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AI Bots Can Manipulate Online Polls, New Research Shows - Campaigns & Elections share.google/Nf21cCIg1SSn...
AI Bots Can Manipulate Online Polls, New Research Shows
A new paper underscores the emerging threat AI poses to a pillar of modern data collection and public opinion research.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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chickenlady.bsky.social
What's a Russian to do, then travel to Russia?
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Witkoff (“who hasn't traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week”) spoke on the record to the Journal to extol the promise of his business negotiations with Putin

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
"Russia has so many vast resources, vast expanses of land," Witkoff told The Wall Street Journal, describing at length his hopes that Russia, Ukraine and America would all become business partners. "If we do all that, and everybody's prospering and they're all a part of it, and there's upside for everybody, that's going to naturally be a bulwark against future conflicts there. Because everybody's thriving. Witkoff, who hasn't traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin. He insisted he isn't playing favorites. "Ukrainians have fought heroically for their independence," said Witkoff, who has tried to inspire Ukrainian officials with the idea of soldiers disarming to earn Silicon Valley-scale salaries operating American built AI data centers. "It is now time to consolidate what they have achieved through diplomacy," he said.
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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mollymckew.bsky.social
There’s nothing new about this plan from the Kremlin.

It’s just so no other American administration in history was so devoid morals and a belief in American values and an understanding of American security to pursue it with such vigor

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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mollymckew.bsky.social
I mean how utterly incompetent and detached from reality do you have to be to say something like this out loud

It’s a real mystery why our European allies aren’t sharing intelligence with us anymore
By the time Zelensky arrived, Trump had spoken to Putin a day earlier and decided not to offer the Tomahawks. Instead, Witkoff encouraged Ukrainian officials to try another tack: What good was a handful of missiles going to accomplish? Instead, he encouraged Ukraine to ask Trump for a 10-year tariff exemption. It would supercharge their economy, he said. "I'm in the deal settlement business. That's why I'm here," he told the Journal. "We keep on knocking at the door and coming up with ideas."
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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mollymckew.bsky.social Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 1d
I mean how utterly incompetent and detached from reality do you have to be to say something like this out loud

It’s a real mystery why our European allies aren’t sharing intelligence with us anymore
By the time Zelensky arrived, Trump had spoken to Putin a day earlier and decided not to offer the Tomahawks. Instead, Witkoff encouraged Ukrainian officials to try another tack: What good was a handful of missiles going to accomplish? Instead, he encouraged Ukraine to ask Trump for a 10-year tariff exemption. It would supercharge their economy, he said. "I'm in the deal settlement business. That's why I'm here," he told the Journal. "We keep on knocking at the door and coming up with ideas."
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM