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    Nov 23

    Summer Institute in Computational Social Science () Istanbul now accepting applications. Please share far and wide with students whose work sits at the intersection of social sciences and computational methods. For full CfA, go here:

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  2. 11 hours ago

    Everybody is depressed %80 of the time (zing!)

    In a study, a machine-learning model was able to detect whether someone was depressed more than 80% of the time.
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  3. 15 hours ago

    k. thx.

    'It's real me': Nigerian president denies dying and being replaced by clone
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    17 hours ago

    Calling all social scientists! Applications are now open to attend the Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods, taking place 8-12 April 2019. Find out more and apply at:

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    17 hours ago

    Great news! Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science will also take place in Turkey. Apply now.

    The 2019 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science will have a partner location in Istanbul () organized by & . More information:
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  6. 17 hours ago

    Also; this study is part of a larger project on external influences on Turkish info ecosys, so there are forthcoming studies that explore non-Russian foreign meddling as well.

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    17 hours ago

    The 2019 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science will have a partner location in Istanbul () organized by & . More information:

    Summer Institute in Computational Social Science () Istanbul now accepting applications. Please share far and wide with students whose work sits at the intersection of social sciences…
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  8. Dec 2

    TL;DR: it is more complicated and nuanced than Russian disinfo ops in Western democracies and far messier, but also subtler.

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  9. Dec 2

    Adding some last touches to the largest-ever empirical study conducted on Russian disinfo ecosystem in Turkey: 5 major crises over 3 years with more than 172mil digital content. Presenting this on Wednesday so stay tuned!

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    Dec 2

    GPES Serisinde bu hafta Siyaset Biliminde Sosyal Veri Bilimine Giriş adlı konferansla karşınızdayız. Bu haftaki konuğumuz Konumuz ise programlama,kodlama ve araştırma yönetimlerini de içeren sosyal veri bilimine giriş.

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  11. Dec 2

    The point isn't how 'little' this amount is within larger Pentagon spending. The cumulative effect of that much missing military $$$ is enormous on sub-national violence, globally.

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  12. Dec 2

    This is rather scary, as the closest world came close to such gargantuan ($957million in 2017 and $1.2 billion in 2018) volume of 'missing' military weapons and equipment was the black-marketing of the majority of the Soviet arsenal when USSR collapsed.

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    Dec 1

    Among the many conspiracy theories pushed by the white supremacist group this cop supports is that the grieving parents and schoolmates of the Parkland HS massacre (in Broward Co.) were "crisis actors" dispatched by the "deep state."

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  14. Dec 2

    Nice video on how KGB used active measures, but the whole 'who invented fake news?' (as if it is a 21st century phenomenon) thing must stop. KGB most certainly did not 'invent' it.

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  15. Dec 1

    wat?

    27 Kasım’da A Haber’de yayınlanan Ajans Gün İçi isimli programda “Hasankeyf’te 4 bin 600 yıllık cami taşınıyor” şeklinde alt bant kullanıldığı iddiası doğru.
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    Dec 1

    An organic, leaderless protest movement with no clear ideology has emerged in France. I've been waiting for this since 2011. Let me explain the French Spring to you.

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    Nov 29

    An academia request: if you are going to cite websites (blogs, news articles whatever) in a bibliography, save the page to 's wayback machine here and use the URL it generates. It is much more robust and the original URL is in there.

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  18. Dec 1

    A potential %7 increase in Brent crude can reliably make everyone forget virtually anything

    “I think he was convinced that he could walk on water and pay no cost whatsoever. But this case will follow him every time he leaves Saudi Arabia, probably for the rest of his life.”
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  19. Dec 1

    [Narrator]: 'You can't'

    Here's how you can avoid burnout while on the tenure-track
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  20. Dec 1

    'Despite the uptick in airstrikes, the Taliban hold more territory than at any time since the war began in 2001, according to U.S. military data.'

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    Nov 30

    Are you a young researcher with a unique passion in network science? Propose your very own satellite event for NetSci 2019! We now have financial/networking/advertisement support available. Deadline for satellite proposal is in 12 days.

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