Panu Simolin
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Still unsure why I am here, but here I am
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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
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March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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right in the babymakers
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
right in the babymakers
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Woot is currently selling 64 and 32 megabyte RAM sticks as a joke 😭
December 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Woot is currently selling 64 and 32 megabyte RAM sticks as a joke 😭
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Also worth noting that once you do, life mostly becomes a giant game of roulette where you can afford to bet on every number and the the combined odds are >1. You have to fuck up in epic proportions to un-billionaire yourself.
December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Also worth noting that once you do, life mostly becomes a giant game of roulette where you can afford to bet on every number and the the combined odds are >1. You have to fuck up in epic proportions to un-billionaire yourself.
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Mark Cuban's takes make a lot more sense once you understand he became a billionaire off what is widely considered to be the worst and most overpriced tech acquisition of all time. He doesn't understand how anything works, isn't going to listen to reason, and is just not a serious person at all.
December 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Mark Cuban's takes make a lot more sense once you understand he became a billionaire off what is widely considered to be the worst and most overpriced tech acquisition of all time. He doesn't understand how anything works, isn't going to listen to reason, and is just not a serious person at all.
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Wow Bluesky is so woke it is autocorrecting Chr*stmas Cookies to Holiday Cookies 😡
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Wow Bluesky is so woke it is autocorrecting Chr*stmas Cookies to Holiday Cookies 😡
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Would have loved to be a fly on the wall of the internal comms meetings that resulted in this. Some random Microsoft engineer managed to inadvertently announce the company is rewriting Windows in Rust using AI 😭
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Would have loved to be a fly on the wall of the internal comms meetings that resulted in this. Some random Microsoft engineer managed to inadvertently announce the company is rewriting Windows in Rust using AI 😭
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Abandoning a country that fights russian aggression seems like a bold strategy for a party that wants to win elections in the country that fought the winter war (and derives a ton of pride from that fact).
Call me paranoid, but reading between the lines of this interview of Finnish Prime Minister fills me with dread: that the Amazing Spinelessman is preparing to abandon #Ukraine, because his government crashed Finland's economy & a “peace” would lift it before the elections. www.is.fi/politiikka/a...
Petteri Orpo vastaa miljonäärin kovaan kritiikkiin: ”Olen täysin eri mieltä”
Petteri Orpo kertoo rutiineistaan, lenkistään Stubbin kanssa ja miksi on jaksanut politiikan kärkipaikoilla poikkeuksellisen pitkään. Suomen mainetta tahrannen kohun jälkeen hänellä on hallitukselleen...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Abandoning a country that fights russian aggression seems like a bold strategy for a party that wants to win elections in the country that fought the winter war (and derives a ton of pride from that fact).
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They probably would. But we would suffer terribly.
We could mobilize almost as many troops as Ukraine, but our population is only something like one eighth of Ukraine’s. The losses of a protracted war are frightful to contemplate.
We could mobilize almost as many troops as Ukraine, but our population is only something like one eighth of Ukraine’s. The losses of a protracted war are frightful to contemplate.
August 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They probably would. But we would suffer terribly.
We could mobilize almost as many troops as Ukraine, but our population is only something like one eighth of Ukraine’s. The losses of a protracted war are frightful to contemplate.
We could mobilize almost as many troops as Ukraine, but our population is only something like one eighth of Ukraine’s. The losses of a protracted war are frightful to contemplate.
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NEW: False reports are likely shaping Russian President Vladimir Putin’s understanding of the battlefield situation.
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122225
More Key Takeaways ⬇️ (1/5)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122225
More Key Takeaways ⬇️ (1/5)
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
NEW: False reports are likely shaping Russian President Vladimir Putin’s understanding of the battlefield situation.
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122225
More Key Takeaways ⬇️ (1/5)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122225
More Key Takeaways ⬇️ (1/5)
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After I've noted that all data centers ( #AI included) use merely a small fraction of total electricity consumption and are not projected to become a huge issue except maybe locally and temporarily, many pointed out the #water draw.
So here it is, compared to other uses.
Note what I had to do.
So here it is, compared to other uses.
Note what I had to do.
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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Even BILL CLINTON is saying he doesn’t care if the full release of the files implicates Bill Clinton. Amazing.
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Even BILL CLINTON is saying he doesn’t care if the full release of the files implicates Bill Clinton. Amazing.
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Yes it's real x.com/grok/status/...
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Yes it's real x.com/grok/status/...
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NATO is flying two unarmed and seemingly unescorted signals intelligence aircraft over Black Sea, one in range of ground based air defence.
Might not be a first, but historically manned flights have had fighters escorts and there have been several incidents with aggressive behavior from Russian AF.
Might not be a first, but historically manned flights have had fighters escorts and there have been several incidents with aggressive behavior from Russian AF.
December 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
NATO is flying two unarmed and seemingly unescorted signals intelligence aircraft over Black Sea, one in range of ground based air defence.
Might not be a first, but historically manned flights have had fighters escorts and there have been several incidents with aggressive behavior from Russian AF.
Might not be a first, but historically manned flights have had fighters escorts and there have been several incidents with aggressive behavior from Russian AF.
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The same RAM kit I bought for $200 last year 🙃
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The same RAM kit I bought for $200 last year 🙃
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Less teens using Twitter than Facebook says everything. Doesn’t get any more uncool than that.
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Less teens using Twitter than Facebook says everything. Doesn’t get any more uncool than that.