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Chief Idea Scout. Reader, listener, connector, creator. Following news, insights on strategic comms, consumer behaviour (as linked to persuadability and motivation), democracy, war studies and mis/disinformation.
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submitted 169 days ago • 1 comment

2025 has to be the year that we find a way to better spot, manage and regulate against dis and misinformation

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

Have seen this complaint raised from all forms of media outlet. Give credit to the credit. ⬇️⬇️

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments

The brazenness of this claim in light of X link suppression but more, it demonstrates a fragility that nobody should want in a leader. (It’s not a good look for somebody so concerned by vanity metrics either)

submitted 191 days ago • 0 comments

Ukraine brings war close to home in Moscow #CBR general

submitted 191 days ago • 0 comments

#BBCNews - Russia launches huge attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure www.bbc.com/news/article... #UkraineWar

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

Rent-an-Andrew discovering that his tree is increasingly sparse. ‘you sit at the very top of a tree that many, many people would like to be on’

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

Volume up. This morning’s mood 🥰 youtu.be/yhcWH8KZXEg

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

Own goal 🥴

submitted 197 days ago • 1 comment

Trump just nominated Kari Lake to a job she can't have. Senate approved a bipartisan board in December that has oversight over Voice of America and other US funded broadcasters www.voanews.com/amp/senate-a... .

submitted 197 days ago • 107 comments

Donald Trump asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements during his campaign about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York reut.rs/4isLRaZ

submitted 197 days ago • 19 comments

The fact that such preemptive pardons by Biden are widely seen by many serious people as probably needed to defend many prominent Trump critics from wrongful prosecution (& worse) in the upcoming Trump Administration 2.0 is a very very sad moment for US democracy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcn...

submitted 202 days ago • 0 comments

Previously shared Sweden’s info warfare advisory, civil war preparedness in Finland, Norway and now Germany www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

submitted 203 days ago • 0 comments

Motives and details unclear but this is an unbelievable incident coming out of the U.S. Await further reports….

submitted 204 days ago • 1 comment

@thatmarkperkins.bsky.social 👋

submitted 205 days ago • 0 comments

Authoritarian scholars note that dictatorial actors intentionally flood the information environment with hyper-provocative content and rhetoric to confuse and fatigue the populace. It helps with driving their submission to dominance. cc: @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @brianklaas.bsky.social (1/2)

submitted 206 days ago • 1 comment

It’s not the fact that surveillance is technologically possible it’s the sheer commitment on man power and resourcing, that makes this state backed media surveillance case so compelling.

submitted 206 days ago • 0 comments

Uploads innocuous picture of dog in garden. Fascinating awakening into digital footprints.

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