Kristina Lerman
@kristinalerman.bsky.social
Senior Principal Scientist at USC Information Sciences Institute. Using data, networks and AI to better understand social groups.
Isn’t Trump a fantastic deal maker? Why can’t he make a deal with Russia?
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Isn’t Trump a fantastic deal maker? Why can’t he make a deal with Russia?
I am willing to bet that the “MAGA masses” are also bots and others ran by foreign accounts. It’s a house of cards and media elites are confusing it with the real thing.
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I am willing to bet that the “MAGA masses” are also bots and others ran by foreign accounts. It’s a house of cards and media elites are confusing it with the real thing.
I will never forgive Trump for turning this country into a Banana Republic.
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I will never forgive Trump for turning this country into a Banana Republic.
Gift link to the article please?
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Gift link to the article please?
Please say it louder for the people in the back. I can’t tell you how much I need to explain to people that claims of sexual harassment are not “smears”, that victims take a huge reputation hit to come forward.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Please say it louder for the people in the back. I can’t tell you how much I need to explain to people that claims of sexual harassment are not “smears”, that victims take a huge reputation hit to come forward.
We made a slight distinction in the past - bots are automated inauthentic accounts and trolls are manual inauthentic accounts generating outrage and propaganda. But these days people use “bots” for both.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We made a slight distinction in the past - bots are automated inauthentic accounts and trolls are manual inauthentic accounts generating outrage and propaganda. But these days people use “bots” for both.
Reposted by Kristina Lerman
Check out our spotlight paper in @intjeatdisord.bsky.social with great coauthors @jannahmoussaoui.bsky.social @shirisharvit.bsky.social @stephanie-manasse.bsky.social @kristinalerman.bsky.social @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social and others not on bsky! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Detecting Eating Disorders From Social Media Content: What Has Been Done and Where Do We Go Next?
Objective Less than 20% of individuals with eating disorders (EDs) ever receive treatment, highlighting a need for scalable, innovative methods of identifying and providing support to individuals wi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Check out our spotlight paper in @intjeatdisord.bsky.social with great coauthors @jannahmoussaoui.bsky.social @shirisharvit.bsky.social @stephanie-manasse.bsky.social @kristinalerman.bsky.social @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social and others not on bsky! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
And how do we know the real people engage with these posts? Maybe it is just bots “rage resharing”
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And how do we know the real people engage with these posts? Maybe it is just bots “rage resharing”
But why did you scratch out Wendy Carlos’s name? What was her deadname?
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
But why did you scratch out Wendy Carlos’s name? What was her deadname?
You gave a different interpretation of the same behavior by Trump. That’s the very definition of bias that I thought journalists were trained to avoid.
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
You gave a different interpretation of the same behavior by Trump. That’s the very definition of bias that I thought journalists were trained to avoid.
Was Trump fawning over MBS also an example of MBS’s “bravura performance “?
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Was Trump fawning over MBS also an example of MBS’s “bravura performance “?
Batman sure. He punishes bad behavior. But did they test the behavior if Joker was present?
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Batman sure. He punishes bad behavior. But did they test the behavior if Joker was present?
As they say, it takes one to know one. Today was peak horseshoe moment.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
As they say, it takes one to know one. Today was peak horseshoe moment.
My personal take is you have to master close reading. LLMs make connections that at first glance look meaningful but are nonsensical.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
My personal take is you have to master close reading. LLMs make connections that at first glance look meaningful but are nonsensical.
I hate to be a curmudgeon, but this study is just people trying to prove that “things were better when I was younger”. If it was done 30 years ago, they would be comparing CharGPT to using the library (card catalogs and all) to learn.
And yes, library would be superior!
And yes, library would be superior!
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I hate to be a curmudgeon, but this study is just people trying to prove that “things were better when I was younger”. If it was done 30 years ago, they would be comparing CharGPT to using the library (card catalogs and all) to learn.
And yes, library would be superior!
And yes, library would be superior!
Of course, because reading links takes time. Did they control how much time people used to Google?
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Of course, because reading links takes time. Did they control how much time people used to Google?
Reposted by Kristina Lerman
Here is a video that we posted today that offers an overview of our reporting. Please read the story and watch the video. Investigative reporting like this only matters if people read it/engage with it.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Howard Lutnick’s Family Business Is Cashing In on Data Center Deals
The commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, is involved in A.I. data center deals that overlap with work his family is doing. Our investigative reporter Eric Lipton describes what we know about these deal...
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here is a video that we posted today that offers an overview of our reporting. Please read the story and watch the video. Investigative reporting like this only matters if people read it/engage with it.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...