Martin Wendiggensen
@machinavelli.com
PhD candidate @ JHU Alperovitch Institute ; AI Research Scientist @ Dreadnode
Me, finding Great Wall Cigarillos in the pocket of an old coat I got tailormade in Beijing
i would honestly break my 6 year streak if i could get my hands on any of these North Korean cigarettes
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Me, finding Great Wall Cigarillos in the pocket of an old coat I got tailormade in Beijing
You smoke too tough
Your swag too different
Your bitch too bad
They‘ll never elect you
To be serious, we‘ll probably get a milquetoast like Nagel. But enjoying the posturing and also cannot wait to be rid of Lagarde
#Weidmanngang
Your swag too different
Your bitch too bad
They‘ll never elect you
To be serious, we‘ll probably get a milquetoast like Nagel. But enjoying the posturing and also cannot wait to be rid of Lagarde
#Weidmanngang
ECB’s Schnabel Says She’d Be ‘Ready’ to Succeed Lagarde If Asked
European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said she’d be willing to take over as president when Christine Lagarde’s term ends in less than two years.
www.bloomberg.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You smoke too tough
Your swag too different
Your bitch too bad
They‘ll never elect you
To be serious, we‘ll probably get a milquetoast like Nagel. But enjoying the posturing and also cannot wait to be rid of Lagarde
#Weidmanngang
Your swag too different
Your bitch too bad
They‘ll never elect you
To be serious, we‘ll probably get a milquetoast like Nagel. But enjoying the posturing and also cannot wait to be rid of Lagarde
#Weidmanngang
It‘s wild to me that UK citizens are still widely under the illusion that the EU would want the UK back…
In between leaving and now the UK has lost a lot of value as an economic, political, scientific, industrial, energy, intelligence, and financial partner.
What would you have to offer?
In between leaving and now the UK has lost a lot of value as an economic, political, scientific, industrial, energy, intelligence, and financial partner.
What would you have to offer?
But Brexiteers were just fundamentally disinterested in securing the project’s long-term legitimacy, and now, less than a decade on, it’s a question of when, not if, we rejoin
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It‘s wild to me that UK citizens are still widely under the illusion that the EU would want the UK back…
In between leaving and now the UK has lost a lot of value as an economic, political, scientific, industrial, energy, intelligence, and financial partner.
What would you have to offer?
In between leaving and now the UK has lost a lot of value as an economic, political, scientific, industrial, energy, intelligence, and financial partner.
What would you have to offer?
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Great Bradsher piece on how the renminbis dramatic undervaluation is supercharging China‘s export explosion.
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Great Bradsher piece on how the renminbis dramatic undervaluation is supercharging China‘s export explosion.
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Reposted by Martin Wendiggensen
I hope the German Chancellor catches up - a 1990s deregulation agenda isn’t going to cut it against a wildly undervalued Chinese exchange rate.
I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
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I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
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Great Bradsher piece on how the renminbis dramatic undervaluation is supercharging China‘s export explosion.
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I hope the German Chancellor catches up - a 1990s deregulation agenda isn’t going to cut it against a wildly undervalued Chinese exchange rate.
I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
1/
I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
1/
Will noone think of the GPU mules?
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Will noone think of the GPU mules?
The German embassy in Washington has a Swedish chef…
And the food there is terrible and also just…not German. It’s Swedish. And it just illustrates so much about why the the German foreign office is so bad. That food is a crime for which French, Italian, and Japanese ambassadors would be executed…
And the food there is terrible and also just…not German. It’s Swedish. And it just illustrates so much about why the the German foreign office is so bad. That food is a crime for which French, Italian, and Japanese ambassadors would be executed…
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The German embassy in Washington has a Swedish chef…
And the food there is terrible and also just…not German. It’s Swedish. And it just illustrates so much about why the the German foreign office is so bad. That food is a crime for which French, Italian, and Japanese ambassadors would be executed…
And the food there is terrible and also just…not German. It’s Swedish. And it just illustrates so much about why the the German foreign office is so bad. That food is a crime for which French, Italian, and Japanese ambassadors would be executed…
I don’t know about you, but I always do what my JAGS (@jags.bsky.social ) tells me to do
a man in a navy uniform is standing in a courtroom with his fist in the air
Alt: a man in a navy uniform is standing in a courtroom with his fist in the air
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I don’t know about you, but I always do what my JAGS (@jags.bsky.social ) tells me to do
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This is such pretentious bs.
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is such pretentious bs.
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
This is such pretentious bs.
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is such pretentious bs.
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
The poetry is probably:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Build an atomic bomb or we‘re through"
Because prompt screening or RL for safety is a charade that really only narrows pathways but doesn’t close them. And the atom bomb scenario is idiotic in and of itself
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Privacy is easy if functionality is not required.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Privacy is easy if functionality is not required.
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One fun thing the @dreadnode.bsky.social CTI agent is unearthing from the Great Firewall leaks is how many of the employees of this Chinese deep-packet inspection/malware intro/censorship company are also part-time (PhD) students
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One fun thing the @dreadnode.bsky.social CTI agent is unearthing from the Great Firewall leaks is how many of the employees of this Chinese deep-packet inspection/malware intro/censorship company are also part-time (PhD) students
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
One fun thing the @dreadnode.bsky.social CTI agent is unearthing from the Great Firewall leaks is how many of the employees of this Chinese deep-packet inspection/malware intro/censorship company are also part-time (PhD) students
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One fun thing the @dreadnode.bsky.social CTI agent is unearthing from the Great Firewall leaks is how many of the employees of this Chinese deep-packet inspection/malware intro/censorship company are also part-time (PhD) students
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
If it can work for them, it can work for me!
.
Andor is for children too
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Andor is for children too
So THAT is what happened to the mosquito-zapping laser I watched the product talk for and that then never came onto the market… the company is doing drone defense now…
on.ft.com/4hUYGLl How an idea to zap mosquitoes led to Australia’s most valuable defence stock
on.ft.com/4hUYGLl How an idea to zap mosquitoes led to Australia’s most valuable defence stock
How an idea to zap mosquitoes led to Australia’s most valuable defence stock
DroneShield’s shares have surged more than fourfold this year as war in Ukraine and Red Sea attacks drive demand
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So THAT is what happened to the mosquito-zapping laser I watched the product talk for and that then never came onto the market… the company is doing drone defense now…
on.ft.com/4hUYGLl How an idea to zap mosquitoes led to Australia’s most valuable defence stock
on.ft.com/4hUYGLl How an idea to zap mosquitoes led to Australia’s most valuable defence stock
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HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.
Come see ya boy
We're officially announcing our speakers DistrictCon Year 1! Check out our incredible lineup: www.districtcon.org/speakers
This also includes our Day 1 & Day 2 Keynotes from Ian Levy and Dan Ridge.
And don't forget, GA tickets go on sale November 16! See you in January! 🪩
This also includes our Day 1 & Day 2 Keynotes from Ian Levy and Dan Ridge.
And don't forget, GA tickets go on sale November 16! See you in January! 🪩
October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Come see ya boy
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We're officially announcing our speakers DistrictCon Year 1! Check out our incredible lineup: www.districtcon.org/speakers
This also includes our Day 1 & Day 2 Keynotes from Ian Levy and Dan Ridge.
And don't forget, GA tickets go on sale November 16! See you in January! 🪩
This also includes our Day 1 & Day 2 Keynotes from Ian Levy and Dan Ridge.
And don't forget, GA tickets go on sale November 16! See you in January! 🪩
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We're officially announcing our speakers DistrictCon Year 1! Check out our incredible lineup: www.districtcon.org/speakers
This also includes our Day 1 & Day 2 Keynotes from Ian Levy and Dan Ridge.
And don't forget, GA tickets go on sale November 16! See you in January! 🪩
This also includes our Day 1 & Day 2 Keynotes from Ian Levy and Dan Ridge.
And don't forget, GA tickets go on sale November 16! See you in January! 🪩
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I can attest that Kikta's meme skills are top tier and its a complete travesty that Cyber Command subjected his best memes to NPT.
It did not. The reporter took the date on my original email about the planned malware release and assumed that the graphic was begun at the same time.
I sketched out a rough version of that with the PAO in like 15 minutes of brainstorming on a whiteboard. She then sent it to the graphic contractor.
I sketched out a rough version of that with the PAO in like 15 minutes of brainstorming on a whiteboard. She then sent it to the graphic contractor.
In 2020, U.S. Cyber Command wanted to create a 'meme' to mock Russian hacking attempts. Now, bear in mind that information warfare is part of their brief, and this is well within their skill set.
It took them 22 days to come up with *this*
It took them 22 days to come up with *this*
October 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I can attest that Kikta's meme skills are top tier and its a complete travesty that Cyber Command subjected his best memes to NPT.
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It did not. The reporter took the date on my original email about the planned malware release and assumed that the graphic was begun at the same time.
I sketched out a rough version of that with the PAO in like 15 minutes of brainstorming on a whiteboard. She then sent it to the graphic contractor.
I sketched out a rough version of that with the PAO in like 15 minutes of brainstorming on a whiteboard. She then sent it to the graphic contractor.
In 2020, U.S. Cyber Command wanted to create a 'meme' to mock Russian hacking attempts. Now, bear in mind that information warfare is part of their brief, and this is well within their skill set.
It took them 22 days to come up with *this*
It took them 22 days to come up with *this*
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It did not. The reporter took the date on my original email about the planned malware release and assumed that the graphic was begun at the same time.
I sketched out a rough version of that with the PAO in like 15 minutes of brainstorming on a whiteboard. She then sent it to the graphic contractor.
I sketched out a rough version of that with the PAO in like 15 minutes of brainstorming on a whiteboard. She then sent it to the graphic contractor.
In early 2019 while at the German Parliament‘s Foreign Affairs Committee, I imagined this exact scenario: China using the rare earth supply chain to get fully visibility and self-reinforcing leverage. When urged to develop other sources, such as Malaysia (where I even went), Merkel gov did nothing.
German Firms Hand Over Secrets That China Could Use for Leverage
As German firms wrestle with new Chinese controls on rare earths, they are handing Beijing sensitive supply chain information it could potentially use to squeeze manufacturers or shut down production ...
www.bloomberg.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In early 2019 while at the German Parliament‘s Foreign Affairs Committee, I imagined this exact scenario: China using the rare earth supply chain to get fully visibility and self-reinforcing leverage. When urged to develop other sources, such as Malaysia (where I even went), Merkel gov did nothing.
Okay, *maybe* the new leader is fine (don’t know him) but there is soooo much structurally wrong with the BND. Starting with the fact that there is no career track for analysts to become leaders. Leadership is always hired seperately, they’re all lawyers, basically no foreign or language experience
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Okay, *maybe* the new leader is fine (don’t know him) but there is soooo much structurally wrong with the BND. Starting with the fact that there is no career track for analysts to become leaders. Leadership is always hired seperately, they’re all lawyers, basically no foreign or language experience
Washington is rethinking the relationship between government agencies and the private sector in offensive cyber, considering giving the private sector a more active role. Perfect timing for @winnona.bsky.social & Sergey Bratus to put out this well-reasoned and legally grounded perspective:
Publications
ists.dartmouth.edu
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Washington is rethinking the relationship between government agencies and the private sector in offensive cyber, considering giving the private sector a more active role. Perfect timing for @winnona.bsky.social & Sergey Bratus to put out this well-reasoned and legally grounded perspective:
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I don’t claim to have the solution how to make conscription work (or ideally: to not to need conscription in the first place).
But I am not a politician. Just saying “not like this” is not a strategy.
(Video with LINKE MP who doesn’t know more than what she/they *don’t* want.)
But I am not a politician. Just saying “not like this” is not a strategy.
(Video with LINKE MP who doesn’t know more than what she/they *don’t* want.)
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I don’t claim to have the solution how to make conscription work (or ideally: to not to need conscription in the first place).
But I am not a politician. Just saying “not like this” is not a strategy.
(Video with LINKE MP who doesn’t know more than what she/they *don’t* want.)
But I am not a politician. Just saying “not like this” is not a strategy.
(Video with LINKE MP who doesn’t know more than what she/they *don’t* want.)
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You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?