Oluwaseun Aleshinloye
@alesdking.bsky.social
Interested in #HealthComm #Environment & #RiskComm and the effect of #OnlineTrolls #Misinformation #Bot #Hate on #Socialmedia landscape in a bid to provide mitigating #Policy and #Ethical guidelines for a healthy #Publicsphere
Presenting my fourth conference paper.
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Presenting my fourth conference paper.
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Anti-vaxxers like to call people who promote vaccination “arrogant”.
I ask you, what could be more arrogant than thinking that a person with zero training or experience in any related field knows more than tens of thousands of scientists and healthcare workers?
Or is that just insanity?
I ask you, what could be more arrogant than thinking that a person with zero training or experience in any related field knows more than tens of thousands of scientists and healthcare workers?
Or is that just insanity?
July 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Anti-vaxxers like to call people who promote vaccination “arrogant”.
I ask you, what could be more arrogant than thinking that a person with zero training or experience in any related field knows more than tens of thousands of scientists and healthcare workers?
Or is that just insanity?
I ask you, what could be more arrogant than thinking that a person with zero training or experience in any related field knows more than tens of thousands of scientists and healthcare workers?
Or is that just insanity?
"Bluesky is dying" has become something of a meme due to recurring opinion pieces claiming that Bluesky is "dying", an "echo chamber", or both. Here's a quick and dirty analysis of the phenomenon.
July 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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I don’t really take anything any of the informants here say at face-value, but if this is the most positive self-serving explanation they have for the public for why Grok turned into MecahHitler, then yes X actually is nothing more than a neo-nazi echo chamber, and everyone needs to gtfo of there
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, said that its Grok chatbot relied too heavily on input from users of his social media platform X after a code update, causing it to share a series of antisemitic comments on Tuesday.
Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week.
trib.al
July 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don’t really take anything any of the informants here say at face-value, but if this is the most positive self-serving explanation they have for the public for why Grok turned into MecahHitler, then yes X actually is nothing more than a neo-nazi echo chamber, and everyone needs to gtfo of there
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I just don't have the words to describe how ridiculous this framing and story is apnews.com/article/trum...
July 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I just don't have the words to describe how ridiculous this framing and story is apnews.com/article/trum...
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Holy moly, Trump is trying to “Russia Hoax” the Epstein files. I’ve been reluctant to engage in conspiracy thinking around this sh*t show, but this is really challenging my self-restraint.
July 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Holy moly, Trump is trying to “Russia Hoax” the Epstein files. I’ve been reluctant to engage in conspiracy thinking around this sh*t show, but this is really challenging my self-restraint.
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Federal agent Fox Mulder was CANCELED by the WOKE FBI just because he kept calling his female partner while JACKING TO PORN
July 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Federal agent Fox Mulder was CANCELED by the WOKE FBI just because he kept calling his female partner while JACKING TO PORN
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Language fun: Proper nouns
References to individual people, places or things, unlike common nouns, which refer to non-specific people places or things. Both types are usually capitalized at the start of sentences, but only proper nouns are in when in the middle.
This great Sentence is wrong.
References to individual people, places or things, unlike common nouns, which refer to non-specific people places or things. Both types are usually capitalized at the start of sentences, but only proper nouns are in when in the middle.
This great Sentence is wrong.
July 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Language fun: Proper nouns
References to individual people, places or things, unlike common nouns, which refer to non-specific people places or things. Both types are usually capitalized at the start of sentences, but only proper nouns are in when in the middle.
This great Sentence is wrong.
References to individual people, places or things, unlike common nouns, which refer to non-specific people places or things. Both types are usually capitalized at the start of sentences, but only proper nouns are in when in the middle.
This great Sentence is wrong.
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oh no
Repeat after me:
I am not doper than the Rizzler.
I am not doper than Matt Bruenig.
I am not doper than Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
I am not doper than Jerry Chen.
But if I stand back and watch and learn,
I will be doper than I am.
I am not doper than the Rizzler.
I am not doper than Matt Bruenig.
I am not doper than Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
I am not doper than Jerry Chen.
But if I stand back and watch and learn,
I will be doper than I am.
July 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
oh no
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Science is under attack in the United States of America. We exist to expose the sources of that assault on the future.
July 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Science is under attack in the United States of America. We exist to expose the sources of that assault on the future.
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Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
July 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
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I am a cynical dickhead but i actually have a much higher view of the american public than our centrist consultants and pundits do and "people won't love masked armed agents of the state violently kidnapping harmless people once they see it" wasn’t a hard call.
July 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I am a cynical dickhead but i actually have a much higher view of the american public than our centrist consultants and pundits do and "people won't love masked armed agents of the state violently kidnapping harmless people once they see it" wasn’t a hard call.
There is a need for a concensus on best practices in managing immigration issue.
July 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There is a need for a concensus on best practices in managing immigration issue.
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Albuquerque, NM - a man was filmed being tazed in a Walmart by
unidentified people wearing ICE and
HSI vests.
unidentified people wearing ICE and
HSI vests.
July 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Albuquerque, NM - a man was filmed being tazed in a Walmart by
unidentified people wearing ICE and
HSI vests.
unidentified people wearing ICE and
HSI vests.
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Bondi tries (badly) to explain why that minute is missing from the Epstein prison video
July 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bondi tries (badly) to explain why that minute is missing from the Epstein prison video
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Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
The new Reuters Institute Digital News Report is out! Here is one interesting datapoint: news sources & official sources are still the most popular for verifying news.
June 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reminder: Zohran is one of the few NYC mayoral candidates who is outright opposed to a mask ban
June 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Politics is personal, governance is not.
Not knowing when to stop politics and engage in governance is the reason for the underdevelopment of most African countries.
Not knowing when to stop politics and engage in governance is the reason for the underdevelopment of most African countries.
June 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Politics is personal, governance is not.
Not knowing when to stop politics and engage in governance is the reason for the underdevelopment of most African countries.
Not knowing when to stop politics and engage in governance is the reason for the underdevelopment of most African countries.
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The reports of Bluesky’s death have been greatly exaggerated
The trend is still in Bluesky's favour. X is still larger but very regularly Bluesky easily eclipses it in terms of research being shared.
Linda Yaccarino claimed X had 600m users in April. Bluesky has 36m accounts created in total.
Linda Yaccarino claimed X had 600m users in April. Bluesky has 36m accounts created in total.
June 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The reports of Bluesky’s death have been greatly exaggerated
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Netanyahu began this war with his attack on Iran. In the process, he sabotaged US-Iran negotiations on nuclear issues and assassinated Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
June 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Netanyahu began this war with his attack on Iran. In the process, he sabotaged US-Iran negotiations on nuclear issues and assassinated Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
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Now imagine a site that is controlled by an unaccountable billionaire who controls the most followed account, regularly post conspiracies and misinformation and has reduced content moderation to a voting system gamed by his own followers.
That site is X.
That site is X.
June 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Now imagine a site that is controlled by an unaccountable billionaire who controls the most followed account, regularly post conspiracies and misinformation and has reduced content moderation to a voting system gamed by his own followers.
That site is X.
That site is X.
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Community Notes are not great in fast-moving news situations where the full information isn't known. They also don't work when a platform's users have no desire to pushback on large or influential accounts, like Musk, who owns the site. They are one tool against misinfo, but not the only one.
June 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Community Notes are not great in fast-moving news situations where the full information isn't known. They also don't work when a platform's users have no desire to pushback on large or influential accounts, like Musk, who owns the site. They are one tool against misinfo, but not the only one.