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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 7h

Also this one. Both Claude Opus and OpenAI GPT are wrong, but in different ways

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 8h

So much good stuff in here, but this is the killer datapoint for me It gets time trends wrong

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 8h

Finally, Pew's review of synthetic samples (previewed at AAPOR in May) is out.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10h

My three-year-old was watching the Jack Smith hearings yesterday when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why does the Senator think the nice bearded man was in Atlanta?" And when I told her "Because our Senate is filled with fucking idiots," she started crying.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 11h

“Impeccable reputation. No disciplinary punishments. You’ve never barked in the Sejm,” he read from her files. “OK, signed. As of tomorrow, you are free.” @darthbluesky.bsky.social notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/30/s...

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Speaker of Polish parliament signs off on service dog's retirement after eight years of "exemplary" service

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Cristina Maza @cmaza.bsky.social · 16h

Serbia is also considering running for the 2027 OSCE chairmanship, a top diplomat told Rapporteur. www.rapporteur.com/news/georgia...

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Georgia pushes for OSCE chair but EU closes ranks against bid | Rapporteur

Tbilisi sees an opening as the OSCE remains deadlocked over its 2027 chairmanship

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The Globalist Project @geopol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Morocco's King Mohammed IV appointed Marrakech mayor Fatima El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her center-right party won Morocco's parliamentary election www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

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Morocco's king appoints Marrakesh mayor El Mansouri as first woman prime minister

King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister on Tuesday after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the…

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Fake polls" set the stage for "rigged elections".

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06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From Deniz Göktaş's spirited defense on charges of insulting Erdoğan during a comedy act: "The word 'dictator' is a political description not an insult... Another comedian could call him a 'democrat' and get more laughs."

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Jelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Word is that all German foundations allied with their repective political parties are withdrawing from Georgia. This would be a huge blow - even though their space to actually operate has been very contained with barely room for funding - since they are all very well respected in their work.

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

time of figuring it out: 5:09 PM · Sep 27, 2026

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Charles McPhedran @charliekreuz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Terrible images emerging from the scene via @ioponomarenko.bsky.social

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Charles McPhedran @charliekreuz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‼️ The historic National Academy of Sciences building in central Kyiv is burning, according to @christopherjm.ft.com

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Common sense. “Russia's campaign against the West would not necessarily begin with a conventional attack. It can start by undermining NATO from within: interfering in elections, amplifying polarising narratives, exploiting political divisions and spreading fear.” news.err.ee/1610149216/m...

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Marko Mihkelson: Defeatism is not deterrence

The snowball of speculation about an imminent Russian attack on Europe is gathering pace. Isolated facts are being mixed with wishful thinking, worst-case scenarios and, at times, little more than the...

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Context for the starvation of Oleshky that is absolutely unnecessary for any Ukrainian and essential for everyone else

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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 27/09/2026

In light of the man-made starvation that is unfolding in occupied Oleshky, I recommend to take that free course on the Holodomor, by the University of Alberta. It shows that Oleshky isn't an isolated event, and that Moscow repeatedly uses hunger against Ukrainians👇 www.coursera.org/learn/holodo...

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Famine as Genocide: The Holodomor in Ukraine

Offered by University of Alberta. The Holodomor, one of the major tragedies of the twentieth century, became the subject of serious study ... Enroll for free.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anyways, this is genuinely the funniest chart in the world because it shows Jill Stein's twitter use spikes every four years and only during years where there's a federal election so if she's breaking her silence now *someone* is panicking

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The Insider @theins.press · 24/09/2026

U.S. intelligence warns Spain, France and Italy of possible Russian Gerbera drone attack from commercial ships, El Mundo reports Lithuania received the information from the U.S. shortly after CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow on Aug. 25.

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U.S. intelligence warns Spain, France and Italy of possible Russian Gerbera drone attack from commercial ships, El Mundo reports

U.S. intelligence has warned several European governments that Russia is preparing a drone attack against Spain, France, or Italy, according to a report by…

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 24/09/2026

The fire at a Starlink ground station near Warsaw yesterday night was an act of sabotage and part of hybrid warfare against Poland, Digital Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said this morning.

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Poland says Starlink fire was sabotage

The digital minister has previously warned that his country faces some 2,000–3,000 cyberattacks on its infrastructure daily.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/09/2026

Russian “journalists” kept screaming at Zelenskyy “when are you going to Moscow?!” He said: “On a missile, b…ch”

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

No Russian official ever imagined that "General Winter," which had fought on Russia's side for centuries, would one day switch sides and support those defending themselves from Russia.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Potato chips are not the first things that come to mind when you think of France, but they should be. Brets are the best. Côte de boeuf? Falafel? Poulet Roti? Bleu d’auvergne? Oui, SVP www.theguardian.com/food/2026/se...

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‘They smell of urinal cakes!’: 100 unusual crisp flavours, ranked – from truly awful to totally scoffable

Move over ready salted, salt and vinegar and cheese and onion. Gourmet crisps are everywhere, but which are actually worth trying?

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is a time window between the mid-terms in November and the start of the new Congress in January where Trump can inflict quite a lot of unrestrained chaos and damage

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The political environment right now for the GOP is like what would have happened in 2020 if Trump himself had created Covid in a lab and unleashed it on purpose.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m choosing to live in this world today.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“True facts to tell a false story.”

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's not that I dispute the data. But everyone I've seen saying that a woman can be elected president is a man. I'm not sure y'all fully understand the devastation to women that was watching two highly qualified women lose to an utterly unqualified & incompetent man.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:

Infographic titled "Six Ways 'Rigged Election' Rumors Mislead." A two-column table pairs six labeled categories with descriptions. The first three categories are:

No Evidence: The rumor is entirely unsubstantiated. There's no evidence to support the rumor.

Fake/False Evidence: The rumor is based on fake or synthetic evidence (e.g. AI-generated content), manipulated evidence, or false witness testimony.

Misinterpreted Evidence: This rumor is based upon real evidence that has been misinterpreted or intentionally mischaracterized to create a false impression.

A black banner then introduces the final three categories: "Real Evidence, Real Voting Issue, False Narrative."

Exaggerated Impact: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but falsely insinuates or exaggerates impact on election results.

Ignored Remedies: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but ignores and/or obscures the remedies that would address this problem

False Blame: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but either falsely attributes intent for an accidental issue or places blame on an innocent party.

Source: UW Center for an Informed Public, September 2026.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The DOJ is intentionally drawing attention to this incident of mail dumping to sow distrust in mail-in voting, suppress votes, & motivate changes to the law to make it harder to vote. If you're amplifying and feeding that frame, even from the other side, you're a pawn in their information operation.

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Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Outstanding work

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It can always get dumber

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We hope that the Russian-Ukrainian war will end with the restoration of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," - Erdogan.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When you get outplayed by a potato farmer

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This isn’t rocket science!!

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Feels like illegally funneling money to politicians in exchange for government contracts should be against the law, you know?

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pop Bands in the News, day two: The time actual OMD took a detour in their tour bus just to pick up a copy of this headline. Elite level snacking.

Andy McCluskey out off of OMD in a convenience store holding up a packet of Mini Eggs, a multipack of Tunnock’s wafers and the Cumberland News and Star with a story about an overnight robbery at a music store in November 2017, while on their way to a gig in Sheffield. The headline is ORCHESTRAL REMOVERS IN THE DARK.

They had seen a post on this very account and made the detour off the M6 specially, and that makes us smug.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you can’t be a part of the solution there’s money to be made in prolonging the problem

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My tram pass was controlled today in #nice06 by a conductor wearing pervert glasses. I thought those weren’t legal in France? They didn’t seem to be turned on (I’d never seen them before) but seeing an enforcement officer wearing them bothered me quite a bit.

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ICYMI, this was just outside a major Western European capital last month. I know that there is this campaign by some to stop using the term “hybrid warfare,” but this is what hybrid warfare can look like. Not a strike by a Russian Su-34. Instead, deniable sabotage that could also be an accident.

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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Russian Federation, national parliament election today: Europe Elects is not reporting results to avoid legitimizing a manipulated vote. #Duma2026

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He thinks you're as stupid as he is

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The Relevant Organs @relevantorgans.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ANALYSTS: America’s serial ideological purges of top military officers have thinned the upper ranks of talent.

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of the men who started a war based on a lie is sad his party is now full of people who believe lies.

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Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Russian gangster-oligarch secretly pays for the wedding of the US president's son" is such an insane—and insanely corrupt—revelation that you almost can't process it. Almost.

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