Grokipedia be grifting

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 7h ago

Grokipedia hasn’t been updated in 3 months. Edit requests land in a queue and stall “In Review”. The autonomous edit bot is not editing itself, either. We did an analysis of edits, page view counts, and more. Auditability matters as agentic systems become reference infrastructure.

Interesting analysis of Grokipedia by @noupside.bsky.social . What does it mean for AI-based encyclopedias--are they going to wind up as abandonware?

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 7h ago

Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24. @noupside.bsky.social and @rer.bsky.social explore why it matters that the encyclopedia hasn’t edited itself or processed edits from humans in more than 3 months. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...

Grokipedia hasn’t been updated in 3 months. Edit requests land in a queue and stall “In Review”. The autonomous edit bot is not editing itself, either. We did an analysis of edits, page view counts, and more. Auditability matters as agentic systems become reference infrastructure.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 7h ago

Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24. @noupside.bsky.social and @rer.bsky.social explore why it matters that the encyclopedia hasn’t edited itself or processed edits from humans in more than 3 months. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...

A new survey from @knightfoundation.org and @ssrsresearch.bsky.social reveals a disquieting decline in how free Americans feel to use the freedoms protected by the #FirstAmendment without government interference or punishment. 🧵

Knight Foundation-SSRS Poll: Americans Feel Free Expression is Eroding - Knight Foundation

For more than two decades, Knight Foundation has commissioned research to better understand Americans’ lived experience with the First Amendment and free expression. As the country marks its 250th ann...

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The paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

When Matt Taibbi Met Mike Benz

How independent media turned an obscure political operative into a "whistleblower"—and his claims into government action.

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I discussed the importance of this book here. Everyone who wants to understand how we got here should read it.

To Deny The Role of Social Media In Propagating Misinformation is a Form of Germ Theory Denial, Not For Pathogens, But For Ideas

MAHA disinformation agents clearly understand the power of social media, and anyone who genuinely wishes to oppose them moving forward needs to as well.

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Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · yesterday

The paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

The paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

When Matt Taibbi Met Mike Benz

How independent media turned an obscure political operative into a "whistleblower"—and his claims into government action.

open.substack.com

Sentient tomato Paul Thacker called "totally weird person" by Anthony Fauci. 😂😂

My “10 years ago today” photo from FB was me wondering what the hell happened with Facebook trending. Who remembers Trending Topicsgate, the OG ref-working story?

Current status

Every day I feel grateful I’ve been blessed with a career that lets me get under the skin of lying political elites. ☺️ Thanks for the shoutout, Senator Schmitt. Gave me a chance to remind people you’re loser who lost his most famous case.

Watch it till the end. This is moral clarity -- TMZ understands the moment, and what that Rand Paul kangaroo court was, better than any coverage I've seen so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zaO...

This Is Personal

YouTube video by TMZ

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Josh Hawley has a law degree from Yale. He know that "no honest person pleads the fifth" is a lie, and he understands why it's a lie. But he also know that the audience he's performing for doesn't know that and doesn't understand it, and he values the performance over his own honesty.

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · last wk.

Josh Hawley self-owned in his questioning and then doubled down.

Josh Hawley self-owned in his questioning and then doubled down.

Yale Law School grad Josh Hawley gave Fauci a gift with this stunt. Made it very clear he was taking the firth as an act of political protest in a kangaroo court. This clip is a fuck you to the R Senate — and good for him.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Hawley is using his questioning time to craft clips for Hannity

My plane can’t board because American Airlines’ website or network or something is down. It’s not clear what this has to do with the plane flying. I think they can’t scan our boarding passes?

If your AI answer engine defames people based on signal from viral social media lies that you enabled spammers to monetize, you shouldn’t get to hide behind CDA 230. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Once your AI weighs in it’s not “intermediary” anymore. It’s time to change the system. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

Faith and Kenny Lattimore Chose a Rare Move: Fighting Defamation on YouTube

Faith Jenkins Lattimore and Kenny Lattimore took the rare step of battling defamation on YouTube. Even with money and legal experience, they struggled to make progress.

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Gift link to read what the “Fauci Diary” actually said The money quote: “The far right is really amazing in their distortion of reality”. And they persecute anyone who challenges their delusions, which is why the 2nd-rate eye doctor senator is holding yet another kangaroo court. wapo.st/44O4jFB

Fauci’s diary reveals his thoughts on a ‘rambling’ Trump and his own fame

Diary entries written by the National Institutes of Health scientist who helped lead the U.S. response to the coronavirus, released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), reveal a contentious internal battle...

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This Fauci diary coverage is really annoying, me because from what I’ve seen only NPR has highlighted that Rand Paul refuses to disclose how *he got the diary* (WaPo didn’t even include this). If situations were reversed every right wing media outlet would have been howling about ill-gotten docs.

So sad, Elon is no longer a member of the 4 Comma Club.

Behemoth just turned 3! 🎂 #caturday He can stand on his hind legs and see the top of the counter, and he weighs 20lb. He’s getting a mane. He is my husband’s lap cat and is only marginally interested in me.

Counterpoint: the fact that measles cases are exploding is a sign that parents need to stand up locally and say no MAHA bullshit in our schools. MAHA recognizes itself as a political constituency and ppl advocating for basic common sense now have to do the same.

At 4pm ET, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social will discuss the subpoenas sent to New York Times journalists, the Maduro hearing, and more live on this week's Trials of the Trump Administration.

Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 24

YouTube video by Lawfare

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This is insane www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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The 2020 election was neither rigged nor stolen. Here we break down what the documents actually said. Yet again, we read them.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 2w ago

@annabower.bsky.social, @juliacurlee.bsky.social, @noupside.bsky.social, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social & @lorenvoss.bsky.social go through each allegation President Trump made in his speech last Thursday on the 2020 election and analyze what the documents really show.

We are piloting a “Best of friends” feed (good stuff from ppl you follow) & some other new feeds as part of a research project into feed algorithms that focus on things other than sensationalism, but are also not just “reverse chron”. Things are in beta but you can pin “GreenEarth” to check it out.

@greenearth-social.bsky.social · 4w ago

Never miss the good stuff from the people you follow Part of the GreenEarth family. Learn how it works and tell us what you think! [link]

On Friday, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org sat down with @michael-feinberg.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, and @noupside.bsky.social to discuss President Trump's primetime address where he discussed elections. Watch their discussion here: youtu.be/YUqXLlyha5E?...

🌱 is one of these catnip and one a weed? I think the yellow flower guys are weeds but I’ve never grown catnip before.

I spoke with Channel 4 about the declassification theater we saw last night and the documents that were released Spoiler: there’s no there there youtu.be/3prXcyXZWZI?...

Trump accuses China of ‘meddling’ in 2020 US election

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Did they pay $100k per post?