A. Dias
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On the 17th of January, 1961, the US, UK and Belgium assassinated Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Republic of Congo, because he sought to restore national control over the country's mineral reserves. Remember Lumumba!
January 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
On the 17th of January, 1961, the US, UK and Belgium assassinated Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Republic of Congo, because he sought to restore national control over the country's mineral reserves. Remember Lumumba!
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When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
Escaping the trap of US tech dependence
Canada needs real digital sovereignty, not our own digital colonizers
disconnect.blog
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
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Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
Art Show - Comic-Con
2026 Comic-Con Art Show JULY 23 through JULY 26 The Comic-Con Art Show is open to the public—you do not need a badge to come in and enjoy or purchase artwork. However, everyone entering the Art Show i...
www.comic-con.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
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To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Portugal - the usual. While the EU average for housing priceses increase was around 5,5%, Portugal hits again 17,7% for the 3rd trimester of 2025. Hungary is where the priceses rose more (21,1%). sicnoticias.pt/economia/202...
Portugal regista 2.ª maior subida do preço das casas na UE
Portugal registou um aumento de 17,7%, muito acima da média europeia de 5,5%. Na comparação trimestral, o país teve a terceira maior valorização com 4,1%, enquanto a média da UE foi de 1,6%.
sicnoticias.pt
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Portugal - the usual. While the EU average for housing priceses increase was around 5,5%, Portugal hits again 17,7% for the 3rd trimester of 2025. Hungary is where the priceses rose more (21,1%). sicnoticias.pt/economia/202...
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It’s wild how European leaders are wringing their hands about a US invasion of Greenland being a violation of international law when just the other day they stood aside or even cheered as the US invaded Venezuela in violation of international law.
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
It’s wild how European leaders are wringing their hands about a US invasion of Greenland being a violation of international law when just the other day they stood aside or even cheered as the US invaded Venezuela in violation of international law.
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Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
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Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci
The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as such, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The longer generative AI exists, the more of what we take for granted is going to become toxic cognito-hazard waste.
We are living in the era of contamination.
It is happening all around us, and the people doing it have names and addresses. 13/13
We are living in the era of contamination.
It is happening all around us, and the people doing it have names and addresses. 13/13
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
The longer generative AI exists, the more of what we take for granted is going to become toxic cognito-hazard waste.
We are living in the era of contamination.
It is happening all around us, and the people doing it have names and addresses. 13/13
We are living in the era of contamination.
It is happening all around us, and the people doing it have names and addresses. 13/13
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The US might soon get access to Europeans’ biometric data – like fingerprints and facial scans – which it wants to keep allowing visa-free travel to the country. EU governments have already given their OK to start talks.
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
EU countries gear up to let US tap their citizens’ biometrics | Euractiv
US wants fingerprints and facial scans for visa-free travel, EU governments cave
www.euractiv.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The US might soon get access to Europeans’ biometric data – like fingerprints and facial scans – which it wants to keep allowing visa-free travel to the country. EU governments have already given their OK to start talks.
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
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this seems small in comparison, but we need a boycott of the World Cup. we need to see empty stadiums, teams staying home, and massive financial losses. it gives me no pleasure as a soccer fan, but anything less is a tacit endorsement of war crimes.
The US invasion of Venezuela is a clear violation of international law and the UN Charter. Celebrating the capture of Maduro, Donald Trump went further, calling it an “attack on sovereignty” itself.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
The United States is a rogue state
Donald Trump’s “attack on sovereignty” in Venezuela has terrible consequences for the world
disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
this seems small in comparison, but we need a boycott of the World Cup. we need to see empty stadiums, teams staying home, and massive financial losses. it gives me no pleasure as a soccer fan, but anything less is a tacit endorsement of war crimes.
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A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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One of the worst developments of the web in 2025 has been Google inserting itself into sharing of links through various of their applications. A "share.google" link is full of explicit tracking, so Google knows who is sharing what with who, while also obscuring TO YOU what the origin of the link is:
Scientists Discover New Forms of Life Inside Human Bodies That Don't Match Anything Biology Has Classified share.google/jLOfcfR59ouY...
Scientists Discover New Forms of Life Inside Human Bodies That Don't Match Anything Biology Has Classified
Scientists have uncovered a hidden class of RNA structures deep inside the human microbiome, completely unlike anything seen before.
share.google
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One of the worst developments of the web in 2025 has been Google inserting itself into sharing of links through various of their applications. A "share.google" link is full of explicit tracking, so Google knows who is sharing what with who, while also obscuring TO YOU what the origin of the link is:
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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Some people think the fighting's all a big game.
December 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Some people think the fighting's all a big game.
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We need to teach necropolitics in grade school social studies.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, internal documents obtained by The New York Times show, marking an aggressive new phase in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We need to teach necropolitics in grade school social studies.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
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This is one of the most shocking and obscene things I have ever heard
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US military to stop shooting live animals to train medics for the battlefield
Defense department will still allow stabbing and burning, and ‘weapon wounding’ on animals to test weapons
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is one of the most shocking and obscene things I have ever heard
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
These people are filth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your ballot for Worst Person in Tech!
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your ballot for Worst Person in Tech!
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Excellent @euobserver.com oped from @krisshrishak.bsky.social on how EC leadership is running high on AI fumes and immolating public money.
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
Von der Leyen caught in AI hype trap while Tech bros cash in
Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission are fueling the AI hype, claiming AI could reach human-level reasoning next year. When asked for evidence, they cited tech CEOs’ essays, prompting scientists...
euobserver.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Excellent @euobserver.com oped from @krisshrishak.bsky.social on how EC leadership is running high on AI fumes and immolating public money.
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
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AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
no plans to fix it, though
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251105-ai-... - podcast
time: 4 min 58 sec
no plans to fix it, though
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251105-ai-... - podcast
time: 4 min 58 sec
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM