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After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Σε δήμο πέριξ της Αθήνας με μικροαστικό κόσμο και υπολογίσιμη αγορά, τα μαγαζιά κλειστά κατά 90%. Με σημείωμα στην πόρτα περί συμπαράστασης. Καποιοι ιδιοκτήτες λένε ότι έκλεισαν μήπως τους κάνουν ζημιές, αλλά μάλλον αυτοί είναι μικρή μειοψηφία #Τεμπη

Excellent piece by Peter Turchin who has been saying it for at least ten years--s it is not something made up right now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Instagram changed contemporary painting What started as a great idea, ended up being a monumental trap marinarocade.substack.com/p/instagram-...

Chinese tech stocks versus US 'Magnificent Seven" market value via @financialtimes.com

Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη, φάρμακο για όλες τις ασθένειες ή ευκαιρία για νέα κόλπα;

Χρονια πολλά, πολλά @theiosthanassis.bsky.social

The Airbnbification of Athens Mass tourism vs the need for affordable housing by @greekanalyst.bsky.social greekanalyst.substack.com/p/the-airbnb...

I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.

Physical books' revival. One factor driving the boom is BookTok. www.axios.com/2025/02/01/b...

⚠️ Bank of Greece bulletin says corporate profits have been the main factor in inflationary pressures since 2021, both in the eurozone and in Greece. In Greece in particular, the leading player among businesses is the services sector. www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1260...

Turn to right in UK, too

Greece's top administrative court has intervened for a *fifth* time over delays concerning the demolition of illegal floors at the Coco-Mat hotel in Makrygianni, central Athens. www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...

‘Neo-Nazi Madness’: Meta’s Top AI Lawyer on Why He Fired the Company In an exclusive interview with WIRED, celebrated intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley elaborates on why he quit and what he makes of the AI copyright battlefield. www.wired.com/story/lawmak...

Why DeepSeek is different, in three charts The Chinese artificial intelligence model’s innovative design allows it to outperform other popular models at significantly lower costs www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."

"OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us" sez.us/l/bahaqtx5

this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!

Interesting results for Greece, tops the list for religious nationalism in the EU

"Departing the New York Times" by @pkrugman.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-...

Greenland’s population is overwhelmingly against leaving the Danish realm in favor of the US

Η Tesla του Elon Musk ταυτίζεται με τις κινεζικές εταιρείες. Είναι πολλά τα λεφτά, Elon

Το δημοσίευμα διαβάζεται και αλλιώς: τι συμβαίνει με το κόστος των ιδιωτ νοσοκομείων και γιατί έχει πέσει η ποιότητα των υπηρεσιών τους. www.businessdaily.gr/epiheiriseis...

Paul Krugman vs New York Times "...The editing became extremely intrusive. It was very much toning down of my voice, toning down of the feel, and a lot of pressure for what I considered false equivalence.” And, increasingly, attempts “to dictate the subject.” www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes. archive.is/7zC2f#select...

The Great Social Media Disapora What happens when sprawling online communities fracture into politically homogenous, self-governing communities? www.noemamag.com/the-great-de...

" If investors do start to worry that #Musk could become more associated with #white #power than #clean power, however, from $1.4tn it’s #awfully long way down." ... A fork in the road for Tesla - on.ft.com/3E4vdia ...:(

"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."

Trump makes a “major announcement” from the WH yesterday about Open AI and other investors launching an “AI infrastructure project.” Then Trump’s co-president Musk promptly trashes it. Sam Altman responds. What a shit show this WH is already.

Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musk’s X Negatives clearly outweigh the positives, says editor-in-chief. www.politico.eu/article/le-m...

The trouble with Elon Musk by Sam Harris open.substack.com/pub/samharri...

The Governments that survived inflation www.foreignaffairs.com/mexico/gover...

There was an alternative to landing on the graveyard of incumbent governments in the wake of inflation. Mexico and Spain have demonstrated to the world how stabilizing the prices of essentials can pay back - economically and politically. My first @foreignaffairs.bsky.social

It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful?

Οι έλληνες τραμπικοί-μασκικοί που σαρώνουν το YouTube via @insidestorygr.bsky.social insidestory.gr/article/oi-e...

"Long before Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, the first of the ancient Greeks to set about trying to explain and understand the world around them was Thales of Miletus. While his ideas may seem a little odd to us today, his legacy is vast." classicalwisdom.substack.com/p/the-first-...

Services Inflation for Greece is running hotter than the one for the Euro Area since 2024M06.

We're getting the social media crisis wrong The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...

It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Elon Musk and the decline of Western Civilization open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

Governments globally are struggling to contain a demographic crisis amid rising costs for housing and childcare, as well as social factors such as fewer young people being in relationships www.ft.com/content/19ce...

An internet of ideas by @scripting.com " I used to use Twitter for middle of the night ideas. These days I use one of Twitter's successors" , that is @bsky.app scripting.com/2025/01/14/1...

The end of German miracle