2025-03-25
The Bully Lie
In this episode of This American Life from a few weeks ago, Masha Gessen read an excerpt from their book Surviving Autocracy about the particular kind of lie used by...
Has Google Made a $32 Billion Cloud Security Blunder?
Google just dropped $32 billion on Wiz, a four-year-old cloud security startup—nearly triple its last valuation. While positioned as a cloud security power move, the deal raises concerns about overpayment,...
Running Cypress Tests for Node.js Apps Inside a Docker Container
We will be testing a Node Js application using cypress and this whole project will be inside a docker container. We will be creating a dockerfile and Docker-compose file, a...
Before He Sent War Plans in a Non-Secure Groupchat, the Head of the Pentagon Said People Who Did That Should Be Fired
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used to think that sharing classified information in insecure channels was a fireable offense — until he got caught doing it himself. Following the stunning revelation...
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Your Next Tech Job? Vibe Coding (3/25/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 25, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Excel 4.0 Spreadsheet...
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler. This “comical figure” was regularly...
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler. This “comical figure” was regularly ridiculed in the German & international press right up until he became chancellor. It did very little to...
OS updates should respect my settings
Tim Hardwick writing for MacRumors: PSA: iOS 18.3.2 Re-Enables Apple Intelligence if You Turned It OffWith new iOS software updates, Apple has been automatically turning Apple Intelligence on again even...
NASA Planning Another Test Flight by Boeing's Starliner
Despite a disastrous test launch that stranded two astronauts on board the International Space Station, Boeing hasn't given up on its Starliner just yet. As SpaceNews reports, NASA commercial crew...
Threads Is Losing to Bluesky
Jon Passantino, writing at Status: Now Threads feels rather lifeless. While users still post there, for many it has become something of a second-tier platform — a place that they...
Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal (No Man’s Land) was attacked by a...
Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal (No Man’s Land) was attacked by a group of 15 armed Israeli settlers and then arrested by the Israeli army. “They let the settlers attack...
How Toxic Are Tankies Compared to Other Far-Left Groups?
Tankies exhibit higher toxicity than other far-left communities, especially in identity attacks and threats. They frequently use profane language, target political figures, and express hostility toward ethnic and religious groups,...
How Do Tankies Speak? A Misalignment Analysis
Tankies' language diverges significantly from other far-left communities. They exhibit stronger alignment with CCP narratives, Stalinism, Russian perspectives on Ukraine, and anti-Zionism. They also favor state-sponsored media, use pejorative terms...
Who Are Tankies Talking About?
Tankies prioritize discussions on state-level political events (e.g., Uyghur genocide, North Korea, Russian invasion of Ukraine) over social issues (e.g., police, climate change, healthcare). Using BERTopic and RTPR, we find...
What Do Tankies Talk About?
Tankies prioritize discussions on state-level political events (e.g., Uyghur genocide, North Korea, Russian invasion of Ukraine) over social issues (e.g., police, climate change, healthcare). Using BERTopic and RTPR, we find...
Tracking the Rise of Tankies on Reddit
The study tracks user migration between tankies and other far-left communities on Reddit using MRD and MRS metrics. While the proportional inflow from established subreddits declines over time, tankies increasingly...
Mapping Left-Wing Extremism on Reddit
To study left-wing extremism online, we identify tankie subreddits and analyze their connections within Reddit’s broader political landscape. Using network analysis and data from the Pushshift API, we collect and...
Mapping the Digital Landscape of Far-Left Ideologies
This section explores the digital clustering of far-left communities, focusing on tankies. Using network analysis, we examine how ideological subreddits group together and how users migrate between them. Our findings...
How Social Media Fuels Political Extremism on Both Sides
The internet has transformed political discourse, enabling extremist communities to flourish. While research has primarily focused on right-wing radicalization, left-wing extremism—particularly the "tankie" movement—remains underexplored. This section reviews existing studies...
Tankies, Trolls, and the Trouble With Left-Wing Extremists on Social Media
This research presents the first large-scale study of the far-left on social media, with a focus on the tankie community. Using 1.3M posts from 53K authors, we analyze their position...
Texans Might Soon Have to Show Photo ID to Buy a Dildo Online
A new bill introduced by Angela Paxton, wife of Texas AG Ken Paxton, would impose privacy-invading age verification requirements on online sex toy retailers.
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