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Nikos Smyrnaios
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Social scientist, teacher, blogger, father, immigrant. University of Toulouse
In an open letter published on Friday, nearly 900 full-time Google employees demanded more transparency over what the company's technology is being used for inside the US government. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hundreds of Google workers demand firm cuts ties with ICE
More than 900 Google employees signed a letter opposing company links to federal immigration actions.
www.bbc.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Συνεισέφερα σε αυτό το ενδιαφέρον άρθρο της Ντίνας Δασκαλοπούλου για τις επιτπωσεις της Τεχηνητής Νοημοσύνης στη διανοητική εργασία και την πολιτισιτική βιομηχανία www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/tex...
Μήπως η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη καταβροχθίζει τη δουλειά σου; - Dnews
Η δύναμη των εταιρειών τεχνητής νοημοσύνης γιγαντώνεται, δημιουργώντας μια διπλή ασυμμετρία. Τα κάνει όλα αλλά συμφέρει; Γράφει κείμενα, αναζητά βιβλιογραφία, φτιάχνει εξώφυλλα, συντάσσει δικόγραφα, γ...
www.dnews.gr
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Washington Post announces sweeping layoffs amid financial distress
Washington Post announces sweeping layoffs amid financial distress
The cuts represent the most drastic cost-saving measure the Post has implemented since being taken over by a new management team in early 2024.
www.axios.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Interdire les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans : « Une solution simpliste à un problème complexe » - www.lavoixdunord.fr/1671431/arti...
Interdire les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans : « Une solution simpliste à un problème complexe »
Anne Cordier, native de Lens, est enseignante-chercheuse en sciences de l’informati...
www.lavoixdunord.fr
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Rafraîchissant d'entendre une patronne de la tech, forte d'une formation en lettres et sciences humaines, tenir (coincidence? je ne crois pas) un discours clair, cadrant et cohérent sur ce gigantesque miroir aux alouettes qu'est l'industrie du numérique

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Meredith Whittaker, présidente de Signal : "L’IA n’est qu’un slogan marketing"
Quel est le point commun entre JD Vance et Edward Snowden ? Ils utilisent tous les deux la messagerie cryptée Signal. Aujourd'hui, Meredith Whittaker, présidente de cette messagerie chiffrée, est notr...
www.radiofrance.fr
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
J'ai contribué à un article intéressant de Michaël Szadkowski pour Le Monde sur les marchés prédictifs type Polymarket et leurs liens avec la Big Tech réactionnaire et le Trumpisme www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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Le dessin du jour, par Soulcié
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Les universités crèvent du manque de moyens et sous les attaques politiques et médiatiques.
Dans ma fac, les secrétariats sont en souffrance. On a de + en + de mal à fonctionner. Tt le monde craque. On fait du mieux qu'on peut pour les étudiant-es mais c'est difficile

www.lemonde.fr/campus/artic...
« La situation de mon université, c’est bien du Zola » : l’alerte d’une présidente à Emmanuel Macron
Alors que se sont ouvertes les Assises du financement des universités, la présidente de l’université Paul-Valéry, à Montpellier, tire la sonnette d’alarme, dans une lettre envoyée lundi. Elle s’y inqu...
www.lemonde.fr
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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After the Trump engineered transfer of TikTok to regime loyalists, TikTok suddenly doesn't want material to be posted which is critical of the regime. What a shock.
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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hard to believe that the Charlie Kirk firings / pearl clutchings happened mere months ago but here we are
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."

www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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#Airbus ✈️ et son patron Guillaume Faury utilisent depuis des années les services de #Palantir de Peter Thiel, entreprise qui collabore étroitement et pour le pire avec l'ICE et le DOGE qui martyrisent les américains. 👇

❌ Airbus, ennemi de la démocratie.🤢

www.liberation.fr/checknews/re...?
January 21, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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"The report didn't identify the #spyware used by the police. But @haaretzcom.bsky.social has reported that the 🇮🇱police had agreements with at least four different companies from 2015 or before – including NSO, Candiru, Verint and Paragon."

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel Police used unapproved spyware for years to collect data illegally, watchdog finds
The Report, Commissioned in the Wake of the Pegasus Scandal, Found That Police Bypassed Required Legal and Prosecutorial Approvals. State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman Revealed Unauthorized Surveillan...
www.haaretz.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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In other news, the Guardian is now running scam ads. This is what happens when you choose to data harvest your readers with surveillance adtech & run shitty programmatic ads…a literal fake BBC news report (starring @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com) embedded into an actual news report
January 21, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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1/ On the one year anniversary of Trump's inauguration, a new vision for American power is taking shape—one organized in part around AI supremacy and control of critical minerals. My latest on the State Department’s "Pax Silica" initiative, the pursuit of Greenland, and Trump’s imperial ambitions:
‘Pax Silica’ and Pursuit of Greenland Give Shape to Trump’s Imperial AI Ambitions
Trump's efforts to secure critical minerals are part of what experts regard as more nakedly imperialist US foreign and industrial policies.
www.techpolicy.press
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Well, that might be it for the whole Rojava project.
Syria’s government said that it signed a “ceasefire and full integration” agreement with a powerful Kurdish-led militia that controlled large swaths of territory in the country’s northeast — a critical step toward unifying Syria after years of civil war.
Syria says it has reached ceasefire with U.S.-backed Kurdish militia
The ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S. ally against the Islamic State, came after the group lost much of its territory in a weekend of clashes.
washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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So long rojava
Syria live: Government forces take control after heavy fighting with SDF https://aje.news/ylzhrb
January 19, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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🧵🌡️ J'ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter le résultat de trois mois de travail sur la désinformation climatique :)

J'ai entrepris de cartographier les acteurs de la diffusion des discours climato-dénialistes (= climatosceptiques) en France. #climat #climate

👉 deni-climatique.fr
La carto du déni climatique
Cartographier la désinformation climatique en France.
deni-climatique.fr
January 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM
On en est au point où certains présidents d'université deviennent des laquais des milliardaires www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
L’université d’Aix-Marseille recadre des étudiants à cause de questions posées à Rodolphe Saadé
Lors d’une rencontre organisée par l’université d’Aix-Marseille, le PDG de CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, s’est vu adresser des questions incisives par les étudiants. Dans les jours qui ont suivi, ils ont …
www.mediapart.fr
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Une réponse interessante au Manifeste pour l’objection de conscience face à l’IA dans l’éducation et la recherche d'Atecopol blogs.mediapart.fr/reseau-terra...
Refuser l’IA à l’université, c’est en abandonner le contrôle au capitalisme
Le déploiement des outils d’intelligence artificielle générative suscite en France de légitimes inquiétudes. Le capitalisme numérique fragilise la démocratie, lamine la vie privée, alimente la désinf…
blogs.mediapart.fr
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Des décennies des crises et des resistances ne sont pas arrivées au bout de l'UE mais le clown fasciste aux cheveux orange y arrive lui en moins d'un an
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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"A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis."
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM