@timothychambers.net
Technologist, researcher, fascinated at how new technologies enable new politics, and vice versa. @tchambers@indieweb.social on Mastodon, which you can follow via: @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy
AI models are the new gatekeepers of "truth." But who is training the models?
PSG Consulting's recent #FirstMondaysWebinar focused on the ideological skewing of LLMs and what it means for the American voter.
A quick 🧵 on what you missed:
1️⃣ The research: @timothychambers.net and Mary Coller Albert of Dewey Square Group presented new research sponsored by PSG and IFPG showing that the data informing LLMs is skewed across ideological and factual lines.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The nine law firms that surrendered to President Trump’s illegal intimidation campaign “failed a high-stakes character test,” the editorial board writes. “Their leaders faced a choice between submitting to a bully and doing the right thing.”
Robert De Niro reads excerpts from Abraham Lincoln’s “Lyceum Address,” a warning against mob violence, at the 39th annual benefit concert for the nonprofit cultural and educational organization Tibet House US.
Here's the letter that caused Thom Tillis to erupt at Kristi Noem. The DHS inspector general claims DHS leaders "systematically obstructed" his inquiries, including in something related to a "specific pending criminal investigation."
(confirming scoop from WSJ's Tarini Parti and Josh Dawsey)
We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib
Oh man. Mind your sources, folks, until you have confirmation. Goodnight.
New episodes of #DotSocial, coming soon!
OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons.
openai.com/index/our-ag...
US Congress to debate Trump's war powers.
Some lawmakers want to reassert the role of Congress, which under the US constitution is the only body that can declare war, but the Republican majority will probably shield Trump
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Voters head to the polls on Tuesday in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas. It's in the Lone Star State where competitive races on both sides of the aisle have fueled unprecedented spending. https://to.pbs.org/3OCdrIC
The DOJ moved to dismiss its appeals against 4 leading law firms that won rulings against President Trump's executive orders targeting them for employing or representing his critics.
Texas senate primary (Emerson poll)
James Talarico 52%
Jasmine Crockett 47%
emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-p...
🗽 We built a republic—not a monarchy. NO KINGS.
A Complete Guide to the No Kings Day of Action can be found here or scan the QR Code: bit.ly/NoKingsMovem...
#NoKings
Pasco Resists presents No Kings, A National Day of Protest. Saturday, March 28th. In Hudson, FL at US Hwy 19 and County Line Road, 10am-12pm. Scan the QR code for details. www.pascoresists.org
Pasco Resists presents No Kings, A National Day of Protest. Saturday, March 28th. In Trinity, FL at SR 54 and Little Road, 12-2pm. Scan the QR code for details. www.pascoresists.org
Pasco Resists presents No Kings, A National Day of Protest. Saturday, March 28th. In Wesley Chapel, FL at SR 56 and Grand Cypress Drive, 2-4pm. Scan the QR code for details. www.pascoresists.org
Let’s show the country how even a red county in a red state, #PascoCountyFL, can unify!
The posters for each location of #PascoResists #NoKings on 3/28 are below. Sign up on Mobilize for any or all the events.
We’ll see you there! 2/2
Today is Day 17 of the GOP's DHS shutdown — a shutdown that’s only happening because Republicans refuse to hold ICE and CBP to the same sort of standards as law enforcement — and now the GOP wants to use Trump's Iran war to get Democrats to cave and let them shovel billions more to those agencies.
Writing my own position statement for the upcoming Open Social Web un-workshop.
A main reason I ever started #FediForum is that I wanted to attend an event like it! And sometimes you have to create things yourself if they don't exist yet.
We received about forty submissions for the upcoming #FediForum unworkshop on "Growing the Open Social Web" by Monday's deadline. That means submissions from about half of the people who have registered so far, and should make for a great conversation!
Happy reading! […]
Growing the Social Web I’m going to be participating in the Growing the Open Social Web workshop at Fediforum on March 2, 2026. I’m excited to talk to other people who care about the Fediverse ...
#Uncategorized #fediforum #fediverse #growth #socialweb
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Wall in Los Angeles, California, USA Image source: punkmetender
Street Art - Los Angeles, California
Sometimes art leaves you without words. This speaks to me!
#StreetArt #Skull #Mural #Blue
Missed this. _Strength In Numbers_ in Politico yesterday. (I know how folks feel about Politico but people in Washington and media read it, so coverage is a positive indicator of impact) www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Bar chart: Most Americans disapprove of US military action against Iran A new CNN poll, conducted by SSRS shortly after the US launched a military operation in Iran, finds that roughly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the attack. Initial reactions closely track the results of a CNN poll conducted last summer after the US launched airstrikes in Iran.
New from us: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...
The latest from YouGov (n ~ 1.6k) out of the field Monday late Monday afternoon. Approve/disapprove of attacking Iran is down to -11. Has gone -10 to -9 to -11 over the past three days.
yougov.com/en-us/daily-...
Huge thanks to @fediforum.org and @masnick.com for organizing and facilitating today's un-workshop on Growing the Open Social Web. And everyone I met there that I'm gonna spend some time trying to track down and follow.
It was a ton of fun, but now I have too much interesting stuff to think about!
Great to catch up with #fediforum activity today - work meetings kept me away but love the good faith discussions spinning off of it in my feed…
ICYMI, @fediforum.org's Growing the Open Social Web unworkshop took place today. Catch up on everything that happened via @timothychambers.net's #FediForum #SurfFeed, which he published to @bsky.app.
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On the #Fediforum #GrowingTheOpenSocialWeb #unconference right now. And the diversity, the experiences in just the first 30 minutes is incredible. We have so many folks from all types of different backgrounds learning and SHARING with everyone else.
This is absolutely incredible being on this […]
Appreciated all the thoughtful discussions at today's #Fediforum workshop "Growing the Open Social Web". Thank you @mmasnick & @j12t for facilitating.
💡 Fact check: the reliability of renewable energy. @friends-earth.bsky.social examine the claim that “renewables can’t keep the lights on” and set out what the evidence says about reliability and UK energy security.
You know, a known risk of using LLMs for operational planning is that they will treat outdated information as equally valid to current information, and they aren’t good at allowing real-time user input “train” them to preference current information over the older information they were trained on.