Philip Mai
@philipmai.com
🇨🇦🇺🇸Co-Dir. SocialMediaLab.ca | M.S., J.D. | Developer of social media analysis tools for research in the publ. interest | PoliDashboard.org, Communalytic.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org, NoteTracker.socialmediadata.org, & KM.socialmedialab.ca
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If you keep twisting the truth, you can’t be shocked when people stop trusting you. #XLocationTransparency
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If you keep twisting the truth, you can’t be shocked when people stop trusting you. #XLocationTransparency
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Here's a peek at our lab's first #OSINT tool, an all-in-one URL search tool. Perfect for journalists & researchers looking to surface in-depth technical, historical, and contextual information on any new or unfamiliar website. If you are a journalist and would like early access, 📨 us. ETA Feb.2026.
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here's a peek at our lab's first #OSINT tool, an all-in-one URL search tool. Perfect for journalists & researchers looking to surface in-depth technical, historical, and contextual information on any new or unfamiliar website. If you are a journalist and would like early access, 📨 us. ETA Feb.2026.
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Not surprisingly, according to data from X, some major MAGA accounts are not based in the US. Here are a couple of examples. Let's see how this pans out in the weeks to come, as there are still many questions about the accuracy of the location data from X.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Not surprisingly, according to data from X, some major MAGA accounts are not based in the US. Here are a couple of examples. Let's see how this pans out in the weeks to come, as there are still many questions about the accuracy of the location data from X.
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Here's how to change your exact country on X to a broader region. (And yes, we know most of you don’t use X, so feel free to skip this.)
1) Go to your account,
2) Click on Settings and Privacy, 3) Select Privacy and Safety, 4) Click on About Your Account and then select “Use Region/Continent.”
1) Go to your account,
2) Click on Settings and Privacy, 3) Select Privacy and Safety, 4) Click on About Your Account and then select “Use Region/Continent.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Here's how to change your exact country on X to a broader region. (And yes, we know most of you don’t use X, so feel free to skip this.)
1) Go to your account,
2) Click on Settings and Privacy, 3) Select Privacy and Safety, 4) Click on About Your Account and then select “Use Region/Continent.”
1) Go to your account,
2) Click on Settings and Privacy, 3) Select Privacy and Safety, 4) Click on About Your Account and then select “Use Region/Continent.”
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The Globe and Mail
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Globe and Mail
Being first and being right is the goal. However, it appears that Axios didn't receive the second part of the memo.
Russia laundering its Ukraine "wish list" through Axios and getting the Trump regime to claim it as a "U.S. peace plan" should have been on all of our bingo cards.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Being first and being right is the goal. However, it appears that Axios didn't receive the second part of the memo.
Marco Rubio has gone in circles on the origin story of the US peace proposal so many times that he’s starting to look like a malfunctioning Roomba. This is what you get when the world’s most powerful nation is down to a skeleton crew: nobody’s left to handle even the basic details like authorship.
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Marco Rubio has gone in circles on the origin story of the US peace proposal so many times that he’s starting to look like a malfunctioning Roomba. This is what you get when the world’s most powerful nation is down to a skeleton crew: nobody’s left to handle even the basic details like authorship.
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The forensic audio analysis by Rob C. Maher of the 2024 Trump assassination attempt has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. This is great news for visual and audio investigations! aes2.org/publications...
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The forensic audio analysis by Rob C. Maher of the 2024 Trump assassination attempt has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. This is great news for visual and audio investigations! aes2.org/publications...
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We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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🇨🇦 Canada doesn’t need to copy the politics of division coming from the U.S. Some blame diversity because they have nothing constructive to offer.
Canada can choose differently and has. ✌️
Canada can choose differently and has. ✌️
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
🇨🇦 Canada doesn’t need to copy the politics of division coming from the U.S. Some blame diversity because they have nothing constructive to offer.
Canada can choose differently and has. ✌️
Canada can choose differently and has. ✌️
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🇨🇦 If JD Vance thinks Canada’s challenges come from “too many foreign-born people,” that says more about his worldview than it does about Canada.
Canada’s ability, imperfect but real, to make “diversity is our strength” work isn’t a weakness. It’s an achievement worth celebrating! 🎉👏 #cdnpoli
Canada’s ability, imperfect but real, to make “diversity is our strength” work isn’t a weakness. It’s an achievement worth celebrating! 🎉👏 #cdnpoli
"U.S. Vice-President JD Vance made a series of posts criticizing Canada’s political leadership, public broadcaster and immigration system, saying our living standards are “stagnating” because of all the “foreign-born” people living here." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
JD Vance blames immigration for Canada's 'stagnating' living standards | CBC News
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance made a series of posts criticizing Canada’s political leadership, public broadcaster and immigration system, saying our living standards are “stagnating” because of all th...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🇨🇦 If JD Vance thinks Canada’s challenges come from “too many foreign-born people,” that says more about his worldview than it does about Canada.
Canada’s ability, imperfect but real, to make “diversity is our strength” work isn’t a weakness. It’s an achievement worth celebrating! 🎉👏 #cdnpoli
Canada’s ability, imperfect but real, to make “diversity is our strength” work isn’t a weakness. It’s an achievement worth celebrating! 🎉👏 #cdnpoli
Everyone is overanalyzing the Trump and Mamdani bromance. But it's actually pretty simple ...
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Everyone is overanalyzing the Trump and Mamdani bromance. But it's actually pretty simple ...
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Allowing this so-called "peace" plan to move forward would simply postpone the danger. It would be the children growing up right now, eight-year-olds who will be eighteen by then, who would be exposed to the next wave of Russian violence, suffering the consequences of choices made today.
Trump's 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan includes items that could be painful for Ukraine to accept.
Clause #26 will make all of the rapes, kidnappings, torture and murders disappear with a few signatures. However, the killings will also cease... for a time. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Clause #26 will make all of the rapes, kidnappings, torture and murders disappear with a few signatures. However, the killings will also cease... for a time. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Allowing this so-called "peace" plan to move forward would simply postpone the danger. It would be the children growing up right now, eight-year-olds who will be eighteen by then, who would be exposed to the next wave of Russian violence, suffering the consequences of choices made today.
It’s great to be back in Halifax, NS, a place that truly feels like my second home in Canada. Dalhousie is where my academic career first began.
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It’s great to be back in Halifax, NS, a place that truly feels like my second home in Canada. Dalhousie is where my academic career first began.
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Having a pluralistic democracy beside a superpower where Christian nationalist politics are rising only underscores why Canada’s path matters.
It’s not about being perfect; it’s about proving an inclusive, diverse society isn’t a liability. It’s a safeguard.
It’s not about being perfect; it’s about proving an inclusive, diverse society isn’t a liability. It’s a safeguard.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Having a pluralistic democracy beside a superpower where Christian nationalist politics are rising only underscores why Canada’s path matters.
It’s not about being perfect; it’s about proving an inclusive, diverse society isn’t a liability. It’s a safeguard.
It’s not about being perfect; it’s about proving an inclusive, diverse society isn’t a liability. It’s a safeguard.
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But Canada’s identity isn’t shaped by that worldview. Newcomers don’t weaken our living standards; they help sustain and improve them.
What truly threatens living standards anywhere is letting authoritarian, exclusionary ideologies take hold.
What truly threatens living standards anywhere is letting authoritarian, exclusionary ideologies take hold.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
But Canada’s identity isn’t shaped by that worldview. Newcomers don’t weaken our living standards; they help sustain and improve them.
What truly threatens living standards anywhere is letting authoritarian, exclusionary ideologies take hold.
What truly threatens living standards anywhere is letting authoritarian, exclusionary ideologies take hold.
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It shows how a country can build cohesion, prosperity, & stability by choosing inclusion over exclusion & actively bridging divides.
When U.S. leaders embrace politics rooted in Christian nationalism, demographic fear, & hostility to pluralism, it’s no surprise they project those anxieties onto us.
When U.S. leaders embrace politics rooted in Christian nationalism, demographic fear, & hostility to pluralism, it’s no surprise they project those anxieties onto us.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It shows how a country can build cohesion, prosperity, & stability by choosing inclusion over exclusion & actively bridging divides.
When U.S. leaders embrace politics rooted in Christian nationalism, demographic fear, & hostility to pluralism, it’s no surprise they project those anxieties onto us.
When U.S. leaders embrace politics rooted in Christian nationalism, demographic fear, & hostility to pluralism, it’s no surprise they project those anxieties onto us.
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It paints a portrait of a system where accountability is selective and moral clarity fades in the glow of power and prestige. Look at how long it took King Charles to take action against Prince Andrew. Ultimately, this is about more than one man’s crimes; it’s about the ecosystem that enabled him.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It paints a portrait of a system where accountability is selective and moral clarity fades in the glow of power and prestige. Look at how long it took King Charles to take action against Prince Andrew. Ultimately, this is about more than one man’s crimes; it’s about the ecosystem that enabled him.
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For the political, business, and cultural elites, the emails show how proximity to wealth and status can override ethics and judgment. Epstein wasn’t shunned despite his crimes. He was courted, defended, and leveraged for his network long after his crimes were known!
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For the political, business, and cultural elites, the emails show how proximity to wealth and status can override ethics and judgment. Epstein wasn’t shunned despite his crimes. He was courted, defended, and leveraged for his network long after his crimes were known!
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For years, Epstein was treated by the media and elites not as a subject to be investigated and exposed, but as a source to cultivate, a gateway to access information and social capital.
That’s the scandal within the scandal.
Not just what Epstein did, but who enabled him.
That’s the scandal within the scandal.
Not just what Epstein did, but who enabled him.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For years, Epstein was treated by the media and elites not as a subject to be investigated and exposed, but as a source to cultivate, a gateway to access information and social capital.
That’s the scandal within the scandal.
Not just what Epstein did, but who enabled him.
That’s the scandal within the scandal.
Not just what Epstein did, but who enabled him.
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For me, one of the most revealing aspects of the latest Epstein email scandal isn’t just the names. It’s what they expose about #power and how power protects itself. #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Media #Accountability
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For me, one of the most revealing aspects of the latest Epstein email scandal isn’t just the names. It’s what they expose about #power and how power protects itself. #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Media #Accountability
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Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
Calling for the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, to be upheld is not sedition. If this is not ground for impeachment, what is?
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Calling for the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, to be upheld is not sedition. If this is not ground for impeachment, what is?
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I'm not sure what I find more disturbing: discovering that the UK is considering confiscating the few valuables refugees have, or learning that Denmark already enacted such a law, and then carved out an exception for Ukrainian refugees because they're white. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/de...
Denmark will not seize jewelry from Ukrainian refugees: Prime minister
Country working on law to make life easier for Ukrainian refugees, says public broadcaster - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I'm not sure what I find more disturbing: discovering that the UK is considering confiscating the few valuables refugees have, or learning that Denmark already enacted such a law, and then carved out an exception for Ukrainian refugees because they're white. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/de...
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Wow. This is revolting & utterly shameful. The UK is planning to seize refugees’ personal valuables (jewelry) & sell them off. That’s the same kind of dehumanizing tactic the Nazis used against Jews & others. What’s next, bringing in dentists to rip out gold teeth, too? news.sky.com/video/asylum...
Asylum minister on whether refugees would have jewellery seized
Home Office minister Alex Morris was questioned by Sky's Sophy Ridge on whether asylum seekers would have valuables taken from them to pay for accommodation costs.
news.sky.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Wow. This is revolting & utterly shameful. The UK is planning to seize refugees’ personal valuables (jewelry) & sell them off. That’s the same kind of dehumanizing tactic the Nazis used against Jews & others. What’s next, bringing in dentists to rip out gold teeth, too? news.sky.com/video/asylum...