This week on the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast: the impact to American soft-power of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension by ABC and Liam Karr, Africa Team Lead for the Critical Threats Project at AEI, to discuss Russian influence campaigns & military activities in sub-Saharan Africa. lnkd.in/p/eSfYmsFv

Had a great chat with @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social and Jim Ludes for their Active Measures Newsletter podcast about recent developments in anti-migrant activity, both in the Republic and the north of Ireland. Give it a listen here: omny.fm/shows/active...

On this week's Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, Jim Ludes and I are joined by @aoifegall.bsky.social of @isdglobal.org for a conversation about recent online incitement against migrants in Ireland manifesting in real-world violence #disinformation #Ireland #propaganda. omny.fm/shows/active...

Great conversation with @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social and @jimludes.bsky.social about the Pravda network's effort to infiltrate AI: open.spotify.com/episode/5CTb...

Pope Francis passes. A great loss for the entire world www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/w...

“For many older adults, these are the only things standing between them and institutionalization.” From Geoff Gross - CEO of Med Guardian. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

This week’s Active Measures newsletter is out - the emerging theme: more [US] unilateral disarmament in the face of Russian and Chinese disinformation efforts mailchi.mp/salve/active... #disinformation #democracy #StateDepartment #VOA

This week on the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @jimludes.bsky.social and I try to understand the grand-strategy and intention behind gutting American soft-power and threatening NATO allies. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/59Qn...

This week on the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social & I dissect a raft of moves by the U.S. government that can't be explained as either accident or intentional act, but paint a picture of strategic realignment with Russia. omny.fm/shows/active...

The next chancellor of Germany sees the intervention of Washington and Moscow in German politics as comparably brazen--a reference to Musk and VP Vance's recent efforts. @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social & I discuss on this week's Active Measures Newsletter Podcast. omny.fm/shows/active...

On the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social & I examine Trump Administration decisions to unilaterally disarm the United States of its ability to exert influence around the world. Hint: it's not just shuttering #USAID. omny.fm/shows/active...

If you want to see me really dive into this topic I did a lecture and Q&A on it at Leiden University last week youtu.be/UfX5RLAcgLg?...

This week’s Active Measures Newsletter is out, including links to several stories about the disinformation & outright falsehoods being disseminated about #USAID mailchi.mp/salve/active...

On this week's Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @jimludes.bsky.social and I discuss disinfo in Switzerland, Germany, and Canada as well as the Chinese AI phenom DeepSeek and its admiration for pro-Beijing disinfo! See link below or wherever you get your podcasts. omny.fm/shows/active...

Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research

In this week's Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @jimludes.bsky.social and I discuss Russian interference in European elections, the threat of AI-enabled information campaigns, and the challenges posed by tech billionaires operating in the information space. open.spotify.com/show/4jZPTSj...

In this week's Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social & I conclude the year and the first season of the podcast with context for the flurry of drone sightings in the Northeastern United States, plus a whole lot more.  Season 2 drops January 5, 2025. omny.fm/shows/active...

In this episode of the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social and I review reporting on Chinese cognitive warfare, Russia's efforts to undermine Ukraine, & the danger of social media platforms owned by the president-elect & his principle funder. omny.fm/shows/active...

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Episode 4 of “You May Have Heard,” - Why is Jordan’s King Abdullah II to the NATO Foreign Ministerial? www.linkedin.com/posts/drmjac...

Now this is an interesting story …. Maryland seeks D.C.’s Air National Guard squadron in RFK deal

In our first episode since election day, @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social and I take stock of the impact of foreign disinformation and generative AI in the U.S. election, turn our attention to fighting back, and then dive into the sabotage campaign Russia is running across Europe. omny.fm/shows/active...

Welcome to Bluesky @briankatulis.bsky.social

Episode 1 of “You May Have Heard,” short answers for busy people on the questions & issues of the day. Today- What is the role of the national security advisor to the President? www.linkedin.com/posts/drmjac...

@admiralstav.bsky.social welcome to the blue new world !

@milhistcurator.bsky.social welcome ! Glad to see some fellow military historians here !

Issue #309 of the Active Measures Newsletter is out: www.pellcenter.org/active-measu... #Russia #elections #propaganda #disinformation #civics @noupside.bsky.social @olgs7.bsky.social

Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.