iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Fukuyama: We have reached the end of history. History: It's 2026, and an official branch of the Ukrainian armed forces is tweeting about how drone striking Andrew Tate while he's clout farming with the Russian military would be fun, but is sadly a war crime. Get bent old man.

Ukrainian USF tweet: "Ok, fellas, we see all your tags and we get it.

But.
Being a shitty person doesn't make someone a legitimate military target under international law. Climbing on a tank for internet clout isn't enough to become a combatant.

Do something that actually qualifies — then we can talk. Until then, we'll keep our drones for real military targets 😉"

593860850

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Your humble servant has a written a book about the social science of poverty in Cold War Latin America and the contexts that shaped its creation, from international sources like the Ford Foundation to dictatorships across the region. The book is in production and will be ready at the end of 2026

Book cover shows an alleyway in a Rio favela, the black and white photo has been given a bluish tinge; my name is upper left, the title of the book "Poverty of the Imagination" is at lower left and at right, in reddish text is the subtitle "The Cold War and the Social Science of Development in Latin America"

3133184

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Richard Gowan @richardgowan1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This happens quite a lot to me too (also seeing more AI-generated quotes from "me" in news stories). In a few cases the AI-generated article titles are so good, I feel I should just write an article to make them real.

031

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

NYT treats Trump’s demands as legitimate and offers up a scorecard for how well Columbia did meeting them. That’s one way to tell the story of a cynical government power grab and a university betraying its ideals and reputation to crush student activism I suppose. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/n...

nytimes.com

One Year After Trump’s $400 Million Ultimatum, a Different Columbia

1269

Vincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Very important TikTok video from #JASDJ #BokoHaram cleric tinyurl.com/4p7a5rju (yes, I know, jihadist clerics use the same media as make-up obsessed teens). Here is why...

tinyurl.com

TikTok - Make Your Day

120

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Benjamin Paaßen @bpaassen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Just for context: We have done some research in our lab indicating that these 'humanizers' don't really work as advertised. That being said: AI detectors don't really work, either. Educational institutions should refrain from these surveillance measures, in my mind. arxiv.org/abs/2508.08096

arxiv.org

Assessing LLM Text Detection in Educational Contexts: Does Human Contribution Affect Detection?

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) and their increased accessibility have made it easier than ever for students to automatically generate texts, posing new challenges for educational ...

23614

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Michael Rooney @mr00ney.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

lol, so this company can sell this info to bosses and professors for a higher premium, and then sell the students platinum level service where they hide the plagiarism even more, and then …

0225

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

28 January 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Zelda Ostrowski, was born in Paris. She was Deported to #Auschwitz on 9 November 1942 from Drancy in occupied France. She did not survive. --- 🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

835285

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/01/2026

“Amid accusations of AI cheating, some students are turning to a new group of generative AI tools called ‘humanizers.’ The tools scan essays and suggest ways to alter text so they aren’t read as having been created by AI. Some are free, while others cost around $20 a month.”

nbcnews.com

To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI

Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.

75825

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.

11227061228

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

261120183987

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Grégoire Orain @grgrrn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Je viens de lire une tribune (qui paraît demain, je vous la linkerai quand elle sera publiée) qui me fait beaucoup réfléchir. L'auteur, Frédéric Thomas, spécialiste des Caraïbes, souligne à quel point ce qui nous choque dans l'attitude de Trump, c'est qu'il nous traite comme des pays du Sud.

711743

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Alors que ce qu'il veut c'est le Groland

081

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Pierre Alonso @pierrealonso.com · 21/01/2026

Pas de catastrophe, pas de résilience glorieuse non plus : plongée dans le froid et le noir par une nouvelle campagne de frappes russes, Kyiv tient pour l’instant, dents et poings serrés. Une énième épreuve après bientôt quatre ans de guerre totale. Mon reportage dans @mediapart.fr:

mediapart.fr

Face à la guerre du froid de la Russie, Kyiv serre les dents

Alors que les températures plongent, Moscou continue de mener des frappes destructrices contre les infrastructures énergétiques, dégradant gravement les conditions de vie. Les autorités installent de…

210947

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 21/01/2026

Und thus, modernity comes to a close just like it started, with a guy ranting at windmills

341072292

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Europe's five stages of grief wrt Trump: 1. Wake-up call 2. Backlash 3. Breaking point 4. Appease 5. Repeat

1366

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It's arguably the only battlefield.

0185

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Orient XXI @orientxxi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

#Gaza À Paris, l’ONG Médecins sans frontières présente jusqu’au 12 février l’exposition « We did what we could ». Elle documente deux années de guerre totale contre la population gazaouie et rend hommage aux soignants palestiniens. @msf.fr @clomraffko.bsky.social ➡️ orientxxi.info/Gaza-Souvene...

05237

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Une parution à venir, d'une redoutable actualité

Hamit Bozarslan, Les révolutions de droite

0375

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

21 January 1924 | French Jew, Henri Bockfeld, was born in Paris. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 20 January 1944. He did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Black and white portrait of a young man with slicked-back hair, wearing a dark jacket and tie.

834984

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 21/01/2026

“our tech doesn’t do any of the things we claimed the past few years, but we still need you to use it or the line will go down”

621335

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.

1048521608

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Re-upping this chart from @propublica.org in April 2025, since measles is surging back into the news.

117653

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I came to Congress to do the job: to work for people and protect them. Now I’m facing 17 years in prison for standing up to this administration and to ICE. But if they think I’ll back down, they are wrong. Read more:

newyorker.com

The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees

LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.

4132411028

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 21/01/2026

🔴 After 100 days of the “ceasefire,” Gaza authorities report 1,300 Israeli ceasefire violations Gaza’s Government Information Office says Israel’s serious violations of the ceasefire on October 10, 2025, through January 20, 2026, have resulted in 1,820 people killed, wounded, or detained...

د. إسماعيل الثوابتة #غزة
@ismailalthwabta
⭕ *Press Release No. (1044) Issued by the Government Media Office*

⛔ *100 Days Since the Ceasefire Decision: The Israeli Occupation Has Violated the Agreement 1,300 Times, Resulting in 1,820 Martyrs, Injured, and Detainees*

We affirm that the Israeli occupation has continued, since the ceasefire decision entered into force on 10 October 2025 and up until today, Tuesday, 20 January 2026 (a period of 100 days), to commit serious and systematic violations of the agreement, constituting a clear breach of international humanitarian law and a deliberate undermining of the essence of the ceasefire and the provisions of the annexed humanitarian protocol.

During this period, the relevant governmental authorities documented 1,300 violations of the agreement, as detailed in the following statistical report:
📣 First: Ceasefire Agreement Violations
A total of 1,300 violations committed by the occupation, distributed as follows:
430 shooting incidents.
66 incursions by military vehicles into residential neighborhoods and areas.
604 bombardment and targeting incidents.
200 demolitions of homes and various buildings.
📣 Second: Human Losses
These violations resulted in the following:

(1) Martyrs:
483 martyrs (total).
252 martyrs were children, women, and elderly persons, representing 52%.

444 martyrs were civilians, accounting for 92% of the total.
465 martyrs (96%) were targeted away from the “yellow line” within residential neighborhoods, while the remaining 4% were martyred adjacent to the yellow line.
(2) Injured:
1,287 injured persons (total).
752 injured were children, women, and elderly persons, representing 58%.
1,277 injured were civilians, equivalent to 99.2% of the total.
All injured persons, without exception, were targeted away from the yellow line, inside residential neighborhoods.
(3) Detainees:
50 detainees.
All detainees, without exception, were arrested away from the yellow line, from within residential neighborhoods.
📣 Third: Aid, Commercial, and Fuel Trucks
25,816 trucks entered, out of 60,000 aid, commercial, and fuel trucks, reflecting a compliance rate of 43%, distributed as follows:

15,163 aid trucks (59%).
10,004 commercial trucks (39%).
649 fuel trucks (2.5%), out of 5,000 fuel trucks that were supposed to enter, reflecting a compliance rate of 13%.
A daily average of 261 trucks, out of 600 trucks that were supposed to enter daily.
📣 Important Notes:
600 aid, commercial, and fuel trucks are supposed to enter Gaza daily.

50 fuel trucks (diesel, gasoline, cooking gas) are supposed to enter Gaza daily.
According to the humanitarian protocol, and in addition to the above, the occupation failed to comply with the following:
Allowing the required numbers of trucks to enter.
Complying with withdrawal lines.
Allowing the entry of materials necessary for infrastructure maintenance.
Allowing the entry of heavy equipment for civil defense to remo

Allowing the required numbers of trucks to enter.
Complying with withdrawal lines.
Allowing the entry of materials necessary for infrastructure maintenance.
Allowing the entry of heavy equipment for civil defense to remove rubble and recover the bodies of martyrs.
Allowing the entry of medical equipment, supplies, and medicines.
Opening the Rafah Crossing.
Respecting the cases of martyrs, injured persons, detainees, and missing persons.
Allowing the entry of tents, mobile homes, and shelter materials.
Operating the power generation plant.
Respecting the boundaries of the yellow line, instead encroaching on additional kilometers across the Strip.
We affirm that the continuation of these violations and breaches constitutes a serious circumvention of the ceasefire agreement, and an attempt to impose a humanitarian equation based on subjugation, starvation, and blackmail. We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the ongoing deterioration of the humanitarian situation, and for the lives lost and properties destroyed during a period in which a full and sustainable ceasefire was supposed to prevail.
We call upon President Trump, the sponsors of the agreement, the mediators and guarantors, the international community, and the United Nations to assume their legal and moral responsibilities, compel the Israeli occupation to fully implement its obligations without diminution, ensure the protection of civilians, guarantee the immediate and safe flow of humanitarian aid and fuel, and allow the entry of mobile homes, caravans, and shelter materials, as stipulated in the agreement, in order to address the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.

✦ *Government Media Office*
✦ Gaza Strip – Palestine
✦ Tuesday, 20 January 2026

111077

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.

1624288887946

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

“Yet even with all this bluster and rancor, it was the rage at a small African nation and the unabashed racism that was truly extraordinary. After speaking for over an hour, Trump took questions from the White House press corps. None of them pressed him on the comments about Somalia or its people”

30875288

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 20/01/2026

Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin. This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.

1155235488745

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

ICE is a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanish in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer means anything. The knock on the door is the sentence.

29586752865

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Tory Wegerski @producertory.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Absolutely massive turnout at the ICE Rapid Response training in Pittsburgh tonight, hosted by Frontline Dignity. Over 500 people showed up, including dozens from out of county & out of state.

Rows and rows of the backs of people's heads. They are seated in the pews of a Presbyterian church.

294430863

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2026

Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw

17548081315

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

samuel @quilombo.eurosky.social · 21/01/2026

🚨 New B'Tselem report, on the Israeli prison system as a network of torture camps for Palestinians. A deliberate, systematic violation of human rights. Full report here: www.btselem.org/publications...

01932

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

« Hegemons cannot continually monetize their relationships » Citant Thucydide et Vaclav Havel, le discours du PM canadien Mark Carney, sur le rôle international d’une puissance « moyenne » à l’ère Trump, vaut la peine d’être lu, c’est celui d’un homme d’Etat de grande stature.

16419

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 21/01/2026

Legion of Doom

1141

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

#Nigeria Le blues de l'or noir (3/3). Dans le delta du Niger, dans l’État de #Bayelsa, les marées noires façonnent le quotidien des communautés riveraines. Sabotages, infrastructures vieillissantes et retrait des compagnies pétrolières nourrissent un désastre environnemental durable. #environnement

afriquexxi.info

Dans l’État de Bayelsa, la pollution en héritage - Série 3/3

Au cœur du delta du Niger, dans l’État de Bayelsa, les marées noires façonnent le quotidien des communautés riveraines. Sabotages, infrastructures vieillissantes et retrait des compagnies (…)

042

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Claude Leroy calling African nations to boycott the world cup www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

13815

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Sebastian Roché @sebastianjroche.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

2 policiers, dont l’un, à genoux, donnent des coups de poing sur une personne plaquée au sol. Elle décède au commissariat. Laurent Nuñez: « Je n’ai évidemment aucune raison de suspendre les fonctionnaires de police en question » www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

lemonde.fr

Mort d’El Hacen Diarra dans le commissariat du 20ᵉ arrondissement de Paris : « aucune raison de suspendre » les policiers, affirme Laurent Nuñez

Une information judiciaire a été ouverte lundi par le parquet de Paris pour « violences volontaires par personne dépositaire de l’autorité publique » ayant entraîné la mort, après la mort d’El Hacen D...

15249201

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 21/01/2026

Cette invitation à vous libérer de votre dépendance aux GAFAM vous est aimablement adressée par Meta.

8349116

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

At least 16,500 protesters have been killed in Iran and more than 330,000 injured, The Sunday Times reports, citing a report by a network of Iranian doctors, human rights data, and eyewitness accounts.

31546291

Reposted by Vincent Foucher

Dr Dorothée Boulanger @doboulanger.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Same here 💚

031