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@jaredlholt.bsky.social

Senior researcher at @openmeasures.bsky.social Co-host of "Posting Through It," a weekly podcast: https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt

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Panel one: what a senator said about AIPAC, which lobbied against holding countries receiving US military support to international law

Panel two: how ADL characterized and condemned his remarks

06.03.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous β€˜Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

05.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2245    πŸ” 1277    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 312

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

05.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 27226    πŸ” 3811    πŸ’¬ 349    πŸ“Œ 155

The Administration’s signature issue has been a colossal, violent failure and it looks like they’re gonna make Noem take the fall for it

05.03.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI β€˜Deepfakes’ Weaponized to Spread Many False Epstein Files Claims - Open Measures Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.

Conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein have been in circulation for what feels like ages. But advances in AI image generation tools have taken things to another level.

We looked at how AI images were used to promote fake claims on the back of the "Epstein Files"

openmeasures.io/ai-images-ep...

05.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI β€˜Deepfakes’ Weaponized to Spread Many False Epstein Files Claims - Open Measures Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.

The "Epstein Files" have generated immense public interest, making them a ripe subject for bad actors looking to push lies.

We examined how AI-generated images were used to supercharge viral false claims, inspiring offline activity and hostile state actors.
openmeasures.io/ai-images-ep...

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… they bombed a school

05.03.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop framing deepfake harassment of women as a social problem - It's a cybersecurity problem Non-consensual deepfake abuse of women is not just online harassment but cybercrime, demanding full threat intelligence and security action.

Smart piece from @megansquire.bsky.social arguing that the proliferation of AI β€œdeepfake” nude images should not be thought of just as a social/cultural issue, but as a cybersecurity threat. The production of this stuff plugs into a world that’s often criminal.

securitybrief.news/story/stop-f...

05.03.2026 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

You cannot make billions dollars with hurting, exploiting, and crushing other people on the way there. If there's an ethical way to do it, we haven't seen it manifest yet. That level of personal wealth should viewed with fear, not admiration.

04.03.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

An article claiming US troops were told the Iran War is meant "to cause Armageddon" and usher in a return of Jesus Christ made waves on Bluesky yesterday. We saw at least 2,250 posts that repeated its core claims.

The story could be legit, but this article raises some reasons to be skeptical.

04.03.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Right-wing pundits want Trump to heal the MAGA rift over the Iran war via the mass deportation of American Muslims

Influential right-wing voices are trying to heal the divide in MAGA media over Trump's war in Iran by urging the president to target American Muslims for denaturalization and removal.

04.03.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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085: A Nuclear Arsenal of Iran Takes | Posting Through It Get more from Posting Through It on Patreon

If you're not already signed up for the podcast Patreon and listening to our weekly premium episodes, maybe I can change your mind by telling you I asked my wife to parody Colin Powell's 2003 speech to the UN about Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" on this one.

www.patreon.com/posts/085-nu...

04.03.2026 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE under Trump 2.0 built an unprecedented media operation - deploying videographers to raids, pumping out edgy social posts, swiping pop music for hype videos - and the main metric for evaluating its impact shows that Americans now hate ICE more than ever

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

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055: How Olivia Nuzzi Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Worm | Posting Through It Get more from Posting Through It on Patreon

People who have been with us for a while will remember Andrea's cold reading of excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi's borderline-unreadable memoir

www.patreon.com/posts/055-ho...

04.03.2026 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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085: A Nuclear Arsenal of Iran Takes | Posting Through It Get more from Posting Through It on Patreon

If you're not already signed up for the podcast Patreon and listening to our weekly premium episodes, maybe I can change your mind by telling you I asked my wife to parody Colin Powell's 2003 speech to the UN about Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" on this one.

www.patreon.com/posts/085-nu...

04.03.2026 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. And she crushed it.

04.03.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran can't hit back over Soleimani's killing because America has only fictional heroes like SpongeBob SquarePants, a prominent cleric said The US assassinated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani late Thursday in an airstrike at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq.

ok he might have had a point
www.businessinsider.com/soleimani-de...

04.03.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

not if you want to land esteemed clients like Mr. Taibbi!

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I have always considered one of my top strengths as a journalist/researcher to be that I never hesitate to say β€œI don’t know.” Not gonna waste your time or mine, or insult your intelligence by blabbering platitudes and bullshit.

I could not survive as a lawyer.

04.03.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

When your lawyer starts letting it loose in the prose, you should know your case is on its death bed. This is what people do when they don’t have any evidence to back themselves up, they just start repeating themselves and trying to dress it up

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Anti-Abortion β€˜Bounty Hunter’ Laws Spread from Texas Across U.S. Analysis: Several GOP towns and states now allow residents to sue each other for getting abortion care. The reward: money. In February, Kansas passed a similarly designed trans bathroom ban.

β€œBounty hunter” laws designed to incentivize people to sue their neighbors for getting an abortion are spreading throughout the country. @queenmab.bsky.social reports:

03.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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β€œBombs will fall Everywhere”: The American, Israeli and Iranian Weapons Being Deployed in Middle East - bellingcat Bellingcat has been monitoring strikes across the Middle East and has identified a wide variety of weapons that have been used in the conflict so far, including missiles and drones.

Israel used 2,000+ bombs in the first 30 hours of the Iran war; the US struck 1,000+ targets in the first 24 hours. Iran responded with at least 390 missiles and 830 drones in the first two days. Bellingcat has tracked the munitions used by all sides so far: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

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03.03.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
Jack Posobiec, Jan 28. 2024: Nikki Haley is now calling for full war with Iran

This isn't vague

She is the WW3 candidate, she stating it openly

Jack Posobiec, Jan 28. 2024: Nikki Haley is now calling for full war with Iran This isn't vague She is the WW3 candidate, she stating it openly

Wesley Hunt, Oct. 1 2024: "FLASHBACK: 2020 Joe Biden claimed President Trump will get us into a war with Iran.

Do you think this aged well?"

Wesley Hunt, Oct. 1 2024: "FLASHBACK: 2020 Joe Biden claimed President Trump will get us into a war with Iran. Do you think this aged well?"

Cory Mills, Feb. 2 2024: "We must get President Trump back in the White House in 2024.  Biden is driving us to WWIII and full regional destabilization. 

Under Trump we had adversaries at bay, allies strengthened, Abram Accords pushing towards Middle East stability, Israel safe, Russia not advancing in Ukraine, crippling sanctions against Iran, elimination of Abu Bakr (ISIS), Qasim Solamani (Quds  Force), and Abu Mehdi (Iraq militia leader), shipping lanes clear of Houthi attacks/ disruption, China was not threatening Taiwan. The border was secured. 

America and the world was safer!"

Cory Mills, Feb. 2 2024: "We must get President Trump back in the White House in 2024. Biden is driving us to WWIII and full regional destabilization. Under Trump we had adversaries at bay, allies strengthened, Abram Accords pushing towards Middle East stability, Israel safe, Russia not advancing in Ukraine, crippling sanctions against Iran, elimination of Abu Bakr (ISIS), Qasim Solamani (Quds Force), and Abu Mehdi (Iraq militia leader), shipping lanes clear of Houthi attacks/ disruption, China was not threatening Taiwan. The border was secured. America and the world was safer!"

Kari Lake, Jan. 28 2024: "Last night, three American service members were killed in a drone attack by Iranian forces.

My heart and deepest condolences go out to their families.

This is a consequence of the current Administration destabilizing the Middle East. President Trump proposed peace through strength and was working to bring peace to the Middle East and beyond.

We must return to that peace through strength."

Kari Lake, Jan. 28 2024: "Last night, three American service members were killed in a drone attack by Iranian forces. My heart and deepest condolences go out to their families. This is a consequence of the current Administration destabilizing the Middle East. President Trump proposed peace through strength and was working to bring peace to the Middle East and beyond. We must return to that peace through strength."

We checked back in our datasets to see what some of the most-popular Truth Social posts discussing US military conflict with Iran were like when Trump was running for president in 2024.

The tone sure has changed over there in the last few days.

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Out now on all the podcast apps!

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Perth man arrested for alleged plot to carry out mass casualty terrorist attack motivated by white supremacy - SSBCrack News A significant terrorist plot targeting public landmarks in Perth has been thwarted following the arrest of a 20-year-old man, Jayson Joseph Michaels.

Perth man arrested for alleged plot to carry out mass casualty terrorist attack motivated by white supremacy

01.03.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Reading this, again, you get the sense that someone at Anthropic knows how the intel community misleads by using definitions of words that are different than everyone else believes. And the people at OpenAI simply don't know or don't care about that.

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They don't *need* AI to make these decisions. But they *want* AI to make these decisions. Because the tech gives them plausible deniability--something to blame (other than themselves) when things go wrong.

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there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true

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