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Mark Chadbourn

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Joint European statement on Greenland. They moved quickly after Miller’s comments about annexation last night.

6 January 2026
Joint Statement on Greenland
Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Frederiksen of Denmark on Greenland.
Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security.
NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European Allies are stepping up. We and many other Allies have increased our presence, activities and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries. The Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - is part of NATO.
Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them.
The United States is an essential partner in this endeavour, as a NATO ally and through the defence agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States of 1951.
Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.

January 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

Next favourite from 1986, also in the charts January that year, back when the USSR was the only superpower Europe had to worry about invading its territories. #1986Music

Great lyrics capturing 80s nuclear war anxiety.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHyl...

January 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

What the fuck is that US douche bag doing?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

European allies back Denmark over Trump's threat to annex Greenland

Donald Trump has refused to rule out using force to annex Greenland - a scenario that would spell the end of Nato, according to Denmark.

www.bbc.co.uk

January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

This is excellent. Tells the full story of the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission with technical commentary and the original comms recordings. By @amyshirateitel.bsky.social

#spaceflight #history

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQUH...

An Absurdly Deep Dive into Apollo 13

YouTube video by The Vintage Space

www.youtube.com

January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

Continuing the 40th anniversary of a chart-taping young teen's music obsession in perhaps my favourite year, here's a synth duo having their breakthrough hit in January 1986. I'd go on to love all their early singles. #1986music

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2...

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED]

YouTube video by PetShopBoys Parlophone

www.youtube.com

January 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM

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Sabine Hossenfelder

@hossenfelder.bsky.social

The #1 most-wanted particle in physics is the graviton, a quantum of gravity. In a recent paper, a physicist came up with an ingenious experiment that could prove that gravitons do exist. Let’s take a look.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXwp...

We Thought This Particle Was Impossible To Measure!

YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder

www.youtube.com

January 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH...

The Beatles - The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (Official Music Video) [2015 Mix]

YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO

www.youtube.com

January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM

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Producing The Beatles

@ptbeatles.bsky.social

Happy 100th Big George! I’ll be celebrating here for the next week but let’s start with one his greatest scores, Strawberry Fields Forever, which we re-recorded by following the Beatles’ original rhythm track so it’s as faithful as possible. youtu.be/UrO-s7gh0-c?...

Strawberry Fields Forever - cellos and trumpets score re recording

YouTube video by Producing The Beatles

youtu.be

January 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM

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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who

@worldsofdrwho.bsky.social

4th January, 1982:
"Doctor Who: Castrovalva" part 1. #DoctorWho

January 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM

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Isaac Chotiner

@ichotiner.bsky.social

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM

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Cats of Yore

@catsofyore.bsky.social

Group of well dressed people admiring a cat. Photo from my collection, sadly no date/info. Would love to know the story here!

Black-and-white photo of a couple dozen light skinned people all wearing dressed up outdoor clothing. They are all standing outside in a scrubby field as of about to pose for a group portrait, but they’re all looking down at a small tabby cat that sits right in front of the group and looks calmly back at them.

January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM

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TV's Adam, whispering to a nutcracker,

@tvsadam.bsky.social

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM

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Jan Dehn

@jandehn.bsky.social

NEW BLOG: Uh uh! I was a Venezuela analyst for several years. The US had TERRIBLE understanding of Venezuelan politics then and I seriously doubt things are any better now. www.jandehn.com/post/a-few-t...

A few thoughts on Venezuela

Trump wants you to believe Maduro was the reason he attack Venezuela. Do not believe him.

www.jandehn.com

January 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM

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Kelly

@infinitefinite.bsky.social

DEVELOPING STORY

an empty rainbow striped nylon cat tunnel*

*actual alt text: my fluffy black cat, Bagheera, halfway into the aforementioned cat tunnel with his fluffy back half sticking out

January 4, 2026 at 4:49 AM

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Paul Chamberlain

@paulchamberlain.bsky.social

Callanish yesterday , snow showers al day #StandingStoneSunday

January 4, 2026 at 6:40 AM

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Anon Opin

@anonopin.bsky.social

That we have food banks is a testament to the fundamental generosity and kindness of people. That we need food banks - and that governments crow jubilantly about how many we have - is a savage indictment of how broken our society is.

January 4, 2026 at 8:55 AM

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Marco Palombi

@ocrampal.bsky.social

When we try to formalize a neuron computationally, we don't translate biology into code—we perform a violent collapse.

www.ocrampal.com/what-a-neuro...

#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence

What a Neuron Teaches Us About Computation's Limits

When we try to formalize a neuron computationally, we don't translate biology into code—we perform a violent collapse. We lock causation into fixed arrows when biology lives in causal ambiguity. We sy...

www.ocrampal.com

January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

To kickoff my #1986music celebration, here's a song from she who was already my favourite artist, based on her previous three singles: Crazy For You, Angel, and Into Groove

Madonna - Dress You Up

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOhJ...

Dress You Up

YouTube video by Madonna - Topic

www.youtube.com

January 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

Forty years ago, 1986 was upon us and for me as a young teen would be the first full year of listening to and taping the charts. It was also a special year personally and in some ways the favourite year of my youth. This year I'll be posting my favourite songs of the year month by month. #1986music

January 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

"The 2026 Grammys...Proof Music is Getting Worse" | From Rick Beato

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzB...

The 2026 Grammys...Proof Music is Getting Worse

YouTube video by Rick Beato

www.youtube.com

January 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

Dan Dennett was pushing for something like this before he died.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 4d

It should be written into law that all AI generated images and videos must have a watermark all over it stating which program created it.

January 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM

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Ethan Siegel

@startswithabang.bsky.social

Why is there no such thing as antigravity?

#AskEthan

In our Universe, everything that we know of experiences the influence of gravity.

But if there are antiparticles, why isn't there any antigravity?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #gravity #physics #astro

Ask Ethan: Why is there no such thing as antigravity?

In General Relativity, the matter and energy curve spacetime, which we experience as gravity. Why can't there be an "antigravity" force?

bigthink.com

January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM

infovoy

@infovoy.bsky.social

The Turing test is misunderstood. If we found brain mechanism we suspect causes consciousness, implemented it as an AI, and the AI naturally started communicating with us, then the Turing test would be useful. But we didn't. We explicitly built a language generator, nullifying the test's criteria.

January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM