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International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
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SCOOP: Details about Saturday’s “No Kings” protest are under watch by domestic intelligence centers, where analysts regularly distribute speculative threat assessments among federal, state, and local agencies, according to an internal alert obtained by WIRED. UNPAYWALLED:

submitted 3 hours ago • 58 comments

So... for any of you bored enough to want running commentary of the International Communication Association Conference #ICA25 I'll be telling you about some interesting bits relevant to #propaganda. First up I'm at a panel on censorship, freedom and control chaired by @jesperstromback.bsky.social

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

submitted 9 hours ago • 651 comments

By surveying workers and AI experts, this paper gets at a key issue: there is both overlap and large mismatches between what workers want AI to do & what AI is likely to do. AI is going to change work. It is critical that we take an active role in shaping how it plays out. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.06576

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

"The chatbot instructed him to give up sleeping pills and an anti-anxiety medication, and to increase his intake of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, which ChatGPT described as a “temporary pattern liberator.”"

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Prior No Kings demonstrations brought more than 5 million Americans on to the streets; they were heavily reported in media all around the world, but not in the US. Why is that?

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

Seems important: "FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed" Padilla says he "didn’t “barge” into the presser, he was signed in and escorted, and was listening in the room for 10 minutes before he tried to ask a question" www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...

submitted 10 hours ago • 19 comments

National security committees of Muslim states across the MENA region will be meeting to discuss what to do: do nothing (most likely), support Israel/US (no chance) or take this opportunity to hit Israel so hard it crumbles (you never know!). Trump at the controls introduces a strategic wild card.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Claiming you didn't recognise a senator is also an interesting admission to make.

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I'm loving the little #ICA25 museum

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Oh wow! Denver has a Museum of Illusions! Something a scholar of propaganda definitely cannot miss! Anyone want to go? #ICA25

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Interesting piece from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social on patriotic millionaires. I have a suggestion for the group: invest in rebuilding local news media across the country. That will be money well spent. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-patrio...

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 22 hours ago • 48 comments