Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 8hA bad update: we're getting reports of pro-No Kings creators who have been suspended today as well. And we still lack backend access to the official No Kings account. Stay tuned, will report news when I have it. 741880887 1.9K
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 11hWeil das eine eine Steuersenkung und das andere eine Subvention aus Steuermitteln ist. 010 1
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12hEine chaotische Vermischung aus Motiven kommt in den Sinn in dem größenwahnsinnige Tech Bros Selensky ersetzen wollen, andere die Midterms mit Diesel retten wollen, andere finden Putin einfach sympathischer. Sie sind aber zu inkompetent das ordentlich zu koordinieren. 000 0
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12hIch versteh es nicht mehr. Die Starlink Abschaltung kam NACHDEM die Ukraine die Strikes auf Diesel in Erwartung der Waffenruhe bereits unterbrochen hat. Die Konsequenz davon war, dass die Strikes fortgesetzt wurden. 100 1
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12hZelenskyy is single handedly defending Europe not just from Putins brutal assault but also exposing US-Oligarchs at the same time. www.kyivpost.com/post/87379kyivpost.comZelensky: Starlink Speed Cap at 161 km/h Halts InterceptorsPresident Volodymyr Zelensky said a 161 km/h Starlink cap in Ukraine disconnects terminals and downs jet-Shahed interceptor drones. 094 9
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 15h1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️ 811555629 1.6K
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...nbcnews.comBrazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm biasA judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff. 11960511971 6.1K
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Social media creates a funhouse mirror that distorts public opinion I have a new article explaining how social media amplifies extreme voices, fuels moral outrage, and makes us think other people are far more hostile and polarized than they really are. issues.org/social-media... 23419 34
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 16/10/2026so restricting Ukraine's Starlink was Musk's idea, but after Moscow took advantage he became "alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe" to the "night of carnage" and denied responsibility I mean, it sounds like typical Elon 15738061087 3.8K
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Is it bad if major defense contractors have their own foreign policies? 733531983 3.5K
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Polarized teams produce better work on Wikipedia Research from the University of Chicago of more than 200,000 Wikipedia pages finds that collaborations bridging the political spectrum produce higher-quality work than articles edited by moderate or one-sided teams. news.uchicago.edu/story/politi... 1163 16
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Leonhard Dobusch @leonido.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Seit zwei Jahren betreibt @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social eine Mastodon-Instanz für alle Beschäftigten, seit diesem Semesters eine weitere Instanz für Studierende. Anmeldung funktioniert via Single-Sign-on mit den ganz normalen Login-Daten. Ich bin schon gespannt, wie sich die Nutzung entwickeln wird. 1143 14
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 16/10/2026Big, with @noupside.bsky.social: It turns out that the majority of Community Notes published on X aren’t just AI-generated, they’re AI-generated by X itself! Renée and I discuss how this happened and what it might take to course correct a program we — despite everything — continue to see value in.indicator.mediaBriefing: X handed fact-checking to the crowd. Then it became the crowd.Plus: A new image analysis tool and a list of companies selling AI training data. 04221 42
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Da attribution selbst bei erkennung von Bots völlig unmöglich ist, kann ich mir nicht vorstellen was das bringen soll. 000 0
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Christoph Schmidt @christophschmidt.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Must see: het slot van Zelensky's persconferentie in Brussel zojuist. 37799277 799
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Die Berliner werden offenbar langsam ungeduldig mit der Linken, hier die Kommentare unter dem neusten Video von Vanessa Emde. 1123 12
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026There is automation and there is creation. Every automation can be done by cheaper finetuned models at some point. Creation is pretty rare and if it’s needed also needs human oversight so it’s rate limited by human bottleneck. 000 0
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026Stern berichtet, dass die BILD, nicht die CDU, der Auslöser für Bas Rücktritt war. Ich kann das nachvollziehen, solche Kampagnen können einem durchaus den Glauben an einen vernünftigen Umgang miteinander nehmen. 160 6
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026Pls dont spread wishful thinking. mu.social/profile/volb... 010 1
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026EU must ban all of Elons products. That’s a betrayal of epic proportions. 22592207 592
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026Hab mir das mal durchgelesen und das ist nun wirklich nicht der einzige oder wichtigste Grund: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa...de.wikipedia.orgVanessa Emde – Wikipedia 110 1
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres reduced Russia-linked bot networks have spread widely online and were repeated by President Zelensky, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have significantly reduced Russian bot activity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukIs Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots?Experts say there is no evidence that Russian trolls have been affected by Ukraine’s Yandex attacks. 1816889 168
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦cemas_io @cemas.io · 13/10/2026Seit Sonntag kursiert online eine Grafik, mittels derer behauptet wird, ukrainische Drohnenangriffe auf Rechenzentren des russischen Konzerns Yandex hätten zu einem Rückgang russischer Bot-Aktivitäten bei Desinformationskampagnen rund um die AfD geführt. Dieser Zusammenhang ist bislang unbelegt.br.de#Faktenfuchs: Irreführende Grafik zu angeblicher Bot-AktivitätIm Netz kursiert eine Grafik, die angeblich zeigen soll, wie infolge von Angriffen auf russische Rechenzentren die Online-Aktivität rund um die AfD abgenommen habe. Doch die Grafik weist große Unstimm... 26634 66
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026For all this talk of Russian bots being defeated by the Yandex strikes I'm still getting the usual Matryoshka emails with the same fake news posts and purchased bot engagement. Seems more like wishful thinking based on misinterpreted data than reality. 34465100 465
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 13/10/2026More on none existent russian bot collapse via Common Consultancy whom monitors 17,000+ politicians, media and civil society accounts in 30+ countries. 50,000+ posts a day in Facebook. No visible change in activity. 1313555 135
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026Manche Kampagnen schon und die sind dann z.B. gehostet in … checks notes … Kassel! www.qurium.org/alerts/expos...qurium.orgHow Russia uses EU companies for propaganda – Qurium Media Foundation 1181 18
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 12/10/2026In sozialen Netzwerken und Medien kursiert das Gerücht, dass die ukrainischen Angriffe auf russische Rechenzentren die Aktivität rechter Social Bots minimiert hätte. Dafür gibt es bislang keine Belege. netzpolitik.org/2026/angriff...netzpolitik.orgAus brennenden Rechenzentren in Russland wird kein Bot-Ausfall bei der AfDIn sozialen Netzwerken und Medien kursiert das Gerücht, dass die ukrainischen Angriffe auf russische Rechenzentren die Aktivität rechter Social Bots minimiert hätte. Dafür gibt es bislang keine Belege... 26543236 543
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026According to this analysis the activity significantly increased in r/Albania during the attacks, any ideas to explain? /s 020 2
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026The subreddit where the analysis was posted first has since deleted it. Which is good. Because it is fake. 100 1
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026I let Claude run the test on arbitrary other dates and it still found positive subreddits, that had "suspicious" drops during that time. This shows again: Just because two things happen at the same time doesnt mean they are related. Example: Vaccination of an 80+ person and their death thereafter. 100 1
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026Its a simple example of what happens if you run the same test in this case 1221 times (for 1221 subreddits). At some point you will get a false positive by chance. This happened here. It is not a coincidence that the methods are "positive" for smaller subs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipl...en.wikipedia.orgMultiple comparisons problem - Wikipedia 120 2
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026This analysis of subreddits is fake. It claims to prove a drop in reddit usage in the timespan of ukrainian attacks on datacenters, however it was made entirely with chatgpt and the AI correctly warns that the results dont survive basic checks. It literally says so, but people share it anyway. 240 4
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Kai Küstner @kuestnerk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026... und natürlich lehnt #Putin (zum 100. Mal) das Angebot einer Waffenruhe in der Ukraine ab. Und auch die Trump-Ankündigung (keine Angriffe auf Energieanlagen) hat er ignoriert. Aber morgen werden AfD und BSW wieder schreien: Europa will keinen Frieden! 0264 26
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 12/10/2026Twitter seems worse by quite a bit, but the general mechanism that works there also works here. On Twitter, pro-Trump content goes viral whether it's true or not. On Bluesky, it's anti-Trump content. People love having their views confirmed, it's human nature. 1273 27
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 12/10/2026Because Dana asked, here's the statistical analysis of the last 2 weeks of AfD's posts on Twitter. It does *not* show any meaningful drop-off in engagement. 76217 62
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 12/10/2026🔴🟢 Today, we launched gdpr-omnibus.eu/ – a website, where we ranked more than 1,000 amendments to the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive. ⁉️ This sheds light on which Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are fighting for people's privacy, and which want to reduce it. 24237 42
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026No, bombing Yandex has not impacted automated Russian trolling operations in the U.S. 581414486 1.4K
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 11/10/2026To those implying that Kremlin-controlled social media bot/troll farms became silent after Ukraine hit a Yandex data center, posting this CloudFare chart ( radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238 ): Hate to disappoint you all ⤵️ 32953481 953
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Its worth pointing out that Cloud Fare bot data is not about hostile actors that we call bots but actual mechanical bots that all search engines use for indexing, web crawlers and API access. Its good that its down but it has nothing to do with propaganda as such 1030762 307
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Again, none of its true. People are looking at graphs they don't understand and inventing stuff. Note the grifter language, "if confirmed" "its reported" No meta data! These graphs do not show russian propaganda bot disappearance, only normal internet information tool collapse. 26634178 634
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026These are benign webcrawler bots not social bots. If we knew how many Russian social bots there were we could just block them. But we don’t. So we also cannot infer a “drop”. 021 2
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026Are you sure that’s not delayed backfilling of live data or a one off? One account also says very little. It’s just very unlikely to me. 0160 16
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026That is very interesting, can this be used to “distill” smaller models with the same intelligence? 110 1
Reposted by Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦Tom McCoy @rtommccoy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A very nice writeup from Mike Cummings at Yale News on our work finding symbolic structure inside LLM representations! Read it if you want to learn how the vectors inside LLMs are like pointillist paintings! news.yale.edu/2026/10/08/h...news.yale.eduHow do AI chatbots ‘reason’ like humans? A Yale-led study offers cluesThe neural networks that power popular AI chatbots process data much differently than humans but capably perform tasks involving language, logic, and math. A new study sheds light on how those systems... 2286 28
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026If intentional or not, Trump is creating a situation, where it is very obvious that Ukraine in fact wants a ceasefire on energy and Putin does not. 2145 14
Philip Kreißel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @pkreissel.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026Ukraine denies, that outside of Trumps mind anyone has agreed to an energy ceasefire. Zelenskyy has always offered to match a Russian stop of attacks on energy infrastructure. 041 4
