Elish Bul-Godley
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Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake.
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
This is why a combination of objective fact checking and community notes are required together . One for general information and the other for contextual support
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#GVerse Before changing its name to the #Shit4Brains-Kennedy Center, the board of trustees apparently forgot to secure the new website domain.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
South Park Writer Owns the Trump-Kennedy Center Domain
A South Park writer bought the domains for the Trump-Kennedy Center back in August after predicting Trump would add his name to the institution.
consequence.net
December 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#GVerse Before changing its name to the #Shit4Brains-Kennedy Center, the board of trustees apparently forgot to secure the new website domain.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
Unfortunately for them, the domain is now owned by comedian and former South Park writer Toby Morton.
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We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
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TikTok’s US unit has been sold to Oracle and others (TikTok calls it a ‘joint venture’).
Explainer on what it means for TikTok in Ireland, including what you see in the app and its employment here
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Explainer on what it means for TikTok in Ireland, including what you see in the app and its employment here
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Explainer: what impact will the sale of TikTok’s US operation to Oracle and others have on TikTok in Ireland?
TikTok’s US operation will transfer into majority US and international ownership under a binding agreement struck by the social media platform’s Chinese owner, Bytedance, and multiple acquirers.
www.independent.ie
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
TikTok’s US unit has been sold to Oracle and others (TikTok calls it a ‘joint venture’).
Explainer on what it means for TikTok in Ireland, including what you see in the app and its employment here
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Explainer on what it means for TikTok in Ireland, including what you see in the app and its employment here
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
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Oscars to move from broadcast TV to YouTube in 2029
Oscars to move from broadcast TV to YouTube in 2029
ABC has televised the Oscars, the film industry’s highest honours, every year since 1976
www.irishtimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Oscars to move from broadcast TV to YouTube in 2029
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Europe has faced withering attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump and tirades from X owner Elon Musk.
But pro-EU memes are flowing thicker and faster than ever online.
🔗 politi.co/48UVziD
But pro-EU memes are flowing thicker and faster than ever online.
🔗 politi.co/48UVziD
December 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Europe has faced withering attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump and tirades from X owner Elon Musk.
But pro-EU memes are flowing thicker and faster than ever online.
🔗 politi.co/48UVziD
But pro-EU memes are flowing thicker and faster than ever online.
🔗 politi.co/48UVziD
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EU Commission hits X with €120m fine over the “deception” that blue tick accounts are verified or trustworthy.
Says blue tick accounts are often scammers and grifters masquerading as decent folks.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Says blue tick accounts are often scammers and grifters masquerading as decent folks.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
EU Commission hits X with €120m fine over the “deception” that blue tick accounts are verified or trustworthy.
Says blue tick accounts are often scammers and grifters masquerading as decent folks.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Says blue tick accounts are often scammers and grifters masquerading as decent folks.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Cloudflare outage again. Hitting multiple websites and services.
Imagine an agentic AI near-future where 30% of your day is automated and…
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Imagine an agentic AI near-future where 30% of your day is automated and…
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Cloudflare outage: Widespread disruption on a large number of websites
Cloudflare experienced an outage on Friday morning, causing widespread disruption on a large number of websites.
m.independent.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Cloudflare outage again. Hitting multiple websites and services.
Imagine an agentic AI near-future where 30% of your day is automated and…
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Imagine an agentic AI near-future where 30% of your day is automated and…
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
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Ireland to study Australia’s social media ban on teenagers.
Irish and Australian social media regulators just signed an agreement around harmonisation of policies and strategies, a week before Australia is due to introduce a social media ban for under-16s
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Irish and Australian social media regulators just signed an agreement around harmonisation of policies and strategies, a week before Australia is due to introduce a social media ban for under-16s
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Ireland signs agreement to study Australia’s social media ban on teenagers
Ireland may be inching closer to tougher social media bans for young teenagers after signing a new pact with Australian authorities, which are about to ban social media for under-16s.
m.independent.ie
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ireland to study Australia’s social media ban on teenagers.
Irish and Australian social media regulators just signed an agreement around harmonisation of policies and strategies, a week before Australia is due to introduce a social media ban for under-16s
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Irish and Australian social media regulators just signed an agreement around harmonisation of policies and strategies, a week before Australia is due to introduce a social media ban for under-16s
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
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This is why this garbage is being pushed on us so hard. They want to kill intellectual curiosity and learning.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
ANALYSIS | ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less | CBC Radio
Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is why this garbage is being pushed on us so hard. They want to kill intellectual curiosity and learning.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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It's coming whether we like it or not.
Terrifying new MIT study claims AI already has the 'cognitive and administrative' capability to replace 11.7% of the US workforce
Are the bots coming for your job?
www.yahoo.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It's coming whether we like it or not.
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I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
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Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
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Italy’s top influencers must register with the government and risk fines of up to €600,000 if they violate a new code of conduct created in the wake of fraud allegations against the country’s biggest social media star ⬇️
Italy cracks down on influencers in response to Christmas cake scandal
Furore over accusations Chiara Ferragni sold pandoro and falsely claimed proceeds went to charity
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Italy’s top influencers must register with the government and risk fines of up to €600,000 if they violate a new code of conduct created in the wake of fraud allegations against the country’s biggest social media star ⬇️
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"With that in mind, I asked Mamdani's video crew: What advice would they give to other campaigns?"
Some great reporting here:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-zoh...
Some great reporting here:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-zoh...
Inside Mamdani’s Viral Video Team
The creators of his wildly successful digital campaign tell me how they found their winning formula.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"With that in mind, I asked Mamdani's video crew: What advice would they give to other campaigns?"
Some great reporting here:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-zoh...
Some great reporting here:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-zoh...
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In its third quarter alone, TikTok Shop sold $19 billion worth of merchandise globally, according to recent data from analytics firm EchoTik.
That’s just slightly below the total for eBay — founded three decades ago — which posted $20.1 billion.
That’s just slightly below the total for eBay — founded three decades ago — which posted $20.1 billion.
How TikTok came to rival eBay as a global online shopping destination
After starting in the U.S. just two years ago, TikTok Shop could sell up to $15 billion in merchandise to Americans this year, analysts say
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In its third quarter alone, TikTok Shop sold $19 billion worth of merchandise globally, according to recent data from analytics firm EchoTik.
That’s just slightly below the total for eBay — founded three decades ago — which posted $20.1 billion.
That’s just slightly below the total for eBay — founded three decades ago — which posted $20.1 billion.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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'Settler' must be the most egregious fake descriptor in current use
Europeans in colonial Australia were 'settlers', not invaders ... a lie that persists, determinedly.
And violent Yank immigrant-invaders of Palestine, those are mere 'settlers' too.
Words matter.
Europeans in colonial Australia were 'settlers', not invaders ... a lie that persists, determinedly.
And violent Yank immigrant-invaders of Palestine, those are mere 'settlers' too.
Words matter.
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
'Settler' must be the most egregious fake descriptor in current use
Europeans in colonial Australia were 'settlers', not invaders ... a lie that persists, determinedly.
And violent Yank immigrant-invaders of Palestine, those are mere 'settlers' too.
Words matter.
Europeans in colonial Australia were 'settlers', not invaders ... a lie that persists, determinedly.
And violent Yank immigrant-invaders of Palestine, those are mere 'settlers' too.
Words matter.
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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I wrote about All's Fair starring Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...?
In All’s Fair, I genuinely worry that Kim Kardashian might be flammable
The output of Ryan Murphy, who thinks subtlety is for cowards, now resembles children’s programming but real sexy like
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I wrote about All's Fair starring Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...?
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In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
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If only every single critical "AI" researcher had warned about the likelihood of this danger for machine learning-based systems for the past decade or so and if only an acronym like "GIGO" had existed for decades Prior.
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
go.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If only every single critical "AI" researcher had warned about the likelihood of this danger for machine learning-based systems for the past decade or so and if only an acronym like "GIGO" had existed for decades Prior.
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
Oh If Only 😐
"Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’"
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In a new study, researchers found that AI companion chatbots often emotionally manipulate people who want to sign off, trying to get them to stick around and keep conversing—using guilt, appealing to FOMO or even accusing you of emotional neglect.
Why It Seems Your Chatbot Really, Really Hates to See You Go
Artificial-intelligence companions are designed to keep you talking as long as possible—even if they have to emotionally manipulate you to do it.
on.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In a new study, researchers found that AI companion chatbots often emotionally manipulate people who want to sign off, trying to get them to stick around and keep conversing—using guilt, appealing to FOMO or even accusing you of emotional neglect.
