Sonia Chabane (she/her)
@soniachabane.bsky.social
PhD candidate, ULB & Brown University Fellow | 🔎 humanitarian organisations in the Anthropocene, disaster management | 👀 on Turkey, the Mashreq, Maghreb & EU-Med relations | nerd fascinated by sci-fi in exile from twitter
📍 Brussels, 💚 in Istanbul, Beirut
📍 Brussels, 💚 in Istanbul, Beirut
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A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect a year ago today.
Since then, Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 10,000 times: 7,500 violations of Lebanese airspace and almost 2,500 ground violations, according to the UN.
Since then, Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 10,000 times: 7,500 violations of Lebanese airspace and almost 2,500 ground violations, according to the UN.
Lebanon: Israel’s attacks continue one year into "ceasefire"
www.nrc.no
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect a year ago today.
Since then, Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 10,000 times: 7,500 violations of Lebanese airspace and almost 2,500 ground violations, according to the UN.
Since then, Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 10,000 times: 7,500 violations of Lebanese airspace and almost 2,500 ground violations, according to the UN.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:
Aja Monet
Shkoon
Tinariwen
Emel
Peter Gabriel
Souad Massi
Quilapayùn
(yes that's not five - it's too hard to choose!!)
Aja Monet
Shkoon
Tinariwen
Emel
Peter Gabriel
Souad Massi
Quilapayùn
(yes that's not five - it's too hard to choose!!)
Kendrick Lamar
Hommage à Fela avec Tony Allen, Ginger Baker, Keziah Jones
Damon Albarn Democrazy
Oasis Olympia
Fonky Family
Hommage à Fela avec Tony Allen, Ginger Baker, Keziah Jones
Damon Albarn Democrazy
Oasis Olympia
Fonky Family
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:
Indochine
Depeche Mode
Bob Dylan
Dave Matthews Band
Jose James
Indochine
Depeche Mode
Bob Dylan
Dave Matthews Band
Jose James
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:
Aja Monet
Shkoon
Tinariwen
Emel
Peter Gabriel
Souad Massi
Quilapayùn
(yes that's not five - it's too hard to choose!!)
Aja Monet
Shkoon
Tinariwen
Emel
Peter Gabriel
Souad Massi
Quilapayùn
(yes that's not five - it's too hard to choose!!)
This Thursday morning, I'll be presenting my latest work on the "renewal" of the European Civil Protection Mechanism at a side event of the UFM's 10th Regional Forum. Send me a DM if you want to meet in Barcelona! ufmsecretariat.org/event/region.... @ufmsecretariat.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social
10th Union for the Mediterranean Regional Forum
22–28 November, Barcelona. The 10th UfM Regional Forum under the claim “Together for a Stronger Euro-Mediterranean Partnership” will not only reflect on the legacy of the Barcelona Process but also is...
ufmsecretariat.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This Thursday morning, I'll be presenting my latest work on the "renewal" of the European Civil Protection Mechanism at a side event of the UFM's 10th Regional Forum. Send me a DM if you want to meet in Barcelona! ufmsecretariat.org/event/region.... @ufmsecretariat.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social
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OpenAI veut absolument nous faire croire que GPT-5 a le niveau d’un chercheur
next.ink/210181/opena...
Marketing pseudoscientifique
next.ink/210181/opena...
Marketing pseudoscientifique
OpenAI veut absolument nous faire croire que GPT-5 a le niveau d’un chercheur - Next
next.ink
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
OpenAI veut absolument nous faire croire que GPT-5 a le niveau d’un chercheur
next.ink/210181/opena...
Marketing pseudoscientifique
next.ink/210181/opena...
Marketing pseudoscientifique
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COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
1/4
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
Makran or Bust: Tehran's water crisis gets worse
Ten days ago I wrote that Tehran was approaching a point where warnings, pressure cuts and appeals to save water would no longer be enough.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
Cruise ships hosting many delegations (due to the lack of accommodation) are set to depart Belém tomorrow; yet negotiations have spilled into overtime, and there is still no mention of a transition away from "fossil fuels"
Russia, India & Gulf petromonarchies are at work
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russia, India & Gulf petromonarchies are at work
www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Cruise ships hosting many delegations (due to the lack of accommodation) are set to depart Belém tomorrow; yet negotiations have spilled into overtime, and there is still no mention of a transition away from "fossil fuels"
Russia, India & Gulf petromonarchies are at work
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russia, India & Gulf petromonarchies are at work
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
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Jour 247 — Alors qu’Erdogan vient de s’arroger le droit de délivrer lui-même les concessions minières après l’adoption d’une loi qui ouvre à l’exploitation des territoires entiers, on apprend que la prochaine COP devrait avoir lieu en Turquie et que l’Australie, en conflit, ne s’y opposera pas.
#Australia’s prime minister said he would not block #Turkey from hosting the 2026 UN climate conference, signaling that Canberra may step aside to resolve a diplomatic standoff overshadowing this year’s talks. www.turkishminute.com/2025/11/19/a...
Australia says it would not block Turkey as COP host - Turkish Minute
Australia’s prime minister said he would not block Turkey from hosting the 2026 UN climate conference, signaling that Canberra may step aside to resolve a diplomatic standoff overshadowing this year’s...
www.turkishminute.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Jour 247 — Alors qu’Erdogan vient de s’arroger le droit de délivrer lui-même les concessions minières après l’adoption d’une loi qui ouvre à l’exploitation des territoires entiers, on apprend que la prochaine COP devrait avoir lieu en Turquie et que l’Australie, en conflit, ne s’y opposera pas.
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BREAKING: extremely on-the-nose metaphor breaks out in Brazil
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
BREAKING: extremely on-the-nose metaphor breaks out in Brazil
Large fire ongoing at the COP30 Climate summit - near the Italian pavillion. Evacuations are ongoing. Be safe!
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Large fire ongoing at the COP30 Climate summit - near the Italian pavillion. Evacuations are ongoing. Be safe!
"The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. [...] They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. [...] They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
every author in the class action, please file the claim.
Your* last saved meme is your moral philosophy
* the person who kept a bottle for JMLP passing
* the person who kept a bottle for JMLP passing
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Your* last saved meme is your moral philosophy
* the person who kept a bottle for JMLP passing
* the person who kept a bottle for JMLP passing
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98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens we...
www.972mag.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intel database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
"This work is advertised as “flexible” and “empowering”, but in reality “it fuses work automatisation, digital surveillance and immigration enforcement", Professor Nando Sigona says
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"This work is advertised as “flexible” and “empowering”, but in reality “it fuses work automatisation, digital surveillance and immigration enforcement", Professor Nando Sigona says
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Entretien avec Beraka Moderas qui raconte son enfance durant la guerre d’indépendance
"On vivait tous ensemble, je ne peux pas te dire si on vivait à l’aise, mais tu sais, lorsque nous n’avons pas l’indépendance il nous est impossible de vivre dignement."
histoirecoloniale.net/la-guerre-da...
"On vivait tous ensemble, je ne peux pas te dire si on vivait à l’aise, mais tu sais, lorsque nous n’avons pas l’indépendance il nous est impossible de vivre dignement."
histoirecoloniale.net/la-guerre-da...
« La guerre d’Algérie dans l’œil d’un enfant », par Soufyane Kastali
Soufyane Kastali a rencontré lors d'un séjour en Algérie un homme âgé de 80 ans, Beraka Moderas, qui lui a raconté son enfance durant la guerre d'indépendance algérienne dans la région de l'Ouarsenis....
histoirecoloniale.net
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Entretien avec Beraka Moderas qui raconte son enfance durant la guerre d’indépendance
"On vivait tous ensemble, je ne peux pas te dire si on vivait à l’aise, mais tu sais, lorsque nous n’avons pas l’indépendance il nous est impossible de vivre dignement."
histoirecoloniale.net/la-guerre-da...
"On vivait tous ensemble, je ne peux pas te dire si on vivait à l’aise, mais tu sais, lorsque nous n’avons pas l’indépendance il nous est impossible de vivre dignement."
histoirecoloniale.net/la-guerre-da...
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"...10yrs ago, the app estimated that the global temp was already 0.98°C above pre-industrial ave. & would breach the 1.5°C threshold in 2045. Today, the same tool estimates that we have reached a global ave. of 1.25°C & will be at 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels in May 2029"
#FasterThanExpected
#FasterThanExpected
Acceleration
“In 2015 our projected deadline for reaching 1.5°C was 27 years away. Now that threshold is only 4 years away – 23 years closer. This striking change suggests that global warming has accelerated quickly in recent years.”
Source: climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...
#ClimateCrisis
“In 2015 our projected deadline for reaching 1.5°C was 27 years away. Now that threshold is only 4 years away – 23 years closer. This striking change suggests that global warming has accelerated quickly in recent years.”
Source: climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...
#ClimateCrisis
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"...10yrs ago, the app estimated that the global temp was already 0.98°C above pre-industrial ave. & would breach the 1.5°C threshold in 2045. Today, the same tool estimates that we have reached a global ave. of 1.25°C & will be at 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels in May 2029"
#FasterThanExpected
#FasterThanExpected
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En Turquie, malgré l’accélération du tournant autoritaire, le système reste instable : trop de fractures, trop de diversité pour un autoritarisme total. Très bon entretien avec le politiste @berkesen.bsky.social dans Le Monde pour comprendre où en est la Turquie.
Berk Esen, politologue : « En Turquie, le pouvoir est devenu autoritaire et hégémonique »
Arrestations massives, destitutions de maires, répression des manifestants et des médias indépendants… Depuis mars, le gouvernement turc s’emploie à éliminer toute forme de compétition politique, esti...
www.lemonde.fr
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
En Turquie, malgré l’accélération du tournant autoritaire, le système reste instable : trop de fractures, trop de diversité pour un autoritarisme total. Très bon entretien avec le politiste @berkesen.bsky.social dans Le Monde pour comprendre où en est la Turquie.
"Epstein is dead, and now beyond the reaches of human justice, but it is still possible to hold his enablers and scientific sycophants to account."/ individuals like Trivers & Nowak and institutions like Harvard & MIT must return the millions they received from Epstein
theoutline.com/post/7956/je...
theoutline.com/post/7956/je...
Why Jeffrey Epstein loved evolutionary psychology
And why evolutionary psychologists loved him right back.
theoutline.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Epstein is dead, and now beyond the reaches of human justice, but it is still possible to hold his enablers and scientific sycophants to account."/ individuals like Trivers & Nowak and institutions like Harvard & MIT must return the millions they received from Epstein
theoutline.com/post/7956/je...
theoutline.com/post/7956/je...
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All praise the Gaza peacemakers! They're:
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
All praise the Gaza peacemakers! They're:
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission
"EU institutions have a duty to provide accurate information. By relying on bullshit generators, they might violate their obligation under the treaties to provide citizens with the right to good administration."
"EU institutions have a duty to provide accurate information. By relying on bullshit generators, they might violate their obligation under the treaties to provide citizens with the right to good administration."
The European Commission uses ChatGPT outputs in public documents.
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...
www.iccl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission
"EU institutions have a duty to provide accurate information. By relying on bullshit generators, they might violate their obligation under the treaties to provide citizens with the right to good administration."
"EU institutions have a duty to provide accurate information. By relying on bullshit generators, they might violate their obligation under the treaties to provide citizens with the right to good administration."
"I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is."
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
AI Grief Observed
These remarks were delivered this evening at the Creatively Critical Tech Speaker Series at Illinois State University.
"There is no good way to say this."
These are the opening words of Yiyun Li’s l...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is."
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
Terrible images.
“We can’t eat money,” said Gilmar, an Indigenous leader from the Tupinamba community near the lower reaches of the Tapajos River in Brazil
“We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
“We can’t eat money,” said Gilmar, an Indigenous leader from the Tupinamba community near the lower reaches of the Tapajos River in Brazil
“We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit in Brazil, demanding action
Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.
www.aljazeera.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Terrible images.
“We can’t eat money,” said Gilmar, an Indigenous leader from the Tupinamba community near the lower reaches of the Tapajos River in Brazil
“We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
“We can’t eat money,” said Gilmar, an Indigenous leader from the Tupinamba community near the lower reaches of the Tapajos River in Brazil
“We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models - here are soms quirks:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-comp...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-comp...
AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models
Academics set for payouts of $3000 for each book that was illegally downloaded
www.chemistryworld.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models - here are soms quirks:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-comp...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-comp...