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Fingers crossed for my German friends today, and for all of us Europeans. Felt I had to repost those stunning images of anti-far right protests from when I was living there 🇩🇪

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"Recently, centre-right parties in particular have increasingly adopted far-right policies and, in several countries, formed coalitions with far-right parties. Despite evidence showing this only boosts the radical right, the process is accelerating" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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It's time for us Europeans to step up our efforts towards more international solidarity & cooperation www.dw.com/en/why-afric...

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"The question isn't whether Europe or the UK can become an "AI superpower," but whether they can help build an AI ecosystem that serves the common good" @mazzucatom.bsky.social will be speaking at the #AIActionSummit marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/ai-for-what

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🇿🇦 "We are witnessing the rise of nationalism, protectionism, the pursuit of narrow interests, and the decline of common cause," President Ramaphosa said during his State of the Nation address. "We are, as South Africans, a resilient people, and we will not be bullied" time.com/7213703/trum...

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Has anyone tried the new Le Chat app by Mistral? 🤖🇫🇷 I played with it a little bit today, but I'm far from an expert so I'd be curious to see reviews on how it compares to ChatGTP and DeepSeek mistral.ai/en/news/all-...

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It’s probably above 90% by now

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Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war

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Will diplomats eventually move to Bluesky? For now I see only a handful of embassy accounts opened – and even fewer active. #DigitalDiplomacy

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"What could be more masculine and cool than selling out vulnerable communities and women to impress the alpha male?"

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No article has captured my recent feelings better than this one. Absolutely. On. Point. → This weeks MUST READ “Living your life to impress other men by hating women is one of the most embarrassing things I can imagine. Looking up to any of these men for how to live your life is even sadder.”

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Interesting European response to the, so-called, free speech turn in US tech: Mistral signs AFP deal for fact-based chatbot in riposte to ‘free speech’ rivals on.ft.com/3Ca3k7T

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Leaving X is becoming a big trend in Germany, over 60 German universities and research institutions dump that place and join Bluesky. Includes Goethe University, The Free University of Berlin, RWTH Aachen and Heidelberg University. 👏👏👏 Report: shorturl.at/i8zhO

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Looking forward to the same poll in France 🤞

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🇿🇦 Lots of rain in the region in the last few weeks. Hoping it will decrease the risks of seeing #DayZero happen in Johannesburg in the near future. The whole country is still facing a worsening water crisis www.ft.com/content/a4ff...

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I'll share it here as well: helloquittex.com is a trustworthy initiative to move your data and leave the toxic platform by January 20th 🐦➡️🦋 #HelloQuitteX

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In case you were wondering how things are going in Germany & on X, after Elon Musk announced his support for the far-right "Alternative für Deutschland" (AfD) in the upcoming Federal election: The chart below shows sums of tweets x impressions by members of parliament over the past 7 days...🧵⤵️

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www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

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Several African countries are at risk of becoming battlegrounds of local & foreign actors using #AI -powered disinformation to destabilize regions or regimes. African civil societies are already working on countering the threats. Governments also have a role to play foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/21/a...

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One of my issues with Bluesky so far is that over 50% of all South Africa-related content is about Musk 😐

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Just visited the Wits Origins Center in Johannesburg. 🇿🇦 has some of the oldest Australopithecus fossils (-2.8M y.) and traces of Homo Sapiens (-260K y.) out there. I found the rock art by San people (thousands of years old) particularly stunning 🤩

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As we gawk at the $250M Musk spent elect Trump, take a guess how long it took him to “earn” it back in the market? It took just 15 minutes. I'm not kidding... 15 minutes. According to Bloomberg, his net worth soared by $8B just today. That’s billionaire math for you—and it’s all of our problem.

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This is big. Romania's Constitutional Court cancelled the first round of the presidential election due to suspicions of strong Russian influence via social media, notably TikTok 🇷🇴 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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🪙 "Mr. Trump’s election victory sent its price even higher, as crypto enthusiasts branded him 'the first #Bitcoin president.' […] Top crypto executives spent about $135 million to influence the U.S. election, and they are now enjoying the spoils" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/t...

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🇫🇷 "Barnier was the 5th PM since Macron came to power in 2017, with each serving a successively shorter period. Given the turbulence, the new nominee risks an even shorter term than Barnier, whose tenure was the shortest since the Fifth Republic began in 1958" www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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🇳🇦 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah becomes the first female President of #Namibia, with 57% of votes in the first round of the election. Swapo resisted the wave of decline affecting historical ruling parties in Southern Africa www.dw.com/en/namibia-e...

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This weekend I could see the famous and beautiful Golden Rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, a medieval kingdom in northern 🇿🇦 🦏 This artifact dates back to the 11th or 12th century and can be viewed at the museums of University of Pretoria

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Looking forward to the final numbers! 🗳️ Namibian election: SWAPO faces new challenges in tight race 🇳🇦 www.dw.com/en/namibian-...

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🇿🇦 In May, the ANC lost its absolute majority for the first time since the end of apartheid. 🇧🇼 In November, Botswana experienced an alternance for the first time since independence. 🇳🇦 Namibians are voting on Wednesday. Will SWAPO resist? foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/y...

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For @hofrench.bsky.social, when analyzing the various faces of political crises in Africa, "there is a common underlying denominator: a state’s inability to assure even the basic well-being of its citizens" foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/a...

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Nate Silver: "I don’t think you should put any value whatsoever on anyone’s gut —including mine. You should resign yourself to the fact that a 50-50 forecast really does mean 50-50" 🇺🇸 (Yet it doesn't mean that the result in electoral college will necessarily be close) www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/o...

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Love the graphs. Would be nice to have the same for European countries www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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#Jacaranda blooming season in Joburg/Pretoria is stunning 🌸

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“Why Nations Fail” was one of the most captivating and important books I’ve read. Is there any more recent publication by #Acemoglu that is also a must read? 📚

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The case for ignoring polls of the 🇺🇸 election: they're incredibly stable, the gap is within the margin of error, and the election will be made in a handful of states where polling is less reliable than national average www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/o...

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Fragmentation of public industrial support. Aging demographics. Red tape. Low labor mobility. Lack of R&D spending. Findings from the Draghi report on why 🇪🇺 is lagging behind: foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/26/e...

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Sunday night read — "A brief note on the long history of African diplomacy", on the excellent newsletter by Isaac Samuel, "African History Extra" #HistoryIR substack.com/@isaacsamuel...

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There’s probably a lot to criticize in #Harari ´s thoughts but it’s always incredibly fascinating to listen to him. Here, about the interaction between information systems and political regimes podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/v...

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Foreign Policy interviewed Ronald Lamola, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa, in the margins of the UN General Assembly 🇿🇦🇺🇳 foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/26/l...

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The 🇿🇦 Constitutional Court. It was symbolically built post-apartheid in the heart of Johannesburg, on Constitutional Hill, the site of one of the main political prisons of the 20th century —where the Mandelas as well as Gandhi spent time in jail.

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Excited to have just moved to 🇿🇦 (www.linkedin.com/posts/geoffr...) so I would be keen to discover Bluesky accounts to follow about #SouthAfrica

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Glad that this app is growing!

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Absolutely crazy figures from the Amazon wildfires. The videos I am seeing on social media are even worse. The fires have scorched at least 11.3 million hectares, almost 10 times the size of the Paris region. More than 60% of Brazil is covered by smoke. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

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Interesting piece: research tends to show AI has little effect on elections. Why? 1/ mass persuasion is hard; 2/ AI content is drowning in other content; 3/ voter targeting is not that efficient; 4/ information is only one of many factors in making a choice www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/03/1...

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Discussions about AI in the context of creative industries at the #Avijozi festival in Joburg 🇿🇦 …and then one of my fave quotes about AI popped up in the conversation 👇

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