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Keith Coleman, the VP of product at Twitter/X, and Jay Baxter, the founding ML engineer, are the minds behind Community Notes. Here they reveal how a small, scrappy team built the most trusted crowdsourced information system on the internet—one that's changing the way we understand truth online. What you'll learn:1. How Community Notes actually works—a deep dive into the groundbreaking algorithm that rewards “bridging agreement” instead of majority rule2. The seemingly crazy yet brilliant way this idea survived multiple CEO changes—from Jack to Parag to Elon3. How this project started with a dumpster fire GIF (literally)—the untold backstory of its early launch4. The secret to running ultra-fast, high-impact product teams—no OKRs, no Jira; just one Google Doc5. What Meta's adoption of Community Notes means for the future of online (mis)information—why this open source system is becoming the industry standard—Brought to you by:• WorkOS—Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs• Productboard—Make products that matter• Wix Studio—The web creation platform built for agencies—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-x-built-the-best-fact-checking-system-on-the-internet—Where to find Keith Coleman:• X: https://x.com/kcoleman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-coleman-19b12b46/—Where to find Jay Baxter:• X: https://x.com/_jaybaxter_• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaybaxter/• Website: http://jaybaxter.net/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Community Notes(06:56) How the “bridging-based” algorithm works(13:33) The impact and scale of Community Notes(17:24) Understanding the note publishing threshold(21:32) Challenges and philosophies(26:26) The effect of notes on re-sharing content(29:41) Origin story(35:46) Embracing small teams for big impact(40:23) The thermal project approach(47:47) Algorithm development and internal competitions(50:34) An inside look at how the team operates(58:56) Working with Elon(01:05:30) Launching Birdwatch(01:10:48) The core principles behind Community Notes(01:26:15) Anonymity and pseudonymity in contributions(01:32:17) Sustaining the project through leadership changes(01:37:57) Future directions for Community Notes(01:42:12) Final thoughts and optimism for the future—Referenced:• Community Notes on X: https://x.com/CommunityNotes• Sign up to be a Community Notes contributor: https://communitynotes.x.com/guide/en/contributing/signing-up• The Making of Community Notes: https://asteriskmag.com/issues/08/the-making-of-community-notes• “Readers added a Community Note to this Tweet”: https://x.com/HelpfulNotes/status/1718103364792205704• Note-ranking algorithm: https://communitynotes.x.com/guide/en/under-the-hood/ranking-notes#matrix-factorization• Study: Community Notes on X could be key to curbing misinformation: https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/news/2024/11/18/study--community-notes-on-x-could-be-key-to-curbing-misinformation• Study Finds X's (Formerly Twitter's) Community Notes Provide Accurate, Credible Answers to Vaccine Misinformation: https://qi.ucsd.edu/study-finds-xs-formerly-twitters-community-notes-provide-accurate-credible-answers-to-vaccine-misinformation/• Did the Roll-Out of Community Notes Reduce Engagement with Misinformation on X/Twitter?: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3686967• Kayvon Beykpour on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayvz/• Jack Dorsey on X: https://x.com/jack• “Birdwatch gives me the creeps” tweet: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1589454464611540992• Blake Scholl on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakescholl/• Creating Truthtelling Incentives with the Bayesian Truth Serum: https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/cs286r/courses/fall12/papers/DW08.pdf• Asana: https://asana.com/• Spaces: https://blog.x.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/spaces-is-here• Amazon MTurk: https://www.mturk.com/• Community notes on GitHub: https://github.com/twitter/communitynotes• What do I think about Community Notes?: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/08/16/communitynotes.html• X's community-led approach: tackling inaccurate and misleading information: https://blog.x.com/en_us/topics/company/2023/xs-community-led-approach-tackling-inaccurate-and-misleading-information• Linda Yaccarino on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindayaccarino/• Messi-Ronaldo rivalry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messi%E2%80%93Ronaldo_rivalry• Supernotes paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.06116v1—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Cuối năm 2024, đầu năm 2025, chính giới châu Âu đối mặt với một diễn biến chưa từng có. Tỉ phú Mỹ Elon Musk, người đã đóng góp nhiều cho chiến thắng của Donald Trump và dự kiến đảm nhiệm vị trí quan trọng trong tân chính quyền Mỹ, liên tục cổ vũ nhiều đảng cực hữu châu Âu, trực tiếp đả kích chính phủ các nước châu Âu như Đức, Anh, Tây Ban Nha. Hàng loạt tiếng nói trong chính giới châu Âu tố cáo Musk sử dụng mạng X để tung « tin giả », gieo rắc thù hận, thao túng công luận, tấn công nền dân chủ châu Âu. Các hành động của Elon Musk nhằm những mục đích gì ? Châu Âu có khả năng đáp trả ra sao ?***Trong những ngày đầu năm 2025, tỉ phú Mỹ, chủ nhân mạng X, cáo buộc thủ tướng Anh Keir Starmer, thuộc Công Đảng, đã « đồng lõa » với mạng lưới tội phạm lạm dụng tình dục trẻ em, khi ông là lãnh đạo cơ quan công tố Hoàng gia. Elon Musk đòi bỏ tù nữ bộ trưởng Anh Jess Phillips, bị cáo buộc « phạm tội mang tính diệt chủng » đối với trẻ em gái Anh. Thủ tướng Starmer đã phải lên tiếng tố cáo Musk bóp méo thông tin để phục vụ lợi ích cá nhân, khi nữ bộ trưởng bị đe dọa tính mạng.Đọc thêmVì sao Elon Musk công kích dữ dội thủ tướng Anh ?Nước Đức là mục tiêu khác của Musk. Trong những ngày cuối năm 2024, tỉ phú Mỹ liên tục lên án thủ tướng Olaf Scholz và tổng thống Đức Walter Steinmeier là « bất tài », « độc tài », khẳng định đảng cực hữu AfD là lối thoát cho nước Đức, đang « bên bờ vực sụp đổ về kinh tế và văn hóa ».Can thiệp bầu cử: Nắn gân Liên Âu trước khi Trump nhậm chức Trong cả hai trường hợp Đức và Anh, mục đích trực tiếp của Elon Musk là tác động đến tiến trình bầu cử, cổ vũ cho các đảng cực hữu tại hai nước này. Tỉ phú Mỹ quyết định ủng hộ Tommy Robinson, một chính trị gia cực hữu Anh hiện đang ngồi tù vì bất tuân lệnh tòa án không cho phép lặp lại các lời lẽ sỉ nhục nhắm vào một người tị nạn. Tommy Robinson cũng là người sáng lập một băng nhóm chủ trương các hành động bạo lực chống người nhập cư, người Hồi Giáo tại Anh. Ngày 06/01, Musk tung lên mạng X câu hỏi : « Nước Mỹ có nên giải phóng người dân Anh khỏi chính quyền tàn bạo của nước này ? ». Ngày 09/01, Musk có cuộc thảo luận trên mạng X với lãnh đạo đảng cực hữu Đức Alice Weidel, ít tuần trước cuộc bầu cử Quốc Hội trước thời hạn tại quốc gia trụ cột của Liên Âu.Đọc thêmChia rẽ, vu khống, tin giả: Năm 2025 và những thách thức lớn với các nền dân chủNhà báo Pierre Haski, phụ trách mục Địa-chính trị của tuần báo Le Nouvel Obs, hiện là chủ tịch hiệp hội Phóng viên Không biên giới, trên đài truyền hình Pháp Public Sénat, ghi nhận hành xử mang tính hệ thống của Elon Musk : « Thoạt tiên, mọi người tưởng đây chỉ là một đòn gây ấn tượng, nhưng sau đó, Musk đã lặp lại cùng một hành động chống lại thủ tướng Anh Keir Starmer, và ủng hộ đảng cực hữu Reform UK. Khi lãnh đạo đảng cực hữu Reform UK không chấp nhận đi theo, Musk yêu cầu thay thế nhà lãnh đạo này. Báo Anh Financial Times có bài ‘‘Musk tìm cách lật đổ Starmer trước cuộc bầu cử lần tới''. Rõ ràng là chúng ta không phải đang đứng trước một biến cố bất thường, với riêng đảng cực hữu AfD Đức. Chúng ta đứng trước một nỗ lực triệt để ủng hộ các đảng chống hệ thống tại châu Âu, hoặc nói chung là các đảng phái đi theo chủ trương bài châu Âu giống với Musk. Reform UK chính là đảng đã cổ vũ cho việc Anh rời khỏi Liên Hiệp Châu Âu. AfD là đảng thân chế độ Putin, chống Bruxelles. Đảng này cực đoan đến mức mà ngay cả lãnh đạo đảng cực hữu Pháp RN Marine Le Pen cũng không chấp nhận cho tham gia vào nhóm nghị sĩ của RN ở Nghị Viện Châu Âu. »Loạt tấn công của Elon Musk đã bị tổng thống Pháp Emmanuel Macron lên án là nằm trong chiến lược của một « International réactionnaire » (Liên minh quốc tế các thế lực phản động). Thủ tướng Tây Ban Nha Pedro Sánchez, trong phát biểu tại lễ kỉ niệm 50 năm ngày qua đời của nhà độc tài Franco hôm 08/01/2025, đã cực lực chỉ trích ông Musk: « Liên minh Quốc tế các thế lực phản động, như tổng thống Macron đã nói cách đây ít ngày, hay liên minh các thế lực siêu cực hữu, mà chúng tôi đã liên tục lên án từ nhiều năm nay tại Tây Ban Nha, do người giầu nhất hành tinh đứng đầu, đã trực tiếp tấn công vào các định chế của chúng ta, kích động hận thù, công khai kêu gọi ủng hộ các thế lực hậu thân của chủ nghĩa phát xít Đức trong cuộc bầu cử Quốc Hội sắp diễn ra tại nền kinh tế số một của châu Âu. »Chế độ « gia đình trị » tấn công Nhà nước Pháp quyền: Cuộc đọ sức giữa 2 mô hình ? Đối với nhà báo Pierre Haski, liên minh Musk – Trump có kẻ thù chung là « chủ nghĩa đa phương quốc tế ». Châu Âu là mục tiêu « triệt hạ » bởi vì xã hội châu Âu dựa trên luật pháp, không chấp nhận tham vọng tái lập « uy quyền tuyệt đối » của nước Mỹ theo tư tưởng Trump:« Chúng ta có liên minh giữa Trump và Elon Musk – người muốn tái lập uy quyền tuyệt đối của nước Mỹ, chống lại chủ nghĩa đa phương. Musk căm ghét chủ nghĩa đa phương, tức là quản lý tập thể các vấn đề của thế giới, với Liên Hiệp Quốc, với các tổ chức chuyên trách. Các tập đoàn công nghệ muốn ít quy định hơn, muốn ít trở ngại hơn đối với các hoạt động của họ. Có sự liên kết giữa hai thế lực, quyền lực chính trị với quyền lực kinh tế - công nghệ, như trong thế giới hiện tại. Trọng tâm của chủ nghĩa tư bản hiện nay đang chuyển dịch về phía họ. Châu Âu là một cản lực, bởi châu Âu được xây dựng dựa trên luật pháp, dựa trên các quy tắc. Trong con mắt của họ, cản lực này cần phải bị triệt hạ. » Musk và Trump hứa hẹn nhiều thay đổi lớn, nhưng theo nhà chính trị học, chuyên gia về địa chính trị và công nghệ Asma Mhalla, mục tiêu của cặp bài trùng này là xây dựng một chế độ « gia đình trị », bất chấp luật pháp. Trong một cuộc tọa đàm trên đài France Inter, thành viên LAP - Trung tâm nghiên cứu Nhân học Địa-Chính trị của l'EHESS/CNRS - nhận định :« Những lời hứa hẹn của họ đối với chúng ta, đó là sự thay đổi cách mạng, là sự đoạn tuyệt với quá khứ. Trên thực tế, họ hoàn toàn không phải là như vậy. Ngược lại, họ chính là sự tiếp nối của những gì sai lạc của xã hội chúng ta. Cái mà họ đưa ra hoàn toàn không phải là tự do, cho dù là tự do tuyệt đối hay không. Hoàn toàn không phải như vậy, mà thực chất là : Các vị thích đi theo ông chủ nào ? Bộ máy cầm quyền nào ? Bộ máy của họ hay bộ máy trước đó ? Đây hoàn toàn không phải là mang lại một cái mới, mà là cùng một cơ chế, nhưng đã trở nên tồi tệ hơn. Tôi tin rằng, với Trump và Musk, chúng ta đang chuyển từ một Nhà nước pháp quyền của nền dân chủ phương Tây – dĩ nhiên với rất nhiều khuyết tật, với những lệch lạc méo mó đáng bị lên án… đặc biệt là từ đại dịch Covid - sang một chế độ chính trị rất khác, một chế độ ‘‘hậu - pháp quyền'', tức một chế độ gia đình trị, chế độ của cánh hẩu, với một luận điệu cực kỳ nguy hiểm. Chế độ đó là: Nếu đi với ta, các người sẽ được hưởng lợi, nếu chống lại ta, các người sẽ bị trấn áp ! ». Hướng đến một xã hội bất cần « sự thật » … Để áp đặt một chế độ chính trị kiểu như vậy, cần phải thao túng được công luận. Chuyên gia về địa-chính trị và công nghệ Asma Mhalla chú ý đến việc những người chủ trương quan điểm này hướng đến một hệ thống tuyên truyền phủ nhận ý nghĩa của « sự thật », thái độ tôn trọng các sự kiện  - vốn là nền tảng căn bản của một nhà nước pháp quyền, của chế độ dân chủ :« Tôi nhớ lại nhà báo Katharine Viner, trưởng ban biên tập The Guardian, hồi năm 2016, đã sử dụng khái niệm ‘‘Hậu-sự thật'' (post-truth). Đây chính là cái mà họ tiếp tục theo đuổi hiện nay. Chính sách ‘‘Hậu-sự thật'' đi liền với phổ biến những điều dối trá. Tất cả các kỹ thuật dối trá mà họ sử dụng - dù là fake news (tin giả), deepfake (tin giả với trợ giúp kỹ thuật số - trí thông minh nhân tạo), tin đồn hay thông tin tách khỏi bối cảnh… - tất cả đều là những chiến thuật bao vây, nhằm nhào nặn nhận thức của con người, nhằm thao túng công luận và các phương tiện truyền thông. Họ không còn quan tâm đến vấn đề ‘‘sự thật'', hay chính xác hơn là ‘‘tiến trình xác định sự thật'' (régime de vérité) nữa.  Đọc thêmMạng truyền thông QAnon, ‘‘đồng minh'' trong bóng tối của TrumpTrong khi đó, việc kiểm tra tính chất chân thực của các sự kiện, được thuật lại trên truyền thông, lại chính là điều cần phải tiếp tục được thực hiện, bởi đây chính là một tiêu chuẩn, khẳng định sự tồn tại của nền dân chủ chúng ta. Tính chân thực của sự kiện, dựa trên các dữ liệu, cho phép Nhà nước pháp quyền vận hành được, ví dụ như trong trường hợp có các khiếu kiện, khiếu nại... »  … Từ « mạng xã hội mở » trở thành cỗ máy tung tin giả, tuyên truyền cho TrumpTheo nhiều nhà quan sát, mạng xã hội Twitter, được Musk mua lại với 44 tỉ đô la cuối năm 2022, đã được sử dụng để phục vụ mục tiêu này. Năm 2024, mạng X (tên gọi mới của Twitter) có hơn 400 triệu người dùng, trong đó gần một phần tư là dân Mỹ. Hơn 200 triệu người theo dõi Musk trên X. Tháng 7/2024, Musk chính thức ủng hộ Trump. Trong thời gian 5 tháng trước cuộc bầu cử tổng thống Mỹ, các thông điệp của Musk trên X được hơn 130 tỉ lượt người xem, nhiều gấp 15 lần Trump.Theo điều tra của Center for Countering Digital Hate – CCDH (Trung tâm chống hận thù kỹ thuật số), trụ sở tại Anh, được công bố hồi tháng 11/2024, chủ nhân X trong năm 2024 đã công bố 87 thông điệp về bầu cử Mỹ, bị những người kiểm tra tin giả xác định là sai lạc. 87 thông điệp của Musk, vẫn được đăng tải trên X, thu hút 2 tỷ lượt xem.Khi tiếp quản mạng xã hội X, Musk xác lập « Community Notes » (các báo động của cộng đồng người sử dụng), thay cho tính năng « Birdwatch », về danh nghĩa là để phát hiện tin giả, thay vì nhờ đến dịch vụ thẩm định bên ngoài. Tuy nhiên, theo một khảo sát của CCDH, có đến hơn 70% thông tin sai lạc về bầu cử Mỹ được đăng tải mà không đi kèm với « báo động của cộng đồng ». Và ngay cả khi có « báo động của cộng đồng », các tin giả, tin sai lạc thu hút số người xem đông gấp 13 lần các « báo động của cộng đồng » đi kèm. Nhiều tài khoản tung tin giả, thuyết âm mưu, bị đóng cửa dưới thời Twitter, nay được Musk cho trở lại.Tung hô « tự do ngôn luận tuyệt đối » và đè bẹp các quan điểm khác  X dưới quyền của kiểm soát của Musk đã trở thành một kênh tung tin giả, vận động tranh cử cho Donal Trump. Một nhóm phóng viên điều tra chuyên mục « L'Œil du 20 Heures » của đài Pháp France Info mới đây đã thử mở một tài khoản trên mạng X và đã chứng kiến thực tế là tài khoản này ngay lập tức bị hút vào quỹ đạo thông tin do chủ nhân mạng X, Elon Musk, chủ trương. Tài khoản mới lập, của phóng viên France Info, được mời theo dõi các doanh nghiệp của Musk, theo dõi tài khoản của Trump.Về mặt chính thức, tỉ phú Elon Musk cổ vũ « tự do ngôn luận tuyệt đối », đặc biệt là tự do trên mạng X, lên án chính quyền nhiều nước châu Âu kiểm duyệt, đàn áp tự do ngôn luận. Trên thực tế, X bị cáo buộc đã sử dụng « các thuật toán » giúp cho các quan điểm mà Musk ủng hộ trở nên áp đảo trên mạng này.Hai nhà nghiên cứu Laurence Grondin-Robillard và Nadia Seraiocco, Đại học Québec (Canada), trong bài « De Twitter à X : Comment Elon Musk façonne la conversation politique américaine » (tạm dịch là : Từ Twitter đến X : Elon Musk nhào nặn đối thoại chính trị Mỹ như thế nào), đã tố cáo mạng X của Musk từ bỏ chính sách « minh bạch về thuật toán » của Twitter một thời trước đây, cho phép người sử dụng lựa chọn giữa « các thông tin theo trật tự thời gian hoặc các thông điệp được nhiều người coi nhất ». Giờ đây các thuật toán - quyết định sự hiện diện của thông tin trên dòng sự kiện của người sử dụng - trở thành « hộp đen » đối với các nhà quan sát.Đạo luật DSA bảo vệ đa nguyên chính trị: Phương tiện tự vệ chính của Liên ÂuBài « L'interférence d'Elon Musk dans les élections en Allemagne : quel rôle pour le Digital Services Act ? » (Can thiệp của Elon Musk vào bầu cử ở Đức : Luật về Dịch vụ Kỹ thuật Số của châu Âu có vai trò gì ?), trên trang mạng Le Club des Juristes, nêu bật khả năng chính quyền châu Âu sử dụng Luật về Dịch vụ Kỹ thuật Số DSA, có hiệu lực từ năm 2023 (sau ba năm chuẩn bị), để chấn chỉnh các mạng xã hội nằm trong phạm vi điều chỉnh của đạo luật này.Trong số khoảng 10.000 nền tảng trên mạng đang hoạt động tại thị trường châu Âu, chỉ có hơn 20 nền tảng là đối tượng của DSA (theo Touteleurope.eu). Ngoài X, còn có 16 nền tảng « rất lớn » khác, với hơn 45 triệu người sử dụng, chiếm 10% dân số châu Âu (như Alibaba AliExpress, Amazon Store, Apple AppStore, Facebook, Google Play, Instagram, TikTok, Wikipedia, Youtube…) và hai công cụ tìm kiếm Bing và Google Search.DSA không chỉ loại trừ các thông tin « bất hợp pháp », ngăn ngừa các thông tin « có hại » phổ biến rộng rãi (tin giả, tin bóp méo…), mà còn bảo vệ đa nguyên chính trị trên truyền thông. Theo đạo luật này, các nền tảng mạng xã hội « rất lớn » như X có nghĩa vụ bảo đảm cho người sử dụng « có thể lựa chọn và làm chủ thực sự các luồng thông tin mà họ cần, đồng thờitôn trọng sự đa dạng và tính đa nguyên về quan điểm với tư cách phương tiện truyền thông » (điều khoản 35, đoạn 3 của DSA).  Theo tác giả bài viết trên Le Club des Juristes, giáo sư luật công Anastasia Iliopoulou-Penot (Đại học Paris II Panthéon-Assas), một số thẩm định ban đầu cho thấy các hệ thống định hướng thông tin của X dường như đã không tuân thủ đòi hỏi này. Không tuân thủ quy định của DSA, mạng xã hội X có thể bị phạt đến 6% doanh thu toàn cầu và thậm chí bị loại khỏi thị trường châu Âu.Bị đẩy vào chân tường, Liên Âu có dám mạnh tay với « cánh tay phải» của Trump ?Giới chuyên gia về kỹ thuật số và chính trị ắt hẳn không quên vụ công ty Anh Cambridge Analytica bị cáo buộc sử dụng thông tin về hàng trăm triệu người dùng Facebook để tác động đến thái độ của cử tri Anh về Brexit (chia tay với Liên Âu) và quyết định bầu cho Donald Trump hồi 2016 của cử tri Mỹ (Bài « Comment Cambridge Analytica est devenue une arme de destruction démocratique massive / Cambridge Analytica đã trở thành một vũ khí hủy diệt hàng loạt với nền dân chủ như thế nào », L'Express, ngày 04/03/2020). Nỗ lực can thiệp vào bầu cử châu Âu của Musk đã quá rõ ràng. Việc chấn chỉnh và thậm chí loại trừ mạng xã hội X của Elon Musk bắt đầu được một số chính trị gia châu Âu đặt ra khẩn thiết.Đọc thêmKhi Facebook không bảo vệ được dữ liệu cá nhânNgoại trưởng Pháp Jean-Noël Barrot hôm 08/01 cảnh báo nếu Ủy Ban Châu Âu không áp dụng luật đã có để « bảo vệ không gian công », thì Bruxelles phải để các quốc gia thành viên « rảnh tay hành động ». Nghị sĩ châu Âu Aurore Lalucq, hôm 09/01 cho biết đã khiếu nại lên Arcom, cơ quan phụ trách thực thi đạo luật DSA ở cấp độ nước Pháp, đồng thời gửi thư đến Ủy Ban Châu Âu nhấn mạnh  phải ngăn chặn X nếu công ty của Elon Musk ngoan cố, để « cứu nguy các nền dân chủ ».Về vấn đề này, nhà nghiên cứu độc lập Ophélie Coelho, chuyên gia về địa chính trị và kỹ thuật số, trong một cuộc tọa đàm trên kênh truyền hình TF1, hoàn toàn không tin vào khả năng Liên Âu có thể ngăn chặn X : « Về mặt kỹ thuật, ở cấp độ châu Âu, hay thậm chí ở quy mô từng nước, chúng ta có thể ngăn chặn hoàn toàn việc tiếp cận với nền tảng X. Ngăn chặn cả việc tiếp cận với X thông qua các phần mềm lách kiểm duyệt VPN. Vấn đề phức tạp hơn, đó là : Các nhà hoạch định chính sách có muốn làm hay không? Về mặt chính trị, và nhất là về mặt địa-chính trị, họ có sẵn sàng gánh lấy những rủi ro, trong bối cảnh căng thẳng, khủng hoảng, chiến tranh như chúng ta biết hiện nay, khi đối đầu với Mỹ hay không? Đối đầu với Hoa Kỳ cũng có nghĩa là ảnh hưởng đến liên minh NATO. Chúng ta vốn rất phuộc vào Mỹ về khí hỏa lỏng. Có rất nhiều thứ cần phải cân nhắc. Về mặt địa - chính trị, theo tôi, họ sẽ không làm ».Trong một số cuộc trả lời báo chí Đức (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) và Phần Lan (đài phát thanh - truyền hình quốc gia Đài Loan Yln) tuần lễ thứ hai của tháng 1/2025, phó chủ tịch Ủy Ban Châu Âu, chính trị gia Phần Lan Henna Virkkunen, phụ trách lĩnh vực Chủ quyền công nghệ, An ninh và Dân Chủ, đã tỏ rõ thái độ cứng rắn với cảnh báo : nếu phạm luật, công ty X sẽ phải « nộp phạt và gánh chịu nhiều trừng phạt đáng kể ». Ngày 24/01, giới chức châu Âu phụ trách kỹ thuật số có sẽ cuộc họp với các lãnh đạo Đức. Việc mạng X của Elon Musk can thiệp bầu cử châu Âu ắt sẽ là chủ đề trọng tâm (công ty của tỉ phú Musk đang bị châu Âu điều tra từ cuối năm 2023, do nghi ngờ vi phạm luật DSA).

Die Cardinals gewinnen das Spiel gegen die Patriots und stehen damit bei einem Record von 7-7. Es folgen 3 wichtige Spiele! Wie die Cardinals gegen die Patriots gewonnen haben und wo noch Verbesserungspotenziale zu sehen sind, erfahrt ihr in Folge 223 der Birdwatch!

Nach der Bye Week ist vor dem Spiel gegen die Seattle Seahawks. Was uns in dem Spiel erwartet und wie wir das Spiel unserer Meinung gewinnen können? Das hört ihr in der neusten Episode der Birdwatch! Viel Spaß beim Hören!

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Auch mit ein bisschen Abstand ist es schwierig die richtigen Worte für das Spiel gegen die Commanders zu finden, aber versucht wurde es trotzdem. Auch der Ausblick auf das Spiel gegen die 49ers am kommenden Sonntag wird davon noch überschattet. Was erwartet ihr vom Spiel? Die Meinung von Lukas hört ihr dazu in der neusten Episode der Birdwatch.

Nutritionist Rachel Graham sorted out the school lunchbox, Niall Hatch from Birdwatch talked about the resumption of hedge cutting and migrations, Benoni Robu's new book is all about finding inner fulfilment & happiness and Ciaran Mc Ivor confirmed that the Deirdre Gogarty bronze statue monies have all but been secured! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wir sind aus der Offseason des Podcasts zurück und bringen euch auf den aktuellen Stand der Dinge! Steht Kyler dieses Jahr unter besonderer Beobachtung? Wie ist der Ausblick für die Saison generell? Und wie sieht PFF die kommende Saison für uns? Das alles besprechen wir in der neusten Folge der Birdwatch. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Gerry, who loves his colourful socks, was delighted to have a chat with Finbar Barry, dad of Thomas, the young man whose business is Thomas's Trendy Socks and our listeners socked it back to us throughout the afternoon! Gerry Scullion is the King of Kefir, Niall Hatch from Birdwatch explained the dawn chorus and Tracy Carroll has at long last secured assistance in school for her daughter Willow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Community Notes by X, published by NicholasKees on March 18, 2024 on LessWrong. I did an exploration into how Community Notes (formerly Birdwatch) from X (formerly Twitter) works, and how its algorithm decides which notes get displayed to the wider community. In this post, I'll share and explain what I found, as well as offer some comments. Community Notes is a fact-checking tool available to US-based users of X/Twitter which allows readers to attach notes to posts to give them clarifying context. It uses an open-source bridging-based ranking algorithm intended to promote notes which receive cross-partisan support, and demote notes with a strong partisan lean. The tool seems to be pretty popular overall, and most of the criticism aimed toward it seems to be about how Community Notes fails to be a sufficient replacement for other, more top-down moderation systems.[1] This seems interesting to me as an experiment in social technology that aims to improve group epistemics, and understanding how it works seems like a good place to start before trying to design other group epistemics algorithms. How does the ranking algorithm work? The full algorithm, while open-source, is quite complicated and I don't fully understand every facet of it, but I've done a once-over read of the original Birdwatch paper, gone through the Community Notes documentation, and read this summary/commentary by Vitalik Buterin. Here's a summary of the "core algorithm" as I understand it (to which much extra logic gets attached): Users are the people who have permission to rate community notes. To get permission, a person needs to have had an account on X for more than 6 months, be verified, and have committed no violations of X's rules. The rollout of community notes is slow, however, and so eligible account holders are only added to the Community Notes user pool periodically, and at random. New users don't immediately get permission to write their own notes, having to first get a "rating impact" by rating existing notes (will explain this later). Notes are short comments written by permitted users on posts they felt needed clarification. These are not immediately made publicly visible on X, first needing to be certified as "helpful" by aggregating ratings by other Community Notes users using their ranking algorithm. Users are invited to rate notes as either "not helpful," "somewhat helpful," or "helpful." The results of all user-note pairs are recorded in a matrix r where each element run{0,0.5,1,null} corresponds to how user u rated note n. Users only rate a small fraction of notes, so most elements in the matrix are "null." Non-null elements are called "observed" ratings, and values of 0, 0.5, and 1 correspond to the qualitative ratings of "not helpful," "somewhat helpful," and "helpful" respectively. This rating matrix is then used by their algorithm to compute a helpfulness score for each note. It does this is by learning a model of the ratings matrix which explains each observed rating as a sum of four terms: ^run=μ+iu+in+fufn Where: μ: Global intercept (shared across all ratings) iu: User intercept (shared across all ratings by user u) in: Note intercept (shared across all ratings of note n) This is the term which will eventually determine a note's "helpfulness." fu, fn: Factor vectors for u and n. The dot product of these vectors is intended to describe the "ideological agreement" between a user and a note. These vectors are currently one dimensional, though the algorithm is in principle agnostic to the number of dimensions. For U users and N notes that gets us 1 + 2U + 2N free parameters making up this model. These parameters are estimated via gradient descent every hour, minimizing the following squared error loss function (for observed ratings only): run(run^run)2+λi(i2u+i2n+μ2)+λf(||fu||2...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Community Notes by X, published by NicholasKees on March 18, 2024 on LessWrong. I did an exploration into how Community Notes (formerly Birdwatch) from X (formerly Twitter) works, and how its algorithm decides which notes get displayed to the wider community. In this post, I'll share and explain what I found, as well as offer some comments. Community Notes is a fact-checking tool available to US-based users of X/Twitter which allows readers to attach notes to posts to give them clarifying context. It uses an open-source bridging-based ranking algorithm intended to promote notes which receive cross-partisan support, and demote notes with a strong partisan lean. The tool seems to be pretty popular overall, and most of the criticism aimed toward it seems to be about how Community Notes fails to be a sufficient replacement for other, more top-down moderation systems.[1] This seems interesting to me as an experiment in social technology that aims to improve group epistemics, and understanding how it works seems like a good place to start before trying to design other group epistemics algorithms. How does the ranking algorithm work? The full algorithm, while open-source, is quite complicated and I don't fully understand every facet of it, but I've done a once-over read of the original Birdwatch paper, gone through the Community Notes documentation, and read this summary/commentary by Vitalik Buterin. Here's a summary of the "core algorithm" as I understand it (to which much extra logic gets attached): Users are the people who have permission to rate community notes. To get permission, a person needs to have had an account on X for more than 6 months, be verified, and have committed no violations of X's rules. The rollout of community notes is slow, however, and so eligible account holders are only added to the Community Notes user pool periodically, and at random. New users don't immediately get permission to write their own notes, having to first get a "rating impact" by rating existing notes (will explain this later). Notes are short comments written by permitted users on posts they felt needed clarification. These are not immediately made publicly visible on X, first needing to be certified as "helpful" by aggregating ratings by other Community Notes users using their ranking algorithm. Users are invited to rate notes as either "not helpful," "somewhat helpful," or "helpful." The results of all user-note pairs are recorded in a matrix r where each element run{0,0.5,1,null} corresponds to how user u rated note n. Users only rate a small fraction of notes, so most elements in the matrix are "null." Non-null elements are called "observed" ratings, and values of 0, 0.5, and 1 correspond to the qualitative ratings of "not helpful," "somewhat helpful," and "helpful" respectively. This rating matrix is then used by their algorithm to compute a helpfulness score for each note. It does this is by learning a model of the ratings matrix which explains each observed rating as a sum of four terms: ^run=μ+iu+in+fufn Where: μ: Global intercept (shared across all ratings) iu: User intercept (shared across all ratings by user u) in: Note intercept (shared across all ratings of note n) This is the term which will eventually determine a note's "helpfulness." fu, fn: Factor vectors for u and n. The dot product of these vectors is intended to describe the "ideological agreement" between a user and a note. These vectors are currently one dimensional, though the algorithm is in principle agnostic to the number of dimensions. For U users and N notes that gets us 1 + 2U + 2N free parameters making up this model. These parameters are estimated via gradient descent every hour, minimizing the following squared error loss function (for observed ratings only): run(run^run)2+λi(i2u+i2n+μ2)+λf(||fu||2...

Take a walk along Australia's stunning coastline to meet the birds that call the beach their home. This episode is about curlews, plovers, gulls, terns and oystercatchers.Bridget Farmer is originally from Northern Ireland. She initially visited Australia to friends but fell in love with the country (and a certain Australian man) and stayed longer than expected. She lives in country Victoria with her husband, two young sons, a whole flock of chickens and a studio rabbit. Bridget is a printmaker and her work celebrates Australia's birdlife and her chooks. She has written and illustrated three children's books… and there are more on the way.Links:* Bridget's website - bridgetfarmerprintmaker.com* Bridget on Facebook - @bridgetfarmerprintmaker* Bridget on Instagram - @bridgetfarmerprintmaker* Bridget on TikTok - @bridgetfarmerprintmaker* BirdLife Australia - Gluepot Reserve - gluepot.org* Eastern Curlew recording is by Nigel Jacket (XC233203) - xeno-canto.orgWeekend Birder online:* Places to Birdwatch in Australia - weekendbirder.com/places* How-to (and bird ID) guides - weekendbirder.com/how-to-guides* Monthly Letter - weekendbirder.com/monthly-letter* Instagram - @weekend.birder* Facebook - @weekend.birder* Twitter/X - @birderpod* Website - weekendbirder.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dies wird die vorerst letzte Folge der Birdwatch sein! Natürlich nur die letzte in der es über Live-Action geht! Bereits in der nächsten Woche starten wir unsere Saison-Abrechnung! Bis dahin erstmal viel Spaß beim Anhören!

Discover some Darwin birdwatching hot spots and a local community campaign to protect shorebirds. This episode is about where to go birding in the Top End, Red Knot seabirds and the Lee Point campaign.Dr Amanda Lilleyman loves the Top End environment and the Territory lifestyle. She came to Darwin from the Central Coast of NSW to study migratory shorebirds. Amanda established the BirdLife Top End branch in Darwin in 2018 (along with a team of enthusiastic birders) and then kicked off the Our Top End Birds campaign, where the community voted the Bush Stone-curlew as the top bird of the Top End. Amanda supports ongoing shorebird monitoring and protection in Darwin, and runs community events such as the inaugural Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival.Links:* Amanda on Instagram - @drbird_amandalilleyman* Amanda on TikTok - @drbird_amandalilleyman* Amanda on Twitter/X - @dr_lilleyman* Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival - shorebirdfestival.com.au* Places to Birdwatch in Australia - weekendbirder.com/places* Weekend Birder Local Big Year 2024 - weekendbirder.com/local-big-year-2024* White-lined Honeyeater recording by Marc Anderson, licenced from wildambience.com* Red Knot recording by Mats Olsen (XC5917422) - xeno-canto.orgWeekend Birder online:* Website, Monthly Letter and merch - weekendbirder.com* Instagram - @weekend.birder* Facebook - @weekend.birder* Threads - @weekend.birder* Twitter/X - @birderpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adventure to new birding spots in the nation's capital. This episode is about where to go birdwatching in Canberra and the delights of the Superb Parrot.Olivia Congdon is an amateur bird photographer and nature lover. She works as a science writer for a leading Australian university. She grew up in country New South Wales, lived in Tasmania while studying zoology and journalism, but now calls Canberra home. Canberra is known as the Bush Capital and is a haven for a great range of birdlife.Links:* Episode transcript - weekendbirder.com/episodes/54-canberra-and-superb-parrots-with-olivia* Olivia on Instagram - @burgeoning.birder* Olivia on Twitter/X - @liv_congdon* Science at Australian National University - www.science.anu.edu.au* Canberra Ornithologists Group - canberrabirds.org.au* Places to Birdwatch in Australia (including Canberra) - weekendbirder.com/places/* Superb Parrot recording is by Greg McLachlan (XC317999) - xeno-canto.orgWeekend Birder online:* Website, Monthly Letter and merch - weekendbirder.com* Instagram - @weekend.birder* Facebook - @weekend.birder* Threads - @weekend.birder* Twitter/X - @birderpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In der neusten Episode der Birdwatch beleuchten wir auf Wunsch von Tim, den Prozess der Bildung einer neuen Kultur! Zudem geben wir euch einen Ausblick auf das Spiel am kommenden Sonntag bei den Pittsburgh Steelers. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.comSHOW NOTES:How do you avoid living in an echo chamber, deal with someone who has more influence, and prevent others from sowing misinformation? In this continuation episode, Michael and Jakub (Kuba) Kocinski debate how Jakub's trust and safety insights can be applied to improving organizations, work relationships and careers. Jakub shares why things are not spiraling out of control, what Tik Tok is great at – and how to adapt to new technology. We end on Jakub's definition of success, and how he has “adapted without losing himself” to life and work in the U.S.A.Previous episode (Part 1) with Jakub: https://tinyurl.com/2ezpdx8h The #1 thing we can learn from bad actors“Things are not spiraling out of control” – Why Jakub is optimisticDeal with bad actors daily? Best practices on taking care of yourself at workDiscussion #1: Trust and safety applied to your career: How to manage someone more powerful and influential, when you have less voice?Truth: People want to hear things that align with their worldviewSolution from Tik Tok? “Sparse and interject different types of content”Solution from Twitter? “Birdwatch” to allow crowdsourced fact checkingDiscussion #2: Trust and safety applied to your career: How to prevent the sowing of misinformation?Solution? Yellow and red cards..but where do you cross the line?Solution? Communicating and building strong relationshipsMastering communication in the Tik Tok eraHow he adapts without losing himself – and a practical way to assesses a new employerJakub at Tik Tok: The backlash he got from Silicon Valley peersHow Jakub defines success – and what he means when he says he is “still very European”Jakub on his “controlled midlife moment”BIO AND LINKS:Previous episode (Part 1) on 97% Effective, with Jakub: https://tinyurl.com/2ezpdx8h Jakub on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kocinski/On X/Twitter: @qbaasOn Instagram: @qbaasJakub, on the P&G Alumni podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jakub-kocinski-digital-safety-trust-from-p-g-to-google/id1509346585?i=1000569399519Michael's Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Wegen Plattentektonik wahrscheinlich alle Kontinente, was Zeitfenster für Menschen verknappt +++ Was in unserem Hirn Süchte bestimmt +++ bislang unbekannte Schuppentier-Art entdeckt +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Climate extremes likely to drive land mammal extinction during next supercontinent assembly. Nature Geoscience. 25.09.2023Heterogeneous neuroimaging findings across substance use disorders localize to a common brain network. Nature Mental Health. 25.09.2023Genomic analysis reveals a cryptic pangolin species. PNAS. 25.09.2023ALTERSDISKRIMINIERUNG BEI DER KREDITVERGABE. 31.08.2023Ältere Menschen werden oft pauschal von Kreditvergaben ausgeschlossen. 26.09.2023Neue indogermanische Sprache entdeckt. Uni Würzburg. 21.09.2023.Birdwatch-Termine ab 27.09.2023. Nabu.Spannende Naturerlebnisse beim BirdWatch. Gemeinsam Zugvögel beobachten am 30. September und 1. Oktober. LBV.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

Bird Buddy, the startup behind multiple AI-powered smart bird feeders, including the recently announced smart Hummingbird Feeder and Bird Bath, is today launching its latest product — and it's not another bird feeder.

Welcome to episode 38 of the Weekly Sceptic – live from the Emmanuel Centre in London! The first ever Weekly Sceptic Live was a huge success. The event was sold out, and the feedback was amazing. Massive thanks to everyone who came along. Nick opens the show with five minutes of comedic genius, then Nick and Toby discuss: -Meghan and Harry's alleged car chase -The continued fallout from NatCon -Insane immigration levels under the Tories -The closure of Triggernometry's bank account -The rapid decline of Radio 4 (to unexpected cheers from the crowd!) They then move to Birdwatch, focusing on Elon Musk's recent interview, followed, of course, by ‘Peak Woke'. Daily Sceptic editor Will Jones makes a special appearance, as does a highly famous mystery guest (you will have to listen to find out who!). The show ends with a Q&A, featuring some unsurprisingly intelligent questions from you, our wise and discerning audience. A great night, and a great podcast that is well worth a listen whether you were there or not! The event was very kindly sponsored by CAR26, organised by the brilliant Lois Perry. Check out their website here: https://car26.org/ Follow them on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CAR26_ORG Follow Lois here: https://twitter.com/LoisPerry26 This week's episode sponsor is Thor Holt, connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/.  To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world – or if you have a question for Dr Peterson – drop Nick or Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com. Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content.  Subscribe to Nick's substack at https://nickdixon.substack.com/.  Listen to Nick's podcast – The Current Thing – by going here https://currentthingpod.podbean.com.  Produced by Jason Clift.   Music by Tinderella. 

Dr. Srijan Kumar is an Assistant professor at Georgia Tech with research interests in combating misinformation and harmful content on online platforms, building robust AI models prone to adversarial attacks, and behavior modeling for more accurate recommender systems. Before joining Georgia Tech, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and completed his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Maryland. He has received multiple awards for his research work, including Forbes 30u30 and being named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences.Time stamps of the conversation00:01:00 Introductions00:01:45 Background and Interest in AI00:05:27 Current research interests00:09:50 What is misinformation?00:15:07 ChatGPT and misinformation00:23:40 How can AI help detect misinformation?00:39:15 Twitter's Birdwatch platform to detect fake/misleading news00:56:38 Detecting fake bots on Twitter01:03:39 Adversarial training to build robust AI models01:05:31 Robustness vs Generalizability in machine learning01:11:40 Navigating your interest in the field of AI/machine learning01:19:22 Doing a Ph.D. and working in Industry vs Academia01:24:22 Focusing on Quality of Research rather than Quantity01:31:23 Advice to young people interested in AIDr. Kumar's homepage: https://cc.gatech.edu/~srijan/Twitter: https://twitter.com/srijankediaLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srijankrAbout the Host:Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaygshah22Homepage: https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!***Disclaimer: The information contained in this video represents the views and opinions of the speaker and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of any institution. It does not constitute an endorsement by any Institution or its affiliates of such video content.***Checkout these Podcasts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JayShahmlAbout the author: https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/

Welcome to this week's (slightly late) Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 34! Nick and Toby discuss Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox and what may be the real story behind it. The boys consider BuzzFeed's demise and whether the ‘listicle' will be missed or not. Anheuser-Busch puts Alissa Heinerscheid ‘on leave', prompting Toby to extol the advantages of being honest when you've been fired, whilst recalling how his impressive hacking skills cost him his job at the Times. Toby and Nick discuss Diane Abbott's peculiar letter to the Observer, and her laughable attempt at backtracking, despite the fact that many of her woke fellow travellers subscribe to the same bonkers intersectional orthodoxy. Andrew Bridgen has been expelled from the Conservative party. Nick and Toby discuss why, and what the future may hold for him. Dominic Raab has resigned under Kafkaesque circumstances. Is this just a hit job by the blob? Comic titan Barry Humphries sadly passes away. Nick and Toby discuss the revolting hypocrisy of those lamenting his passing who had, only a few years ago, called for his cancellation. This week's sponsor is Thor Holt. You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ Dr. Will Jones and Nick go over the most interesting recent stories from the Daily Sceptic.   Jacob Rees-Mogg 'debates' Marina Purkiss on GB News, and the lads discuss whether she ‘owned' Jacob, or whether she was simply unable to comprehend that someone may have a different opinion to her and the echo chamber in which she resides.  In this week's Birdwatch, Nick discusses Elon trolling Stephen King and other celebs with Blue Ticks And the boys compete for the title of 'Peak Woke'. If you would like to attend a live recording of the Weekly Sceptic and meet the gang at the Emmanuel Centre on 20 May, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-weekly-sceptic-live-tickets-600595195397 To advertise on one of the fastest-growing podcasts in the world – or if you have a question for Dr Peterson – drop Nick or Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com. Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Subscribe to Nick's Substack at https://nickdixon.substack.com/. Listen to Nick's podcast – The Current Thing – by going here https://currentthingpod.podbean.com. Produced by Jason Clift. Music by Tinderella.

Welcome to this week's Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 33! Nick and Toby revisit Bud Light's disastrous decision to pay Dylan Mulvany to endorse its product. They discuss whether this is a turning point in the pushback against woke corporations and wonder if the Right should embrace the same tactics as the Left, i.e., encourage people to boycott companies they disapprove of. In our regular section ‘Birdwatch', the boys discuss Elon's evisceration of a BBC tech correspondent and why it's so damaging for legacy media companies like the BBC to be caught trafficking in misinformation when trustworthiness is supposed to be their great asset. They then talk about the latest Just Stop Oil protest, which involved orange powder and a snooker table, and forensically analyse the protestor's Patreon page. Joe Biden visited Ireland and Nick and Toby discuss his gaffe-ridden tour and how on earth this has persuaded him to run for president again. Can he win re-election? Not according to Dominic Cummings, who has used AI to predict a Trump victory in a Biden-Trump contest. This week's sponsor is Simple SEOMan, who you can contact via email on guy@simpleseoman.co.uk. Nick and Dr Will Jones discuss this week's most interesting stories in the Daily Sceptic.   And finally, the boys vie for this week's Peak Woke title. If you would like to attend a live recording of the Weekly Sceptic and meet the gang at the Emmanuel Centre on 20 May, you should click here to purchase a ticket https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-weekly-sceptic-live-tickets-600595195397. To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world – or if you have a question for Dr Peterson – drop Nick or Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com. Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Subscribe to Nick's substack at https://nickdixon.substack.com/. Listen to Nick's podcast – The Current Thing –here https://currentthingpod.podbean.com. Produced by Jason Clift. Music by Tinderella.

Welcome to this week's Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 31! Donald Trump has been indicted by the New York District Attorney – Toby and Nick discuss what might be behind it. Andrew Tate (Top G) has been released, is under house arrest and is back on Twitter! Nick and Toby debate Tate's meteoric, mythological (and unlikely) path to fame and notoriety. And whether Tate is a useful ally or not… And whether or not Toby might have become a Top G, had he be raised in Luton. Trans madness continues unabated since last week with the media outdoing themselves referring to the recent school shooting in America, with Christianity being blamed for the tragedy. Nick and Toby discuss this as well as if and why the elites are promoting wokery… Rishi Sunak is threatening to combat grooming gangs – Toby and Nick consider the predictable meltdown on Twitter as well as whether this was, in fact, a trap set for the Labour party. Birdwatch makes a welcome return this week with the boys discussing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's possible sock puppet Twitter account making threats to Matt Walsh and the rising temperature of political discourse in the US. Will Jones and Nick catch up about the most interesting recent stories from The Daily Sceptic. Toby and Nick wrestle for this week's Peak Woke title, the boys discuss anti woke drama (and how much they love the Australian series, Mr Inbetween) and Nick reads out the latest reviews of the podcast. If you would like to attend a live recording of the Weekly Sceptic and meet the gang at the Emmanuel Centre on 20 May, go to the Daily Sceptic website and click on the link to buy a ticket. To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world – or if you have a question for Dr Peterson – drop Nick or Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com. Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Subscribe to Nick's substack at https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Listen to Nick's podcast – The Current Thing – by going here https://currentthingpod.podbean.com Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

In 2022, Lisa Wise co-founded Birdwatch, a tech powered, high touch home maintenance service in Philadelphia and Washington, DC. In her role as Chief Strategic Officer, Lisa brings substantial subject matter expertise to the work of Birdwatch.  From scaling maintenance, building effective teams, driving growth, directing brand identity, culture, and marketing, she has successfully built and run companies that take care of thousands of residents in their homes. She can also fix toilets and paint without taping! In 2022, Lisa wise authored business book/memoir “Self Elected: How to Put Justice Over Profit and Soar in Business.” During this writing journey, together with an advisory board, Flock launched the  birdSEED foundation , a philanthropic effort to advance economic and housing justice for the BIPOC community. birdSEED offers no-strings down payment grants to first-time BIPOC home buyers in Washington, DC and Philadelphia. When not change-making and homemaking, you can find Lisa surrounded by pets and hiking DC's famous Rock Creek Park with her best friends — her eleven-year-old son Beckett and her wife Cameron. Contact Lisa Wise: https://www.meetlisawise.com/ Dr. Kimberley Linert Speaker, Author, Broadcaster, Mentor, Trainer, Behavioral Optometrist Event Planners- I am available to speak at your event. Here is my media kit: https://brucemerrinscelebrityspeakers.com/portfolio/dr-kimberley-linert/ To book Dr. Linert on your podcast, television show, conference, corporate training or as an expert guest please email her at incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com or Contact Bruce Merrin at Bruce Merrin's Celebrity Speakers at merrinpr@gmail.com 702.256.9199 Host of the Podcast Series: Incredible Life Creator Podcast Available on... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/incredible-life-creator-with-dr-kimberley-linert/id1472641267 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DZE3EoHfhgcmSkxY1CvKf?si=ebe71549e7474663 and on 9 other podcast platforms Author of Book: "Visualizing Happiness in Every Area of Your Life" Get on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3srh6tZ Website: https://www.DrKimberleyLinert.com Please subscribe, share & LISTEN! Thanks. incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com Social Media Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kimberley-linert-incredible-life-creator/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberley.linert/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkimberleylinert/g Twitter: https://twitter.com/LifeKimberley Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/incrediblelifecreator Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lifekimberley/_saved/

Lisa Wise is the Chief Strategic Officer and co-founder of Birdwatch, a subscription-based home maintenance service helping busy homeowners save time, money, and energy on home repairs. From leaky roofs to wallpaper installation, Birdwatch offers a comprehensive suite of services completed by qualified and reliable technicians. Lisa explains how Birdwatch's long-term service model creates a better homeowner experience than episodic contracting, and shares how Birdwatch is contributing to the greater good through its status as a Public Benefit Corporation.

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 28! This week, Nick and Toby discuss Gary Lineker's heroic stand against the BBC as well as how scared the Government is of footballers. They discuss Fiona Bruce being criticised for adding a legal disclaimer (at the behest of a producer) to a reference to Stanley Johnson's alleged domestic abuse. Toby discusses the recent victory against the Orwellian ‘non crime hate incidents' and Nick suggests a clever way to get the police to take burglary a little more seriously. Nick and Toby discuss the Jan 6th ‘insurrection' footage, the Q-Anon Shaman's treatment, the potential provocateur infiltrators and the inevitable media reaction. They also chat about Hugh Grant being interviewed on the red carpet and how his intolerant petulance – why is this ex-model bothering me? – went viral. This week's sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://www.thorholt.com/, on Whatsapp: +44 7906 321593 https://thorholt.substack.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt. Birdwatch makes a welcome return this week and the boys discuss the reaction (meltdown) to Peter Hitchens' claim that the Nazis were left wing And of course – Nick and Toby compete for the title of Peak Woke To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world – or if you have a question for Dr Peterson – drop Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. If you'd like to apply for the job of Associate Editor of the Daily Sceptic, send your CV to thedailysceptic@gmail.com and stick ‘Associate Editor' in the subject line. Subscribe to Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Listen to Nick's podcast – The Current Thing – by going here https://currentthingpod.podbean.com Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Aging in place is made easier when maintenance, repairs and updates are easy to access and manage. Join us for a live & interactive discussion on this topic with the founders of Birdwatch, an innovative service that delivers full-service home maintenance to members - taking the hassle and headache out of homeownership. Website https://birdwatch.com/ use code positiveaging to waive the Flight Plan onboarding fee About lisa wise https://lisawise.me/about Chris Rosenbaum chris@birdwatch.com lisa wise lisa@birdwatch.com Video recording can be accessed at https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/videos/home-maintenance-and-aging-in-place

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic - episode 25! Toby and Nick discuss the ruination of Roald Dahl and Rudyard Kipling's writings – much to the fury of Nick, Rishi Sunak and Salman Rushdie! Nicola Sturgeon has gone – but Toby and Nick wonder whether she might be replaced by someone even worse? Nick and Toby then reflect that people who subscribe to orthodox beliefs seem to suffer compared to those with other beliefs. Toby then unexpectedly lends his support to the leadership aspirations of the truly awful Humza Yousaf…  Nick talks about the woke and chilling AI chatbots and then attempts to describe what ‘prompt injection attack' is. Toby talks about AI gold rushes, recounts Google's recent embarrassing moment and subsequent loss of market cap and the boys finish off the segment on the nature of sentience.  Nick and Toby then discuss South Park's hilarious lampooning of Harry and Meghan (spoiler: Meghan takes offence, obviously).  Birdwatch makes a return and the boys discuss the 'Konstantin Kisin vs Matt Walsh' spat on Twitter regarding the long awaited backlash to woke…  This week's first sponsor is The Jasmine Sari by Philip Tucker, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TVFGV8S Dr Will Jones joins Nick to discuss the week's most interesting stories as featured in the Daily Sceptic.  This week's second sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://thorholt.substack.com/  https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ or on his Telegram channel at @thor_holt (visit https://belle-epoque.co.uk/ for Thor's meet up). Nick and Toby compete once more for the title of Peak Woke.  If you are interested in attending a live recording of the Weekly Sceptic podcast in London – please email us to let us know at thedailysceptic@gmail.com.  Please send in your problems for Dr Peterson to answer next week to: thedailysceptic@gmail.com (and let us know if you'd like us to use your name).  To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Toby a line at thedailysceptic@gmail.com.  Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content.  Subscribe to Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Or Toby's substack: https://tobyyoung.substack.com/ And Nick's New Podcast: https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/ Produced by Jason Clift.  Music by Tinderella. 

Welcome to this week's Weekly Sceptic – where Toby and Nick discuss how Liz Truss's downfall was more to do with the Bank of England, Pension Funds and LDIs, rather than her ‘Low Tax/High Growth' policies. They talk about Rishi's reshuffle – with Kemi Badenoch having been given the larger role of International Trade and Business. Toby recalls an uncharacteristically funny story by Stewart Lee about Grant Shapps – who was also reshuffled to the somewhat oxymoronic Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Nick and Toby also discuss the pathetic examples of Dominic Raab's so called ‘bullying' of civil servants (aka holding staff to high standards, like spelling correctly). Nick and Toby discuss whether The Grammys were Satanic or just naff. Toby posits that back in the day – David Bowie dressing as a woman (whilst actually being incredibly talented) was genuinely counter cultural; compared to the low quality musical output from ‘brave' woke performers who are simply swimming with the tide. Nick suggests that maybe Elvis's hips were to blame and Mary Whitehouse was right... This week's first sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://thorholt.substack.com/  https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt (visit https://belle-epoque.co.uk/ for Thor's meet up) Birdwatch makes a return with Matt Walsh lighting up Twitter with what used to be a totally normal statement. And when The Guardian tweeted out for women to share examples of online misogyny, they got a lot of answers that they weren't expecting. Nick discusses the ongoing saga of Andrew Tate and his poignant posts from inside Romanian prison. And a ‘victim' of Tate speaks out. This week's second sponsor is Dan Gaskin at Crest Mortgages: https://www.crestmortgages.co.uk/ 0116 5023 000. Nick is joined by Dr Will Jones to discuss the week's best stories in the Daily Sceptic. This week's last sponsor is The Jasmine Sari by Philip Tucker, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TVFGV8S Peak Woke returns again! And, for the first (but hopefully not the last) time – an uber celebrity psychologist makes an appearance on the show to answer some listeners' questions – in a new section entitled ‘Ask Dr Peterson'. If you are interested in attending a live recording of the Weekly Sceptic podcast in London – please email us to let us know at thedailysceptic@gmail.com Please send in your problems for Dr Peterson to answer next week to: thedailysceptic@gmail.com To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Toby a line at thedailysceptic@gmail.com Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Subscribe to Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Or Toby's substack: https://tobyyoung.substack.com/ And Nick's New Podcast: https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/ Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Brain implants grown in a lab wire themselves into the nervous system. Artificial intelligence joins the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. We take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch 2023. And are sugar taxes actually effective ways to fight the obesity epidemic Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

We reveal the top 20 jobs on the rise in Canada. Plus, if you love nature and animal watching, you will love Bird Buddy: the new AI-powered smart hummingbird feeder. Co-founder Kyle Buzzard joins us with the details. Also, Grazzy's founder and CEO, Russell Lemmer, introduces the instant pay platform for easy tipping. In Socially Speaking, we talk about what to do when the boss slides into your DMs.Links to this week's stories and discussion:[10:30] Jobs That Are On The Rise :[18:18] Apptastic[25:43] Kyle Buzzard : mybirdbuddy.com[34:25] Russell Lemmer : grazzy.com[42:52] When Bosses Slide Into Your DM'sYou can also find both AmberMac and Michael B on Twitter.

In this week's episode, Toby and Nick discuss Nick making it into the once great and edgy, but now ‘mouthpiece of the establishment', Private Eye, how comedy has been captured by identity politics and how GB News is perceived by the wokies (who never actually watch it). Alistair Campbell attacks Toby for being white and not Trans (while at the same time outing himself as not in step with the LGBT lobby), Nick discusses his genius peanut allergy analogy and Toby discusses how Nicola Sturgeon is spending what remains of her political capitol trying to win the miniscule Trans vote. Toby rallies behind victims of ‘shy bladder syndrome' and Nick announces that controversialist Andrew Tate actually has ‘aggressive bladder syndrome', judging by how unconcerned he was when Nick observed him peeing at GB News. Also this week, the great Dr Jordan Peterson is accused of wrongthink by the College of Psychologists of Ontario – who have summoned him to attend a Maoist political reprogramming session (to be paid for by Peterson!) and Nick accidentally establishes Canada's branch of the Free Speech Union. This week's first sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt  Nick and Toby chat about the latest news on Andrew Tate and the moral panic he has caused in schools, how the media and the court of public opinion presumes guilt rather than innocence and the boys puzzle over Andrew Tate's conversion to Islam. Harry's been in the news (in case you missed it) and Nick and Toby discuss whether Jeremy Clarkson may have written ‘Spare', Mr Markle's plummeting popularity and whether the publisher may have been attempting to sex up an otherwise dull read with a frozen todger story here and a Taliban body count story there… In a shorter than usual Birdwatch, the boys discuss the most recent tranche of dissidents freed from Twitter jail and the latest revelations from the Twitter files. This week's second sponsor is Dan Gaskin at Crest Mortgages: https://www.crestmortgages.co.uk/ 0116 5023 000 Nick is joined, once again, by Will Jones in a round-up of this week's pick of the crop from the Daily Sceptic. And, of course… Peak Woke! To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Happy New Year! Nick and Toby discuss their new year's resolutions (Toby to drink less, Nick to drink more, Toby and Nick to lose weight and Nick to start boxing). Andrew Tate makes another major appearance in the news (and in this week's episode) in a new section called ‘The Top G Spot' and the boys talk about the myriad of theories surrounding Tate's arrest in Romania and the predictable reaction of the left leaning mob. This week's first sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt  Toby and Nick discuss Carl Benjamin and Peter Hitchens' twitter spat in ‘Birdwatch', Nick floats off in a ‘what if' hypothetical flight of fancy and they discuss whether apologies work with the left. And Jordan Peterson even wades in to the discussion to try and make peace! This week's second sponsor is Dan Gaskin at Crest Mortgages: https://www.crestmortgages.co.uk/ 0116 5023 000 And lastly – the boys fight for this week's Peak Woke crown.. To advertise here, on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Free Speech Union's Writers' Advisory Council: https://freespeechunion.org/writers-advisory-council/ Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

In this, the last Weekly Sceptic episode of the year, Nick and Toby run through their Christmas experiences, Charles' lacklustre multicultural King's speech, Rishi's awkward homeless PR flop and Scotland's (and the UK's) gender recognition bill.  The boys discuss the arrest of a woman praying in a ‘public space buffer zone' and whether this law may be extended nationally.  Toby and Nick discuss the covid Twitter files in this week's edition of Birdwatch, how Martin Kulldorff's peer review citing tweets were suppressed by Twitter, how Twitter was happy to follow various governments bidding to suppress bona fide medical debate and how that suppression of debate may actually have caused harm.  Nick and Toby discuss their professional and personal highs and lows of 2022 and, of course, they contest this week's title of ‘Peak Woke'.  Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. This week's sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/  or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt  Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Free Speech Union's Writers' Advisory Council: https://freespeechunion.org/writers-advisory-council/  Produced by Jason Clift  Music by Tinderella 

Nick and Toby discuss the Jeremy Clarkson pile on by brave and virtuous celebrities, comedians (apparatchiks?) and politicians, Chris Packham's desire to jail people whose jokes he doesn't like and how you must never, ever apologise to the mob… They talk about the ongoing soap opera that is Twitter in ‘Birdwatch', the BBC's reaction to Oxford's ‘traffic calming' measures, commissar Gary Neville's continuing hypocrisy and his ham fisted comparison of NHS nurses to the plight of Qatari labourers, how families get in the way of sports tv, Mbappé's hilarious snubbing of Macron and whether the world cup was, in fact, rigged… Nick is joined again by The Daily Sceptic's editor, Will Jones, to discuss this week's featured stories. Nick talks about meeting the internet's most cancelled man, Andrew Tate – and almost fails to mention his (Nick's) meeting Will Smith when scriptwriting in Hollywood. Toby and Nick also talk about Nick's UnHerd debate and his subsequent rising profile as a public intellectual! And once again, the boys compete for this week's venerated title of ‘Peak Woke' Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can keep bringing you all this high quality content. This week's sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/  or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt  Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Free Speech Union's Writers' Advisory Council: https://freespeechunion.org/writers-advisory-council/ Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Toby and Nick chat about Meghan and the whipped Harry's new Netflix documentary and how unsympathetically she comes across, how long planned this project has been in the planning and how much their life is a woke victim parody of itself. We revisit a new(ish) segment discussing all the juicy Twitter Files revelations – called ‘Birdwatch': how a power hungry group of authoritarian nerds censored Trump, how Elon ignored the obvious choice of Toby to release the documents to – and why the mainstream news outlets have ignored this massive story. And we discuss what an Otter might be in LGBT circles… Nick and Toby debate at length whether mainstream journalists are now beyond hope, reason or salvation and can ever be trusted to be objective or truthful with big stories like Twitter. They talk about how incredibly important this debate is on our side of the fence – referring to a piece in the National Review about Toby's similar discussions with James Delingpole in London Calling and how open dialogue and freedom of expression sets the better tone. Nick is joined again this week by The Daily Sceptic's editor, Will Jones, to discuss this week's featured stories. And after a brief football match post mortem, Toby and Nick go head to head for the coveted title of ‘Peak Woke' Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can keep bringing you all this high quality content. This week's sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/  or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt  Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Free Speech Union Comedy Night: https://freespeechunion.org/events/ Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

This week's #5Things include TikTok's updated Marketing Partners platform, the end of Pinterest's Creator Rewards program, Snapchat's rising AR experience, and more!The Things:  Twitter Powering Back UP "Birdwatch" New Study Highlights the Most Commonly Shared Life Events on Instagram & TikTok TikTok Polishes it's Marketing Partners Platform Pinterest and the End of its Creator Rewards Program SnapChat and the Rising AR Sources: AdWeek and Social Media TodayHosts: Joey Scarillo, Natalie McGhee, Caine FairTo subscribe to our newsletter, click HERE.

Twitter 「還政於民」反而搞出大頭佛 COVID misinfo is the biggest challenge for Twitter's Birdwatch program, data shows https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/10/23393021/twitter-birdwatch-covid-misinformation-data-analysis-misinformation-fact-check

In today's episode:One of Donald Trump's most effective tools is his ability to simply and directly communicate truthKamala Harris says, explicitly, that the point is for everyone to end up in "the same place," at least everyone except the powerfulA Twitter user exposes prominent members of BlueAnon Twitter as spoiled rich kids and is promptly bannedPolitico attempts to explain why "Washington" is melting down over a potential end to Twitter censorshipTwitter expands its user-driven "Birdwatch" quasi-censorship programThe illegitimate administration launches a "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights" to supplant the actual Bill of Rights.Connect with Be Reasonable: https://linktr.ee/imyourmoderatorHear the show when it's released. Become a paid subscriber at imyourmoderator.substack.comOther ways to support the work:ko-fi.com/imyourmoderatorbtc via coinbase: 3MEh9J5sRvMfkWd4EWczrFr1iP3DBMcKk5Merch site:https://cancelcouture.myspreadshop.com/Follow the podcast info stream: t.me/imyourmoderatorOther social platforms: Truth Social, Gab, Rumble, Bitchute, Odysee, DLive or Gettr - @imyourmoderator Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/be-reasonable-with-your-moderator-chris-paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode:One of Donald Trump's most effective tools is his ability to simply and directly communicate truthKamala Harris says, explicitly, that the point is for everyone to end up in "the same place," at least everyone except the powerfulA Twitter user exposes prominent members of BlueAnon Twitter as spoiled rich kids and is promptly bannedPolitico attempts to explain why "Washington" is melting down over a potential end to Twitter censorshipTwitter expands its user-driven "Birdwatch" quasi-censorship programThe illegitimate administration launches a "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights" to supplant the actual Bill of Rights.Connect with Be Reasonable: https://linktr.ee/imyourmoderatorHear the show when it's released. Become a paid subscriber at imyourmoderator.substack.comOther ways to support the work:ko-fi.com/imyourmoderatorbtc via coinbase: 3MEh9J5sRvMfkWd4EWczrFr1iP3DBMcKk5Merch site:https://cancelcouture.myspreadshop.com/Follow the podcast info stream: t.me/imyourmoderatorOther social platforms: Truth Social, Gab, Rumble, Bitchute, Odysee, DLive or Gettr - @imyourmoderator Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/be-reasonable-with-your-moderator-chris-paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OPEC announces it will cut oil supply by 2 Million barrels per day. Elon Musk and Lindsay Graham battle on what to do over Ukraine. The White House spins in circles trying to answer what the US wild do over its energy supply. Twitter is rolling out its Birdwatch "collaborative fact-checking" program ahead of the US midterm elections. New polls show a monstrous swing in Latino voter preference in 10 years. Herschel Walker releases a new ad calling out Raphael Warnock's faith. Baker Jack Phillips is once again in the news for refusing to make a cake for a gender transition. Nikki Haley joins us to discuss “If You Want Something Done”.Please visit our great sponsors:American Hartford Gold https://offers.americanhartfordgold.com/dana/Call 1-866-887-1188 or text DANA to 998899 for up to $1500 in free Silver with qualifying first purchase. ARK Seed Kitshttps://arkseedkits.comSave 10% with code DANA. Black Rifle Coffee Companyhttps://blackriflecoffee.com/danaSave 20% off with code DANAHillsdale Collegehttps://danaforhillsdale.comTake advantage of FREE online classes today. See site for details. HumanN- Tart Cherryhttps://buytartcherry.com/danaGet up to 35% off Tart Cherry Gummies plus Free Shipping.Kel Techttps://KelTecWeapons.comKelTec: Creating Innovative, Quality Firearms to help secure your world.Patriot Mobile https://PatriotMobile.com/DanaFree Activation with promo code DANA. Patriotmobile.com/dana or call 972-PATRIOT.Recoil Gunworkshttps://recoilgunworks.com/danaSee site for full list of products and get free shipping with code DANA on your next order.

Hour 2 -  Good Monday morning! Here's what Nick Reed covers this hour:  Twitter announced the expansion of Birdwatch, a fact-checking program the social media platform began testing last year that has contributors flag "misleading" tweets with "notes that provide informative context." The U.S. army is recommending soldiers apply for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to help cover their rising costs from inflation. The anniversary of the tragic 9/11 attacks took place over the weekend. Students on college campuses were asked about 9/11... Nick shares some of their responses.  CNN contributor Dean Obeidallah commemorated the 9/11 terror attacks with several posts equating former President Trump and “MAGA” Republicans with the Islamic terrorists behind the deadly 2001 attacks. Chuck Todd also weighed in on the anniversary of September 11th... “We're now as a nation battling a threat from within. Is the threat equal or greater than what we faced after 9/11?” A reporter tried to compel a Las Vegas sheriff to condemn former President Donald Trump after police arrested a local Democrat politician for the murder of an investigative journalist.

First Jason and Molly break down Twitter's new community annotation feature Birdwatch (1:40), they go through screenshots of the beta version and weigh the possibility for the Birdwatch to bridge the moderation gap. Then Producer Rachel interviews Patrick McDonnell of Flapjack (44:04) about working in a hacker house in Miami, optimizing restaurant menus and his experience making the Boring Company flamethrower. (00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today's show (01:40) BREAKING NEWS: Jason and Molly go over leaked Birdwatch Twitter feature screenshots (10:21) Notion - Get started for free at https://notion.com/thisweekinstartups (11:39) How does Birdwatch compare to Reddit or Wikipedia? Some examples of Birdwatch. (23:04) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist (24:20) “Notes rated helpful” Birdwatch feature. Will Birdwatch work? (32:45) Intercom - Get advanced Intercom features and Early Stage Academy at a 95% discount https://www.intercom.com/early-stage (34:00) The power of mods in online communities (39:58) Rachel tees up this week's OK boomer segments (44:04) OKB: Producer Rachel interviews Patrick McDonnell of Flapjack Check out Flapjack: http://flapjack.co/ FOLLOW Patrick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmmcdonnell/ FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

First Jason and Molly break down Twitter's new community annotation feature Birdwatch (1:40), they go through screenshots of the beta version and weigh the possibility for the Birdwatch to bridge the moderation gap. Then Producer Rachel interviews Patrick McDonnell of Flapjack (44:04) about working in a hacker house in Miami, optimizing restaurant menus and his experience making the Boring Company flamethrower.

Apple's March 8 event is just around the corner, and the company is rumored to announce a few new products. Valve's Steam Deck is making its way into the hands of pre-order customers and reviewers. Twitter makes its fact-checking service, Birdwatch, available to more people. Jason reviews the OnePlus Buds Z2 wireless earbuds. First, Rene Ritchie of YouTube.com/reneritchie stops by to give us a preview of Apple's March 8 "Peek Performance" event. The company is expected to announce a new iPhone SE, a new iPad, and some new Macs. Then, The Verge's Sean Hollister goes hands-on with Valve's Steam Deck handheld gaming console. Hollister discusses the features and games available on the console and shares his thoughts on its bugs and patches. Then, Mikah discusses Twitter's Birdwatch fact-checking service. The social media company has randomly rolled out the ability to view notes left by fact-checkers and the move sparks a conversation about tech companies asking for free labor from their users. Lastly, Jason reviews the OnePlus Buds Z2 wireless earbuds. For $100, the true-wireless earbuds tout quite a few features typically found in higher-cost earbuds. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Rene Ritchie and Sean Hollister Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: expressvpn.com/tnw itpro.tv/tnw promo code TNW30 progress.com/twit

We are so sorry but we messed up.  The previous episode that was published was an interview with Judith Mirembe.  For some reason, the full conversation did not go out.  Here is the full-length interview.  Those who listened to part of it before, please fast forward to 22:00 minutes.   Our guest today is Judith Mirembe who is currently based in Uganda.  Judith is a bird guide and researcher with a passion for birds, keen on their conservation as well as protection of their habitats. This passion stems back from when she was a kid where she learnt birds in her local language and appreciated the cultural stories attached to them. She is the Chairperson of the Uganda Women Birders' Club, that started in 2013 as an initiative to introduce women to birdwatching, a profession that is dominated by men in Africa. This passion led her into starting a non-profit organization, Shoebill-Watch Uganda whose major aim is to protect the Shoebill and other bird species in Uganda. She holds a Masters Degree in Environment and Natural Resources and has done a number of courses by the Tropical Biology Association (TBA) on application of Citizen Science in research and conservation of species. She has in the past (2016-2019) worked with Nature Uganda, a Birdlife International Partner in Uganda as the research and monitoring coordinator where her major role was to coordinate bird population monitoring in Uganda. Judith is a Zoological Society of London (ZSL) EDGE (Evolutionally Distinct and Globally Endangered ) of Existence Fellowship Alumni (2017-2019) where she together with the local communities on the shores of Lake Victoria carried out research on the Shoebill, a globally threatened bird species. She has continued this amazing and ground breaking working with the local communities at Mabamba wetland where she has trained the local guides to use a mobile phone tool to monitor the Shoebill and the threats it is faced with as they go about their routine of guiding tourists. She is the editor for the Birdwatch, a newsletter talking about Uganda's birdwatching sector Here are some questions that Judith answered in the interview. For people who have not visited Uganda, can you tell us some of the species of birds that we can see there? What are some of your favorite species and why? Please talk about the different habitats that are found in Uganda.  Please tell us what is special about the shoebill and why you started the conservation program for this bird? Tell us some of the cultural symbolism associated with birds? For example, do people believe that certain birds bring them good luck or bad luck? What are some of the spectacular raptors that you see in Uganda? What about ground dwelling birds such as ostriches which we don't see in India.  The national bird of Uganda is the gray crowned crane. Is there any folk belief or any stories associated with this bird? Why did Uganda choose this as the national bird? You have some incredibly beautiful birds in Uganda. Can you describe a few of your favorites. Maybe the turaco?  India's national bird is a great Indian bustard. You also have bustards in Uganda. Can you talk about that? You also have hornbills-- some pretty impressive ones.   What made you start Uganda Women Birders? Lastly, please tell us about conservation efforts that are happening in Africa and specifically in Uganda. 

About our Guest: David Ortiz. Producer, Content Development Executive for Universal & WB and CEO of tech start-up Clck TV. https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-david-ortiz-a3258616b/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-david-ortiz-a3258616b/) http://clck.tv/ (http://clck.tv/)   In this special episode of TDR we're joined by Producer, Former Universal & Warner Bros Development Executive and Tech start-up CEO, David Ortiz as we dedicate our whole show to our Courage or Cringe segment. 1.    Is Twitter's decision to take a page out of Wikipedia to battle its moderation woes a stroke of genius, or a cauldron about to bubble over? 2.    Should theme parks be held to historical accuracy in their amusement attractions, or does fun and entertainment by definition require a suspension of reality? 3.    How do companies balance the needs for representation among their staff and internal decision-making with the very real dangers of potential tokenization? Twitter introduces “Birdwatch” to deal with its misinformation problem. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552 (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552) https://www.fastcompany.com/90598070/twitter-birdwatch-misinformation-risks (https://www.fastcompany.com/90598070/twitter-birdwatch-misinformation-risks)   Disneyland updating racist ride? https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-25/disneyland-plotting-long-overdue-changes-to-the-jungle-cruise (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-25/disneyland-plotting-long-overdue-changes-to-the-jungle-cruise) https://www.marketwatch.com/story/disney-is-overhauling-another-popular-ride-that-some-argue-has-racist-content-11611678188 (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/disney-is-overhauling-another-popular-ride-that-some-argue-has-racist-content-11611678188) Black Comedy Central Employees Tokenized https://www.businessinsider.com/comedy-central-employees-accuse-executives-of-discriminatory-behavior-2021-1 (https://www.businessinsider.com/comedy-central-employees-accuse-executives-of-discriminatory-behavior-2021-1)     Support this podcast

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