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Teaching and learning about the future, designer of Widget and The Mind's Lie
Carlisle, PA, USA
Joined December 2008
Is this true? It seems like it could be, but...
From the incredible blog Chinese DoomScroll: If you ever see a disaster in China where exactly 35 people die, it's because 36+ means the mayor gets fired. It's fascinating in a horrifying way how authoritarian systems always develop their own unique post-truth quirks.
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Russian Firepower Strike Tracker: Analyzing missile attacks by Russia against #Ukraine. An initiative from ā¦@CSISā©
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This digital seriesāfeaturing scholars from the Futures Lab and across CSISāexplores the challenge of modern firepower strikes and their central role in coercive campaigns and competitive strategy
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This is a pretty brutal deepfake.
āI celebrate my last birthday, help the Ukrainian army as much as you canā Hackers delivered yet another birthday greeting to Putin by breaking into regular network TV programming in Russian-occupied Crimea
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šØOut in Nature!šØ Many (eg Trump JimJordan @elonmusk) have accused social media of anti-conservative bias Is this accurate? We test empirically - and it's more complicated than you might think: conservatives ARE suspended more, but also share more misinfo https://t.co/xVcTUDdCEx
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VIDEO: In just over two decades, Helio da Silva has single-handedly planted about 40,000 trees in the urban jungle that is Sao Paulo.
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This is a great paper on a growing trend in intelligence operations. Literally using Uber drivers to commit operational acts. It's happening here in the United States. https://t.co/inU27QzYOv
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The West is experiencing the most intense era of sabotage since the Second World War. Russian operations have now reached unprecedented levels. It seems that the main aim of this latest wave is to ...
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Link 16 Coverage From Space, Laser Communications Relays Make Major Advances The Space Development Agency is seeing major promise during testing of new low-cost Link 16 datalink, laser communications, and missile tracking satellites. Story:
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The Space Development Agency is seeing major promise during testing of new low-cost Link 16 datalink, laser communications, and missile tracking satellites. The Space Development Agency is busy...
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Russians are noting the effectiveness of the mass use of drones with incendiary liquid, saying that Russia has once again fallen behind Ukraine in terms of innovation.
Ukrainian drone releasing incendiary fluid over Russian positions from a Russian POV.
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If true, both sides will begin to use it, and the devastation it can do to cities and softer targets will be immense.
New gifts for the Katsapsā¼ļøš„ "Thermite mixture - 500-530g. Aluminum pipe, circuit board, ignition - 200g. Total weight 700 - reactions 3-4 seconds. Active combustion time is about 2 minutes. After this, the molten metal continues to work. Combustion temperature ā up to 2500Ā°C
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I've used thermite in controlled environments and it is terrifying. I can't imagine what it is like to be on the receiving end of this.
The most terrifying development in drone warfare Iāve seen thus far. Makes FPVs with unitary warheads look like a walk in the park. The POV videos of incendiary rockets cascading burning magnesium and thermite were horrifying, but this is next level.
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Algorithms are a powerful weapon that can be used to manipulate audiences. The CCP is using the TikTok algorithm to promote China. The longer a user spends on TikTok, the likelier they are to rank China positively on human rights. This graph from an NCRI study shows just how
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It is not worth it for the Russians to fight in Kurskš They get much higher benefit with the SVO (special military operation, right column) than with the counter terrorism operation (KTO, left column) For instance, wound = RUB 3M in Ukraine but only RUB 10K in Kursk
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Ukraine's future war, drones on the frontline. With @dcinfocus and thanks to @StuHollandEsq Liubov Sholudko, Chris Gibson
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Know the difference between Soviet and Russian Propaganda:
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Interesting insight into tank operations in Eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian tank crews are full of such great guys, and always an interesting snapshot of the kind of people fighting in the military now. Meet some of them here in our latest video report for @KyivIndependent: https://t.co/IyPLeKI4GQ
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@KevinRothrock FWIW, we asked Rosstat for the data on external deaths in 2023 by gender, and they emailed it to us without a problem, even split by region. Data available here: https://t.co/6D9Uwg7Uk4 and analysis is included in our updated preprint: https://t.co/iMfwkqP6aM.
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