Geoffroy Berson
@geoffrooy.bsky.social
🇫🇷 in 🇿🇦 • I work in digital transformation & international cooperation • 🌍 Climate conscious. History nerd. Curious about stuff.
🐘 en français https://mastodon.cloud/@geoffrooy
🐘 en français https://mastodon.cloud/@geoffrooy
Debates in Parliament, policy in favor of data centres, new startups, protests, concerns on the environment or the representation of local cultures…
I’m discovering in this NYT piece that Chile is a great example of a torn society questioning the future of AI
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
I’m discovering in this NYT piece that Chile is a great example of a torn society questioning the future of AI
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Debates in Parliament, policy in favor of data centres, new startups, protests, concerns on the environment or the representation of local cultures…
I’m discovering in this NYT piece that Chile is a great example of a torn society questioning the future of AI
🇨🇱
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
I’m discovering in this NYT piece that Chile is a great example of a torn society questioning the future of AI
🇨🇱
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Despite everything else going on, France last night honoured Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who ended the death penalty in 🇫🇷 in 1981. He entered the Panthéon in a moving moment of national tribute that the French do so well
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Despite everything else going on, France last night honoured Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who ended the death penalty in 🇫🇷 in 1981. He entered the Panthéon in a moving moment of national tribute that the French do so well
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French President Macron speaking on German reunification:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
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“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
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October 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
French President Macron speaking on German reunification:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
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“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
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📚 I enjoyed reading @gavinmevans.bsky.social’s book on white supremacy.
One of my takeaways: while the conspiracy theory of a white genocide in 🇿🇦 is not very powerful locally (everyone knows it’s BS), it’s very influential overseas and cited by most supremacist mass killers in their testaments
One of my takeaways: while the conspiracy theory of a white genocide in 🇿🇦 is not very powerful locally (everyone knows it’s BS), it’s very influential overseas and cited by most supremacist mass killers in their testaments
September 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
📚 I enjoyed reading @gavinmevans.bsky.social’s book on white supremacy.
One of my takeaways: while the conspiracy theory of a white genocide in 🇿🇦 is not very powerful locally (everyone knows it’s BS), it’s very influential overseas and cited by most supremacist mass killers in their testaments
One of my takeaways: while the conspiracy theory of a white genocide in 🇿🇦 is not very powerful locally (everyone knows it’s BS), it’s very influential overseas and cited by most supremacist mass killers in their testaments
📱 It's not a bill proposal yet, but French MPs suggest banning social media for under 15s and establishing a social media curfew (10pm-8am) for teenagers
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
French MP accuses TikTok of ‘deliberately’ endangering young users
The French parliamentary report on TikTok pillories the platform, accusing it of exposing children to dangerous content.
www.euronews.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📱 It's not a bill proposal yet, but French MPs suggest banning social media for under 15s and establishing a social media curfew (10pm-8am) for teenagers
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
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Last night in Poland we saw the most serious European airspace violation by Russia since the war began, and indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental.
I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)
I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Last night in Poland we saw the most serious European airspace violation by Russia since the war began, and indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental.
I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)
I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)
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Since January 20, Russian air raids in Ukraine have intensified dramatically
September 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Since January 20, Russian air raids in Ukraine have intensified dramatically
Constructive thoughts on the future of development aid, by the always excellent @kopalo.bsky.social
www.africanistperspective.com/p/how-should...
www.africanistperspective.com/p/how-should...
How should development practice (and institutions) approach the coming reforms in the aid sector?
The past is gone. And there are lots of reasons not to mourn for its reinstatement.
www.africanistperspective.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Constructive thoughts on the future of development aid, by the always excellent @kopalo.bsky.social
www.africanistperspective.com/p/how-should...
www.africanistperspective.com/p/how-should...
"To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an ICC prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes."
[…]
"It was a wake-up call for a problem far bigger than just one email account"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
[…]
"It was a wake-up call for a problem far bigger than just one email account"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an ICC prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes."
[…]
"It was a wake-up call for a problem far bigger than just one email account"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
[…]
"It was a wake-up call for a problem far bigger than just one email account"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
Opened instagram.
Iranian rocket sad memes, Iranian rocket memes with trendy music, Iranian rockets from an airplane, Iranian rockets from a dance floor in Lebanon.
Closed instagram.
Iranian rocket sad memes, Iranian rocket memes with trendy music, Iranian rockets from an airplane, Iranian rockets from a dance floor in Lebanon.
Closed instagram.
June 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Opened instagram.
Iranian rocket sad memes, Iranian rocket memes with trendy music, Iranian rockets from an airplane, Iranian rockets from a dance floor in Lebanon.
Closed instagram.
Iranian rocket sad memes, Iranian rocket memes with trendy music, Iranian rockets from an airplane, Iranian rockets from a dance floor in Lebanon.
Closed instagram.
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
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70,000 African artifacts are held at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac in France
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/online-res...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/online-res...
April 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
70,000 African artifacts are held at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac in France
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/online-res...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/online-res...
Daron Acemoglu after the Paris AI Summit:
"🇪🇺 leaders will need to invest in the necessary digital infrastructure, design regulations that do not discourage investment or drive away researchers, and create financing mechanisms that startups need to scale up"
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
"🇪🇺 leaders will need to invest in the necessary digital infrastructure, design regulations that do not discourage investment or drive away researchers, and create financing mechanisms that startups need to scale up"
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Will We Squander the AI Opportunity? | by Daron Acemoglu - Project Syndicate
Daron Acemoglu worries that the technology is on track to disempower, rather than complement, most of humanity.
www.project-syndicate.org
April 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Daron Acemoglu after the Paris AI Summit:
"🇪🇺 leaders will need to invest in the necessary digital infrastructure, design regulations that do not discourage investment or drive away researchers, and create financing mechanisms that startups need to scale up"
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
"🇪🇺 leaders will need to invest in the necessary digital infrastructure, design regulations that do not discourage investment or drive away researchers, and create financing mechanisms that startups need to scale up"
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
"As we face a 🇺🇸 administration retreating from multilateralism, the imperative for alternative leadership becomes even more urgent. 🇧🇷's COP30 presidency & 🇿🇦's G20 leadership can forge a new alliance for meaningful climate action"
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Vacuum
How Brazil and South Africa have the opportunity to reshape the global order
marianamazzucato.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"As we face a 🇺🇸 administration retreating from multilateralism, the imperative for alternative leadership becomes even more urgent. 🇧🇷's COP30 presidency & 🇿🇦's G20 leadership can forge a new alliance for meaningful climate action"
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The @newyorker.com interviewed @africaisacountry1.bsky.social to decipher the influence of apartheid-era 🇿🇦 nostalgia in the Trump administration, and that makes a good read
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Make South Africa Great Again?
How the country’s post-apartheid politics may inform the world view of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The @newyorker.com interviewed @africaisacountry1.bsky.social to decipher the influence of apartheid-era 🇿🇦 nostalgia in the Trump administration, and that makes a good read
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee:
"One might be tempted to find common ground with governments by pointing out where aid could serve the interest of the donor. But to do just that is a mistake. The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are"
www.ft.com/content/43e9...
"One might be tempted to find common ground with governments by pointing out where aid could serve the interest of the donor. But to do just that is a mistake. The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are"
www.ft.com/content/43e9...
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Foreign aid can be effective without the US
In the wake of USAID cuts, wealthy nations and individuals must take the reins
www.ft.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee:
"One might be tempted to find common ground with governments by pointing out where aid could serve the interest of the donor. But to do just that is a mistake. The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are"
www.ft.com/content/43e9...
"One might be tempted to find common ground with governments by pointing out where aid could serve the interest of the donor. But to do just that is a mistake. The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are"
www.ft.com/content/43e9...
🇪🇺 One of the good things about the current situation is that the #Eurostack concept seems to be having a momentum as a pathway for Europe's digital sovereignty / strategic autonomy. Hoping concrete steps can be taken soon.
Here explained in FP
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/e...
Here explained in FP
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/e...
Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony
The EuroStack is the continent’s last chance for technological sovereignty in the era of AI.
foreignpolicy.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🇪🇺 One of the good things about the current situation is that the #Eurostack concept seems to be having a momentum as a pathway for Europe's digital sovereignty / strategic autonomy. Hoping concrete steps can be taken soon.
Here explained in FP
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/e...
Here explained in FP
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/e...
🇱🇸 Second time in a few weeks that the small landlocked country of #Lesotho is targeted by the Trump administration
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Only job I know’: tiny Lesotho’s garment workers reel from Trump’s 50% tariffs
Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policy
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🇱🇸 Second time in a few weeks that the small landlocked country of #Lesotho is targeted by the Trump administration
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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“For more than two decades, surveillance towers at the border have proven to be a boondoggle, and adding AI isn’t going to make it any less of a boondoggle — it will just be an AI-powered boondoggle,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @theintercept.com.
Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border
Google is part of a Customs and Border Protection plan to use machine learning for surveillance, documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal.
theintercept.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“For more than two decades, surveillance towers at the border have proven to be a boondoggle, and adding AI isn’t going to make it any less of a boondoggle — it will just be an AI-powered boondoggle,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @theintercept.com.
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Only 16% of Germans say one can trust the US. That’s just 6%pts over Russia and a minus of 38%pts.
Source www.tagesschau.de/inland/deuts...
Source www.tagesschau.de/inland/deuts...
March 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Only 16% of Germans say one can trust the US. That’s just 6%pts over Russia and a minus of 38%pts.
Source www.tagesschau.de/inland/deuts...
Source www.tagesschau.de/inland/deuts...