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#influence

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Marie 🇸🇪

The saying, that you’re the average of the five people you spend most time with, suggests that people we surround ourselves with can significantly influence our thoughts, behaviours & overall mindset. The idea is that our closest relationships can positively shape our attitudes, habits & even our aspirations.
On the other hand, if your circle is negative or unambitious, it can affect your outlook & goals. Does this resonate with your experiences?

YOU'RE THE AVERAGE OF THE FIVE PEOP YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH. Text on beige background.
#average#people#influence
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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Lincoln

In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who moulds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1858-08-21), Lincoln-Douglas Debate No. 1, Ottawa, Illinois

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/4895…

#quote#quotes#quotation
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"But while working on the surgeon general’s report, Dr. Nestle witnessed the power food companies wielded; although the report cited overconsumption of saturated fats as a leading cause of death, Dr. Nestle was not permitted to recommend eating less meat, a top source of the fats, because of the Reagan administration’s unwillingness to upset the meat industry."

🎁nytimes.com/2025/04/07/well/ma

The New York Times · The Nutritionist Marion Nestle Meets Her Moment, At 88By Elizabeth G. Dunn
#PublicHealth#food#nutrition
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Day 10 cont 💸💰🪙

Opposition Leader “We [the #LNP government] had identified #JoeHockey’s work as #ambassador was crucial in doing this – identifying people who could have an #influence in the decision in and around the administration. That’s exactly what we did. This #PrimeMinister just hasn’t got any of that connection. There’s been no work done in the run-up to what was obviously being announced”

Connections, deals and nods to the 🎃 wont help the country in crisis 🥔.

#AusPol / #Liberal / #tariffs / #trade / #finance <theguardian.com/australia-news>

the Guardian · Australia election 2025 live: Labor pledges $1bn for mental health; Dutton and Albanese prepare for first debateFollow live
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JNSLCT

#SiliconCurtain

Sviatoslav #Hnizdovskyi - Trust Ukrainians - They Know Russia Always Breaks Agreements and Ceasefires

Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi is CEO at OpenMinds. He is an expert at countering #influence operations and #disinformation.

OpenMinds is a cognitive defence tech company countering authoritarian influence in the battle for free and open societies.

youtube.com/watch?v=JfgX9hIP2tI

openminds.ltd/

YouTubeSviatoslav Hnizdovskyi - Trust Ukrainians - They Know Russia Always Breaks Agreements and CeasefiresBy Silicon Curtain
#Ukraine#UkraineWar#StandWithUkraine
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Futurist Jim Carroll

"You need a vision bigger than you've been told is possible!"  - Kat Abughazaleh 

That's her phrase, not mine! She's 26-year-old Kat bAbughazaleh, and she's running for Congress. In the middle of her announcement video, she stated: "You need a vision bigger than you've been told is possible!"
I'm always a sucker for a good inspirational phrase - and I can also spot the nascent signs of what might be a major trend early on. This might be one of those moments.

Look, I swear to god I'm not working to turn my daily post into a political journal, but the timing of this video yesterday was just too perfect in light of my post earlier that day about the need for the system to get 'youthanized.'

So what's this post about? It's about what might happen when the social media/influencer generation gets aggressively involved in politics. Later in the video, she said this: “I say it’s time to drop the excuses and grow a fucking spine," And then, "We're focused on meeting constituent needs with one simple rule: What if we didn't suck?"

Talk about message clarity!

Watch the video for yourself, and try and tell me that this might not be the early sign of something happening in US politics right now.

youtube.com/watch?v=Z7OhclGO3C

And since US politics has a huge impact on whether the future unfolds or not, well, it's in the territory of this daily post. Yesterday, I was listening to The Daily podcast from the New York Times, and one political expert said that the Democrats might be having their own Tea Party moment, what with the anger at aging politicians and all. Maybe this was the moment stuff was thrown in the harbor.

The video is blowing up on social media right now - and no wonder. What we might be seeing right now is the first of a sudden groundswell of today's 20 and 30-year-olds launching themselves into a system that has become geriatric by design

**#Vision** **#Youth** **#Politics** **#Change** **#Influence** **#Future** **#Generation** **#Disruption** **#Leadership** **#Momentum**

Original post:jimcarroll.com/2025/03/decodin

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Euractiv

#ECR Leaders Demonstrate Unity Ahead of #EuropeanCouncilSummit [Promoted content]: Prominent conservative leaders gathered in #Brussels before the #EuropeanCouncilsummit, emphasizing their commitment to sovereignty, democracy, and national identity. The European Conservatives and Reformists (#ECR) Party's growing #influence is increasingly shaping #Europe's political landscape. euractiv.com/section/politics/

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Bi Sasquatch

Headline: Russian Malign Influence Campaigns Expand Onto Bluesky

Source: FDD.org

From the article: "The Russian influence operation known as Doppelganger has expanded onto the social media platform Bluesky to spread anti-Ukraine and antisemitic messages, according to a report released by Alliance4Europe on January 27.

"This activity, alongside a slate of other Russian malign influence campaigns emerging on Bluesky over the past few months, indicates that Moscow, which has historically used alternative platforms to reach right-wing audiences, has begun using a similar tactic to target the other side of the aisle. Bluesky is known for hosting an exodus of liberal users from X."

#Russia #BlueSky #Doppelganger
#SocialMedia #Influence #Disinformation

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fdd.org/analysis/policy_briefs

FDD · Russian Malign Influence Campaigns Expand Onto BlueskyThe Russian influence operation known as Doppelganger has expanded onto the social media platform Bluesky to spread anti-Ukraine and antisemitic messages, according to a report released by Alliance4Europe...
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Bi Sasquatch

Source: @nytimes

From the article: "A Russian organization linked to the Kremlin’s covert influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political advertisements on Facebook despite European and American restrictions barring companies from doing business with the organization, according to three organizations that track disinformation online.

"The Russian group, the Social Design Agency, evaded lax enforcement by Facebook to place an estimated $338,000 worth of ads aimed at European users over a period of 15 months that ended in October, even though the platform itself highlighted the threat, the three organizations said in a report released on Friday."

#Russia #Meta #SocialMedia #Influence #Disinformation

nytimes.com/2025/01/17/busines

Ads linked to Russian covert influence campaigns were placed by the Social Design Agency, a public relations company in Moscow.
The New York Times · Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block ThemBy Steven Lee Myers
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Bi Sasquatch

Source: @japantimes

From the article: "Russia and China are teaming up to collaborate in the information space and push their worldview onto global audiences.

"It is well-known that Russian and Chinese troll farms are active all over social media. Moscow in particular has long been the world’s leading propaganda expert, as evidenced by its deployment of “active measures” during the Cold War all the way to the current practice of flooding social media with inauthentic accounts and comments."

#China #Russia #SocialMedia #Influence #Disinformation

japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20

The Japan Times · China is taking a page from Russia’s disinformation playbookBy Maya Sobchuk
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