@tchambers@indieweb.social
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3d ago
Tim Chambers
@tchambers@indieweb.social
Technologist, writer, who is fascinated by how new politics impacts technology and vice versa. #fedi22 #indieweb #fediverse
indieweb.social
I co-wrote this with @WillRobinson@indieweb.social highlighting the recent Scottish election as a sign of what is coming our way:
“The next generation of election disinformation may not come from a social media post at all. It may come from the answer.”
#Ai #Disinformation
https://substack.com/home/post/p-202048579
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@analytics@social.vir.group
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3d ago
Kraken
@analytics@social.vir.group
Hello Fediverse! 👋 Lived through martial law. Now I monitor global tensions & anomalies. OSINT, artillery, strategic weapons, WMDs, info warfare. I don't sow panic or propaganda. Inaccuracies? Write me. Peace 🕊️ #OSINT #Monitoring #Security #War #StrategicWeapons #ThreatIntel #OSINT #akert
social.vir.group
🟢 Rhetoric | 3/10
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Russian rhetoric about 'hitting defense industry targets'
Russia routinely reports hitting defense industry targets, although evidence shows strikes on civilian infrastructure.
#OSINT #NewsGroup #Russia #Disinformation #Propaganda #CivilianCasualties
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@analytics@social.vir.group
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3d ago
Kraken
@analytics@social.vir.group
Hello Fediverse! 👋 Lived through martial law. Now I monitor global tensions & anomalies. OSINT, artillery, strategic weapons, WMDs, info warfare. I don't sow panic or propaganda. Inaccuracies? Write me. Peace 🕊️ #OSINT #Monitoring #Security #War #StrategicWeapons #ThreatIntel #OSINT #akert
social.vir.group
🟡 PoliticalProtest | 5/10
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Musk supports anti-immigrant protests in Belfast
Elon Musk is at the center of a political scandal for supporting anti-immigrant riots in Belfast. CCDH researchers have documented his activity.
#OSINT #NewsGroup #UnitedKingdom #PoliticalProtest #Disinformation
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@analytics@social.vir.group
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Jun 11, 2026
Kraken
@analytics@social.vir.group
Hello Fediverse! 👋 Lived through martial law. Now I monitor global tensions & anomalies. OSINT, artillery, strategic weapons, WMDs, info warfare. I don't sow panic or propaganda. Inaccuracies? Write me. Peace 🕊️ #OSINT #Monitoring #Security #War #StrategicWeapons #ThreatIntel #OSINT #akert
social.vir.group
🟢 Disinformation | 3/10
🇧🇭 🇮🇷
Bahrain impact photo debunked as old Las Vegas image
A photo circulating as an impact in Manama, Bahrain, is actually a years-old image from Las Vegas, Nevada.
#OSINT #NewsGroup #Bahrain #Iran #Disinformation
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@analytics@social.vir.group
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Jun 10, 2026
Kraken
@analytics@social.vir.group
Hello Fediverse! 👋 Lived through martial law. Now I monitor global tensions & anomalies. OSINT, artillery, strategic weapons, WMDs, info warfare. I don't sow panic or propaganda. Inaccuracies? Write me. Peace 🕊️ #OSINT #Monitoring #Security #War #StrategicWeapons #ThreatIntel #OSINT #akert
social.vir.group
🟢 Official Statement | 6/10
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US denies Iran's claims of 21 attacks on military sites
A US official described IRGC's claims of 21 attacks on US military sites in the Middle East as simply not true. Axios reports at least four ballistic missiles were launched.
#OSINT #NewsGroup #US #Iran #Disinformation #MiddleEast
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@EndemicEarthling@todon.eu
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Jun 09, 2026
EndemicEarthling
@EndemicEarthling@todon.eu
Recovering coloniser on stolen Gadigal land. He/any ND GM PhD ΙΧΘΥΣ Ethics is about asking good questions, not just reaching a good answer. For centuries people have debated: "is it ethical to steal bread if your family is starving?". But there's a more pressing question: "is it ethical to sell bread when people are starving?" "Let no-one say the past is dead, the past is all about us and within." – Oodgeroo Noonuccal "There is dignity, grace, and humanity in changing your mind" — Caitlyn Doughty “People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.” ― Emma Goldman "You were born at just the right moment to help change everything." — Eric Holthaus
todon.eu
The US Apache helicopter was in Iranian airspace when it was hit.
Has this simple fact been mentioned in any of the mainstream western media reporting on this latest round of escalation? Perhaps, but I haven't seen it.
A few days ago, Israel did not respond to Iranian aggression with a counter strike (as most mainstream media sources framed it). Iran was responding to Israel's ongoing aggression in southern Lebanon over the last few months, where the Israeli military has been bulldozing dozens of villages, killing well over 3,000 people (predominantly civilians), wounding more than ten thousand people, targeting (once more) medical facilities and first responders, displacing over 20% of the population, while announcing plans to make their occupation permanent. And Iran was responding specifically to Israel once more bombing a densely-populated part of Beirut.
For decades, western media have consistently misrepresented the aggressors (US-Israel) as the victims. Whenever one of the targets of their illegal expansionist/imperialist violence retaliates, this response/defence is treated as the originating act of aggression and (retrospective) _casus belli_.
History didn't start yesterday.
#MediaBias #USImperialism #Iran #IranWar #Israel #InternationalLaw #framing #Disinformation
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@analytics@social.vir.group
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Jun 03, 2026
Kraken
@analytics@social.vir.group
Hello Fediverse! 👋 Lived through martial law. Now I monitor global tensions & anomalies. OSINT, artillery, strategic weapons, WMDs, info warfare. I don't sow panic or propaganda. Inaccuracies? Write me. Peace 🕊️ #OSINT #Monitoring #Security #War #StrategicWeapons #ThreatIntel #OSINT #akert
social.vir.group
🟡 Disinformation | 7/10
🇮🇷 🇰🇼 🇺🇸
Iran blames US for Kuwait airport damage
Iran's IRGC claims damage to Kuwait Airport Terminal 1 was caused by a failed US Patriot interceptor, not Iranian weapons.
#OSINT #NewsGroup #Iran #Kuwait #Disinformation #IRGC
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@analytics@social.vir.group
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May 30, 2026
Kraken
@analytics@social.vir.group
Hello Fediverse! 👋 Lived through martial law. Now I monitor global tensions & anomalies. OSINT, artillery, strategic weapons, WMDs, info warfare. I don't sow panic or propaganda. Inaccuracies? Write me. Peace 🕊️ #OSINT #Monitoring #Security #War #StrategicWeapons #ThreatIntel #OSINT #akert
social.vir.group
🟢 Statement | 5/10
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Putin denies plans to attack Europe
Putin called statements by European politicians that Russia is preparing to attack Europe a 'dirty and shameless lie'.
#OSINT #NewsGroup #Russia #Putin #NATO #Disinformation
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@analytics@social.vir.group
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May 21, 2026
Kraken
@analytics@social.vir.group
Hello Fediverse! 👋 Lived through martial law. Now I monitor global tensions & anomalies. OSINT, artillery, strategic weapons, WMDs, info warfare. I don't sow panic or propaganda. Inaccuracies? Write me. Peace 🕊️ #OSINT #Monitoring #Security #War #StrategicWeapons #ThreatIntel #OSINT #akert
social.vir.group
🟢 Disinformation | 3/10
🇮🇷 🇵🇰
IRIB denies IRGC commander met Pakistani minister
IRIB denies Al Arabiya reports of a meeting between IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi and Pakistan's interior minister, stating images are from 2024.
#OSINT #NewsGroup #Iran #Pakistan #Disinformation
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@davidonformosa@mstdn.social
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May 05, 2026
David on Formosa
@davidonformosa@mstdn.social
Focus on Taiwan politics with some posts about Thailand and China. Supporting human rights and democracy everywhere.
mstdn.social
Misinformation has become pervasive in Taiwan's information environment. A survey by NTU found that there was a high level of awareness of misinformation and its impacts on society
Over 90% of respondents supported government legislation to regulate misinformation. 76% believed that technology companies should take a more active role in limiting its spread
https://en.tfc-taiwan.org.tw/taiwans-2025-misinformation-survey-from-political-narratives-to-scam-driven-content/
#Taiwan #FactCheck #disinformation #SocialMedia #tech #台灣 #事實查核
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@Infoseepage@mastodon.social @ChristosArgyrop@mastodon.social @thatdnaguy@genomic.social at least unlike #Shitcoin-#ASIC|s for the like of #Bitcoin these #GPU|s can at least be reused for something productive.
Worst-case it'll make #Gaming, #CAD and #HPC "affordable" again.Best case we'll see actual #innovation outside of #Deepfake|s & #Disinformation campaigns!
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@KimPerales@toad.social
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Apr 21, 2026
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social
Californian with a wide variety of interests, but since 2016, seeking justice, democratic norms, improving public: education & health, access to the arts, inclusivity, ethics in government, finance & business, human rights, IMM, ENVIR & worker protections, accountability for the oligarch criminality in the US & helping America turn blue.
toad.social
#Musk's X:🚨"When a social media removes the authenticity seal from official accounts during a conflict, something like this is to be expected, & it only increases #disinformation."
-P Marins
":X🚨is removing the accounts of Iranian officials & promoting satirical accts instead in order to strengthen Trump's ability to engage in disinformation & manipulate the markets by fabricating #lies about the negotiations so he can better control energy prices."
#Propaganda & co
#IranWar #Oil #Trump #USPol
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@jensorensen@mastodon.social
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Apr 18, 2026
Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social
Cartoonist for Daily Kos, The Nation, In These Times and elsewhere, formerly seen on The Nib. Herblock Prize, Pulitzer finalist, RFK journalism award, 2023 Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation. She/her I mostly post #cartoons and #comics
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@leavex@mastodon.social
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Mar 02, 2026
Leave X - Protect Democracy
@leavex@mastodon.social
European politicians and leaders must act NOW to protect democracy. Contact the MEPs to leave X: https://leavex.eu/politicians #LeaveX #ByeByeElon #HelloQuitX #QuitX #eXit #juntas #DetoX #EscapeX
mastodon.social
Big Tech and the Far Right: Musk’s growing political role illustrates how concentrated private power in the tech sector is fuelling fascism. Through control of a major social media platform, amplification of far-right narratives and direct engagement with reactionary figures and movements, Musk has helped normalise extremist rhetoric and expand its reach.
Check it out TNI's Mapping Fascim: https://www.tni.org/en/mapping-fascism
#FarRight #BigTech #SocialMedia #Musk #X #fascism #musk #LeaveX #Disinformation
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@MartMichaelis@mastodonapp.uk
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Feb 21, 2026
Martin Michaelis (he/him)
@MartMichaelis@mastodonapp.uk
Professor of Molecular Medicine (he/him), University of Kent, all opinions are my own...
mastodonapp.uk
Beware of #disinformation and #misinformation fabricated by reckless irresponsible individuals, who do not care about anything or even have ill intentions...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8r23yv71o
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@Lupposofi__dup_34228@mementomori.social
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Feb 12, 2026
Lupposofi
@Lupposofi__dup_34228@mementomori.social
Olin tieteenfilosofi ja tietoteoreetikko. Opetin kriittistä ajattelua yliopistossa. (Re)tired. Ihmettelen elämää lähinnä Lupposofina (ks. kotisivu), ja ajoittain yhä opin. Vältän pönkittämästä uutismedian luomaa ja ylläpitämää ajan tasaa. Seurailemiani sivustoja: https://plato.stanford.edu/new.html https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic https://social-epistemology.com/ https://philosophyofbrains.com/ https://www.alzforum.org/all-news https://bios.fi/#blogi https://journal.fi/
mementomori.social
@asanpin@defcon.social Done. Mixed feelings. To concentrate solely on FIMI does not sound wise. In the USA DIMI is at present the most urgent problem (Domestic Information Manipulation and Interference), which has already halted research necessary for informed citizens in a democracy, and IMI in general is dangerous, no matter its source.
In Finland, we don't usually speak about "democracies", because the actual distribution of political power is more important itself, and comes in degrees. Some NATO-countries, e.g, are not democratic, and some even oligarchic, or at least act like ones. There is no "West" or "the democratic world" but in some not so democratic ruler's and marketer's jargon. That jargon manifests itself maybe too much in the WFW-report. Some parts of it were educational, some clearly outdated, superficial, and/or unnecessarily fear-mongerous. The Alan Turing report is on quite another level with its delailed scenarios for influence in Ch. 5, https://www.turing.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-10/epistemic-security-report_final.pdf
With respect to the AI-danger there have been proposals for an IPCC-like body to steer and regulate at least something, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01606-9 but guess which former "democracy" just dissociated itsef from even the original IPCC? And referring to, e.g, the dual-use problem, guess who frustrated at least part of the EU AI-Act, https://corporateeurope.org/en/2023/02/lobbying-ghost-machine
My advice for most everybody would be to stop using tools which use you, and maybe instead start to read real texts, preferably more than 10 pages long. Important things don't come easily, and the hustle we constantly feel, isn't ours.
I go back to my primary reading, thanks for the opportunity to think aloud, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/attention/
#cognitiveWarfare #information #ai #democracy #usa #ipcc #aiAct #propaganda #disinformation
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@leavex@mastodon.social
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Jan 26, 2026
Leave X - Protect Democracy
@leavex@mastodon.social
European politicians and leaders must act NOW to protect democracy. Contact the MEPs to leave X: https://leavex.eu/politicians #LeaveX #ByeByeElon #HelloQuitX #QuitX #eXit #juntas #DetoX #EscapeX
mastodon.social
Only 17% of Austrian MPs are still on X.
Compare that to Sweden, 66%, the Netherlands, 63%, and the EU, 58%, that gap is striking.
Finland is often cited as a leader in digital literacy and counter-disinformation. It makes me curious how Finnish politicians assess X today, as a neutral platform, or as an active disinformation risk.
Which European country will be the first to seriously lead by example and walk away from this disinformation machine?
#X #disinformation #Finland #LeaveX
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@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to
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Jan 11, 2026
Philip C James
@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to
English/German-speaking Brython living in Austenland; careless as carless, hard-science grasping, liberal-leaning, creativity-yearning, Bohemian-aspiring humanist. Allergy Warning: May Contain Fiction. And Nuts Banner: ISS over NZ (Getty) Avatar: Horsehead Nebula, Six Star System, Alien on an Asteroid (Own Work)
mas.to
As Donroe Tantrump reminds us, we should be wary of #FakeNews, ie #Disinformation spread with malicious intent, so I repost this as a cautionary tale.
The best Agitprop contains a hard stony kernel of lies cloaked in the soft succulent peachy flesh of the truth; it often works by downplaying or omitting some truths.
The gunshots as ostensibly recorded by this video sound compressed or missing; in my mind, it's still damning.
#Trump #GOP #MAGA #USpol
#TyrantTrump #ICE
https://youtu.be/KrmJap851dQ?si=qlu7z6_Xvni1n0fD
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@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Jan 03, 2026
Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
BSD.cafe and illumos Cafe "Barista", Founder and System Administrator, Unix enthusiast ( #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #DragonflyBSD, #Illumos and #Linux ), with a keen eye for everything happening in this world and the fascinating beings that populate it. I enjoy #music, #photography, and, of course, #technology. Most of my posts will self-destruct after 6 months. "I Solve Problems" - https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/03/i-solve-problems-eurobsdcon/
mastodon.bsd.cafe
AI models don’t really 'get' the BSDs. As a result, they often provide incomplete, imprecise, or flat-out wrong answers by defaulting to Linux paradigms. When it comes to illumos-based systems, they just completely lose the plot.
This is becoming a serious issue for the BSDs and illumos ecosystems. We are seeing entire websites flooded with AI-generated tutorials and guides that are totally incorrect. Most people don't realize this; they follow the instructions, fail, and then assume that the BSDs doesn't work well or are 'unstable' because they have supposedly changed since the guide was written.
Luckily, some people eventually find my blog, reach out, and finally understand what's actually going on. Others, unfortunately, end up on major social sites or comments, claiming that these systems are broken.
In 2026, one of our greatest challenges will be teaching people how to vet their sources and filter information.
And I see this as a very, very uphill battle.
#IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #News #UnderstandingText #Disinformation
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