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Sebastian Faugstad

@sebbfau.bsky.social
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Norwegian journalist www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-faugstad-707220218

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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why do the PrSM missiles exist? And why did the U.S. decide to use them in densely civilian populated areas? Is this what we can expect from decision-making and target selection handled by AI from companies like Palantir? Or did a person think these attacks were justified?
airwars.org
New U.S. munition has damage radius of at least 170 metres, Airwars finds
Visual analysis of first usage of PrSM missile during Iran war reveals scale of civilian threat
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404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026
Sherry Turkle's latest book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, comes out on September 29.
404media.co
How AI Chatbots Are 'Deskilling' Human Empathy
Sherry Turkle's latest book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, comes out on September 29.
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Christopher Pahle @tophepahle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Morgenbladets samfunnsredaktør, ide- og debattredaktør og kulturredaktør melder seg ut av Redaktørforeningen i protest mot Hans Rustads medlemskap. Respekt. Når foreningen er så passiv og makelig, og lar seg bruke som dette av antidemokratiske krefter, er dette veien å gå. Nå må flere følge på.
journalisten.no
Åpent brev om utmelding av Norsk Redaktørforening
Tre Morgenbladet-redaktører melder seg ut i protest mot Hans Rustads medlemskap.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Black slime in fishing nets, a constant push and pull between agricultural interests in nitrogen fertilizer and the environmental warning signs, and a fifth-generation fisherman who bears the brunt of it all. Great storytelling and powerful perspectives from Coda Story.
codastory.com
In Denmark, the sea can’t breathe - Coda Story
Coastal fisheries are disappearing as oxygen depletion in warming Danish waters, causing fishermen to lose their livelihoods.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The two bloc alliance fades as we transition into a multipolar world where the US is no longer the hegemon, Lucian Zaccara argues. A new world order where smaller and medium sized nations can decide to enter into multiple strategic partnerships, independent of traditional military structures.
aljazeera.com
Multipolarity gives middle powers more choices, but fewer guarantees
BRICS, SCO and other organisations can offer relief from great power pressure but do not provide collective defence.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/09/2026
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Sept. 5, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A great depiction of policy disparities between the south and north of Norway.
en.highnorthnews.com
It Is Absurd That The North Pays For Electricity In The South
Northern Norway has surplus power but too little grid capacity – and taxpayers still subsidise electricity in the south.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Our energy minister has proclaimed that Norway no longer intends to be Europe's "green battery". I.e. nothing as changed and we will continue to preserve and nourish our spot as an exporter of crude oil, and keep lobbying to drill in fragile nature in the Arctic.
nrk.no
Norge vil trosse EU-nei til oljeboring i Arktis
Energiministeren sier Norge vil fortsette å bore etter olje tross EU-nei. SV steiler.
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here's the US demands that caused Carney to walk away. Judge for yourself who is taking advantage: 1) Trump gets to restrict who Canada is allowed to trade with 2) Tariff reductions excluded Canadian made trucks 3) Remove cultural protection for French language 4) surrender natural mineral resources
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/08/2026
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'" www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shin...
404media.co
'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Veldig godt formulerte argumenter for hvorfor vi har en ukvalifisert digitaliseringsminister
nrk.no
Regjeringens knefall for Meta
Det virker som Karianne Tung har glemt hvem hun jobber for.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman says that letters sent by Natalie Harp to Donald Trump “alarmed” the Secret Service. Some words leap off the page, with Harp, a former right-wing cable host, going as far as to say she is “unworthy” of the president.
thedailybeast.com
Trump Author Says Secret Service ‘Alarmed’ by Natalie Harp Letters
The aide’s utter devotion to the president was laid bare by the Daily Beast in newly revealed documents.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
lol www.404media.co/darth-vader-...
404media.co
'Darth Vader' Wants Flock in San Diego
"The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum," Vader said during the meeting.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't know if this type of hyperbolic coverage is aimed at provoking and generating more readers, or whether it's in the interest of the political affiliation of the owners. Either ways, the coverage of Jason Arday was unfounded, and we in the media need to learn from it. Rest in peace!
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Interesting perspective by Irina Matchhavariani on the recent migration surge in Ceuta. In modern times, manipulation of algorithms and access to information through social media can function as a trigger for sudden mass migration.
codastory.com
The manufactured crisis of Ceuta - Coda Story
The migration crisis in Ceuta questions the shifting nature of state sovereignty
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The Centre for Investigative Journalism @tcij.org · 10/08/2026
Overreach. Privacy, power and investigative journalism in the age of surveillance. A short film by the incredibly talented @benclarkson.bsky.social to launch our new Logan Symposium.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Check out the (free) videogame telling a true story of how Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis had his phone infected by illegal predator malware: izzyfiacco.itch.io/predatorgate
izzyfiacco.itch.io
Predatorgate by Izzy Fiacco
Follow the trail of evidence to unravel a spyware scandal.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/08/2026
U.S. Instates Military Wife Draft theonion.com/u-s-instates-military-…
U.S. Instates Military Wife Draft
American Women Face Mandatory Conjugal Service
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 30/07/2026
Authorities in Ceuta asked the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and requested army intervention, as thousands crossed into the tiny Spanish territory.
bit.ly
Thousands break through border of Morocco into Spain's Ceuta
Authorities in Ceuta have asked the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and requested army intervention, as thousands of migrants are crossing into the tiny Spanish territory.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Spain Mobilizes Military as Thousands of Migrants Cross Into Ceuta www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/w...
nytimes.com
Thousands of Migrants Enter Ceuta, a Spanish Enclave, From Morocco
The arrivals in Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, have fueled political tensions.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/07/2026
Spain’s enclave Ceuta raises alarm as thousands cross border from Morocco aje.news/fs4ue0
Spain’s enclave Ceuta raises alarm as thousands cross border from Morocco
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Bloomberg: Finansiell nihilisme er svaret til mange Gen Z-ere som har vokst opp i en tid med økonomisk utrygghet under pandemien, i tillegg til økende skjevheter i økonomien i USA. Innflytelse fra luksuslivsstiler på sosiale medier gjør at flere også er villig til høyrisiko gambling for fremtiden.
m.youtube.com
Why Gen Z Is Gambling With Its Future
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Here is how Flock cameras are tracking people, not cars Watch more and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSe...
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/07/2026
Humans used blog to get their links to the top of Search. Now, AI spamming the internet, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social explains. We teamed up with the Los Angeles Public Library to talk about it on a panel with @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social and @dexdigi.bsky.social. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wLU...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Commentators on the German Broadcast of the FIFA World Cup Final didn’t hold back 💀 #FIFA
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
FIFA presents Donald Trump presents Louis Vuitton presents Qatar Airways presents presents Tom Cruice presents Justin Bieber presents Madonna presents random celebrities in the crowd presents Messi. Averaged $11,000 for a spot
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The EU’s migration strategy comes at a cost that politicians in power are unwilling to disclose. At the same time, they’re facing internal pressure from anti-immigration rhetoric, often fuelled by the ongoing waves of national populism in the West.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Surveillance by Big Tech companies is ubiquitous. But the methods have never been more transparent. 1,6 billion people use Microsoft os. How many are aware of the pre-installed, non-optional, global device identifier (GDID), that identifies activity and data traffic on their devices?
windowslatest.com
Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Ahhh. Friday markets now closed. Time to act like a fucking lunatic until Sunday night when it will be time to calm the markets before Monday morning opening…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/07/2026
The thing is, doing sports like Norway (focused on fun, companionship, team spirit) rather than the US (focused on intensity, suffering, competition, which individual is "best") isn't just healthier & more pro-social, it produces *better athletes*.
slate.com
A Recent Supreme Court Opinion Completely Misunderstands the Point of Sports. One World Cup Superstar Is the Corrective.
We’re fundamentally misunderstanding the point of sports.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Trump's gift to humanity this summer was almost three weeks of uninterrupted world cup solidarity and healthy national rivalries ... Until he used political influence to revert a red card, once again insulted his allies in NATO, and resumed bombing Iran.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) lasted three weeks. Trump has declared it to be over. US attacks on Iran have continued for two nights, after alleged attacks by Iranian drones to ships in the strait of Hormuz.
aljazeera.com
Iran attacks on Gulf nations continue after heavy US bombing
US strikes over the past two days have killed at least 14 people and wounded 78 others in Iran, official says.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
From Last week: The Norwegian climate minister Anders Bjelland Eriksen is under scrutiny after giving Nordic Mining a temporary permit for landfill dumping in Førdefjorden, reverting our supreme courts decision to hault all dumping. Intentions of our "minister without power" is under question.
klassekampen.no
Klimaministeren skuffar miljørørsla: – Han er oljevennleg
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen gjer så godt han kan. Men nøkkelen til lågare klimagassutslepp fekk han aldri utdelt.
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404 Media @404media.co · 02/07/2026
Data centers spike the cost of power for everyone who lives nearby. Often, people building new projects promise they’ll build out power infrastructure to make up the cost and prevent normal people from footing the bill. That's not how it works. @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/henrico-virg...
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The upcoming spaceport on Shetland is planning to let rocket debris sink into the ocean, with little concern of how this may affect fishing or tourism. In the North Sea, fishermen in a near future may have to consider the risk of space junk falling from the sky.
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Hearthbreaking testimonies from a decade in the field of "voluntourism". Allegedly, but not unconventionally, the travel companies come out on top, while children at the locations and rich kids from the west are exploited.
youtube.com
The Dark Side of Rich Kids Volunteering Abroad | Informer
YouTube video by VICE
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/06/2026
Inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence victim began collecting others’ stories of abuse. 156 women answered her call. Together, they became “survivor sisters” — and helped shape a new law offering them a path toward freedom. But would it work? Listen to the full episode:
propub.li
Convicted of Killing Their Abusers, These Women Got Another Chance at Freedom
A new law gave people sentenced for the murders of their abusive partners a rare pathway to freedom. That wasn’t the end of the story.
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Morgenbladet @morgenbladet.no · 12/06/2026
morgenbladet.no
(+) – Neppe tvil om at dette er brudd på personvernforordningen
Bare muligheten for at Open AI har hatt tilgang på Schibsted-journalisters interne kommentarer, er et brudd med personvernlovene, ifølge jussprofessor.
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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 04/06/2026
Russian bots have turned him into a deepfake. He avoids travelling to the US over fears he could be on a watchlist. In an interview with Follow the Money, @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social explains why, after years of high-stakes investigations, “the paranoia gets to you”.
ftm.eu
‘The paranoia gets to you’: Bellingcat head explains why he never takes free snacks
Investigative collective Bellingcat is known for its open-source intelligence approach. But as this method of analysing freely available information becomes more widespread, so do the risks, says the group’s founder.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 03/05/2026
Journalism is not a crime. Governments should take note. On World Press Freedom Day, we continue to fight all forms of repression of speech, in all media, around the globe. #WorldPressFreedomDay
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A Peter Thiel-backed AI-tool will help the process of adjudicating journalists for the price of $2,000. The tool creates a scorecard, measuring journalists’ “credibility score”, assumably based on the company’s own metrics. On first sight, this is yet another route to discrediting whistleblowers.
techcrunch.com
Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.
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Hanne Østli Jakobsen @hannejakobsen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Aftenposten meldte i dag, ikke med "du må tillate annonser hvis du ikke abonnerer", slik som f.eks The Guardian. De krever begge deler. At de OGSÅ får selge abonnenten (meg) som et produkt, med mindre jeg betaler dem 40kr ekstra i måneden. Kudos for å si det rett ut. Det er et enkelt valg
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Journalist Amal Khalil was killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, her colleagues now confirm. Amal received direct threats from the Israeli army ahead of the attack.
theguardian.com
Israeli strike kills journalist after ongoing attacks blocked rescuers, Lebanon says
Amal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 20/04/2026
Atanas Tchobanov, a Bulgarian investigative journalist and founder of the portal bird.bg, has gotten used to threats and surveillance. Watch his full interview for Protagonista podcast: youtu.be/834NApiV_XQ
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Mark Rutte, Stoltenberg ... prime ministers, military leaders, tech billionaires, Wall Street titans and CEOs all gathered for the annual Bilderberg conference this weekend. The "secretive" society where financial elites hold meetings behind closed doors, and where FOI's and the press are rejected.
theguardian.com
Secretive Bilderberg group just met – but who knows what global elite said?
This year’s conference had plenty of newsworthy aspects, but it’s a mystery why the press fails to talk about it
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Desperation and collapse is unfolding in Cuba. Sky News has documented that a majority no longer have reliable access to electricity. Residents have already experienced years of resource shortages, but the US blockade has accelerated a humanitarian catastrophe.
m.youtube.com
Cubans are 'paralysed' by the US oil blockade | Eyewitness report
YouTube video by Sky News
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Sebastian Faugstad @sebbfau.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
How hard was it convince Trump to attack Iran? Not very, according to this witness recollection of the meeting. Despite concerns from his own staff and sporadic motives for the attack, Trump played into Netanyahu’s sales pitch and the whole world is feeling the consequences.
nytimes.com
How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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