Data and OSINT and Social Media Research and Cats and Memes, sometimes all at once. Currently at @SecureDemocracy. Views my own, he/him, but not picky
Joined March 2012
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16 Nov 2020
If you're blaming people, you're blaming the wong people.
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Peter Benzoni retweeted
May 20
Across pro-Iran channels and sympathetic creators from Bengaluru to Brooklyn, AI-generated content follows the same logic, writes Peter Benzoni. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/18…
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May 18
1/ New piece out in @ForeignPolicy: Iran Is Winning the Vibe War.
Iran built the most effective propaganda operation of 2026 using LEGO cartoons, embassy shitposts, and AI slop. My field has no idea how to deal with it. Here's why 🧵
foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/18…
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9/ The threat has migrated to overt, memeable propaganda that doesn't hide its origins, doesn't make false claims, and doesn't need fake accounts. We don't even have the instruments to measure it.
You can't fact-check a vibe. Time to stop trying. 👇 foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/18…
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Mar 21
New agile development pattern: Au-pair programming - I babysit Claude while it does all the work
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Feb 15
I'm pro-pronouns but I think everyone should have to announce them King Drac style
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27 Dec 2025
If you ban fire alarms and dismantle the fire department, do you want to watch the world burn?
US sanctions against the leaders of CCDH and @DisinfoIndex isn't just censorship, it's a tacit endorsement of the violence these organizations seek to prevent.
politico.eu/article/us-sanct…
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27 Dec 2025
If you silence the people measuring the heat, mapping the accelerants, and tracking where the sparks land, you are not defending free speech.
You are choosing blindness.
And in an age of stochastic violence, blindness is not passive.
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