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Misinformation research has a causality problem: lab experiments are limited; observational studies confounded.
We used causal inference on 9.9M tweets, quantifying effects in the wild while blocking backdoor paths.
Does misinfo get higher engagement? Are following discussions more emotional? 🧵
We used causal inference on 9.9M tweets, quantifying effects in the wild while blocking backdoor paths.
Does misinfo get higher engagement? Are following discussions more emotional? 🧵
OSF
osf.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Misinformation research has a causality problem: lab experiments are limited; observational studies confounded.
We used causal inference on 9.9M tweets, quantifying effects in the wild while blocking backdoor paths.
Does misinfo get higher engagement? Are following discussions more emotional? 🧵
We used causal inference on 9.9M tweets, quantifying effects in the wild while blocking backdoor paths.
Does misinfo get higher engagement? Are following discussions more emotional? 🧵
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The remarkable thing about enshittification isn’t that it happens, but that people keep using the products. Ahem…Twitter.
Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
Has life today been enshittified? Cory Doctorow's new book explores
Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
www.newscientist.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The remarkable thing about enshittification isn’t that it happens, but that people keep using the products. Ahem…Twitter.
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A Spooky Unix story for Halloween.
A new programmer accidentally ran “rm -rf *” as root, on one of the main computers at the University of Manchester.
He stopped halfway, but /bin, /etc, /dev, and /lib were gone.
What followed was one of the most insane live recoveries in computer history:
A new programmer accidentally ran “rm -rf *” as root, on one of the main computers at the University of Manchester.
He stopped halfway, but /bin, /etc, /dev, and /lib were gone.
What followed was one of the most insane live recoveries in computer history:
November 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A Spooky Unix story for Halloween.
A new programmer accidentally ran “rm -rf *” as root, on one of the main computers at the University of Manchester.
He stopped halfway, but /bin, /etc, /dev, and /lib were gone.
What followed was one of the most insane live recoveries in computer history:
A new programmer accidentally ran “rm -rf *” as root, on one of the main computers at the University of Manchester.
He stopped halfway, but /bin, /etc, /dev, and /lib were gone.
What followed was one of the most insane live recoveries in computer history:
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
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"these arrangements are not 'partnerships' or 'collaborations' but contracts that bring profit and publicity to AI firms, while making universities complicit in the continued empowerment of tech oligarchy and expansion of their 'AI Empire' (Tacheva and Ramasubramanian, 2023; Adams, 2024; Hao, 2025)"
New preprint alert! 🚨
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"these arrangements are not 'partnerships' or 'collaborations' but contracts that bring profit and publicity to AI firms, while making universities complicit in the continued empowerment of tech oligarchy and expansion of their 'AI Empire' (Tacheva and Ramasubramanian, 2023; Adams, 2024; Hao, 2025)"
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Australia's state of Victoria has passed the country's first treaty with Indigenous peoples, a landmark act of recognition long denied to the nation's first inhabitants ➡️ u.afp.com/SegE
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Australia's state of Victoria has passed the country's first treaty with Indigenous peoples, a landmark act of recognition long denied to the nation's first inhabitants ➡️ u.afp.com/SegE
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
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DHS is the "gift" that keeps on "giving" and by that I mean a factory for white supremacist messaging. I got mad about the neomedievalism from last week, for @religiondispatches.org :
religiondispatches.org/neomedievali...
religiondispatches.org/neomedievali...
Neomedievalist memes are doing white Christofascist work
Given that the white supremacist running the account churns out offensive content like the hatemonger he is, it might seem silly to focus on just one DHS Instagram post.But as a trained medievalist, t...
religiondispatches.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
DHS is the "gift" that keeps on "giving" and by that I mean a factory for white supremacist messaging. I got mad about the neomedievalism from last week, for @religiondispatches.org :
religiondispatches.org/neomedievali...
religiondispatches.org/neomedievali...
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How did rumors related to the peasant insurrections in revolutionary France (1789) spread? Researchers used epidemiological models to provide a quantitative answer, marking - to my knowledge - the first quantitative history paper that @nature.com has published www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epidemiology models explain rumour spreading during France’s Great Fear of 1789 - Nature
Epidemiological methods are used to show that the Great Fear of 1789, a series of peasant insurrections in rural revolutionary France, was driven by deliberate political action rather than spontaneous...
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
How did rumors related to the peasant insurrections in revolutionary France (1789) spread? Researchers used epidemiological models to provide a quantitative answer, marking - to my knowledge - the first quantitative history paper that @nature.com has published www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Join us today at 1:30 PM on the 11th floor of NetSI or over zoom for a talk by Lin Chen, a new postdoctoral researcher in SunLAB. Don’t miss “Inequality and Resilience in Urban Social Dynamics” and the chance to connect with fellow researchers!
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/lin-chen
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/lin-chen
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Join us today at 1:30 PM on the 11th floor of NetSI or over zoom for a talk by Lin Chen, a new postdoctoral researcher in SunLAB. Don’t miss “Inequality and Resilience in Urban Social Dynamics” and the chance to connect with fellow researchers!
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/lin-chen
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/lin-chen
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Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
www.dexerto.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
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2. No, high environmental impact is not a result of *how* you produce animal products. There is no good way of doing it at scale. Either you produce intensively, which means massive pollution and terrible welfare; or extensively, which means massive land use and therefore habitat destruction.
October 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
2. No, high environmental impact is not a result of *how* you produce animal products. There is no good way of doing it at scale. Either you produce intensively, which means massive pollution and terrible welfare; or extensively, which means massive land use and therefore habitat destruction.
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🌊 Inevitable global coral reef decline under climate change-induced thermal stresses
New study identifies a critical threshold: 7.9% annual bleaching triggers major reef degradation.
Even best-case climate scenarios show widespread losses by 2100.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
New study identifies a critical threshold: 7.9% annual bleaching triggers major reef degradation.
Even best-case climate scenarios show widespread losses by 2100.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Inevitable global coral reef decline under climate change-induced thermal stresses - Communications Earth & Environment
Coral reef ecosystems will undergo significant degradation if annual bleaching rate exceeds 7.9%, according to combined historical field observations and future climate simulations.
www.nature.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🌊 Inevitable global coral reef decline under climate change-induced thermal stresses
New study identifies a critical threshold: 7.9% annual bleaching triggers major reef degradation.
Even best-case climate scenarios show widespread losses by 2100.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
New study identifies a critical threshold: 7.9% annual bleaching triggers major reef degradation.
Even best-case climate scenarios show widespread losses by 2100.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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"German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds.
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds.
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Extraordinary scenes unfolding at the global meeting to put a charge on shipping carbon emissions.
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Singapore Proposes to Delay Key Vote on Shipping Carbon Charge
A plan to make the shipping industry pay for its carbon emissions was hanging in the balance on Friday after the US piled pressure on nations to scrap an initiative that’s been years in the making.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Extraordinary scenes unfolding at the global meeting to put a charge on shipping carbon emissions.
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How do humans keep inventing tools and technologies that no single person could create alone?
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How do humans keep inventing tools and technologies that no single person could create alone?
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
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🔥 The never-ending narrative…
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🔥 The never-ending narrative…
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
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UK ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows: Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’ UK politics live – latest updates Government ministers met representatives from the fossil fuel in...
UK ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows
UK ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows: Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’ UK politics live – latest updates Government ministers met representatives from the fossil fuel in...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
UK ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows: Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’ UK politics live – latest updates Government ministers met representatives from the fossil fuel in...
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Bevor ich morgen dann wirklich (versprochen!) mehr zu meinem PhD erzähle, möchte ich heute nochmal ein paar statistische Konzepte, die dafür wichtig sind, zusammenfassen: 📈
October 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Bevor ich morgen dann wirklich (versprochen!) mehr zu meinem PhD erzähle, möchte ich heute nochmal ein paar statistische Konzepte, die dafür wichtig sind, zusammenfassen: 📈
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The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increased by a record amount last year, says @wmo-global.bsky.social.
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increased by a record amount last year, says @wmo-global.bsky.social.
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
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The ERC workshop on Data Access under the Digital Services Act (DSA) is happening soon!
📅 Date: 22 October 2025
⏰ Time: 13.30 – 15.30 CEST
💻 Where: buff.ly/KPrkzXA
#DSA #DigitalServicesAct #OnlineSafety #Disinformation #ProtectionOfMinors #OpenScience
📅 Date: 22 October 2025
⏰ Time: 13.30 – 15.30 CEST
💻 Where: buff.ly/KPrkzXA
#DSA #DigitalServicesAct #OnlineSafety #Disinformation #ProtectionOfMinors #OpenScience
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The ERC workshop on Data Access under the Digital Services Act (DSA) is happening soon!
📅 Date: 22 October 2025
⏰ Time: 13.30 – 15.30 CEST
💻 Where: buff.ly/KPrkzXA
#DSA #DigitalServicesAct #OnlineSafety #Disinformation #ProtectionOfMinors #OpenScience
📅 Date: 22 October 2025
⏰ Time: 13.30 – 15.30 CEST
💻 Where: buff.ly/KPrkzXA
#DSA #DigitalServicesAct #OnlineSafety #Disinformation #ProtectionOfMinors #OpenScience
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politicians believe they should act as what Burke called "trustees", while voters tend to believe they should act as "delegates" (Locke). I want to introduce you to this paper by Fox and Shotts that sheds interesting light on this debate: ‘Delegates or Trustees?
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
politicians believe they should act as what Burke called "trustees", while voters tend to believe they should act as "delegates" (Locke). I want to introduce you to this paper by Fox and Shotts that sheds interesting light on this debate: ‘Delegates or Trustees?
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...