Well, that's exactly what @mariaressa.bsky.social keeps saying. Here, watch for yourselves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWpe...

For anyone losing hope in institutions and democracy, I really, really recommend reading "How to Stand up to a Dictator" by @mariaressa.bsky.social. Such an inspiring woman.

My employer Canterbury Shaker Village lost a small NEH grant. I wrote it. I used words such as "equality" and "citizenship." The same words were used in CHATGPT to cancel grants. The same words are in the nation's founding documents.

Rappler rolled out our matrix protocol chat app in 2023. In 2025, up to 65 news groups joined a shared reality: public chat rooms to strengthen local journalism. Sick of insidious manipulation of Big Tech? Join us! rappler.com/about/specia... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy #ReclaimOurRights

Threats within: Filipino spies in denial @rappler.bsky.social exclusive, Part 2: www.rappler.com/features/new...

I have just finished reading 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' by the amazing @mariaressa.bsky.social . This should be essential reading for anyone who is concerned about social networks and political power grabbing today. It happened in the Philippines ten years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese operation taps Filipinos to access top security info www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

At its inaugural meeting, the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI elected its first Co-Chairs: @yoshuabengio.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @mariaressa.bsky.social 🇵🇭 They’ll guide the Panel’s work, uphold its scientific integrity & report on the Panel’s work twice a year. First report: July 2026

Looking forward to working together @yoshuabengio.bsky.social @unodet.bsky.social

Important read from @mariaressa.bsky.social thenerve.co/story/report...

Everyone listen to @mariaressa.bsky.social Zuckerberg is the ultimate dictator youtu.be/TFdfiMhnRS0?...

2073 - 18 months after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival, still No2 movie in US on @hbomax.bsky.social @neon-rated.bsky.social THIS IS A WARNING Featuring @mariaressa.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Samantha Morton, Rana Ayyub and many other pre cogs.

On point: “there’s already one clear lesson for the rest of the world: If you have a nuclear weapon, you are safe from potential U.S. attack, and if you don’t have a nuclear weapon, you are vulnerable.”

Crowd-sourced data gives us a lens into how big the ICE surge was in MN compared to other places, visualized today in the Minnesota @startribune.com www.startribune.com/is-ice-reall...

"authoritarians have co-opted #technology... The Filipino #journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, has spent years raising the alarm about the dangerous ways the online landscape is being weaponized to silence and intimidate #women, particularly #journalists...

LIVE now 🔴 Join @mariaressa.bsky.social, Julie Posetti, Sarah Hendriks, and Jen Klein for a panel on the threat of online violence against women in public life. With intro remarks by @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Tune in: youtube.com/live/NyRaDdi... @citystgeorges.bsky.social

The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved to 85 seconds. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social gave the keynote—and went in on why the West is in "hell" and how AI plays a part. @mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/the-doomsday...

I am super grateful and happy to share with you what the incredible @mariaressa.bsky.social has to say about #PROPHECY: “Oxford philosopher Carissa Veliz traces the invisible forces that are insidiously manipulating us, stealing our data—and our agency. 1/

you know who else tried to imprison journalists? duterte where is he now? in a prison cell in the Hague see @mariaressa.bsky.social for the how-to btw if you missed her story, watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli... because when i think of heroes, i think of maria first.

Journalists are being arrested in the United States. It’s time for everyone to read @mariaressa.bsky.social’s How To Stand Up to a Dictator and watch the documentary A Thousand Cuts.

Must Read: How a meme became state policy then kinetic reality in less than a year thenerve.co/story/report...

Pope Leo decries world’s ‘zeal for war’ in fiery Vatican speech www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.bsky.social

PH says ‘concerned’ over US attack on Venezuela, ‘impact on rules-based order’ rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

US attack on Venezuela a ‘reality check’ for PH-US alliance, says De Lima www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

What will replace the old world order? www.rappler.com/world/asia-p...

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro deposed, captured after US strikes rappler.com/world/latin-... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Grok AI chatbot under scrutiny over sexualized images of women, minors on X www.rappler.com/technology/s... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

„For 2026, the mother of all battles is information integrity— knowing the difference between facts and lies. Win this, and we can win the rest. Lose this, and we lose everything,“ @mariaressa.bsky.social writes. „So build character in every choice in 2026. It’s what this year demands.“

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! I wrote this at the end of last year. Revisiting as I begin to write what happened in 2025 and to look ahead to the new year. Worth re-reading: Rebuilding from the rubble rappler.com/plus-members...

In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza www.rappler.com/world/global...

(1/2) China’s troll army: From teachers to riders, all fake www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban www.rappler.com/world/asia-p... via @rappler.bsky.social

@mariaressa.bsky.social is brilliant! When she warns us, we need to listen. #Disinformation #Fight4Truth www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

"The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or one government. It’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide enabled by democratic governments that abdicated their responsibility to protect the public" @mariaressa.bsky.social

Opening #GIJC25, @mariaressa.bsky.social offered a powerful warning: the world may have one year left to protect press freedom & rebuild sustainable journalism.
 Her solution? Collaborate, investigate, resist algorithmic manipulation & hold the line for facts.

A Nobel Laureate in my hometown reminds us in a bracing morning of the stakes today for our communities ... where info warfare & info integrity is core as the enshittification of civilisation is fuelled by broligarchs et al #trust #democracy #journalism #gijc25 @mariaressa.bsky.social

At #GIJC25, Nobel laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social urged journalists to embrace radical collaboration as press freedoms face mounting threats. 
“Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed…This is a time for radical collaboration...a time for creation."

“This is a time for radical collaboration.” — @mariaressa.bsky.social At #GIJC25, the Nobel laureate urged journalists to unite amid rising authoritarianism, disinformation, and shrinking press freedom – warning that 2026 may be a crucial year for media survival. 🔗 More: https://twp.ai/9PYUeX

Note from the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference: “This is a time for radical collaboration, a time for creation.” - @mariaressa.bsky.social #gijc2025

🌏 Day 1 of #GIJC25! We kicked off with a welcome from GIJN’s Emilia Díaz-Struck and @malaysiakini.com's Premesh Chandran, followed by a powerful keynote from @mariaressa.bsky.social. Attendees also joined GIJN + @pressfreedom.bsky.social in urging freedom for jailed journalists.

⏰ 11:00 CET: EU Parliamentary Democracy Forum kicks off 💬Speeches: @president.europarl.europa.eu, Søren Gade @folketinget.dk, @mariaressa.bsky.social 🇪🇺 @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social will discuss resilience, hybrid threats, interference & the #EUDemocracyShield 🔗 Info/stream link.europa.eu/G7fFyw

Today, my co-counsel in @mariaressa.bsky.social's case, Amal Clooney, met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Amal & George Clooney are in the Philippines for @rappler.bsky.social's Social Good Summit this weekend. Background: www.rappler.com/philippines/...

We kicked off day 2 with keynote address from Nobel Laureate and Co-founder/CEO of @rappler.bsky.social, @mariaressa.bsky.social, on the future of global digital governance. #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned #Attention2025

For our #democracy, I highly recommend this book I read over 2 years ago. @mariaressa.bsky.social talks about how disinformation on social media, especially Facebook & Twitter, lead to a dictatorship in the Philippines and the rise of Donald Trump. #DemocracyMatters #DemocracyInAction

Excellent book list to prevent the fascist cliff we are about to tumble off Including the wonderful @mariaressa.bsky.social MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN mailchi.mp/project-synd...

Thank you from the bottom of my heart @mariaressa.bsky.social for speaking up about Mzia and Georgia again!  Mzia Amaghlobeli has been jailed unfairly since January. She is the political prisoner of the regime. Why? because She is a journalist and founder of free media in Georgia.  📸@protest_24

Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Pope Leo urges news outlets not to ‘sell out’ for click-bait www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Pope Leo invokes criticism of Trump’s policies in first major document www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature www.rappler.com/life-and-sty... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy