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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 2d

ps. The development of AI goes hand in hand with greater inequality. Nothing of this is inevitable, but dealing with this requires acknowledging the problem in the first place

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 2d

AI and democracy:
Campaigns use AI to analyze/predict constituent opinions. Those in control of AI tech will become more wealthy/powerful and leverage these resources to dismantle democracy. AI will cede greater power to smaller number of tech companies.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We research AI election threats. Here’s what we need to prepare for | Samuel Woolley and Dean Jackson

Artificial intelligence endangers democracy – but it’s less about specific deepfakes and more about a bigger transformation

www.theguardian.com

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem compares antifa to Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS. All those who spoke during the roundtable were conservative influencers or rightwing journalists, who all claimed that antifa was a terror organization without presenting any evidence.

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 6d

postcard from the United States of America
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Judge Diane Goodstein’s home burns to ground after ruling against Trump

Judge Diane Goodstein's husband was among those injured after he jumped from the burning house.

www.newsweek.com

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 8d

honored to have been invited to be the Opponent in a PhD defense at the University of Helsinki. Congratulations to Manoj Bushal, and a special thank to Tiina Seppala and all the colleagues at development studies

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 9d

More than half a dozen EU interior ministers are meeting in Munich on Saturday (4 October) to thrash out ideas on evicting rejected asylum seekers from the bloc. The Netherlands reached a memorandum of understanding last week to send rejected asylum seekers to Uganda.

Munich EU migration meeting will 'go strong on returns'

More than half a dozen EU interior ministers are meeting in Munich on Saturday (4 October) to thrash out ideas on evicting rejected asylum seekers from the bloc. The Netherlands reached a memorandum of understanding last week to send rejected asylum seekers to Uganda.

euobserver.com

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 9d

100,000 in Bologna alone - A1 highway temporarily blocked. Italy’s
#GeneralStrike ‘block the genocide’ a response to government that mocked the ‘Flotilla crusade’, the workers’ strike ‘a longer weekend’. A new generation is here, something new is taking shape

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 10d

looks like the captain has officially breached the Israeli blockade with various tricks. A Greek ship with a Turkish commander.

#flotillaglobalsumud

Olf (Le) @olf-161.bsky.social · 10d

‼️ Update: A new landing zone is currently being cleared and secured for the Global Sumud Flotilla vessel "Mikeno". The beach of Deir al-Balah was the direct path for landing, clearing up why the Israeli Navy opened fire on that specific beach.

Mise en place nvelle zone de débarquement pour Mikeno.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10d

BREAKING: Union in Italy has announced a general strike on October 3, as per their promise if the Gaza flotilla was attacked, as it has been now.

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 10d

How Arab regimes deal with civil societies and Gaza

www.middleeasteye.net/news/three-e...

Three Egyptian activists set to join Gaza flotilla disappear

Organisers call disappearances ‘unjustifiable’, citing repeated attempts to secure official permission

www.middleeasteye.net

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 11d

on Trump's surprising turn to Pakistan

Washington gave Islamabad the lowest tariff rate, a terror designation for the Balochistan Liberation Front, trying to secure friendly supply chains of key rare minerals and to send a message to India

warontherocks.com/2025/10/expl...

Explaining Trump’s Surprising Turn to Pakistan

Recent months have brought a startling shift in U.S.-Pakistani relations. On Sept. 25, President Donald Trump hosted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 11d

States have failed to prevent a genocidal drift (despite explicit requests by the ICG)

Hence everywhere society is mobilizing

Governments' new narrative: the problem for those starved to death is society mobilizing. Irresponsible, go back to the sofa, let us work on peace

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 11d

The next game in town is ‘the Flotilla harms peace’, ‘the UEFA harms peace’ , while the Isreali govt even gets changes in the so-called Peace Plan, committing to a three-phase withdrawal that ONCE AGAIN it won’t comply with

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11d

Israel is paying 14-18 year old social media influencers $7000 per post to spread pro-Israel messaging.

Source: Nick Cleveland-Stout (@nick_clevelands on X):

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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 11d

“MAGA gunman strikes and Team Trump vanishes. No tweets, no outrage, no blaming ‘radical left.’ Just silence. Hypocrisy exposed live on Fox by Jessica Tarlov. #TrumpWatch #MAGAHypocrisy” www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-hos...

Fox Host Calls Out Team Trump ‘Hypocrisy’ Over MAGA Gunman

“When the shoe is on the other foot and they can’t demonize the left for this one, they say nothing,” Jessica Tarlov told Fox viewers.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 12d

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.

The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 11d

Evidence that Trump picked Hegseth as Secretary of war because he’s the one who would not object to the military turned against US citizens

Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 11d

Donald Trump gave the most dangerous speech of his career to the US military.

youtube.com/watch?v=VTJ0...

🚨 Trump SHOCKS MILITARY CROWD in DANGEROUS SPEECH

YouTube video by Pondering Politics

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 12d

define peace as impunity

(source: the Guardian)

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 12d

“Global architectures of injustice” panel with Francesca Albanese, Paola Caridi, Donatella della Porta addressing the Israel-Palestine question. Glad to contribute to the @scuolanormale school ‘War, Peace and the Global Order’ with Mats Berdal, Mario Pianta, Matt Evangelista, etc

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12d

Sure. Left wing terrorism is at an all time high, going from 3% of domestic terror fatalities to 4%. Right wing terrorism on the other hand has dipped to an all time low of 95%

So technically, yeah.

Dorian D @drdorianoz.bsky.social · 13d

Fuck. This. Guy. Sideways.

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 12d

America, 2025

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12d

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 12d

Israel wants to train ChatGPT to be more pro-Israel
In a new $6M contract, US firm ‘Clock Tower X’ will generate and deploy content across platforms, help game algorithms, plus manage AI ‘frameworks’ to make them more friendly to the cause

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Israel wants to train ChatGPT to be more pro-Israel

In a new $6M contract, US firm ‘Clock Tower X’ will generate and deploy content across platforms, help game algorithms, plus manage AI ‘frameworks’ to make them more friendly to the cause

responsiblestatecraft.org

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 12d

"The reaction to Trump’s nakedly illegal designation from progressives, liberal media, and left-leaning think tanks, however, has given me a sense of dread," writes Matthew Whitley. interc.pt/4pLJGTH

A photo of Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the White House in Washington on Sept. 25, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa" and the DEK, "Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea — instead of acting to defend the activists, researchers, and organizers facing persecution."

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12d

The man behind the US’ summary execution of civilians off the coast of Venezuela is Stephen Miller.

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

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12d

Today’s capitulation. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Monday, September 29 5:02
WSJ
Breaking News
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit over the suspension of his account

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