Nele Van Doninck
@nelevandoninck.bsky.social
PhD. Anthropologist, writer, photographer, storyteller. Mensenmens. Thinking about how tech can serve people, not profit.
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The findings, based on internal ICE material obtained by 404 Media, public records, and testimony from an ICE official, shows what kind of technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The findings, based on internal ICE material obtained by 404 Media, public records, and testimony from an ICE official, shows what kind of technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
In december, I spent ten days in Dakar, and yes, I took the Leica with me.
Very good decision 🥰
#leicamini #kodakgold200
#dixjoursadakar
Very good decision 🥰
#leicamini #kodakgold200
#dixjoursadakar
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
In december, I spent ten days in Dakar, and yes, I took the Leica with me.
Very good decision 🥰
#leicamini #kodakgold200
#dixjoursadakar
Very good decision 🥰
#leicamini #kodakgold200
#dixjoursadakar
´At the end of November 2025, Ursula von der Leyen gave Trump and his tech oligarchs an early Christmas present: an unprecedented attack on digital rights.’
Where’s that eyeroll again?
🙄🙄🙄
Yep, found it.
Where’s that eyeroll again?
🙄🙄🙄
Yep, found it.
Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights | Corporate Europe Observatory
In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the ...
corporateeurope.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
´At the end of November 2025, Ursula von der Leyen gave Trump and his tech oligarchs an early Christmas present: an unprecedented attack on digital rights.’
Where’s that eyeroll again?
🙄🙄🙄
Yep, found it.
Where’s that eyeroll again?
🙄🙄🙄
Yep, found it.
If anyone still wonder why we need good journalism, just watch this.
‘On Truth Social, Trump said an ICE officer was "viciously" run over. "It is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital," he wrote’ (BBC)
Now just watch.
‘On Truth Social, Trump said an ICE officer was "viciously" run over. "It is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital," he wrote’ (BBC)
Now just watch.
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
If anyone still wonder why we need good journalism, just watch this.
‘On Truth Social, Trump said an ICE officer was "viciously" run over. "It is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital," he wrote’ (BBC)
Now just watch.
‘On Truth Social, Trump said an ICE officer was "viciously" run over. "It is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital," he wrote’ (BBC)
Now just watch.
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Will the deregulation of our digital rights by the EU happen with the support of the far right? 🤨
That's what Meta seems to be aiming for, with 3 lobby meetings with far-right MEPs this week alone.
VDL's deregulation agenda isn't just opening the door to Big Tech, it's inviting the far right in.
That's what Meta seems to be aiming for, with 3 lobby meetings with far-right MEPs this week alone.
VDL's deregulation agenda isn't just opening the door to Big Tech, it's inviting the far right in.
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Will the deregulation of our digital rights by the EU happen with the support of the far right? 🤨
That's what Meta seems to be aiming for, with 3 lobby meetings with far-right MEPs this week alone.
VDL's deregulation agenda isn't just opening the door to Big Tech, it's inviting the far right in.
That's what Meta seems to be aiming for, with 3 lobby meetings with far-right MEPs this week alone.
VDL's deregulation agenda isn't just opening the door to Big Tech, it's inviting the far right in.
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microsoft promised to "empower every user" and google to "revolutionise knowledge and technological innovation" but in reality what they have given us is an invasive surveillance dystopian nightmare hard to escape
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You Are—Now Just 8 Weeks Away
Microsoft confirms start date for new Teams update — no more hiding places.
www.forbes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
microsoft promised to "empower every user" and google to "revolutionise knowledge and technological innovation" but in reality what they have given us is an invasive surveillance dystopian nightmare hard to escape
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Yes, I am also particularly proud of my article {{Title}}. I put in a lot of effort, but people tell me it’s a bit hard to find in the search engines, so citations are still a bit low for now… 🙈😂😂
#spam #pleaseatleasttryabitharder #idoactuallyhavethatphd 😅
#spam #pleaseatleasttryabitharder #idoactuallyhavethatphd 😅
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yes, I am also particularly proud of my article {{Title}}. I put in a lot of effort, but people tell me it’s a bit hard to find in the search engines, so citations are still a bit low for now… 🙈😂😂
#spam #pleaseatleasttryabitharder #idoactuallyhavethatphd 😅
#spam #pleaseatleasttryabitharder #idoactuallyhavethatphd 😅
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.” - Alison Macrina
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.” - Alison Macrina
Big ❤️❤️❤️ for the Python Software Foundation.
The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5m grant from the National Science Foundation as it came with a restriction that they would not operate any programs (at all - not just funded by the grant) that promote diversity, equality or inclusion…
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
In January 2025, the PSF submitted a proposal to the US government National Science Foundation under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Op...
pyfound.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Big ❤️❤️❤️ for the Python Software Foundation.
Yes, I am still taking my camera out sometimes - for those who were wondering 🫣
A series shot last Sunday - work in progress.
Also: great news coming up soon on the photography front - working hard on a lovely new project. ☺️
#Leicamini #kodakcolorplus200 #brussels #celebration #joy
A series shot last Sunday - work in progress.
Also: great news coming up soon on the photography front - working hard on a lovely new project. ☺️
#Leicamini #kodakcolorplus200 #brussels #celebration #joy
October 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yes, I am still taking my camera out sometimes - for those who were wondering 🫣
A series shot last Sunday - work in progress.
Also: great news coming up soon on the photography front - working hard on a lovely new project. ☺️
#Leicamini #kodakcolorplus200 #brussels #celebration #joy
A series shot last Sunday - work in progress.
Also: great news coming up soon on the photography front - working hard on a lovely new project. ☺️
#Leicamini #kodakcolorplus200 #brussels #celebration #joy
Tell me this doesn’t sound like a Black Mirror plot 🫣
Maybe we stop trying to automate pain — and stop trusting machines to know our feelings better than we do… 😕
Maybe we stop trying to automate pain — and stop trusting machines to know our feelings better than we do… 😕
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Tell me this doesn’t sound like a Black Mirror plot 🫣
Maybe we stop trying to automate pain — and stop trusting machines to know our feelings better than we do… 😕
Maybe we stop trying to automate pain — and stop trusting machines to know our feelings better than we do… 😕
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With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...
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How have politics changed in #Niger in the aftermath of the July 2023 coup?
Researchers Joost Fontein and Nele Van Doninck explore here 👇
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/pol...
Researchers Joost Fontein and Nele Van Doninck explore here 👇
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/pol...
Politics in Niger after the 2023 Coup
This rapid evidence review explores the politics and political economy of Niger after the 2023 coup.
k4d.ids.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
How have politics changed in #Niger in the aftermath of the July 2023 coup?
Researchers Joost Fontein and Nele Van Doninck explore here 👇
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/pol...
Researchers Joost Fontein and Nele Van Doninck explore here 👇
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/pol...
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the Trump admin just deported an award-winning journalist known for his reporting on ICE and got Apple to block ICE-spotter apps — all while churning out highly-produced social media content from violent ICE raids in Chicago. it’s their media or no media. www.techpolicy.press/amidst-viole...
Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press
Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.
www.techpolicy.press
October 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
the Trump admin just deported an award-winning journalist known for his reporting on ICE and got Apple to block ICE-spotter apps — all while churning out highly-produced social media content from violent ICE raids in Chicago. it’s their media or no media. www.techpolicy.press/amidst-viole...
October 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It finally arrived!
Looking forward to learn about how messiness,creativity and grassroots initiaties bring vitality to our cities, away from too restrictive planning.
‘They are the paths we take, rather than the paths we are given’
#citiesfrombelow #messiness #urbancitizenplanning
Looking forward to learn about how messiness,creativity and grassroots initiaties bring vitality to our cities, away from too restrictive planning.
‘They are the paths we take, rather than the paths we are given’
#citiesfrombelow #messiness #urbancitizenplanning
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It finally arrived!
Looking forward to learn about how messiness,creativity and grassroots initiaties bring vitality to our cities, away from too restrictive planning.
‘They are the paths we take, rather than the paths we are given’
#citiesfrombelow #messiness #urbancitizenplanning
Looking forward to learn about how messiness,creativity and grassroots initiaties bring vitality to our cities, away from too restrictive planning.
‘They are the paths we take, rather than the paths we are given’
#citiesfrombelow #messiness #urbancitizenplanning
In the same line 😂🤭:
September 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In the same line 😂🤭:
Whenever working away from home, it’s always such a joy to check the wifi networks nearby - it never disappoints 😅🙈
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Whenever working away from home, it’s always such a joy to check the wifi networks nearby - it never disappoints 😅🙈
Big Tech won’t build us a safer, fairer digital world.
That’s why we need alternatives - experiments like Floya, steps toward tech built on public value.
Maybe not perfect yet, but at least the right direction.
The way forward is simple:
1. Build alternatives
2. Regulate what already exists
That’s why we need alternatives - experiments like Floya, steps toward tech built on public value.
Maybe not perfect yet, but at least the right direction.
The way forward is simple:
1. Build alternatives
2. Regulate what already exists
Vervoersapp Floya trappelt ter plaatse met 35.000 regelmatige gebruikers
Floya is sinds zijn lancering twee jaar geleden 280.000 keer gedownload.
www.bruzz.be
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Big Tech won’t build us a safer, fairer digital world.
That’s why we need alternatives - experiments like Floya, steps toward tech built on public value.
Maybe not perfect yet, but at least the right direction.
The way forward is simple:
1. Build alternatives
2. Regulate what already exists
That’s why we need alternatives - experiments like Floya, steps toward tech built on public value.
Maybe not perfect yet, but at least the right direction.
The way forward is simple:
1. Build alternatives
2. Regulate what already exists
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So many untold stories of women's innovation in electronic music still to be brought to light, including this key figure who developed Casio backing tracks that enabled a revolution in reggae. Great profile!
A Japanes woman at Casio hand coded the Sleng Teng riddim that formed the basis for dance hall! It's an amazing story www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae
The “Sleng Teng” riddim revolutionized reggae music in the mid-1980s, and has spawned hundreds of versions in the decades since then. Less well known is the story of how the distinctive bassline origi...
www.nippon.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
So many untold stories of women's innovation in electronic music still to be brought to light, including this key figure who developed Casio backing tracks that enabled a revolution in reggae. Great profile!
Cold-blooded horror.
Read this article.
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Read this article.
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For Israel to deploy AI-powered deadly force against them, Palestinians must simultaneously be the lives from which surveillance data is captured, and the tabulation of deaths through which the lethality of AI systems is demonstrated and later improved, writes Sarah Fathallah.
Artificial Intelligence and the Orchestration of Palestinian Life and Death | TechPolicy.Press
The tabulation of Palestinian deaths is used to enhance the lethality of the systems targeting them, writes Sarah Fathallah.
www.techpolicy.press
August 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Cold-blooded horror.
Read this article.
🍉🍉🍉
Read this article.
🍉🍉🍉
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Back to Sunday habits: more from the #Olympusxa and Schaarbeek, Molenbeek and Kuregem.
The joy of walking the streets and finding the beauty in the people and the things: my happy place ☺️
#anthropologist #photographer #storyteller
Happy Sunday!
Back to Sunday habits: more from the #Olympusxa and Schaarbeek, Molenbeek and Kuregem.
The joy of walking the streets and finding the beauty in the people and the things: my happy place ☺️
#anthropologist #photographer #storyteller
Happy Sunday!
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Back to Sunday habits: more from the #Olympusxa and Schaarbeek, Molenbeek and Kuregem.
The joy of walking the streets and finding the beauty in the people and the things: my happy place ☺️
#anthropologist #photographer #storyteller
Happy Sunday!
Back to Sunday habits: more from the #Olympusxa and Schaarbeek, Molenbeek and Kuregem.
The joy of walking the streets and finding the beauty in the people and the things: my happy place ☺️
#anthropologist #photographer #storyteller
Happy Sunday!