Olga Belogolova 🌻
@olgs7.bsky.social
Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
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Olga Belogolova 🌻
@olgs7.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Starter pack of ppl working in influence operations, disinformation, propaganda, information environment space. This is an iteration of a list I maintained in the bad place called “disinformation braintrust.” I’m selective here to avoid the bs artists. Lemme know if I missed ppl
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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“Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist”
apnews.com/article/arti...
apnews.com/article/arti...
Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work
Judges around the world are seeing error-riddled legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist”
apnews.com/article/arti...
apnews.com/article/arti...
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“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”
@pbsnews.org
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@pbsnews.org
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October 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”
@pbsnews.org
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
@pbsnews.org
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If this is "journalism" it's really bad journalism that fails measure of what would be lost if we lost Section 230.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
I don't believe or suggest Section 230 has only resulted in harms. I've been defensive of 230, personally, until pretty recently. There would be likely downsides to a rollback, depending on the reform; but it's hard to dispute there are downsides to the current paradigm. It's time to revisit it.
To suggest that Section 230 has only resulted in harms is activism not journalism.
This purposefully ignores the *many* benefits that stem not just from the law but from the modern Internet it created.
You can't tell an honest story if you're just blatantly leaving that side out.
This purposefully ignores the *many* benefits that stem not just from the law but from the modern Internet it created.
You can't tell an honest story if you're just blatantly leaving that side out.
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If this is "journalism" it's really bad journalism that fails measure of what would be lost if we lost Section 230.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
It's vastly more than "downsides." It's any possibility of a free and open Internet. All ability to speak online will be throttled by the few companies who can afford to allow it.
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Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...
www.ft.com/content/af80...
Netherlands curtails intelligence-sharing with US over ‘human rights’
Dutch spy chiefs cite concerns about Trump administration’s ‘politicisation’ of services
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...
www.ft.com/content/af80...
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Remember how conservative grifters started selling “anti woke” products at a premium to separate gullible conservatives from their money? Well under Trump that’s just the economy now, since we’re all paying more in the name of being “anti woke” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying
Better broke than woke, right?
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Remember how conservative grifters started selling “anti woke” products at a premium to separate gullible conservatives from their money? Well under Trump that’s just the economy now, since we’re all paying more in the name of being “anti woke” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
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As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
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Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”
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I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.
October 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.
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That absolutely isn’t how it works.
- me to Trump … and the NYT
- me to Trump … and the NYT
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
That absolutely isn’t how it works.
- me to Trump … and the NYT
- me to Trump … and the NYT
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very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
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Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.
News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules
Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.
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LLMs are just plagiarism machines blah blah blah.
Reality: A chaired CS prof at UT Austin found it proposed a solution that saved him a week of work on a paper "proving oracle separations between quantum complexity classes" scottaaronson.blog?p=9183&utm_s...
Reality: A chaired CS prof at UT Austin found it proposed a solution that saved him a week of work on a paper "proving oracle separations between quantum complexity classes" scottaaronson.blog?p=9183&utm_s...
LLMs are just plagiarism machines blah blah blah.
Reality: They are on track to outperform the best human forecasters by *next year*. x.com/Research_FRI...
Reality: They are on track to outperform the best human forecasters by *next year*. x.com/Research_FRI...
Forecasting Research Institute on X: "Is AI on track to match top human forecasters at predicting the future? Today, FRI is releasing an update to ForecastBench—our benchmark that tracks how accurate LLMs are at forecasting real-world events. A trend extrapolation of our results suggests LLMs will reach https://t.co/vqWFGYCgVN" / X
Is AI on track to match top human forecasters at predicting the future? Today, FRI is releasing an update to ForecastBench—our benchmark that tracks how accurate LLMs are at forecasting real-world events. A trend extrapolation of our results suggests LLMs will reach https://t.co/vqWFGYCgVN
x.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
LLMs are just plagiarism machines blah blah blah.
Reality: A chaired CS prof at UT Austin found it proposed a solution that saved him a week of work on a paper "proving oracle separations between quantum complexity classes" scottaaronson.blog?p=9183&utm_s...
Reality: A chaired CS prof at UT Austin found it proposed a solution that saved him a week of work on a paper "proving oracle separations between quantum complexity classes" scottaaronson.blog?p=9183&utm_s...
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Who could have known this would happen?
Hard to tell the real illegal militia from the fake illegal militia
October 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Who could have known this would happen?
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Our president is an international punchline, and so are we.
The Prime Minister of Albania came up to Macron and Azerbaijani President Aliyev and joked about how Trump had resolved the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijan.
October 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our president is an international punchline, and so are we.
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Imagine being a general or an admiral, responsible for thousands of people and billions of dollars, and being ordered to fly halfway around the globe to listen to this.
Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Imagine being a general or an admiral, responsible for thousands of people and billions of dollars, and being ordered to fly halfway around the globe to listen to this.
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He’s been firing officers for being liberal bsky.app/profile/atru...
Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
He’s been firing officers for being liberal bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Charlie Kirk's killer? Terminally online and gun culture.
The far right Evergreen shooter? Terminally online and gun culture.
The Annunciation killer? Terminally online and gun culture.
Yesterday's killers? Online and gun culture.
The always forgotten CDC killer? Online and gun culture.
The far right Evergreen shooter? Terminally online and gun culture.
The Annunciation killer? Terminally online and gun culture.
Yesterday's killers? Online and gun culture.
The always forgotten CDC killer? Online and gun culture.
September 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Charlie Kirk's killer? Terminally online and gun culture.
The far right Evergreen shooter? Terminally online and gun culture.
The Annunciation killer? Terminally online and gun culture.
Yesterday's killers? Online and gun culture.
The always forgotten CDC killer? Online and gun culture.
The far right Evergreen shooter? Terminally online and gun culture.
The Annunciation killer? Terminally online and gun culture.
Yesterday's killers? Online and gun culture.
The always forgotten CDC killer? Online and gun culture.
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From @vermontgmg.bsky.social
"It is...about the most corrupt attack on the rule of law imaginable. This past week would have surely led to impeachment proceedings against any other US president...
Free article. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
"It is...about the most corrupt attack on the rule of law imaginable. This past week would have surely led to impeachment proceedings against any other US president...
Free article. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
Opinion | Trump Can’t Be the One to Dictate Who Gets Indicted
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
From @vermontgmg.bsky.social
"It is...about the most corrupt attack on the rule of law imaginable. This past week would have surely led to impeachment proceedings against any other US president...
Free article. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
"It is...about the most corrupt attack on the rule of law imaginable. This past week would have surely led to impeachment proceedings against any other US president...
Free article. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
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This is bad, but also vital to remember: it’s an EO.
It’s not a new law. It’s just instructions to his appointees. Who remain constrained by the Fed criminal code.
And, to preempt the doomers:
Those.
Laws.
Are.
Holding.
That’s why Trump’s losing it over Comey in EDVA.
It’s not a new law. It’s just instructions to his appointees. Who remain constrained by the Fed criminal code.
And, to preempt the doomers:
Those.
Laws.
Are.
Holding.
That’s why Trump’s losing it over Comey in EDVA.
September 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is bad, but also vital to remember: it’s an EO.
It’s not a new law. It’s just instructions to his appointees. Who remain constrained by the Fed criminal code.
And, to preempt the doomers:
Those.
Laws.
Are.
Holding.
That’s why Trump’s losing it over Comey in EDVA.
It’s not a new law. It’s just instructions to his appointees. Who remain constrained by the Fed criminal code.
And, to preempt the doomers:
Those.
Laws.
Are.
Holding.
That’s why Trump’s losing it over Comey in EDVA.
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Don't look away. This is being done in your name, my fellow Americans.
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Don't look away. This is being done in your name, my fellow Americans.