WATCH: After the viral exchange between Abdul El-Sayed and a heckler named “Tommy,” independent reporter @marisakabas.bsky.social uncovered the man’s ties to Republican politics.
Viral heckler’s GOP ties EXPOSED after El-Sayed clash
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revolution.social with @rabble
'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
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Does your social media visibility affect your citations? Yes because social media visibility enhances your "expert" status. Here is the brand new paper with @econ_lessmann and Max Rose: https://t.co/KJaxgOaAYQ @davidstadelmann @MishaTeplitskiy @csugimoto @voxeu @AntonioFatas pic.twitter.com/kioHRJ0gYH— Ali Sina Önder (@asonder79) May 3, 2026
Social media algorithms don't allow us to understand or control what we see online and why... until now! Top scholars @jonathanstray.com and @noupside.bsky.social are sharing @mysky.social, a tool that allows users to adjust their feed’s priorities and explains why certain posts appear over others.
🎛️📲 Meet the algorithm you can actually control and understand
newpublic.substack.comThe easiest way to get a big scoop in journalism is to straight-up steal it from @marisakabas.bsky.social, as we've seen over and over from "respectable" outlets.
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It's disheartening to see the largest publications in the nation not cite original reporting from independent/individual reporters. Not one mention of @marisakabas.bsky.social's work in ID'ing Tommy. Instead, the WSJ implies that Tommy came forward himself. Disingenuous, at best.
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Semble
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simpsontw.leaflet.pubToday, @ahl.bsky.social and I will be joined by @noahharlan.bsky.social to talk about his work on wicked problems. These thorny problems represent some of our greatest societal ills, but progress CAN be made on them; join us, 5p Pacific today! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=155670496962…
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discord.ggGreat read from @joebasser.com After @toni.bsky.team's @theverge.com interview I'm really excited to see where this all goes
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standard-reader.appIt gets even crazier. After MS NOW reporter @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social published an article debunking the celebrity deepfakes, she herself was woven into the narrative, with fabricated videos emerging that falsely claimed she had retracted her reporting and blamed Democrats for a "false flag."
🙋🙋🙋 @hankgreen.bsky.social At @curvenote.com we are thinking AND doing something about this - see more here curvenote.com
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youtu.beIncredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
hey @pressfreedom.bsky.social @europeanjournalists.org @atrupar.com @bellingcat.com @trustfnd.com @at-tgibson.bsky.social @reporter-ohne-grenzen.de 👋 We want to make highly trustworthy decentralized (atrproto profiles for journalists (→ github.com/singi-labs/sifa-workspace/iss…), who do we talk to? 😅
Journalism Lexicon & Feature expansion · Issue #121 · singi-labs/sifa-workspace
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