Tune in for bionic elbows, Eurovision crises, wandering Elk and a monk who makes soups.

(I had a lot of fun recording this episode with @ninaism.bsky.social)

Bluesky bio update: since May, I'm the new deputy chief ed of AFP's digital investigation unit. So instead of focusing solely on Africa, I now also help to oversee the rest of our global network of 150 fact-checkers. Never liked being idle anyway...

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This week, @ninaism.bsky.social joins @dominicinamsterdam.bsky.social to explain why sales of Elon Musk's Tesla cars have plunged in Europe. 📉🚗

PLUS, @ezgibasaran.bsky.social helps us to understand what's behind Turkey's huge protest movement.
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Guest-host @ninaism.bsky.social, a self-confessed cop show addict, recommended the criminally underrated Apple TV series Criminal Record:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_so...

#tv #culture #entertainment #police #uk #britain

I did a thing with @europeanspod.bsky.social🎙️ More soon, very soon👀

My other half is a PSG fan so I woke him up with You'll Never Walk Alone blasting from the speakers 🔴

Today marks my final day as head of AFP's Africa fact-checking unit. After five years of fighting disinformation with an incredible team, I'm taking a break before returning to a new role within the digital investigations dept in May. Sad to leave, delighted to come back and fight for our profession

The freezing of USAID includes over $268m earmarked for independent media.

In 2023, the agency funded support for 6,200 journalists and assisted 707 non-state news outlets among other things.

It's the main donor in Ukraine where 9 out 10 news orgs rely on international aid rsf.org/en/usa-trump...

Tired of finishing second best to Manchester City, Liverpool took revenge on the English champions with a 2-0 victory at the Etihad on Sunday to strike a potentially decisive blow in the Premier League title race.
#AFPSports
https://u.afp.com/SJMT

This story is mental www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

@forbidden-stories.bsky.social last week hosted an event uniting journalists who carry on the investigations of killed, jailed or threatened reporters. The sense of defiance was palpable in the face of crumbling peace and reason.

Killing the messenger won't kill the message✊ forbiddenstories.org

Grown-up: "Who was the wife of Louis XVI?"
My 10yo: "Marine Le Pen. And we chopped her head off."

One of the many reasons why fact-checking is needed...

For anyone hoping I'd post less about Liverpool on Bluesky than X, sorry not sorry

Why would Meta bother to tell the public *which US states* its trust and safety team will now be based, if not to send a not so subtle that the corporation's political stance is now more welcoming to Texas' "values" than California's?

Massive change at Meta, as Zuckerberg announces they’re ditching fact checkers in the US and replacing them with community notes. Meta is probably the single largest funder of fact checking in the world right now. But that appears to be coming to an end. www.facebook.com/share/v/18Rc...?

2025 will be good, they said.

Zuckerberg has announced that US fact-checkers will be replaced with Community Notes, which are about as reliable as user comments. A new dark dawn is breaking in the post-truth era

First Bluesky post incoming... 🥁

Work expenses filed, new dishwasher drawer ordered, all plants watered and it's only January 4. Coming at you like a furious fireball in 2025.

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