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David Marx

@digthatdata.bsky.social

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Probabilistic ML, Learning Theory, Philosophy of Science, Complex Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, Disinformation Intervention YIMBY Research MLE, CoreWeave + EleutherAI xStabilityai | xMSFT | xAMZN What I'm reading: https://dmarx.github.io/papers-feed/

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David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 5d

The problem the democrats need to figure out isn't how to make their ideas/message more relevant to conservative voters, but how to get that message to them uncorrupted.

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 33m

The enemies of democracy understand:
🔵 psychographic data as well Faccebook and Google,
🔵 A/B testing as well as the best SEO practitioners, and
🔵 psychological warfare better than imagined in the entire genre of Cyberpunk spawned by @greatdismal.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

TikTok removes feature that critics used to study Israel-Gaza war videos

The change came after researchers used the video view counts to suggest the app favored one side over the other in the war. One group called the move “a step back for transparency.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 6h

clickbait.

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 6h

just because the president made words come out of his mouth doesn't mean you need to report on it. plenty of more important shit going on. the less distracted you are, the less distracted we are.

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David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 6h

does it really count as a "ceasefire" when there's nothing left to destroy or kill?

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 2d

“With a Ceasefire Struck, Gazans Ask ‘Who Will Be in Charge’” — www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

With a Ceasefire Struck, Gazans Ask ‘Who Will Be in Charge’

Most of the 2.2 million population has been internally displaced, and many no longer have homes to return to, even if the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds.

www.bloomberg.com

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

The "conservative" informationsphere has been a fact-free zone since at least 2000-ish.

‘Truthiness’ voted 2005 word of the year

A panel of linguists has decided the word that best reflects 2005 is “truthiness,” defined as the quality of stating concepts one wishes or believes to be true, rather than the facts.

www.nbcnews.com

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

facts are maleable to them. everything is pretextual. they have specific outcomes they want because their gut tells them they are correct, and that is good enough justification to make up their own facts or only listen to people who corroborate information that is convenient to their narrative.

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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · 1d

If you see “ADF” and think “Alternativ dür Feutschland” that’s actually not so far off.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives have built their own social media platforms, Trump has his own Twitter alternative, his allies are buying major social media platforms to weaponize for their propaganda and influence and we’re still arguing if having a left-leaning social media platform is a bad thing

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David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

oof

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍

“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant

My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

go witness a reef ecosystem while you still can

Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

nah

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

it's also not just trump. the entire republican party has been working up to this for decades, trump just managed to insert himself at the opportune moment. mcconnell laid the foundations for this shit show, not trump.

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

I mean it's not fair but I'm not sure how it's avoidable given the pieces already on the board.

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 1d

Considering how excited I often am to read about them, it's interesting how differently I react when I encounter drosophilia irl in my kitchen.

David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not an expert in legal practice, but claiming to represent someone who doesn't even know they are involved in a court proceeding seems like fairly cut and dry fraud.