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Erin Gallagher

@3r1ng.bsky.social

Researcher of disinfo, OSINT, trolls, media manipulation, internet shenanigans. Network graphs and other fun visual aids. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
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Here is a depressing paragraph 😔
There was a time platforms like Twitter tried to remove obvious conspiracy theories from their trending pages. But this weekend’s events showed how platforms are increasingly content to let us choose our own realities www.platformer.news/monday-newsl...
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🌪️ PSA: A tornado WATCH means a tornado may be forming soon and you should prepare, whereas a tornado WARNING means it’s here and you need to take cover *now.* To help remember the difference: if it’s a tornado WATCH, you’ve got TIME ⌚️
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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler
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Completely mind melted by how amazing this embroidery by peacocksandpinecones.co.uk is. Zoom in on the detail
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I recently realized I never watched the 2nd season of Sense8 so I decided to watch the whole show again from the beginning and OH MY GODD it’s so fucking good www.imdb.com/title/tt2431...
Sense8 (TV Series 2015–2018) ⭐ 8.2 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fiwww.imdb.com 1h | TV-MA
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And, their definition of "porn" includes acknowledging the existence of trans people.
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Glad I don’t have to rewind Blockbuster tapes anymore, says the guy who marks texts as spam 20 times per day
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"the research found schools serving predominantly Black students were more likely to have cops, making Black students twice as likely as other kids to have an officer in their school." [we told you so]
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i say just give them a windows laptop and the first one to open a pdf gets to be president
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Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trendswww.cdc.gov CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends
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My 2 hooligans were up oranging way past my bedtime 🐱🐱
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shocking news
A new study from the University of Washington found that ChatGPT, Open AI’s artificial intelligence chatbot, exercises bias against those with marginalized identities when scanning resumes as part of job applications.
ChatGPT is is penalizing job candidates with disabilitieswww.dailydot.com AI's biases affect its ability to fairly screen resumes.
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The AI system at McDonald's is unacceptably inaccurate but the AI system Israel uses to murder innocent people is still in daily use. AI is fast becoming an existential threat to life on earth just as it already is to life in Gaza.
McDonald’s is ditching its drive-through AI ordering system after too many customers wound up with totally incorrect orders like a handful of butter, hundreds of chicken nuggets, and ice cream loaded with bacon
Bacon ice cream: McDonald's AI drive-thru ordering full of glitches - Fast Companywww.fastcompany.com The fast-food giant is ending its testing of voice-automated ordering systems and going back to human workers at the window.
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ah, no, es un elote
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Gotta give props to the creative that selected that shot of Mira Murati to publish.
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Describing Christian Nationalism as simply “Christian” is a baffling editorial choice but certainly one Christian Nationalists would approve of
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Belated #Caturday post! Frank had to undergo several emergency surgeries and has racked up some significant medical bills. Please share/donate to the #GoFundMe to help Frank's dad, DJ pay for his care: www.gofundme.com/f/support-dj... and DJ's Venmo: venmo.com/u/DJBrandt TYIA!
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“COVID isn’t a respiratory illness; it’s a multi-dimensional threat impacting brain function, attacking almost all of the body’s organs, producing elevated risks of all kinds, weakening our ability to fight off other diseases. Reinfections are produce cumulative risks, and Long COVID is on the rise”
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americanswww.ineteconomics.org In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and ...
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Just a reminder that Indigenous people protect the majority of the world’s biodiversity and that land back is a solution to both the climate crisis and mass extinction.
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Happy #Caturday from Sam. He’s so pleased with his new chair (ie: my chair)
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BREAKING: DOJ finds Phoenix police wantonly violate people's civil rights, unreasonably escalate situations, delay medical aid to wounded people, arrest people of color at far higher rates than white people, retaliate against protesters, and hurt kids. theappeal.org/phoenix-poli...
Phoenix Police Wantonly Use Violence and Violate Civil Rights, DOJ Findstheappeal.org The U.S. Department of Justice announced results of its civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department.
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LOL
Giant self-help huckster Tony Robbins is getting in on the AI game. Perfect.