Anca Sandu
@ancasandu.bsky.social
Running away from the internets. @ancasandu all over the said internets. PhD candidate in polsci, working in telco. Bucharest, RO.
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AI is not the first (and probably not the last) automation technology... and guess what? You always end up spending more time correcting the automatized output than actually creating it yourself.
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AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
AI is not the first (and probably not the last) automation technology... and guess what? You always end up spending more time correcting the automatized output than actually creating it yourself.
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
Superb!
The Five Ages of Antifascism
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Five Ages of Antifascism
www.cambridge.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Superb!
February 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"La democracia solo existe en las mentes de las personas. Y si la gente no cree en los partidos, en la democracia, en las instituciones, pues se acabó."
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Manuel Castells, sociólogo: “El mundo está en un proceso de autodestrucción”
El intelectual catalán, que es el sociólogo español más citado del mundo, reclama la necesidad de una mayor espiritualidad en tiempos de crisis profunda
elpais.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:14 AM
"La democracia solo existe en las mentes de las personas. Y si la gente no cree en los partidos, en la democracia, en las instituciones, pues se acabó."
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my latest on whatever the hell this is
A Country with Almost No Men
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A Country with Almost No Men
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A Country with Almost No Men
George Orwell meets Kurt Vonnegut meets Philip Roth
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January 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
my latest on whatever the hell this is
A Country with Almost No Men
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A Country with Almost No Men
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How Trump is making China great again—and what it means for Europe: ecfr.eu/publication/...
How Trump is making China great again—and what it means for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations
A post-Western world is learning to love China, while Europeans are starting to fear America.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
How Trump is making China great again—and what it means for Europe: ecfr.eu/publication/...
:))))))))
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
:))))))))
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Meanwhile in Athens
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Greek court strips three far-right MPs of seats over electoral fraud
Tribunal rules Spartans lawmakers ‘deceived’ voters after convicted ex-leader of Golden Dawn found to hold influence over party
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June 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile in Athens
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June 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Wake me up when AI becomes a reliable tool for gathering data from non OCR-izable pdf files.
And for the subsequent data cleanup
And for the subsequent data cleanup
June 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Wake me up when AI becomes a reliable tool for gathering data from non OCR-izable pdf files.
And for the subsequent data cleanup
And for the subsequent data cleanup
Romania these days: "Interim Liberal Party president named by the Interim Romanian President as Interim Prime Minister"
God bless interimely
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God bless interimely
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LIVE Președintele interimar al PNL a fost numit de președintele interimar al României în poziția de premier interimar - HotNews.ro
Președintele interimar Ilie Bolojan va anunța în prima parte a zilei de marți numele premierului interimar după ce Marcel Ciolacu a transmis luni că își
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May 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Romania these days: "Interim Liberal Party president named by the Interim Romanian President as Interim Prime Minister"
God bless interimely
hotnews.ro/vom-afla-nou...
God bless interimely
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Maybe this is how we save US democracy?
We produce a personalised movie feed, beamed directly into the White House - like in "Goodbye Lenin" - full of craggy, strong-jawed American heroes who uphold the constitution, tackle climate change, restore international aid & stand up to dictators.
Ideas?
We produce a personalised movie feed, beamed directly into the White House - like in "Goodbye Lenin" - full of craggy, strong-jawed American heroes who uphold the constitution, tackle climate change, restore international aid & stand up to dictators.
Ideas?
May 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Maybe this is how we save US democracy?
We produce a personalised movie feed, beamed directly into the White House - like in "Goodbye Lenin" - full of craggy, strong-jawed American heroes who uphold the constitution, tackle climate change, restore international aid & stand up to dictators.
Ideas?
We produce a personalised movie feed, beamed directly into the White House - like in "Goodbye Lenin" - full of craggy, strong-jawed American heroes who uphold the constitution, tackle climate change, restore international aid & stand up to dictators.
Ideas?
A pope who could, and did change his mind.
Associated Press reporter Nicole Winfield, who covered Pope Francis at the Vatican during his entire pontificate, earned a special nickname from him in 2018.
Pope Francis bestowed a special nickname on AP's Vatican reporter for her often-tough questions
Associated Press reporter Nicole Winfield, who covered Pope Francis at the Vatican during his entire pontificate, earned the nickname “la prima della classe” -- or “the first in class” -- from him in 2018.
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April 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A pope who could, and did change his mind.
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Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
Azi la Agronomie mirosea a cantină de hotel Arad/Galați în Neptun în anii '90.
Sur le sable, face à la mer
Sur le sable, face à la mer
April 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Azi la Agronomie mirosea a cantină de hotel Arad/Galați în Neptun în anii '90.
Sur le sable, face à la mer
Sur le sable, face à la mer
I give up on satyre.
Although, this is how I can tell they are amateurs: real troopers have learnt how to do the "5 mins effortless French makeup look" in 20 second-bursts, using the rear mirror, waiting for the traffic lights to turn green
(Morning traffic can be a blessing)
Although, this is how I can tell they are amateurs: real troopers have learnt how to do the "5 mins effortless French makeup look" in 20 second-bursts, using the rear mirror, waiting for the traffic lights to turn green
(Morning traffic can be a blessing)
to be fair, this is probably so the other defense folks have a chance to be as good looking as hegseth
April 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I give up on satyre.
Although, this is how I can tell they are amateurs: real troopers have learnt how to do the "5 mins effortless French makeup look" in 20 second-bursts, using the rear mirror, waiting for the traffic lights to turn green
(Morning traffic can be a blessing)
Although, this is how I can tell they are amateurs: real troopers have learnt how to do the "5 mins effortless French makeup look" in 20 second-bursts, using the rear mirror, waiting for the traffic lights to turn green
(Morning traffic can be a blessing)
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Zelensky fires back at Trump amid rumors that the White House has offered to recognize Russian sovereignty over Crimea, posts a screenshot of the first Trump admin’s July 2018 denunciation of Moscow’s annexation. A not-so-subtle accusation of hypocrisy leveled at the Donald.
April 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Zelensky fires back at Trump amid rumors that the White House has offered to recognize Russian sovereignty over Crimea, posts a screenshot of the first Trump admin’s July 2018 denunciation of Moscow’s annexation. A not-so-subtle accusation of hypocrisy leveled at the Donald.
“This is not a secret court, an inquisition from medieval times. This is the United States of America. People are being thrown out of the country because of their tattoos."
The times we're living in, my dear Lord
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The times we're living in, my dear Lord
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Three Wise Judges, One Mad King
The administration took a drubbing yesterday in federal court over its summary deportations.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“This is not a secret court, an inquisition from medieval times. This is the United States of America. People are being thrown out of the country because of their tattoos."
The times we're living in, my dear Lord
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The times we're living in, my dear Lord
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What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller
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What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller
Francis was as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishops
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
War! What is it good for?
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War! What is it good for?
Welcome to our second bonus guest post of the week (Sam is on holiday and back next week).
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April 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
War! What is it good for?
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Apple was fined $570 million and Meta $228 million, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech reut.rs/44FRePF
Apple fined $570 million and Meta $228 million for breaching EU law
Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Apple was fined $570 million and Meta $228 million, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech reut.rs/44FRePF