Pascal Lapointe
@paslap.bsky.social
Journaliste scientifique, rédacteur en chef de Science-Presse : @sciencepresse.bsky.social La rubrique de fact-checking Le #DétecteurDeRumeurs. Le cours en ligne Décoder l’info scientifique. www.sciencepresse.qc.ca
Ah tiens tiens.
Sur X, des profils «patriotes» francophones ont cessé d’émettre depuis la coupure d’Internet en Iran
Des comptes identifiés comme pro-iraniens, dont certains s’étaient activés en marge du mouvement «Bloquons tout»‚ ne postent plus depuis le black-out de Téhéran. CheckNews ⤵️
Des comptes identifiés comme pro-iraniens, dont certains s’étaient activés en marge du mouvement «Bloquons tout»‚ ne postent plus depuis le black-out de Téhéran. CheckNews ⤵️
Sur X, des profils «patriotes» francophones ont cessé d’émettre depuis la coupure d’Internet en Iran
Des comptes identifiés par les autorités françaises comme pro-iraniens ne postent plus depuis le black-out imposé par le régime de Téhéran. Un phénomène également observé au Royaume-Uni.
www.liberation.fr
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Ah tiens tiens.
« Herr Kennedy. You seem to be laboring under the delusion that Germany is a colony for your conspiracy theories. Let me be blunt: Your brand of 'freedom'—the freedom to die of preventable 19th-century diseases—is an export we have no interest in buying »
Germany tells RFK Jr. to mind his own business. But why did he even pick a fight with the German health minister? Don't we have enough health care/policy issues of our own to deal with? garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/germany-re...
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
« Herr Kennedy. You seem to be laboring under the delusion that Germany is a colony for your conspiracy theories. Let me be blunt: Your brand of 'freedom'—the freedom to die of preventable 19th-century diseases—is an export we have no interest in buying »
Plus largement, « NewsGuard has so far identified 2089 domains that use AI to produce misleading and fabricated content with little to no human oversight »
Bad actors are increasingly using names and domains similar to reputable news organizations to spread slop content for profit.
NewsGuard has, so far, found 2,089 of these domains.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-of-...
NewsGuard has, so far, found 2,089 of these domains.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/beware-of-...
Beware of These News Impersonators
Bad actors are increasingly using names and domains similar to reputable news organizations to spread slop content for profit.
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Plus largement, « NewsGuard has so far identified 2089 domains that use AI to produce misleading and fabricated content with little to no human oversight »
Le nombre de fuck non-censurés, comme mesure du niveau d'indignation qu'atteignent les médias aussi.
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Le nombre de fuck non-censurés, comme mesure du niveau d'indignation qu'atteignent les médias aussi.
Pour: "AI can help students learn to read and write" Contre: "AI poses a grave threat to students' cognitive development" Pour/Contre: "Pro/Con: AI can be an engine of equity — or inequity" Rapport sur l'IA à l'école. 1/2 www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Pour: "AI can help students learn to read and write" Contre: "AI poses a grave threat to students' cognitive development" Pour/Contre: "Pro/Con: AI can be an engine of equity — or inequity" Rapport sur l'IA à l'école. 1/2 www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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En une du New Yorker.
January 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
En une du New Yorker.
Ça pourrait mal finir. "ICE is violence-prone because its main purpose has become theatrical. Under present leadership, ICE is less a law-enforcement agency than it is a content creator."
J. D. Vance’s defense of the Minnesota ICE shooting shows him fully committed to MAGA’s vision of who deserves respect—and to how that vision should be enforced, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
The vice president knows what ICE means to MAGA.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Ça pourrait mal finir. "ICE is violence-prone because its main purpose has become theatrical. Under present leadership, ICE is less a law-enforcement agency than it is a content creator."
"To them, there is no concept of peaceful assembly or legal observers." -Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historienne et spécialiste du fascisme et des gouvernements autoritaires.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
"To them, there is no concept of peaceful assembly or legal observers." -Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historienne et spécialiste du fascisme et des gouvernements autoritaires.
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😱 Les propos trompeurs, la désinformation et les théories du complot vous préoccupent?
Nos formations s'adressent aux personnes de tous âges qui ont à coeur l'information de qualité et qui souhaitent être outillés pour ne pas tomber dans le piège des fausses nouvelles.
Nos formations s'adressent aux personnes de tous âges qui ont à coeur l'information de qualité et qui souhaitent être outillés pour ne pas tomber dans le piège des fausses nouvelles.
Les ateliers et les formations Science-Presse
Comment départager le VRAI du FAUX alors que la désinformation et les fausses nouvelles sont partout? Nos ateliers s’adressent à toutes les personnes qui souhaitent.
formations.sciencepresse.qc.ca
January 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
😱 Les propos trompeurs, la désinformation et les théories du complot vous préoccupent?
Nos formations s'adressent aux personnes de tous âges qui ont à coeur l'information de qualité et qui souhaitent être outillés pour ne pas tomber dans le piège des fausses nouvelles.
Nos formations s'adressent aux personnes de tous âges qui ont à coeur l'information de qualité et qui souhaitent être outillés pour ne pas tomber dans le piège des fausses nouvelles.
Platon serait-il woke? "To bring his class in line with a prohibition on course materials that “advocate race or gender ideology,” he could either censor the part of his course that included readings from Plato or he could teach a different class."
“First Amendment advocates often warn about a slippery slope. Once censorship starts at the margins, core freedoms are next,” Greg Lukianoff writes. “In Texas, university administrators and state commissars are skipping the slope and going straight for the trap door.”
Opinion | If You Can’t Teach Plato in a Philosophy Class, What Can You Teach?
An ancient classic is canceled in Texas.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Platon serait-il woke? "To bring his class in line with a prohibition on course materials that “advocate race or gender ideology,” he could either censor the part of his course that included readings from Plato or he could teach a different class."
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En démantelant leur agence d’aide au développement (USAID), les États-Unis ont coupé en 2025 environ 10 milliards$ à des pays dont les systèmes de santé sont fragiles. Ces coupes, accompagnées de celles dans la recherche en santé, auront des impacts mesurables en 2026.
À surveiller en 2026: 5 impacts en santé du recul des États-Unis
En démantelant leur agence d’aide au développement, les États-Unis ont coupé en 2025 environ 10 milliards$ à des pays dont les systèmes de santé sont fragiles. Ces coupes, accompagnées de celles dans la recherche en santé, risquent d’avoir des impacts mesurables en 2026, et pas seulement chez les pays les plus pauvres.
www.sciencepresse.qc.ca
January 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
En démantelant leur agence d’aide au développement (USAID), les États-Unis ont coupé en 2025 environ 10 milliards$ à des pays dont les systèmes de santé sont fragiles. Ces coupes, accompagnées de celles dans la recherche en santé, auront des impacts mesurables en 2026.
"It’s a deeply upsetting time. The only way out of this hellscape is holding fast to the truth, and remembering the line from Orwell’s 1984: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” -Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/we-need-ha...
We need hard truths and tough reporting, not 'both-sides-equal' trash
The CBS anchor again embarrasses the network’s legacy. Plus: some examples of journalists who are doing it right
margaretsullivan.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
"It’s a deeply upsetting time. The only way out of this hellscape is holding fast to the truth, and remembering the line from Orwell’s 1984: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” -Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/we-need-ha...
Inédit : un fact-checking sur le site du Prix Nobel de la paix. On se demande bien ce qui a pu leur inspirer ce sujet. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/is-...
Is it possible to revoke a Nobel Peace Prize? - Nobel Peace Prize
It is not possible to revoke a Nobel Peace Prize. Neither Alfred Nobel’s will nor the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation mention any such possibility.
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Inédit : un fact-checking sur le site du Prix Nobel de la paix. On se demande bien ce qui a pu leur inspirer ce sujet. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/is-...
1/2 Bon, voilà que dénoncer une IA qui déshabille des gens, c'est de la censure. J'aimerais vraiment voir le dictionnaire qu'utilisent ces gens. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Musk says outcry over X's Grok service is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
1/2 Bon, voilà que dénoncer une IA qui déshabille des gens, c'est de la censure. J'aimerais vraiment voir le dictionnaire qu'utilisent ces gens. www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Fascism is also a worldview. And what’s fundamental to that worldview is that the world is rotten, and everyone in the world is rotten. So it’s impossible to talk to a person encased in that ideology, because everything you say is, a priori, a lie." -M. Gessen www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
Opinion | Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
"Fascism is also a worldview. And what’s fundamental to that worldview is that the world is rotten, and everyone in the world is rotten. So it’s impossible to talk to a person encased in that ideology, because everything you say is, a priori, a lie." -M. Gessen www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
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Le Devoir a aujourd'hui 116 ans. Première édition: 10 janvier 1910. Je suis très fier de participer depuis plus de 20 ans à la petite/grande histoire de ce quotidien indépendant qui a été et qui est toujours, à mon avis, très important au Québec. Longue vie au @ledevoir.com !
January 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Le Devoir a aujourd'hui 116 ans. Première édition: 10 janvier 1910. Je suis très fier de participer depuis plus de 20 ans à la petite/grande histoire de ce quotidien indépendant qui a été et qui est toujours, à mon avis, très important au Québec. Longue vie au @ledevoir.com !
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This is so horrible and sad and maddening and tragic.
But it also shows the power of cognitive biases.
How could MAGA possibly think this newly released video helps their false narrative?
It does the exact opposite. It highlights cruel incompetence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
But it also shows the power of cognitive biases.
How could MAGA possibly think this newly released video helps their false narrative?
It does the exact opposite. It highlights cruel incompetence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Renee Nicole Good said ‘I’m not mad at you’ before ICE agent shot her, video shows
Clip first posted by partisan outlet Alpha News shows perspective of ICE agent as Good was fatally shot
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
This is so horrible and sad and maddening and tragic.
But it also shows the power of cognitive biases.
How could MAGA possibly think this newly released video helps their false narrative?
It does the exact opposite. It highlights cruel incompetence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
But it also shows the power of cognitive biases.
How could MAGA possibly think this newly released video helps their false narrative?
It does the exact opposite. It highlights cruel incompetence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Reposted by Pascal Lapointe
Quoi qu’en disent les sceptiques, l’IA aura en 2026 un impact positif sur la recherche scientifique. Mais en parallèle, le monde du travail en général devra développer des techniques pour résister à l’avalanche de « bouillie » produite par ces applications. Survol de 5 tendances.
5 choses à surveiller sur l’IA en 2026
Quoi qu’en disent les sceptiques, l’IA aura en 2026 un impact sur la recherche scientifique. Mais en parallèle, le monde du travail en général devra développer des techniques pour résister à l’avalanche de « bouillie » produite par ces applications. Survol de 4 tendances.
www.sciencepresse.qc.ca
January 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Quoi qu’en disent les sceptiques, l’IA aura en 2026 un impact positif sur la recherche scientifique. Mais en parallèle, le monde du travail en général devra développer des techniques pour résister à l’avalanche de « bouillie » produite par ces applications. Survol de 5 tendances.
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Have you seen these AI-rendered photos on your feed? They’re fakes.
Social media users seeking to out the masked ICE agent before he was identified shared AI-enhanced images purportedly showing the lower half of his face.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/minneapoli...
Social media users seeking to out the masked ICE agent before he was identified shared AI-enhanced images purportedly showing the lower half of his face.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/minneapoli...
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Have you seen these AI-rendered photos on your feed? They’re fakes.
Social media users seeking to out the masked ICE agent before he was identified shared AI-enhanced images purportedly showing the lower half of his face.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/minneapoli...
Social media users seeking to out the masked ICE agent before he was identified shared AI-enhanced images purportedly showing the lower half of his face.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/minneapoli...
Une des clefs de la guerre aux faits, c’est de changer les définitions à volonté. « This is how an organized mass attack to overthrow the government becomes “peaceful” and “patriotic,” while a single woman attempting to flee ICE agents constitutes a violent attempt to overthrow the government. »
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Une des clefs de la guerre aux faits, c’est de changer les définitions à volonté. « This is how an organized mass attack to overthrow the government becomes “peaceful” and “patriotic,” while a single woman attempting to flee ICE agents constitutes a violent attempt to overthrow the government. »
RFK annonce aujourd'hui de nouvelles directives en alimentation qui accordent plus de place à la viande et au lait. Surprise: le panel qui a émis ces directives a des liens avec l'industrie de la viande et du lait. www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n...
Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries
The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
www.statnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
RFK annonce aujourd'hui de nouvelles directives en alimentation qui accordent plus de place à la viande et au lait. Surprise: le panel qui a émis ces directives a des liens avec l'industrie de la viande et du lait. www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n...
1/2 « When any given event occurs—a raid in Venezuela, say—the trolls, pundits, know-it-alls, and shitposters flood in immediately. These days, one doesn’t experience the news on these platforms before seeing the memes and reactions—the reaction and the news are, in essence, one thing now. »
Not sure how to summarize this one. Wrote about the podcaster-occupied government invading for content, how the algorithmic internet is governed by the logic of reaction videos, and how it has contributed to a very nihilistic illiterate politics and culture of performance for imagined audiences
Everything Reacting to Everything, All at Once
Why the Trump administration is posting messages like “THIS IS OUR HEMISPHERE” after the attack on Venezuela
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
1/2 « When any given event occurs—a raid in Venezuela, say—the trolls, pundits, know-it-alls, and shitposters flood in immediately. These days, one doesn’t experience the news on these platforms before seeing the memes and reactions—the reaction and the news are, in essence, one thing now. »
Ha. :-)
❌ No, ICE didn't accidentally send Maduro back to Venezuela. The claim was created by a satirical news website: www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
ICE didn't accidentally send Maduro back to Venezuela
In early January 2026, the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and transported them to New York.
www.snopes.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Ha. :-)
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January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
“Unfortunately, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we can no longer trust the leadership of our federal government for credible information about vaccines” -Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee at the American Academy of Pediatrics www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
“Unfortunately, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we can no longer trust the leadership of our federal government for credible information about vaccines” -Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee at the American Academy of Pediatrics www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...