Nero Wolfenstein
@nerowolfenstein.bsky.social
The leper with the most fingers
Pinned
As someone who follows the AI debate(s) closely, though only uses it here and there, and only at work, it is pretty obvious now that the anti-AI side has lost.
By which I specifically mean folks like Ed Zitron and Gary Marcus who have argued that the capabilities will fall short of expectations.
By which I specifically mean folks like Ed Zitron and Gary Marcus who have argued that the capabilities will fall short of expectations.
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People aren’t considering that Trump is a dumb guy and bad businessman who fundamentally doesn’t know what he’s doing.
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 AM
People aren’t considering that Trump is a dumb guy and bad businessman who fundamentally doesn’t know what he’s doing.
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New Yorkers, beware
Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:04 AM
New Yorkers, beware
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This is beyond heartbreaking 💔
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
This is beyond heartbreaking 💔
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
Finally watched One Battle After Another and can offer it this high praise: it felt like a lean, run of the mill 70’s masterpiece like The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon, or The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Finally watched One Battle After Another and can offer it this high praise: it felt like a lean, run of the mill 70’s masterpiece like The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon, or The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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so, joking aside, I do really dislike this dynamic
one of the reasons I very rarely get in fights On Here (aside from finding it personally upsetting) is that I believe that most people on the left-liberal spectrum have their hearts in the right place and prefer to direct my ire at people who don't
one of the reasons I very rarely get in fights On Here (aside from finding it personally upsetting) is that I believe that most people on the left-liberal spectrum have their hearts in the right place and prefer to direct my ire at people who don't
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
so, joking aside, I do really dislike this dynamic
one of the reasons I very rarely get in fights On Here (aside from finding it personally upsetting) is that I believe that most people on the left-liberal spectrum have their hearts in the right place and prefer to direct my ire at people who don't
one of the reasons I very rarely get in fights On Here (aside from finding it personally upsetting) is that I believe that most people on the left-liberal spectrum have their hearts in the right place and prefer to direct my ire at people who don't
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US president says a military operation focused on Colombia's government 'sounds good' to him.
Trump threatens Colombia's Petro, says Cuba ‘looks like its ready to fall'
US president says a military operation focused on Colombia's government 'sounds good' to him.
www.aljazeera.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
US president says a military operation focused on Colombia's government 'sounds good' to him.
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Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
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This war is for the benefit of the Venezuelan people. People we hate so much we try to ship them to concentration camps.
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This war is for the benefit of the Venezuelan people. People we hate so much we try to ship them to concentration camps.
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We threw away a century of alliances for absolutely no reason. It’s crazy but it happened. bsky.app/profile/crai...
Europe has been stubbornly slow in coming to grips with the fact that the United States is no longer an ally.
They're no longer in a geostrategic alliance with an allied government, they're in a transactional business relationship with a mafia state.
They're no longer in a geostrategic alliance with an allied government, they're in a transactional business relationship with a mafia state.
DENMARK INTELLIGENCE REPORT:
“.. The United States uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will, and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
“.. The United States uses economic power, including threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will, and no longer rules out the use of military force, even against allies.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
January 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
We threw away a century of alliances for absolutely no reason. It’s crazy but it happened. bsky.app/profile/crai...
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Trump can effectively disband NATO with one neat trick.
The Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to the United States:
“The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”
“The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Trump can effectively disband NATO with one neat trick.
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4/ Look three steps ahead.
Now that the U.S. has triggered an "international armed conflict," Venezuelan nationals residing in the USA are "protected persons" under Geneva Convention IV.
Several significant legal implications flow from that. ...
Now that the U.S. has triggered an "international armed conflict," Venezuelan nationals residing in the USA are "protected persons" under Geneva Convention IV.
Several significant legal implications flow from that. ...
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
4/ Look three steps ahead.
Now that the U.S. has triggered an "international armed conflict," Venezuelan nationals residing in the USA are "protected persons" under Geneva Convention IV.
Several significant legal implications flow from that. ...
Now that the U.S. has triggered an "international armed conflict," Venezuelan nationals residing in the USA are "protected persons" under Geneva Convention IV.
Several significant legal implications flow from that. ...
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I joined two great legal experts, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, on this analysis
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela
Experts survey the international law issues of Operation Absolute Resolve.
www.justsecurity.org
January 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I joined two great legal experts, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, on this analysis
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
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Thought it would be a good time to check in on this case: Marco Rubio buddy David Rivera, who was indicted 3 years ago for attempting to broker a deal for Maduro.
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
January 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Thought it would be a good time to check in on this case: Marco Rubio buddy David Rivera, who was indicted 3 years ago for attempting to broker a deal for Maduro.
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
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All of this is nauseating and profoundly embarrassing. Americans who can watch this without feeling shame and horror are inhabiting an alien moral universe I do not understand.
NBC News: “How soon will elections be held in Venezuela? Within 30 days?”
Rubio: “Elections? I think it is premature at this point.”
The US is going to be there for the long haul.
Rubio: “Elections? I think it is premature at this point.”
The US is going to be there for the long haul.
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
All of this is nauseating and profoundly embarrassing. Americans who can watch this without feeling shame and horror are inhabiting an alien moral universe I do not understand.
BG2, then and now
Quote this with your favourite game from 2000 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
BG2, then and now
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This is nearly word for words rumsfeld's 'America creates reality' which worked out well for everybody
January 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This is nearly word for words rumsfeld's 'America creates reality' which worked out well for everybody
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
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Glem is a prime example of someone who decided that nothing dovish Biden did mattered so long as Biden was still marginally dedicated to containing Russian expansionism - either a very strange priority indeed or a blindingly obvious one, depending
Tankies and fascists often like to unite and have each other’s backs.
Glenn Greenwald promoting Trump and lying about him being anti-war in 2023 and 2024 is a great example of this
Glenn Greenwald promoting Trump and lying about him being anti-war in 2023 and 2024 is a great example of this
January 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Glem is a prime example of someone who decided that nothing dovish Biden did mattered so long as Biden was still marginally dedicated to containing Russian expansionism - either a very strange priority indeed or a blindingly obvious one, depending
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New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
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There’s no event too extraordinary for corporate media to change their approach.
absolutely bizarre to see a violent, rogue american regime, which is threatening military attacks on a bunch of major trading partners and close allies, and openly fantasizing about hitler-style wars of territorial conquest, covered in the tone of horse-race political commentary
January 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
There’s no event too extraordinary for corporate media to change their approach.
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If the Republican Party was an institution suited to hold power in a religiously and culturally pluralistic democracy, it would not allow (let alone encourage) its rising youth to gleefully Hitler post.
FWIW, they have now deleted that post with no apology or explanation.
FWIW, they have now deleted that post with no apology or explanation.
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
If the Republican Party was an institution suited to hold power in a religiously and culturally pluralistic democracy, it would not allow (let alone encourage) its rising youth to gleefully Hitler post.
FWIW, they have now deleted that post with no apology or explanation.
FWIW, they have now deleted that post with no apology or explanation.
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Yes, China was buying a lot of Venezuela's crude exports, mainly for financial reasons (in-kind repayment of development loans). Yes, China has strategic concerns securing its oil supply lines in event of conflict with US, but Venezuela is a tiny drop in that bucket and far from an important factor.
January 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Yes, China was buying a lot of Venezuela's crude exports, mainly for financial reasons (in-kind repayment of development loans). Yes, China has strategic concerns securing its oil supply lines in event of conflict with US, but Venezuela is a tiny drop in that bucket and far from an important factor.