Rachel Griffin
@rachelgriffin.bsky.social
researching EU social media regulation @ sciences po law school | blue haired feminist, FT reading socialist & other clichés | paris/berlin, she/sie/elle
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This is true but also infuriating. Video platforms are anti-curiosity, anti-knowledge sharing. There's no deep culture of linking and actual real-time conversation is stilted with weird slow reply vids
I am slowly growing my TikTok / Insta but I hate both so much, they're so demoralising
I am slowly growing my TikTok / Insta but I hate both so much, they're so demoralising
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is true but also infuriating. Video platforms are anti-curiosity, anti-knowledge sharing. There's no deep culture of linking and actual real-time conversation is stilted with weird slow reply vids
I am slowly growing my TikTok / Insta but I hate both so much, they're so demoralising
I am slowly growing my TikTok / Insta but I hate both so much, they're so demoralising
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I had to re-read this a few times because it is hard to believe.
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
New data centres may need additional electricity supply close to Ireland’s peak demand
Expected new demand for data centres of 5.8GW would exceed Ireland’s 2030 offshore wind target of 5GW
www.irishtimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I had to re-read this a few times because it is hard to believe.
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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This is a real European Commission document, obtained via the right of access to documents. It instructs staff with management responsibilities to use AI to draft documents and formulate speaking points.
Whatever you think of technocracy, soon there'll be little 𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘩𝘯𝘦 (skill) left in Brussels.
Whatever you think of technocracy, soon there'll be little 𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘩𝘯𝘦 (skill) left in Brussels.
Bringing the disruption to Brussels: The European Commission encourages its managers to draft policy-making documents with AI, including "explaining/summarising legislative initiatives". According to a newly released Commission document, this will "boost your team's productivity". 🫢
December 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is a real European Commission document, obtained via the right of access to documents. It instructs staff with management responsibilities to use AI to draft documents and formulate speaking points.
Whatever you think of technocracy, soon there'll be little 𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘩𝘯𝘦 (skill) left in Brussels.
Whatever you think of technocracy, soon there'll be little 𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘩𝘯𝘦 (skill) left in Brussels.
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Fossil-fuel extraction massively outweighs critical mineral mining needs (quite literally)
– We dig up tens of billions of tonnes of stuff every year to produce coal, oil & gas
– Raw-material extraction for critical minerals would be a fraction of that, even under net-zero
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– We dig up tens of billions of tonnes of stuff every year to produce coal, oil & gas
– Raw-material extraction for critical minerals would be a fraction of that, even under net-zero
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December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Fossil-fuel extraction massively outweighs critical mineral mining needs (quite literally)
– We dig up tens of billions of tonnes of stuff every year to produce coal, oil & gas
– Raw-material extraction for critical minerals would be a fraction of that, even under net-zero
1/2
– We dig up tens of billions of tonnes of stuff every year to produce coal, oil & gas
– Raw-material extraction for critical minerals would be a fraction of that, even under net-zero
1/2
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10 Jahre nach Paris – 1,5°C sind Geschichte
Ob beim Trauermarsch in Berlin, beim Klima-Tauziehen in Hamburg oder bei einer Nighttrain-Aktion: Scientist Rebellion hat am Freitag mit anderen Gruppen protestiert – weil uns in der Klimakrise nicht stille Trauer, sondern nur kollektives Handeln hilft.
Ob beim Trauermarsch in Berlin, beim Klima-Tauziehen in Hamburg oder bei einer Nighttrain-Aktion: Scientist Rebellion hat am Freitag mit anderen Gruppen protestiert – weil uns in der Klimakrise nicht stille Trauer, sondern nur kollektives Handeln hilft.
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
10 Jahre nach Paris – 1,5°C sind Geschichte
Ob beim Trauermarsch in Berlin, beim Klima-Tauziehen in Hamburg oder bei einer Nighttrain-Aktion: Scientist Rebellion hat am Freitag mit anderen Gruppen protestiert – weil uns in der Klimakrise nicht stille Trauer, sondern nur kollektives Handeln hilft.
Ob beim Trauermarsch in Berlin, beim Klima-Tauziehen in Hamburg oder bei einer Nighttrain-Aktion: Scientist Rebellion hat am Freitag mit anderen Gruppen protestiert – weil uns in der Klimakrise nicht stille Trauer, sondern nur kollektives Handeln hilft.
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And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
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"Criminalisation and repression should be read as features of a carbon-intensive political and economic settlement rather than episodic excess...From a Gramscian perspective, the observed repertoire of repression is integral to the reproduction of hegemony."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"Criminalisation and repression should be read as features of a carbon-intensive political and economic settlement rather than episodic excess...From a Gramscian perspective, the observed repertoire of repression is integral to the reproduction of hegemony."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Coming up next week Tuesday Dec 16, @ferracimo.bsky.social on Science in Resistance: organizing academia for social and ecological liberation
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December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Coming up next week Tuesday Dec 16, @ferracimo.bsky.social on Science in Resistance: organizing academia for social and ecological liberation
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
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So far Zack Polanski is the only political leader of a mass membership party to come out in support of the hunger strikers. Meanwhile the Justice Secretary refuses even to reply to MPs demanding an urgent meeting to avert what could well be the tragic deaths of unconvicted prisoners. Shameful.
Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
So far Zack Polanski is the only political leader of a mass membership party to come out in support of the hunger strikers. Meanwhile the Justice Secretary refuses even to reply to MPs demanding an urgent meeting to avert what could well be the tragic deaths of unconvicted prisoners. Shameful.
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Was darf Satire?
December 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Was darf Satire?
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I gave just a few examples of specific violent acts in the article. Some more that didn't make it into the final draft due to space constraints:
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I gave just a few examples of specific violent acts in the article. Some more that didn't make it into the final draft due to space constraints:
'the frequency, the intensity and the visibility of the violence leave only two possible conclusions: either the Berlin police operate beyond democratic control, or the city’s government wants them to behave like this'
For more than 2 years, police in Berlin - encouraged by city and national politicians - have systematically used excessive violence in an attempt to beat the Palestine solidarity movement into silence.
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
Harry Stopes | Police Violence in Berlin
In the last six months human rights officials at both the Council of Europe and the United Nations have written to the...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
'the frequency, the intensity and the visibility of the violence leave only two possible conclusions: either the Berlin police operate beyond democratic control, or the city’s government wants them to behave like this'
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Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
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Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
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Die Suggestion, der *Eindruck* aufwiegelnder Selbstexkulpation könne schwerer wiegen als die Nicht-Verhinderung eines Genozids – Absätze für die Geschichtsbücher heute in der ZEIT.
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Die Suggestion, der *Eindruck* aufwiegelnder Selbstexkulpation könne schwerer wiegen als die Nicht-Verhinderung eines Genozids – Absätze für die Geschichtsbücher heute in der ZEIT.
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This is an important problem to look at and we shouldn't think only about traditional media. What would it look like to finance social media infrastructure like public service media?
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is an important problem to look at and we shouldn't think only about traditional media. What would it look like to finance social media infrastructure like public service media?
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
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It’s socialism or barbarism, and the ‘centre left’ will choose barbarism every time…
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here's how
This is our strong message to our friends in Europe. Unless responsible governments reflect their citizens’ concerns, populists will win, say British PM Keir Starmer and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It’s socialism or barbarism, and the ‘centre left’ will choose barbarism every time…
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thoughtful piece from my former student Milan Wiertz
The EU should promote tech innovation through regulatory ambition, not surrender, argues Milan Wiertz.
Check out the latest article by Wiertz, a policy analyst and CSDI researcher, on @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/europes-digi...
Check out the latest article by Wiertz, a policy analyst and CSDI researcher, on @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/europes-digi...
Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Hinges on Smarter Regulation for Data Access | TechPolicy.Press
A European data commons could give AI start-ups legal certainty, fair data access, and a real chance to compete with Big Tech, writes Milan Wiertz.
www.techpolicy.press
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Thoughtful piece from my former student Milan Wiertz
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“To make sure that fascists don’t win (i.e. in order for us to stay in power) we will adopt & implement fascist discourse & policies. In doing that, we will also normalize fascism for larger parts of the population because some idiots still describe us as ‘centre-left’”.
Here, fixed it.
Here, fixed it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
“To make sure that fascists don’t win (i.e. in order for us to stay in power) we will adopt & implement fascist discourse & policies. In doing that, we will also normalize fascism for larger parts of the population because some idiots still describe us as ‘centre-left’”.
Here, fixed it.
Here, fixed it.
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Now on our feed📲Influencers in Parliament? Platform Pressures and Normative Conflict in Political Social Media Adoption - Annina Claesson, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
#academicsky #socialmediasky #polisky
#academicsky #socialmediasky #polisky
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Now on our feed📲Influencers in Parliament? Platform Pressures and Normative Conflict in Political Social Media Adoption - Annina Claesson, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
#academicsky #socialmediasky #polisky
#academicsky #socialmediasky #polisky
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Who needs the far right when you have the centre left media and politics as a bulwark to do its bidding?
Spare us the "Listening to legitimate concerns".
These concerns are racist, not legitimate, and they are fueled in a top down manner (and still minoritarian)
This is on you
Spare us the "Listening to legitimate concerns".
These concerns are racist, not legitimate, and they are fueled in a top down manner (and still minoritarian)
This is on you
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Who needs the far right when you have the centre left media and politics as a bulwark to do its bidding?
Spare us the "Listening to legitimate concerns".
These concerns are racist, not legitimate, and they are fueled in a top down manner (and still minoritarian)
This is on you
Spare us the "Listening to legitimate concerns".
These concerns are racist, not legitimate, and they are fueled in a top down manner (and still minoritarian)
This is on you
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Sexarbeitende stärken statt kriminalisieren – gegen staatliche patriarchale Körperkontrolle!
Petitionen sind sonst nicht so meins, aber: die Gefahr eines Sexarbeitverbots ("Nordisches Modell") steigt, und es gibt viel Misinformation. Daher: unterschreibt, informiert Euch & Andere. @rubyrebelde.com
Petitionen sind sonst nicht so meins, aber: die Gefahr eines Sexarbeitverbots ("Nordisches Modell") steigt, und es gibt viel Misinformation. Daher: unterschreibt, informiert Euch & Andere. @rubyrebelde.com
Sexarbeitende stärken statt kriminalisieren – gegen staatliche patriarchale Körperkontrolle!
Sexarbeit ist Arbeit. Entkriminalisierung gibt Sexarbeiterinnen Sicherheit und Selbstbestimmung: Sie entscheiden selbst, wann, wo und wie sie arbeiten, haben besseren Zugang zu Gesundheitsversorgung u...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sexarbeitende stärken statt kriminalisieren – gegen staatliche patriarchale Körperkontrolle!
Petitionen sind sonst nicht so meins, aber: die Gefahr eines Sexarbeitverbots ("Nordisches Modell") steigt, und es gibt viel Misinformation. Daher: unterschreibt, informiert Euch & Andere. @rubyrebelde.com
Petitionen sind sonst nicht so meins, aber: die Gefahr eines Sexarbeitverbots ("Nordisches Modell") steigt, und es gibt viel Misinformation. Daher: unterschreibt, informiert Euch & Andere. @rubyrebelde.com