Dr Anna Notaro
@drannanotaro.bsky.social
European Media scholar (AI, Dig. Art, Cultural Studies), passionate about HE, ED&I, (DEI), politics, Dark Choc, Inter Milan. Personal capacity posts
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What does this essay from 1943 tell us about Donald Trump’s regime?
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What does this essay from 1943 tell us about Donald Trump’s regime?
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As a Data Guy, these headlines make my life so much harder. Takes so much time to get folks to understand that AI tools aren't a shortcut around the foundational data work... that, if anything, they can compound the garbage in, garbage out problem.
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a Data Guy, these headlines make my life so much harder. Takes so much time to get folks to understand that AI tools aren't a shortcut around the foundational data work... that, if anything, they can compound the garbage in, garbage out problem.
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This is what they wanted
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
Schools across Southern California are facing steeper enrollment declines as Trump immigration enforcement actions discourage or prevent students from enrolling.
www.latimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is what they wanted
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
Timeless
Nov. 29, 1925: Rising movie actress Louise Brooks is reported to have sued photographer John de Mirjian, seeking a court order to restrain him from distributing semi-nude pictures he took of her.
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Timeless
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NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
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Russian prosecutors asking to have Pussy Riot officially declared an "extremist" organization.
From Pussy Riot's official facebook:
"Singing in the streets is not extremism. If telling the truth is extreme, then hold my Red Bull."
From Pussy Riot's official facebook:
"Singing in the streets is not extremism. If telling the truth is extreme, then hold my Red Bull."
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Russian prosecutors asking to have Pussy Riot officially declared an "extremist" organization.
From Pussy Riot's official facebook:
"Singing in the streets is not extremism. If telling the truth is extreme, then hold my Red Bull."
From Pussy Riot's official facebook:
"Singing in the streets is not extremism. If telling the truth is extreme, then hold my Red Bull."
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Following yesterday’s story about Australia’s success tackling cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine, here’s the latest research on how vaccines can help prevent dementia, heart disease and some cancers.
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Following yesterday’s story about Australia’s success tackling cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine, here’s the latest research on how vaccines can help prevent dementia, heart disease and some cancers.
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps maintain Americans' access to vaccines
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps maintain Americans' access to vaccines
An effort to include autism cases could bankrupt the program. The secretary’s anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
dlvr.it
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps maintain Americans' access to vaccines
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There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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Timeline bingo win.
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Timeline bingo win.
They just needed an excuse...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has halted all asylum decisions, agency director says reut.rs/4opVTeT
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has halted all asylum decisions, agency director says
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has halted all asylum decisions, the agency's director, Joseph Edlow, said on Friday.
reut.rs
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
They just needed an excuse...
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Massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
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Close to 90,000 now….just 10,000 needed.
Why wouldn’t you want to know? What have you got to fear? Losing your precious Brexit? Being revealed as a traitor and a liar?
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Close to 90,000 now….just 10,000 needed.
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So the BBC did a news story on the horrible conditions in the hotels were people seeking asylum are forced to live and instead of the media talking about humanity and compassion about improving conditions and letting them work, this was the outcome:
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
So the BBC did a news story on the horrible conditions in the hotels were people seeking asylum are forced to live and instead of the media talking about humanity and compassion about improving conditions and letting them work, this was the outcome:
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Informative article, thank you. I have prostate cancer & like with Ben I too had curiously undiagnosed urinary tract changes. The urologist at the time told me the condition/discomfort I was experiencing was due to my aging. Yowsa was he ever mistaken. Highly recommend reading. Cheers Guy
Prostate cancer mainly affects men over 50, symptoms may vary. In Ben's case it was a urinary tract infection.
This is his journey & shows early checks are vital for a cancer affecting 1 in 8 men.
This is his journey & shows early checks are vital for a cancer affecting 1 in 8 men.
The trouble with dribbles – a revealing prostate cancer journey
Prostate cancer can develop silently. Some have no classic prostate cancer symptoms. Early checks are vital – sometimes, the signs are hidden
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Informative article, thank you. I have prostate cancer & like with Ben I too had curiously undiagnosed urinary tract changes. The urologist at the time told me the condition/discomfort I was experiencing was due to my aging. Yowsa was he ever mistaken. Highly recommend reading. Cheers Guy
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Taking a selfie with wings, or: a putto as an influencer (holding an hourglass, reminding us all of mortality).
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Taking a selfie with wings, or: a putto as an influencer (holding an hourglass, reminding us all of mortality).
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Scotland accounts for more than 60% of the UK’s fishing capacity, yet Scotland is only receiving 7.78% of the funding. There may be practical reasons, but this sounds a bit ‘fishy’.
The UK Government’s decision to allocate Scotland only £28m of the £360m Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund is condemned in the Scottish Parliament | Charlie McCarthy
Scottish Parliament overwhelmingly supports Scottish fishing
The UK Government’s decision to allocate Scotland only £28mn of the £360mn Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund is condemned in the Scottish Parliament
bylines.scot
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Scotland accounts for more than 60% of the UK’s fishing capacity, yet Scotland is only receiving 7.78% of the funding. There may be practical reasons, but this sounds a bit ‘fishy’.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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'Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new analysis using two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across southern and central Europe, from Spain and Italy to Poland and parts of the UK.'
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new analysis using two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across southern and central Europe, from Spain and Italy to Poland and parts of the UK.'
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November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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If Farage had not acted like this as a teenager or if he apologised, would that mean the politics he has helped mainstream for decades are now acceptable?
While Farage must be called out for these horrible allegations, the issue is far deeper than this or him
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
While Farage must be called out for these horrible allegations, the issue is far deeper than this or him
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage comments are a distraction from the damage of his politics
Reports of such appalling behaviour – and Farage’s reaction – give us an insight into the leader of the UK’s rising far-right party.
theconversation.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
If Farage had not acted like this as a teenager or if he apologised, would that mean the politics he has helped mainstream for decades are now acceptable?
While Farage must be called out for these horrible allegations, the issue is far deeper than this or him
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
While Farage must be called out for these horrible allegations, the issue is far deeper than this or him
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
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"From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party.
Labour risks repeating the same mistake."
Labour risks repeating the same mistake."
How Europhobia crushed Tories, and why Labour must beware
From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party. Labour risks repeating the same mistake
bylines.scot
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
"From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party.
Labour risks repeating the same mistake."
Labour risks repeating the same mistake."
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'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
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“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”