I wrote this a year ago when Stanford told Jim Jordan we wouldn’t study the 2024 election, & I wasn’t being renewed. Jordan took a victory lap: House Weaponization had exercised “robust oversight” over Stanford. It wasn’t Jordan’s place to dictate research agenda. [www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/o...](
Opinion | What Happened to Stanford Spells Trouble for the Election (Published 2024)
Universities that cataloged election lies and disinformation are being targeted with the same tactics they sought to uncover.
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Universities that cataloged election lies and disinformation are being targeted with the same tactics they sought to uncover.
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🌱 I restarted my hydroponic setup after leaving it empty for a couple months bc of spider mites. First time trying Bok Choi and it is exploding. I didn’t thin it bc I didn’t know what to expect. All of these were started at the same time. I put it in a unit with eggplant. 🍆 🥬 https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreib43c3qeozsb4zs5vdwhj6cqx4p2auzd3tusbh7anwdqzbyimq524
“If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” needs to be added to high school civics curriculums. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreids6sx6k6zuhf3kcca6pgof3x6zvbd2uvai6cerdag2lcahypkoyu
Over here working. OH my 4yo: "Siri, show me pictures of vampires burning"
Media coverage of this topic for the last ~6yrs has been a hype coaster in which many researchers have given fairly measured risk assessments detailing capabilities which were often blown out into "ZOMG AI IS GOING TO SWAY AN ELECTION!" Followed by "AI DID NOTHING!" [www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...](
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediti...
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A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediti...
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I wrote a similar response to a similar argument in a libertarian law pub —just came out! The arguments are well-trod by this point; my essay responds to a specific provocation. Look: the structures for discourse are different now. Sensemaking changed. So: we adapt. [lawliberty.org/content-mode...](
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🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real...
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Ten yrs ago today, from my personal screenshot archive: RFK Jr w/Louis Farrakhan fighting against a pro-vax bill (SB277) in CA following the Disneyland measles outbreak. To make the CA antivax mvmt look less white & rich -was crunchy lefties then- RFK appealed to NoI. Told them MMR hurt Black boys. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreihonuz2evrgll3mzjve7ddoz3seyu57fjat3uqoqlhdamstodav7u
A Children’s Health Defense crony who just presented a loony deck on thimerosal in vaccines *with fake citations* has…been hired to study vaccine safety at the CDC. Lysenkoism. Incompetents failing up. And yes: this is how much of a zealot RFK Jr is. (CNN reported on the deck. CBS on the hiring.) https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiagz6sr4hp4qwdpizwdt5wxsohlo5mfchtromyjvua7ral3jo67ia https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreicq65le4uf5a5jsifwf3tihroguf4ln5uzfb3htwdwk5ojcgq44ga https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreigsnwgm2lfbuhsyt6czf3pib4ejdwa7afwmsrzl4cgi2f25x2kmhu https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreidzn2gptzytgxugsgsmignoymzt346n2holecugtiafunyl3e2wxe
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New from me: an essay on the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and its remarkable 30 year history of witch hunts & blacklists. It chronicles...
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Read a history book you tedious idiots https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreibpjcezwunimeqm75pgyhohnxxmuijqizfb54klz5me5mp527s7ym https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreicnhever3mo3up5z2mvydjaa5exvg3cq5bd6ad4y3hmvvlouogfrq