HowToPhil (Phillip R)When a hacker infiltrates your system, you learn from the experience and fix your system. You don't just put things back the way they were and hope no one fucks your shit up again.
This is about #USpolitics and fucked #politicalSystems in general
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseHarvard Gazette: What if we used AI to strengthen democracy?. “‘We talk about AI being used as a tool of surveillance, as a tool of control, as a tool of propaganda,’ said security technologist Bruce Schneier, co-author of the new book ‘Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.’ ‘These are all possible scenarios, but AI can also be used to resist all […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/29/harvard-gazette-what-if-we-used-ai-to-strengthen-democracy/
Teacher JasonThis #collage from 1932 is once again relevant. John Heartfield produced it to show an important #relationship between a poltical #leader & #owners. There are deviations in particulars, but #patterns of power dynamics remain. All #politicalsystems lacking meaningful accountability will be usurped via #finance, corrupting all #public #institutions. The #MAGAregime is just another #puppetregime using #fear #hate & #envy to mobilise thugs & enablers for efficient population management for owners.
Korea Times: Democracies at risk of persistent foreign manipulation, EU official warns. “The European Commission’s executive vice president for technology sovereignty, security and democracy has warned that democracies are facing ‘constant hybrid attacks’ from foreign actors and called for closer cooperation with Korea to counter cyberthreats, misinformation and online manipulation.”
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Council of Europe: Council of Europe launches the E-Democracy Lab online learning platform. “The Council of Europe’s Education Department today launched the E-Democracy Lab (EDL), a new online learning platform that empowers learners to learn, practice and co-create democracy through high-quality courses and resources. The platform’s homepage highlights its mission—“Learning and […]
Headlines AfricaAfrica: The International Order Is Shifting - African Countries Have an Opportunity to Reshape Global Power Relations: [The Conversation Africa] For too long, Africa's agency has been exercised defensively: managing expectations, preserving stability, reacting to external scripts. The continent has copied political systems from other countries and prioritised economic choices that would meet… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMSPRY #Africa #GlobalPower #InternationalRelations #EconomicAgency #PoliticalSystems
1️⃣6️⃣ Law should not be about imposing order from above but about creating conditions where individuals can exercise meaningful autonomy.
The Conversation: Social media platforms are throttling access to news – with far-reaching implications for democracy. “API restrictions – such as those suddenly imposed by X before the US presidential election – limit what goes in and what comes out of a platform, including news…. The net result is that it is getting harder and harder for the public to access high quality, […]
AsakiyumePost by @older reminding me to say that if you want a truly trenchant and also very funny, very smart novel that takes down all the goo surrounding elections and voting, read INFOMOCRACY. Loved that book. #Elections #Voting #PoliticalSystems #Democracy #Authoritarianism #PoliticalControl #Information