Stefan Popenici
@popenici.bsky.social
Author, reader, researcher, academic.
Antifascist.
Human.
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Stefan Popenici
@popenici.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Artificial Intelligence and Learning Futures: Critical Narratives of Technology and Imagination in Higher Education
Artificial Intelligence and Learning Futures: Critical Narratives of Technology and Imagination in Higher Education explores the implications of artificial intelligence’s adoption in higher education ...
www.routledge.com
The fascist turn of Silicon Valley is nothing else than a return to its roots; its founding figures promoted eugenics, extreme racism, misogynism and adherence to the fascist ideology. I document this extensively in my book AI and Learning Futures - here's a link: www.routledge.com/Artificial-I...
“If what has happened in Caracas sets a new standard, those who praise the might of the American hammer while ignoring its dangers will bitterly regret their complacency..”
The killers of the free world.
The killers of the free world.
The return of the US's predatory imperialism
EDITORIAL. The US military attack in Caracas, Venezuela, and capture of Nicolas Maduro show that Washington now claims full rights over what it considers its backyard.
www.lemonde.fr
January 5, 2026 at 3:57 AM
“If what has happened in Caracas sets a new standard, those who praise the might of the American hammer while ignoring its dangers will bitterly regret their complacency..”
The killers of the free world.
The killers of the free world.
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From November 9: President Petro was not wrong.
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
From November 9: President Petro was not wrong.
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Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education, with forty remarkable chapters authored by 76 authors from all continents, edited by Dr. Stefan Popenici, Dr Juergen Rudolph, Mohamed Fadhil Mohamed Ismail(PhD.) and Shannon Tan, is now available to read
Handbook of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
‘AI will disrupt higher education. If you want to gain a solid understanding of the implications and take advantage of the opportunities AI offers to higher education, this book is for you!’
– Jochen ...
www.e-elgar.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education, with forty remarkable chapters authored by 76 authors from all continents, edited by Dr. Stefan Popenici, Dr Juergen Rudolph, Mohamed Fadhil Mohamed Ismail(PhD.) and Shannon Tan, is now available to read
The top US expert in AI, Melania Trump, couldn’t be bothered to be artificially undressed by Big Tech’s toys - because there are a lot of *real* photos with her undressed. As for her husband…
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
Elon Musk’s “xAI, the company behind Grok, did not respond to a request for comment, other than with an automatically-generated reply stating "legacy media lies".”
Woman felt 'dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes
The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The top US expert in AI, Melania Trump, couldn’t be bothered to be artificially undressed by Big Tech’s toys - because there are a lot of *real* photos with her undressed. As for her husband…
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
Elon Musk’s “xAI, the company behind Grok, did not respond to a request for comment, other than with an automatically-generated reply stating "legacy media lies".”
Woman felt 'dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes
The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Elon Musk’s “xAI, the company behind Grok, did not respond to a request for comment, other than with an automatically-generated reply stating "legacy media lies".”
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A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
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grok didn't say shit. Grok is not sentient. This is you helping musk escape accountability for this shit. Journalism fail.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
grok didn't say shit. Grok is not sentient. This is you helping musk escape accountability for this shit. Journalism fail.
No words.
"Israel's Guantanamo"
"Israel's Guantanamo"
Israel's Guantanamo: Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Prisons in the Spotlight
Accounts from former prisoners and investigations by human rights organizations have led to accusations of systematic torture in Israeli detention facilities. At least 98 Palestinians died in captivit...
www.spiegel.de
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 AM
No words.
"Israel's Guantanamo"
"Israel's Guantanamo"
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One of the first investors in Trump Tower is on the FBI's ten most wanted fugitive list.
How about some NYT reporting on that?
How about some NYT reporting on that?
December 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
One of the first investors in Trump Tower is on the FBI's ten most wanted fugitive list.
How about some NYT reporting on that?
How about some NYT reporting on that?
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen: “said the strike targeted an arms shipment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) meant to reach Yemeni separatists”
Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE. #PaxAmericana
Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE. #PaxAmericana
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen, links UAE to separatists' advances – DW – 12/30/2025
Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE and asked its forces to leave the country within 24 hours.
www.dw.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen: “said the strike targeted an arms shipment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) meant to reach Yemeni separatists”
Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE. #PaxAmericana
Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE. #PaxAmericana
The “storied” company
ibmandtheholocaust.com/about-ibm-an...
ibmandtheholocaust.com/about-ibm-an...
Opinion | Lou Gerstner, the Man Who Revived IBM
He changed the culture and found a new business mission for the storied company that had fallen on hard times.He died Saturday at age 83.
www.wsj.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The “storied” company
ibmandtheholocaust.com/about-ibm-an...
ibmandtheholocaust.com/about-ibm-an...
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Isn’t attacking another nation an act of war?
Free article
Free article
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Isn’t attacking another nation an act of war?
Free article
Free article
We've been warned.
"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
John Simpson on wars: ‘Why I've never seen a year like 2025'
It has been a year of multiple major conflicts - and there are geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance
bbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We've been warned.
"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
In 2024, the quasi-fascist project of Trump administration was available to all, prominently discussed in the media. Again, Americans voted for Trump; studies show that the results would have been the same if all eligible voters had participated.
This was America's choice.
Draw your own conclusions
This was America's choice.
Draw your own conclusions
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
www.theatlantic.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In 2024, the quasi-fascist project of Trump administration was available to all, prominently discussed in the media. Again, Americans voted for Trump; studies show that the results would have been the same if all eligible voters had participated.
This was America's choice.
Draw your own conclusions
This was America's choice.
Draw your own conclusions
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The DOJ is so incompetent that it is allowing us to *quantify* its cover-up of the Epstein files.
The first time I searched Trump, there were over 900 records found.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The DOJ is so incompetent that it is allowing us to *quantify* its cover-up of the Epstein files.
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Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
December 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
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"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
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"Foreign-born doctors and nurses were being put off by antagonism by politicians towards migrants, media coverage of immigration, the racist abuse of international medical graduates by NHS colleagues and racist aggression by patients toward minority ethnic NHS staff, she said."
Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Foreign-born doctors and nurses were being put off by antagonism by politicians towards migrants, media coverage of immigration, the racist abuse of international medical graduates by NHS colleagues and racist aggression by patients toward minority ethnic NHS staff, she said."
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UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
A "distorted economy" that "leads us to treat human beings as mere merchandise". #fascism
Pope Leo criticises 'distorted economy' in first Christmas mass
Pope Leo XIV holds the first Christmas mass of his pontificate, greeting thousands of faithful in St Peter's Square before the Christmas Eve service.
www.abc.net.au
December 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A "distorted economy" that "leads us to treat human beings as mere merchandise". #fascism
Trump's DOJ announced that a million more Epstein documents have been found - apparently, under a potted plant at the entrance of FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building.
A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trump's DOJ announced that a million more Epstein documents have been found - apparently, under a potted plant at the entrance of FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building.