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Jun 13, 2020 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Just for a bit of perspective for today's event in London, this red circle encapsulates the #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER protest at the moment. Image
Meanwhile you have a much larger number of "counter-protesters" who are extremely reminiscent of the early EDL rallies, attacking police and trying to get round the lines in an attempt to reach the BLM protest in Trafalgar Square.
I think this is important to note, because listening to the BBC news report didn't really describe this situation adequately. Meanwhile the Sun isn't exactly being clear either. Image

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May 22, 2023
Confident that this picture claiming to show an "explosion near the pentagon" is AI generated.

Check out the frontage of the building, and the way the fence melds into the crowd barriers. There's also no other images, videos or people posting as first hand witnesses. ImageImageImage
Whenever an event like this takes place, it will affect a large number of people. Even leaving aside that fact this picture is clearly AI generated, it's immediately possible to identify this as a fake by geolocation and conducting searches on social media.
Most extreme physical events in populated areas (bombings, terrorist attacks, large fights) have a recognisable digital ripple. It doesn't work the other way round.

*This* is why it's so difficult (I'd argue effectively impossible) to create a believable fake of such an event.
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May 12, 2023
Finally, a good article which actually discusses the nuances of AI generated imagery and doesn't baselessly hype it as some kind of catastrophic end to the concept of objective truth.

thenewatlantis.com/publications/s…
Want to know the real threat from this kind of imagery right now?

It's the false assumption that anything can and will be faked, which is 1. not true and 2. allows powerful actors to get away with stuff by waving their hand crying "fake".
npr.org/2023/05/08/117…
.@EliotHiggins creation of images showing Trump get arrested did precisely nothing in terms of actually persuading any serious people that Trump had been arrested, yet was subject to a hysterical set of fact checks and baseless claims that everything can be faked.
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Jan 27, 2023
The OPCW IIT has released its report on the 2018 chemical attack at Douma, concluding there are reasonable ground that it was carried out by the Syrian regime. This thread will highlight some important points.

The full report can be read here: opcw.org/sites/default/…
Chemistry

The core is the chemistry section from p.25 onwards. The report makes clear that samples taken from the scenes are consistent with the presence of chlorine gas, originating from the two cylinders at Location 2 (cylinder on the roof) and Location 4 (cylinder on the bed) ImageImage
This is stronger worded and better supported than the previous FFM reports, but still consistent.

I’ve already seen one prominent person try to claim that the previous FFM report did not uncover any evidence of a chlorine attack. This is a blatant and pretty shameless lie.
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Oct 8, 2022
I’ve been looking at the Kerch Strait bridge explosion and thought I’d make a thread of things I’ve noticed.

Firstly: the explosion affected the Ukraine-bound lane of the bridge at approximately 45.300105, 36.513240.
It seems at least three spans of the bridge have collapsed. Two at the location where a train is burning (location 1), and another further to the east (location 2).
The most significant damage took place at Location 1.

Many have noted that at the moment of detonation, a large truck had just driven onto this span, which may or may not be an important point.
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Aug 28, 2022
This reminds me of this 2018 paper by @Verleza @megankmcbride and @kate_hberg examining the potential application of "memetic warfare".

cna.org/archive/CNA_Fi…
One important note is that the NAFO, like so many other similar efforts, is not state-run campaign.

I feel that literature of the last few years has missed how impactful a bunch of pissed-off people can be, instead focusing on state-level efforts which are mostly pretty lame.
It seems that a lot of state-level "memetic warfare" is actually pretty unsuccessful, whether it's some bizarre Russian Facebook page with 20 follows or a US covert propaganda campaign, which got a "handful" of likes and RT's.

wired.co.uk/article/us-pro…
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Aug 20, 2022
Ah, I see @thenation is publishing straight-up atrocity denial again.

I wonder how long before people realise that a not insignificant reason this publication exists is to cover up mass-murder committed by the worst regimes in the world.
It is disgraceful that this kind of hateful and objectively incorrect statement is published by what is still regarded as a stalwart of the left in the US.

The “research” conducted by Maté on CW use in Syria included work done by a magic AI machine and a vicious anti-semite.
Meanwhile Postol based much of his “research” regarding Ghouta on advice from a Syrian-regime affiliated chemistry undergrad in Australia.

thedailybeast.com/the-kardashian…
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