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Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer
@michaelacancela.bsky.social
AFP Podcasts editor 🌎 Del mundo y franco-española. Prof associée Ecole de journalisme Sciences Po. Favorite topics : AI ethics, climate, solutions.
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Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees

How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district?

I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...
February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Dear friends anybody knows of an open spreadsheet where all the layoffs and events linked to Doge are listed (with sources)?
February 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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✨ GIJN's NEW Investigating Fossil Fuels Guide

In this chapter, @lawrencecarter.bsky.social explores how fossil fuel companies seek to influence decision-makers and provides advice on uncovering evidence of these efforts and alerting the public. https://twp.ai/1RMAeM
Guide to Investigating Fossil Fuels: Lobbying
The chapter explores how fossil fuel companies seek to influence decision-makers and provides advice on uncovering evidence of these efforts and alerting the public.
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February 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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In praise of idleness and ephemerality: The writings of the 14th-century Buddhist monk Kenko
‘The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty’
A man of leisure from 700 years ago extols the virtues of asymmetry, imperfection and ephemerality.
buff.ly
February 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
One of the most important discussions on AI, how can we make sure it helps creators and journalists rather than kill them ?
#AIsummit #paris
February 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🎧 📻 Quelle est aujourd’hui la situation des agriculteurs, industriels et magasins bio?
Et quelles pistes pour relancer la demande de produits bio?

#bio #agriculture

Un podcast du “Grand reportage” de @franceculture.bsky.social
à écouter et partager ici

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Comment relancer la filière bio ?
Après plusieurs années d'une croissance à deux chiffres, l'ensemble des acteurs de la filière bio doit faire face à une crise. Les Français se détournent des produit issus de l'agriculture biol...
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November 13, 2023 at 7:00 AM
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Five things most people don't seem to understand about DeepSeek.

• It's not smarter than earlier models, just trained more cheaply

• It doesn't solve hallucinations or problems with reliability.

Rest of post at open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Five things most people don't seem to understand about DeepSeek
DeepSeek r1 is not smarter than earlier models, just trained more cheaply
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@egaucher.bsky.social Merci beaucoup d’avoir choisi Faux Positifs comme coup de cœur de la semaine. Vous avez raison, avec la montée en puissance des chantres du techno-solutionnisme, la place des algos dans nos vies doit être un sujet de conversation

www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Quand les algorithmes ferment par erreur votre compte en banque : une enquête en podcast sur les coulisses des banques
Comptes en banque fermés manu militari, cartes bancaires bloquées, virements impossibles.... De plus en plus de clients des banques sont confrontés à du "débanking" automatisé à grands renforts d'inte...
www.radiofrance.fr
January 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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For the past 6 months, we have investigated at @algorithmwatch.bsky.social, together with @afpfr.bsky.social, the extent to which automated systems trigger the alerts that lead to bank account closures. We turned our findings into a podcast: "False Positives" 👇
algorithmwatch.org/en/false-pos...
False Positives: A Podcast on Financial Discrimination & De-banking - AlgorithmWatch
Agence France-Presse released a podcast that was based on a six-month investigation conducted in the framework of the AlgorithmWatch Algorithmic Accountability Reporting fellowship.
algorithmwatch.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Here is a piece of algorithmic accountability reporting. A three-part investigative podcast series for you to binge this week ! Happy New Year.
🎧 Have you had your bank account blocked or been told it was closed without explanation? This has happened to thousands of people in Europe, in some cases because of algorithms. Learn more in #FalsePositives, a podcast by AFP and Algorithm Watch ➡️
u.afp.com/5tij
January 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Chers amis, j’ai commencé l’année en tournant la dernière page de Houris, de Kamel Daoud, trésor littéraire sombre et lumineux. Une ode au courage. A ne pas manquer
January 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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In podcasts, as everywhere else lately, volatility abounds—yet beauty and wonder abound, too. From Dan Taberski’s “Hysterical” to Benjamen Walker’s “Not All Propaganda Is Art,” @asarahlarson.bsky.social shares her picks for the best podcasts of 2024.
The Best Podcasts of 2024
Despite industry turmoil, old and new shows continue to innovate, whether investigating Elon Musk, high-school mysteries, or our relationship to death itself.
www.newyorker.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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what no Rogan??! no Alex Cooper?

here's your annual reminder that some of the most exciting journalism being made today is AUDIO DOCS, AKA narrative podcasts

the business model is troubled, the work is superb

via @asarahlarson.bsky.social

www.newyorker.com/culture/2024...
The Best Podcasts of 2024
Despite industry turmoil, old and new shows continue to innovate, whether investigating Elon Musk, high-school mysteries, or our relationship to death itself.
www.newyorker.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Third-party surveillance platforms are pushing police to collect more data and use more surveillance tech, and we’re tracking their use in the Atlas of Surveillance. See what else is new in our year in review:
The Atlas of Surveillance Expands Its Data on Police Surveillance Technology: 2024 Year in Review
EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance is one of the most useful resources for those who want to understand the use of police surveillance by local law enforcement agencies across the United States. This year, a...
www.eff.org
December 24, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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Una investigación detalla que sigue siendo fácil 'romper' los chatbots IA de turno para que respondan cosas que en teoría no deberían responder. Y una vía para hacerlo es escribir prompts dE eStA MaNeRa, VaMoS iBa A FlIpAr eL pUtO ChAtGpT eN lA ePoCa MeSsEnGeR.
APpaREnTLy THiS iS hoW yoU JaIlBreAk AI
Anthropic created an AI jailbreaking algorithm that keeps tweaking prompts until it gets a harmful response.
www.404media.co
December 19, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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Another wave of ballistic missile attacks here in Kyiv this morning.

Several cars on fire as a result of falling missile debris in central Kyiv with medics called to the scene.

Fires also reported in a warehouse and construction site in the city.
December 20, 2024 at 5:55 AM
This could become another major health crisis, without borders 👀
December 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Crise de la biodiversité, du climat, de l’eau (…) : “Des solutions sont déjà disponibles, pour lesquelles il n’y a pas besoin de nouvelles technologies et qui, pour certaines, ne coûtent pas très cher”, selon l’IPBES. On en parlait ici : open.spotify.com/show/3bR4dwn...
Sur la Terre
Podcast · AFP Audio · Sur la Terre est un podcast de l'Agence France-Presse (AFP), qui explore les solutions pour faciliter la transition écologique tous les premiers jeudi et vendredi du mois. Un pod...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM
🎧🇫🇷Trois mois et demi avec Gisèle Pélicot et 51 accusés de viols : récit d’un procès hors normes par quatre journalistes de l’AFP qui y étaient
A écouter ici ⤵️ open.spotify.com/episode/1Wqs...
Viols de Mazan : coulisses d’un procès où “la honte a changé de camp”
Sur le fil · Episode
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December 18, 2024 at 8:50 PM
🇰🇷🇰🇵 🎧 Ecoutez, les sons de la guerre psychologique, version nord-coréenne avec Claire Lee, du bureau de l’AFP à Séoul. Réalisation Maxime Mamet open.spotify.com/episode/2uMJ...
Corée du Sud : une guerre psychologique sonore… venue du Nord
Sur le fil · Episode
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December 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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(fun!)

Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/g... via @techcrunch
Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist | TechCrunch
Google announced its latest quantum chip, Willow. But what really caught the industry's attention was a wild claim tucked into the blog post.
techcrunch.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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Reversing Deforestation addresses the long-term recovery of forests in Latin America. This book explores how market forces, ownership arrangements, & the enforcement of property rights have influenced a shift from net deforestation to net afforestation

www.sup.org/books/politi...
December 10, 2024 at 8:04 PM
🇨🇴Compañeras, amigos, difundir 🙏 : ha desaparecido Sandra Milena Martínez, Acumen Fellow en Colombia. Espera un bebé, embarazo de alto riesgo. La difusión de la información es clave. Desaparecida en Paujil, Caquetá el 26/11. Trabajadora comunitaria en comunidades cafeteras ⤵️
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Sandra Milena Martínez - Desaparecida Información - Google Drive
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December 9, 2024 at 6:42 AM
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La Quadrature du Net «demande l’interdiction de ces algorithmes opaques utilisés également à France Travail, ou l’assurance-vieillesse (…), « puisque (…) c’est un vernis scientifique et une façon de masquer la réalité des politiques de contrôle humainement insoutenables »
December 7, 2024 at 8:23 AM