Luca Alagna
@ezekiel.bsky.social
#StratCom advisor, innovator, tackling #Disinformation / FIMI expert.
Making things happen in 🇪🇺
📍Brussels
👉https://linktr.ee/ezekiel_2517
Making things happen in 🇪🇺
📍Brussels
👉https://linktr.ee/ezekiel_2517
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It's called The Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
February 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It's called The Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity are unconditional.
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
February 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity are unconditional.
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
From Paris with love. #LeChat
One AI developed in the EU is closely competing with US and Chinese models.
It’s still not enough but at least it seems that AI Act and “rules” are not the real blocking point here.
Real issue is the European capital market to support 28th state tech startups (Draghi)
One AI developed in the EU is closely competing with US and Chinese models.
It’s still not enough but at least it seems that AI Act and “rules” are not the real blocking point here.
Real issue is the European capital market to support 28th state tech startups (Draghi)
Le Chat de Mistral AI est enfin disponible sur l’Apple Store et le Play Store. L’alternative française aux géants américains et chinois mérite un peu de publicité. D’autant qu’elle est plutôt réputée.
🇫🇷 ⚔️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇳
🇫🇷 ⚔️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇳
February 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
From Paris with love. #LeChat
One AI developed in the EU is closely competing with US and Chinese models.
It’s still not enough but at least it seems that AI Act and “rules” are not the real blocking point here.
Real issue is the European capital market to support 28th state tech startups (Draghi)
One AI developed in the EU is closely competing with US and Chinese models.
It’s still not enough but at least it seems that AI Act and “rules” are not the real blocking point here.
Real issue is the European capital market to support 28th state tech startups (Draghi)
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France’s jobseekers’ agency is partnering with generative artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Mistral AI to unveil a series of tools to help the agency’s advisers.
French AI start-up Mistral partners with government job search agency
The Paris-based start-up was founded in 2023 and has been widely cited as a European rival to the US AI giant Open AI.
www.euronews.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
France’s jobseekers’ agency is partnering with generative artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Mistral AI to unveil a series of tools to help the agency’s advisers.
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Le Chat de Mistral AI est enfin disponible sur l’Apple Store et le Play Store. L’alternative française aux géants américains et chinois mérite un peu de publicité. D’autant qu’elle est plutôt réputée.
🇫🇷 ⚔️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇳
🇫🇷 ⚔️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇳
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Le Chat de Mistral AI est enfin disponible sur l’Apple Store et le Play Store. L’alternative française aux géants américains et chinois mérite un peu de publicité. D’autant qu’elle est plutôt réputée.
🇫🇷 ⚔️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇳
🇫🇷 ⚔️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇳
golden thread on Broligarchy, decoding our times 👇
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
February 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
golden thread on Broligarchy, decoding our times 👇
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
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In summary:
The broligarchs' agenda, supported by Trump, means an end to US democratic traditions & global econ/political leadership. Broligarchs want to create this power vacuum so they can step into it themselves, the better to rule the rest of us.
For more, see @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
The broligarchs' agenda, supported by Trump, means an end to US democratic traditions & global econ/political leadership. Broligarchs want to create this power vacuum so they can step into it themselves, the better to rule the rest of us.
For more, see @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
In summary:
The broligarchs' agenda, supported by Trump, means an end to US democratic traditions & global econ/political leadership. Broligarchs want to create this power vacuum so they can step into it themselves, the better to rule the rest of us.
For more, see @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
The broligarchs' agenda, supported by Trump, means an end to US democratic traditions & global econ/political leadership. Broligarchs want to create this power vacuum so they can step into it themselves, the better to rule the rest of us.
For more, see @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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NEW: Hannah is my ex-step daughter. And when I was in middle of my Cambridge Analytica investigation, she had a stalker. Stalkers. For years. A whole cast of characters making her life hell. In 2021, I approached the BBC: could we try & nail the perpetrator(s)?
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Episode 1: The Selfie
Podcast Episode · Stalked · 04/02/2025 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
NEW: Hannah is my ex-step daughter. And when I was in middle of my Cambridge Analytica investigation, she had a stalker. Stalkers. For years. A whole cast of characters making her life hell. In 2021, I approached the BBC: could we try & nail the perpetrator(s)?
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
just imagine if all the countries targeted by Trump’s tariffs reciprocate with a 100% tariff on Tesla cars
February 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
just imagine if all the countries targeted by Trump’s tariffs reciprocate with a 100% tariff on Tesla cars
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Ah yes, Zuck going back to his made up "free speech roots" by... blocking links to a decentralized competitor.
Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...
Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."
www.404media.co
January 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ah yes, Zuck going back to his made up "free speech roots" by... blocking links to a decentralized competitor.
Zuckerberg’s statement is clumsy, inaccurate and opportunistic.
It makes look Musk as transparent and coherent, in comparison.
It makes look Musk as transparent and coherent, in comparison.
January 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Zuckerberg’s statement is clumsy, inaccurate and opportunistic.
It makes look Musk as transparent and coherent, in comparison.
It makes look Musk as transparent and coherent, in comparison.
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Deepfakes are crazy good these days.
I just saw a video of Zuckerberg claiming:
- he's "getting rid of fact-checkers" because they "censor" debate
- he's "restoring free speech" on Facebook/Instagram
- that "Europe is institutionalising censorship"
Oh, wait...
I just saw a video of Zuckerberg claiming:
- he's "getting rid of fact-checkers" because they "censor" debate
- he's "restoring free speech" on Facebook/Instagram
- that "Europe is institutionalising censorship"
Oh, wait...
542K views · 7K comments | It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on... | By Mark Zuckerbe...
It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on...
www.facebook.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Deepfakes are crazy good these days.
I just saw a video of Zuckerberg claiming:
- he's "getting rid of fact-checkers" because they "censor" debate
- he's "restoring free speech" on Facebook/Instagram
- that "Europe is institutionalising censorship"
Oh, wait...
I just saw a video of Zuckerberg claiming:
- he's "getting rid of fact-checkers" because they "censor" debate
- he's "restoring free speech" on Facebook/Instagram
- that "Europe is institutionalising censorship"
Oh, wait...
Immaginate di voler ignorare la legge di un altro Stato e farla franca facendovi aiutare dal vostro governo, di cui siete amico.
Lo terreste per voi o lo raccontereste al mondo in un video?
Lo terreste per voi o lo raccontereste al mondo in un video?
a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Immaginate di voler ignorare la legge di un altro Stato e farla franca facendovi aiutare dal vostro governo, di cui siete amico.
Lo terreste per voi o lo raccontereste al mondo in un video?
Lo terreste per voi o lo raccontereste al mondo in un video?
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DAMMIT NPR.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2024 at 3:12 AM
DAMMIT NPR.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
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“AI-generated content can be used in dangerously aspirational ways, for example, to help #radicalize audiences by visualizing potential targets for destruction.”
AI-Generated Video of Al-Aqsa Mosque Burning Fuels Tensions
Graphika ATLAS Insight: An AI-generated video of Al-Aqsa Mosque burning spreads, escalating tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups.
launch.graphika.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:49 AM
“AI-generated content can be used in dangerously aspirational ways, for example, to help #radicalize audiences by visualizing potential targets for destruction.”
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This image, which has gone viral online, is AI-generated and fake.
There are far too many inconsistencies pointing to this being AI: The Israeli soldiers and their equipment, the fire, the rubble and the unlikely nature of the image.
There are far too many inconsistencies pointing to this being AI: The Israeli soldiers and their equipment, the fire, the rubble and the unlikely nature of the image.
December 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
This image, which has gone viral online, is AI-generated and fake.
There are far too many inconsistencies pointing to this being AI: The Israeli soldiers and their equipment, the fire, the rubble and the unlikely nature of the image.
There are far too many inconsistencies pointing to this being AI: The Israeli soldiers and their equipment, the fire, the rubble and the unlikely nature of the image.
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Award-winning Italian reporter and podcaster Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran earlier this month.
Our colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social profiled this pioneering and fearless journalist in this piece we published back in 2022 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pio...
Our colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social profiled this pioneering and fearless journalist in this piece we published back in 2022 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pio...
How a pioneering Italian podcaster is leading innovation in a print-focused media industry
“The idea for the podcast was to tell a story from the world every day,” says Cecilia Sala, the 26-year-old Italian journalist behind 'Stories'.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
December 27, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Award-winning Italian reporter and podcaster Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran earlier this month.
Our colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social profiled this pioneering and fearless journalist in this piece we published back in 2022 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pio...
Our colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social profiled this pioneering and fearless journalist in this piece we published back in 2022 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pio...
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Italian journalist #CeciliaSala was arrested in Tehran last week while on a journalistic visa and is being held in isolation in Evin prison — charges are still unknown.
Talk about her!
#FreeCecilia
Talk about her!
#FreeCecilia
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrested in Tehran, Italy says | CNN
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Tehran, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. She was in Iran on a reporting trip.
amp.cnn.com
December 27, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Italian journalist #CeciliaSala was arrested in Tehran last week while on a journalistic visa and is being held in isolation in Evin prison — charges are still unknown.
Talk about her!
#FreeCecilia
Talk about her!
#FreeCecilia
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Che Elon Musk stia cercando di pilotare le elezioni in Germania è ormai un dato di fatto. Die Welt pubblica un testo spassionato di Musk in favore di AfD, considerato come l'unica salvezza economica e culturale per il Paese. La redattrice Eva Marie Kogel si dimette. E scoppia il dibattito.
Die Chefin der Meinungsredaktion der Zeitung Welt, Eva Marie Kogel, wirft hin, weil das Blatt Elon Musk Raum für AfD-Wahlwerbung gibt. Das bleibt nicht unkommentiert.
Interner Zwist bei Springer: Musk spaltet die „Welt“
taz.de
December 29, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Che Elon Musk stia cercando di pilotare le elezioni in Germania è ormai un dato di fatto. Die Welt pubblica un testo spassionato di Musk in favore di AfD, considerato come l'unica salvezza economica e culturale per il Paese. La redattrice Eva Marie Kogel si dimette. E scoppia il dibattito.
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Die Chefin der Meinungsredaktion der Zeitung Welt, Eva Marie Kogel, wirft hin, weil das Blatt Elon Musk Raum für AfD-Wahlwerbung gibt. Das bleibt nicht unkommentiert.
Interner Zwist bei Springer: Musk spaltet die „Welt“
taz.de
December 28, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Die Chefin der Meinungsredaktion der Zeitung Welt, Eva Marie Kogel, wirft hin, weil das Blatt Elon Musk Raum für AfD-Wahlwerbung gibt. Das bleibt nicht unkommentiert.
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The AfD/Musk-supporting terrorist who attacked the German Christmas market planned his atrocity in full view on TwitterX over the course of a year. He was reported multiple times, but TwitterX did nothing to take him down or report him to authorities.
December 21, 2024 at 10:08 AM
The AfD/Musk-supporting terrorist who attacked the German Christmas market planned his atrocity in full view on TwitterX over the course of a year. He was reported multiple times, but TwitterX did nothing to take him down or report him to authorities.
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Leggo che su X scriveva "«la Germania vuole islamizzare l’Europa. Abbiamo bisogno dell’Afd per proteggere la polizia da se stessa»"
E poi penso a quello che ha scritto il Chetaminico proprietario di X ieri, prima dell'attentato: "Solo l'AfD può salvare la Germania"
www.lastampa.it/esteri/2024/...
E poi penso a quello che ha scritto il Chetaminico proprietario di X ieri, prima dell'attentato: "Solo l'AfD può salvare la Germania"
www.lastampa.it/esteri/2024/...
December 21, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Leggo che su X scriveva "«la Germania vuole islamizzare l’Europa. Abbiamo bisogno dell’Afd per proteggere la polizia da se stessa»"
E poi penso a quello che ha scritto il Chetaminico proprietario di X ieri, prima dell'attentato: "Solo l'AfD può salvare la Germania"
www.lastampa.it/esteri/2024/...
E poi penso a quello che ha scritto il Chetaminico proprietario di X ieri, prima dell'attentato: "Solo l'AfD può salvare la Germania"
www.lastampa.it/esteri/2024/...
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La conferma ce l'avevamo già da tempo ormai, ma credo sia la prima volta di una netta ammissione. Gli hashtag non funzionano più su X, anzi. Nello smantellamento di quello che era prima, si è scelto di eliminare quello che era diventato nel tempo un carattere distintivo
December 17, 2024 at 9:18 PM
La conferma ce l'avevamo già da tempo ormai, ma credo sia la prima volta di una netta ammissione. Gli hashtag non funzionano più su X, anzi. Nello smantellamento di quello che era prima, si è scelto di eliminare quello che era diventato nel tempo un carattere distintivo
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Elon Musk has a political megaphone unmatched in modern society. He got a total of 133 billion views since July, and ~1/3 of his posts are about politics.
His typical tweet gets more than 2.4 million views in just one hour, according to our novel view-count time-series dataset.
🎁: wapo.st/3VLjlI6
His typical tweet gets more than 2.4 million views in just one hour, according to our novel view-count time-series dataset.
🎁: wapo.st/3VLjlI6
December 17, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Elon Musk has a political megaphone unmatched in modern society. He got a total of 133 billion views since July, and ~1/3 of his posts are about politics.
His typical tweet gets more than 2.4 million views in just one hour, according to our novel view-count time-series dataset.
🎁: wapo.st/3VLjlI6
His typical tweet gets more than 2.4 million views in just one hour, according to our novel view-count time-series dataset.
🎁: wapo.st/3VLjlI6