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Posts by Thora Borg Agustsdottir

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Facebook Apologizes for Tolerating Violent Imagery Toward Women Today, a Facebook spokesman told Wired that imagery previously deemed acceptable "should have been taken down when it was reported to us and we apologize for the mistake."

@laurahudson.bsky.social Remember this story of yours/ours from 2013 - Now I'm doing my PhD on the effect of platforms on Nordic democracy - It's almost poetic that I come-a-knocking for some DSA data from FB. www.wired.com/2013/01/face...

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A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az Orbán-korszak elvesztett lehetőségeinek története
A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az Orbán-korszak elvesztett lehetőségeinek története YouTube video by Direkt36

Must-watch documentary about the effects of Orban on Hungarian society. The cost of fascism
youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...

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The New Dark Age The Trump administration has launched an attack on knowledge itself.

Knowledge and science are under attack

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198 Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.

Democracy means the state serves the people. Dictatorship means people serve the state.
Reclaim your power:

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Whistle Blower: Russian Breach of US Data Through DOGE Was Carried Out Over Starlink "Directly to Russia" Daniel Berulis appeared on Rachel Maddow's news show with his attorney Andrew Bakaj

THIS IS HUGE
www.narativ.org/p/whistle-bl...

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Getting Audited The Government Accountability Office’s audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.

Audit the auditors. And the fools.
Transparency, oversight and accountability are key democratic values.
www.wired.com/story/gao-au...

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Jill Lepore has this series on BBC Radio 4 available now:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

Cory Booker is still live on the floor! Give him your stream count by watching him here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...

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Germany launches permanent troop deployment on NATO’s eastern flank Berlin formally activates brigade in Lithuania, signaling a major shift in defense posture.

Europe understands the threat of Russia

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I'll be presenting my PhD research (so far) tomorrow and discussing Iceland's soft-cybersecurity w. focus on techno-capitalism and the decline of democracy.
Harborhouse Reykjavík at 6:30pm

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French University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump Censorship The program, called ‘safe place for science,’ offers American scientists funding to continue their research in France.

France creates a safe heaven for scientists.

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This is serious for academics. A brain-dump from the USA is on its way. Canada's gain for sure - and hopefully a way for Europe to recoup some of the excellence that left because of WWII.

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Stanley from Yale to Toronto Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...

This speaks volumes:

Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.

leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...

munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...

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Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, ac...

This is beyond scary - you can't even trust that the people in your zoom meeting are the people you know in real life.

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Það sést sífellt betur að Trump vinnur fyrir Pútín og hefur gert lengi. Það væri óskandi að Ísland tæki eigin varnir alvarlega, við gætum lent í þeirri stöðu að hernaðaraðgerðir gegn Grænlandi séu reknar héðan frá bandarískum beis.

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French University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump Censorship The program, called ‘safe place for science,’ offers American scientists funding to continue their research in France.

France creates a safe heaven for scientists.

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It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.

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I often sing or start talking loudly next to those people, ruining their 'phone calls' by making a ruckus of my own. I of course make the death stare in their eyes while at it.

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Symbolic exchange. Bald eagle attacks Canada goose and gets told to fuck off.

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'For the record...': Rachel Maddow sets the record straight on Trump address falsehoods
'For the record...': Rachel Maddow sets the record straight on Trump address falsehoods YouTube video by MSNBC

Great work here.

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I cannot express the gravity of this order. This is the end of US supremacy in Cyberspace. The doors are wide-open for Russia now.

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Trump speaks about his followers being stupid people.

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(Drop dead gorgeous frá '99. Vanmetið meistaraverk!)

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We're waking up to a new US/Russia axis Why Trump clings to Putin.

Trump could have pushed for an end to the war in Ukraine without becoming actively hostile to Ukraine. Instead, he has imbibed Putin’s lies. Have written about the emergence of a new US/Russia axis, where it comes from and the staggering implications for Europe.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

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The insanity!

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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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A political gamble backfired spectacularly – bringing the far right closer to power in Germany | Jörg Lau The CDU’s Friedrich Merz has shattered the taboo that had underpinned German politics since the war. The unthinkable is now more possible says Die Zeit writer, Jörg Lau

Explanation of what is happening in Germany from a Zeit correspondent:
A political gamble backfired spectacularly – bringing the far right closer to power in Germany
Jörg Lau
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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1. Communicator/ frétta-eitthvað
2. Stjórnmálafræði
3. Stjórnmálafræðingur
4. Doktorsnemi/ vefmiðlari

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