@jospang

Dep Head @dw_innovation. Affiliate: @pukberlin, @LieDetectorsOrg. Boards: @EDMO_EUI, @CEDMOhub, @GADMOeu. Masto: @jospang@mas.to. BlueSky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/ufOVlWhz2Z

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Joined January 2009
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If you want to connect up high in the sky, you can find me here on #bluesky bsky.app/profile/jospang.bsk…
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EESC PRESS@EESC_PRESSJul 7
That's a wrap on #ConnectingEU! Over the past 2 days, experts from across 🇪🇺 have exchanged ideas on competitiveness, democratic trust, disinformation & AI, sharing key insights for the future of #PublicCommunication. 🙏 to everyone who contributed to the conversation! @EU_EESC
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Enforcement of DSA rules. @EU_Commission fines X € 120m. ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…

Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act

Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum5 Dec 2025
Can't think of another example of a global power so demonstratively burning its assets and destroying its influence, in a single document
ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki5 Dec 2025
1/ The new US National Security Strategy blames 'undemocratic' European governments for failing to make peace with Russia, takes a pro-Russian position on NATO, reflects white nationalist views on European demographics, and pledges overt support for far-right parties. ⬇️
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True love! ❤️ #Tesla owner & #ElonMusk
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“I don’t see AI doing frontline coverage and such like”, says @zakharprotsiuk of the @KyivIndependent at the @ejcnet’s #NISWAW.
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Horrors of war! With innocent children being innocent victims. @stephhegarty has this harrowing but hugely important report for @BBCWorld. It’s about Layan and Mira. WARNING: video includes distressing scenes! Guard #mentalwellbeing! #Gaza #IDF #OSINT bbc.com/news/videos/cjelp738…

Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings

Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.

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Important and highly illuminating piece by @BowenBBC on the situation in #Gaza and what is happening there. bbc.com/news/articles/c0r1xl…

Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza

Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.

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She also said the following
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Lawyer Helena Kennedy KC in turn on naming: "Are we saying that it's not genocide but it is crimes against humanity? You think that makes it sound okay? Terrible crimes against humanity? I think we're in the process of seeing the most grievous kind of crimes taking place.”
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Europeans are fleeing X. Many end up on @bluesky. Reporting by @POLITICOEurope. cc @elonmusk politico.eu/article/elon-mus…

Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

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Why @bluesky is different - and much better than most other social networks. crazystupidtech.com/archive/…
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Das gibt Mut und macht Hoffnung: Bei der Schweigeminute für die Opfer des Anschlags von #Magdeburg im Vorfeld der Partie zwischen @rot_weiss_essen und @VfB Stuttgart II reagieren die Besucher auf einen rassistischen Zwischenruf. via @SWRpresse swr.de/sport/media/rassistis…
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There IS such a thing as society!
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That’s why so many are leaving / avoiding this platform!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk21 Nov 2024
💩 posting is now part of my actual job 😂
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Jochen Spangenberg@jospang5 Oct 2023
If you want to connect up high in the sky, you can find me here on #bluesky bsky.app/profile/jospang.bsk…
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Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla10 Nov 2024
Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfre…

A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power | Carole...

The era that began with the Great Disruptor’s first term is over. Beware the emerging elite

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He’s “done” the US, now moves on to focus on (and interfere with) #Europe.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk9 Nov 2024
Fidias has a good point
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