This is hilarious but also extremely insightful. You can't not see different crypto scams pop up all the time if social media is your main playground. Thank you @marcowenjones.bsky.social and rest in peace :)

Today I found out from Facebook that I had died. open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

Hey 👋 Something very interesting is happening among the Gen Z in the US for the past 2 days and I'm here to talk about it. Our subject today is RedNote (Xiaohongshu) 🍿 1/9

Hey 👋 Something very interesting is happening among the Gen Z in the US for the past 2 days and I'm here to talk about it. Our subject today is RedNote (Xiaohongshu) 🍿 1/9

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Hello @safety.bsky.app, here's a new pro-Russian disinfo bot network on Bluesky, which we're dubbing "Curiosity". It comprises over 300 accounts with identical bio text: "Driven by curiosity and a passion for exploring new ideas and technologies."
public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

I am become Wordle bot, the destroyer of records

Chadians mean business (on paper) creating a committee to monitor France’s troop withdrawal

Sometimes, all you need is spam. 3/3

It seems that Georgescu's surprising popularity on TikTok was promoted by a galaxy of decentralized accounts that tricked the algorithm into promoting the Romanian candidate. @berkealikasif.bsky.social and I found out that TikTok represents nearly 70% of social media activity on the elections. 1/3

Still can’t get over this 😅

Le général Abdoulaye Maïga nommé Premier ministre du Mali
www.jeuneafrique.com/1632761/poli...

No surprises there, he was already interim PM when Choguel Maïga was sidelined with a heart issue in 2022. One of Goïta's closest allies in the junta, he's now taking over after months of internal turmoil

Drones turcs, avions russes... Au Sahel, la guerre des airs est déclarée

I refuse to join bluesky --- I don't want to become part of a gecko chamber

Look at this and tell me the Russians don't have a sense of humor 💀
Came across this pro-Russian YouTube account targeting West African audiences the other day. Videos are fully AI generated avatar images and voice overs (pics 1&2), promoting AES and bashing France & the West (nothing new here) 1/3

Some of the research I've been featured in either as a co-author or a contributor:

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Aligned in the sand: How Europeans can help stabilise the Sahel ecfr.eu/publication/... (contributed via interaction graphs)

Look at this and tell me the Russians don't have a sense of humor 💀
Came across this pro-Russian YouTube account targeting West African audiences the other day. Videos are fully AI generated avatar images and voice overs (pics 1&2), promoting AES and bashing France & the West (nothing new here) 1/3

Indeed. The sad thing is you can transfer this to almost any platform. Here is Chad/ YouTube. Although much harder to analyse en masse, we can assume it's a similar dynamic on WhatsApp groups, which are much harder to analyse. What are governments doing in the face of this wave? Very little.

So proud to have some of my graphs be featured in this very important and extremely well crafted article. Hit me up here if you want to discuss collabs with me and/or BLOOM (bloomsocialanalytics.com). Massive massive congrats to Will and the whole ECFR team!