potatoffel
@potatoffel.bsky.social
good morning fellow skeeters
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isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
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look, I do not think intervention in Venezuela will be anything other than a disaster, but the correct response if this is confirmed to Russia's claims here is 'sure you will, buddy.'
🇻🇪🇷🇺 According to Kremlin sources, Vladimir Putin has officially declared Venezuela a strategic partner of Russia, pledging comprehensive political, economic, and military support to defend the country against any external threats amid escalating tensions with the United States.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
look, I do not think intervention in Venezuela will be anything other than a disaster, but the correct response if this is confirmed to Russia's claims here is 'sure you will, buddy.'
"Los pisos no suben por el crecimiento de la población" [procede a postrar gráficas donde correla fuerte el crecimiento de población con la subida de precios]
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Los pisos no suben por el crecimiento de la población" [procede a postrar gráficas donde correla fuerte el crecimiento de población con la subida de precios]
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
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There are many dynamics to Germany's industrial woes, but one of the most important is how big German manufacturing corporations ascended to become truly Europe-wide operations at the expense of their traditional German suppliers, who are often no longer competitive with rivals in other EU states
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There are many dynamics to Germany's industrial woes, but one of the most important is how big German manufacturing corporations ascended to become truly Europe-wide operations at the expense of their traditional German suppliers, who are often no longer competitive with rivals in other EU states
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VW, Siemens, Bosch and so on are as as big players not just German manufacturers any more. They are EU-wide behemoths.
If suppliers in other EU states adapt faster to change then big German corporates will ditch traditional German partners for competitors in Poland, Spain, Romania and the rest
If suppliers in other EU states adapt faster to change then big German corporates will ditch traditional German partners for competitors in Poland, Spain, Romania and the rest
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
VW, Siemens, Bosch and so on are as as big players not just German manufacturers any more. They are EU-wide behemoths.
If suppliers in other EU states adapt faster to change then big German corporates will ditch traditional German partners for competitors in Poland, Spain, Romania and the rest
If suppliers in other EU states adapt faster to change then big German corporates will ditch traditional German partners for competitors in Poland, Spain, Romania and the rest
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it just didn't have the legs 😢
Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
it just didn't have the legs 😢
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That Abrams's involvement with Iran-Contra isn't regularly mentioned whenever he pops up is an indictment in itself of DC policy journalism
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
That Abrams's involvement with Iran-Contra isn't regularly mentioned whenever he pops up is an indictment in itself of DC policy journalism
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me: what a nice day
anti-solar nimbys: STOP EXTRACTING FROM THE SKY, CAPITALIST!
anti-solar nimbys: STOP EXTRACTING FROM THE SKY, CAPITALIST!
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
me: what a nice day
anti-solar nimbys: STOP EXTRACTING FROM THE SKY, CAPITALIST!
anti-solar nimbys: STOP EXTRACTING FROM THE SKY, CAPITALIST!
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I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
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Like, they very publicly set goals for it! They gloated about how they were smashing the rules to get stuff done! It was by *far* the highest profile policy story of Trump’s first few months! And it was just a complete failure and nobody in the press cares
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Like, they very publicly set goals for it! They gloated about how they were smashing the rules to get stuff done! It was by *far* the highest profile policy story of Trump’s first few months! And it was just a complete failure and nobody in the press cares
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Like, this is applying the lowest possible standard here: I’m not even asking the US press to manage the impossible task of caring about the millions of poor people around the world being killed or having their lives ruined; they can’t even manage to judge it as a political win/lose story
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Like, this is applying the lowest possible standard here: I’m not even asking the US press to manage the impossible task of caring about the millions of poor people around the world being killed or having their lives ruined; they can’t even manage to judge it as a political win/lose story
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DOGE was a failure if the goal was saving money. It was a huge success if the goal was giving a bunch of techbro adjacent people unfettered access to govt data in ways that, thus far, are evading the Privacy Act.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
DOGE was a failure if the goal was saving money. It was a huge success if the goal was giving a bunch of techbro adjacent people unfettered access to govt data in ways that, thus far, are evading the Privacy Act.
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
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Seriously - go look at the front pages of Axios, Politico, WaPo and NYT right now. Is there any sense of the depth of America’s betrayal of Europe? Does the coverage reflect in any way how GOP has suddenly made America subservient to Russia? That’s a nyet.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Seriously - go look at the front pages of Axios, Politico, WaPo and NYT right now. Is there any sense of the depth of America’s betrayal of Europe? Does the coverage reflect in any way how GOP has suddenly made America subservient to Russia? That’s a nyet.
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And of course there’s the extra sea-level rise, by half a meter or more. bsky.app/profile/rahm...
It further shows a similar sea-level rise pattern after #AMOC shutdown as we found in Levermann et al. 2005, with the dynamic rise extending down into the South Atlantic. (That would be added to any global rise caused by climate warming.) 🧵
➡️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
➡️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
And of course there’s the extra sea-level rise, by half a meter or more. bsky.app/profile/rahm...
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Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
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Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
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US security guarantees guarantee that you will have to pay them for the inconvenience of being invaded
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
US security guarantees guarantee that you will have to pay them for the inconvenience of being invaded
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Yep, it came up in our discussions today at @article19.bsky.social Conference
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yep, it came up in our discussions today at @article19.bsky.social Conference
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we have PrEP because of these monkey studies. animal welfare in medical research is extremely strictly limited and regulated to ensure ethical use. there is no replacement for these animal models in biomedical research.
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
we have PrEP because of these monkey studies. animal welfare in medical research is extremely strictly limited and regulated to ensure ethical use. there is no replacement for these animal models in biomedical research.
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A nontrivial fraction of these people appear to be seriously unwell.
OpenAI claims that they have the situation well under control.
My inbox suggests otherwise.
OpenAI claims that they have the situation well under control.
My inbox suggests otherwise.
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A nontrivial fraction of these people appear to be seriously unwell.
OpenAI claims that they have the situation well under control.
My inbox suggests otherwise.
OpenAI claims that they have the situation well under control.
My inbox suggests otherwise.