benjamín freixas emery
@senditfor.science
PhD student @ CU Boulder.
misinfo, extremism, and moral panic as complex adaptive sociotechnical systems.
https://senditfor.science
misinfo, extremism, and moral panic as complex adaptive sociotechnical systems.
https://senditfor.science
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benjamín freixas emery
@senditfor.science
· Jul 17
SFI - Modeling Moral Panic in the Mainstream Media
The presentation of my work for the second half of the Graduate Workshop on Computational Social Science at the Santa Fe Institute
youtu.be
The presentation of my work from the last week of Santa Fe Institute's (@sfiscience.bsky.social) Graduate Workshop on Computational Social Science. Some may find it useful or entertaining.
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BULLYING WORKS!
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 11:16 PM
BULLYING WORKS!
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February 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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yikes ok, unfollowing now. really enjoyed her exhibit at the louvre, had no idea she’s in the epstein files.
Starting to think these weren’t really applied with the consideration required by law
February 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
yikes ok, unfollowing now. really enjoyed her exhibit at the louvre, had no idea she’s in the epstein files.
after setting ice list as my profile link i lost the ability to follow new accounts. can’t be sure that the relationship is causal but
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 AM
after setting ice list as my profile link i lost the ability to follow new accounts. can’t be sure that the relationship is causal but
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Police Ask For Public’s Help In Falsifying Report
January 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Police Ask For Public’s Help In Falsifying Report
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At least we don’t have to hear Charlie Kirk’s take on this
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
At least we don’t have to hear Charlie Kirk’s take on this
Question for the brick wall: What concept would you consider an essential inclusion in a "Quantitative Reasoning for Computational Social Science" class where the only prerequisite is basic programming?
No math requirement but I'd hold their hands through some basic calculus and linear algebra.
No math requirement but I'd hold their hands through some basic calculus and linear algebra.
January 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Question for the brick wall: What concept would you consider an essential inclusion in a "Quantitative Reasoning for Computational Social Science" class where the only prerequisite is basic programming?
No math requirement but I'd hold their hands through some basic calculus and linear algebra.
No math requirement but I'd hold their hands through some basic calculus and linear algebra.
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials (Sam Levin/The Guardian)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials (Sam Levin/The Guardian)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
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When does it become appropriate to connect the president's decades-long push to expand the death penalty to the current project to abduct and imprison political dissidents? When do we take seriously the threat that he may attempt mass extermination?
April 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When does it become appropriate to connect the president's decades-long push to expand the death penalty to the current project to abduct and imprison political dissidents? When do we take seriously the threat that he may attempt mass extermination?
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One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong:
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong:
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
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Over the last year the entire "free speech on campus" beat has been revealed as an utter fraud. Years of punditry puked out in ignorance and bad faith.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Over the last year the entire "free speech on campus" beat has been revealed as an utter fraud. Years of punditry puked out in ignorance and bad faith.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
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Average rents in Puerto Rico have skyrocketed 600 percent since 2017 as properties have been bought up by newcomers. It's unaffordable for locals to live on their territory.
Listen to Bad Bunny: Abolish Act 22
An egregious tax-evasion loophole is inflaming the displacement crisis in Puerto Rico.
www.thenation.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Average rents in Puerto Rico have skyrocketed 600 percent since 2017 as properties have been bought up by newcomers. It's unaffordable for locals to live on their territory.
boulder, 2025-01-10
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
boulder, 2025-01-10
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DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
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ICE opinion is shifting from lefties (a little) + reality (a lot). But it's happening much more slowly than it would on the right, because a, our partisan media is comparatively weak, and b, three-quarters of Dems are still prioritizing Seeming Moderate over stopping ICE from murdering moms.
more americans than ever say that ICE should be abolished www.gelliottmorris.com/p/support-fo...
Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high
Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
ICE opinion is shifting from lefties (a little) + reality (a lot). But it's happening much more slowly than it would on the right, because a, our partisan media is comparatively weak, and b, three-quarters of Dems are still prioritizing Seeming Moderate over stopping ICE from murdering moms.
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These are your words of the week
kidnap
expansionism
rib
unc
gramaungere
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
kidnap
expansionism
rib
unc
gramaungere
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
The Words of the Week - Jan. 9
Dictionary lookups from Venezuela, fast food, and social media
www.merriam-webster.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
These are your words of the week
kidnap
expansionism
rib
unc
gramaungere
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
kidnap
expansionism
rib
unc
gramaungere
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
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Find your local ICE watch and sign up.
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Find your local ICE watch and sign up.
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At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
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The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter.
A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.
(Published March 2025)
A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.
(Published March 2025)
How a Global Online Network of White Supremacists Groomed a Teen to Kill
The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, int...
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter.
A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.
(Published March 2025)
A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.
(Published March 2025)
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This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
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BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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Hard to express how much I love this.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hard to express how much I love this.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
This morning @npr.org uncritically parroted Israeli government statements linking the Bondi Beach shooting to the movement for Palestinian rights. There is no evidence for this so far. This sort of journalistic malpractice has devastating effects for human wellbeing.
December 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This morning @npr.org uncritically parroted Israeli government statements linking the Bondi Beach shooting to the movement for Palestinian rights. There is no evidence for this so far. This sort of journalistic malpractice has devastating effects for human wellbeing.