Rabbit Hole
See what people are claiming online - rumors, conspiracy theories, and questionable content.
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We collect stories that are spreading online - things like conspiracy theories, fake videos, and propaganda - so you can see what's being said and make up your own mind about what's real.
Propaganda
Agenda-pushing content
Rumor
Unverified theories
Deepfake
AI-generated fakes
Influence Ops
Organized campaigns
What legal rights do you have in encounters with ICE?
What legal rights do you have in encounters with ICE?
When Hallucination Costs Millions: Benchmarking AI Agents in High-Stakes Adversarial Financial Markets
We present CAIA, a benchmark exposing a critical blind spot in AI evaluation: the inability of state-of-the-art models to operate in adversarial, high-stakes environments where misinformation is weaponized and errors are irreversible. While existing benchmarks measure task completion in controlled settings, real-world deployment demands resilience against active deception. Using crypto markets as a testbed where $30 billion was lost to exploits in 2024, we evaluate 17 models on 178 time-ancho...
Compression Tells Intelligence: Visual Coding, Visual Token Technology, and the Unification
"Compression Tells Intelligence", is supported by research in artificial intelligence, particularly concerning (multimodal) large language models (LLMs/MLLMs), where compression efficiency often correlates with improved model performance and capabilities. For compression, classical visual coding based on traditional information theory has developed over decades, achieving great success with numerous international industrial standards widely applied in multimedia (e.g., image/video) systems. E...
Conformity Dynamics in LLM Multi-Agent Systems: The Roles of Topology and Self-Social Weighting
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly instantiated as interacting agents in multi-agent systems (MAS), where collective decisions emerge through social interaction rather than independent reasoning. A fundamental yet underexplored mechanism in this process is conformity, the tendency of agents to align their judgments with prevailing group opinions. This paper presents a systematic study of how network topology shapes conformity dynamics in LLM-based MAS through a misinformation detec...
Same Claim, Different Judgment: Benchmarking Scenario-Induced Bias in Multilingual Financial Misinformation Detection
Large language models (LLMs) have been widely applied across various domains of finance. Since their training data are largely derived from human-authored corpora, LLMs may inherit a range of human biases. Behavioral biases can lead to instability and uncertainty in decision-making, particularly when processing financial information. However, existing research on LLM bias has mainly focused on direct questioning or simplified, general-purpose settings, with limited consideration of the comple...
MisSpans: Fine-Grained False Span Identification in Cross-Domain Fake News
Online misinformation is increasingly pervasive, yet most existing benchmarks and methods evaluate veracity at the level of whole claims or paragraphs using coarse binary labels, obscuring how true and false details often co-exist within single sentences. These simplifications also limit interpretability: global explanations cannot identify which specific segments are misleading or differentiate how a detail is false (e.g., distorted vs. fabricated). To address these gaps, we introduce MisSpa...
ExDR: Explanation-driven Dynamic Retrieval Enhancement for Multimodal Fake News Detection
The rapid spread of multimodal fake news poses a serious societal threat, as its evolving nature and reliance on timely factual details challenge existing detection methods. Dynamic Retrieval-Augmented Generation provides a promising solution by triggering keyword-based retrieval and incorporating external knowledge, thus enabling both efficient and accurate evidence selection. However, it still faces challenges in addressing issues such as redundant retrieval, coarse similarity, and irreleva...
Social Media - Don’t worry: ‘Exploding trees’ aren’t what they sound like
Trees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.
The Role of Employment Flexibility in Enhancing the Competitiveness of Temporary Staffing Service Providers in Poland
This paper examines the role of employment flexibility in enhancing the competitiveness of firms using temporary staffing services, with empirical evidence from Poland. The study focuses on how flexible employment arrangements influence operational efficiency, cost reduction, workforce scalability, market responsiveness, and client satisfaction. A quantitative survey was conducted among managers and owners of Polish enterprises that cooperate with temporary staffing agencies, using purposeful...
Did Anthony Edwards donate $514K game check to ICE?
There's no record of the Minnesota Timberwolves star announcing such a donation.
Social Media - Social media posts misidentify Alex Pretti shooter as Evan Kilgore
Evan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
The connection between the spread of misinformation, time of day, and individual user activity patterns
Social media manipulation poses a significant threat to cognitive autonomy and unbiased opinion formation. Prior literature explored the relationship between online activity and emotional state, cognitive resources, sunlight and weather. However, a limited understanding exists regarding the role of time of day in content spread and the impact of user activity patterns on susceptibility to mis- and disinformation. This work uncovers a strong correlation between user activity patterns and the t...
Benny Johnson - Vacant California lot was temporary shelter for homeless registered voters, not a sign of fraud
Video showing a vacant lot at a Venice, California, address where 26 voters were registered exposes voter fraud.
Did the US give Greenland back to Denmark? Trump omits history, invokes Iceland in Davos speech
Did US own Greenland? Fact-checking Trump’s Davos speech
Fact-checking Donald Trump's Davos speech on Greenland, US economy
Fact-checking Donald Trump's Davos speech
Finding a Private Knowledgebase That Actually Works
Level up your workflow! Do you ever feel like there’s a mountain of information you’d love to master, but you have no way to cram it all into your brain? You’re not alone. I’ve been fascinated by Personal Knowledge‑Management (PKM) tools for years, trying to find a system that is […] The post Finding a Private Knowledgebase That Actually Works appeared first on Activist Post .
Census Data Signals Deep Trouble for Democrats After 2030
Census Data Signals Deep Trouble for Democrats After 2030 Democrats are staring down a demographic nightmare that could keep them out of power for years. Fresh Census Bureau estimates for 2025 paint a grim picture for the party. While red states are growing with new residents, blue states are losing population. As a result, experts predict that House seats and Electoral College votes will shift toward GOP turf after the 2030 Census. Jonathan Cervas, a redistricting and apportionment expert at...
Iran – Socrates & Geopolitics
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, you warned that Iran would face a crisis in February 2026. You also said Iran would enter a period of extreme conflict with the turning point in 2024. Now we have ships moving to Iran. Socrates has been showing a sharp rise in volatility beginning in February into […] The post Iran – Socrates & Geopolitics appeared first on Activist Post .
Brooch from Audrey Hepburn's collection sells for more than €355,000 at Paris auction
The estimated price of the piece was €40,000-60,000
Left Wing ‘Resist’ Libs From Hollywood Line Up Behind Eric Swalwell’s Bid for Governor in California
Rep. The post Left Wing ‘Resist’ Libs From Hollywood Line Up Behind Eric Swalwell’s Bid for Governor in California appeared first on The Gateway Pundit .