Posted on 05/02/2020 2:52:04 PM PDT by weston
Yes, we still have Swanny. It's so much fun watching him "swim and dive" in his kiddie pool. He loves it.
Good point. Someone needs to contact Graham.
They do, but it needs to be understood that questions and answers are negotiated ahead of time, and not much spontaneous questioning and follow-ups allowed.
Swal-not-so-well taking on Grenell on twitter is a hoot.
The little FART is in way over his head and if he’s not careful will get same head handed to him on a silver platter.
Thanks for asking Rusty.
He is not as lethargic, the mass oN his back drained, still have to spray It vet said. Has another mass, that isn’t doing anything.
Used to call him my little camel.
He is eating turkey slices and rice and I put some cheese in it.
Got sick on the pills, had to stop them.
Hasn’t gone yet to see if diarrhea cleared up.
Now sleeping in his usual spots.
I asked vet right out what his life expectancy is and he said maybe a year.
Hope so, that made my day.
Hubby is on 2 nd probation. LOL
He is in way over his head and apparently doesn’t even know it. If he was a Republican he’d be accused of being homophobic.
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
· 9m
I read the transcripts. There were lots of questions from Democrats. Lots. You just didn’t find any collusion when they were under oath - so the transcripts were the only thing you didn’t leak to the DC media.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
· 13m
Weaponize? History lesson: Democrats were in the minority for the Russia Investigation — it was a GOP-led investigation that allowed witnesses to not answer questions. And the Mueller investigation came from @realDonaldTrump’s appointees. So, show us the Flynn tapes or buzz off. twitter.com/richardgrenell…
I hope you are blessed with puppy for at least a year.
I’ll do a load down of Yoel Roth’s twitter page.
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Yoel Roth
Hi. I’m Yoel. I work at Twitter. I have a PhD in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania, studying privacy and safety on gay social networks. I take a lot of pictures of my corgi.
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I recently delivered the 2014 Mark Gordon Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania LGBT Center.
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The article I’m arguably proudest of from my time in grad school is outin print in Communication, Culture & Critique (paywalled, unfortunately). It’s a look at content management policies on Grindr, Scruff, and Manhunt that traces how programatic attempts to control user-generated content impact the identities that gay men are able to share online.
The abstract:
This article examines the policies and practices that manage user-submitted content on 3 gay-targeted social networking services. While managing user-generated content is a common practice across social networking services, the policies implemented on gay-targeted services tend to be distinctively restrictive in scope and highly specific in formulation. This analysis identifies the technical, legal, and social affordances that authorized the creation of these policies. Framing content management policies as derived from the technical rules of platforms such as Apple’s App Store obscures normative judgments about proper self-presentation and community formation. Identifying the normative character of these policies requires an analysis rooted simultaneously in technology studies, media policy, and subcultural identity politics.
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Dan Bongino..May 27th,2020.......Yoel Roth.......Yes, that person in the pink hat is clearly a bigger threat to your brand of feminism than ACTUAL NAZIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
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Yoel retweets Ben Nimmo
Ben comments on this tweet from Hillary.
Hillary Clinton
· May 23
Be aware of misinformation campaigns about the coronavirus.
“Nearly half of the Twitter accounts spreading messages on the social media platform about the coronavirus pandemic are likely bots,” Carnegie Mellon University researchers estimate.
Ben.Nimmo (.Writer, analyst, linguist. Studying security, disinformation, responses to it. Director of Investigations,
Graphika_Inc
. RT endorsement).....THREAD: catching up, but when dramatic stories about social-media manipulation break, it’s really important to *calm down and look at the evidence*.
1: The “bots” claim was based on an article based on a press release.
As many experts have pointed out, there’s no evidence that we can replicate.
But *evidence is everything*.
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2: There’s a huge amount of complexity and nuance to the global conversation around Covid-19. My colleagues at
Graphika_NYC
have been mapping it for months.
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3: Bots are basically pawns on the disinfo chessboard. Cheap, disposable and spammy.
Ben cont..You can use bots to amplify a message or harass a target. (It’s an experience.)
But if the bots don’t have human followers, all they can do is boost the numbers on a specific tweet or spam specific wording. That’s frankly a cosmetic change.
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4: Disinformation actors love trying to claim they’re more effective than they really are (remember the 2018 midterms)?
Don’t play into their hands.
Keep calm, and *look for the evidence*.
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Yoel retweets Evelyn Douek evelyn douek
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Aussie ****************struggling with °F and online speech issues. SJD
Harvard_Law
Words
lawfareblog
Affiliate
BKCHarvard
RT=endorsement of all possible interpretations)
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NIKK..my husbands liberal class all claim the memes and much of twitter right wing is from foreign countries giving them FREE reign to say its only right to get rid of them on ALL social media. That’s the talking points of the left.
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Nathaniel Gleicher
((((Head of security policy at FB. Exposing & countering influence operations.************* Previously Illumio, NSC, DOJ. He/him.************* ))))
· May 24
Agree completely on the need for skepticism here. I’ve seen many cases where accounts that “tweet more than humanly possible” and “appear to come from different countries” turned out to clearly be run by people who care deeply about an particular issue.
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Yoel retweets **Erin Gallagher
multimedia artist • social media researcher • spanish translator DM for Signal/email)
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Kate Starbird
((Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at UW. Researcher of crisis informatics and online rumors.
Aging athlete. Army brat.))
Are automation & manipulation still a problem here? Yes. Should Twitter do better? Absolutely. But we researchers need to be precise in how we talk about different behaviors, including how we label “bots”. The problem is far more nuanced & our ML classifiers have limitations.
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Yoel retweeted ...Caroline Orr((
RVAwonk
Feminist. Behavioral Scientist. Peripatetic. Reporter
NatObserver
focusing on disinformation & the rise of hate. Also find me
ArcDigi
&
BylineTimes))
I’ll have more to say on this shortly, but:
1) The methods, at least described in the press release, don’t support the (very definitive) conclusions about “bots”.
2) Coverage of online disinformation/manipulation is broken. Regurgitating a press release isn’t journalism.
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Yoel retweets...Brandy Zadrozny
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Reporter
BCNews
— Internet, Platforms, Politics. I used to be a librarian. DMs open / Signal ))Whenever I hear claims of “Bots!” I think of the super engaged Cali teacher who everyone mistook for a bot.
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Yoel Roth.....We’re proud to provide open access to researchers who want to study platform manipulation on Twitter and help us improve. Like all research,************* these studies should go through peer review and independent, external validation.
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Yoel...We know that everyone from spammers to state-backed troll farms will try to target the most important conversations happening on Twitter. We’re staying vigilant, and share the results of our work (and comprehensive data) on our Transparency Center.
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NIKK...A BIG FLAG goes up with this guy who just happens to have the name......ROTH...I do not believe in coincidences.....
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Got on iPad and expanded that picture of the quilting, what beautiful work.
Sister in Canada ordered 12 pkgs. of elastic to make masks but they would only sell her 2 packages.
Their hair salons and nail places are not open yet.
This is entertaining.
@realDonaldTrump
· 1m
The men and women of the National Guard have been doing a great job fighting the CoronaVirus. This week, I will extend their Title 32 orders through mid-August, so they can continue to help States succeed in their response and recovery efforts.
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
· 1m
Oh, I read. I read it all. And you lied about collusion. And Americans who see the facts that you tried to hide are furious.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
· 21m
Did you read:
— Manafort gave polling data to Russians
— @realDonaldTrump lied about Trump Tower Moscow deal during the 2016 primary season
— Jr. meeting with the Russians in Trump Tower
— @realDonaldTrump asking Russia to hack @HillaryClinton
Read it again. twitter.com/richardgrenell…
((hugs))
Where would we be without ours pets? They are all such a joy.
@FLOTUS
· 2m
Yesterday we saw the incredible work of talented engineers at @NASA facility. Thank you to everyone at NASA for all you do & keep up the outstanding work!
Very entertaining like a child thinking they know more than the adult in the room.
And Grenell is working with the truth on his side and the little FART only has the usual lies which are being disproved daily.
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