Jasper Bronkhorst
@jbronkhorst.bsky.social
Solid journalism and factfinding are more important than ever | geopolitics | photography | cinema | Information Vertigo is the single biggest problem of our time | hate gen AI memes | ashamed for my current Dutch government
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If you think current social media is bad, wait until the metaverse and mixed reality are widely adopted in exchange for endless entertainment and free shit 💩, disinformation and misinformation is nothing in comparison to what’s coming. Your attention is your world, your reality.
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Soms denk je in Hillywood: ben ik nu echt zo radicaal, maar dan zie je dit en denk je: nee, we zijn gewoon allemaal volkomen onverschillig geworden en er is alle reden daar radicaal tegen in te gaan. Niet normaal maken wat niet normaal is. Briljant verwoord door #paulwitteman
100 jaar VARA ❤️💥🙏🏽
100 jaar VARA ❤️💥🙏🏽
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Soms denk je in Hillywood: ben ik nu echt zo radicaal, maar dan zie je dit en denk je: nee, we zijn gewoon allemaal volkomen onverschillig geworden en er is alle reden daar radicaal tegen in te gaan. Niet normaal maken wat niet normaal is. Briljant verwoord door #paulwitteman
100 jaar VARA ❤️💥🙏🏽
100 jaar VARA ❤️💥🙏🏽
Wat een krachtig beeld.
Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil
Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Wat een krachtig beeld.
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Wrote a book about this as it was happening!
- political influencers are the new propagandists
- influencers + algorithms + online crowds shape public opinion
- the right is a hell of a lot better at it than the left
For more evolving online trends, a substack: agentsofinfluence.substack.com 😛
- political influencers are the new propagandists
- influencers + algorithms + online crowds shape public opinion
- the right is a hell of a lot better at it than the left
For more evolving online trends, a substack: agentsofinfluence.substack.com 😛
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream reut.rs/3LO6yCi
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream
A Reuters examination details how rightist influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance, working together to target perceived adversaries, amplify false claims and reshape the media landscape. The shift comes as a growing number of social platforms and traditional outlets accommodate Trump.
reut.rs
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Wrote a book about this as it was happening!
- political influencers are the new propagandists
- influencers + algorithms + online crowds shape public opinion
- the right is a hell of a lot better at it than the left
For more evolving online trends, a substack: agentsofinfluence.substack.com 😛
- political influencers are the new propagandists
- influencers + algorithms + online crowds shape public opinion
- the right is a hell of a lot better at it than the left
For more evolving online trends, a substack: agentsofinfluence.substack.com 😛
@hugoreitsma.bsky.social heel interessant onderzoek van Duitse sociaal-democratische denktank over tech-autocraten, misschien eens Marietje Schaake uitnodigen voor jullie podcast?
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
@hugoreitsma.bsky.social heel interessant onderzoek van Duitse sociaal-democratische denktank over tech-autocraten, misschien eens Marietje Schaake uitnodigen voor jullie podcast?
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
Meta verdiende in 2024 15 miljard dollar aan scams en desinformatie... @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Meta verdiende in 2024 15 miljard dollar aan scams en desinformatie... @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Meta made billions of dollars in spreading desinformation and scams. Tech corporations should be overseen and regulated up to the very last algo they have running. Are you watching @ec.europa.eu? #DSA
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Meta made billions of dollars in spreading desinformation and scams. Tech corporations should be overseen and regulated up to the very last algo they have running. Are you watching @ec.europa.eu? #DSA
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Kap met deze coalitie "centrumrechts" te noemen, dat is hardnekkige VVD-propaganda die ze manipulatief in al hun spotjes en verkiezingspraatjes ramden.
Centrum-rechts + centrum-rechts + radicaal rechts + extreem-rechts = rechts. RECHTS.
Yesilgoz flikt dit truukje al maanden, ook door PvdA/GL vals
Centrum-rechts + centrum-rechts + radicaal rechts + extreem-rechts = rechts. RECHTS.
Yesilgoz flikt dit truukje al maanden, ook door PvdA/GL vals
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Kap met deze coalitie "centrumrechts" te noemen, dat is hardnekkige VVD-propaganda die ze manipulatief in al hun spotjes en verkiezingspraatjes ramden.
Centrum-rechts + centrum-rechts + radicaal rechts + extreem-rechts = rechts. RECHTS.
Yesilgoz flikt dit truukje al maanden, ook door PvdA/GL vals
Centrum-rechts + centrum-rechts + radicaal rechts + extreem-rechts = rechts. RECHTS.
Yesilgoz flikt dit truukje al maanden, ook door PvdA/GL vals
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Humanity thrives on friction—but AI is built to make everything seem easy, Raffi Krikorian writes. In losing the unpredictable, chaotic, and surprising, AI has “stripped us of something profoundly human.”
The Validation Machines
Humanity thrives on friction—so why are the tools of the future built to make everything seem so easy?
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Wat een geradicaliseerde schooier.
Dit kan je niet maken #geertwilders. Dit is #rechtsstaat ondermijnend. Zo onafhankelijk & deskundig als de Nederlandse #Kiesraad krijg je ze bijna niet. Trumpiaans soort #hetze Wilders deelt berichten die suggereren dat Kiesraad niet onafhankelijk is nos.nl/collectie/14... via @NOS
Wilders deelt berichten die suggereren dat Kiesraad niet onafhankelijk is
In dit liveblog lees je het laatste politieke nieuws over de uitslag van de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen.
nos.nl
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wat een geradicaliseerde schooier.
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Woah what a cover from Handelsblatt.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Woah what a cover from Handelsblatt.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
The China Trap.
"Raw materials, semiconductors, export markets — out of convenience and short-sightedness, Germany made itself dependent on Beijing. Now the bill is coming due. But there are ways out."
That note of optimism at the end is exactly right.
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In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
October 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
Belangrijk punt van @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social... Dit soort vooropgezette één-tweetjes maakt van Talpa niet alleen de Fox van Nederland, maar is tegelijkertijd een voorstelling van armoede die mensen met echte armoede op meerdere niveaus schoffeert.
Dit is zo schokkend. SBS6, en de producent van dat debat, komt hier gewoon mee weg. Wat is er toch met ons land aan de hand, en de (TV-)journalistiek, dat alleen een komiek dit aan de kaak stelt? | Jo...
Dit is zo schokkend. SBS6, en de producent van dat debat, komt hier gewoon mee weg. Wat is er toch met ons land aan de hand, en de (TV-)journalistiek, dat alleen een komiek dit aan de kaak stelt?
www.linkedin.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Belangrijk punt van @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social... Dit soort vooropgezette één-tweetjes maakt van Talpa niet alleen de Fox van Nederland, maar is tegelijkertijd een voorstelling van armoede die mensen met echte armoede op meerdere niveaus schoffeert.
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"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...
Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump
Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...
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The fact that there were no counterprotests shows that Trumpism and MAGA barely exist outside of social media. This movement has gradually collapsed completely within the population. — It’s difficult to fill the real world with Trump government troll bots.
October 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The fact that there were no counterprotests shows that Trumpism and MAGA barely exist outside of social media. This movement has gradually collapsed completely within the population. — It’s difficult to fill the real world with Trump government troll bots.
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We are Amphifa.
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We are Amphifa.
Serieuze geopolitieke ingreep van Nederland 👀
Nederland grijpt hard in bij chipfabrikant Nexperia uit angst voor lekken chipkennis naar China
Intellectueel eigendom: Het ministerie van Economische Zaken legt de bedrijfsvoering van chipfabrikant Nexperia grotendeels stil, om te voorkomen dat chipkennis naar China weglekt.
www.nrc.nl
October 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Serieuze geopolitieke ingreep van Nederland 👀
Dit is waarom de massamedia het orgel zijn waarop Trump loopt te rammen: hij agendeert dingen die totaal losgezongen zijn van de werkelijkheid en de herhaling in de media biedt de gewenning aan zelf de meest verwerpelijke ideeën. Rinse repeat. Zelfde voor Wilders, Baudet, etc.
Op de plek waar wordt beslist wie de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede krijgt: maakt Donald Trump vrijdag kans?
Vrijdag om 11.00 uur wordt bekend wie de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede ontvangt. Correspondent Jeroen Visser gaat langs bij het comité in Oslo dat de winnaar kiest. Komt hij achter het grote geheim?
www.volkskrant.nl
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Dit is waarom de massamedia het orgel zijn waarop Trump loopt te rammen: hij agendeert dingen die totaal losgezongen zijn van de werkelijkheid en de herhaling in de media biedt de gewenning aan zelf de meest verwerpelijke ideeën. Rinse repeat. Zelfde voor Wilders, Baudet, etc.
Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracy Theories Started Flying. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracy Theories Started Flying.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracy Theories Started Flying. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
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This excuse might have worked for 2016 but not for 2024. They knew and yet, they still voted for all of this.
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This excuse might have worked for 2016 but not for 2024. They knew and yet, they still voted for all of this.
Trump is the single greatest gift to a deep fascist movement that has hijacked the GOP. They move fast and break stuff because they know Trump has an expiry date. He is an anomaly with no replacement that equals his persona cult and views *everything* as reality-tv in search for the best ratings.
October 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump is the single greatest gift to a deep fascist movement that has hijacked the GOP. They move fast and break stuff because they know Trump has an expiry date. He is an anomaly with no replacement that equals his persona cult and views *everything* as reality-tv in search for the best ratings.
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8 months of empty promises, in order to fool Europe and pro-Ukrainian sentiments in GOP.
8 months of real, tangible benefits for Putin. Trump is a Russian asset. Period.
Incredible how easily people are deceived.
8 months of real, tangible benefits for Putin. Trump is a Russian asset. Period.
Incredible how easily people are deceived.
All those pro Trump supporters who were saying Trump would send Ukraine Tomahawks were probably fooling themselves about what Trump will actually do for Ukraine (once again). www.reuters.com/business/aer...
US Tomahawk missile shipments to Ukraine unlikely, sources say
The Trump Administration's desire to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine may not be viable because current inventories are committed to the U.S. Navy and other uses, a U.S. official and three sources said.
www.reuters.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
8 months of empty promises, in order to fool Europe and pro-Ukrainian sentiments in GOP.
8 months of real, tangible benefits for Putin. Trump is a Russian asset. Period.
Incredible how easily people are deceived.
8 months of real, tangible benefits for Putin. Trump is a Russian asset. Period.
Incredible how easily people are deceived.
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Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…
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Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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October 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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