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@jonpainterphoto@lawfedi.blue
2025-04-05 18:01:35

Fire from The Atlantic.
#USPol #Tariffs

Because Lesotho’s citizens are too poor to afford most U.S. exports, while the U.S. imports $237 million in diamonds and other goods from the small landlocked nation, we have reserved close to our highest-possible tariff rate for one of the world’s poorest countries. The notion that taxing Lesotho gemstones is necessary for the U.S. to add steel jobs in Ohio is so absurd that I briefly lost consciousness in the middle of writing this sentence.

There Is Only One Way to Make Sense of the Tariffs
The policy is absurd. It’s also an extension of Trump’s chaotic personality.

@arXiv_csSI_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-03 16:26:52

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07212 has been replaced.
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The Language of Influence: Sentiment, Emotion, and Hate Speech in State Sponsored Influence Operations
State-sponsored influence operations (SIOs) have become a pervasive and complex challenge in the digital age, particularly on social media platforms where information spreads rapidly and with minimal oversight. These operations are strategically employed by nation-state actors to manipulate public opinion, exacerbate social divisions, and project geopolitical narratives, often through the dissemination of misleading or inflammatory content. Despite increasing awareness of their existence, the s…