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  1. I wonder if this has anything to do with the SNP or is this just Iran regime promoting 'separatist movements' across the West instead of fixing problems at home, hence the Pubic getting sick of their shit?

    Labour prefers to pay Americans to meddle in our Democracy via digital means, 'so much more civilised' I'm told, 'not even a crime at all...'

    #EmilyThornberry #Iran #SNP #LizKendall #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BotFarms #Labour #TechBros

  2. New paper published!

    Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
    Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
    Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
    Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

    @benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

    journals.aps.org/prresearch/ab

    #physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

  3. New paper published!

    Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
    Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
    Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
    Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

    @benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

    journals.aps.org/prresearch/ab

    #physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

  4. New paper published!

    Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
    Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
    Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
    Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

    @benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

    journals.aps.org/prresearch/ab

    #physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

  5. New paper published!

    Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
    Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
    Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
    Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

    @benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

    journals.aps.org/prresearch/ab

    #physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

  6. New paper published!

    Ever wondered how some seemingly well-functioning political systems can suddenly switch to a completely different behaviour?
    Ever thought about the effect that the attention span of people towards news has on this?
    Ever felt that the impact of indifferent people on the stability of the system may be stronger than that of committed persons?
    Good! Here, we make a mathematical model that shows exactly this.

    @benroyce I think you will find the last three paragraphs of the conclusions particularly interesting.

    journals.aps.org/prresearch/ab

    #physics #mathematics #science #complexnetworks #complexity #complexsystems #politics #bifurcations #propaganda #botfarms

  7. Saturday, October 4, 2025

    A risky situation: The critical state of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, explained -- Russian economy latest: Oil, gas September revenues down 25% from last year amid high budget deficit -- Ukrainian drones strike Russia's chemical giant over 1,700km from front lines -- Art after apocalypse — opera spurred by Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine to return to Kyiv ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  8. Saturday, October 4, 2025

    A risky situation: The critical state of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, explained -- Russian economy latest: Oil, gas September revenues down 25% from last year amid high budget deficit -- Ukrainian drones strike Russia's chemical giant over 1,700km from front lines -- Art after apocalypse: opera spurred by Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine to return to Kyiv ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  9. Saturday, October 4, 2025

    A risky situation: The critical state of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, explained -- Russian economy latest: Oil, gas September revenues down 25% from last year amid high budget deficit -- Ukrainian drones strike Russia's chemical giant over 1,700km from front lines -- Art after apocalypse: opera spurred by Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine to return to Kyiv ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  10. Saturday, October 4, 2025

    A risky situation: The critical state of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, explained -- Russian economy latest: Oil, gas September revenues down 25% from last year amid high budget deficit -- Ukrainian drones strike Russia's chemical giant over 1,700km from front lines -- Art after apocalypse — opera spurred by Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine to return to Kyiv ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  11. Saturday, October 4, 2025

    A risky situation: The critical state of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, explained -- Russian economy latest: Oil, gas September revenues down 25% from last year amid high budget deficit -- Ukrainian drones strike Russia's chemical giant over 1,700km from front lines -- Art after apocalypse — opera spurred by Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine to return to Kyiv ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  12. Something worth learning from #China. Entities that are too popular pose a danger.

    Look at people that you are thinking of interacting with if they have more than 3000 followers and only been on fedi since #Nov2022 then it is *very* likely they are using or have used #botFarms to game the #ExploreTimeline, for followers.

    This #PopularityModel was abuse on #BigSocialMedia. Since #Nov22 its come to #fediverse.

    Limit interactions with them especially if they post images a lot.

    #smallWeb

  13. Something worth learning from #China. Entities that are too popular pose a danger.

    Look at people that you are thinking of interacting with if they have more than 3000 followers and only been on fedi since #Nov2022 then it is *very* likely they are using or have used #botFarms to game the #ExploreTimeline, for followers.

    This #PopularityModel was abuse on #BigSocialMedia. Since #Nov22 its come to #fediverse.

    Limit interactions with them especially if they post images a lot.

    #smallWeb

  14. Judging by the botFarms on fedi that are setup to hate him, his resistance to #BigPharma and #BigAg, and the fact that he doesn't wish to crush all #soundMoney-bitcoin proponents, we think #RFK is going to be a fair, balanced president for the #USA, who will be able to build a vibrant, new era of #degrowth and #convivialSufficiency.

    No more war, no more offshored #bioLabs, a reduced #CIA, and perhaps most importantly, less energy going into these self-righteous #botFarms.

    #noMoreWar

  15. Fediverse appears to be replicating the worst elements of #socialMedia now, including enabling and empowering the #botFarms.

    It seems to be just replicating the worst elements of the #closedSilo systems, just in a #decentralised way.

    We suspect that the way to get to the heart of this issue is to '#followTheMoney'. Where is money pouring into fedi and why? Why has Mastodon not taken long-time software thieves #HellaDoge to task, but jumped on others?

    #corruption #moneyPrinterGoDrr #fediMeta

  16. @LionsPhil @nicuveo
    When we say #BotFarmTimeline we mean the #ExploreTimeline, of course, designed to favour entities with #botFarms backing them.

    Mastodon should also restore their javascript-free interface that was recently dropped.

    We really need to see other server types like #Epicyon (named after a type of big wild canine), #GNUSocial, and #FireFish gainmore developer interest.

    #makeJavascriptOptional

  17. @emilygorcenski @jack @witchescauldron

    We are pretty sure that when they say "#interoperable", they mean with other bots.

    Oh, and let's no forget three-letter-agencies.

    #botFarms #TLAs

  18. CW: Mastodon rant do not open

    @ParadeGrotesque
    We were trying to work out what this has to do with #Mastodon. Then we realised the service is likely being inundated by a #botFarm, and Mastodon encourages #botFarms now with the #ExploreTab.

    :p

    We think someone is trying to offer a 'friendly' service they should probably be on an I2P instance anyway?

  19. CW: Mastodon rant do not open

    @ParadeGrotesque
    We were trying to work out what this has to do with #Mastodon. Then we realised the service is likely being inundated by a #botFarm, and Mastodon encourages #botFarms now with the #ExploreTab.

    :p

    We think someone is trying to offer a 'friendly' service they should probably be on an I2P instance anyway?

  20. CW: Mastodon rant do not open

    @ParadeGrotesque
    We were trying to work out what this has to do with #Mastodon. Then we realised the service is likely being inundated by a #botFarm, and Mastodon encourages #botFarms now with the #ExploreTab.

    :p

    We think someone is trying to offer a 'friendly' service they should probably be on an I2P instance anyway?

  21. It appears that a lot of new #bots are also making their way to the fediverse.

    If you don't wish to be overtaken by #botfarms, now is the time to set your account to "approved followers only" and keep a record of the people you are following, and why.

    Don't be caught out.

    #birdSite #turdSite #maSTODon

  22. The reason that #climateScientists are so ineffective is they think they need to spend every waking moment on #TurdSite to explain to bots, programmed to pump out disinfo, how #climateScience is real.

    Its pretty funny, really — sad funny.

    Tobacco industry eat your heart out.

    #twITtER #botFarms

  23. @oct2pus
    Tell the #memecoiner that a good place for #shitcoins already exists.

    Everyone knows that only #bitcoin and monero are valueable, the rest are #memecoins or (mind our language) #shitcoins.

    Ppl like MUSK are elevated on TURDSITE because they are helping to distract from the real. Therefore one can reliably inform the #turdCoiner to hurry along to #turdSite, as #botFarms are ready and waiting for all their shilling needs.

    @witchescauldron @meena

  24. @Gargron @dibi58 @wilkie @t54r4n1
    2/2

    So it is very interesting, maybe the situation is different in your countries.

    We are interested to know who these people *believe* they are reaching and why we are conditioned to believe growth in reach is always needed. Emphasis on the 'believe'.

    Maybe there is a reason we have not been able to attain #convivialSufficiency, as an alleged civil society, yet.

    #botFarms #inequality #BGP #DNS #legacyPlatforms #socialPlatforms #reach

  25. @dmoonfire

    Hi Joel,

    We think this quote by you was most salient, validating suspicions expressed on Fedi almost a year ago that #Mastodon is being coopted to serve the #PopularityModel and #influencers with access to #botFarms:

    > the "spirit of mastodon" is also to not show boosts and favorites until a toot is fully opened to discourage mob mentality and such, and yet the official app has those... It looks like a Twitter client

    It ought to be fixed, asap.

    #perverseIncentives

    @josias @joel