Mark Ledwich
Coder and Pivot Table Worker. Insatiable reader and podcast listener. Interested in biotech, psychology, philosophy. Main hobby is political YouTube analysis.
Last synced from Twitter 80d ago
Clipping from The Kansas State Register - Newspapers.com
Clipping found in The Kansas State Register in Wichita, Kansas on Mar 16, 1900.
transparency.tube - about
The First Comprehensive Look at Politics on YouTube
transparency.tube
Daily stats for political YouTube
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Mark Ledwich
I'm excited to announce transparency.tube - the first comprehensive look at YouTube politics. We track the views of more than 8K political channels every day and provide an interactive viz for you to see what's happening daily on YouTube.
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Biden Is Not The Room
James Lindsay recently said on Twitter that he will vote "unhappily" for Republicans including Trump in these troubled times after seeing an argument that the l...
Mark Ledwich
In a musical crescendo, he built up to literally saying MAGA.
This is should be embarrassing for @HPluckrose . It really makes it too easy to dismiss some of the good work they have done in the past.
youtube.com/watch?v=eyQ5Wc… pic.twitter.com/lNr0g10mu0
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New York Post's Hunter Biden story goes massive on social media despite crackdowns
It was by far the biggest election story of last week in social media engagements.
Interview: Mike Solana on tech and its critics - Works in Progress
In spite of major technological progress, tech is often envisioned in the media with pessimism and dread. How have people's attitudes towards tech companies changed over time and what's in hold for the future?
Twilight of the Media Elites
Into the morbid interregnum
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This piece 🔥🔥🔥
pullrequest.substack.com/p/twilight-of-… pic.twitter.com/VZx0kDvvad
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PubPeer - Search publications and join the conversation.
PubPeer enables scientists to search for their publications or their peers publications and provide feedback and/or start a conversation anonymously.
Just give poor people money - The Boston Globe
The Nobel-winning World Food Program is one of many agencies increasingly handing out cash rather than goods. Yet the international aid system still isn’t fully deploying this simple, powerful idea.
Making Sense Podcast #220 - The Information Apocalypse | Sam Harris
Sam Harris speaks with Nina Schick about the growing epidemic of misinformation and disinformation. They discuss the coming problem of “deep fakes,” the history of Russian “active measures” against the West, the weaponization of the EU migration...
Facebook deliberately made changes to show you less news from Mother Jones
We knew, but now we know.
Facebook and Twitter Cross a Line Far More Dangerous Than What They Censor
Just weeks before the election, the tech giants unite to block access to incriminating reporting about their preferred candidate.
October Removed Channels
Mark Ledwich
These are the channels YouTube removed in October (that we know of)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Thanks to @samuel_clark who built the model which discovers and classifies these channels. pic.twitter.com/T720JF1etc
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The Internet and the Third Estate
Mark Zuckerberg suggested that social media is a “Fifth Estate”; in fact, social media is a means by which the Third Estate — commoners — can seize political power. Here history matters…
Store | Derren Brown | The Official Website
As well as being an award-winning performer, Derren Brown is also an accomplished painter and photographer. You can view a selection of his works here.
Ken Wilber: The Intellectual Dark Web, an Integral Conversation?
What is the Intellectual Dark Web, and what does its emergence signify? It's the name given to a group of alternative media personalities - from Joe Rogan to...
Mark Ledwich
. @GurusPod you should do Ken Wilber. I was radicalized as a teen by his books - the original dangerous medium. This is an interview where he talks about his theory and IDW
youtu.be/U2XK812tSmM
But the more out-there stuff is the top level stages he talks about elsewhere.
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Censoring political opposition online: Who does it and why
As ordinary citizens increasingly moderate online forums, blogs, and their own social media feeds, a new type of censoring has emerged wherein people …
Partisans in the U.S. increasingly divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough
Americans have grown more divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough and on which is more important online, free speech or feeling safe.
Introducing the #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund
This fund will invest with an intention: to present fresh narratives that emphasize the intellectual power, authenticity, dignity and joy of Black voices, as well as to educate audiences about racial justice.
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