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🇮🇹 GO ITALY 🇮🇹

If you are still baffled how Trump was voted by so many Americans, let's remember how the late Silvio Berlusconi (elected three times as Prime Minister of Italy), thought about the Italian voters:

"the Italian public has the same mental development of a 12-years-old middle-schooler who doesn't even sit in the first row"

09/12/2024

As with mafia and fascism, Italy was first.

youtube.com/watch?v=rQAc427uKe

Can public trust in #science survive a second battering?
After #US #election2024 in Nov, one Wall Street Journal headline declared "Science Lost America’s Trust.” Another publication called 2024 “the year of distrust in science.”
One thing that experts have noticed is that rather than distrusting specific types of #scientists, such as climate change researchers, conservatives have begun to lump scientists across specialties and have more distrust of scientists in general.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

Ars Technica · Can public trust in science survive a second battering?By Undark Magazine

Inside the race to #archive the #US government’s websites
Amid takedowns of various government sites and databases, several organizations are working to preserve vital #climate, #health, and scientific data before it’s gone for good.
he mass takedowns stem from the new administration’s push to remove government information related to diversity and “gender ideology,” as well as scrutiny of various government agencies’ practices.
technologyreview.com/2025/02/0 #election2024

MIT Technology Review · Inside the race to archive the US government’s websitesBy Scott J Mulligan

We Looked at 78 #Election #Deepfakes. #Political #Misinformation Is Not an #AI Problem
Analyzed every use of AI in #elections collected by WIRED AI Elections Project, which tracked uses of AI for creating political content during #election2024 worldwide.
We find (1) half of AI use isn’t deceptive, (2) deceptive content produced using AI is nevertheless cheap to replicate without AI, and (3) focusing on demand for misinformation rather than supply is much more effective
knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-loo

Knight First Amendment InstituteWe Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation Is Not an AI Problem.

They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.

A Republican judge is trying to overturn his election loss by challenging more than 60,000 ballots. These are some of those voters’ stories.

propublica.org/article/north-c

ProPublicaThey Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.
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