Lynoure Braakman
@lynoure.bsky.social
Software architecture, quality and dev.
Repairer. Dancer. Critical thinker. Tsundoku.
Finnish immigrant in Germany.
Kindness today for the better future tomorrow.
Repairer. Dancer. Critical thinker. Tsundoku.
Finnish immigrant in Germany.
Kindness today for the better future tomorrow.
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If we go from "I appreciate you" to blocked in total 3 messages, none of them expressing disagreement or disapproval, democracy has very little chance of surviving.
If each of us turns their backs on others at the first differing opinion, we'll all be in a perfect filter bubble alone.
If each of us turns their backs on others at the first differing opinion, we'll all be in a perfect filter bubble alone.
This is like, if we said we'd donate a coin or two, if needed.
That's what global billionaires committing to $300M corresponds to.
That's what global billionaires committing to $300M corresponds to.
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is like, if we said we'd donate a coin or two, if needed.
That's what global billionaires committing to $300M corresponds to.
That's what global billionaires committing to $300M corresponds to.
Someone seriously should turn this into a song. How about it, @daftpunk.bsky.social ?
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Someone seriously should turn this into a song. How about it, @daftpunk.bsky.social ?
Instead of gracefully dying out, like it should have long ago, IPv4 has become yet another asset class to buy and sell
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Instead of gracefully dying out, like it should have long ago, IPv4 has become yet another asset class to buy and sell
Saying the Superintelligence Statement is a distraction from the havoc GenAI is creating, is a distraction from the fact many of those same people called to pause GenAI development.
What happened? The call was ignored.
Focus on current problems *and* hear warnings about future problems!
#AI
What happened? The call was ignored.
Focus on current problems *and* hear warnings about future problems!
#AI
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Saying the Superintelligence Statement is a distraction from the havoc GenAI is creating, is a distraction from the fact many of those same people called to pause GenAI development.
What happened? The call was ignored.
Focus on current problems *and* hear warnings about future problems!
#AI
What happened? The call was ignored.
Focus on current problems *and* hear warnings about future problems!
#AI
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Ich finde Steuern gut. Ich zahle auch gern Steuern, weil ich Schulen, ÖPNV, Museen und Renten richtig gut finde. Aber richtig Scheiße finde ich es, wenn Großkonzerne, Aktionäre, Immobilienbesitzer und Erben wenig bis keine Steuern zahlen und dann auch noch als „Leistungsträger“ gelobt werden.
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ich finde Steuern gut. Ich zahle auch gern Steuern, weil ich Schulen, ÖPNV, Museen und Renten richtig gut finde. Aber richtig Scheiße finde ich es, wenn Großkonzerne, Aktionäre, Immobilienbesitzer und Erben wenig bis keine Steuern zahlen und dann auch noch als „Leistungsträger“ gelobt werden.
When have you last told someone you disagreed with them?
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
When have you last told someone you disagreed with them?
Reposted by Lynoure Braakman
I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
If we go from "I appreciate you" to blocked in total 3 messages, none of them expressing disagreement or disapproval, democracy has very little chance of surviving.
If each of us turns their backs on others at the first differing opinion, we'll all be in a perfect filter bubble alone.
If each of us turns their backs on others at the first differing opinion, we'll all be in a perfect filter bubble alone.
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If we go from "I appreciate you" to blocked in total 3 messages, none of them expressing disagreement or disapproval, democracy has very little chance of surviving.
If each of us turns their backs on others at the first differing opinion, we'll all be in a perfect filter bubble alone.
If each of us turns their backs on others at the first differing opinion, we'll all be in a perfect filter bubble alone.
Didn't make it to a library today, but repost, reply or post about libraries if you did!
It’s another Saturday at the Library!!!
I am nestled amongst the books and may never come out.
An ideal existence if I’m being honest.
I am nestled amongst the books and may never come out.
An ideal existence if I’m being honest.
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Didn't make it to a library today, but repost, reply or post about libraries if you did!
Steueroasen braucht man nicht.
Ich bin glücklich, dass Bremen und Niedersachsen keine haben.
#steueroasenwatch
steueroasen.watch
Ich bin glücklich, dass Bremen und Niedersachsen keine haben.
#steueroasenwatch
steueroasen.watch
Das Steueroasen-Verzeichnis
FragDenStaat und ZDF Magazin Royale präsentieren: Eine digitale Entdeckungsreise durch Deutschlands Steuerparadiese.
steueroasen.watch
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Steueroasen braucht man nicht.
Ich bin glücklich, dass Bremen und Niedersachsen keine haben.
#steueroasenwatch
steueroasen.watch
Ich bin glücklich, dass Bremen und Niedersachsen keine haben.
#steueroasenwatch
steueroasen.watch
A good read for any candidate, especially those with immigrant background and driving to reduce inequality or counter climate change. Prepare for the disinformation, to better counter it when it comes
1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race.
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A good read for any candidate, especially those with immigrant background and driving to reduce inequality or counter climate change. Prepare for the disinformation, to better counter it when it comes
Reposted by Lynoure Braakman
Here is my one-point plan for dealing with the epidemic of young male alienation: Put down the phone and talk to humans.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here is my one-point plan for dealing with the epidemic of young male alienation: Put down the phone and talk to humans.
I am so tired I read "Blood and Oats".
How is your evening going?
How is your evening going?
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I am so tired I read "Blood and Oats".
How is your evening going?
How is your evening going?
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But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's time to stop the "it doesn't matter what we do because China is polluting" once and for all
Atheist China is kicking America's lazy Christian arse in (checks notes) being stewards of the Earth.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's time to stop the "it doesn't matter what we do because China is polluting" once and for all
Stop Mixing These Spaces (Your Brain Will Thank You)
YouTube video by CGP Grey
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by Lynoure Braakman
Pro tip 1: If escalation is the only way to get competent customer support, people will escalate.
Pro tip 2: If you escalate only when people are assholes to your consultants, they will act like assholes to get help.
Pro tip 2: If you escalate only when people are assholes to your consultants, they will act like assholes to get help.
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Pro tip 1: If escalation is the only way to get competent customer support, people will escalate.
Pro tip 2: If you escalate only when people are assholes to your consultants, they will act like assholes to get help.
Pro tip 2: If you escalate only when people are assholes to your consultants, they will act like assholes to get help.
Here's a revenue idea for you @bsky.app
Configuration for how much DMing you should cost:
Non-followers X dollars
New followers Y dollars
Followers after certain time or interaction Z dollars
Mutuals perhaps free
Hinders scammers and bots, makes DMs more useful, gives you revenue.
Configuration for how much DMing you should cost:
Non-followers X dollars
New followers Y dollars
Followers after certain time or interaction Z dollars
Mutuals perhaps free
Hinders scammers and bots, makes DMs more useful, gives you revenue.
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Here's a revenue idea for you @bsky.app
Configuration for how much DMing you should cost:
Non-followers X dollars
New followers Y dollars
Followers after certain time or interaction Z dollars
Mutuals perhaps free
Hinders scammers and bots, makes DMs more useful, gives you revenue.
Configuration for how much DMing you should cost:
Non-followers X dollars
New followers Y dollars
Followers after certain time or interaction Z dollars
Mutuals perhaps free
Hinders scammers and bots, makes DMs more useful, gives you revenue.
Reposted by Lynoure Braakman
We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but...
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but...
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
Reposted by Lynoure Braakman
@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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'Human nature' is the capacity to categorize others as part of self. Extending the boundaries of concern, people often help strangers in emergencies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Heroic actions are a natural tendency’: why bystander apathy is a myth
Modern research shows the public work together selflessly in an emergency, motivated by a strong impulse to help
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
'Human nature' is the capacity to categorize others as part of self. Extending the boundaries of concern, people often help strangers in emergencies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We are still mostly standing on the shoulders of giants.
But our foothold is slipping.
Things will be worse when we end up stand on the shoulders of tech giants instead.
#technofeudalism #AI
But our foothold is slipping.
Things will be worse when we end up stand on the shoulders of tech giants instead.
#technofeudalism #AI
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We are still mostly standing on the shoulders of giants.
But our foothold is slipping.
Things will be worse when we end up stand on the shoulders of tech giants instead.
#technofeudalism #AI
But our foothold is slipping.
Things will be worse when we end up stand on the shoulders of tech giants instead.
#technofeudalism #AI
Would you like some chips with that?
Synthetic Auth - The Power Problem
The Power Problem - A Silicon Valley Story
syntheticauth.ai
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Would you like some chips with that?
Reposted by Lynoure Braakman
The McDonaldization of Friendship. Excellent metaphor being brought up by Lianne Potter @oredev.org about the dangers of AI "friends". It's fast, convenient, readily available and if you do it too often it will be bad for your health!
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The McDonaldization of Friendship. Excellent metaphor being brought up by Lianne Potter @oredev.org about the dangers of AI "friends". It's fast, convenient, readily available and if you do it too often it will be bad for your health!