Dean Jackson
@dwj88.bsky.social
Unreal birb.
Principal, Public Circle Research & Consulting
Contributing Editor, Tech Policy Press
Senior Fellow, UPitt CTRL
Views my own with apologies to the reader
Learn more: https://www.publiccircle.net/home
Principal, Public Circle Research & Consulting
Contributing Editor, Tech Policy Press
Senior Fellow, UPitt CTRL
Views my own with apologies to the reader
Learn more: https://www.publiccircle.net/home
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Provocations for the University of Pittsburgh's Communication Technology Research Lab (CTRL) Symposium on Threats to Knowledge and US Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.
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I'm excited to announce a series of short essays in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, published in conjunction with CTRL at the University of Pittsburgh, on
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
Man my Trump Derangement Syndrome (TM/BS) is really flaring today
the U.S. President is calling for the execution of U.S. lawmakers who made a video reminding the military that they don’t have to follow unlawful orders.
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Man my Trump Derangement Syndrome (TM/BS) is really flaring today
Have you, too, attempted to pressure a female mentee into a sex while calling her racist names in an email exchange with a criminal sex trafficker? Don't worry, this guy has your back!
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Have you, too, attempted to pressure a female mentee into a sex while calling her racist names in an email exchange with a criminal sex trafficker? Don't worry, this guy has your back!
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
Re-upping this as I update the thread with more entries. Check them out! They're good! I'm not biased!
I'm excited to announce a series of short essays in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, published in conjunction with CTRL at the University of Pittsburgh, on
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
Provocations for the University of Pittsburgh's Communication Technology Research Lab (CTRL) Symposium on Threats to Knowledge and US Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.
www.techpolicy.press
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Re-upping this as I update the thread with more entries. Check them out! They're good! I'm not biased!
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Wrote a little bit about our slide into trolling-as-governance and its connection to the now-bonkers concentration of authority amongst autocratic techlords
www.techpolicy.press/authoritaria...
www.techpolicy.press/authoritaria...
Authoritarian Arrogance and the End of the 'Reality-Based Community' | TechPolicy.Press
As trolling continues to arrogate power and authority, reality’s move from bent to broken accelerates, writes Paul Elliott Johnson.
www.techpolicy.press
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wrote a little bit about our slide into trolling-as-governance and its connection to the now-bonkers concentration of authority amongst autocratic techlords
www.techpolicy.press/authoritaria...
www.techpolicy.press/authoritaria...
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Reading for researchers: The original post in this thread features a perspective piece encouraging researchers to look at the role of emotion in the spread of disinformation. The one directly below is an empirical study showing how outrage fuels the spread of misinformation online.
Nice piece, and consistent with our findings that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online www.science.org/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reading for researchers: The original post in this thread features a perspective piece encouraging researchers to look at the role of emotion in the spread of disinformation. The one directly below is an empirical study showing how outrage fuels the spread of misinformation online.
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I'm excited to announce a series of short essays in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, published in conjunction with CTRL at the University of Pittsburgh, on
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
Provocations for the University of Pittsburgh's Communication Technology Research Lab (CTRL) Symposium on Threats to Knowledge and US Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.
www.techpolicy.press
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm excited to announce a series of short essays in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, published in conjunction with CTRL at the University of Pittsburgh, on
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
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Nice piece, and consistent with our findings that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online www.science.org/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Nice piece, and consistent with our findings that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online www.science.org/doi/full/10....
I'm excited to announce a series of short essays in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, published in conjunction with CTRL at the University of Pittsburgh, on
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
Provocations for the University of Pittsburgh's Communication Technology Research Lab (CTRL) Symposium on Threats to Knowledge and US Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.
www.techpolicy.press
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm excited to announce a series of short essays in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, published in conjunction with CTRL at the University of Pittsburgh, on
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
"Threats to knowledge and US Democracy"
All the pieces will be made available here:
www.techpolicy.press/category/pro...
I have something called "Sample?" on my calendar at noon tomorrow and if anyone knows what that's about, call me.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I have something called "Sample?" on my calendar at noon tomorrow and if anyone knows what that's about, call me.
Going to do my one trick and blame this on media asymmetry. Easier to complain about "RINOs" and run an insurgent campaign when you have a partisan echo chamber. Hard to imagine a campaign against "DINOs" on behalf of the Working Families Party having the same impact as the Tea Party.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Going to do my one trick and blame this on media asymmetry. Easier to complain about "RINOs" and run an insurgent campaign when you have a partisan echo chamber. Hard to imagine a campaign against "DINOs" on behalf of the Working Families Party having the same impact as the Tea Party.
Party of the working class!
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Party of the working class!
What will happen if we replace journalism with dopamine-chasing gambling sites? Let's find out!
maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
Predictions markets and the suckerfication crisis
Why is Kalshi tweeting like UnusualWhales?
maxread.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What will happen if we replace journalism with dopamine-chasing gambling sites? Let's find out!
maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
Very cool, very chill, very sound policy basis for not letting federal cyber experts talk to state officials about election threats
CISA's election day monitoring room was not stood up yesterday for the first time in years
According to Bloomberg, remaining CISA election security staff, who have not been fired, have been "prohibited" from contacting state election officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
According to Bloomberg, remaining CISA election security staff, who have not been fired, have been "prohibited" from contacting state election officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Elections Face Security Test as DHS Cuts Local Cyber Support
As voters across the US from New York City to New Jersey and Virginia prepare to cast ballots Tuesday, election officials are operating with sharply reduced support from a federal government agency th...
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Very cool, very chill, very sound policy basis for not letting federal cyber experts talk to state officials about election threats
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Farewell sweet Prince
Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Farewell sweet Prince
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The long-term threats AI poses to democracy
Check out our newest episode with @dwj88.bsky.social and Samuel Woolley
Check out our newest episode with @dwj88.bsky.social and Samuel Woolley
🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The long-term threats AI poses to democracy
Check out our newest episode with @dwj88.bsky.social and Samuel Woolley
Check out our newest episode with @dwj88.bsky.social and Samuel Woolley
Hello,
My name is Ozymandias, and I am King of Kings. Please look upon my works!
All best,
- O
My name is Ozymandias, and I am King of Kings. Please look upon my works!
All best,
- O
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works, for which I was physically present during the key portions of the service provided by the resident under my direct supervision.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works, I make these
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hello,
My name is Ozymandias, and I am King of Kings. Please look upon my works!
All best,
- O
My name is Ozymandias, and I am King of Kings. Please look upon my works!
All best,
- O
"50 percent chance of rain for 24 hours" is the weather forecast equivalent of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"50 percent chance of rain for 24 hours" is the weather forecast equivalent of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Car worship and the suburbs it made are responsible for so, so much of what's wrong in American life
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Car worship and the suburbs it made are responsible for so, so much of what's wrong in American life
I lost track. Which sign of the apocalypse is "man-eating plague monkeys?"
RFK Jr:
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I lost track. Which sign of the apocalypse is "man-eating plague monkeys?"
Cool cool good to know
Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Cool cool good to know
Here it comes, folks. I volunteer at a food pantry twice a month. We got slammed today - twice our usual number of households, a bunch we'd never seen before, and people lined up waiting for us to open. It's gonna get bad fast.
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Again, I can't stress this enough: Democratic elected officials are not constantly talking about climate change and trans rights.
They are constantly talking about "kitchen table issues."
Centrist pundits: Do a single fucking content analysis of their campaign speeches and materials, I beg you!
They are constantly talking about "kitchen table issues."
Centrist pundits: Do a single fucking content analysis of their campaign speeches and materials, I beg you!
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Again, I can't stress this enough: Democratic elected officials are not constantly talking about climate change and trans rights.
They are constantly talking about "kitchen table issues."
Centrist pundits: Do a single fucking content analysis of their campaign speeches and materials, I beg you!
They are constantly talking about "kitchen table issues."
Centrist pundits: Do a single fucking content analysis of their campaign speeches and materials, I beg you!
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Food relief orgs can do a LOT with a little. $50 to the Atlanta Food Bank provides 150 meals. $100 to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank provides 250 meals. Anything you can share will go a long way. Never feel like your efforts are too small to make a difference.
Heartfelt thanks to those who supported their neighbors with donations to food banks. I wish I could match them all! I'm matching the first $1K and reposted all the orgs. If you're looking for ways to help, check my feed and let the example of these generous folks inspire you. ❤️
Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same.
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Food relief orgs can do a LOT with a little. $50 to the Atlanta Food Bank provides 150 meals. $100 to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank provides 250 meals. Anything you can share will go a long way. Never feel like your efforts are too small to make a difference.