Mark Little
@marklittle.bsky.social
Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent 🇮🇪
“The massacres in El Fasher are among the most predicted slaughters in the history of atrocities … we should recognize it as a collective failure of civilization.”
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Opinion | This Is What the Murder of a Whole City Looks Like
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December 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“The massacres in El Fasher are among the most predicted slaughters in the history of atrocities … we should recognize it as a collective failure of civilization.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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From @science.org Breakthrough of the Year: Solar Energy
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
From @science.org Breakthrough of the Year: Solar Energy
A very special piece of frontline reporting open.spotify.com/episode/0vZq...
Kherson...
open.spotify.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A very special piece of frontline reporting open.spotify.com/episode/0vZq...
“Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”
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It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — 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
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It’s building empires.
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next”
www.authoritarian-stack.info
"POLITICO reached out to 11 of the users behind the accounts and learned that they were real people with widely differing political views ranging from left-wing to the hard-right ... One thing they all had in common: They were under the age of 35" www.politico.eu/article/unit...
Forget the far right. The kids want a ‘United States of Europe.’
Based on social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"POLITICO reached out to 11 of the users behind the accounts and learned that they were real people with widely differing political views ranging from left-wing to the hard-right ... One thing they all had in common: They were under the age of 35" www.politico.eu/article/unit...
“Over the summer, the Chinese government and private investors poured $2.1 billion into a new state-owned fusion company. That investment alone is two and a half times the U.S. Energy Department’s annual fusion budget.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...
Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Over the summer, the Chinese government and private investors poured $2.1 billion into a new state-owned fusion company. That investment alone is two and a half times the U.S. Energy Department’s annual fusion budget.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...
“The media believed it was responding to a real political shift. It wasn’t. It was responding to a manipulated signal created by anonymous amplification networks and foreign engagement farms” www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-manufa...
The Manufactured Rise of Nick Fuentes
How artificial virality tricked the platforms—and the press—into elevating a fringe voice.
www.realityslaststand.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“The media believed it was responding to a real political shift. It wasn’t. It was responding to a manipulated signal created by anonymous amplification networks and foreign engagement farms” www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-manufa...
"This is what happens when someone who has never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist. The mask doesn’t just slip—it falls off entirely, and all that’s left is the naked self-interest underneath" www.techdirt.com/2025/12/09/t...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"This is what happens when someone who has never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist. The mask doesn’t just slip—it falls off entirely, and all that’s left is the naked self-interest underneath" www.techdirt.com/2025/12/09/t...
"We can build resonant environments that bring out the best in every human who inhabits them." resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"We can build resonant environments that bring out the best in every human who inhabits them." resonantcomputing.org
"The internet is not improved by treating its users like criminal suspects and our lives as opportunities for corporate profit" www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"The internet is not improved by treating its users like criminal suspects and our lives as opportunities for corporate profit" www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
"It’s certainly a problem for human artists if AI begins to sound more like them. But a potentially bigger problem may be that humans will start to sound more like AI." time.com/7338205/rage...
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."
time.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"It’s certainly a problem for human artists if AI begins to sound more like them. But a potentially bigger problem may be that humans will start to sound more like AI." time.com/7338205/rage...
“Every day, another major corporation or elected official or distant family member is choosing to speak to you in this particular voice. This is just what the world sounds like now. This is how everything has chosen to speak.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
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December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Every day, another major corporation or elected official or distant family member is choosing to speak to you in this particular voice. This is just what the world sounds like now. This is how everything has chosen to speak.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
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“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
"Since ... Oracle announced a $300bn deal with the chatbot maker, its stock has shed $315bn in market value" www.ft.com/content/064b...
Oracle is already underwater on its ‘astonishing’ $300bn OpenAI deal
AI’s circular economy may have a reverse Midas at the centre
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November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Since ... Oracle announced a $300bn deal with the chatbot maker, its stock has shed $315bn in market value" www.ft.com/content/064b...
“Older generations should instead recognize that the world we have created does not seem to offer a viable path to making change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
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November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“Older generations should instead recognize that the world we have created does not seem to offer a viable path to making change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
“Information warfare is now more akin to battle by autonomous drones—hyperpersonalized, relentlessly adaptive, and cheap enough for any actor to use against its adversaries.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
AI Is Supercharging Disinformation Warfare
America's defenses aren't ready for AI disinformation warfare.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“Information warfare is now more akin to battle by autonomous drones—hyperpersonalized, relentlessly adaptive, and cheap enough for any actor to use against its adversaries.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"American culture has built up the idea of brand choice as a political act" www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads
YouTube’s MAGA stars aren’t just talking politics—they’re selling it
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November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"American culture has built up the idea of brand choice as a political act" www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
“Every creator whom Fortune spoke with said their reach had increased sharply after Meta’s January policy shift, which came just a few months after President Donald Trump threatened to imprison Zuckerberg.” fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
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November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“Every creator whom Fortune spoke with said their reach had increased sharply after Meta’s January policy shift, which came just a few months after President Donald Trump threatened to imprison Zuckerberg.” fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
“The U.S. economy in 2025 is split in two: Everything tied to artificial intelligence is booming. Just about everything else is not.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/b...
The A.I. Boom Is Driving the Economy. What Happens if It Falters?
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November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“The U.S. economy in 2025 is split in two: Everything tied to artificial intelligence is booming. Just about everything else is not.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/b...
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio" www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Exclusive: British newspaper spoke to the wrong de Blasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio" www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
“Israel’s public position — a nation forced into a defensive war and making every effort to minimize civilian casualties — is eroded by more documentary evidence each day” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
Social Media’s Changing Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War
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October 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Israel’s public position — a nation forced into a defensive war and making every effort to minimize civilian casualties — is eroded by more documentary evidence each day” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
“Are my piggies enjoying their slop?” joinspread.com/post/5e0c989...
Spread by Matt Abrams: OpenAI's new social app is filled with terrifying Sam Altman deepfakes
TechCrunch
joinspread.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Are my piggies enjoying their slop?” joinspread.com/post/5e0c989...
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Xi is really good at this stuff.
NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Xi is really good at this stuff.
With Calls for Retribution Over Kirk, Some See Rise of a ‘Woke Right’
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September 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM