That's what you get when you mix-up corruption, incompentence with a sprinkle of stupidity on top. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Exclusive | U.S. Pushes to Restore Russian Gas Sales to Europe Via Ukraine

The idea is intended to unlock an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv but it faces resistance in European capitals.

wsj.com

My latest piece, just back from disinfo2026 in Vilnius. 👇

Future Frontiers@futurefrontiers.eurosky.social · 2w ago

Can a conversation with #AI influence us even if we don't change our minds? After #Disinfo2026 in Vilnius, I've been thinking about what we might miss when we focus on measuring persuasion. 🔗 massimoflore.substack.com/p/what-if-pe...

Cyberattacks to supermarkets in France and Belgium. We can guess who is behind them... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

French Supermarket Refrigeration Sites Hit by Cyberattacks

Hundreds of supermarkets in France were targeted by cyberattacks on Sunday night, disabling refrigeration systems and forcing stores to throw out damaged food.

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Big Tech simply don't care about what governments and states consider dangerous. It's all about money. www.ft.com/content/5d6a...

OpenAI and Google sell AI models to blacklisted China groups

US groups have been supplying AI services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent

ft.com

Far left party BSW proposed a coalition pact to neonazi AfD in Germany. They are United by their allegiance to Putin. Do you still think the horseshoe theory isn't real? Do you still believe Russia is not the primary threat to Europe? www.politico.eu/article/alli...

Germany’s populist left wants an anti-establishment pact with the far right

The AfD’s hopes for governing after state elections in eastern Germany may hinge on a left-wing party founded by a former communist.

politico.eu

Not surprised by any of this. 👇

Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Once upon a time, while studying disinfo about the civil war in Syria, I posted my thoughts on Gabbard as a down-the-rabbit-hole serial repeater of Russian-Iranian-Syrian propaganda. Then Jack Dorsey jumped into my DMs telling me I had it all wrong. Strange times. And yet still not as weird as this.

It's unbelievable how trump's petty hatred against Obama destabilised the middle east, destroyed decades of diplomatic work, estranged historical allies, wasted billions of $, killed thousands, and made a rogue, oppressive, dangerous country stronger. www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc...

Trump hits back at critics as Iran peace deal fuels debate over U.S. concessions

The deal sees both sides commit to further talks to reach a final agreement over the next 60 days and includes a $300 billion plan for Iran's reconstruction.

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Most reactions to Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas seem trapped in the news cycle. Some see confirmation of their own views, or political targets. 📬 This week, Future Frontiers argues that the encyclical becomes intelligible when read on the Vatican's timescale. open.substack.com/pub/massimof...

Reading Magnifica Humanitas Beyond the News Cycle

Why Pope Leo XIV's encyclical makes more sense on the Vatican's timescale

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Lesson to America: this is what Biden and the democrats had not the courage to do in 2020. And now, everyone is paying the consequences. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hungary Seeks to Oust President in Purge of Orban Allies

Hungary plans to amend the constitution to oust the country’s president as Prime Minister Peter Magyar presses ahead with a plan to dismantle Viktor Orban’s regime.

bloomberg.com

China doesn't need to beat America's AI. It just needs to write the rules everyone else has to follow. warontherocks.com/2026/05/chin...

China's AI Governance Offensive Threatens U.S. Tech Leadership

China’s diplomats are on an “AI governance” offensive. At a May 5 United Nations meeting, China’s vice minister of science and technology championed

warontherocks.com

This is the inevitable result when incompetence meets arrogance. The Trump administration managed to destroy U.S. global hegemony in less than two years. It took decades to build, yet so little time to dismantle. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

America Has Lost Its Leverage Over China

How Trump and Xi could cement Beijing’s advantage for years to come.

foreignaffairs.com

Trump phone story is a peculiar one. In this instance, he is grifting his own most loyal supporters. It represents an unprecedented level of money grabbing, leaving U.S. institutions with a massive task to restore normalcy. If they survive. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

What's the latest on the Trump phone? What we know

To order the Trump phone, customers must join a waitlist on the website and pay a $100 refundable deposit.

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A new interpretability tool lets developers look inside LLMs and trace the circuits behind their answers, and even intervene. The interesting shift is here, we move from explaining outputs after the fact to shaping how they are produced. www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/30/1...

This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs

Goodfire wants to make training AI models more like good old-fashioned software engineering.

technologyreview.com

Help me understand: China helps Iran targeting US bases with their satellites, but we cannot help Ukraine against Russia. The reason given is "russia nuclear weapons". What about US nuclear weapons? Are they less scary? www.ft.com/content/1fdd...

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases

Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March

ft.com

This looks like institutionalized post disinformation. Not just contesting results, but weakening the conditions that make outcomes binding. In 2020 institutions still closed the conflict. Now the risk is a system where closure no longer holds.

Jen Fifield@jenafifield.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW: In 2020, as President Trump tried to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held — barely. A @propublica.org investigation found that, ahead of the midterms, Trump has systematically demolished those guardrails. 🧵

There’s a crucial angle that’s rarely discussed: what is the U.S. Congress actually doing to protect NATO? Everyone is focused on Trump, but what are Democrats and Republicans doing to support the Alliance? Their silence speaks volumes. www.dw.com/en/trump-lea...

I wonder how historians will cover this period of time in the future.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I had to check but yes this is real

Hybrid networks exploit vulnerable urban contexts, using low-skill actors, minimal costs, and online platforms like Snapchat. A pattern of outsourced, scalable micro-terrorism is emerging, changing how violence is organized. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

France Detains Two More Suspects After Foiled BofA Paris Bombing

French authorities detained two new suspects in connection with a foiled bombing near the Bank of America Corp. office in Paris, which officials have said is likely linked to the conflict in the Middl...

bloomberg.com

Iran’s information warfare and disinformation campaigns largely predated the current war. It was the best-kept open secret that everyone chose to ignore. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/b...

In an Asymmetrical War, Iran Seeks an Edge With Its Information War

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The informational ecosystem is becoming increasingly fluid, with boundaries dissolving. The rise of DAOs points to a deeper shift: the emergence of self-organized systems that can define and enforce their own rules, without relying on shared institutional authority. www.wired.com/story/a-dang...

A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.

wired.com

What’s striking here is that Fuentes is employing the same tactics Russia has used against Western democracies for the past 20 years. He knows that each side will only latch onto the parts of the message they agree with and dismiss the rest. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

How Nick Fuentes Is Charming the Left

Viral clips of the far-right white supremacist make him palatable to progressives.

theatlantic.com

If relevance no longer accumulates in a stable way, then recognition becomes less reliable as a foundation. What worked yesterday does not extend into today. The system still registers the past, but it no longer translates it into durable position. 🔗

The Creator Economy Wasn’t the Real Disruption

Why the shift from celebrities to creators was only the beginning, and what happens when nothing stays relevant long enough to matter

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We thought the shift from celebrities to creators explained how the media ecosystem works today. That is no longer enough. Relevance does not accumulate and hold as it once did, it is continuously recalculated. 🔗

The Creator Economy Wasn’t the Real Disruption

Why the shift from celebrities to creators was only the beginning, and what happens when nothing stays relevant long enough to matter

open.substack.com

How should we treat FIMI when it comes from inside the EU? How should we treat EU governmente that directly cooperate with an hostile enemy country? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt

To aid Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a friend of Russia, in his election, operatives proposed “the Gamechanger” — a staged assassination attempt to stir supporters.

washingtonpost.com

For centuries, producing knowledge required time. The effort of research, reading, and writing also created understanding. Generative AI changes that balance. Results can now appear before the reasoning behind them has fully settled in the mind. 🔗

Producing Knowledge Faster Than Humans Can Understand It

Artificial intelligence is accelerating the production of ideas. Understanding them still takes time

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When we read a book, the mind spends hours engaging with a single topic. Connections emerge, and ideas slowly reshape the way we think. AI can now produce analyses in seconds. The interesting question is what happens between those two speeds. 🔗

Producing Knowledge Faster Than Humans Can Understand It

Artificial intelligence is accelerating the production of ideas. Understanding them still takes time

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Generative AI can now produce analyses and structured arguments almost instantly. Human understanding still grows through slower cycles of reading, reflection, and connection. What happens when ideas appear before the mind has had time to absorb them?

Producing Knowledge Faster Than Humans Can Understand It

Artificial intelligence is accelerating the production of ideas. Understanding them still takes time

open.substack.com

Much of the debate on disinformation still assumes that manipulation spreads through public platforms. When people increasingly turn to conversational systems to interpret events, political influence can move from public feeds into private dialogue 🔗

The Next Disinformation Battlefield Is Private

AI companions, synthetic friends and the rise of the epistemic cocoon

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Last week I presented the latest developments of my research on AI companions and disinformation. Synthetic friends raise uncomfortable questions about how influence works when it moves from public feeds into private conversations. 🔗

The Next Disinformation Battlefield Is Private

AI companions, synthetic friends and the rise of the epistemic cocoon

open.substack.com

If Iran regime falls, Russia loses one of its key allies in the aggression against Ukraine.