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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · Dec 27

My book is 'book of the day' at the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast. Huge thanks to Mike Vann for a great interview. Check out the interview, and the book itself, which is out in Open Access from OUP!
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Podcast | Jeffrey Whyte, "The Birth of Psychological War: Propaganda,…

Subscribe for free. Jeffrey Whyte, "The Birth of Psychological War: Propaganda, Espionage, and Military Violence from WWII to the Vietnam War" (Oxford UP, 2023)

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People need to have some dignity and schedule send

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Very cool that the Labour government is going to criminalise protest then hand the keys over to Reform

Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social · 3d

The Home Secretary is now planning to find a way to criminalise the "cumulative effect" of protest.

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 4d

Wow. I‘m not sure which part of this is weirder: that they think Starmer’s rep might be worse than theirs, or that they might be right.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d

Palantir has pulled out of involvement with the UK Digital ID card, according to an interview with their UK CEO on Times Radio. They’re concerned about the reputational damage of being involved with an unpopular Starmer policy.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6d

Vance's most monumental achievement to date has been being told off by two popes in one year.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7d

Pope Leo, "Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhumane treatment of immigrants, they're not pro life"

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 8d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 9d

THE MEME IS REAL

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 10d

I think about Melville's The Confidence Man a lot these days. It feels like the scam is more and more the model of American political and economic life.

Cover of Herman Melville's book The Confidence Man, depicting a monstrous figure scooping up victims

Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 10d

The QAA podcast did an excellent deep dive about the 'medbed' conspiracy theory a year ago.

Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 10d

With this ringing endorsement, if you'd like to understand what deeply evil nonsense the literal President of the United States is promoting now please do listen! on.soundcloud.com/0SJT1Mcqx8ks...

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 10d

The post has deleted, but it's wild to see Tump posting an AI slop scam video featuring fake AI footage of himself promising magical 'medbeds', and presumably making these scammers fabulously rich in the process.

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 10d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 10d

ok so you can migrate to the UK but you have to become an indentured servant to a guy who looks like a canned ham

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10d

*wanking motion*

MIGRANTS will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary.

Shabana Mahmood has indicated that she is looking to toughen up the rules around claiming indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in Britain.

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Stuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 15d

The second portion of this great convo is now available!

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 16d

PART 2 of my interview w/ Alberto Toscano & @stschrader1.bsky.social on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, military repression, what it reveals about MAGA’s fascist/authoritarian project—and about illiberalism already immanent in US carceral/imperialist state www.thedigradio.com/podcast/stat...

State of Impunity w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 16d

One of the few downsides of never buying anything is I can’t meaningfully participate in any boycotts

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DuendeonSpooko @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 27d

this actually reveals the gameplan with Grok a little bit

anything that affects Conservatives is immediately dismissed as fake or a meme or edited, no matter what that event actually is

kate conger @kateconger.com · 28d

Grok says that videos of Charlie Kirk being shot are memes and that he's actually fine

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 28d

Bracing myself for whatever Trump is going to do this time to deflect from the latest Epstein release

Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · 28d

Very pleased to appear in this stellar lineup!

SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 28d

More dates for your diaries! Our line-up of talks this term include:

1 Oct, 3pm (UK time) – Erased - Patricia Owens
22 Oct, 3pm – Articulated Absences Archive - Vera Zurbrügg
19 Nov, 3pm – The Birth of Psychological War - Jeff Whyte

For news, follow us on BlueSky, LInkedIn or secrecyresearch.com

Index - SPIN

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hanks is also a key bad guy in the Qanon mythos

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Pinker Effect

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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

There will be an all-out media & financial assault on Mamdani if he takes office. When Salvador Allende was president of Chile, Nixon said the US had to "make the economy scream." Something similar will happen to NY in a collaboration between Trump & Dems. bsky.app/profile/schw...

☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

I don't think people understand how ferocious the opposition to Mamdani will be if he's mayor. Republican & Democratic power brokers will unite to crush him & punish NYers for voting for him. They cannot allow someone with his positions to be a success & inspiration.

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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social · Aug 22

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · Aug 22

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

90s computer desk with shelves for speakers, tower, printer, pull-out mouse and keyboard drawer etc

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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · Aug 20

Local Political Parties Stand with Lancaster University Staff

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Local Political Parties Stand with Lancaster University Staff

Lancaster UCU’s campaign to stop mass redundancies at Lancaster University continues to attract support. Now it has the backing of local Labour and Green parties who are standing firmly with …

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 20

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

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