Miguel D'Souza
@migueldsouza.bsky.social
Journalist. Google News Teaching Fellow, 2020-2022. Pakistan, Singapore, Australia, hip-hop, funk, cook, cleaner, parent, cyclist, cricket.
https://start.me/p/GEJMbz/digital-investigations-toolkit-miguel-d-souza
https://start.me/p/GEJMbz/digital-investigations-toolkit-miguel-d-souza
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
Breaking: Meta ends fact-checking, presumably because reality is now optional. Coming soon: gravity is just a theory, and the moon is actually a giant space cookie. Critical truth update failed: installing flat earth patch. #MetaVerse www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Meta ends fact checks as it prepares for Trump era
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election “a cultural tipping point.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Breaking: Meta ends fact-checking, presumably because reality is now optional. Coming soon: gravity is just a theory, and the moon is actually a giant space cookie. Critical truth update failed: installing flat earth patch. #MetaVerse www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Listening to Jim Maxwell annoyed by the Indian fielders' chat, calling them 'children, a cage of canaries' and other terms of ridicule remind me of when people would shout 'speak English!' at someone speaking a native tongue on the train. And just completely missed a dismissal. Time to go, old man.
January 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Listening to Jim Maxwell annoyed by the Indian fielders' chat, calling them 'children, a cage of canaries' and other terms of ridicule remind me of when people would shout 'speak English!' at someone speaking a native tongue on the train. And just completely missed a dismissal. Time to go, old man.
Palestinian voices silenced: 14 months of ABC’s RN Breakfast Coverage - johnmenadue.com/palestinian-...
Palestinian voices silenced: 14 months of ABC’s RN Breakfast Coverage - Pearls and Irritations
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is widely regarded as one of the most trusted brands in Australian media. This trust is underpinned by the ABC’s editorial policies. Among these policies,...
johnmenadue.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Palestinian voices silenced: 14 months of ABC’s RN Breakfast Coverage - johnmenadue.com/palestinian-...
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
Lil Wayne received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program. Here's how he spent it: www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...
December 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Lil Wayne received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program. Here's how he spent it: www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...
Quick IP Australia search for the shite Rachael Gunn has applied for trademarks for. She gets less funny the further away we get from her umm, performance at the olympics. search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/s...
Search Results | IP Australia | Trade Mark Search
Australian Trade Mark Search is the Australian Government’s trade mark search system.
search.ipaustralia.gov.au
December 18, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Quick IP Australia search for the shite Rachael Gunn has applied for trademarks for. She gets less funny the further away we get from her umm, performance at the olympics. search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/s...
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
This genuinely scares me, as an Australian Jew
The refusal to accept legitimate criticism, and the awful accusation that legitimate criticism is antisemitic, is, imho, among the leading drivers of antisemitism, and paints our community in a very negative light.
It’s what I feared from the envoy
The refusal to accept legitimate criticism, and the awful accusation that legitimate criticism is antisemitic, is, imho, among the leading drivers of antisemitism, and paints our community in a very negative light.
It’s what I feared from the envoy
Antisemitism envoy criticised over 'dangerous' call to ban pro-Palestinian city protests
Jillian Segal's comments have been described by one Palestinian advocate as "a thinly veiled attempt" to "silence critics of the Israeli government".
www.sbs.com.au
December 13, 2024 at 5:43 AM
This genuinely scares me, as an Australian Jew
The refusal to accept legitimate criticism, and the awful accusation that legitimate criticism is antisemitic, is, imho, among the leading drivers of antisemitism, and paints our community in a very negative light.
It’s what I feared from the envoy
The refusal to accept legitimate criticism, and the awful accusation that legitimate criticism is antisemitic, is, imho, among the leading drivers of antisemitism, and paints our community in a very negative light.
It’s what I feared from the envoy
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed.
Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say | CNN
A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen wh...
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:18 AM
A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed.
Verify Syria's report on CNN verify-sy.com/en/details/1...
Did CNN Fabricate the Story of "Freeing a Prisoner from a Secret Jail"?
On December 12, CNN published a video report on its website, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter) titled, 'CNN Reporter Documents a Shocking Moment of Finding a Prisoner Held in a Secret Syrian Jail, Una...
verify-sy.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Verify Syria's report on CNN verify-sy.com/en/details/1...
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
A @cnn.com spokesperson has told @TheWrap that the network is aware of reports raising questions about the Clarissa Ward Syria detainee segment.
“We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity.” www.thewrap.com/cnn-investig...
“We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity.” www.thewrap.com/cnn-investig...
CNN Investigating Identity of Prisoner Freed in Clarissa Ward Video: He ‘May Have Given a False Identity’
The network "reported the scene as it unfolded," a CNN spokesperson tells TheWrap
www.thewrap.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:24 AM
A @cnn.com spokesperson has told @TheWrap that the network is aware of reports raising questions about the Clarissa Ward Syria detainee segment.
“We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity.” www.thewrap.com/cnn-investig...
“We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity.” www.thewrap.com/cnn-investig...
This seems worth following.
This risks becoming a reputational scandal for CNN.
Syrian journalist Hassam Hammoud has just posted this video of women in Syria today protesting against the CNN “prisoner” report.
They call it staged & offensive to detainees’ families. They criticise the reporter for “chasing trends over truth”.
Syrian journalist Hassam Hammoud has just posted this video of women in Syria today protesting against the CNN “prisoner” report.
They call it staged & offensive to detainees’ families. They criticise the reporter for “chasing trends over truth”.
December 16, 2024 at 10:52 AM
This seems worth following.
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
Please help pushback against Dutton and News Corp’s nuclear disinformation by sharing these very simple FACTS which show nuclear power is more expensive, slower and will contribute a tiny share of power generation as compared to renewables. The nuclear campaign is designed to undermine renewables👇🏻
December 12, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Please help pushback against Dutton and News Corp’s nuclear disinformation by sharing these very simple FACTS which show nuclear power is more expensive, slower and will contribute a tiny share of power generation as compared to renewables. The nuclear campaign is designed to undermine renewables👇🏻
Taken at 2:21am this morning. So this is what he gets up to.
December 15, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Taken at 2:21am this morning. So this is what he gets up to.
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
3. It gives section headings even if it's a large PDF such as this one.
But in this case, it was unable to generate an outline.
But in this case, it was unable to generate an outline.
December 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM
3. It gives section headings even if it's a large PDF such as this one.
But in this case, it was unable to generate an outline.
But in this case, it was unable to generate an outline.
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
Temporary Pacific workers in Aus not only pay more tax than residents in the same job, workers from some countries are potentially paying enough in tax to fund the bilateral development assistance Aus gives their countries.
*Assuming 38-hr week
#auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...
*Assuming 38-hr week
#auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...
November 26, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Temporary Pacific workers in Aus not only pay more tax than residents in the same job, workers from some countries are potentially paying enough in tax to fund the bilateral development assistance Aus gives their countries.
*Assuming 38-hr week
#auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...
*Assuming 38-hr week
#auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
ChatGPT still generates fake references to papers that don't even exist.
And Google just launched Gemini Deep Research.
It generates well-researched articles with references to published sources.
This will change the way we do literature reviews.
Here's how to use it:
And Google just launched Gemini Deep Research.
It generates well-researched articles with references to published sources.
This will change the way we do literature reviews.
Here's how to use it:
December 11, 2024 at 8:53 PM
ChatGPT still generates fake references to papers that don't even exist.
And Google just launched Gemini Deep Research.
It generates well-researched articles with references to published sources.
This will change the way we do literature reviews.
Here's how to use it:
And Google just launched Gemini Deep Research.
It generates well-researched articles with references to published sources.
This will change the way we do literature reviews.
Here's how to use it:
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
Danish universities have developed an online course on how to use generative AI for academic purposes:
It's self-paced and totally free.
Link: teachgenai.au.dk/learn-genai/...
It's self-paced and totally free.
Link: teachgenai.au.dk/learn-genai/...
Learn GenAI course
teachgenai.au.dk
December 10, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Danish universities have developed an online course on how to use generative AI for academic purposes:
It's self-paced and totally free.
Link: teachgenai.au.dk/learn-genai/...
It's self-paced and totally free.
Link: teachgenai.au.dk/learn-genai/...
2024. The year the anon staff survey pivoted
This is actually a real letter from Indian startup YesMadam. Unbelievable.
December 10, 2024 at 5:55 AM
2024. The year the anon staff survey pivoted
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
CSIRO slaps down major #nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are easily the cheapest option
CSIRO patiently and methodically slaps down Peter Dutton’s nuclear nonsense
CSIRO slaps down major nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are eas…
reneweconomy.com.au
December 9, 2024 at 2:24 AM
CSIRO slaps down major #nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are easily the cheapest option
Al-Jazeera's blog on the evolving situation in Syria is a must read - while Assad gets asylum in Russia, Syria's White Helmets need search and rescue, a team to dig through walls, to open iron doors, a team of trained dogs, and an ambulance to find his detainees/victims. aje.io/rwjkou
Al-Assad in Moscow as Syrians worldwide celebrate fall of regime
Syria’s longtime ruler fled earlier today and was granted asylum by Russia after opposition groups stormed Damascus.
aje.io
December 8, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Al-Jazeera's blog on the evolving situation in Syria is a must read - while Assad gets asylum in Russia, Syria's White Helmets need search and rescue, a team to dig through walls, to open iron doors, a team of trained dogs, and an ambulance to find his detainees/victims. aje.io/rwjkou
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media
In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:36 PM
My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
Time to share this toolset for verifying content from Gaza, always happy for suggestions. Where possible, I've filtered for countries or regions involved.
start.me/p/gGndyM/ver...
start.me/p/gGndyM/ver...
Verifying Gaza - verification and data tools - start.me
News, data and verification resources for journalists covering or checking stories from Gaza.
If you want to make any suggestions or submissions, find Miguel D'Souza and let him know, If you'v...
start.me
December 5, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Time to share this toolset for verifying content from Gaza, always happy for suggestions. Where possible, I've filtered for countries or regions involved.
start.me/p/gGndyM/ver...
start.me/p/gGndyM/ver...
Reposted by Miguel D'Souza
New Cerulean Feature: Custom Areas of Interest (AOIs) 📍
With AOIs, you can now explore oil slicks in areas you care about by creating custom polygons, uploading your own geometry, and viewing a count of selected oil slicks and their total area (km2)
Create your own AOI: cerulean.skytruth.org 🌊
With AOIs, you can now explore oil slicks in areas you care about by creating custom polygons, uploading your own geometry, and viewing a count of selected oil slicks and their total area (km2)
Create your own AOI: cerulean.skytruth.org 🌊
December 2, 2024 at 6:48 PM
New Cerulean Feature: Custom Areas of Interest (AOIs) 📍
With AOIs, you can now explore oil slicks in areas you care about by creating custom polygons, uploading your own geometry, and viewing a count of selected oil slicks and their total area (km2)
Create your own AOI: cerulean.skytruth.org 🌊
With AOIs, you can now explore oil slicks in areas you care about by creating custom polygons, uploading your own geometry, and viewing a count of selected oil slicks and their total area (km2)
Create your own AOI: cerulean.skytruth.org 🌊