Torbjørn Kveberg
@tkveberg.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). Ph.D. candidate at NTNU. Cyber and influence. These are my own not very thought through views.
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This is why we have sample size justifications. Some people might mindlessly dismiss small N studies. But a well justified sample size (see online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...) defends against such mindlessless.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is why we have sample size justifications. Some people might mindlessly dismiss small N studies. But a well justified sample size (see online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...) defends against such mindlessless.
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Maria Popova, McGill University: Russian manipulation of the facts endures because when #JeffreySachs and others tirelessly promote it, opponents politely disagree and the conversation is presented as a debate of equally valid viewpoints. www.policymagazine.ca/when-confron...
When Confronting Russian Propaganda, Truth is Not Optional - Policy Magazine
In late October, Italian Senator Carlo Calenda went viral for bluntly calling economist Jeffrey Sachs a liar. During a debate between the two on the Italian
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November 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Maria Popova, McGill University: Russian manipulation of the facts endures because when #JeffreySachs and others tirelessly promote it, opponents politely disagree and the conversation is presented as a debate of equally valid viewpoints. www.policymagazine.ca/when-confron...
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New Bayesian *Meta-Analysis* of Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation! Open-access 👇Thread! Buckle up
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✅We find that prebunking interventions improve people's ability to discern between reliable & unreliable news without causing undue skepticism!
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✅We find that prebunking interventions improve people's ability to discern between reliable & unreliable news without causing undue skepticism!
October 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
New Bayesian *Meta-Analysis* of Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation! Open-access 👇Thread! Buckle up
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✅We find that prebunking interventions improve people's ability to discern between reliable & unreliable news without causing undue skepticism!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✅We find that prebunking interventions improve people's ability to discern between reliable & unreliable news without causing undue skepticism!
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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🆕 Do Respectful Politicians Make Less Polarized Citizens? 🤝
@rtpedersen.bsky.social @julianchr.bsky.social & Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen use survey data to test whether politicians’ positive rhetoric 🗣️ ✅ can reduce #polarization in the same way negative rhetoric 🗣️ ❎ increases it
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@rtpedersen.bsky.social @julianchr.bsky.social & Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen use survey data to test whether politicians’ positive rhetoric 🗣️ ✅ can reduce #polarization in the same way negative rhetoric 🗣️ ❎ increases it
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Congenial messages from politicians reduce affective polarization among citizens | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Congenial messages from politicians reduce affective polarization among citizens
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October 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🆕 Do Respectful Politicians Make Less Polarized Citizens? 🤝
@rtpedersen.bsky.social @julianchr.bsky.social & Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen use survey data to test whether politicians’ positive rhetoric 🗣️ ✅ can reduce #polarization in the same way negative rhetoric 🗣️ ❎ increases it
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@rtpedersen.bsky.social @julianchr.bsky.social & Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen use survey data to test whether politicians’ positive rhetoric 🗣️ ✅ can reduce #polarization in the same way negative rhetoric 🗣️ ❎ increases it
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#CallsForPapers Special Issue on "The Disinformation Economy: Digital Markets of Influence, Conflict and Polarization." @jmmnews.bsky.social
Guest Editors: Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Sofia Ulver, & James Pamment.
#disinformation #fakenews #misinformation #adtech
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Guest Editors: Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Sofia Ulver, & James Pamment.
#disinformation #fakenews #misinformation #adtech
www.jmmnews.com/disinformati...
The Disinformation Economy - Journal of Marketing Management
JMM Special Issue: The Disinformation Economy: Digital Markets of Influence, Conflict, and Polarization. Guest Editors: Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Sofia Ulver & James Pamment
www.jmmnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
#CallsForPapers Special Issue on "The Disinformation Economy: Digital Markets of Influence, Conflict and Polarization." @jmmnews.bsky.social
Guest Editors: Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Sofia Ulver, & James Pamment.
#disinformation #fakenews #misinformation #adtech
www.jmmnews.com/disinformati...
Guest Editors: Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Sofia Ulver, & James Pamment.
#disinformation #fakenews #misinformation #adtech
www.jmmnews.com/disinformati...
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Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon
Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon
I don’t want AI in anything and certainly not everything please stop asking
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October 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
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Strategy Grand Old Man, Lawrence freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social weighs in on the latest Russian provocations. Do read:
samf.substack.com/p/russian-pr...
samf.substack.com/p/russian-pr...
Russian provocations
How should NATO and the EU react?
samf.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Strategy Grand Old Man, Lawrence freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social weighs in on the latest Russian provocations. Do read:
samf.substack.com/p/russian-pr...
samf.substack.com/p/russian-pr...
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Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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My God, this UN speech.
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media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My God, this UN speech.
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The bigger problem is the deregulation that led to the television climate we have today, in which only 6 companies own 90% of the nation's media.
These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America
Discover how six corporations dominate 90% of the media landscape in America, shaping public perception.
www.businessinsider.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The bigger problem is the deregulation that led to the television climate we have today, in which only 6 companies own 90% of the nation's media.
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OpenAI acknowledges probabilities are indeed probabilities
Users will continue to think AI is a demigod
Users will continue to think AI is a demigod
“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
September 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
OpenAI acknowledges probabilities are indeed probabilities
Users will continue to think AI is a demigod
Users will continue to think AI is a demigod
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“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
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New research on defense willingness in Sweden by Ralph Sundberg & Gina Gustafsson:
Positive link to national attachment, cultural national pride, and civic conception of nationhood.
An ethnic conception of nationhood shows no significant effect, and uncritical patriotism has a negative effect.
Positive link to national attachment, cultural national pride, and civic conception of nationhood.
An ethnic conception of nationhood shows no significant effect, and uncritical patriotism has a negative effect.
www.tandfonline.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New research on defense willingness in Sweden by Ralph Sundberg & Gina Gustafsson:
Positive link to national attachment, cultural national pride, and civic conception of nationhood.
An ethnic conception of nationhood shows no significant effect, and uncritical patriotism has a negative effect.
Positive link to national attachment, cultural national pride, and civic conception of nationhood.
An ethnic conception of nationhood shows no significant effect, and uncritical patriotism has a negative effect.
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Today's violation of Estonia's airspace by Russian military aircraft is an extremely dangerous provocation.
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
September 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today's violation of Estonia's airspace by Russian military aircraft is an extremely dangerous provocation.
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)
Posting about re-reading structuredprocrastination.com to avoid re-reading it to avoid writing.
Structured Procrastination
structuredprocrastination.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Posting about re-reading structuredprocrastination.com to avoid re-reading it to avoid writing.
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▶️ Climate Politics
👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgenovese.bsky.social @antvalentim.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes work on:
* Green economic policy and green industrial policy
* Geopolitics of energy transitions and climate relations
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgenovese.bsky.social @antvalentim.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes work on:
* Green economic policy and green industrial policy
* Geopolitics of energy transitions and climate relations
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September 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
▶️ Climate Politics
👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgenovese.bsky.social @antvalentim.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes work on:
* Green economic policy and green industrial policy
* Geopolitics of energy transitions and climate relations
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgenovese.bsky.social @antvalentim.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes work on:
* Green economic policy and green industrial policy
* Geopolitics of energy transitions and climate relations
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OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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This is not at all some kind of emotional problem
Reporter: What do you make of Bondi saying she is going to go after hate speech, a lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech.
Trump: Probably go after people like you, you treat me unfairly, you have hate in your heart. ABC paid me $16 million for a form of hate speech,
Trump: Probably go after people like you, you treat me unfairly, you have hate in your heart. ABC paid me $16 million for a form of hate speech,
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is not at all some kind of emotional problem
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#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉
With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!
godotengine.org/releases/4.5/
With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!
godotengine.org/releases/4.5/
Godot 4.5, making dreams accessible – Godot Engine
From mind-blowing effects now made possible by the stencil buffer to accessible descriptions of your GUI elements that opens up the possibility for people with disabilities to play your game — we are ...
godotengine.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉
With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!
godotengine.org/releases/4.5/
With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!
godotengine.org/releases/4.5/
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With the semester start, teaching starts!
I usually compile a list of ressources for students to learn. Here are the ressources for #RStats :
gist.github.com/brueckmann/f...
Which R ressources does #PolSci recommend to students?
Auch suche ich noch ein paar mehr Ressourcen auf Deutsch, danke 🙏
I usually compile a list of ressources for students to learn. Here are the ressources for #RStats :
gist.github.com/brueckmann/f...
Which R ressources does #PolSci recommend to students?
Auch suche ich noch ein paar mehr Ressourcen auf Deutsch, danke 🙏
gist.github.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
With the semester start, teaching starts!
I usually compile a list of ressources for students to learn. Here are the ressources for #RStats :
gist.github.com/brueckmann/f...
Which R ressources does #PolSci recommend to students?
Auch suche ich noch ein paar mehr Ressourcen auf Deutsch, danke 🙏
I usually compile a list of ressources for students to learn. Here are the ressources for #RStats :
gist.github.com/brueckmann/f...
Which R ressources does #PolSci recommend to students?
Auch suche ich noch ein paar mehr Ressourcen auf Deutsch, danke 🙏
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Since the Alaska “summit”’ Putin “has ramped up attacks on Ukraine, threatened to kill any future foreign forces in Ukraine, hit Western targets in Ukraine and unleashed a drone incursion into Poland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Boosted by summits in Alaska and China, Putin moves against Europe, Ukraine
Russia has been emboldened in its strategy of splitting the U.S. from Europe while pushing ever harder to gain a military victory in Ukraine.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Since the Alaska “summit”’ Putin “has ramped up attacks on Ukraine, threatened to kill any future foreign forces in Ukraine, hit Western targets in Ukraine and unleashed a drone incursion into Poland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...