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pwarren.bsky.social
I am a (sometime) economist to studies people lying on the internet.
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If Peter Navarro has one good idea, it will be the first time.

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JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID

submitted 1 day ago • 139 comments

Using the case study of the MAGA mannequin video, Darren Linvill and @pwarren.bsky.social explore how Russian disinformation operations shape narratives and erode support for Ukraine's war effort, especially among American conservatives.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

It's Schrödinger's Coup!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart. Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.

submitted 18 days ago • 157 comments

Clemson University is looking to hire an Animal, salary not specified

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

I'm afraid we're going to have learn the hard way.

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Live shot of Executive Branch

submitted 29 days ago • 16 comments

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) just "cancelled all previously posted Notices of Funding Opportunity"

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

So far: State and USAID?

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

This is only the beginning.

submitted 32 days ago • 30 comments

Hearing rumors of ongoing US government grants being suspended today. Anyone else hearing the same?

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I don't think Community Notes are qualitatively different from many other algorithmic approachesto select top comments or most informative reviews. They are all similar systems for selecting and highlighting privileged responses to main content.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

Okay, so just a few* thoughts (*this got longer as I wrote 😅….long thread)-

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

New from the Hub: Further analysis of Storm 1516, and its relationship with the Foundation for Battling Injustice, a Prigozhin-founded propaganda organization that might be more than it seems. open.clemson.edu/mfh_ci_repor...

submitted 121 days ago • 0 comments

New: Do some political conversations on Twitter strike you as a little less than authentic? For the first time, researchers have uncovered a coordinated LLM network of nearly 700 fake accounts devoted to gumming up Twitter replies to advocate for specific GOP races: www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

submitted 134 days ago • 13 comments

AI bots and digital yard signs. A great report from @kevincollier.bsky.social on our recent work at the Hub. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday's "Influence and cyber operations update" from OpenAI provides additional context for two of our recent reports: Iranian IO in Scotland and a Rwandan domestic operation. Check it out: cdn.openai.com/threat-intel...

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www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politic...

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"Did not watch the debate" is undefeated.

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Did you know: The top voice (by far) pushing for Scottish Independence in the last year was Iran? New report out of the Hub this morning about a large and loud inauthentic campaign on X targeting conversations in the UK: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a... Details: www.clemson.edu/centers-inst...

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