Robin Vanderborght
@vanderborghtr.bsky.social
Researcher International Relations @uantwerpen. Focused on technology and international security.
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New migration policy guaranteed (meant?) to fail: keeping people in limbo for twenty years is the absolutely best way to make sure they cannot integrate and become part of society. It will also fail to appease the insatiable far-right.
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
https://www.newsbeep.com/250732/
People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in a…
https://www.newsbeep.com/250732/
People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in a…
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays - News Beep
People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in a major change of policy to be announced by the home secretary on
www.newsbeep.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New migration policy guaranteed (meant?) to fail: keeping people in limbo for twenty years is the absolutely best way to make sure they cannot integrate and become part of society. It will also fail to appease the insatiable far-right.
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Got flak for saying on CNN last Friday that Trump deserves no credit for resolving the Gaza war because he... didn't resolve the Gaza war. Sure enough:
Israel accuses Hamas of breaching ceasefire, reportedly attacks Gaza
An Israeli military official accused Hamas of a "bold violation of the ceasefire," while a senior Hamas official accused Israel of violating the agreement.
www.nbcnews.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Got flak for saying on CNN last Friday that Trump deserves no credit for resolving the Gaza war because he... didn't resolve the Gaza war. Sure enough:
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It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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The moment of the “Shahed” drone attack on the Shostka train station was caught on📹
Russia struck the train station in Shostka,Sumy region,twice.The first strike hit the locomotive of the suburban train Tereshchynska-Novhorod-Siverskyi.When the evacuation of people began,the enemy attacked again
Russia struck the train station in Shostka,Sumy region,twice.The first strike hit the locomotive of the suburban train Tereshchynska-Novhorod-Siverskyi.When the evacuation of people began,the enemy attacked again
October 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The moment of the “Shahed” drone attack on the Shostka train station was caught on📹
Russia struck the train station in Shostka,Sumy region,twice.The first strike hit the locomotive of the suburban train Tereshchynska-Novhorod-Siverskyi.When the evacuation of people began,the enemy attacked again
Russia struck the train station in Shostka,Sumy region,twice.The first strike hit the locomotive of the suburban train Tereshchynska-Novhorod-Siverskyi.When the evacuation of people began,the enemy attacked again
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all of these videos are horrifying. what feels so singularly striking and scary to me in all of them is the individual seething contempt and rage of these agents
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
all of these videos are horrifying. what feels so singularly striking and scary to me in all of them is the individual seething contempt and rage of these agents
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It’s so fucking funny that we’re still getting five NYT op-eds a week calling for the left to tone down their rhetoric
Remember when Hillary Clinton called some Trump supporters “deplorable“?
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It’s so fucking funny that we’re still getting five NYT op-eds a week calling for the left to tone down their rhetoric
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OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
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you know what probably isn't great for military readiness? turning a blind eye to violent hazing, sexual assault and bigotry, while purging leaders on the basis of race and gender.
Hegseth declares an end to 'politically correct' leadership in the US military
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to announce directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physic...
apnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
you know what probably isn't great for military readiness? turning a blind eye to violent hazing, sexual assault and bigotry, while purging leaders on the basis of race and gender.
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🚨🚀 "Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security" from @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze.
Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨🚀 "Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security" from @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze.
Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -
Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security - cup.org/3IMQWh4
- @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze
#FirstView #AI
Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security - cup.org/3IMQWh4
- @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze
#FirstView #AI
July 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -
Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security - cup.org/3IMQWh4
- @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze
#FirstView #AI
Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security - cup.org/3IMQWh4
- @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze
#FirstView #AI
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🔓 New & open access 🔓
"Visuals as sources of normative substance in the debate about AI in the military domain" by our colleagues @profbode.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze, co-authored with @guangyuqiao-franco.bsky.social, available in Critical Studies on Security
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Visuals as sources of normative substance in the debate about AI in the military domain" by our colleagues @profbode.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze, co-authored with @guangyuqiao-franco.bsky.social, available in Critical Studies on Security
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Visuals as sources of normative substance in the debate about artificial intelligence in the military domain
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain has gained prominence on the global agenda. Across digital media platforms and search engines, this discussion also plays out visually...
www.tandfonline.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🔓 New & open access 🔓
"Visuals as sources of normative substance in the debate about AI in the military domain" by our colleagues @profbode.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze, co-authored with @guangyuqiao-franco.bsky.social, available in Critical Studies on Security
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Visuals as sources of normative substance in the debate about AI in the military domain" by our colleagues @profbode.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze, co-authored with @guangyuqiao-franco.bsky.social, available in Critical Studies on Security
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”
Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats
Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”
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This is what the destroyed homes in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, just outside Kyiv, look like after russian attack last night.
Bastards. Murderers.
Bastards. Murderers.
September 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is what the destroyed homes in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, just outside Kyiv, look like after russian attack last night.
Bastards. Murderers.
Bastards. Murderers.
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Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"
September 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"
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Volgens VVD, BBB en Wilders is solidariteit met Palestijnen ‘onversneden Jodenhaat’, maar over de neonazi’s met hun Hitlergroeten en NSB-vlaggen in Den Haag zwijgen ze. Daarmee maken alle maatregelen van deze regering tegen antisemitisme niet alleen ongeloofwaardig, maar ook fundamenteel racistisch.
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Volgens VVD, BBB en Wilders is solidariteit met Palestijnen ‘onversneden Jodenhaat’, maar over de neonazi’s met hun Hitlergroeten en NSB-vlaggen in Den Haag zwijgen ze. Daarmee maken alle maatregelen van deze regering tegen antisemitisme niet alleen ongeloofwaardig, maar ook fundamenteel racistisch.
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Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
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At almost all UK defence discussions on AI, experts have raised the the problem of sovereign AI and emphasised that defence should not be locked in with US companies (which may pursue different interests and aims). This seems like a blatant disregard of this expert advice www.gov.uk/government/n...
New strategic partnership to unlock billions and boost military AI and innovation
The UK will be at the leading edge of defence innovation as the government signs a new partnership with Palantir to unlock billions in investment and deliver on the Government’s Plan for Change.
www.gov.uk
September 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
At almost all UK defence discussions on AI, experts have raised the the problem of sovereign AI and emphasised that defence should not be locked in with US companies (which may pursue different interests and aims). This seems like a blatant disregard of this expert advice www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Look who came with
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Look who came with
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please ENJOY this clip of Mark Zuckerberg *just trying to answer a video call* with the new 'neural band' Meta is shilling and failing miserably during a live demo
You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this
youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...
You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this
youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...
September 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
please ENJOY this clip of Mark Zuckerberg *just trying to answer a video call* with the new 'neural band' Meta is shilling and failing miserably during a live demo
You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this
youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...
You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this
youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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This is where impunity leads.
September 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is where impunity leads.