic accounts reached millions of voters across the political spectrum on Facebook and other major platforms. The efforts are no less pernicious, though, in reaching impressionable users who can help accomplish Russian objectives, researchers said. “The audiences are much, much smaller than on your other traditional social media networks,” said Brian Liston, a senior intelligence analyst with Recorded Future who identified the Nora Berka account. “But you can engage the audiences in much more targeted influence ops because those who are on these platforms are generally U.S. conservatives who are maybe more accepting of conspiratorial claims.” Some characteristics of an inauthentic user to look out for include: no profile picture, no identifying biographical details, and posts exclusively on political issues that often include false or misleading posts and little engagement. They may also link to obscure websites like electiontruth.net, which Recorded Future said was almost certainly linked to the Russian campaign.
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