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Mary Shine

@maryshine.bsky.social

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🇨🇦 Dis/mis-info harm democracies, societies & individuals. Covid isn't flu. Masks work. Kindness is free but so is blocking. Act accordingly 🙂

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · Nov 15

🇨🇦 CANADA 🇨🇦

Feeling like uv lost hope? Struggling 2 cope?

If ur dealing with thoughts of suicide or ur worried 4 someone else u don't have to weather this alone.

REACH OUT
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline

👉 A safe space to talk- 24/7/365

LINK UP with those who care about & can HELP YOU 💕
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988.ca

a calendar with today is the day you reach out written on it

Alt: a calendar with today is the day you reach out written on it

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 1h

Hi Gavril,

Thought this profile may be of interest to you .
@ducugavril.nafoforum.org

deconspirator.eu

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DE-CONSPIRATOR, Detecting and Countering Information Suppression from A Transnational Perspective. A Horizon Europe Research project.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3h

Welcome to all my new followers who are coming to BlueSky to escape all the Nazis on X.

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 1d

what even happened on the other site this time

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 2h

Republicans will never cease to claim 39-year old white guys are "kids" and 12-year old black boys are "men"

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12h

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 1h

@unroll.skywriter.blue unroll

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 1h

Politicians or entities utilizing these tactics are engaged in deeply unethical and criminal behavior that actively undermines the fundamental foundations of democratic governance, social cohesion, and public morality.

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 1h

Today’s disinformation campaigns, deliberately designed to provoke emotional responses and manipulate public perceptions, are crimes against democratic integrity and public trust.

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 1h

Communism’s dependence on reflexive control highlights its fundamental weakness: it couldn't stand on genuine merit or honest dialogue.

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 1h

The public was subtly conditioned to believe failures were always the result of sabotage, espionage, or incompetence from outside forces, never the inherent faults of the communist system itself.

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 1h

#ReflexiveControl

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 1h

When people think of communism, many imagine it as an idealistic pursuit of equality and fairness.

But beneath the surface, communism historically relied on hidden tactics to control populations and maintain power.

Reflexive Control: The Manipulative Science Behind Communism’s False P

When people think of communism, many imagine it as an idealistic pursuit of equality and fairness. But beneath the surface, communism historically relied on hidden tactics to control populations and

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DE-CONSPIRATOR @deconspirator.bsky.social · 2h

🔍 DE-CON Glossary #10: Botnets

Botnets shape narratives by amplifying divisive content, distorting debate, and faking consensus. In the information space, reach equals power. Combating them is vital to defending against FIMI.

📌 Definition from the DE-CONSPIRATOR FIMI Glossary (D2.2).

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 1h

Hi Gavril,

Thought this profile may be of interest to you .
@ducugavril.nafoforum.org

deconspirator.eu

Home - DE-CONSPIRATOR

DE-CONSPIRATOR, Detecting and Countering Information Suppression from A Transnational Perspective. A Horizon Europe Research project.

deconspirator.eu

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 2h

Once upon a time, I thought democracy dying would never happen in the USA, yet there it is.

We'd all best make sure Canada stays well off that path.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 3h

It is both heartbreaking & terrifying to watch a democracy die. To see progress & justice reversed. To see darkness descend.

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 2h

Once upon a time, I thought democracy dying would never happen in the USA, yet there it is.

We'd all best make sure Canada stays well off that path.

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 3h

#ReflexiveControl

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 2d

<< Reflexive control (рефлексивное управление), as codified in Russian military thought, is a method by which an actor conveys information — often deceptive or misleading — with the aim of causing the target to make decisions that favor the sender. >>

Weaponized Perception: Reflexive Control and Cognitive Subversion in 2

The doctrine of reflexive control, originating from Soviet military theory in the 1960s and 1970s (notably articulated by V.A. Lefebvre and N.I. Turko), refers to a method of transmitting specially pr

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 3h

@unroll.skywriter.blue unroll

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

Key!👇

Winning with #misinformation: people endorse easily disproven claims to prioritize symbolic strength theconversation.com/winning-with...

"...some people consider it a 'win' to lean in to known falsehoods."

"...mindset was also strongly associated with authoritarian attitudes."

Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength

Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 4h

The Hidden Hand of #AI: How Your #SocialMedia Footprint Shapes Your #DigitalIdentity

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 10h

Traditionally, personality tests were voluntary.

You would answer a series of questions, reflect on your responses, and receive results that helped you understand yourself better.

The Hidden Hand of AI: How Your Social Media Footprint Shapes Your Dig

Imagine this: You post a casual tweet about your favorite book, share vacation photos on Facebook, and leave a comment on a personality test page. Seems harmless, right? But behind the scenes, artif

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James Barfoot (Barfeet?) @jamesbarfoot.bsky.social · 18h

The recent election in Newfoundland shows what happens when we split the pro-democracy vote. About 8% voted NDP and these wasted votes resulted in a Conservative victory. Remember this. Don't let it happen in our next national election. Voting for the NDP will let MAGA win.

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 19h

Seems likely.
The rest of us will manage.
I wonder, tho, if his "advisors"/ cronies may disagree if they contemplate, oh, say 9/11 & what the future may bring them. Seems a big surety to toss. They may disagree vehemently enough to derail his cowardice.
Who knows?
But we shouldn't count on them.

Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 20h

The "be scared" part, don't like it.

Reminds me of Putin's reflexive control eg.
populace cries, leaders cower 🙄

Now & populace must be scared?
Nope.
We've got to think, trust, hope & gather courage.

I wrote this in response to that story

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 22h

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🇨🇦 Don't be scared
Putin wants u scared so u'll bow 2 his will
Breath
Think
War's possibile, so's peace
No way out but thru

Hold faith in r fed govt, voted 2 lead us in troubled times
Trust they'll choose the best path
&
Remember allies can use scary talk back 2

Trust

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Why You Should Be Scared about Putin’s Next War | The Tyee

The signs are mounting that Russia is preparing for another invasion.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 23h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 21h

But Trump is, yes?
Listen
They out him
& themselves
So does their fear of #ANTIFA

-Vance, advocating against poli violence, demanded the “Nazi” insult stop & drew ironic backlash fr telling a fmr roommate at Law School in 2016 that DJT cud become “America’s Hitler”
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