Clif @Clif@qoto.org

Okay, I think I've observed enough on here to try to do a proper #introduction: I'm an assistant professor at Rutgers' School of Communication & Information, studying digital discourse, political communication, and computational social science

#firstGen and #nonbinary scholar hoping to connect more with folks over here! Be my friend! 👋 🌈

#commodon #polisci #computationalSocialScience #hci #socialMedia #politics #communication #politics #politicalscience

Activists on the need for direct action amid climate breakdown

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23137012.activists-need-direct-action-amid-climate-breakdown/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #climate #ClimateStrike #COP27

Surely it’s a coincidence that the rise in #LGBTQ+ #hate in the US is a mirror of Vladimir #Putin’s regime which just passed a law banning “LGBT #propaganda” among adults.

Surely it’s a coincidence that the first people #Elmo let back on #Twitter are pro-Putin #transphobic hate accounts.

How are we so blind about what’s going on here?
#FuckPutin #EvacuateTwitter #ArrestMikeFlynn
https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-parliament-passes-law-banning-lgbt-propaganda-among-adults-2022-11-24/

Trump admits he had dinner at Mar A Lago with Kanye and Hitler-admiring, Holocaust-denying Nick Fuentes, but didn’t know who he was.

Trump’s been pulling this shit forever and the GOP owns it: their 2024 front runner dines with a Nazi.

For background on how Trump plays this, see this from 2016:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/donald-trump-hate-groups-neo-nazi-white-supremacist-racism/

Scam Alert!

If you receive an email or response on Mastodon like the following, DO NOT click the link. It is a scam fishing for login details at the very least.

"Mastodon has detected botting malware on your PC that is congesting the Mastodon network. All affected accounts will be suspended within 24 hours unless removed. _https://REDACTEDLINK"

Solar generation helped avoid billions in costs for seven Asian countries in the first half of 2022 alone.

That means in the wake of soaring fossil fuel prices, solar power is already contributing to meeting #electricity demand in Asia and enhancing energy security.

#Solar power is expected to continue to exponentially increase at an average annual growth rate of 22% until 2030 across five key #Asian economies: #China, #India, the #Philippines, #Japan and #Indonesia.

A new report by #IEEFA #CREA and #Ember.

https://ieefa.org/resources/sunny-side-asia #energy #renewableenergy #asean #apac #green #climate #climatechange #finance

"Researchers at the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University have been able to pin the blame for the #BC 2021 #heatdome squarely on #climatechange" 👇

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/24/we-can-now-blame-western-canadas-deadly-heat-dome-on-climate-change-definitively.html #Lytton #BritishColumbia #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

The littlest rat catchers: New Zealand schoolchildren trap and kill 600 pests in 100 days - As part of an attempt to rid Stewart Island of the rodents, children as young as five have taken part in a rat catching competition, with remarkable resultsIn a tiny school on the southern-most tip of New Zealand, the children are lining up their... #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/25/the-littlest-rat-catchers-new-zealand-schoolchildren-trap-and-kill-600-pests-in-100-days

Realizing I've never tried a poll here. And also, feels like this kind of debate would be useful (refreshing?) about now. Which pie is better, and why is it pecan?

"Upheavals in the social media landscape are actually pretty frequent. The future is unclear, and now is a good time to look at alternatives,” said our CEO @pweiss
to Politico Europe's Sarah Wheaton.

"We are strongly encouraging clients to explore #Mastodon."

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/politico-eu-influence/post-twitter-prognosis-huawei-hibernation-pro-bono-hero-2/

We're starting to see a wave of suspensions of anti fascist accounts all over Twitter. Yesterday, it was the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. Today, it was Chad Loder. It's clear Twitter is now targeting the accounts of ideological opponents of the far right.
#twitter

Billionaires stand in the way of everything we need. Housing. A livable planet. Food and water. And now they're scapegoating everyone they can because they don't want us to realize this, and they hope we view vulnerable people as our enemies instead.

no matter how much you think you’re thriving, they’re thriving more, taking from you to do it, and pointing a finger at your neighbors when you dare complain

I gave a talk yesterday during which I spoke briefly about how Russian state propaganda shaped the broader coverage of the far-right Canadian truck convoy last winter, and I presented these two charts showing media coverage of the convoy. Russian propaganda outlet RT is the orange line with the earliest and highest spike in volume — indicating that RT dominated coverage during the crucial early weeks of the convoy, and likely set the narrative for other media outlets to follow. 1/

Jezero Crater on Mars was selected for the Perseverance Rover to explore because of evidence it was once a lake. But results so far show it is floored by volcanic rocks that have only been transiently exposed to water.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/remarkably-little-evidence-of-water-where-perseverance-rover-landed/

Please, folks, stop calling Musk's bogus exercise in online voting a "poll". What he's doing has the same relationship to legitimate survey research -- i.e. valid polling -- as motel room art has to Picasso.

Please stop validating his deceit.

Another interesting pattern in the graphs of convoy-related media coverage is that when RT’s coverage dropped off, Fox News’ coverage basically took its place — almost as if Russian propaganda outlet RT and Fox News are interchangeable, at least for coverage of certain issues like the convoy, which is interesting and likely a reflection of the alignment between right-wing media and Russian propaganda. 2/

Curious about the links between #beef and #climate? Our article answers 6 q’s:

1. How does beef production cause greenhouse gas emissions?

2. Is beef more resource-intensive than other foods?

3. Why do some people say beef is only a small contributor to #GHG emissions?

4. Can beef be produced in more #sustainable ways?

5. Do we all need to stop eating beef in order to curb climate change?

6. Would eating less beef be bad for jobs in the #food & #agriculture sector? https://www.wri.org/insights/6-pressing-questions-about-beef-and-climate-change-answered

A friendly reminder.

'Extinction magnitude of animals in the near future'

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23369-5

OA.

(putting together NR means a weekly psychological battering)