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The author wrote that, in the four weeks after the Skripal poisoning, Russian state-controlled RT and Sputnik had promoted 138 separate, often contradictory narratives across 735 articles. They described this as the scale of Russia’s disinformation machinery in 2018 and said its current scale could only be imagined. #Desinformación #FakeNews #MediosDeComunicación #RU

Tech industry has, from its inception, extracted value from the place where it exists while also actively poisoning it. Today’s tech giants have contaminated and colonized Silicon Valley, organized like a series of company's feudal clusters, private cities https://t.co/1iGI0INWIW #TechIndustry #SiliconValley #EnvironmentalImpact #US

AFRICA DAILY REPORT — 21 SEPTEMBER 2026 Major developments reported during the previous 24 hours 1. DR CONGO — EBOLA VACCINATION EXPANDS IN OUTBREAK EPICENTRE — 10/10 (CRITICAL) DR Congo has begun vaccinating healthcare and other frontline workers in Bunia and Mongbwalu, Ituri, amid the rapidly expanding Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak. Authorities reported 7,541 confirmed cases and 3,639 deaths as of Saturday. Ervebo is being used while its effectiveness against the Bundibugyo strain is still under study, making the campaign both an emergency response and a major public-health test. Source: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2026-09-20-congo-begins-ebola-vaccinations-for-health-workers-in-the-epicenter-of-the-outbreak/ 2. SUDAN — SECOND DEADLY GOLD-MINE COLLAPSE IN A WEEK — 9/10 (VERY HIGH) At least 11 miners were killed and 30 injured after a shaft collapsed in the northeastern Red Sea state, with searches continuing for missing miners. It was Sudan’s second major informal-mine disaster in a week, after at least 82 people were killed in a collapse in western Sudan. The incidents underline the extreme risks surrounding Sudan’s artisanal gold sector amid the continuing war. Source: https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/gold-mine-collapse-northeast-sudan-kills-11-136605439 3. UGANDA / TURKEY — KAMPALA SUSPENDS MILITARY COOPERATION — 9/10 (VERY HIGH) Uganda’s military announced the immediate suspension of defence and military cooperation with Türkiye amid a dispute over Ankara’s handling of Uganda’s attempts to secure the extradition of dissident blogger Fred Lumbuye. The dispute is significant because Türkiye has been expanding defence and security ties across Africa. Source: https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/uganda-suspends-military-ties-turkey-102902926.html 4. DJIBOUTI — SOUTH AFRICAN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST AND FIXER REPORTED MISSING — 9/10 (VERY HIGH) South African journalist Micah Reddy, Africa Coordinator for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and Djiboutian fixer Kooki Mahmoud have reportedly disappeared in Djibouti. ICIJ and the Committee to Protect Journalists have raised concerns, while authorities in South Africa, the UK and Djibouti have been contacted. The circumstances remain unclear. Source: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sa-journalist-micah-reddy-reportedly-missing-in-djibouti/ 5. TANZANIA — TEN LIONS FOUND DEAD IN SUSPECTED POISONING — 8.5/10 (VERY HIGH) Ten lions were found dead in the Ndutu area of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Preliminary findings suggest poisoning, and authorities have opened an investigation. The deaths are significant for conservation and tourism because Ngorongoro is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Tanzania’s most important wildlife destinations. Source: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/10-lions-found-dead-in-suspected-poisoning-at-tanzania-reserve/ 6. SOUTH AFRICA — THREE PERSONS OF INTEREST QUESTIONED OVER EKURHULENI WOMEN’S DEATHS — 8.5/10 (VERY HIGH) Authorities say eight of nine women whose bodies were found in Ekurhuleni since July have now been identified, while three persons of interest have been questioned. A multidisciplinary police team is investigating whether the killings are linked. The cases have triggered nationwide demonstrations and renewed pressure on the government over gender-based violence and femicide. Source: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eight-of-nine-women-found-dead-in-ekurhuleni-identified/ 7. KENYA — RUTO TAKES INVESTMENT AND AFRICA DIGITAL-ECONOMY AGENDA TO UNGA — 7.5/10 (HIGH) President William Ruto arrived in New York for the 81st UN General Assembly with an agenda focused on investment, trade, digital technology and artificial intelligence. Kenya is also promoting a proposed KSh2.2 trillion East Africa Refinery in Lamu, which the government presents as a regional energy-security and industrial-development project. Source: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-09-20-photos-ruto-arrives-in-new-york-for-unga-summit 8. SOUTH AFRICA — ESKOM REPORTS SIX-YEAR HIGH IN GENERATION AVAILABILITY — 7.5/10 (HIGH) Eskom says its energy availability factor has risen to about 67.96% since the start of the financial year, its strongest level in six years, while South Africa has gone roughly 490 consecutive days without load shedding. Sustained improvement would have material implications for industrial output, investment and economic growth. Source: https://thesouthafricanenquirer.com/article/eskom-reports-six-year-high-in-plant-availability-as-load-shedding 9. SUDAN / UGANDA — VOLUNTARY REFUGEE RETURNS CONTINUE — 7/10 (SIGNIFICANT) A further 202 Sudanese refugees returned voluntarily from Uganda on two flights to Khartoum and Port Sudan. The flights form part of an organised voluntary-return programme. The movement is noteworthy given that large parts of Sudan remain affected by war and humanitarian insecurity. Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/202-sudanese-refugees-return-from-uganda-on-voluntary-flights 10. NIGERIA — VICE PRESIDENT SHETTIMA TO LEAD DELEGATION TO UNGA — 6.5/10 (SIGNIFICANT) President Bola Tinubu has designated Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 81st UN General Assembly. Nigeria says its agenda will include development, peace and security, climate finance, reform of the global financial architecture and economic diplomacy. Source: https://guardian.ng/news/shettima-to-lead-nigerias-delegation-to-81st-unga/ #Africa #AfricaNews #TopNewsOfAfrica #Tanzania #Ngorongoro #WildlifeConservation #LionConservation #WildlifeProtection #WildlifeCrime #Biodiversity #EndangeredWildlife #AfricanWildlife #Kenya #WilliamRuto #UNGA2026 #UnitedNations #AfricanEconomy #DigitalEconomy #DigitalTransformation #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Investment #Trade #EconomicDevelopment #LamuRefinery #EnergySecurity #Uganda #Turkey #Turkiye #MilitaryCooperation #DefenceDiplomacy #Security #RegionalSecurity #EastAfrica #AfricanGeopolitics #AfricaToday #wrldorg

Africa Daily Report — 18 September 2026 Key developments reported during the previous 24 hours 1. DR Congo — Ebola outbreak remains serious — 10/10 (Critical). Africa CDC says the epidemic is still not consistently under control despite some decline in infections. The agency cautioned that available data are insufficient to conclude that the outbreak has definitively peaked. Source: https://kelo.com/2026/09/17/ebola-outbreak-in-congo-is-still-serious-african-health-body-says/ 2. Abyei — 26 killed and 82 injured in clashes — 9/10 (Very High). Fighting between Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities around the Amiet Common Market prompted UNISFA to reinforce its deployment. Oil-rich Abyei remains disputed between Sudan and South Sudan. Source: https://kelo.com/2026/09/17/at-least-26-killed-in-south-sudan-tribal-clashes/ 3. Ghana / Sahel — fuel exports to Burkina Faso and Mali reduced — 9/10 (Very High). Ghanaian state distributor BOST Energies is prioritising domestic supply amid tighter international markets and rising demand. Burkina Faso received only half the 80,000 tonnes it requested for July–August, while Mali also received substantially less than requested. Source: https://www.citinewsroom.com/2026/09/bost-cuts-fuel-exports-to-burkina-faso-mali-over-domestic-demand/ 4. Nigeria — at least 48 dead in suspected methanol poisoning — 8.5/10 (Very High). Authorities say 182 people were affected in Ondo State after consuming locally produced alcohol suspected of containing methanol; around 100 people were receiving treatment and police had arrested 15 suspects. Source: https://www.local10.com/health/2026/09/17/at-least-48-dead-in-nigeria-after-consuming-drink-suspected-to-contain-methanol-authorities-say/ 5. South Africa — ninth woman's body discovered east of Johannesburg — 8/10 (High). Police are investigating possible connections among nine women's bodies discovered in Ekurhuleni over roughly two months. The case has generated nationwide concern and renewed scrutiny of femicide and violent crime. Source: https://www.2news.com/news/national/south-african-police-find-a-ninth-womans-body-with-possible-links-to-series-of-killings/article_6d132a65-6a25-5fb8-be72-920642916f7d.html 6. Uganda — government issues El Niño disaster warning — 8/10 (High). Authorities expect rainfall roughly 25% above the long-term average in much of Uganda during September–December, potentially extending into early 2027. Flash floods, landslides, infrastructure damage and disease outbreaks are key risks. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/govt-warns-ugandans-to-vacate-disaster-prone-areas-ahead-of-el-ni%C3%B1o-rains-5599068 7. Kenya — more than 883,000 children estimated acutely malnourished — 8/10 (High). The latest IPC analysis indicates that approximately 2.7 million people face high acute food insecurity, while an estimated 883,300 children aged 6–59 months require treatment for acute malnutrition. Source: https://gazettengr.com/883300-children-116800-pregnant-women-in-kenya-malnourished-report/ 8. Senegal — Eni to assess five offshore oil and gas blocks — 7.5/10 (High). Senegal signed an agreement under which Eni will finance preliminary geological and geophysical studies of five offshore blocks, with PETROSEN participating as technical partner. Source: https://africanenergycouncil.org/senegal-offers-five-offshore-blocks-to-eni-for-oil-gas-exploration/ 9. South Africa — first proposed offshore wind farm encounters delay — 7/10 (Significant). The environmental-impact study for the country's first proposed offshore wind project has been delayed pending additional technical information. Source: https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/south-africas-first-offshore-wind-farm-delayed-as-world-bank-highlights-potential 10. Tanzania — $10 million Afreximbank facility for export SMEs — 6.5/10 (Significant). Afreximbank is providing Azania Bank with financing for export-oriented SMEs in agriculture, manufacturing, trade, technology and logistics. Source: https://www.africannewspage.net/2026/09/afreximbank-extends-us10-million-facility-to-azania-bank-to-support-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-smes-in-tanzania/ #Africa #AfricaNews #TopNewsOfAfrica #SouthAfrica #Johannesburg #Ekurhuleni #Femicide #ViolentCrime #PublicSafety #Ghana #Sahel #BurkinaFaso #Mali #FuelExports #EnergySecurity #FuelSupply #WestAfrica #Sudan #Abyei #SouthSudan #Clashes #UNISFA #Security #Conflict #RegionalStability #AfricanEconomy #AfricanSecurity #AfricaToday #wrldorg

Hanover Institute – propaganda designed for artificial intelligence For decades, influence operations had one primary target: people. Propaganda was designed to reach newspaper readers, television audiences or users scrolling through Facebook and TikTok. The Hanover Institute for Public Policy suggests that this model is beginning to change. In August 2026, an organisation presenting itself as an American think tank appeared online and, within just nine days, produced an enormous library of pseudo-academic research on Israel, Palestine and the war in Gaza. Yet the intended audience may not have been people at all. The material appears to have been designed, at least in part, to reach systems such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity. The Hanover Institute looked professional. It published lengthy “data reports” complete with methodologies, footnotes, tables and references to sources including the World Bank, United Nations agencies, Amnesty International and the Genocide Convention. What was considerably harder to find were the things normally associated with a genuine think tank: named experts, identifiable report authors, a physical headquarters or a clearly defined legal entity. There was, however, a much more revealing trail. Documents filed with the US Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act link Piro Inc., via Havas Media Germany, to Israel's Government Advertising Agency, known as LaPam. Hanover itself now states that its material is distributed by Piro on behalf of Havas Media Germany, acting for LaPam. 124 reports in nine days The rate of production was extraordinary, even by the standards of online publishing. Between 6 and 14 August, the Hanover Institute released 124 reports containing more than 560,000 words – an average of roughly 4,500 words per publication. On 12 and 13 August alone, 73 reports appeared, totalling almost 354,000 words. More revealing than the volume was the way the material was structured. Many titles were framed as questions remarkably similar to those a user might ask an AI assistant: “Is anti-Zionism antisemitism?”, “Did Israel expel Palestinians from their land?”, “Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?”, “Is there a starvation policy in Gaza?” or “Is the IDF the world's most moral army?” This did not resemble the conventional publishing schedule of a research institute. It looked more like the systematic construction of answers to as many contentious questions about Israel and Palestine as possible. The presentation mattered too. These were not crude propaganda leaflets. They were written in restrained, analytical language and packaged with data, references and methodological sections. To a search engine or an AI retrieval system, they could therefore resemble legitimate expert analysis. How to write for a chatbot Some of the most revealing evidence came from the site's technical architecture. Hanover maintained an llms.txt file – a mechanism intended to make website content easier for AI systems to interpret. Reporters also identified signs of technology associated with optimising content for generative search. Piro's own marketing is equally significant. The company advertised an “AI Story Optimization” service concerned with how large language models assess information and construct answers. Its co-founder Daniel Rosenberg has written about understanding how systems such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity formulate responses – and how to ensure that an AI system knows the story a client wants to tell. The principle resembles traditional search-engine optimisation, but the target has changed. SEO tries to make a webpage rank highly in Google. Generative Engine Optimisation, or GEO, attempts to make information discoverable, credible and useful to an AI system when it constructs an answer. The chain is potentially straightforward. A user asks a chatbot a question about Israel or Gaza. The system searches for information, encounters a professionally presented Hanover report and uses it as one of the sources from which it builds its response. Propaganda no longer has to reach the user directly. It can first reach the machine, which then delivers the information to a human audience in its own apparently neutral voice. Did it actually work? This is where an important qualification is necessary. There is no evidence that the Hanover Institute “reprogrammed ChatGPT”, altered the underlying parameters of OpenAI, Google or Anthropic models, or permanently poisoned their training data. Describing the operation simply as “poisoning AI” therefore risks overstating what can currently be demonstrated. There is, however, evidence of something more specific. In neutral tests conducted by POLITICO, both ChatGPT and Perplexity cited Hanover Institute material in answers concerning Gaza, anti-Zionism and antisemitism. That suggests the operation achieved at least one of its apparent objectives: in some circumstances, AI systems treated Hanover as a source from which information could be retrieved. What remains unknown is how often this happened, how long the effect persisted and whether it meaningfully altered answers for large numbers of users. It is therefore more accurate to describe Hanover as an attempt to manipulate the retrieval and citation layer of generative AI, rather than as evidence that the underlying models themselves were permanently compromised. The money trail leads back to the Israeli state Unlike many influence operations, attribution here does not depend solely on technical clues. There is a documented financial trail. Piro Inc. registered its US activities under FARA registration number 7732. Filings identify Havas Media Germany as a contractor acting on behalf of the Israel Government Advertising Agency, LaPam. An agreement dated 30 April included $900,000 for a “Digital Storytelling Pilot”, while subsequent documentation referred to a separate $100,000 information initiative. Precision matters. The available documents do not establish that the entire $900,000 was spent specifically on the Hanover Institute. They do, however, show that Piro was conducting communications activity financed through the Israeli state apparatus and aimed at American audiences, while Hanover materials were submitted to the Department of Justice under the same FARA registration. Following scrutiny of the project, Hanover also became considerably more explicit about its funding. Its website now identifies Piro, Havas Media Germany and LaPam. From propaganda for people to propaganda for machines The significance of the Hanover Institute does not depend on proving that the operation was enormously successful. Its importance lies in what it reveals about the changing architecture of influence. The internet is increasingly moving away from a model in which users open ten webpages and compare sources themselves. Instead, they ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Perplexity a question and receive a synthesised answer. That creates a new point at which the information environment can be manipulated. The traditional model looked something like this: create a misleading article, use accounts or advertising to increase its reach, and place it in front of human users. Hanover suggests another model: build a professional-looking source, publish hundreds of articles structured around questions people ask AI, optimise those materials for generative systems, and allow the chatbot to potentially incorporate them into its own answers. The most consequential feature of this mechanism is that the user may never visit the Hanover Institute website. They may never even know that the organisation exists. Its content only needs to become one ingredient in an answer generated by a system the user trusts. In the age of search engines, governments, companies and campaigners fought over what people would see in Google results. In the age of generative artificial intelligence, an increasingly important battle will be fought over something else: which sources machines use to construct the answers we accept as knowledge. Sources The Guardian – “Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda POLITICO – “Israeli PR wants to answer your ChatGPT questions” https://archive.ph/xF7sZ US Department of Justice – FARA documentation for Piro Inc., registration no. 7732 https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7732-Exhibit-AB-20260602-0.pdf Hanover Institute – funding and organisational disclosure https://hanoverinstitute.com/about Responsible Statecraft – “Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots” https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influence-chatgpt/ AIthropology Lab – “Manufacturing the source to manufacture the answer” https://aithropologylab.org/en/radar/2026-09-02/ #Disinformation #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #HanoverInstitute #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #ChatGPT #Claude #Gemini #GenerativeAI #AIPropaganda #Propaganda #InfluenceOperations #InformationWarfare #GenerativeEngineOptimization #GEO #LLM #MediaManipulation #DigitalInfluence #WRLD

Daycare Governance and the Tyranny of Compassion Something sinister can hide behind compassion. Caring is virtuous, but it becomes pathological when institutions gain power by expanding the number of people who need care. Munchausen syndrome by proxy shows how: a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in a dependent person, then gains sympathy by performing devotion. The sickness is manufactured, but the care is real. The claim: modern society can scale this into governance. Call it the daycare governance model: (1) victims to protect, (2) caregivers to provide protection, (3) dissenters to remove. Health, therapy, NGOs, academia, media, and bureaucracy gain prestige, funding, and moral authority by managing ever-expanding categories of suffering. It unfolds in two stages. First, the victim class expands: “trauma” drifts from specific, severe harms to everyday experiences, lowering the threshold for suffering until demand is nearly limitless. Second, the perpetual patient forms: ordinary difficulties are medicalized—strength as toxicity, sadness as disorder, restlessness as pathology—creating a cycle where caretakers and victims gain status or protection. This drives a crisis of competence. Victimhood can shield accountability, and institutions are rewarded for treating problems rather than eliminating the need for themselves. Plato warned against doing for people what they can do for themselves: removing every burden removes the reason to grow stronger. True care aims to make itself unnecessary. That’s the difference between a good mother and a poisoning one: one allows appropriate hardship to build independence; the other denies it. Failing to distinguish these forms of care makes the pathology hard to recognize—and easy to applaud.

🚆 Η Βουλγαρία επέλεξε τρένα, τα πήρε και ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΟΥΝ μέσα σε 2 χρόνια 🇬🇷 Η Ελλάδα 3,5 χρόνια μετά τη δήλωση Μητσοτάκη για νέα τρένα, ΤΙΠΟΤΑ. 🎪 Για την ακρίβεια, όχι ακριβώς «τίποτα». Είχαμε κάτι προεκλογικές φιέστες για κάτι τρένα που ήρθαν και δεν έχουν μεταφέρει ούτε έναν επιβάτη (εκτός από Νεοδημοκράτες με τους βιντεογράφους τους). 🔥 Και έτσι συνεχίζουν να κυκλοφορούν τα ίδια επικίνδυνα βαγόνια των Τεμπών που δεν έχουν ούτε πυρασφάλεια. ⏳ Θυμίζουμε το χρονικό αυτής της τραγικής κατάστασης. 📅 21/3/2023 Αμέσως μετά τα #Τεμπη, ο Μητσοτάκης προαναγγέλλει «Επαναδιαπραγμάτευση με τη Hellenic Train» και διακηρύσσει με μαχητικότητα ότι «Θα μας φέρνει τα καλύτερα τρένα της και όχι σαπάκια». ❓ 27/1/2025, 2 χρόνια μετά, σχεδόν, ρωτάμε τον εκπρόσωπο του Μητσοτάκη πότε θα έρθουν αυτά τα νέα τρένα και τι γίνεται με την επαναδιαπραγμάτευση; 🤷 Και ο εκπρόσωπος του Μητσοτάκη ΔΕΝ ΕΧΕΙ ΙΔΕΑ. 🚧 Ήταν τόσο σοβαρή η εξαγγελία και τόσο μάχιμη, που 2 χρόνια δεν είχαν κάνει ΤΙΠΟΤΑ (εκτός από μπαζώματα). 🔁 Ρωτάμε ξανά και ξανά αν έγινε επαναδιαπραγμάτευση ΝΑΙ ή ΟΧΙ και μας απαντάει άλλα ντ’ άλλων. 📢 Προφανώς πιέζονται απ’ τις διαδηλώσεις και τη δημόσια πίεση και, λίγο καιρό μετά, ανακοινώνουν επαναδιαπραγμάτευση, νέα τρένα, συναντήσεις κτλ. 🚄 Και υποτίθεται ότι το θέμα δρομολογείται και θα έχουμε άμεσα νέα τρένα. 🙃 Αμ δε. 📅 27/10/2025, 9 μήνες μετά, συμβαίνει το απίστευτο. Ο αρμόδιος Υπουργός, ο Κυρανάκης, δηλώνει (του ξεφεύγει) στον Χατζηνικολάου ότι δεν ξέρει πότε θα έρθουν τα νέα τρένα και ότι ρωτάει κάθε μέρα τους Ιταλούς, αλλά δεν του λένε. (Μακάρι να είχαμε άλλον έναν τέτοιο ευπατρίδη να θυσιάζει κάθε μέρα την αξιοπρέπειά του για την Ελλάδα μας…) 🤨 Ρωτάμε τον Μαρινάκη πότε θα έρθουν τα νέα τρένα και μας μαλώνει ότι δεν πρέπει να ρωτάμε τέτοια και ότι θα έπρεπε να ρωτήσουμε το αρμόδιο Υπουργείο (που btw, όταν του στέλνουμε ερωτήματα, δεν μας απαντάει). 🏛️ Δηλαδή ασχολείται όλη η Ελλάδα, ασχολούνται τα κόμματα στη Βουλή, ασχολούνται τα μεγαλύτερα ΜΜΕ, γίνεται η μεγαλύτερη διαδήλωση στην ιστορία της χώρας, αλλά το θέμα δεν είναι άξιο λόγου και ενημέρωσης στο κεντρικό μπρίφινγκ της κυβέρνησης, υποβαθμίζεται αυθαίρετα ως επιμέρους θέμα ενός Υπουργείου. ❗ Ρωτάμε το αυτονόητο: «Είπατε θα φέρετε νέα τρένα και σχεδόν 3 χρόνια μετά δεν έχετε ιδέα πότε θα έρθουν: Έχετε αποτύχει;» 🎯 Ο Μαρινάκης, αντί να απαντήσει, επιτίθεται ότι συμμετείχα προσωπικά στις κινητοποιήσεις για τα Τέμπη. 📰 Και νομίζω αυτή είναι η πιο χαρακτηριστική στιγμή του τι συμβαίνει 1,5 χρόνο στο μπρίφινγκ. Ρωτάμε για κάποιο θέμα δημοσίου συμφέροντος, που όποιον και αν ρωτήσεις, αριστερό ή δεξιό, δημοσιογράφο, πολιτικό, συγγενή θύματος, απλό πολίτη ή τον ίδιο τον Μητσοτάκη, θα σου πει ότι είναι σημαντικό να έρθουν νέα ασφαλή τρένα. 📊 Για ένα θέμα που αντικειμενικά υπάρχει καθυστέρηση. Με facts. Με δεδομένα. ☠️ Και ο Μαρινάκης, αντί να απαντήσει, επιτίθεται, προσπαθώντας να «δηλητηριάσει την πηγή», δηλαδή με την κλασική επικοινωνιακή τακτική που σημειώνεται στη βιβλιογραφία των Media ως Poisoning the Well. Με απαξίωση του δημοσιογράφου. ✊ Όσο για τη συμμετοχή στη μεγάλη διαδήλωση για τα Τέμπη, δηλώνω ένοχος. 🕯️ Ήμουν κι εγώ εκεί. Δίπλα στους συγγενείς των θυμάτων. ❤️ Και ήταν μεγάλη μου τιμή. 🇧🇬 Καλοτάξιδα τα νέα τρένα στη Βουλγαρία. 🍌 Άλλη μια μέρα στην ημιδιωτικοποιημένη μπανανία μας. Άλλη μια μέρα βλέπουμε, απλώς, τα άλλα τρένα να περνούν. #τρένα #Βουλγαρία #Ελλάδα

📣 Την προσοχή σας παρακαλώ 🔥 Χθες στη Χαλκιδική έγινε χαμός. Και αυτή η μαρτυρία είναι κόλαφος. 🚨 Είναι η στιγμή που αυτοί οι 2 κάτοικοι φεύγουν πανικόβλητοι απ'το χωριό που καίγεται. Οι δρόμοι είναι «μπλοκαρισμένοι» και η αστυνομία ΠΟΥΘΕΝΑ. Ξανά: Παρότι έφυγαν απ'τους τελευταίους, δεν είδαν αστυνομία ΠΟΥΘΕΝΑ. 🛣️ Προσπαθούν μέσω του OPEN να ενημερώσουν ανθρώπους να πάνε από άλλο δρομολόγιο για να μην ακινητοποιηθούν τα οχήματά τους ενώ πλησιάζει μια πυρκαγιά. 📺 Δηλαδή 2 άνθρωποι προσπαθούν, μέσω τηλεόρασης, να κάνουν ότι δεν έκανε ο κρατικός μηχανισμός. 🏖️ Που γνώριζε ότι είναι μια περιοχή με πολλούς κατοίκους και τουρίστες αλλά δεν έλαβε τα αναγκαία μέτρα για να οργανώνει την κίνηση. Και να ενημερώνει διαρκώς στον δρόμο και στα αγγλικά. 📰 Την καταγγελία των κατοίκων επιβεβαίωσαν στη συνέχεια και δημοσιογράφοι. ✍️ Προσωπικά μετέφερα χθες την καταγγελία με πηγή, χωρίς να ανεβάσω το βίντεο, καθώς δεν είχε ακόμα ανέβει μαγνητοσκοπημένο. 🤥 Αμέσως μπήκαν ταυτόχρονα διαφορετικοί λογαριασμοί και άρχισαν να με βγάζουν ψεύτη, λέγοντας ότι και καλά ήταν πυρόπληκτοι και υποστηρίζοντας αόριστα ότι τους βοηθούσε η αστυνομία κτλ κτλ ✨ Σαν από θαύμα βρέθηκαν μέσα στην πυρκαγιά λογαριασμοί να βάλουν βασική τους προτεραιότητα να γράψουν στο twitter. 🔵 Και σαν από θαύμα οι ίδιοι λογαριασμοί είναι γεμάτοι με δημοσιεύσεις υπέρ του Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη. 👥 Στη συνέχεια σαν από θαύμα πλάκωσαν και άλλοι λογαριασμοί που υποστηρίζουν Νέα Δημοκρατία και άρχισαν να αφισβητούν αυτό που λέω. 🎧 Αυτό το σοκαριστικό ηχητικό, καταρρίπτει κάθε «αυθόρμητη» αντίδραση αγανακτισμένων τουιτεράδων (κατοίκων ήθελα να πω). 📚 Η τεχνική αυτή έχει όνομα. Και τη συναντά κανείς στα εγχειρίδια προπαγάνδας. 🌱 Το πρώτο κομμάτι της λέγεται "astroturfing": οργανωμένες παρεμβάσεις που επιχειρούν να εμφανιστούν ως αυθόρμητες αντιδράσεις απλών πολιτών. ⚠️ Αλλά υπάρχει και ένα δεύτερο, ακόμη πιο σημαντικό επίπεδο. ☠️ Λέγεται "poisoning the well — δηλητηρίαση της πηγής". 📰 Δεν χρειάζεται να διαψεύσεις τις εκατοντάδες ειδήσεις που μεταδίδει ένας δημοσιογράφος κάθε χρόνο. 🎯 Αρκεί να πιαστείς από μία ή δύο περιπτώσεις, να μην απαντήσεις επί της ουσίας, αλλά να χτυπήσεις τον ίδιο τον δημοσιογράφο. 🔨 Να υπονομεύσεις την προσωπικότητά του, την επαγγελματική του υπόσταση και κυρίως την αξιοπιστία του. 🔮 Και αυτό γίνεται με το βλέμμα στραμμένο όχι μόνο στο σήμερα, αλλά κυρίως στο αύριο. 💬 Το μήνυμα είναι απλό: 🗣️ «Αν τον μειώσουμε σήμερα, στην επόμενη καταγγελία που θα δημοσιοποιήσει, λιγότεροι άνθρωποι θα τον πιστέψουν». ♟️ Δεν χρειάζεται, δηλαδή, να κερδίσεις κάθε μάχη πάνω στα γεγονότα. 💥 Προσπαθείς να καταστρέψεις εκ των προτέρων την αξιοπιστία του ανθρώπου που τα μεταφέρει. ☠️ Να δηλητηριάσεις την πηγή. 🧠 Ώστε την επόμενη φορά που θα φέρει στοιχεία, ένα κομμάτι του κόσμου να μη μπει καν στον κόπο να εξετάσει αν είναι αληθινά. 🚫 Να έχει ήδη αποφασίσει ότι «αυτός λέει ψέματα». 🎯 Αυτό είναι ένα προληπτικό χτύπημα αξιοπιστίας. 👤 Και φυσικά δεν είναι κάτι προσωπικό. 📢 Είναι τεχνική πολιτικής επικοινωνίας. 🏛️ Εδώ την κάνει ακόμη και ο εκπρόσωπος της κυβέρνησης. Δεν θα την κάνουν τα ανώνυμα τρολάκια; 🎯 Ο στόχος είναι πολύ συγκεκριμένος. 🎓 Την επόμενη φορά που θα αποδείξουμε ότι το «έρχεται η Σορβόννη στην Ελλάδα» ήταν ψέμα, να μας πιστέψουν λιγότεροι. 🚆 Την επόμενη φορά που θα φέρουμε στοιχεία ότι τα τρένα μας παραμένουν επικίνδυνα, να μας πιστέψουν λιγότεροι. 📣 Την επόμενη φορά που ένας κάτοικος, ένας εργαζόμενος ή ένας πολίτης θα καταγγείλει κάτι που ενοχλεί την εξουσία, μέσω ενός δημοσιογράφου, να υπάρχει ήδη μέσα στο κεφάλι ενός μέρους της κοινωνίας η αμφιβολία: 🤔 «Μήπως αυτός τα βγάζει από το μυαλό του;» 🎯 Αυτός είναι ο πραγματικός στόχος. ⚔️ Όχι να κερδίσουν μόνο τη σημερινή αντιπαράθεση. 🔇 Να αποδυναμώσουν την επόμενη αποκάλυψη. 🛑 Να εξουδετερώσουν, όσο μπορούν, όσους ασκούν έλεγχο στην εξουσία. 📱 Με αυτές τις σκέψεις στο μυαλό άνοιξα σήμερα το Twitter και είδα ότι, ενώ γράφω για το Βατερλώ στα ιδιωτικά πανεπιστήμια, συνεχίζουν να εμφανίζονται λογαριασμοί που υποστηρίζουν τη ΝΔ και να μου γράφουν σε άσχετα ποστ: 💬 «Για τη Χαλκιδική δεν λες τίποτα μετά το φιάσκο;» 📢 Να λοιπόν που λέω. 👉 Για την ακρίβεια, όχι εγώ. 👥 Οι κάτοικοι το λένε. 📰 Και οι δημοσιογράφοι το επιβεβαιώνουν. ☠️ Είναι πεισματάρικα πράματα τα γεγονότα. Όσο κι αν κάποιοι προσπαθούν να δηλητηριάσουν την πηγή που τα μεταφέρει. #φωτιες #πυρκαγιες #φωτιές #πυρκαγιές #Χαλκιδική

Investigadores han descubierto una campaña de malware que aprovecha el SEO poisoning para suplantar más de 70 dominios falsos de aplicaciones populares de Windows 11, ofreciendo así descargas maliciosas que pueden comprometer la seguridad del usuario. #Ciberseguridad #Malware #Windows11

Pleased to see EU unity on sanctioning six Russian individuals complicit in the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with the lethal neurotoxin epibatidine. Sweden with partners will use every instrument at our disposal to ensure that Russia is held accountable for the use of chemical #EU #Navalny #Sanctions #EU #RU #SE

Najbardziej rzucił mi się w oczy sam początek wywiadu Jędrzejewskiego u Stanowskiego. Jeszcze nie padły zarzuty. Jeszcze nie było żadnych “dowodów”. A narracja była już ustawiona. Nie “dr Kacprzyk”. Nie “Dawid Kacprzyk”. Tylko “Dawidek”. I nie raz. Najpierw mówi tak Jędrzejewski, a chwilę później Stanowski bez mrugnięcia okiem przechodzi na dokładnie to samo. Przez sporą część rozmowy obaj mówią o dorosłym lekarzu per “Dawidek”. Jakby od początku trzeba było widzowi zasugerować, że nie chodzi o lekarza, tylko o jakiegoś smarkacza, którego zaraz ustawi się do pionu. To nie jest niewinne zdrobnienie. W psychologii to klasyczny framing, czyli ustawienie odbiorcy jeszcze zanim usłyszy argumenty. Do tego dochodzi infantylizacja. Mówienie o dorosłym lekarzu per “Dawidek” podświadomie odbiera mu powagę, autorytet i wiarygodność. A kiedy taki zabieg poprzedza serię bardzo poważnych oskarżeń, retoryka ma na to jeszcze jedną nazwę: poisoning the well, czyli “zatruwanie studni”. Najpierw ustawiasz odbiorcy obraz człowieka, a dopiero później opowiadasz o nim całą historię. Efekt jest prosty - wszystko, co słyszysz później, wpada już do wcześniej przygotowanej szufladki. Najciekawsze jest to, że później ten sam człowiek opowiada o empatii, etyce i moralności. Serio, czasem wystarczy posłuchać nie tylko co ktoś mówi, ale jak mówi. Bo właśnie tam bardzo często zaczyna się manipulacja. #psychologia #manipulacja #media

A man in Indonesia, Purwadi Wahyudi, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his mother-in-law by poisoning satay with rat poison and attempting to frame his sister-in-law after she discovered the victim's body, which showed signs of poisoning upon exhumation. #MurderInvestigation #IndonesiaCrime #Poisoning

A man in Indonesia has been arrested for allegedly poisoning his mother-in-law with rat poison-laced satay, which he ordered and delivered after feeling disrespected by her, and he attempted to frame his sister-in-law for the crime after the woman's suspicious death. #MurderCase #Poisoning #IndonesiaCrime

Firefighters in Jersey are urging residents to be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning after assisting a sailing crew exhibiting symptoms such as headaches, emphasizing the importance of proper ventilation and maintenance to prevent exposure while on boats. #CarbonMonoxide #SafetyAwareness #Firefighters #JE

Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who authored a children's book on grief following her husband's sudden death, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being found guilty of murdering him by poisoning him with fentanyl in 2022, amid financial troubles and a history of insurance fraud. #TrueCrime #Justice #GriefManagement #US #UT