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Contributor for the onion/reductress :) Host of Hyperfocus: A Neurodivergent Podcast linktr.ee/v_dcknz

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The democrats are seething rn

28.02.2026 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...

27.02.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4981    πŸ” 2536    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 301
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NFL still isn't talking about Giants co-owner Steve Tisch As NFL drags feet, a high-level employee with another team says Tisch "has to go."

As the NFL continues to drag its feet regarding Giants co-owner Steve Tisch's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, a high-level employee with another team says Tisch "has to go."

27.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 12
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This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

27.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 36344    πŸ” 11749    πŸ’¬ 489    πŸ“Œ 797
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Democrats are seething rn

27.02.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I consider myself the personality hire of my trivia team. I don’t know any of the answers but I am ordering nachos for the table and gossiping in between rounds

26.02.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A new lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracked and intimidated observers Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit.

Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit. n.pr/4s6JWgo

23.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2418    πŸ” 848    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 28
The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
Open access
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Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access β€’ Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

19.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6363    πŸ” 3172    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 394
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god he reminds me of every worst man I’ve ever met in my life combined

24.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People specifically from san francisco should not be allowed to move to nyc. I have met u guys & sfers and nycers are completely misaligned ideologically. and plz take ur waymos with you

22.02.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The flowers only last for like 2 days before they shrivel and die so maybe just a practice round

20.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanksgiving cactus blooming in feb this bitch loves to take her time

20.02.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Me a year after a situationship ends

20.02.2026 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How are the mountain goats not Irish??????????

19.02.2026 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can women get hernias

19.02.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe rich get taxed enough” I mean…. clearly not lol

16.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need someone to write an essay on how taxing the 1% would have prevented everything Epstein did

16.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
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This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
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Not one dime for this cruelty.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

15.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 19101    πŸ” 7391    πŸ’¬ 641    πŸ“Œ 391
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CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.

14.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4611    πŸ” 2078    πŸ’¬ 369    πŸ“Œ 751

Omg I could never be in the cia I love to gab too much how do they find so many spies that hate gabbing

15.02.2026 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

put on a YouTube about β€œthe dark side of the Freemasons” and then got a Shen Yun ad god i love the internet

14.02.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We should NOT have billionaires until they learn how to behave (ie not going to a pedophile island)

13.02.2026 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know it’s a super fancy luxury hotel but doesn’t β€œthe four seasons” sound so pedestrian?

12.02.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The economy is so bad it wasn’t even fun to watch the commercials

09.02.2026 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should be able to stretch once and you’re good for a year

09.02.2026 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what if he called drake a pedophile rn just to keep it going

09.02.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THAT WAS HIM!!??? I texted my friend like β€œI feel like my parents asking β€˜is that Ricky Martin?’” Lolol

09.02.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder what bad bunny and kendall jenner talked about

09.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Now my foot is asleep omg I am failing my cat

08.02.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0