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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 8d

Glad that this says this is an official website of the United States government because it would be very hard to tell otherwise.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 8d

Ooooooh that’s awesome

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 9d

Podcast idea: a podcast where the hosts interview other podcast hosts about their podcasts.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 10d

Am I depressed or is it just raining

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 10d

Featuring D&S research affiliate @robyncaplan.bsky.social! bsky.app/profile/duke...

Duke Sanford @dukesanford.bsky.social · 13d

Will AI prompt a new golden era? On Policy 360 Podcast, @robyncaplan.bsky.social explores deepfakes to the growing importance of social media verification w/ @agpines.bsky.social.

@duke-dewitt.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social @dukescisoc.bsky.social #EduSkyAI

sanford.duke.edu/story/will-a...

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Duke Sanford @dukesanford.bsky.social · 13d

Will AI prompt a new golden era? On Policy 360 Podcast, @robyncaplan.bsky.social explores deepfakes to the growing importance of social media verification w/ @agpines.bsky.social.

@duke-dewitt.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social @dukescisoc.bsky.social #EduSkyAI

sanford.duke.edu/story/will-a...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13d

With TikTok’s potential sale to a group of Donald Trump allies, “we should be far less worried about what foreign governments could do with our social-media information than about how our own government might abuse it,” David Karpf argues.

The MAGA Media Takeover

Trump and his powerful friends are creating a dangerous moment for free speech.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 16d

My favorite new tiktok trend is the "alt-left pipeline" where swoll white dudes talk about how abortion is healthcare, backing black liberation, and translating anti-imperialism into gym-bro speak.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 21d

Will Duffield seems to be staying somewhat ideologically consistent (just went to check his twitter/x).

Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 21d

Surely all of those people crying about "jawboning" in the Biden administration will be up in arms now...

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 22d

So committed to giving my students fun facts to use at parties that I am creating a Trivia Night exercise on 18th-century journalism history (and earlier print culture) in class tomorrow.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 23d

New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin

Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23d

👇🎯 Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst Article I constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, 👇🤷‍♂️

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23d

To sum up: the President is not enforcing the law about TikTok access in order to structure the timing and sale of another giant social media platform to his political allies.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23d

* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 23d

One of the reasons that IRBs are so frustrating is that invent their own terminology for forms etc (ones that feel so counter-intuitive that it's mindboggling) and then treat it as if it is universally understood.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25d

I'm so grateful for Governor Hochul's support in unifying our party, her resolve in standing up to Trump, and her focus on making New York affordable. I look forward to the great work we will accomplish together.

Our movement is only growing stronger. Onward to November.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 25d

“Zohran Mamdani and I will both be fearless in confronting Donald Trump’s extreme agenda — with urgency, conviction, and the defiance that defines New York” writes Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani

I am confident that Zohran Mamdani has the courage, urgency, and optimism New York City needs to lead it through the challenges of this moment.

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 25d

It is truly astounding that the moderate from Buffalo can make this endorsement but the self-identified progressive from Brooklyn seems unwilling or unable to do so.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 25d

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 27d

Did the Governor of Utah just say that he prayed the last few days the killer would be "from another country or from another state because that would make it easier?" Uh...easier to do what.