Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

Wie Russland die Epstein-Files für Propaganda nutzt#Selenskyj#Epstein-Affäre#Russland

Tech Abhängigkeit als Geschäftsmodell ⬇️

More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now. techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...

Incentives for more creator engagement and keeping privacy standards high. Seems very attractive considering alternative existing SoMe platforms. BlueSky on a spree to get more people to their platform…

The Benito effect... activity on Bluesky spiked 70% during the Super Bowl 👀

It's funny to see how tech leaders and executives are so surprised to be barred from visiting the US based on past infringement - as if it's a shock that they're being held to the same standard as the rest of the world… In any case, this will be bad for US business.

Repackaged surveillance nightmare… Incredible.

@anthropic.com hat einfach sehr klar gezeigt, was für eine Katastrophe Werbung sein kann im Zusammenhang mit KI Modellen!

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

The first big social media addiction case in the US is going before a jury. Tech Policy Press fellow Varsha Bansal breaks down what's at stake and what to expect in court, from executives testifying to troves of internal evidence showing companies knew the harm their designs caused.

Draggi’s answer a “pragmatic federalism” — where EU members willing to share more sovereignty opt in to unite in as many areas as they can find ways to progress in. On the ground, this approach is already being put to the test.

France, Austria, Netherlands, Spain…Czech Republic?

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

The backlash of posting this racist video and the additional disclosure of the Epstein files will probably lead to unhinged grand posturing at the Munich Security Conference by the US in an attempt to try to deflect from all of the domestic fallout…

TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The lack of accountability related to the Epstein files & depth of its ops confirms people’s instinct to distrust institutions. This failure feeds into existing trust deficits that adversaries will actively exploit

Real life consequences of conspiracy theories..

Die Auswertung des CfP ist in vollem Gange! Auch dank der fantastischen Track Teams, die uns in diesem Jahr wieder unterstützen. In den kommenden Tagen stellen wir sie euch vor. Los geht's mit unseren Expert*innen zum Themenschwerpunkt „Politik & Gesellschaft“. 🔗 re-publica.com/de/news/die-...

Perfect example of over engineering.. never understood the need for hidden car door handles. So many security risks…

💯 Infrastructure dependence is the second dimension / attack vector of the next gen of hybrid warfare…

Am staksten betroffen werden hier Microsoft und Zoom sein, wenn es darum geht die Verwaltung von US Tech zu emanzipieren.

Elon Musk zu Vernehmung in Paris vorgeladen#X#Deepfakes#Grok

"The French offices of the social network X, owned by Elon Musk, were raided on Tuesday, February 3, the Paris prosecutor's office announced." www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...

A simple meme capturing the very serious problem behind people‘s urge to humanize AI.

France, Austria and now the Netherlands…

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

What is mobilization potential in terms of influencers exactly? An very impactful example is Nick Shirley and everything that ensued after with ICE. Sure the US Gov was looking for an opening… and Shirley with his platform delivered….

Nonviolent resistance requires discipline… and is very powerful if consistent.

The biggest tech and AI companies spent a record $109 million on lobbying last year as they sought favorable policies from Donald Trump's administration.

X gets inspired by Bluesky… in other words, BlueSky is becoming serious competition for X

"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls..."

Long but very worthwhile read…

The p in politics stands for pettiness

Without the original ChatGPT accidentally tapping into the ELIZA effect, LLMs would have remained a curiosity, with extremely niche backend applications. But now we are living in the AI hype era, and any conversation about LLMs divorced from the parameters of the AI hype era is fanfiction.

Let’s see who blinks first…

From “clicktivism” coined during the occupy walls greed movement to clicktatorahip now. ..

Engineered collective mobilization made visible

Smarter people than me are obviously going through the details on all of this stuff but I genuinely don't see how any of the multiple insane things Trump is doing right now ever actually work out

Another data point indicating that Polymarket is not a “prediction market” but a public persuasion operation—here it spreads disinformation about Minnesota and DHS signals boosts the disinformation:

And so it begins… de-risking from the US

EU lawmakers urge ban on AI nudity apps after Grok scandal

Lets see if this is going to be permanent… www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'm just sitting here, trying to figure out how to threat model for armed, masked thugs who may kidnap you off the street, then steal, and possibly sell your phone.

Estimates for number killed in the Tiananmen Square massacre are greatly debated more than 30 years later. Experts say likely between 1,000-3,500. If CBS News warnings are true for Iran's 12,000-20,000 — we are looking at something 5x to 15x greater. A historic horror.

Collateral damage of spheres of influence power politics By pushing for regional dominance & power politics 🇺🇸 flattens its moral credibility It also confines itself to become a limited regional actor by shifting its focus to western hemisphere & miscalculated the role of non-aligned middle powers

"The world until recently believed that US-China decoupling was on the way. It turns out that most countries are now scrambling to de-risk from America." My column. as.ft.com/r/83099001-d...

Iran crisis live: Iranian regime is in its ‘final days and weeks’, says German chancellor