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WARNING:
There are new pathogens in our midst.
My latest article about media #manipulators, velocity #hacking, and the latest Covid origin #controversy.
Maybe some #mainstream journalists & influencers take a good look in the mirror.
Read:
protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-…
There are new pathogens in our midst.
My latest article about media #manipulators, velocity #hacking, and the latest Covid origin #controversy.
Maybe some #mainstream journalists & influencers take a good look in the mirror.
Read:
protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-…
How much should we think about the role of information in society?
In this article, I use the recent media coverage surrounding #lableak versus #zoonosis to point toward a new threat we have not yet wrapped our heads around:
Information pathogens with high #velocity.
In this article, I use the recent media coverage surrounding #lableak versus #zoonosis to point toward a new threat we have not yet wrapped our heads around:
Information pathogens with high #velocity.
#Velocity is a metric for the transmission efficacy of information given a particular content payload, its viral packaging, and its host environment.
Basically the R0 of information, a measure of #contagiousness.
Info pathogens with high velocity outcompetes good information.
Basically the R0 of information, a measure of #contagiousness.
Info pathogens with high velocity outcompetes good information.
#Pakistan🇵🇰 IHRF's statement regarding the current political situation in Pakistan and safety recommendations for civilians.
انٹرنیشنل ہیومن رائٹس فاؤنڈیشن کا پاکستان کی موجودہ سیاسی صورتحال اور شہریوں کے لیے حفاظتی تجاویز کے حوالے سے سرکاری بیان۔
انٹرنیشنل ہیومن رائٹس فاؤنڈیشن کا پاکستان کی موجودہ سیاسی صورتحال اور شہریوں کے لیے حفاظتی تجاویز کے حوالے سے سرکاری بیان۔
1. We ask soldiers and police officers in Pakistan to disobey any unjust or illegal orders they receive. #HumanRights #Disobey #RuleOfLaw
1. ہم پاکستان میں فوجیوں اور پولیس افسران سے کہتے ہیں کہ وہ کسی بھی غیر منصفانہ یا غیر قانونی احکامات کی نافرمانی کریں۔
The Biden administration will provide $300 million to the Republic of #Moldova in #energy #assistance and share #intelligence with this country, which Russia is trying to destabilize, the White House has announced. (1/4)
National security spokesman John Kirby told the media that, although it has not noticed any immediate #threat to the Republic of #Moldova, the USA believes Russia is trying to weaken this small country, to orchestrate an #insurrection and install a pro-Moscow government. (2/4)
Washington trusts #democratic and #economic institutions in Chișinău and their capacity to respond to these #threats, the US official went on to say. "We will continue to provide #assistance to this country", John Kirby added. (3/4)
#SouthKorea made a significant move today on #Japan relations, saying its own govt will compensate victims of Japanese forced labor during WWII, ending a years-long feud on the issue.
Is it progress? Why I'm pessimistic 🧵/1
nytimes.com/2023/03/05/wor…
Is it progress? Why I'm pessimistic 🧵/1
nytimes.com/2023/03/05/wor…
President Yoon @President_KR justified based on national interest, esp Korea's future challenges re: NK & China, & how Japan is now a country that shares "universal values" w/ South Korea. US applauded the move. What could possibly be wrong w/ that? /2
On the one hand, this appears to be a classic example of @EunbinChung 's theory of national identity affirmation (NIA) in her book, Pride, Not Prejudice, in which she argues that affirming one's own national identity/pride can help overcome past conflicts/tensions. /3
#Democracy/#FacaDemocracy: “Bolstering these #IntellectualProperty protection devices is an expanding set of inter-government deals. The construction of the global #market #system has been marked by a proliferation of over 3,200 bilateral and multilateral treaties on trade ...
... and investment, most of which have never been subject to any #democratic mandate or accountability."
"…. As one Investment #banking expert noted: 'It is a mistake to call it a trade agreement. This is really an agreement that's [sic] purpose is substantially to weaken nation-based #regulation while at the same time strengthening #IntellectualProperty protections.' ...
1/ This fight over @GOPLeader isn't really about McCarthy (though for some of the 20 it is). What this is about is the pending #debt ceiling fight likely in February. Here's what's going on (a thread)...
@GOPLeader 2/ 'Twas the night before Xmas (not exactly but close enough) & all thru the night, lobbyists were skulking the decorated hall of Congress, looking for handouts for their special interests. Everyone on Capitol Hill wanted to go home for the holidays so, w/o much debate,
@GOPLeader 3/ A group of elected officials pushed through a $1.7 Trillion spending bill w/o debate or even so much of a "Dear Colleague" letter. It was imperious. What upset some on the Hill the most was that the spending bill was chock full of goodies for Left-wing special interests.
Did u know?
True #ancient #history #Historia #christmas #Xmas
The real origin of Christmas goes back to ancient Babylon. The name 'Nimrod' is Hebrew and derives from 'Marad', meaning 'he rebelled'.…
#symbolism
True #ancient #history #Historia #christmas #Xmas
The real origin of Christmas goes back to ancient Babylon. The name 'Nimrod' is Hebrew and derives from 'Marad', meaning 'he rebelled'.…
#symbolism
The Centre for Policy Research in Maritime Studies (C-PRiMeS), a centre established in the @IMU_HQ to promote #research and #policy studies on the #maritime sector, was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways on 4.11.2022.
The Centre launched a Maritime Talk Series, INMarTs (IMU-NIAS Maritime Talks) on 7.11.2022. The programme started with a discussion on a book titled ‘Under Water Domain Awareness’ written by Dr Prakash Panneerselvam, Prof. Rajaram Nagappa, and Admiral (Retd.) R. N. Ganesh.
#imu
#imu
The afternoon session critically reflected on the Indian Ports Bill 2022, and the discussion was led by Dr H. L. Yogamala, Capt. Kishore Sundaresan, and Capt. Ramanujam.
@IMU_HQ @NIAS_India @NWWA_INDIANNAVY #maritime #shipping #imu
@IMU_HQ @NIAS_India @NWWA_INDIANNAVY #maritime #shipping #imu
Unredacted 'Fauci emails' proving no scientists had any idea about the virus and no inclination of any cover-up, quite the opposite actually, they investigated thoroughly the idea of a #lableak.
Lableakers: WHERE ARE THE HIDDEN EMAILS WHERE THEY DO THE COVERUP STUFF? 🙄🙄
Lableakers: WHERE ARE THE HIDDEN EMAILS WHERE THEY DO THE COVERUP STUFF? 🙄🙄
I hope this will be a lesson to many in the media who extended a lot of false goodwill to the fantasies of rank #conspiracists over the statements of professional virologists just doing their work.
The fact that they double down after being proven wrong is just 🚩🚩🚩
The fact that they double down after being proven wrong is just 🚩🚩🚩
As I said previously, and repeatedly, there is no place in polite society for people who profit from #lies, who push harmful conspiracy myths that expose scientists to harassment, threats, and #stochastic terrorism
Any journalist who still decides to #amplify them is accountable
Any journalist who still decides to #amplify them is accountable
Discussions about #FreeSpeech are misguided in the information age.
Even before our voices are drowned out by the noise on social media, or overwritten by information combatants, we lose our agency and decision autonomy to manipulative complex systems we don’t fully understand.
Even before our voices are drowned out by the noise on social media, or overwritten by information combatants, we lose our agency and decision autonomy to manipulative complex systems we don’t fully understand.
The whole point of the #enlightenment, the scientific revolution, our educational and #epistemic institutions was to empower individuals to find a way out of their self-imposed #immaturity, to take #agency over their lives and make informed decisions.
We need #epistemic clarity about reality, for without it, our agency will be blunted & our freedom a charade
It is public-interest education, journalism & science that truly make individuals in a #democratic society free, not the right to cast a vote or to elect a representative
It is public-interest education, journalism & science that truly make individuals in a #democratic society free, not the right to cast a vote or to elect a representative
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The Seven¹ Seals of #TheCryptocalypse
The signs are all around us. Read on below.
Have doubts? At least make sure you know what's actually happening out there.
RT/QT for great justice.
🂇 🂁 🔜 🁡 🁡 🁡
¹ maybe more than 7
📜👇Ω👇📜
cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the-seven-se…
The Seven¹ Seals of #TheCryptocalypse
The signs are all around us. Read on below.
Have doubts? At least make sure you know what's actually happening out there.
RT/QT for great justice.
🂇 🂁 🔜 🁡 🁡 🁡
¹ maybe more than 7
📜👇Ω👇📜
cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the-seven-se…
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I. @GenesisTrading, by far the biggest portal between Wall St. money and the crypto verse and the biggest trading desk handling the off market trading of very large amounts of money for very large amounts of crypto, is going to declare bankruptcy on Monday at 10 A.M.
I. @GenesisTrading, by far the biggest portal between Wall St. money and the crypto verse and the biggest trading desk handling the off market trading of very large amounts of money for very large amounts of crypto, is going to declare bankruptcy on Monday at 10 A.M.
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II. Prosecutors at the Southern District of New York Will Indict Sam Bankman-Fried Very Soon
II. Prosecutors at the Southern District of New York Will Indict Sam Bankman-Fried Very Soon
:Collapsed #FTX hit by rogue transactions, analysts saw over $600 million outflows | Nov 12
- suspicious circumstances
m.economictimes.com/tech/technolog…
- suspicious circumstances
m.economictimes.com/tech/technolog…
#UKRAINE "#MILITARYAID" FROM #USA WAS #INVESTED IN CRYPTO "#FTX" BY UKRAINE! | Nov 12
- The sudden collapse of "FTX" and its #Bankruptcy filing today, has revealed that FTX presently suffers from $10-$50 BILLION in liabilities with almost ZERO assets
halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/n…
- The sudden collapse of "FTX" and its #Bankruptcy filing today, has revealed that FTX presently suffers from $10-$50 BILLION in liabilities with almost ZERO assets
halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/n…
#HeavenlyJerusalem. #FTXbankrupty filing today, has revealed that FTX presently suffers from $10-$50 BILLION in liabilities.
- #Ukraine was receiving money from the US, Ukraine sent it to FTX, Sam #BankmanFried and #FTX sent it to #Democrats
- #Ukraine was receiving money from the US, Ukraine sent it to FTX, Sam #BankmanFried and #FTX sent it to #Democrats
#GE15 is a time when we exercise our freedom of expression #FOE as a fundamental and constitutional #right as citizens of #Malaysia.
This is our opportunity to express our opinions and choices as voters in determining the future of #Malaysia as a #democratic nation.
This is our opportunity to express our opinions and choices as voters in determining the future of #Malaysia as a #democratic nation.
However, hate speech & dangerous rhetoric does tend to spike, especially during #elections.
In exercising our #FOE we must adhere to #international standards on #equality & non-discrimination & prevent the spread of hate speech, especially targeted at vulnerable groups.
In exercising our #FOE we must adhere to #international standards on #equality & non-discrimination & prevent the spread of hate speech, especially targeted at vulnerable groups.
Have you encountered or experienced hate speech online?
REPORT NOW by using this QR code or check out @CIJ_Malaysia #SayNoToHateSpeech website cijmalaysia.net/election-monit…
Lets #SayNoToHateSpeech in #GE15.
REPORT NOW by using this QR code or check out @CIJ_Malaysia #SayNoToHateSpeech website cijmalaysia.net/election-monit…
Lets #SayNoToHateSpeech in #GE15.
💥A quick appetizer 🧵for my new article. #Chinese investments and #democratic #backsliding are mutually reinforcing in #Hungary. To further monopolize #political and #economic #power, the #Orbán govt continues utilising business provided by #Beijing bit.ly/3G4iICo 1/
After the 🇭🇺 MFA declared that it fully respects the “OneChinaPolicy”, the 🇨🇳 @catl_official announced the largest #industrial investment in #Hungary’s history. It stems from the strategy w/ which #Orbán committed himself to a China-friendly policy for pragmatic reasons 2/
The 🇭🇺 govt tilted the playing field w/ #clientelist #corruption. It created additional #informal sources through which #Orbán cemented #political #economic power. Economic ties with 🇨🇳 became an instrument to explore Asian markets/expand business in a #nontransparent way 3/
⬇️very useful document offering a network perspective on societal ills currently plaguing us.
I am certainly appreciating the insights offered here and fully agree with many of the things outlined.
Please give it a read:
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I am certainly appreciating the insights offered here and fully agree with many of the things outlined.
Please give it a read:
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I've been thinking more on a complexity framework to account for the non-linearity of the systems we are part of, as well as emergence and control theory.
But network & graph theory plays an enormous role there as well because complex systems can be abstracted into networks
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But network & graph theory plays an enormous role there as well because complex systems can be abstracted into networks
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The really interesting question is not what framework or models we use to #conceptualize the relationships between society and our broken info spheres, but whether or not they are #useful to understand why we currently experience #democratic backsliding around the world
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This goes hand in hand with the #inclusiveness characteristic of #democracy. 🙌⚖️ A "judgement with more members on the bench regardless of the number of judges in majority i.e proportionality" should prevail. 8/8
#Certainty on this matter as to which decision has more binding force was long needed. 7/8
The #SupremeCourtOfPakistan is still in confusion as to whether a "judgement with a better proportionality should prevail" or a "judgement with more members on the bench regardless of the proportionality" should prevail. 6/8
@tanjil_rashid_ @ZareerMasani @saliltripathi 1. #Partition1947 counterfactuals aren't counterintuitive. #Partition ended a zero sum game among the same stale set of interlocutors conducting a dialogue of the deaf #Simla, June '45 onwards. #CabinetMissionPlan's devolution did NOT solve #India's impasse.
@tanjil_rashid_ @ZareerMasani @saliltripathi 2. #Jinnah accepted the #CabinetMissionPlan for an embryonic #Pakistan was assured, and permitted to secede, come 1957, if the #confederation was not to the #MuslimLeague's liking. Routinely overlooked by #Nehru's #Indian and #Pakistani baiters.
@tanjil_rashid_ @ZareerMasani @saliltripathi 3. To iterate: #CabinetMissionPlan was a pilot project to be reviewed decadally. Just how was #India and #Nehru to embark on #economic #planning and consolidate a #democratic #union of disparate elements riven by #regionalism, #casteism and #sectarianism?
My #Thread: (The Precedence Game)
The #US🇺🇲 & #China🇨🇳 are both working to get the best out of the #Taiwan / #Pelosi issue.
Both want to create a new precedence to project hegemony over the South China Sea.
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The #US🇺🇲 & #China🇨🇳 are both working to get the best out of the #Taiwan / #Pelosi issue.
Both want to create a new precedence to project hegemony over the South China Sea.
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It seems that the #US far left will gain slight momentum in a victory in media that will slightly help them in the November #elections, surely, in their point of view, since the democrats have never witnessed such low trust by their constituencies in modern history.
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The only legacy #NanciPelosi will have before she finishes her term this year is the expedition of the #Chinese acquisition of #Taiwan.
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In #LokSabha, the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is introduced amid protests.
After that House adjourns till 2pm with Presiding Officer announcing that discussion on price rise is decided & listed for today.
#MonsoonSession #Parliament #SansadWatch
After that House adjourns till 2pm with Presiding Officer announcing that discussion on price rise is decided & listed for today.
#MonsoonSession #Parliament #SansadWatch
In #RajyaSabha, Q hour is proceeding amid protests.
Leader of House, Piyush Goyal, speaks to protesting MPs, says that discussion on #pricerise will happen in RS tomorrow.
Also says that law enforcement agencies take their own course, Govt doesn't interfere! #SanjayRaut
Leader of House, Piyush Goyal, speaks to protesting MPs, says that discussion on #pricerise will happen in RS tomorrow.
Also says that law enforcement agencies take their own course, Govt doesn't interfere! #SanjayRaut
Leader of Opp in #RajyaSabha, Mallikarjun Kharge says:
- price rise discussion still not listed
- have submitted notices on other issues also on what's happening in #Maharashtra, #Jharkhand, #Gujarat, those notices not even acknowledged.
Q Hour again proceeds amid protests!
- price rise discussion still not listed
- have submitted notices on other issues also on what's happening in #Maharashtra, #Jharkhand, #Gujarat, those notices not even acknowledged.
Q Hour again proceeds amid protests!
Exclusive Report: 48th US Vice President @Mike_Pence Meets NCRI’s @Maryam_Rajavi, Visits Ashraf 3 in #Albania
ncr-iran.org/en/news/exclus…
ncr-iran.org/en/news/exclus…
"Fmr. Vice @Mike_Pence: "I traveled more than 5,000 miles from #Indiana to be here today because we share a common cause: the liberation of the #Iranian people from decades of tyranny & the rebirth of a free, peaceful, prosperous & democratic #Iran." 1/15
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…"
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…"
"I can say with certainty that the #American people support your goal of establishing a secular, #democratic, nonnuclear #Iranian republic that derives its powers from the consent of the governed." 2/15
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
THREAD
Fmr. Vice @Mike_Pence: "I traveled more than 5,000 miles from my home in #Indiana to be here today because we share a common cause: the liberation of the #Iranian people from decades of tyranny, and the rebirth of a free, peaceful, prosperous and democratic #Iran."
Fmr. Vice @Mike_Pence: "I traveled more than 5,000 miles from my home in #Indiana to be here today because we share a common cause: the liberation of the #Iranian people from decades of tyranny, and the rebirth of a free, peaceful, prosperous and democratic #Iran."
@Mike_Pence "I can say with certainty that the #American people support your goal of establishing a secular, #democratic, nonnuclear #Iranian republic that derives its just powers from the consent of the
governed."
governed."
@Mike_Pence "Under the Trump-Pence administration, I am proud that #America did not turn a deaf ear to the pleas of the #Iranian people, and we did not remain silent in the face of the Iranian regime’s countless atrocities."
Long THREAD on the potential #Hungarian #veto of the #SixthSanctionPackage @gmfus
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As I highlighted in this previous piece of mine, it is not a surprise that #Orbán is tying the question of #RussiaSanctions to the #RuleOfLaw conditionality regulation ...
tol.org/client/article…
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As I highlighted in this previous piece of mine, it is not a surprise that #Orbán is tying the question of #RussiaSanctions to the #RuleOfLaw conditionality regulation ...
tol.org/client/article…
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and the suspended #RecoveryFunds.
#Orbán just repeats his strategy he pursued with success in case of the 2020 EU budget blockade.
He is aware of the fact that due to his rampage in EU politics he has lost nearly all of his persuasive and negotiation power,
and the suspended #RecoveryFunds.
#Orbán just repeats his strategy he pursued with success in case of the 2020 EU budget blockade.
He is aware of the fact that due to his rampage in EU politics he has lost nearly all of his persuasive and negotiation power,
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hence he has to operate with coercion. This is not the first time #Hungary is taking EU decision making as hostage, and not even the last one if #Orbán once again is allowed to succeed with his #blackmailing.
hence he has to operate with coercion. This is not the first time #Hungary is taking EU decision making as hostage, and not even the last one if #Orbán once again is allowed to succeed with his #blackmailing.
Appalling bit of subediting(?) but the article itself lays out both the history and US context of #RoeVsWade and the consequences of overturning it with rather more nuance:
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…
The "right approach" the writer appears to support 👇 is the codification of the #RightToChoose into federal #law - which should have happened decades ago. The major issue being the parlous state of US politics...
For the avoidance of doubt, I absolutely support women's #RightToChoose - it is not for ANY authority to tell people what they can or can't do with their bodies. Anger is justified, but not enough; this is an issue around which people must #mobilise and begin taking back #agency.
We are LIVE tweeting the panel discussion with @carlbildt, @MalikAshok, Ming-Shih Shen, @DCTwining, @LisaCurtisDC, @LynnKuok
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.@LynnKuok: The #US has put working towards a common cause with its closest allies at the centre of advancing its national interest. The strength of the US as well as its partners matter.
#Raisina2022
#Raisina2022
.@carlbildt: If you look at the handling of the #Russia crisis, we are flying together. We are closer than in the past, covering all aspects of #security. There is a significant strengthening of #NATO and #transatlantic aspects of security.
#Raisina2022
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