2026-03-16T01:01:59Z https://yabu.me Renee DiResta https://yabu.me/npub1n5ctu9232454hqnx3j2avqvfl06mplp9nz34a9sjl80zdpfch0kqa8mpqj https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-2393d180df251611821d77e6f02bf209/accounts/avatars/000/023/784/original/2f1246e028992a20.jpg https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-2393d180df251611821d77e6f02bf209/accounts/avatars/000/023/784/original/2f1246e028992a20.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq23qw9yn3n2rtm863dt2v8l64qeaaaxypuzd5j2f4g584p568x5szyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cldudtm Spoiler: there’s no treasonous conspiracy .<br/><br/>I read every word of the Gabbard Files so you don’t have to. The arguments — when compared to the evidence, timelines, 3 prior investigations, and 3 prior meta-investigations — indicate either breathtakingly bad faith or astonishingly low reading comprehension. You decide.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from-russian-interference-to-revisionist-innuendo--what-the-gabbard-files-actually-say">https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from-russian-interference-to-revisionist-innuendo--what-the-gabbard-files-actually-say</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-2393d180df251611821d77e6f02bf209/media_attachments/files/114/984/146/281/820/463/original/60ec219d05490b1d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-06T22:20:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswly396x53r2saep7eehq6uugn05xw94m4g3r7p7c3q0zaa83z2vqzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cmh9pjt #Caturday Behemoth is two months shy of his 2nd birthday. He is a Maine Coon and will grow until he’s 3. <br/><br/>He doesn’t like being picked up.<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/114/286/976/548/815/539/original/f11e5f6199340f82.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-05T19:22:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdr9d3ry92mvez0jjs80jwffq7tadqtltdwpd07smv0u3sx0jtf4gzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cayxm3x You can change the title of this chart and - with the exception of Orban - this process has been essentially identical, featuring the same people, for the last five years.<br/><br/>Online rumors as propaganda, advancing the goals of a political machine.<br/><br/>We chronicled how this worked in election 2020…and got investigated by Jim Jordan in retaliation.<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/970/299/283/054/672/original/a9104ec0d74f6290.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-08T21:05:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx08sh25t2lwrrf84cs4zzu3x4mjc3e56pt5c47vf7svzqdxye3lczyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c8vvghy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxq05xhlclkfepl0pqhd7g5x6hz02lemxr4wduulzm5g5ger6x6dqrsh2se'>nevent1q…h2se</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People unhappy with their social platform experiences look for other places to go. Today, they have more options than than ever before. I’ve called this the “Great Decentralization” in snarky posts for a while now. But it’s real. People are moving to platforms not for *features*, now, but for political vibes and values. We are silo-ing. That has broader social implications, which I talk about in here. 2025-01-08T14:36:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxq05xhlclkfepl0pqhd7g5x6hz02lemxr4wduulzm5g5ger6x6dqzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cwze6d8 New from me, and unexpectedly timely with the Zuck announcement. 🙃 This is an essay about “working the refs” - trying to make the people who make the rules advantage your side - and what happens if that becomes impossible. <br/><br/>Ref-working has influenced content moderation policies for a long time; platforms respond to pressure, as we saw yesterday! Since policies shape norms &amp; influence what goes viral, ppl have strong opinions ab these shifts.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.noemamag.com/the-great-decentralization">https://www.noemamag.com/the-great-decentralization</a> 2025-01-08T14:36:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp47k8s0v63n827krgjwmj8gk7am0p50tlsedecychuznk4q3kwtgzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cp6dqct In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx08sh25t2lwrrf84cs4zzu3x4mjc3e56pt5c47vf7svzqdxye3lchkx6rz'>nevent1q…x6rz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The other change, though, is the tech itself. Decentralized platforms (like Mastodon, or eventually Bluesky) mean that ref-working is going to look very different. The whole point of the protocols is to give users more control. But what happens when we actually have that control? The social media world of the future may feel very different.<br/><br/>Hope you enjoy it. Appreciate thoughts! 2025-01-08T14:36:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9xexszumpy3jdprd0mpcsnh3fqjkzg4ftaj9wskyk9yjtn42c9rgzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7capwc0p A bit ago I joined Ryan Holiday to talk ab online manipulation &amp; smear campaigns, among other things. He wrote the 📕 “Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator” ab his own work in PR &amp; manipulated narratives. If you’re interested in the Blake Lively story, listen. The tactics are almost identical bt entertainment &amp; politics — it’s easy to smear someone in an age of online rage mobs &amp; vitriolic factions!<br/><br/><a href="https://dailystoic.com/the-new-age-of-media-manipulation-renee-diresta/">https://dailystoic.com/the-new-age-of-media-manipulation-renee-diresta/</a> 2024-12-26T17:45:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqg4tnvmf6j0rhk060c98uhhqk85jllmuq2lk735ql30ksueq7sszyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c9rr2zt Chatted with Adam Lowenstein for The Ink about how to fight an epidemic of bad faith. <br/><br/>Not sure I have the answers here, but a lot of good people are trying to figure it out…<br/><br/><a href="https://the.ink/p/how-to-fight-an-epidemic-of-bad-faith-interview-renee-diresta">https://the.ink/p/how-to-fight-an-epidemic-of-bad-faith-interview-renee-diresta</a> 2024-12-24T22:14:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2kdukxzj68jcvx9csd0aju9ml0npdswwapa8s4mkymvt3258ttrszyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7ctfc520 New work out on MIDDLEWARE! What is it? Third party tools that can interact with, in this case, social media platforms, on behalf of users. Maybe they&#39;re curating content in your feed in a particular way. Maybe they&#39;re serving as moderation agents, labeling and hiding content or users that you personally don&#39;t want to see. The goal is to give users more agency over their social media experience. (Mastodon ppl know)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thefai.org/posts/shaping-the-future-of-social-media-with-middleware">https://www.thefai.org/posts/shaping-the-future-of-social-media-with-middleware</a> 2024-12-20T01:06:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswa0tjxsw9yy573dkx9nqfrgg6sdweefz6zelgernh7hx72sjvvgqzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cj2wpr3 “To his supporters, Bhattacharya’s supposed status as a victim of government censorship is the key element of his hero’s journey. And it’s simply not true.”<br/><br/>I very much regret listening to Stanford when it told me I shouldn’t respond publicly to Jay’s lies ab our work. They were wrong, &amp; I knew it then too. But this is the cost of vexatious lawsuits: the person silenced is the target.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jay-bhattacharya-censored-government-nih-trump-covid-rcna183120">https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jay-bhattacharya-censored-government-nih-trump-covid-rcna183120</a> 2024-12-09T15:14:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5r54myhd42hepuuqzsv88puvphalnxa60js8k9ewnh5p03hwdlszyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c3jgvhc This focuses on civil servants, but the need is broad. When we received our nuisance subpoenas and (ongoing) vexatious lawsuits, I was lucky to be at an institution willing to fight the legal fight, even as our center collapsed as a result. Legal, security, &amp; comms support is critical. American researchers are avoiding doing basic work studying American elections because of fear of political retribution. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/funders-should-help-democracy-defenders-from-trump-threats">https://www.thebulwark.com/p/funders-should-help-democracy-defenders-from-trump-threats</a> 2024-12-03T14:36:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvrz5ej0trzefndc5w92ueqcmx0p5f444h2q0c60s4rxrnzds7fsczyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cccqyq0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kyum7yte2kwj0d9gw4wg2r949lvxy0u0eal8jfxycmmgp4xqd2csqwy9z'>nevent1q…wy9z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So much from this essay series informed the book I published in June of this year: “Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality” (invisiblerulers.com)<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/567/178/088/003/620/original/33e6944c41b6b22a.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-29T16:27:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9kyum7yte2kwj0d9gw4wg2r949lvxy0u0eal8jfxycmmgp4xqd2czyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7ck8wlkt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswe238yd4amwv7edrf9xhyswrp0pfwxglq5ctv3c2y8xad40x2yzcg3n3xx'>nevent1q…n3xx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I started writing about this in 2015 on this tech blog and community of system thinkers called Ribbonfarm. Venkatesh Rao and the others in the group saw this as “The Great Weirding”. Stuff was going off the rails.<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/567/171/974/859/851/original/8ce379b9699c9b6c.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/567/172/031/365/494/original/89bc48845db22735.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/567/172/093/618/867/original/cab1dbbad80d0573.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-29T16:25:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswe238yd4amwv7edrf9xhyswrp0pfwxglq5ctv3c2y8xad40x2yzczyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7chh34fg 5 years ago yesterday I wrote an essay arguing that institutions were thinking about online media, insurgencies, &amp; manipulation campaigns all wrong. Fighting the last war. <br/><br/>The Digital Maginot line, I called it. It went viral then.<br/><br/>Here it is on its anniversary. It unfortunately holds up incredibly well and describes the moment we are now in:<br/><a href="https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/28/the-digital-maginot-line/">https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/28/the-digital-maginot-line/</a><br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/567/165/270/565/230/original/07360826f0a5c20f.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/567/165/359/121/459/original/66b53451d93d37cd.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-29T16:23:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8eshvppxpyupxkn5g2yeta37grcslnj799xmrsr7przs48cwpj2szyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c3tjfax kakistocracy, noun<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/477/639/114/443/209/original/dd6d2abdb95a2f38.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-13T20:56:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrjemlkx59zrfpuyet2545yv6hu3n5n9ur62ln2q3zrgs5nq6c9ugzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c4ds54h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9zts65x5edk7v64d47cvxua6ww5n7htwfrkpxtq60mslnz7ed8sjap5ax'>nevent1q…p5ax</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Read my book to understand why “The Elon Musk of Squirrels” is a headline: invisiblerulers.com<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/427/944/342/302/598/original/0aa1b8b26a7768c5.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-05T02:18:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz9zts65x5edk7v64d47cvxua6ww5n7htwfrkpxtq60mslnz7ed8szyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cg2fny7 The academic debate ab whether memes *really* shape political discourse can be put to rest with “The Elon Musk of Squirrels.” Every week of this campaign we’ve seen the power of influencers &amp; the role they play in propaganda. Elites are picking this up from the extremely online. Media gets it last.<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/427/939/496/883/341/original/f132033023703c7a.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-05T02:17:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghtghd99lefjxa7tznl7ytddr2yd56922s79qxshfyqkj26ptv9gzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cp60g9x #caturday — Behemoth at 1y 3mo.<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/415/525/876/878/435/original/f9f1a629fb34ab46.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-02T21:40:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nxk3s2v3akvw2y659wjhw98h7uddjkjqhg2c56dcljzlz8fyfhczyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cq9a58w New work: The post-election period may be volatile, particularly if the outcome is disputed. Social media platforms will be scrutinized for their handling of rumors and disinformation, false claims of victory, and potential incitements to violence. A group of us analyzed potential scenarios and key policies to be aware of: <a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/a-guide-to-social-media-moderation-policies-for-the-post-election-period/">https://www.techpolicy.press/a-guide-to-social-media-moderation-policies-for-the-post-election-period/</a> 2024-11-02T14:27:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf7892h369nwnqy6f2rpnuhq4hhjh3ff80uu7r7qxfuc8t968kgqszyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cc5pz56 The 2024 Freedom on the Net report is out. It includes analysis of generative AI in elections globally, and actual attempts at censorship around elections — ie, governments using their power to silence dissidents, or parties manipulating the info space <br/><br/><a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2024/struggle-trust-online">https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2024/struggle-trust-online</a><br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/335/191/427/814/968/original/96be2dd36493371d.png"> <br/> 2024-10-19T17:11:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0y09umf44s4tdc4mh030txgtp6r27gtcm2fummff6gw40v6fgw2qzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c4aejnt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3lw62hnrcrpdkphdax638vp7xatnx95dls5mawr85p8h6jzrqdq3cpax5'>nevent1q…pax5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>3. Since the rumors are useful, MAGA elites ref-work to ensure they remain prevalent. This has been Jim Jordan’s project for the better part of a year now. Recognize what that committee’s goal was. What the lawsuits were for.<br/><br/>4. Community Notes can’t keep up. A valuable tool, but always intended to be supplemental.<br/><br/>5. People disgusted by this are moving into new platforms as the market provides. So are advertisers. X will continue to spiral if it doesn’t change course…but again, see 3. 2024-10-12T01:51:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq3lw62hnrcrpdkphdax638vp7xatnx95dls5mawr85p8h6jzrqdqzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cwygeaw Here’s my contribution to The Discourse on the insane rumors that have become reality among a subset of X users<br/><br/>1. The platform privileges rumors. This has always been structurally true but “policy shapes propagation” &amp; Elon’s policy changes juices it.<br/>2. This is not accidental. Rumors are useful for political propaganda. MAGA elites now amplify &amp; legitimize them. It’s not just “more visible,” it’s normalized.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/rumors-x-twitter-musk/680219/">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/rumors-x-twitter-musk/680219/</a> 2024-10-12T01:48:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27jsez08ecvfnw0w2x4gs3455paj3hvylpjsmgs8tqsngcsldgjgzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7clazppx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqueam763dfn8cy4mzemrh69fjk8d6kwrm5uw7klpqj07ddgkm87cgmf006'>nevent1q…f006</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I support this conference as an expression of academic freedom even as the dishonest politicians &amp; media that Bhattacharya aligned with attacked SIO’s. I AM, however, disappointed that Stanford chose not to livestream it. It&#39;s not often that a prof puts his lawyer on a panel - one who interrogated his colleagues - or has Epoch moderate. <br/><br/>This article in the Stanford Daily gives more context and is an important read: <a href="https://stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/from-the-community-levin-academic-freedom/">https://stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/from-the-community-levin-academic-freedom/</a> 2024-10-04T17:14:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqueam763dfn8cy4mzemrh69fjk8d6kwrm5uw7klpqj07ddgkm87czyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7czkl4up On this 4th anniversary of the Great Barrington Declaration, Jay Bhattacharya is hosting a commemorative “pandemic policy” conference at Stanford w/both opening comments by Stanford’s new president AND a panel moderated by the Epoch Times. I want to mark the occasion w/a thought: there has yet to be any evidence showing govt sought to censor, or even mentioned, Bhattacharya to a tech co. <br/><br/>Never has a man so desperately wanted to be Galileo while coming up so short. <br/><br/>Here is Justice Barrett:<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/250/271/380/835/955/original/12abac24e8d0577c.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-04T17:13:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrp722w6jvrs0w8rcs0fxlduxlp9lmqgxjftnayfy75w0dya8kqqqzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c8q6wxe What Dr. Francis Collins is describing in this excerpt from his new book isn’t just a problem in public health. Institutions don’t understand how influencers, algorithms, and crowds now shape public opinion, and they don’t understand the incentives that power factionalism. Institutions have dropped the ball — *and* they are also under attack. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/covid-political-polarization-public-trust-vaccine/679806/">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/covid-political-polarization-public-trust-vaccine/679806/</a> 2024-09-15T20:04:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvfdrn4pjk3c0szawjpekgegs3chmcszyfl3984ax3ca3cguddfkgzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7ck8xdj7 “I saw people on television talking about it”<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/117/385/284/526/558/original/64cf9d62a45090af.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-11T05:59:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswf4n94efe5nwqzzqvrwlr9alnkhgjcztkke6jkvf9xr6sdz2pmsczyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c8c5ucw #caturday big paws<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/097/395/914/247/744/original/0b299f8751781a9d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/097/396/031/022/154/original/519dc714bbce5487.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-07T17:16:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89trrprrm00ajmgkm68tdcxgc04e94tllyxt2uex3q5qenze0jfgzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cwqhncq I have a new article up today on The Unpopulist describing what we know ab the Durov affair, the many things that “content moderation” covers, &amp; the difference between “free speech” and “crimes”. Also covers SIO’s experience w/Telegram data. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/platforms-like-telegram-accused-of">https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/platforms-like-telegram-accused-of</a><br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/059/925/571/579/756/original/fd2916ab11824a3c.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/059/925/629/723/538/original/9cffe91c4814215c.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-01T02:26:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfc93qll4cj2qfjjjfl8s5cgs2a7ulhkfp5lp8ut4c5468wd2kmfszyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7cw04ft8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjfy90esurw2m9l8zxyprh0jy5tl80tl78rnslqzgupyyjv6wjssx88eu2'>nevent1q…8eu2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anyone familiar with longstanding antivax tropes will recognize all this immediately. “Package inserts”, in antivax land, supposedly reveal all of the terrible side effects and evil ingredients. Doctors are keeping this from you because they are BOUGHT!!! Except all this info is available online, you can ask the doctor for it, and every medication on the market has disclosures like this. A possible side effect is not a frequent side or even a bad side effect. Just pure paranoid innumeracy. 2024-08-23T13:17:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjfy90esurw2m9l8zxyprh0jy5tl80tl78rnslqzgupyyjv6wjsszyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7czu3t9q As RFK Jr prepares to “”address the nation”” today, I hope media who cover the pseudoevent note that he put out a 10 min video on Instagram yesterday articulating the long-standing anti-vax talking points that he downplayed for broader appeal: stuff about the “package inserts”, “no safe vaccines”, “the schedule”, &amp; the “right to choose” whether to vaccinate your kids against polio. This is what his run has always been about. He is gunning for a Trump CDC or HHS appointee role to “fix” vaccines.<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/113/011/525/450/627/260/original/8c200fdd664a17d5.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-23T13:17:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstvrjmsd8ef9kawxar2zzc5we2rtefgxsvejlx43zn4zd4cce8fcqzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c26apdp Shrimp Jesus is now in the pages of Harvard Misinfo Review! <br/><br/>As AI slop continues to proliferate, we published our study on dynamics that spammers and scammers are using to game the platform, grow a following, and trick unsuspecting audiences — not with the crustaceans, which are almost a surrealist form of art - but with others that are less obviously fake. <br/><br/><a href="https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/how-spammers-and-scammers-leverage-ai-generated-images-on-facebook-for-audience-growth/">https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/how-spammers-and-scammers-leverage-ai-generated-images-on-facebook-for-audience-growth/</a><br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/112/973/372/226/838/529/original/6d66a4742a668d47.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/112/973/372/356/083/623/original/a1dde3b6e585ff9b.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/112/973/372/459/604/906/original/1a34b8bc817a7b7a.png"> <br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/112/973/372/529/563/373/original/aa84016beecc5c51.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-16T19:35:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgska669rrd472m7dr08lu75ctz3nxv7sm8adne0sfkpwufs8vtcszyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c9qm66v I wrote a book about how this works! Buy it for your parents…<br/> <img src="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/112/918/175/151/273/975/original/77b71bcc0c9981d4.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-07T01:37:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22h2t8u0tjzhgjcjplkrmj6vnahdwkrfywd6ea3cd5jm7nsluzugzyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c55gnpv I joined <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1t4p0etmcuzf0mxhw4s76mjrjngr7zcwdefp8n9y0e8sjfj0tvu3ql25qhu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Matthew Sheffield</span> (<span class="italic">npub1t4p…5qhu</span>)</a></span> <br/>to talk memes, trolls, smear campaigns, Satanic Panic, and Congressional reactionaries abusing their power. And also my book, Invisible Rulers.<br/><br/>I always appreciate discussing these topics with Matt bc he understands the drives and tactics of right-wing media better than anyone else. He is also someone I originally got to know largely because of Mastodon! <br/><br/><a href="https://plus.flux.community/p/how-republicans-are-making-the-internet">https://plus.flux.community/p/how-republicans-are-making-the-internet</a> 2024-08-03T16:50:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ygwk3m75d2rdet46wc8fgl362e60s4tcsazqwlz72emn74pweyczyzwnp0s4292kjkuzv6xft4sp38altv8uykv2xh5kztuauf598za7c3jtkq7 Explaining to my children that there used to be one movie for the whole plane. 2024-07-21T00:29:59Z