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“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Claude” I asked this horseshoe crab and he said your ass wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Triassic

I need a linguistic perspective on the Epstein emails. Where are the threads on this? Why do they all "talk" like that?

I think its pages related to the page you're currently browsing. On meteorology, I get: "outline of meteorology" "timeline of meteorology" and "weather"

6) So WHAT DO? Connect with your community IRL. Balance your online info diet with offline time. Pay attention to who gains power and who loses voice when billionaires start buying the public square.

5) Lack of tech literacy + mystery algorithms + AI slop + government overreach == perfect storm of both extreme trust AND distrust in what people see online and who is behind it. Information disorder scales up in fascism.

4) When ppl don't understand how algorithms or platforms work, they invent explanations. From my paper: users construct folk theories about the way platforms work. Expect a wave of speculation about "what changed" after the deal (even if nothing did!). Go search "blocking Oracle" on TikTok.

3) The deal details are still unknown. A takeover by Ellison doesn’t necessarily mean the algorithm will change.
Given his recent comments about “keeping the masses subdued,” it’s fair to worry what “content moderation” might look like under new ownership. Media consolidation is always dangerous.

2) This connects back to my CHI 2025 paper on how people perceive “sticky” and “stubborn” content on their FYPs. Spoiler: it’s incredibly frustrating for users — and those frustrations reveal some deeper things I want to address:

TikTok insiders and creators worry its powerful algorithm could lose its magic after a sale As TikTok prepares to sell its US business, employees, creators, and researchers wonder about the future of its content algorithm.

1) I recently spoke with Business Insider about what the potential sale of TikTok could mean for the *magic* For You Page: 👇🧵

www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-insid...

Super excited to present at #TSRCONF at @stanfordcyber.bsky.social this Thursday!
My poster, Weathering Trust: Credibility Formation in YouTube’s Weather Info Ecosystem, explores how “weather influencers” have become critical—yet largely unregulated—sources of safety information. Come say hi!! 🌪️⛈️

Came here to ask this question exactly. The data suggests covid is more prevalent/severe compared to the flu. why "all" for flu and [limitations] for covid? This continues to reek of politics unfortunately.

1000% agree with doing this IRL! It's hard when it feels like the sense of community, in general, is so fragile. We have a lot of work to do.

A straggler thought after yesterday's #NWAS25 digital-first sessions and this morning's #helene content: post-disaster misinfo is out of control. we have elected reps actively theorizing weather-control machines (wouldn't that be nice?). Question is: How do we push back? Esp. online?

Bluesky will break today. 😭

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Like I said, September is *busy* but I am VERY excited to attend #NWAS25 (remotely) this upcoming week. Looking forward to the digital meteorology panel tomorrow as this topic is pretty squarely my dissertation project (from an HCI, influencer, and platform policy angle). 🌦️🌪️☔ Fuck yeah, weather!

September is starting off crazy busy/chaotic. But not as chaotic as #SpiderJesus💥 Today at 1:30PT/4:30ET I'm presenting (remotely) a preliminary work on #AIJesusSlop at #4S2025. Dive deep into observer theories and how this slop is so much more than #spam. See ya there! 🙏

Exhausted by the news cycle. Here is System of a Down on the first day of their tour at MetLife Stadium. #soad

I'm PhD in graphic design and Cracker Barrel's REAL problem is they didn't go *far enough*

Fantastic read. "There's no social media equivalent of a WEA alert that's sent out to all mobile phones within radius."

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

NEW: After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

- MTG really has people believing this is "weather modification" 🙄

I'm not a meteorologist, I'm a social scientist (studying #wx comms). A few things can be simultaneously true re: #tx #floods:
- trump admin should have never defunded NOAA, but
- NWS was staffed & issued watches/warnings just fine
- Ppl don't check the weather at 3am!
- we cant predict everything

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Sometimes the newsday demands a timeline cleanse. 😮‍💨

I feel like they're missing a few other totally mysterious cases that are not at all related to helium or hydrogen 🙃

Very concerned by “Y’all Watches” on weatherwise… the idea that these are areas that the weather service may be considering warnings is not OK. There is a substantial risk for confusion with weather service products. Add that our watches are not short fuse polygon products. That is warnings.

I'd love to connect with other fellow researchers and practitioners in crisis informatics, social media studies, or news/information environments while I'm here in Yokohama! ☕

Over the weekend, I also had the opportunity to present at the News Futures workshop (sites.google.com/view/newsfut...), discussing my research agenda on "Weatherfluencers" (folks who live stream content on ongoing severe weather) and their role in crisis information ecosystems.

"They've Over-Emphasized That One Search": Controlling Unwanted Content on TikTok's For You Page Modern algorithmic recommendation systems seek to engage users through behavioral content-interest matching. While many platforms recommend content based on engagement metrics, others like TikTok deli...

I'm at #CHI2025 this week presenting my paper with Sourojit Ghosh on controlling unwanted content on TikTok's FYP: arxiv.org/abs/2504.13895. This paper was ~3 years in the making and I'm excited it finally found the (right) home!

This feels a lot like propaganda, folks!

Someone made a lot of money. The SEC shall investigate! Oh wait, no... it won't (forgot about that Feb 18 executive order for a moment).