Estrada, Bonoan charged with plunder, graft over flood control scam www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

For my @princetonupress.bsky.social classmates #Reunions

Suspended for 6 months -- Mao Aplasca: Retired police chief, Davaoeño, mistah to Ronald dela Rosa www.rappler.com/people/profi... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy #ImpunityEnds

Did the Senate majority obstruct justice under Article 70 of the Rome Statute? The stories they tell -- Senate standoff: 2 sides tell different stories www.rappler.com/philippines/...

NBI chief: Robin Padilla a ‘person of interest’ in Bato dela Rosa’s Senate escape www.rappler.com/philippines/...

[EDITORIAL] Ang umano’y AC-DC raket ni Franco Mabanta www.rappler.com/voices/edito...

Calling them journalists is a disservice to all journalists - The charlatans in our midst www.rappler.com/voices/newsl... via @rappler.bsky.social

ICC confirms arrest warrant vs Bato dela Rosa rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Inspiring day at annual Sir Harry Evans Truth Tellers Summit capped by @tinabrownlm.bsky.social introing Matthew Rhys reading Harry’s immaculate prose. Also wowed by Nobel Peace Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social on ‘information armageddon’ and Walter Isaacson on the intersection of tech & culture.

Behind the scenes at Truth Tellers 2026 📸 A glimpse inside the green room. A chance to catch up, compare notes, and prepare before heading on stage. @mariaressa.bsky.social @tinabrownlm.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @leopoldolopedro.bsky.social @camanpour.bsky.social #sirharrysummit

Lawfare against journalists includes harassment of their lawyers, and worse. @mariaressa.bsky.social tells the @journalismfestival.com audience that in the Philippines, more lawyers are killed than journalists.

Always inspired by hugely resilient @mariaressa.bsky.social This #IJF26 panel with top human rights lawyers @caoilfhionn.bsky.social @karenkaiser.bsky.social showed the many dirty tricks used by autocratic regimes across the world to undermine journalists & the painstaking work needed to push back.

Fantastic session and @mariaressa.bsky.social , ever the consummate journalist, documenting it all 📸🤳

Essential reading. If you have not yet read this, please do. "Narrative Warfare and the Breakdown of Reality" @mariaressa.bsky.social and colleagues.

Must read report by @mariaressa.bsky.social and colleagues: "Narrative warfare and the breakdown of reality" "Having lived through the collapse of an information ecosystem before, we know that understanding the mechanism is the first step to resisting it." thenerve.co/story/report...

巨大テックに依存しない「情報社会」を　<巨大テック企業が放置するSNS上の偽情報の氾濫に警鐘>　マリア・レッサ www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6E... 日本経済新聞　フィリピン　Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social

Here’s the report: Narrative Warfare and the Breakdown of Reality thenerve.co/story/report-d… @ColumbiaIGP @ColumbiaSIPA we’re living through the collapse of our information ecosystem. How do we fight for facts?

🇵🇭 #Philippines: IPI welcomes the Supreme Court's decision to put an end to a nearly decade-long legal campaign to shut down @rappler.bsky.social. We urge judicial authorities to dismiss the last remaining case against Rappler CEO and co-founder @mariaressa.bsky.social. buff.ly/hWvAAvZ

Is our information ecosystem collapsing? How are you affected by AI slop? Here's what the research says.

CALL TO ACTION | Governments must act now to manage AI for the public good Elders and leading Artificial Intelligence experts urge governments to tackle escalating AI risks to ensure technology serves humanity, rather than endangering it. Read in full: theelders.org/news/governm...

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...