Alisson Soares
@alissonmasoares.bsky.social
Computational social scientist; PhD in Sociology at UFMG, former postdoc researcher in political sciences at UFPE-Brazil
#Disinformation; conspiracy theories; #rstats #python, text mining, #text-as-data
My open projects https://github.com/SoaresAlisson
#Disinformation; conspiracy theories; #rstats #python, text mining, #text-as-data
My open projects https://github.com/SoaresAlisson
The merchants of doubt 💰
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The documents, which include copies of the actual cheques Exxon sent, consist of internal documents and years of correspondence between... Atlas Network, a US-based coalition of more than 500 free-market thinktanks...
#disinformation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The documents, which include copies of the actual cheques Exxon sent, consist of internal documents and years of correspondence between... Atlas Network, a US-based coalition of more than 500 free-market thinktanks...
#disinformation
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The merchants of doubt 💰
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The documents, which include copies of the actual cheques Exxon sent, consist of internal documents and years of correspondence between... Atlas Network, a US-based coalition of more than 500 free-market thinktanks...
#disinformation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The documents, which include copies of the actual cheques Exxon sent, consist of internal documents and years of correspondence between... Atlas Network, a US-based coalition of more than 500 free-market thinktanks...
#disinformation
I was analyzing data from X/Twitter from 2023 concerning #disinformation and #conspiracytheories and discovered
the link to the Gab's AI
"The One AI They Can't Control", "Our exclusive AI model trained to uphold Christian values and traditional principles in every interaction."
the link to the Gab's AI
"The One AI They Can't Control", "Our exclusive AI model trained to uphold Christian values and traditional principles in every interaction."
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I was analyzing data from X/Twitter from 2023 concerning #disinformation and #conspiracytheories and discovered
the link to the Gab's AI
"The One AI They Can't Control", "Our exclusive AI model trained to uphold Christian values and traditional principles in every interaction."
the link to the Gab's AI
"The One AI They Can't Control", "Our exclusive AI model trained to uphold Christian values and traditional principles in every interaction."
If you frequently run #LLM models locally in Linux through the command line using #ollama, your life can be a little bit easier with ollama-run. This simple shellscript frees you from typing the name of the model and the possibility of misspelling it.
github.com/SoaresAlisso...
github.com/SoaresAlisso...
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
If you frequently run #LLM models locally in Linux through the command line using #ollama, your life can be a little bit easier with ollama-run. This simple shellscript frees you from typing the name of the model and the possibility of misspelling it.
github.com/SoaresAlisso...
github.com/SoaresAlisso...
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
"U.S. President Donald Trump was the dominant source and
spreader of #disinformation in our content analysis.... There is a correlation between the rise of Trumpism on one hand and the loss of trust in journalists as ‘watchdogs’/‘truth seekers’ on the other, "
www.icfj.org/sites/defaul...
spreader of #disinformation in our content analysis.... There is a correlation between the rise of Trumpism on one hand and the loss of trust in journalists as ‘watchdogs’/‘truth seekers’ on the other, "
www.icfj.org/sites/defaul...
October 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"U.S. President Donald Trump was the dominant source and
spreader of #disinformation in our content analysis.... There is a correlation between the rise of Trumpism on one hand and the loss of trust in journalists as ‘watchdogs’/‘truth seekers’ on the other, "
www.icfj.org/sites/defaul...
spreader of #disinformation in our content analysis.... There is a correlation between the rise of Trumpism on one hand and the loss of trust in journalists as ‘watchdogs’/‘truth seekers’ on the other, "
www.icfj.org/sites/defaul...
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If you feel uneasy using LLMs for data annotation, you are right (if not, you should). It offers new chances for research that is difficult with traditional #NLP/#textasdata methods, but the risk of false conclusions is high!
Experiment + *evidence-based* mitigation strategies in this preprint 👇
Experiment + *evidence-based* mitigation strategies in this preprint 👇
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**.
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you feel uneasy using LLMs for data annotation, you are right (if not, you should). It offers new chances for research that is difficult with traditional #NLP/#textasdata methods, but the risk of false conclusions is high!
Experiment + *evidence-based* mitigation strategies in this preprint 👇
Experiment + *evidence-based* mitigation strategies in this preprint 👇
Transformers Models Timeline
Interactive timeline to explore models supported by the Hugging Face Transformers library
#transformers #LLM #bert #IA
huggingface.co/spaces/yonig...
Interactive timeline to explore models supported by the Hugging Face Transformers library
#transformers #LLM #bert #IA
huggingface.co/spaces/yonig...
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Transformers Models Timeline
Interactive timeline to explore models supported by the Hugging Face Transformers library
#transformers #LLM #bert #IA
huggingface.co/spaces/yonig...
Interactive timeline to explore models supported by the Hugging Face Transformers library
#transformers #LLM #bert #IA
huggingface.co/spaces/yonig...
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They've lost the 9yos
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They've lost the 9yos
"We define workslop as AI generated work content that masquerades as good work, but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task."
"The insidious effect... is that it shifts the burden of the work, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work."
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
"The insidious effect... is that it shifts the burden of the work, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work."
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"We define workslop as AI generated work content that masquerades as good work, but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task."
"The insidious effect... is that it shifts the burden of the work, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work."
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
"The insidious effect... is that it shifts the burden of the work, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work."
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
September 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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After asking ChatGPT what to eat instead of salt, a man slowly poisoned himself over course of 3 months and gave himself a psychiatric illness that was common in the 19th century, according to a new medical case study:
www.404media.co/guy-gives-hi...
www.404media.co/guy-gives-hi...
Guy Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPT
"For 3 months, he had replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide obtained from the internet after consultation with ChatGPT."
www.404media.co
August 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
After asking ChatGPT what to eat instead of salt, a man slowly poisoned himself over course of 3 months and gave himself a psychiatric illness that was common in the 19th century, according to a new medical case study:
www.404media.co/guy-gives-hi...
www.404media.co/guy-gives-hi...
"AI will steal your job"
Feel the sweet taste of revenge with 700 Indians stealing the job of the AI.
Feel the sweet taste of revenge with 700 Indians stealing the job of the AI.
Builder.ai collapses after revelation that its 'AI' was hundreds of engineers
– The fall of a unicorn built on hype, humans, and fake AI
www.techspot.com/news/108173-...
– The fall of a unicorn built on hype, humans, and fake AI
www.techspot.com/news/108173-...
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"AI will steal your job"
Feel the sweet taste of revenge with 700 Indians stealing the job of the AI.
Feel the sweet taste of revenge with 700 Indians stealing the job of the AI.
Overfitting explained
June 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Overfitting explained
AI tools for researchers
May 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
AI tools for researchers
Ora,
Os papais e mamães de bebês reborn devem procurar o padre reborn, o padre Kelmon.
www.otempo.com.br/brasil/2025/...
Os papais e mamães de bebês reborn devem procurar o padre reborn, o padre Kelmon.
www.otempo.com.br/brasil/2025/...
Padre viraliza na internet ao dizer que não batizará bebês reborn; confira
Religioso fez um esclarecimento bem-humorado dizendo que não realiza batizados ou primeira comunhão de bonecas
www.otempo.com.br
May 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ora,
Os papais e mamães de bebês reborn devem procurar o padre reborn, o padre Kelmon.
www.otempo.com.br/brasil/2025/...
Os papais e mamães de bebês reborn devem procurar o padre reborn, o padre Kelmon.
www.otempo.com.br/brasil/2025/...
Quem estiver em Belo Horizonte e se interessa pelo tema da desinformação, haverá este evento do REDD com Paulo Vitória da PUC-MG e Alexandre Luiz (UFSC) sobre os limites da concepção individualista do conhecimento. Dia 16/05 às 14:30 na Fafich-UFMG.
May 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Quem estiver em Belo Horizonte e se interessa pelo tema da desinformação, haverá este evento do REDD com Paulo Vitória da PUC-MG e Alexandre Luiz (UFSC) sobre os limites da concepção individualista do conhecimento. Dia 16/05 às 14:30 na Fafich-UFMG.
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Our article on using LLMs for text classification is out now in SMR! 🤖🧑💻💬
We compare different learning regimes, from zero-shot to instruction-tuning, and share recommendations for sociologists and other social scientists interested in using these models.
doi.org/10.1177/0049...
We compare different learning regimes, from zero-shot to instruction-tuning, and share recommendations for sociologists and other social scientists interested in using these models.
doi.org/10.1177/0049...
April 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our article on using LLMs for text classification is out now in SMR! 🤖🧑💻💬
We compare different learning regimes, from zero-shot to instruction-tuning, and share recommendations for sociologists and other social scientists interested in using these models.
doi.org/10.1177/0049...
We compare different learning regimes, from zero-shot to instruction-tuning, and share recommendations for sociologists and other social scientists interested in using these models.
doi.org/10.1177/0049...
"I use Neovim to stay productive without taking my hands off the keyboard."
Well, this guy shows that you can have both worlds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp2l...
Well, this guy shows that you can have both worlds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp2l...
Juntei um teclado com um mouse
YouTube video by Seikm
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"I use Neovim to stay productive without taking my hands off the keyboard."
Well, this guy shows that you can have both worlds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp2l...
Well, this guy shows that you can have both worlds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp2l...
Using #Typst to render PDFs. It is as easy as markdown, as quick as HTML, and (almost) as powerful as LaTeX.
For now, for my usage, I felt no need to return to LaTeX: no necessity of a lot of dependencies and when I commit an error, it tell me exactly where and what is wrong.
For now, for my usage, I felt no need to return to LaTeX: no necessity of a lot of dependencies and when I commit an error, it tell me exactly where and what is wrong.
May 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Using #Typst to render PDFs. It is as easy as markdown, as quick as HTML, and (almost) as powerful as LaTeX.
For now, for my usage, I felt no need to return to LaTeX: no necessity of a lot of dependencies and when I commit an error, it tell me exactly where and what is wrong.
For now, for my usage, I felt no need to return to LaTeX: no necessity of a lot of dependencies and when I commit an error, it tell me exactly where and what is wrong.
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últimos dias para se inscrever no edital de bolsa de pós-doc da linha 6 “Arcabouço teórico-conceitual” do Instituto Nacional de Ciência Cidadã! incc.tcti.ibict.br/wp-content/u...
@inctcienciacidada.bsky.social
@inctcienciacidada.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
últimos dias para se inscrever no edital de bolsa de pós-doc da linha 6 “Arcabouço teórico-conceitual” do Instituto Nacional de Ciência Cidadã! incc.tcti.ibict.br/wp-content/u...
@inctcienciacidada.bsky.social
@inctcienciacidada.bsky.social
Você que pesquisa sobre a pandemia de Covid-19 no país pode se interessar por isto aqui:
agenciagov.ebc.com.br/noticias/202...
"Em 2020, os modelos de Epidemiologia Matemática gerados pela ABIN apontavam a necessidade de diminuir a mobilidade social e a existência de subnotificação de casos."
agenciagov.ebc.com.br/noticias/202...
"Em 2020, os modelos de Epidemiologia Matemática gerados pela ABIN apontavam a necessidade de diminuir a mobilidade social e a existência de subnotificação de casos."
ABIN torna públicos mais de 1.100 documentos produzidos durante a pandemia de Covid-19
Agência atuou em prol da sociedade e do Estado brasileiros ao longo de toda a crise, há cinco anos
agenciagov.ebc.com.br
April 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Você que pesquisa sobre a pandemia de Covid-19 no país pode se interessar por isto aqui:
agenciagov.ebc.com.br/noticias/202...
"Em 2020, os modelos de Epidemiologia Matemática gerados pela ABIN apontavam a necessidade de diminuir a mobilidade social e a existência de subnotificação de casos."
agenciagov.ebc.com.br/noticias/202...
"Em 2020, os modelos de Epidemiologia Matemática gerados pela ABIN apontavam a necessidade de diminuir a mobilidade social e a existência de subnotificação de casos."