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jengolbeck.bsky.social

Computer scientist, psychologist, journalist. Professor at UMD On the dystopia beat- AI, social media, extremism, radicalization, privacy, information warfare, and bad stuff people do on the internet she/her

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I have had like 15 exchanges with ChatGPT trying to get it to change the labels on the axis of a chart and I'm pretty sure it's trying to gaslight me. It absolutely cannot show whole numbers (or no numbers) on that axis, but it says it has!

submitted 19 hours ago • 2 comments

First time I've seen the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church version of the Proud Boys shirt in the wild since they won the lawsuit that awarded them the trademark. Note the Black Lives Matter at the bottom www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I was out doing some photojournalism again today (Thursday) in LA 1/

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

It's just before 5 PM in Los Angeles and this is the scene in front of City Hall where the downtown protests have been taking place. Send it to anyone who thinks LA is on fire lip

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

I filled out this form and it said it sent me a six-digit code, but it did not. It would have been funny if it went to spam, but it didn't even go there. Just doesn't work at all

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

I went to LA to photograph the demonstrations today. Here are some scenes from the day. There were a LOT of police, but the demonstration was peaceful. If a person got too confrontational or loud, the crowd would make them back-off. "Peaceful Protest" was one of the common chants

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

The calls for the government to use violence against protesters is ramping up on the MAGA forums. I give a glimpse into it in today's MAGAReport. I'm heading to LA tomorrow to cover the protests, so keep an eye out for updates starting Wednesday afternoon. magareport.news/p/appetite-f...

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

Bridgefy is an app that lets you text people nearby even if cell & internet service goes down. It uses bluetooth and the more people who are using it in an area, the further you can text. iOS and Android bridgefy.me

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The @apnews.com just put a photo of the White House Tesla on the wire 👀 newsroom.ap.org/detail/Trump...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Elon and Trump are fighting and it's a real 🍿moment. Musk was live tweeting clapbacks as Trump spoke in the Oval Office today. Here's today's MAGAReport where I go through the drama and show you what the MAGAs are saying (tl;dr- they are on Trump's side) magareport.news/p/elon-and-t...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

I talked to the AP about grok's "white genocide" meltdown. A few hours after publication, xAI admitted to hard coding it. This is important accountability journalism because people use AI as an arbiter of truth & here we see AI owners making the tools match their politics apnews.com/article/elon...

submitted 32 days ago • 19 comments

Daily snaps 5/13/25 youtu.be/PyFdnU1C7UU

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

MAGA hates the new Pope. I write about it and flex a little of my Catholic upbringing in today's MAGA report open.substack.com/pub/jengolbe...

submitted 39 days ago • 5 comments

Trump: "I love Canada. I have a lot of respect for the Canadians...You happen to have a very, very good hockey player right here on the Capitols, he is a big tough cookie too, just broke the record." Alex Ovechkin is Russian.

submitted 41 days ago • 162 comments

A hopeful and smart take from my brilliant pal, Dr. Aaron Mannes substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 48 days ago • 4 comments

What is this a picture of? (I'm doing a little AI test and very interested in the human answers) (no cheating)

submitted 54 days ago • 44 comments

The MAGA forums have stopped discussing a lot of the news because it makes Trump look bad. In the MAGAReport, I look at the phenomenon and talk about how the concept of Victimhood Nationalism can help explain some of it magareport.news/p/victimhood...

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Canadians! I'm looking to interview 🇨🇦hockey fans who have ✨opinions✨about Gretzky's politics and how that's impacting their feelings about Ovechkin tying (and likely breaking) his record. Drop me a DM / signal golbeck.56 / [email protected]