C M Asero
geekeconomist.bsky.social
C M Asero
@geekeconomist.bsky.social
ギークエコノミスト - Former@EU_Commission officer. Now working on EU projects for @EBU_HQ & @EfisCentre
#media #DSM #EOSC #research - Posts personal. Re-post≠endorsement
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Léon XIV célèbre sa première messe de Noël au Vatican et dénonce une « économie faussée »
Léon XIV célèbre sa première messe de Noël au Vatican et dénonce une « économie faussée »
Sous une pluie battante, le pape a également salué des milliers de fidèles rassemblés à l’extérieur. Il présidera jeudi matin la messe du jour de Noël, renouant avec une tradition qui remontait à Jean-Paul II.
www.lemonde.fr
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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"We were shocked when we found out we were going to war"

17 South Africans promised work in Russia were handed contracts in Russian and deployed to Ukraine. One told his father he sometimes went a week without food

euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/s...
“I want to come back home”: South African men promised jobs in Russia, sent to trenches in Ukraine – Reuters
Government treats recruitment as suspected crime against the state.
euromaidanpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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surely this is going to go well in the medium and long terms, when new info is needed for LLMs and there's no new info to get because it has destroyed the market for humans discovering and writing things
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Madagascar : le président déchu Andry Rajoelina confirme sa fuite à l’étranger
Madagascar : le président déchu Andry Rajoelina confirme sa fuite à l’étranger
Selon un communiqué transmis par son entourage, l’ancien chef de l’Etat est parti entre le 11 et le 12 octobre après que « des menaces explicites et extrêmement graves ont été proférées contre sa vie ».
www.lemonde.fr
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Also this fella has been putting in the work ! on an excellent counter narrative

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
An Interview With the Portland Chicken
Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”
www.wweek.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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mocking authoritarians is the thing that drives them the most crazy, just ask john heartfield
October 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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BREAKING: MIT rejects an offer of federal funds in exchange for agreeing to the Trump administration's education agenda, the first university to do so.
MIT is 1st school to reject Trump administration's agenda in exchange for funding benefits
"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president wrote in a letter.
nbcnews.to
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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« Nous sommes entrés dans une ère de perturbations irréfléchies et de souffrance humaine impitoyable », alerte Antonio Guterres à la tribune de l’ONU
« Nous sommes entrés dans une ère de perturbations irréfléchies et de souffrance humaine impitoyable », alerte Antonio Guterres à la tribune de l’ONU
Le secrétaire général de l’ONU a porté devant la tribune de l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, mardi 23 septembre, un discours alarmant sur la situation à Gaza, mais aussi au Soudan.
www.lemonde.fr
September 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Un réseau capable de menacer l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU a été démantelé à New York.

➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/SFpS
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A coalition of human rights NGOs is urging the European Commission to halt cooperation with Libya after it attacked a migrant rescue ship, accusing Brussels of funding forces that “enabled and legitimised abuses.”
EU Commission should cut Libya ties after migrant rescue ship attack, groups warn
Human rights bodies argue the assault exposes nearly a decade of failed EU policy in the volatile North African country.
ow.ly
September 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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⚡️ Update: Poland says Russian drone incursion ‘wasn't a mistake.'

"We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn’t. And we know it,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said following U.S. President Donald Trump’s speculations.
Trump says Russian drone incursion 'could have been a mistake' — Poland denies
When asked by reporters what his reaction was to the incursion, Trump responded: "It could have been a mistake. But regardless, I'm not happy with anything to do with that whole situation."
kyivindependent.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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NATO isn’t ready yet for Russia’s drones.
More than three years after the war in Ukraine started, allies don’t have cost-effective counter-measures to deal with cheap Russian attacks. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
NATO isn’t ready for Russia’s drones
Allies don’t have cost-effective counter-measures to deal with cheap Russian attacks.
www.politico.eu
September 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Poland presses ahead with 3 percent digital tax despite Trump threat

The Polish government aims to complete work on a digital tax by the end of the year, despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump against countries with such a tax.
Poland presses ahead with 3 percent digital tax despite Trump threat
The tax would not be “aimed at entities from any specific country,” a government ministry said.
www.politico.eu
August 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Naufrage de migrants au large du Yémen, au moins 76 morts et des dizaines de disparus
Naufrage de migrants au large du Yémen, au moins 76 morts et des dizaines de disparus
L’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) a affirmé que 157 personnes se trouvaient à bord de l’embarcation. Selon des sources de sécurité yéménites, 32 personnes ont été secourues.
www.lemonde.fr
August 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Coloro che sono citati nella lista dei russofobi pubblicata dal regime russo ne devono essere orgogliosi.
Tutte le persone di buonsenso dovrebbero temere un regime espansionista, guerrafondaio, corrotto e mafioso come quello russo. Putin va contrastato con ogni mezzo.
#SiamoTuttiRussofobi
July 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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“Poi qualcosa va storto, un sercio sui binari. La vita deraglia”.

Grazie Zerocalcare

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@internazionale.it
July 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The latest #CopernicusAtmosphere regional forecast of ozone concentration at ground-level shows high values across southern and eastern Europe in the coming days.
Read more about #airquality in Europe 2024 in our recently published assessment report for 2024: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-release...
July 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Caro affitti, speculazione e malavita stritolano la ristorazione a MIlano: è solo l'inizio
https://www.gamberorosso.it/notizie/notizie-ristoranti/caro-affitti-speculazione-malavita-milano/
March 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Terremoto urbanistica a Milano: richiesta di arresto per assessore Tancredi e immobiliarista Catella. Indagato Boeri.
Richieste di carcere o domiciliari per altri quattro indagati
La procura: “Incontrollata espansione edilizia che ha assunto dimensioni di rilievo notevolissimo"
Terremoto urbanistica a Milano: richiesta di arresto per assessore Tancredi e immobiliarista Catella
Richieste di carcere o domiciliari per altri quattro indagati, tra cui il costruttore Bezziccheri e due architetti della Commissione paesaggio. Tra gli indagat…
milano.repubblica.it
July 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Nuove costruzioni fatte passare per ristrutturazioni: tutte le inchieste della procura sulla speculazione edilizia a Milano.
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/01/28/m...
Nuove costruzioni fatte passare per ristrutturazioni: tutte le inchieste della procura sulla speculazione edilizia a Milano - Il Fatto Quotidiano
Sono tanti i fascicoli aperti dalla procura di Milano, tutti accomunati dalle accuse simili
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it
July 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Se a governare ci fosse ora la sinistra quante volte al giorno i media urlerebbero che siamo in presenza di un’altra invasione di migranti? E invece a governare c’è la destra e i media sono ammutoliti. Ecco come si manipolano le menti deboli degli italioti #facciamorete
www.fanpage.it
July 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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"Se le persone migranti nei Cpr le teniamo semplicemente contenute, lontane da casa, senza un lavoro, senza nessuna prospettiva per il loro futuro, noi non facciamo altro che creare le condizioni affinché diventino domani manovalanza del crimine” Cassano Presidente Cassazione. Ma la Lega protesta!
July 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM