Silvia Montaña
@silmonn.bsky.social
Lecturer in Journalism at UniMelbourne @AdmsCentre. Researching #AI, #automation #platformisation of news, media and fact checkers. Se habla español. Views my own.
"Our hemisphere"? Like the Monroe doctrine 100 years ago. What a concept! Let's call it the Rubio doctrine.
US issued a response (48h later):
“I don’t think EU gets to determine what international law is. What they certainly don’t get to determine is how the US defends its national security. US is under attack from organized criminal narco-terrorists in our hemisphere”, —Rubio
“I don’t think EU gets to determine what international law is. What they certainly don’t get to determine is how the US defends its national security. US is under attack from organized criminal narco-terrorists in our hemisphere”, —Rubio
France and Allies Condemn U.S. Military Operations in the Caribbean
www.onestnetwork.com/post/france-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/france-...
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"Our hemisphere"? Like the Monroe doctrine 100 years ago. What a concept! Let's call it the Rubio doctrine.
When will the meteorite hit earth?
Tourists ‘paid £70,000’ to shoot innocent people in ‘human safari’ hunting trips to Sarajevo
Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into far-right Italian tourists who also paid an additional fee to kill children with the sniper rifles in the 1990s in Bosnia.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/12/t...
Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into far-right Italian tourists who also paid an additional fee to kill children with the sniper rifles in the 1990s in Bosnia.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/12/t...
Tourists 'paid £70,000' to shoot innocent people in 'human safari' hunting trips
The siege ended in 1995, leaving 13,952 people dead. 5,434 of these casualties were civilians.
metro.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
When will the meteorite hit earth?
Gosh, so happy to have had great students this semester! Great ideas and pieces. I wish them the best in their journalism pathway. I'd be glad to have many of them as PhD students, but they are in love with journalism, so it's better to leave them to find their way.
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Gosh, so happy to have had great students this semester! Great ideas and pieces. I wish them the best in their journalism pathway. I'd be glad to have many of them as PhD students, but they are in love with journalism, so it's better to leave them to find their way.
Just arrived late to social media comments saying that Mamdani is “the Pedro Pascal of politics” and I couldn’t agree more 😆
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Just arrived late to social media comments saying that Mamdani is “the Pedro Pascal of politics” and I couldn’t agree more 😆
One of the longest booings ever!
BREAKING: Trump was just viciously BOOED at the Washington Commanders Detroit Lions game.
I’ve never heard a president booed this loudly in my life. Holy cow!
I’ve never heard a president booed this loudly in my life. Holy cow!
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
One of the longest booings ever!
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This first page reminds me so much of the Colombian media (and I'm not talking about the tabloids). One can create a transnational collection of cover pages with the Communist boogeyman. But some folks in Twitter are planning to print T-shirts 😉
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This first page reminds me so much of the Colombian media (and I'm not talking about the tabloids). One can create a transnational collection of cover pages with the Communist boogeyman. But some folks in Twitter are planning to print T-shirts 😉
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Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Caramba, se nos fue un pensador de la comunicación mundial. Pocos quedan hoy como Mattelart. RIP
Armand Mattelart fue un maestro de generaciones, un motor intelectual y es una referencia insoslayable sobre geopolítica y comunicación.
Gran parte de sus libros son de acceso libre en la red que estudió, entendió y criticó.
Una gran pena su muerte. Lo vamos a extrañar mucho 🖤
Gran parte de sus libros son de acceso libre en la red que estudió, entendió y criticó.
Una gran pena su muerte. Lo vamos a extrañar mucho 🖤
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Caramba, se nos fue un pensador de la comunicación mundial. Pocos quedan hoy como Mattelart. RIP
En Estados Unidos se habla español. Y bien claro.
Juntos vamos a construir la ciudad que merecemos!
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
En Estados Unidos se habla español. Y bien claro.
Adding here that with Milei’s victory in Congress, he will be able to pass the labour reform bill, which proposes the extension to 12 working hours per day and allows companies to cut job contracts at any time without justification. Very bad news man.
‘A colony of the US’: Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory
Big win leaves many wondering if result reflects genuine support for president or corrosive US influence
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Adding here that with Milei’s victory in Congress, he will be able to pass the labour reform bill, which proposes the extension to 12 working hours per day and allows companies to cut job contracts at any time without justification. Very bad news man.
I haven’t seen much coverage about Hurricane Melissa, maybe it’s because is not in the US. Scientists are suggesting to create new categories given the strong impacts they have and how climate change modifies hurricanes behaviours.
Some scientists say it’s time to rethink how we measure hurricanes. Here's why
A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.
www.kcentv.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I haven’t seen much coverage about Hurricane Melissa, maybe it’s because is not in the US. Scientists are suggesting to create new categories given the strong impacts they have and how climate change modifies hurricanes behaviours.
That's probably what regulation should address in other platform ecosystems. This, and unregulated advertising.
Starting Oct 2025, China requires online influencers to have verified professional qualifications before discussing sensitive topics such as medicine, law, finance, or education. Influencers must show formal training or a relevant degree to post on major platforms like Douyin, Weibo, and Bilibili.
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
That's probably what regulation should address in other platform ecosystems. This, and unregulated advertising.
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Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections
At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Now, it’s not onlyTrump saying it. 😬
Despite a constitutional amendment that bars someone from being elected president more than twice, Steve Bannon said in a recent interview that President Donald Trump will have a third term in the White House.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Now, it’s not onlyTrump saying it. 😬
Qué bien que Byung-Chul Han reciba el
Premio Princesa de Asturias
Premio Princesa de Asturias
“Más fiesta y más siesta”: la reivindicación del filósofo Byung-Chul Han durante la Semana de los Premios Princesa de Asturias
El filósofo alemán de origen surcoreano, que recibirá el viernes el Premio Princesa de Comunicación y Humanidades 2025, asegura que “el capitalismo implosionará”
elpais.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Qué bien que Byung-Chul Han reciba el
Premio Princesa de Asturias
Premio Princesa de Asturias
I'm just convinced that Maduro and Trump would rather be close friends than enemies. Their level of complexity in public communication is so similar.
‘Peace forever’: Venezuela’s Maduro speaks in English
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I'm just convinced that Maduro and Trump would rather be close friends than enemies. Their level of complexity in public communication is so similar.
I'm concerned with the current crisis between the US and Colombia, but Petro's quotes in the interview with Daniel Coronell are so good! 😆: "Trump has said that Colombia's government is out of control. Of course! It's out of his control". Hahahahah
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I'm concerned with the current crisis between the US and Colombia, but Petro's quotes in the interview with Daniel Coronell are so good! 😆: "Trump has said that Colombia's government is out of control. Of course! It's out of his control". Hahahahah
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Oh AWS is down so half the internet is also down.
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh AWS is down so half the internet is also down.
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PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
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Dependency on large cloud provider. Outage at AWS has huge impact: Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, are all facing thousands of reports of outages. People have had card payments declined. Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage - www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage - live updates
Many of the world's biggest apps including Snapchat, Duolingo and Roblox have gone down, in what appears to be an issue affecting Amazon Web Services.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Dependency on large cloud provider. Outage at AWS has huge impact: Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, are all facing thousands of reports of outages. People have had card payments declined. Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage - www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
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This is an absolutely amazing piece of work - the ABC spent five years (!) working on this interactive feature that brings together First Nations oral histories spanning 65,000 years
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
Australia is seen as a young country — but do you really know its ancient story?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' story goes way, way back… take an awe-inspiring journey into Deep Time.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is an absolutely amazing piece of work - the ABC spent five years (!) working on this interactive feature that brings together First Nations oral histories spanning 65,000 years
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
It’s true, but it also gives so much oxygen to the Colombian far right against Petro. It’s like 50/50.
I don't know what will happen in the next few days, but Trump's statement about Colombia is not going over well here.
If his goal was to mobilize anti-US sentiment here ahead of presidential primary elections, he just succeeded
If his goal was to mobilize anti-US sentiment here ahead of presidential primary elections, he just succeeded
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It’s true, but it also gives so much oxygen to the Colombian far right against Petro. It’s like 50/50.
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OpenAI’s Sora: When Seeing Should Not Be Believing
New text-to-video tool from the leading AI company generates convincing videos advancing false claims 80 percent of the time when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found
www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
New text-to-video tool from the leading AI company generates convincing videos advancing false claims 80 percent of the time when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found
www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
OpenAI’s Sora: When Seeing Should Not Be Believing
www.newsguardtech.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
OpenAI’s Sora: When Seeing Should Not Be Believing
New text-to-video tool from the leading AI company generates convincing videos advancing false claims 80 percent of the time when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found
www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
New text-to-video tool from the leading AI company generates convincing videos advancing false claims 80 percent of the time when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found
www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
Returning to the history of interventionism and toppling governments: Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Returning to the history of interventionism and toppling governments: Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela