Tobias Denskus

With new followers & first citations showing up it may seem to be a good time to introduce our "Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality" that @silkeroth.bsky.social, Bandana Purkayastha & @aidnography.de edited in a longer 🧵 (1/x)

Always the litmus test: How do Silicon Valley parents respond to a new technology...AI, mobile phones, surveillance technology...are they ok that their children are exposed to it, or not so much??

Maybe Bolsonaro’s son could also be a candidate now that he lost the elections? Many countries prefer to keep the global rotation with a UNSG from Latin America??

You can criticize Nusseibeh & other UN SG candidates, but the fact that 1 of the 200 members can have a decisive vote puts UN on the level of FIFA or IOC-not a somewhat democratic forum that aims for global legitimacy and leadership

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Once feared, always criticized & sometimes vilified, IMF & WB are now part of a declining multilateral system..."no new answers (...) to the questions posed by a spreading Middle East war, continuing war in Ukraine, rising debt payments and a potential AI bubble" www.reuters.com/business/imf...

Really interesting how the visual language of Angelina Jolie as humanitarian has changed from 2019 to 2026…from frontline refugee camp to cozy cabin fireside chat-style; something to discuss with the students during next class…

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"Skype will make business travel obsolete as everyone is going to use video calls in the future"

RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS.

Maybe one day we can have a discussion why "attracting bright minds" is often equated with "pay someone 4-5 years to get a PhD"...probably nice for the individual, but I remain skeptical about broader academic & social impact

A network without ethics & morals really doesn’t care about journalistic ethics or morals…

the most predictable consequences ever: Strikingly, every single one of the many smart glasses videos we found were captured by teen boys — and their bad behavior was overwhelmingly directed at girls.

Social networking platforms were great, then ads showed up & now it's "pay monthly, get fewer ads" News sites were great, then ads showed up & now it's "pay monthly, get fewer ads" Streaming was great, then ads showed up & now it's "pay monthly, get fewer ads" AI was never great, then...

This is so typical UN: „Many people applied, but somehow the Trump-supported American guy came in first as they did the last few times“ www.reuters.com/world/un-acc...

Our new volume on Global Platform Governance is now available for pre-orders, gathering perspectives from academics and practitioners all over the world on key debates around regulating platforms so that folks are not just engaging what works for the US or the EU. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/global-pl...

NYT: In his 25 years as an OBGYN, Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas repeatedly sued patients for outstanding medical debt. At least 81 were arrested during their court proceedings. Some had debt from c-sections; others from miscarriages.

….and just like that we’ve reached the stage where an Institution basically turns into a prison including forced participation in digital activities & degrading rituals …

The reason they are starting this in SF is to trick the robot/AI bubble into believing that they are already living the future & that everybody will "soon" have a "humanoid robot" doing vacuuming worse than a professional cleaner, your current robot vacuum & you when you have little time

Dear EU-thank you for GDPR! (and a mobility culture where teens don't have to rely on Uber...)

The normalization of turning your child into a closely surveilled data source is part of the American digital psychosis

This is exactly what you deserve if you sign up for a „bootcamp for entrepreneurs“ business school grift

Adom Getachew visited the Verso offices to talk about our Southern Questions series, which features first-hand accounts – memoirs, novels, pamphlets – written by participants in the drama of decolonization and its aftermath. www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/s...

A new low even for the Economist: "Whatever the company’s flaws..." and then they continue with some drivel about "illiberal critics" of Palantir. "If Palantir does become indispensable, that would mean its software is keeping hospital beds free & criminals jailed"- chef's kiss from The Onion!

Academic books have always been ridiculously expensive, I know-but why does it feel like a company like Routledge raises their prices by 10-15% almost every time I visit the website?1?? I remember paperbacks for 30 Euros & hardbacks for 85 Euros??

Florida police embracing "smart glasses" is like Trump announcing that getting rid of Infantino would be a mistake-you immediately see the moral corruption & know that the opposite is good & true; they are just perv & spy glasses after all...

UN WFP 'is finalizing a five-year renewal of its contract with US data software firm Palantir despite “key privacy concerns” raised in a leaked 2025 internal audit.' Esp concerning due to the huge biometric database WFP has as part of its humanitarian aid & supply chain passblue.com/2026/08/07/n...

Today my book on the Dutch neoliberal turn is officially out with Verso Books! Thanks for the wonderful blurbs from @quinnslobodian.com, @mkonings.bsky.social, Stephanie Mudge, Niklas Olsen and @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social. Will be presenting the book in september. More info below

In 2026 you are forced to watch commercials in your BMW so one of the main shareholders can continue to be one of the richest women in Germany…

At the end of the day all these lofty AI goals will probably boil down to being inundated with "targeted ads" from speakers you won't be able to turn off because the vehicle will no longer move...always ads (or subscriptions for features you really use), never "a better experience for you"

Between 1920 and 2018 Bordeaux had 1(!) day above 40 degrees; all the others have been since, including 6 days in 2026 alone-more than the combined total of the previous 100 years!

Important reminder that other than grassroots civil society, big NGOs & foundations will easily sell out to the mighty AI dollar. Stark reminder that the sector is broken & will not work towards sustainable social change.

Not from the Onion…

The UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...

We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

Following the horrifying death of Ann Widdecombe, the former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman, Professor Stuart Gordon explores what her faith, and her friction with organisations like the British Red Cross, reveal about the deep crisis of trust facing modern humanitarianism.

Woke up & found myself added to this excellent list. Thank you!