Eric Prenen
@eprenen.bsky.social
Retired former tech exec. 🇧🇪 in 🇷🇴. Nerd avant la lettre. Now exploring opportunities in Public & Private Equity.
Get over your X: A European plan to escape American technology ecfr.eu/publication/...
Get over your X: A European plan to escape American technology | ECFR
Foreign technology companies cannot be entrusted with meeting Europe’s growing digital needs. This includes American big tech firms. Here’s what Europeans shoul
ecfr.eu
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Get over your X: A European plan to escape American technology ecfr.eu/publication/...
Rights groups sue Romania at European Court of Human Rights over PRIDE march ban #Oradea universul.net/photos-right...
PHOTOS | Rights groups sue Romania at European Court of Human Rights over PRIDE march ban
Two rights groups in Romania have filed a lawsuit against the country with the European Court of Human Rights after an event in western Romania in support
universul.net
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Rights groups sue Romania at European Court of Human Rights over PRIDE march ban #Oradea universul.net/photos-right...
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-ha...
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-ha...
What happens when you kick millions teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out | CNN edition.cnn.com/2025/11/29/a...
What happens when you kick millions teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out | CNN
In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some…
edition.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
What happens when you kick millions teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out | CNN edition.cnn.com/2025/11/29/a...
Iceberg Index: AI can already replace 11.7 percent of US workers www.heise.de/en/news/Iceb...
Iceberg Index: AI can already replace 11.7 percent of US workers
A new simulation tool from MIT shows: Current AI systems could already replace 11.7 percent of the US labor market – primarily in administration and finance.
www.heise.de
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Iceberg Index: AI can already replace 11.7 percent of US workers www.heise.de/en/news/Iceb...
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/getting-re...
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/getting-re...
EU 'Democracy Shield' Aims To Counter Russian Disinformation www.rferl.org/a/eu-democra...
EU 'Democracy Shield' Aims To Counter Russian Disinformation
On November 12 the European Commission will present its “democracy shield” – a collection of proposals to be rolled-out in the coming years to protect the bloc and EU candidate countries from foreign…
www.rferl.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
EU 'Democracy Shield' Aims To Counter Russian Disinformation www.rferl.org/a/eu-democra...
Why the AI Hype is another Tech Bubble www.academia.edu/124455113/Wh...
Why the AI Hype is another Tech Bubble
This article argues that the current hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) exhibits characteristics of a tech bubble, based on parallels with five previous technological bubbles: the Dot-Com Bubble,...
www.academia.edu
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Why the AI Hype is another Tech Bubble www.academia.edu/124455113/Wh...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...
When did they pass a law that every man has to have a beard? larryderfner.substack.com/p/when-did-t...
When did they pass a law that every man has to have a beard?
Some men look great in them, like Sean Connery. But if a guy's beard is weedy, he looks like one of those acidheads grooving in the mud at Woodstock
larryderfner.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
When did they pass a law that every man has to have a beard? larryderfner.substack.com/p/when-did-t...
Signs that Putin’s regime is panicking and in its twilight have multiplied in recent days universul.net/signs-that-p...
universul.net
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Signs that Putin’s regime is panicking and in its twilight have multiplied in recent days universul.net/signs-that-p...
Belgium is basically a narco-state, top Antwerp judge warns www.politico.eu/article/antw...
Belgium is basically a narco-state, top Antwerp judge warns
“Extensive mafia-like structures have taken root,” judge writes in anonymous letter laying out how criminality seeps into every part of Belgian society.
www.politico.eu
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Belgium is basically a narco-state, top Antwerp judge warns www.politico.eu/article/antw...
Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the World Trade Organization survive? www.bruegel.org/working-pape...
Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the World Trade Organization survive?
The Trump administration’s trade policy accelerates the WTO’s decline and challenges global trade governance
www.bruegel.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the World Trade Organization survive? www.bruegel.org/working-pape...
Unravelling a new romance: Why emigrants support radical right populists - Sergiu Gherghina, Sergiu Miscoiu, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Unravelling a new romance: Why emigrants support radical right populists - Sergiu Gherghina, Sergiu Miscoiu, 2025
There is mixed evidence regarding the extent to which emigrants support radical right populists in their home countries, and we also know very little about why ...
journals.sagepub.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Unravelling a new romance: Why emigrants support radical right populists - Sergiu Gherghina, Sergiu Miscoiu, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
AI is coming for your job faster than you think and here’s who will be replaced first nerds.xyz/2025/10/ai-c...
AI is coming for your job faster than you think and here’s who will be replaced first
A new Elevate report predicts AI will replace millions of jobs by 2030 with data entry clerks, telemarketers, and cashiers most at risk and creative roles still holding out.
nerds.xyz
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
AI is coming for your job faster than you think and here’s who will be replaced first nerds.xyz/2025/10/ai-c...
Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
theintercept.com/2025/10/15/i...
theintercept.com/2025/10/15/i...
Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”
theintercept.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
theintercept.com/2025/10/15/i...
theintercept.com/2025/10/15/i...
I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is the Accelerationist. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Quiz: What’s Your AI-dentity?
Are you an AI Doomer, an Accelerationist or somewhere in between? Answer these questions to find out.
www.bloomberg.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is the Accelerationist. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Reposted by Eric Prenen
Already today, Israel has:
-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza
-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis
-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City
-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia
All in violation of the “ceasefire.”
-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza
-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis
-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City
-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia
All in violation of the “ceasefire.”
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Already today, Israel has:
-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza
-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis
-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City
-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia
All in violation of the “ceasefire.”
-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza
-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis
-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City
-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia
All in violation of the “ceasefire.”
The Creeping Integration of Far-right Parties in Europe
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
www.swp-berlin.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Creeping Integration of Far-right Parties in Europe
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...
Crypto derives its value largely from the support of politicians and government officials — in particular, officials who can be bribed. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-crypto...
How Crypto Became a Trump Trade
It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now
paulkrugman.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Crypto derives its value largely from the support of politicians and government officials — in particular, officials who can be bribed. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-crypto...
Why Trump lost the Nobel Peace Prize (which he wasn’t qualified for in the first place) universul.net/why-trump-lo...
Why Trump lost the Nobel Peace Prize (which he wasn't qualified for in the first place)
Donald Trump has earned a reputation for being the guy who does what he wants, even as president of the United States... But this is only the case at
universul.net
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Why Trump lost the Nobel Peace Prize (which he wasn’t qualified for in the first place) universul.net/why-trump-lo...
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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