Fukuyama: We have reached the end of history. History: It's 2026, and an official branch of the Ukrainian armed forces is tweeting about how drone striking Andrew Tate while he's clout farming with the Russian military would be fun, but is sadly a war crime. Get bent old man.

Pleased to share this piece written with @james-barnett.bsky.social and Murtala Ahmed Rufai on the Sadiku group, a branch of #BokoHaram #JASDJ which has been growing roots in Northwestern Nigeria for some years now. Open Access, too... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Politics of Jihadist Expansion: Sadiku and “Boko Haram” In Northwestern Nigeria

Formed in 2020–2021, the Sadiku group is the extension to northwestern Nigeria of the jihad waged in the country’s northeast by Jama’at Ahl al-Sunna li-Da’wa wal-Jihad (JASDJ), the outfit created b...

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Your humble servant has a written a book about the social science of poverty in Cold War Latin America and the contexts that shaped its creation, from international sources like the Ford Foundation to dictatorships across the region. The book is in production and will be ready at the end of 2026

This happens quite a lot to me too (also seeing more AI-generated quotes from "me" in news stories). In a few cases the AI-generated article titles are so good, I feel I should just write an article to make them real.

Yvan Guichaoua@yguichaoua.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I was recently credited in report for an article whose title is awesome, except that I never wrote it. But my feeling is that the wrong citations are just the visible tip of the iceberg. It's much more difficult to check the veracity of everything else that is being written. This is a nightmare.

NYT treats Trump’s demands as legitimate and offers up a scorecard for how well Columbia did meeting them. That’s one way to tell the story of a cynical government power grab and a university betraying its ideals and reputation to crush student activism I suppose. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/n...

One Year After Trump’s $400 Million Ultimatum, a Different Columbia

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Very important TikTok video from #JASDJ #BokoHaram cleric tinyurl.com/4p7a5rju (yes, I know, jihadist clerics use the same media as make-up obsessed teens). Here is why...

Just for context: We have done some research in our lab indicating that these 'humanizers' don't really work as advertised. That being said: AI detectors don't really work, either. Educational institutions should refrain from these surveillance measures, in my mind. arxiv.org/abs/2508.08096

Assessing LLM Text Detection in Educational Contexts: Does Human Contribution Affect Detection?

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) and their increased accessibility have made it easier than ever for students to automatically generate texts, posing new challenges for educational ...

arxiv.org

lol, so this company can sell this info to bosses and professors for a higher premium, and then sell the students platinum level service where they hide the plagiarism even more, and then …

Check out our new project with @yguichaoua.bsky.social @emorier.bsky.social and @vincentfoucher.bsky.social ! Cc @polscileiden.bsky.social

bicc - Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies@bicc.de · 5mo ago

Exploring how jihadist movements shape political, social, and economic realities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our new research project examines insurgencies across Mali and the wider Sahel, Nigeria and Mozambique Find out more ➡️ https://shorturl.at/bCAGX

28 January 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Zelda Ostrowski, was born in Paris. She was Deported to #Auschwitz on 9 November 1942 from Drancy in occupied France. She did not survive. --- 🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

“Amid accusations of AI cheating, some students are turning to a new group of generative AI tools called ‘humanizers.’ The tools scan essays and suggest ways to alter text so they aren’t read as having been created by AI. Some are free, while others cost around $20 a month.”

To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI

Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.

nbcnews.com

"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

#Guinée - L’UFDG dénonce l’enlèvement du fils d’un de ses cadres, "en l’absence du père" mediaguinee.com/2026/01/lufd...

L’UFDG dénonce l’enlèvement du fils d’un de ses cadres, “en l’absence du père”, et exige sa libération “ immédiate”

Dans un communiqué, la Direction nationale de ’Union des forces démocratiques de Guinée (UFDG) a indiqué que, dans la nuit du samedi au dimanche 18 janvier 2026, aux environs de 2 heures du matin, …

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Je viens de lire une tribune (qui paraît demain, je vous la linkerai quand elle sera publiée) qui me fait beaucoup réfléchir. L'auteur, Frédéric Thomas, spécialiste des Caraïbes, souligne à quel point ce qui nous choque dans l'attitude de Trump, c'est qu'il nous traite comme des pays du Sud.

Alors que ce qu'il veut c'est le Groland

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Iceland, Greenland. Greenland, Iceland.

Pas de catastrophe, pas de résilience glorieuse non plus : plongée dans le froid et le noir par une nouvelle campagne de frappes russes, Kyiv tient pour l’instant, dents et poings serrés. Une énième épreuve après bientôt quatre ans de guerre totale. Mon reportage dans @mediapart.fr:

Face à la guerre du froid de la Russie, Kyiv serre les dents

Alors que les températures plongent, Moscou continue de mener des frappes destructrices contre les infrastructures énergétiques, dégradant gravement les conditions de vie. Les autorités installent de…

mediapart.fr

Israel blocking the Palestinian committee set to administer Gaza under Trump's cease-fire proposal from entering Gaza. Is that a good sign for the plan? www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Israel blocks entry of committee meant to run Gaza under Trump plan, Palestinians say

The Palestinian Committee Set to Administer Gaza Under Trump's Cease-fire Proposal Was Set to Enter the Enclave and Assert Administrative Control by the End of the Week, Sources Say. Egypt Is Working ...

haaretz.com

Europe's five stages of grief wrt Trump: 1. Wake-up call 2. Backlash 3. Breaking point 4. Appease 5. Repeat

It's arguably the only battlefield.

Alexander Otte@aotte.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The political imaginary is an underestimated battlefield.

#Gaza À Paris, l’ONG Médecins sans frontières présente jusqu’au 12 février l’exposition « We did what we could ». Elle documente deux années de guerre totale contre la population gazaouie et rend hommage aux soignants palestiniens. @msf.fr @clomraffko.bsky.social ➡️ orientxxi.info/Gaza-Souvene...

Une parution à venir, d'une redoutable actualité

@thenationalnews.com's Nada Maucourant Atallah reports from now-empty prison for IS detainees in eastern Syria town of Shaddadi: www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20... (via @akmckeever.bsky.social)

Orange uniforms, empty cells and bullets: Inside Syria’s Shaddadi prison after the ISIS breakout | The National

The National, one of the first media outlets to visit the empty facility, speaks to security personnel and local residents to reconstruct the escape

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21 January 1924 | French Jew, Henri Bockfeld, was born in Paris. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 20 January 1944. He did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Vous voulez savoir très concrètement ce qui a changé pour les journalistes aux USA depuis un an ? Quatre d'entre eux se sont confiés à @mariusjoly1.bsky.social pour @larevuedesmedias.bsky.social. 👇 larevuedesmedias.ina.fr/trump-etats-...

Un an après le retour de Trump : « Ceux qui nous ont remplacés sont des blogueurs d’extrême droite »

Des médias publics affaiblis, des accès des journalistes aux points presse restreints, un reporter étranger expulsé… De retour à la Maison-Blanche depuis le 20 janvier 2025, Donald Trump a multiplié l...

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“our tech doesn’t do any of the things we claimed the past few years, but we still need you to use it or the line will go down”

Derek Powazek@fraying.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.

I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.

Keith Harris@usefulnoise.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”

Re-upping this chart from @propublica.org in April 2025, since measles is surging back into the news.

@lucaswaldron.bsky.social · last yr.

For @propublica.org: measles vaccination rates were *below herd immunity* in most states in the 2023-24 school year. Read the story on vaccine hesitancy & rising cases of measles and whooping cough by @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/whoo...

I came to Congress to do the job: to work for people and protect them. Now I’m facing 17 years in prison for standing up to this administration and to ICE. But if they think I’ll back down, they are wrong. Read more:

The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees

LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.

newyorker.com