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Retired former tech exec. 🇧🇪 in 🇷🇴. Technologist turned philosopher. The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you.
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Yes, you are.

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Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.

submitted 1 day ago • 696 comments

Machiavelli Would Hate Trump www.persuasion.community/p/machiavell...

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America is heading for a recession The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model estimates U.S. real GDP growth for Q1 at -2.8%, down from +3.9% just four weeks ago. Great job, MAGA.

submitted 2 days ago • 200 comments

It turns out “Idiocracy” was overly optimistic.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Tonight is the gala event when we celebrate movies no one has ever heard of and will never actually see. #TheOscars

submitted 3 days ago • 177 comments

The War Trump Chooses snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...

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It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.

submitted 5 days ago • 666 comments

My @cred.blue score is 224! 🦋 I've been on Bluesky for 531 days, joined during the "invite-only" era, and have a social status of "Highly Engaging Explorer" Get your score: cred.blue

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The talk in Europe is “how to get a seat at the table.” Respectfully, that’s the wrong question. The right question is, “how can Europe build a new table.”

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

Time for Realpolitik sophieintveld.substack.com/p/time-for-r...

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I do hope that nobody in Europe will talk to the racist extremist JD Vance after his disgraceful shows in Munich and today with Zelensky. Europe does not need Nazist connections.

submitted 5 days ago • 34 comments

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.

submitted 6 days ago • 95 comments

Yep.

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US trade balance hit an ugly $153.3 billion deficit last month as imports surged ahead of Trump's promised tariffs. Imports rose 12% to $325.4 billion while exports increased 2% to $172.2 billion #EconSky

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Why is Europe Staying in an Abusive Relationship? open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

This piece by @clarajeffery.bsky.social in @motherjones.com is a very thorough and well-written examination of why we created #TeslaTakedown, the tradition it grew from, and why (IMVHO) it matters.

submitted 6 days ago • 34 comments

Europe: Is the Force Awakening? open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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The Selfish Machine open.substack.com/pub/maartenb...

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All Musk got out of interfering in the German elections was a 75% drop in Tesla sales. Not. A. Genius.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

unleashing social media on the world at large was like inflicting smallpox on immunologically naive peoples. Only psyches scarred over by endless stupid flamewars on usenet or IRC were truly ready for it

submitted 10 days ago • 49 comments

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

submitted 10 days ago • 2170 comments

Whether we like it or not, the world has adopted English as its common language. www.theleopard.eu/p/the-case-f...

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It has always been a mistake to trust anyone promising to run the government like a business. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The False Promise of Digital Public Squares Was Always a Scam www.joanwestenberg.com/the-false-pr...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

What fully automated firms will look like www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/ai-firm?ut...

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Why politicians don't control inflation in a market economy ... open.substack.com/pub/thewhyex...

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Congrats to @bsky.app and all the users and team that make it unique ! 32m users is real !

submitted 11 days ago • 994 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

submitted 14 days ago • 289 comments

www.change.org/p/petition-t...

submitted 14 days ago • 16 comments

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

submitted 14 days ago • 2885 comments

At this point, Zelenskyy should not participate in any peace talks which involve the Trump administration He should demand that Europe lead the way-and guarantee Ukraine’s safety if a deal can be reached Clearly, the US is spouting Putin’s talking points and cannot be trusted to negotiate honestly

submitted 15 days ago • 89 comments

European alternatives for popular digital services like #twitter, #bing, #google, #teams, #linkedin, #whatsapp etc etc. Thx @cleomatra.bsky.social Cc. @marleenstikker.bsky.social european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

You Will Never Win an Argument On the Internet—Here's Why www.joanwestenberg.com/you-will-nev...

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Ok that made me laugh

submitted 15 days ago • 645 comments

Hungary is (still!) the most corrupt EU country universul.net/hungary-is-s...

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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 16 days ago • 1063 comments

Are Technologies of Connection Tearing Us Apart? tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Argentinian president Javier Milei promotes memecoin that then crashes 95% in apparent $100 million+ rug pull. 🤣🤣🤣 www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=milei-me...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Germany is missing a trick by not banning X until the election on national security grounds. They could take the US TikTok law as a model.

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“There is little reason to think that these defenders [of strict immigration control] have done anything better than fantasize about immigration restrictions in an imaginary world” philosophynow.org/issues/166/P...

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Germany’s defense minister feels compelled — immediately after Vance’s insulting speech at the Munich Security conference — to express indignation and call it “unacceptable”. Long applause from the NATO crowd.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition 'Atrophied and Unprepared' slashdot.org/story/25/02/...

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Trump’s Pardons and Purges Revive Old Question: Who Counts as a Terrorist? www.propublica.org/article/jan-...

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