I made a quick Russian interference explainer. When CIA director Ratcliffe started down this road, I wrote 3000 words about the Senate reports, the data sets from big tech, etc. Now Tulsi’s doing her thing…so here’s a quick video about her “Obama treason” voting machine claims vs reality. 🤷🏻‍♀️ https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreictxfpuidcrr7vm3gs2fptnqposnzoq2t3xfpnmqituzionjbywd4
Amended: he’s become indistinguishable from a crazy Facebook uncle. This is certifiable. RE:
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Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
It’s 3am here but Matt Taibbi has yet again misread a (politicized) doc release to claim it says something it doesn’t. He’s so blinded by a d...
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The other four Eyes are likely having meetings sorting out how they’ll cut this treasonous midwit lackey out of any conversations about Russia. It’s hard to overstate how malicious and/or breathtakingly stupid Tulsi Gabbard is. RE:
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Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social)
The other four "Five Eyes" (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) all know that these concerns were substantial and valid. https://www.cnn.com/2025/0...
They gave Michael Shellenberger an anonymously endowed chair in 2023 after posting a job spec he didn’t meet quals for bc they admired his work on the *Twitter Files*. 🤷🏻‍♀️ People affiliated with the org reached out to me then. They knew he was a crank. Its marketing has only gotten more out-there. RE:
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Will Sommer (@willsommer.bsky.social)
A new sign of trouble at Bari Weiss's University of Austin—Larry Summers resigns from advisory board over the university's direction.
It’s 3am here but Matt Taibbi has yet again misread a (politicized) doc release to claim it says something it doesn’t. He’s so blinded by a desire to exonerate Russia/be right that he’s become functionally illiterate. My article explaining his prior fuckup: [www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...](
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Retconning ‘Russiagate’
The CIA director encourages the rewriting of history.
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American Lysenkoism spreads to another agency. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreicvxfc7g6vgbnbhypxobvqwwir6lsr3vzxq7flg3ojn42yzpr525q
Garrett is a great storyteller and I really enjoyed this. I’ve gotten blunter telling the story of the Disneyland measles outbreak & social media battle — since RFK Jr, our opponent then, heads HHS now, it’s clearer why it matters. A lot of ppl wonder how we got here; this goes into the tech bit. RE:
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Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social)
This week's LONG SHADOW is one of my favorites of the season (and ever)—it's the moment that the internet turns from hope and optimism into ... s...
There are many tedious “writer grapples with AI” articles. This isn’t one of those — I think it does a v good job articulating the state of AI writing, the difference between craft and getting-it-done, and the different tradeoffs for professionals and students. [www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...](
Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
We need to reckon with what ChatGPT is doing to the classroom and to human expression.
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We need to reckon with what ChatGPT is doing to the classroom and to human expression.
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This was a really great interview by @npub1hlnp...0lua — questions ab how public opinion works today, why influencers really matter, what antivaxxers get that the silent majority still doesn’t, & why participating in online trends drives ideology [depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/renee-dire...](
The machinery of modern propaganda: Renée DiResta on invisible rulers and bespoke realities
The disinformation researcher explains how small communities of propagandists have transformed the rules of influence and public opinion.
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The machinery of modern propaganda: Renée DiResta on invisible rulers and bespoke realities
The disinformation researcher explains how small communities of propagandists have transformed the rules of influence and public opinion.
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Something is CONSPICUOUSLY MISSING from the first four paragraphs of this article teasing an EO about “woke AI”… Let’s see if it gets mentioned as I keep reading… [www.wsj.com/tech/ai/whit...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/white-house-prepares-executive-order-targeting-woke-ai-e68e8e24?st=JB6KM2&reflink=article_copyURL_share ) https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiagjys55hhij6a6np2kwyocnoitjrl5iesa2cy4vo3c4dm4ezqgqu