Sonia Chabane (she/her)| سنية
@soniachabane.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher, ULB & ex Brown Fellow | 🔎 humanitarian organisations in the Anthropo/Ecocene, disaster management | 👀 on Turkey, the Mashreq, Maghreb & EU-Med | obvious nerd ~ sci/cli-fi for better futures
now 📍 Brussels, 💚 in Istanbul & Beirut
now 📍 Brussels, 💚 in Istanbul & Beirut
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Refle d'ampleur dans les milieux LGBTQIA+ ce matin en Turquie. Soutiens à elles et eux
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
Vaste coup de filet en Turquie contre des bars et associations LGBT +
Ces arrestations en série ont eu lieu dans le cadre d’un plan stratégique proclamé par Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pour contrer la baisse de la natalité et protéger l’institution familiale.
www.liberation.fr
September 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Refle d'ampleur dans les milieux LGBTQIA+ ce matin en Turquie. Soutiens à elles et eux
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
Une très longue phrase pour dire "Les pays les plus racistes de l'UE vont bientôt déporter des hommes, femmes et enfants réfugié•es vers des camps de concentration dans des pays autoritaires"
Immigration: le Danemark, la Grèce, l'Autriche, l'Allemagne et les Pays-bas ont annoncé vendredi lors d'une réunion à Copenhague leur intention de négocier un accord avec un pays tiers en dehors de l'UE autour du 1er janvier 2027 pour y envoyer des migrants déboutés de l'asile.
September 5, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Une très longue phrase pour dire "Les pays les plus racistes de l'UE vont bientôt déporter des hommes, femmes et enfants réfugié•es vers des camps de concentration dans des pays autoritaires"
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I wrote about the caving in of part of Qantara mountain range and what it is like for those living along Israel's 'yellow-line' in south Lebanon
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
September 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I wrote about the caving in of part of Qantara mountain range and what it is like for those living along Israel's 'yellow-line' in south Lebanon
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Svp donnez moi de quoi m'occuper pendant ma quarantaine COVID dans un hôtel à Lisbonne (oui, l'horreur)
September 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Svp donnez moi de quoi m'occuper pendant ma quarantaine COVID dans un hôtel à Lisbonne (oui, l'horreur)
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BREAKING: Gloria Steinem, the potent voice of the U.S. women’s movement and a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92.
Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has died
Gloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92.
bit.ly
September 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM
BREAKING: Gloria Steinem, the potent voice of the U.S. women’s movement and a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92.
Guess who got Covid and is currently quarantining with strong effects :(
My presentation is unfortunately cancelled
Take good care of each other!
My presentation is unfortunately cancelled
Take good care of each other!
🚄 I'm omw to EISA's Pan-European Conference of International Studies in Lisbon.
Per usual, I'm travelling by train; now I'm between Barcelona and Madrid. 📍
While outside has mostly been gorgeous, I can't help but notice how burned plants are.
I'll be presenting on Friday ⤵️
#EISAPEC2026
Per usual, I'm travelling by train; now I'm between Barcelona and Madrid. 📍
While outside has mostly been gorgeous, I can't help but notice how burned plants are.
I'll be presenting on Friday ⤵️
#EISAPEC2026
September 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Guess who got Covid and is currently quarantining with strong effects :(
My presentation is unfortunately cancelled
Take good care of each other!
My presentation is unfortunately cancelled
Take good care of each other!
🚄 I'm omw to EISA's Pan-European Conference of International Studies in Lisbon.
Per usual, I'm travelling by train; now I'm between Barcelona and Madrid. 📍
While outside has mostly been gorgeous, I can't help but notice how burned plants are.
I'll be presenting on Friday ⤵️
#EISAPEC2026
Per usual, I'm travelling by train; now I'm between Barcelona and Madrid. 📍
While outside has mostly been gorgeous, I can't help but notice how burned plants are.
I'll be presenting on Friday ⤵️
#EISAPEC2026
August 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
🚄 I'm omw to EISA's Pan-European Conference of International Studies in Lisbon.
Per usual, I'm travelling by train; now I'm between Barcelona and Madrid. 📍
While outside has mostly been gorgeous, I can't help but notice how burned plants are.
I'll be presenting on Friday ⤵️
#EISAPEC2026
Per usual, I'm travelling by train; now I'm between Barcelona and Madrid. 📍
While outside has mostly been gorgeous, I can't help but notice how burned plants are.
I'll be presenting on Friday ⤵️
#EISAPEC2026
News about "W Social", the European X (more X than twitter, that's for sure):
🧵 @wsocial.eu CEO @anna.wsocial.eu openly supports far right ideology in #Europe
Just 2 months ago she gave an interview for the suisse tabloid @blick.ch and said, that she welcomes #AliceWeidel the leader of the German extreme right party AfD, to her their platform: www.blick.ch/digital/anna...
Just 2 months ago she gave an interview for the suisse tabloid @blick.ch and said, that she welcomes #AliceWeidel the leader of the German extreme right party AfD, to her their platform: www.blick.ch/digital/anna...
August 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM
News about "W Social", the European X (more X than twitter, that's for sure):
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Throughout August, the Israeli army has concentrated its attacks on the southern town of Bani Hayyan. Yesterday it demolished the town's mosque in a large-scale operation, the second such strike in two weeks, following a mass detonation on August 13.
August 27, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Throughout August, the Israeli army has concentrated its attacks on the southern town of Bani Hayyan. Yesterday it demolished the town's mosque in a large-scale operation, the second such strike in two weeks, following a mass detonation on August 13.
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In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
www.law.berkeley.edu
August 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
Next year "El Nino will add a temporary 0.3C on top of the long-term global warming trend, resulting in a 2027 temperature of 1.76C above preindustrial levels - compressing into a single year as much warming as would otherwise be expected by 2037."
August 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Next year "El Nino will add a temporary 0.3C on top of the long-term global warming trend, resulting in a 2027 temperature of 1.76C above preindustrial levels - compressing into a single year as much warming as would otherwise be expected by 2037."
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Yes, you read that write. The IDF marked Palestinians and gave them numbers in the West Bank.
archive.is/2CylM#select...
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
archive.is/2CylM#select...
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
IDF marks detained Palestinians with numbers as northern West Bank raids expand
After a West Bank raid the IDF said targeted Palestinians involved in planning attacks, several Palestinians were released with numbers written in marker on their face or bodies
www.haaretz.com
August 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Yes, you read that write. The IDF marked Palestinians and gave them numbers in the West Bank.
archive.is/2CylM#select...
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
archive.is/2CylM#select...
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
N'oubliez pas d'opposer la capture de vos données personnelles médicales par Doctolib pour l'IA: lien dans l'article (formulaire d'opposition à soumettre manuellement) www.lesnumeriques.com/sante-sport/...
Doctolib va utiliser vos données personnelles pour l’IA dès août : voici comment refuser
Sous couvert d'améliorer la santé via la recherche et l'IA, Doctolib va bientôt commencer à collecter les données personnelles de ses utilisateurs. Ces derniers peuvent heureusement refuser, mais il f...
www.lesnumeriques.com
August 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
N'oubliez pas d'opposer la capture de vos données personnelles médicales par Doctolib pour l'IA: lien dans l'article (formulaire d'opposition à soumettre manuellement) www.lesnumeriques.com/sante-sport/...
Cœur brisé en lisant ce qu'il se passe aux Hautes Fagnes 💔 j'ai eu la chance de les visiter il y a 2 ans.
Je suis enragé. Après un été de sécheresse et d'incendies gravissimes dans toute l'Europe, certains font mine d'être surpris par l'incendie dans les Fagnes, un des pires qu'a connu mon pays, la Belgique. 3000ha d'une réserve millénaire partis en fumée. ALORS QUE.
1/x
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIsN...
1/x
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIsN...
La Belgique face à l'un des pires feux de son histoire • FRANCE 24
YouTube video by FRANCE 24
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Cœur brisé en lisant ce qu'il se passe aux Hautes Fagnes 💔 j'ai eu la chance de les visiter il y a 2 ans.
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
August 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
(Published February)
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Animals are treated at the Aquitaine Wildlife Rescue Centre in Audenge after being injured in fires that struck France’s Gironde region.
The massive fires that hit France and Spain advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heatwaves since May
📸 Romain Perrocheau
The massive fires that hit France and Spain advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heatwaves since May
📸 Romain Perrocheau
August 7, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Animals are treated at the Aquitaine Wildlife Rescue Centre in Audenge after being injured in fires that struck France’s Gironde region.
The massive fires that hit France and Spain advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heatwaves since May
📸 Romain Perrocheau
The massive fires that hit France and Spain advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heatwaves since May
📸 Romain Perrocheau
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Enième record de surpopulation carcérale battu par la France (& désormais pire situation en Europe).
Aujourd'hui :
- Il y a 89 446 détenus pour seulement 63 289 places (d'où 105 prisons à + de 150% d'occupation)
- 7 890 (!) détenus sur des matelas au sol.
Une honte française.
Aujourd'hui :
- Il y a 89 446 détenus pour seulement 63 289 places (d'où 105 prisons à + de 150% d'occupation)
- 7 890 (!) détenus sur des matelas au sol.
Une honte française.
August 1, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Enième record de surpopulation carcérale battu par la France (& désormais pire situation en Europe).
Aujourd'hui :
- Il y a 89 446 détenus pour seulement 63 289 places (d'où 105 prisons à + de 150% d'occupation)
- 7 890 (!) détenus sur des matelas au sol.
Une honte française.
Aujourd'hui :
- Il y a 89 446 détenus pour seulement 63 289 places (d'où 105 prisons à + de 150% d'occupation)
- 7 890 (!) détenus sur des matelas au sol.
Une honte française.
Researchers investigate the "unintended consequences of LLMs as a labor-augmenting technology in science"
Spoiler: not great (yes, pretend to be surprised)
Spoiler: not great (yes, pretend to be surprised)
13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.
August 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Researchers investigate the "unintended consequences of LLMs as a labor-augmenting technology in science"
Spoiler: not great (yes, pretend to be surprised)
Spoiler: not great (yes, pretend to be surprised)
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Al Jazeera’s outlets ended their collaboration with 25 journalists, photographers and contributors in Gaza. What’s the story behind this decision?
July 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Al Jazeera’s outlets ended their collaboration with 25 journalists, photographers and contributors in Gaza. What’s the story behind this decision?
It is absolutely heartbreaking to read this story. Politicians and elites manipulate people's lives and their dreams, potentially to a point of no return (57 people killed thus far). It is estimated that 7,000 children are among those who crossed; babies were also spotted.
Updated story with more detail on what happened in Ceuta.
About 49,000 migrants enter Spanish enclave of Ceuta, officials say
This comes after thousands of migrants were reported to have illegally crossed into the territory on Thursday and Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 31, 2026 at 9:46 PM
It is absolutely heartbreaking to read this story. Politicians and elites manipulate people's lives and their dreams, potentially to a point of no return (57 people killed thus far). It is estimated that 7,000 children are among those who crossed; babies were also spotted.
"AI is quicksand. It sucks up land and water, leaving us marooned and unmoored. Villains line the battlefield with quicksand. We thought the battlefield was our backyard. We thought the internet was a place to play. But it was quicksand."
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
Quicksand
Gen X was right after all.
open.substack.com
July 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
"AI is quicksand. It sucks up land and water, leaving us marooned and unmoored. Villains line the battlefield with quicksand. We thought the battlefield was our backyard. We thought the internet was a place to play. But it was quicksand."
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
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Après neuf années au pouvoir, Emmanuel Macron ne peut plus évoquer l’héritage, il a un bilan. Les catastrophes en cours mettent en lumière l’extrême dénuement de nos services publics, organisé par des années d’austérité budgétaire et de politique dans le seul intérêt du privé.
Par Martine Orange
Par Martine Orange
Ce que les incendies disent de nos services publics
Après neuf années au pouvoir, Emmanuel Macron ne peut plus évoquer l’héritage, il a un bilan. Les catastrophes en cours mettent en lumière l’extrême dénuement de nos services publics, organisé par des années d’austérité budgétaire et de politique dans le seul intérêt du privé.
l.mediapart.fr
July 28, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Après neuf années au pouvoir, Emmanuel Macron ne peut plus évoquer l’héritage, il a un bilan. Les catastrophes en cours mettent en lumière l’extrême dénuement de nos services publics, organisé par des années d’austérité budgétaire et de politique dans le seul intérêt du privé.
Par Martine Orange
Par Martine Orange
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NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google.
We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
futurism.com
July 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google.
We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Un site a été créé pour les incendies en Gironde pour proposer de l'aide ou consulter les SOS de personnes ayant besoin d'assistance.
Il recense notamment des personnes prêtes à aider, des pros de santé bénévoles, des personnes pouvant héberger individus et/ou animaux et bien plus encore...
Il recense notamment des personnes prêtes à aider, des pros de santé bénévoles, des personnes pouvant héberger individus et/ou animaux et bien plus encore...
July 27, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Un site a été créé pour les incendies en Gironde pour proposer de l'aide ou consulter les SOS de personnes ayant besoin d'assistance.
Il recense notamment des personnes prêtes à aider, des pros de santé bénévoles, des personnes pouvant héberger individus et/ou animaux et bien plus encore...
Il recense notamment des personnes prêtes à aider, des pros de santé bénévoles, des personnes pouvant héberger individus et/ou animaux et bien plus encore...
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Massive forest fires forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, with residents fleeing towns near Madrid and Bordeaux as the flames raged out of control.
More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat
Massive forest fires are raging out of control in southwestern France and central Spain, forcing authorities to evacuate around 200,000 people.
apnews.com
July 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Massive forest fires forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, with residents fleeing towns near Madrid and Bordeaux as the flames raged out of control.