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Eliot Higgins
8 days ago
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
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Anne Applebaum
12 days ago
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-letter-to-norway/685676/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3zvj3GM7jjcl1aBdZ1V8ekk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Nikolaus Forgó
15 days ago
Wie steht es um die Informationmssicherheit in Österreich und inwieweit hat das etwas mit der
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Ars Boni 611 Informationssicherheit (NIS 2)
YouTube video by Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law
https://youtu.be/_bRPWZTfGvc
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Astraia Intel 🎖️ 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸
18 days ago
White House.. Situation
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Anne Applebaum
22 days ago
Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant
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It's high time that some country gives Musk the Durov in France treatment.
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Abe Newman
24 days ago
1/Quick thoughts on Venezuela oil and what it means for world politics. Rather than a simple story of corporate oligarchy, more about Trump putting himself at the center of spoils that can be used to consolidate power i.e neo-royalism.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Trump says Venezuela to give up to 50 million barrels of oil to U.S.
Trump's announcement came days after U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and captured its leader, Nicolas Maduro, to be prosecuted on drug-trafficking charges.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/trump-venezuela-oil.html
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Leather Panel Popehat
24 days ago
Occasionally as a litigator you run across an opposing party who repeatedly breaches contracts and settlement agreements and legal requirements — just never abides by them. Generally competent lawyers point out that you shouldn’t do business with or enter contracts with that person. /1
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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti)
25 days ago
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
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ChrisO_wiki
25 days ago
1/ Elon Musk faces a spiralling worldwide crisis and growing legal jeopardy over child pornography and nonconsensual sexual images being generated through his Grok AI chatbot. Multiple countries and jurisdictions have now announced investigations into X and xAI. ⬇️
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NY Times Pitchbot
29 days ago
(1/X) The most popular thing leaders in either parties could do is throw an oligarch in jail. Srsly, would you blame someone for voting for Trump because Trump threw Zuck in the clink? And they all belong there, not just morally (they deserve far worse than a few years in jail morally), but...
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Ed Zitron
about 1 month ago
My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
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The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, ...
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifinancial-crisis/
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Minna Ålander 🌻
about 1 month ago
It’s interesting how the risk awareness that dependence on US systems - be it in digital services, defence, or payment methods - has been internalised fairly quickly in Europe. National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives
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Riksbankschef Erik Thedéen: Sverige för beroende av amerikanska kreditkortsföretag - Ekot
Riksbankschef Erik Thedéen anser att Sveriges betalsystem är för beroende av amerikanska kreditkortsföretag som Mastercard och Visa.I nuläget tycker Erik ...
https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/riksbankschef-erik-thedeen-sverige-for-beroende-av-amerikanska-kreditkortsforetag
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Nikolaus Forgó
about 1 month ago
Ich habe eine sehr ernsthafte Frage: Warum postet die Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission, Ursula von der Leyen, so etwas auf Twitter/X (Oh, the irony!) und die Europäische Kommission - Vertretung in Österreich repostet es auch noch? Quelle:
x.com/vonderleyen/...
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Armin Wolf
about 1 month ago
Der US-Präsident, der Medien auf zig Milliarden klagt, zusperren will, als „Volksfeinde“ denunziert und Journalistinnen als „Schweinchen“ beschimpft, geht mit Sanktionen gegen den „globalen Zensur-industriellen Komplex“ (aka EU) vor. Es ist nur noch irre.
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Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex
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Andy Brown
about 1 month ago
So much for freedom of speech. Alternative voices aren't even allowed into the deeply divided country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, says a
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39kngz008o
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Armin Wolf
about 1 month ago
Sehr gute Erklärung, warum dieser Fake-Werbe-Müll ständig auch auf seriösen Websites zu sehen ist. In Wahrheit müsste man „Programmatic Advertising“ - das völlig unkontrollierte vollautomatische Ausspielen von Werbung über Online-Marktplätze - verbieten. Wäre auch besser für die Medien.
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European Commission
about 1 month ago
Santa can keep the toys… What we really want for Christmas: people before algorithms.
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Anne Applebaum
about 2 months ago
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Micah
about 2 months ago
Elon does not fundamentally believe that any government or governing body should be allowed to constrain or regulate him in any way and he is deploying all of the vast resources at his command to make it so governments should act accordingly
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Drawing a line from Monty Python's "Life of Brian" to LLM security: a new blogpost from me:
www.cert.at/en/blog/2025...
about 2 months ago
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Die Tagespresse
2 months ago
Ex-Kanzler, Unternehmer und Vater Sebastian Kurz begehrt folgenden Widerruf gem. § 13 MedienG.
dietagespresse.com/auf-begehren...
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Auf Begehren von Sebastian Kurz: Widerruf gem. § 13 MedienG.
Ex-Kanzler, Unternehmer und Vater Sebastian Kurz begehrt folgenden Widerruf gem. § 13 MedienG. Also nicht von uns, aber vom "Standard".
https://dietagespresse.com/auf-begehren-von-sebastian-kurz-widerruf-gem-%c2%a7-13-medieng/
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Katie Mack
2 months ago
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Shipwreck
2 months ago
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
https://time.com/7336204/meta-lawsuit-files-child-safety/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=221125
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Eliot Higgins
2 months ago
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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2 months ago
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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kottke.org
3 months ago
A zoomable, fully searchable archive of every single page of every single issue of BYTE magazine from 1975-1998. “I hope seeing everything in single, searchable place offers a unique perspective.” (via @jonudell.bsky.social)
[byte.tsundoku.io]
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Tom Phillips
3 months ago
this is honestly my main argument against AGI hype
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Demos
3 months ago
Authors consider the case for democratic repair: what practices generate legitimacy, help build democratic resilience and restore institutional trust. Read the full paper here:
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
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Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
https://demos.co.uk/research/verification-deliberation-accountability-a-new-framework-for-tackling-epistemic-collapse-and-renewing-democracy/
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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The Shadowserver Foundation
3 months ago
Proud to support our Law Enforcement partners in another successful cybercrime disruption: Operation SIMCARTEL Great work everyone involved 👏
europol.europa.eu/media-press/...
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Yet another blogpost:
www.cert.at/en/blog/2025...
This time it's about law enforcement's aim to access encrypted information.
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Ingrid Brodnig
4 months ago
ChatGPT und Co fallen mit einer extrem freundlichen, nahezu schleimenden Tonalität auf - Sycophancy nennt man das Doch wie wirkt sich Sycophancy psychologisch aus? Und welche Geschäftsinteressen stehen dahinter? Dazu mein neuer Newsletter 👇
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Super Idee, sagt der Chatbot. Ist die Schmeichelei der KI ein Problem?
Die Chatbots schmeicheln uns: Welche psychologischen Auswirkungen das hat und welche Rolle die Geschäftsinteressen dahinter spielen können
https://steady.page/de/brodnig/posts/ff01b10e-2987-436e-be32-a4a66e8362d0
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Eliot Higgins
4 months ago
Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.
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Mike Galsworthy
4 months ago
History repeats.
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Robert Reich
4 months ago
The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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The Guardian
4 months ago
Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company
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Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company
Exclusive: Sarah Wynn-Williams faces $50,000 fine every time she breaches order banning her from criticising Meta A former Meta executive who wrote an explosive exposé making allegations about the social media company’s dealings with China and its treatment of teenagers is said to be “on the verge of bankruptcy” after publishing the book. An MP has claimed in parliament that Mark Zuckerberg’s company was trying to “silence and punish” Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of global public policy at Meta’s precursor, Facebook, after her decision to speak out about her time at the company. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/21/meta-expose-author-sarah-wynn-williams-faces-bankruptcy-after-ban-on-criticising-company?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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hilzoy
4 months ago
I liked "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose when it was part of a song, not a standing excuse for cowardly rich people and "large conglomerates." 😡
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Claire Willett
5 months ago
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
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J. C. Cantwell 🌻
5 months ago
last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)
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John C. Baez
5 months ago
New technology: A grid-scale battery in Scotland saved the day when a massive generator shut down unexpectedly. Suddenly 1,877 megawatts of supply was missing! But the new 200-megawatt battery station leapt into action within milliseconds.
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Grid-Scale Battery Stabilizes Scottish Power Supply
Grid-scale batteries in Scotland are stabilizing power supply with advanced grid-forming inverters.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/grid-scale-battery-scotland
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Daniel Kibblesmith
8 months ago
Extremely relatable.
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Eliot Higgins
5 months ago
What really needs to be banned are social media algorithms. This is just telling kids they can't have digital crack cocaine until they're 16.
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@tomlevenson.bsky.social
On vaccine side effects
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Kate Klonick
5 months ago
I watched the DSA and OSA "Censorship" Hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today so you don't have to. I have some questions. A 🧵 of my internet lawyer, free speech expert, First Amendment scholar ponderings, to no no one in particular: Why are we here? 1/
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Mal wieder ein Blogpost, dieses mal ein paar Gedanken - und viele Links - zum Thema Digitale Souveränität.
www.cert.at/de/blog/2025...
5 months ago
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Stoppt die Rechten
5 months ago
Der oö. FPÖ-Landesparteisekretär Michael Gruber lässt am Freitag um 23 Uhr (!) jene Presseaussendung verschicken, zu der er gerichtlich verpflichtet wurde: Er muss seine diffamierende Behauptung über das
@doew.at
widerrufen. Na dann helfen wir ihm doch, seinen Widerruf zu verbreiten!
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫
5 months ago
Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
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Nikolaus Forgó
5 months ago
Unangenehm.
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...
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https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/digital-services-act-usa-erwaegen-offenbar-sanktionen-wegen-eu-digitalgesetzes/100150545.html
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