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International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof University of Notre Dame; Fellow-Bard College; Associate-Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi everyone! Welcome if you just joined my feed 👋 I thought I'd just introduce myself. I am Dr. Emma L. Briant, a leading academic expert on information warfare and propaganda in a surveillance age. My work was central in exposing #CambridgeAnalytica and I hope to be your guide through this crazy...

Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · Oct 21

Soooo excited that these have arrived! Get your copy now for the best insights on industry's role in propaganda co-edited with me & Vian Bakir. With unmissable contributions from authors such as
@marcowenjones.bsky.social
Alexandra S Chalupa, Nick Cull Jonathan Ong, Marie Santini, Débora Salles,

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

are these stories about reading trump administration officials phones in public just a consequence of iphones having amazing cameras now or are these guys just particularly incompetent with opsec

purrfectlyfrank.bsky.social @purrfectlyfrank.bsky.social · 4d

According to a photo of a private text on the phone of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Argentina responded to the treasury secretary’s $20 billion bailout by turning around and removing its export taxes on soybeans & striking a huge new deal with China. China then immediately pulled out of its...

Leaked texts on Scott Bessent’s phone suggest the White House got played bailing out Argentina—and U.S. soybean farmers are the casualties

“This is highly unfortunate,” the text said. “Soy prices are dropping further because of it. This gives China more leverage on us.”

finance.yahoo.com

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 39m

Ah! I need you to share your secret!

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 46m

US District Judge Denise Cote ruled that Musk himself had reduced his privacy interest by publicly boasting that he holds a “top secret clearance”—and discussing his drug use (including ketamine and marijuana) and contacts with foreign leaders (including Russian President Vladimir Putin).

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

The Pentagon has to provide The New York Times information about Elon Musk’s security clearances, a federal judge ruled Wednesday—and the billionaire’s own posting habits helped decide the case. trib.al/7voNtjk

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1h

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 53m

As universities embrace AI, corporate influence on research, governance and values is growing.

What happens when higher ed’s pursuit of tech prestige meets Silicon Valley’s profit motives?

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Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence

Higher education’s embrace of AI reveals deeper trends in institutional priorities − and what’s at risk.

theconversation.com

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 1h

Is it bad that it's making me think Queef?

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1h

How not to name your marketing agency

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 7h

‘They Need to Suffer’: Inside Trump’s War on Dissent

'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

www.rollingstone.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4h

"These are children who have never held a weapon. We taught them how to handle assault rifles and machine guns, RPGs. After that, they were sent to the front. We were training them to get killed.”
#KeepEyesOnSudan

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

www.theguardian.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 4h

I can’t begin to account for all the extra work AI has created for professors. Everything is harder and takes longer now. Quality of teaching, research, and service are all dropping. The job is less interesting and satisfying. AI creates demand for human labor but it’s crap.

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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 4h

This is one of the real risks. The normalisation of the US military in civilian life will have implications for the political life of teh country, including elections.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 4h

Keeping them alive is keeping truth alive. It is supporting those who resist. It makes us stronger. Where is this discourse today?

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 4h

Keeping them alive is keeping truth alive. It is supporting those who resist. It makes us stronger. Where is this discourse today?

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 4h

With all the talk of 'illegal' and 'migrants on boats' in the UK, much of the discussion also forgets that these are people fleeing persecution - some may be dissidents. Human rights matter but there are other reasons why you don't hand them back, to help evil regimes.

Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 4h

Russian asylum-seekers are being deported en masse to their country of origin, where many are imprisoned upon arrival due to their involvement in opposition and anti-war campaigning foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump Is Supporting Transnational Repression

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

foreignpolicy.com

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 4h

Trump Is Supporting Transnational Repression

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

foreignpolicy.com

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 5h

New from me in @foreignpolicy.com: how the US has gone from leading a global push against transnational repression, to proactively supporting it:

foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/08/t...

Trump Is Supporting Transnational Repression

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

foreignpolicy.com

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 6h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 5h

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 5h

Odd feds charged this as destruction of property but not the state with murder charges, given 12 people died.

Who's the AUSA handling it?

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/u...

Arrest made in deadly Palisades fire, source tells CNN | CNN

A suspect has been arrested in connection to the Palisades Fire, which burned in January.

www.cnn.com

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ptklein @ptklein.com · 6h

I am working on a piece for a queer alt weekly about Rocky Horror’s legacy, and I’d love to speak with you about what the film means to you! If you’re interested in being a part of this, my DMs are open!

ptklein @ptklein.com · 12d

The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened on US screens 50 years ago today. Initially a major box office bomb, cult cinema outsiders and queer audiences quickly took up the film’s mantle and turned it into a unique and exciting way of engaging with the movies. Remember kids, don’t dream it—be it!!

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Joe Germuska @joe.germuska.com · 7h

“On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America | Portland | The Guardian

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 8h

EXCL: PM facing Labour rebellion over Digital ID.

No10 setting up "outreach" meetings to win over unhappy MPs.

MP says: "Overtures from them won’t shift people and those who support it think No.10′s reverse Midas touch has tainted it for another 5 years.”

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

Exclusive: Keir Starmer Facing Mounting Labour Rebellion Over Digital ID Cards

MPs believe Downing Street's "mishandling" of the policy has set it back five years.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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