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Andi Fugard 1d ago

Aliide 1d ago

"Both sides accuse". Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia lies constantly; the "ceasefire" was never going to be a ceasefire. Anything Ukraine does in self-defence is justified. Why are people still treating this like Russia and Ukraine are mutually culpable?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/ukraine-war-briefing-easter-truce-expires-as-both-sides-accuse-the-other-of-violations\

#Ukraine #russia #russiainvadedUkraine #russiaUkrainewar #Ukrainewar #falsebalance #media #genocide #journalism #war #news

Andi Fugard 1d ago

An attempt to explore whether Horty’s prioritised default logic can help reason about value clashes when interpreting evidence from evaluations: https://andifugard.info/applying-deontic-logic-to-policy-evaluation/ #evaluation #ProgramEvaluation #PolicyEvaluation

Applying a deontic logic to policy evaluation – Andi Fugard (∧⇒)

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Andi Fugard Apr 6

I suspect some of this intersects with your interests, @UlrikeHahn - pointers welcome on what to read next would be very gratefully received. I'm on Horty at the mo.

Andi Fugard Apr 6

I've disappeared down is-ought and deontic logic rabbit holes. Fun stuff, combining my current job in social policy evaluation with my past in the psychology of reasoning and computer science.
https://andifugard.info/what-should-the-is-ought-thesis-state/

What should the is-ought thesis state? – Andi Fugard (∧⇒)

Andi Fugard Mar 29

Nicola Rennie Mar 27

🎉 ggauto is now on CRAN 🎉

An #RStats package that selects better chart types, and provides more accessible styling for #ggplot2 plots 📊

Blog post explaining why I made it and how it works: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introducing-ggauto/

#DataViz

Introducing ggauto: automating better charts – Nicola Rennie

The ggauto package is an opinionated ggplot2 extension package that aims to help people make better charts by default. This blog post explains why it exists and how it works.

Nicola Rennie

Andi Fugard Mar 27

Aliide Mar 26

On how Russia's attempts at indoctrinating Ukrainian children in the temporarily occupied territories, are another prong of its war on Ukrainian identity and nationhood. Me, for Jamestown:

https://jamestown.org/russian-indoctrination-of-ukrainian-children-is-war-on-ukraines-future/

#Ukraine #russia #genocide #war #russiaukraineWar #imperialism #indoctrination #news #education

Russian Indoctrination of Ukrainian Children is War on Ukraine’s Future - Jamestown

Andi Fugard Mar 23

Adrianna Mar 22

Hated Louis Theroux's #manosphere. He did not explore or explain why these ideas are wrong and harmful, he just glamourised and legitimised these influencers, boosting their views on social media and broadening their reach by putting them on netflix. Whatever your views before watching, the "documentary" would only solidify them after. What a missed opportunity.

Andi Fugard Mar 21

Aliide Mar 20

Stop referring to Steve Sweeney as a "journalist". He works for Russian state television. He's a propagandist. Even the current DOS website notes that RT moved beyond being a media entity and is "engaged in information operations, covert influence, and military procurement".

#media #journalism #stevesweeney #medianews #news #lebanon #israel #russia #reporting #ukraine #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda

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