Phineas Rueckert

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Journalist in Paris
Bylines EN: Guardian, The Nation, Jacobin, New Lines Magazine
Bylines FR: Le Monde, Society, L'Humanité
Previously @ Forbidden Stories
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For @longreads, I went in-depth on a topic I've been reading and thinking about over the past several months: #AI in #IVF. As one researcher told me, AI in fertility treatments "could be awesome, or it could be terrifying."

It's a personal story too: last year my mom sat me down and told me I had been born through IVF in 1993. I tried to weave all of these threads together in a piece that asks, ultimately, whether AI is helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery, and, more tricky, whether it should.

I hope you'll have a read and follow along with Longreads here: https://longreads.com/2026/03/03/ivf-and-ai-infertility/

My Unlikely Existence

Is AI helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery? Should it?

Longreads
Has anyone else been receiving messages from accounts that seem to be spoofing Signal Support?

So many interesting elements in the latest investigation by my friend and colleague @LPeruchon into #disinformation networks run by the Russians. Congrats to her and the whole team!

https://forbiddenstories.org/propaganda-machine-secret-documents-reveal-russias-foreign-influence-strategy-across-three-continents/

Propaganda Machine: Secret documents reveal Russia’s foreign influence strategy across three continents - Forbidden Stories

Thanks to an unprecedented data leak, Forbidden Stories reveals what goes on behind "The Company", a network of experts tasked with orchestrating disinformation campaigns around the world on Russia’s behalf.

Forbidden Stories
More info about European firms (especially #FrenchTech) financing ICE surveillance after #Capgemini scandal of a couple weeks back? I'm interested in speaking with you for a story.
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/01/27/le-geant-francais-capgemini-aiderait-l-ice-la-police-de-l-immigration-americaine-a-localiser-les-migrants-aux-etats-unis_6664301_3210.html
Le géant français Capgemini aiderait l’ICE, la police de l’immigration américaine, à localiser les migrants aux Etats-Unis

D’après des informations de l’Observatoire des multinationales révélées par le « 20 heures » de France 2, le groupe spécialisé dans les services numériques agit par l’intermédiaire de sa filiale Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS).

Le Monde

Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers

https://theintercept.com/2026/02/10/google-ice-subpoena-student-journalist/?mid=1#cid=3384744

Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers

Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.

The Intercept
Douze interviews en un mois : à l’approche des municipales, Sarah Knafo bénéficie d’une importante surmédiatisation, par rapport à d'autres candidats mieux placés dans les sondages. Loris Guémart a comptabilisé les interviews de chaque candidat ⤵️
https://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/municipales-a-paris-sarah-knafo-la-surmediatisee
Municipales à Paris : Sarah Knafo, la surmédiatisée - Par Loris Guémart | Arrêt sur images

Qu'ils soient audiovisuels ou de presse écrite, les médias contribuent par leurs interviews à la campagne parisienne des élections municipales... À quelques semaines seulement du premier tour, il est temps de faire un premier bilan : à quels candidats les médias donnent-ils le plus la parole ? ASI a fait les comptes sur la période du 1er janvier au 8 février inclus.

Hey 👋 Mastodonts

I don't know if it was the Epstein Files or the Elon Musk child pornography scandal or ICE or just the general state of the world, but I've finally quit X for real.

I'm sad about the personal IP lost in the process, but feel good about disassociating my name from that space. I'll try to be on here more and engage with you all. In solidarity.

Worth reading through the ECPMF
report on #pressfreedom threats in Europe. #France has broken the top five, a shame for the country known for its important role in pioneering human rights frameworks.

https://www.mfrr.eu/756-violations-in-six-months-the-state-of-press-freedom-in-2024/

756 Media Freedom Violations in 6 Months: 2024 Monitoring Report

Join our webinar on September 30, 2024, to explore the latest findings from the MFRR report, detailing 756 media freedom violations.

Media Freedom Rapid Response

Hello #infosec community. Having a major technology fail.

My computer (MacBook Air 2015) keeps dying whenever I unplug it (despite showing full battery symbol) and then when I restart it, it resets the clock to January 1, 2023.

I feel like I'm in tech Groundhog Day. Any suggestions? #techfix #computerfail #soslaptop