Mon Rodriguez-Amat
@monrodriguez.bsky.social
Researcher & Lecturer.
Governance of Communicative Space-Times. Expect Tech, Signs, Politics & Follies. Resistance against Empires.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/people/academic/joan-ramon-mon-rodriguez-amat
Governance of Communicative Space-Times. Expect Tech, Signs, Politics & Follies. Resistance against Empires.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/people/academic/joan-ramon-mon-rodriguez-amat
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Mariam Cissé, de 20 años, estaba grabando vídeos en un mercado cuando unos hombres armados la secuestraron. Al día siguiente, la llevaron a la plaza de su pueblo y la ejecutaron delante de sus vecinos
Una ‘tiktoker’ de Malí es ejecutada en la plaza de su pueblo por supuestos yihadistas
Mariam Cissé, de 20 años, había mostrado en un vídeo su respaldo al ejército en la lucha que mantienen contra los grupos terroristas
elpais.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Mariam Cissé, de 20 años, estaba grabando vídeos en un mercado cuando unos hombres armados la secuestraron. Al día siguiente, la llevaron a la plaza de su pueblo y la ejecutaron delante de sus vecinos
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saying her faith prevented her from complying with the high court ruling. She defied court orders to issue the licenses until a federal judge jailed her for contempt of court in September 2015. She was released after her staff issued the licenses on her behalf but removed her name from the form. /6
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
saying her faith prevented her from complying with the high court ruling. She defied court orders to issue the licenses until a federal judge jailed her for contempt of court in September 2015. She was released after her staff issued the licenses on her behalf but removed her name from the form. /6
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🚨🚨 V welcome ruling: #USSupreme Court rejects a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized #same-sex marriage nationwide turning away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 🧵 apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨🚨 V welcome ruling: #USSupreme Court rejects a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized #same-sex marriage nationwide turning away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 🧵 apnews.com/article/supr...
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Seems bad…
Our 2017 @nationalacademies.org report on “Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance" (www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/hum...) was designed to prevent exactly this kind of rogue science. One of the many reasons why we need industry-independent regulatory frameworks for emerging tech …
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Seems bad…
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The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail
The US President faced impeachment over the violence, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty
inews.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
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Can an LLM create a paper on LLM-usage by newspapers as analyzed by @schenior.bsky.social and myself here on BlueSky based on our BlueSky threads and the YouTube video transcripts?
Yes, yes it can. In 15 minutes. Let's submit it and see if it gets accepted.
Yes, yes it can. In 15 minutes. Let's submit it and see if it gets accepted.
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Can an LLM create a paper on LLM-usage by newspapers as analyzed by @schenior.bsky.social and myself here on BlueSky based on our BlueSky threads and the YouTube video transcripts?
Yes, yes it can. In 15 minutes. Let's submit it and see if it gets accepted.
Yes, yes it can. In 15 minutes. Let's submit it and see if it gets accepted.
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die Frage wird auch sein, inwiefern jene, die Smartphone exzessiv nutzen überhaupt in den Genpool "einzahlen" werden ... ;-)
Neuer spannender Artikel auf #jetzt 👇🏾
Gesendet von meinem Smartphone, mit einem Daumen, der noch nicht verformt ist.
www.jetzt.at/artikel/sQBg...
Gesendet von meinem Smartphone, mit einem Daumen, der noch nicht verformt ist.
www.jetzt.at/artikel/sQBg...
Von der Smartphone-Revolution zur Evolution? Eine hypothetische Spurensuche in unserem Genom
Nach knapp 19 Jahren bestimmt das Smartphone unseren Alltag. Bestimmt es auch unsere Entwicklung?
www.jetzt.at
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
die Frage wird auch sein, inwiefern jene, die Smartphone exzessiv nutzen überhaupt in den Genpool "einzahlen" werden ... ;-)
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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Getty Images v Stability AI: A landmark High Court ruling on AI, copyright, and trade marks
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI EWHC 2863 (Ch). I've discussed…
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI EWHC 2863 (Ch). I've discussed…
Getty Images v Stability AI: A landmark High Court ruling on AI, copyright, and trade marks
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI EWHC 2863 (Ch). I've discussed this case before, but these are the facts as presented by Smith J in her introduction: Getty Images, an image company that licenses high-quality photographs, videos, illustrations and related metadata through various platforms.
www.technollama.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Getty Images v Stability AI: A landmark High Court ruling on AI, copyright, and trade marks
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI EWHC 2863 (Ch). I've discussed…
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI EWHC 2863 (Ch). I've discussed…
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“What Mamdani has in common with people like Polanski -but also Trump and Farage - is that he acknowledges people's lived experience and seeks to act on it. Whatever one thinks of his solutions, tonally, that is very different from most centrist politicians who, on the whole, just propose tweaks.”
NEW 🗽 Big Apple Won - Big Orange Zero
🗳️ America fights back
💷 Reeves' tax pickle
🔥 The weaponising of fear
🎄 Reform cancels Xmas
PLUS An Announcement! 🐣 Our podcast family is growing!
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/63bM...
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🗳️ America fights back
💷 Reeves' tax pickle
🔥 The weaponising of fear
🎄 Reform cancels Xmas
PLUS An Announcement! 🐣 Our podcast family is growing!
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/63bM...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Big Apple Won - Big Orange Zero
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 06/11/2025 · 1h 5m
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November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“What Mamdani has in common with people like Polanski -but also Trump and Farage - is that he acknowledges people's lived experience and seeks to act on it. Whatever one thinks of his solutions, tonally, that is very different from most centrist politicians who, on the whole, just propose tweaks.”
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Funcionarios y generales mexicanos prometieron a un empresario recuperar una mina, pero solo si recibían sobornos. Recuperarla era más que un negocio: era un ajuste de cuentas con su pasado y una oportunidad de retribuir al orfanato que lo crió social.elpais.com/d6owu17
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Funcionarios y generales mexicanos prometieron a un empresario recuperar una mina, pero solo si recibían sobornos. Recuperarla era más que un negocio: era un ajuste de cuentas con su pasado y una oportunidad de retribuir al orfanato que lo crió social.elpais.com/d6owu17
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[New Paper Alert] Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging socialmedialab.ca/2025/11/03/n...
[New Paper Alert] Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging - Social Media Lab
Toxic speech is an endemic threat to civil discourse on social media; it’s marked by incivility, intolerance, and the intent to harm through threats, insults, and patronizing language. Further challen...
socialmedialab.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
[New Paper Alert] Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging socialmedialab.ca/2025/11/03/n...
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"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
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I spent a really long time amassing everything you need to know about Labour's vast deals with fossil gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants out to pepper the world with climate-wrecking data centres...so you don't have to!
My reporting for @desmog.com 📖👇
My reporting for @desmog.com 📖👇
The sheer scale of Labour's deals with Trump-donating Big Tech firms has been seriously under-reported.
Not only are they being allowed to build climate-wrecking data centres, they've also been given permission to embed their tech within Whitehall, the NHS, and defence 👇👇
📝 @rtakver.bsky.social
Not only are they being allowed to build climate-wrecking data centres, they've also been given permission to embed their tech within Whitehall, the NHS, and defence 👇👇
📝 @rtakver.bsky.social
Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
When U.S. President Donald Trump landed for what he called the “exquisite honour” of an unprecedented second state visit to the UK this September, he brought along a retinue of his favourite Silicon V...
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I spent a really long time amassing everything you need to know about Labour's vast deals with fossil gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants out to pepper the world with climate-wrecking data centres...so you don't have to!
My reporting for @desmog.com 📖👇
My reporting for @desmog.com 📖👇
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In case you're worried the Mediterranean will empty out or get as salty as the Dead Sea, fear not! The Straits of Gibraltar let in just enough Atlantic water to keep it at the same level as the ocean
Do read Czerski's book on the world ocean as a physics-based machine. It's mind-bendingly great.
Do read Czerski's book on the world ocean as a physics-based machine. It's mind-bendingly great.
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In case you're worried the Mediterranean will empty out or get as salty as the Dead Sea, fear not! The Straits of Gibraltar let in just enough Atlantic water to keep it at the same level as the ocean
Do read Czerski's book on the world ocean as a physics-based machine. It's mind-bendingly great.
Do read Czerski's book on the world ocean as a physics-based machine. It's mind-bendingly great.
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To defeat Donald Trump, first you must defeat Chuck @schumer.senate.gov. Hopefully that’s what Zohran Mamdani has just done…
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
To defeat Donald Trump, first you must defeat Chuck @schumer.senate.gov. Hopefully that’s what Zohran Mamdani has just done…
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En weer is Nederland achteruitgegaan op de Rule of Law Index.
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
Nederland daalt naar plaats negen op gezaghebbende Rule of Law Index - Mr. Online
En weer is Nederland achteruitgegaan op de Rule of Law Index van het World Justice Project. Nederland staat nu op plaats negen op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid v...
www.mr-online.nl
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
En weer is Nederland achteruitgegaan op de Rule of Law Index.
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
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Spotify accusé dans une plainte de fraude aux écoutes
Spotify accusé dans une plainte de fraude aux écoutes
Le rappeur RBX, qui a pris la tête d’une plainte collective, accuse la plateforme d’avoir fermé les yeux sur des millions de fausses écoutes.
www.lemonde.fr
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Spotify accusé dans une plainte de fraude aux écoutes
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Die europäische "Mitte" schaut verständnislos nach New York ...
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Die europäische "Mitte" schaut verständnislos nach New York ...
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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les services de renseignement ukrainiens parlent de « combats acharnés » contre les Russes dans la ville de Pokrovsk
EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les services de renseignement ukrainiens parlent de « combats acharnés » contre les Russes dans la ville de Pokrovsk
Une vidéo diffusée par le HUR montre des images aériennes et des prises de vue au sol de frappes de drones, de chars, d’infanterie, d’hélicoptères et d’artillerie, qui montrent l’ampleur de la bataille pour sauver la ville de l’avancée des forces russes.
www.lemonde.fr
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les services de renseignement ukrainiens parlent de « combats acharnés » contre les Russes dans la ville de Pokrovsk
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🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
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NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
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Propagate, repot, swap: how to fill your home with houseplants on a budget
Propagate, repot, swap: how to fill your home with houseplants on a budget
From decorative plants to herbs and salad greens, choose the right variety to thrive in your indoor space
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Propagate, repot, swap: how to fill your home with houseplants on a budget