… ‘the sense of stability engendered by the balancing of Maga with AI is distinctly precarious’. And what happens if the bubble bursts? @adamtooze.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4nMA5K0 Maga + AI is not a recipe for stability

The world is shifting fast. As geopolitics, tech and power dynamics reshape our future, what role for Europe in 2040? Join the #ESPAS conference to debate how the EU can navigate a changing world. #StrategicForesight 🗓️ 13 November 👉 Info & streaming: www.espas.eu/conference20...

Celebrating Danish libraries ❤️ ... and let's use the occasion to celebrate #PublicLibraries everywhere 📚 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...

"It doesn’t display the same transparency but it is asking for the same trust " Grateful for the chance to comment on the difference between Grok and @wikipedia.org in The Guardian today

📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power: 💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million 🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists 🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day @lobbycontrol.bsky.social

As pressures on democracy and our infosphere continue to grow, the role of scientists is increasingly politicised and at risk. @egu.eu's webinar on 13 November, featuring @lewan.bsky.social, offers an overview of how scientists can respond and safeguard their work. www.egu.eu/webinars/646...

Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence

on.ft.com/4hFHlWx Trump’s university backlash drives US researchers towards Europe

It’s not easy to break free from deep dependencies. But it can be done. ICC to drop MS for German alternative ⬇️ www.euractiv.com/news/interna...

After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Excellent @willoremus.com piece about the launch of Grokipedia, Elon’s historical relationship with Wikipedia, and whether AI language models (as opposed to humans) are good enough to write a trustworthy encyclopedia. On that point, I agree with @jimmywales.bsky.social Gift link: wapo.st/47PKzTd

Our new recurring feature covers key stories from the world of campaign finance and influence buying, from the AI industry to unprecedented levels of super PAC support for a lame-duck president. bit.ly/42wEcSM

“Professing love for Hitler is more than anti-Semitic—it’s antihuman,” George Packer argues. The Young Republicans’ texts “degrade all of us”:

We should be asking this c o n s t a n t l y.

Breaking: Tucker Carlson calls Putin a female leader 🔽

Brussels’s tech laws have come under pressure ever since the new US administration took office in January.

Call for Papers now open for the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 8-10 April 2026. Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation. Hosted with @mctd.bsky.social. Information: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

Delighted to meet Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland @radek-sikorski.bsky.social in Warsaw 🇵🇱 🇪🇺 is showing solidarity with 🇵🇱& other frontline MSs supporting their defence efforts - through initiatives #EDIP, #SAFE, flagships such as #DroneWall, simplification omnibuses, and the new #MFF

Remember how Jim Jordan was celebrating last week, claiming Google had censored conservatives and his committee uncovered it? Well, his own committee's documents show he's lying. open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...

The future of Moldova is in Europe! 🇪🇺🇲🇩 On this historic step forward, the people of Moldova have chosen the path of democracy, hope and opportunities. They have chosen Europe. Europa este Moldova. Moldova este Europa.

The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide. A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades. Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment. → europa.eu/!jcnGgP #ChooseEurope

Are you looking for work in a research group that is led by an ERC grantee? There more than 100 currently open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 europa.eu/!gdXPfd #ChooseEurope #jobs #research

Parliament has approved a six-month extension of the mandate of two special committees. The European Democracy Shield committee, chaired by @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social , until 3 August 2026, and the Housing Crisis committee, chaired by Irene Tinagli, until 30 July 2026.

When free speech is defined as the right to spread hate speech and disinformation, while making money from the societal disarray that results, it is not free speech at all.

💬 HR/VP @kajakallas.bsky.social: "A new global order is in the making, but how we respond to this is entirely up to us. We must grow our geopolitical power and work on how we can be united, or change the rules so that we can adopt decisions, otherwise we are just not taken seriously."

"...Mr. Musk and his artificial intelligence company, xAI, have tweaked the chatbot to make its answers more conservative on many issues, according to an analysis of thousands of its responses by The New York Times. The shifts appear, in some cases, to reflect Mr. Musk’s political priorities."

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged operations in Greenland on.ft.com/4oSRTVC

On Ukraine’s Independence Day, the colours of freedom, courage and bravery shine bright at @europarl.europa.eu 🇪🇺🇺🇦

My latest op-ed for the Financial Times: "Tech does not deserve special legal treatment" www.ft.com/content/6a28...

new paper with some relevance to the state of the union: “Oligarchy, State, and Cryptopia” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Des chercheurs ont découvert mis à jour des organisations douteuses qui produisent à grande échelle des études fausses ou de mauvaise qualité qui se multiplient. « Si cette tendance ne s'arrête pas, la science va être détruite », a déclaré Luís A. Nunes Amaral, auteur de l'étude.

Mark Zuckerberg fired pro fact checkers after Trump got re-elected. So @washingtonpost.com I tested Zuck's replacement: crowdsourced "community notes." Over 4 months, I drafted 65—debunking lies ranging from Mr. Rogers to ICE. Spoiler alert: It failed to make a dent. Read 👉 wapo.st/3IZ1Al1

It's not impossible, you just grow some backbone.

The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:

High media literacy + traditional news curb conspiracy belief. #GLOBSECTrends2025: nearly half of CEE citizens suspect hidden elites run the world, but steady exposure to trusted info cuts that risk. bit.ly/GLOBSECTrends2025

French prosecutor investigates X algorithm alleging foreign interference ↘️ www.politico.eu/article/fran...

What could possibly go wrong?

Denmark takes over the EU Presidency today. No easy task at a time when pressures on democracy keep mounting globally, amid growing geostrategic turmoil. More about the European Democracy Shield (and related priorities of the Danish presidency) here: www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...

on.ft.com/4l6VZXn Big Tech pushes for 10-year ban on US states regulating AI

In Nature Human Behaviour, Peter Gleick calls on scientists who are able and willing to do so to speak out publicly against the Trump administration’s attack on science, and argues that although dissent carries risks, it is riskier to stay silent. go.nature.com/3FIV7cC 🧪

💡 Are you a Moldovan CSO working on electoral integrity, civic participation, democratic governance, or media resilience? Check our latest call for application ⬇️ 🖇️ epd.eu/opportunitie...

And here we go: Billionaire's effect vs #BrusselsEffect - US corporate 'diplomacy' has eclipsed executive diplomacy www.wsj.com/politics/pol... @wsj.com

🎧 In a new episode of Communicating International Security, EDMO Secretary-General @goripaula.bsky.social dissects key issues at the intersection of #climate, #security, and #disinformation. Listen to the episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1YXx...

Kongens triumf i Grønland sætter Trump skakmat - Altinget www.altinget.dk/artikel/kong...

Bonne nouvelle. L’Union européenne finance de nouveaux projets à hauteur de 5 millions d’euros pour renforcer l’éducation aux médias et la résilience face à la désinformation

The Kremlin's calls for elections in Ukraine aren't about democracy - it is #disinformation. Moscow tries to mask its own aggression, undermine Kyiv, and discredit any potential vote. The real aim: dismantling Ukraine. Read #DisinfoReview & #DontBeDeceived 👉 euvsd.info/yI4M9Er4

A guide to text etiquette so simple, even a government official could use it.

We've tried to summarised our conference of AI and the future of news in this piece. You can easily jump to different sections, watch videos for each of the panels and find insights on oral languages, AI coverage, FT's AI playground and so much more reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-and-...

En afstemning fandt først, at kun få ville købe en Tesla. Men efter resultatet blev delt på X, ændrede det sig. “Det er en gruppe, som ikke skyer midler i forhold til at bruge digitale platforme til at føre den her form for informationskrig,” siger ekspert #smdk #Tesla