Richard Schwarz
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🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
Is liberal democracy in terminal decline?
The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present
www.ft.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
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Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
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Can we call them fascists when they literally adopt well-known fascist slogans?
The job of federal civil servants is to SERVE the American people in accordance with our laws and our values. Not to demand obedience. Not to thrust boots in our faces.
The job of federal civil servants is to SERVE the American people in accordance with our laws and our values. Not to demand obedience. Not to thrust boots in our faces.
January 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Can we call them fascists when they literally adopt well-known fascist slogans?
The job of federal civil servants is to SERVE the American people in accordance with our laws and our values. Not to demand obedience. Not to thrust boots in our faces.
The job of federal civil servants is to SERVE the American people in accordance with our laws and our values. Not to demand obedience. Not to thrust boots in our faces.
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We rarely get to see the full "Tank Man" video of the brave Chinese citizen who did his best to prevent the continuing massacre of his neighbors at Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989.
January 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
We rarely get to see the full "Tank Man" video of the brave Chinese citizen who did his best to prevent the continuing massacre of his neighbors at Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989.
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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“We adopted #rustlang for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density ... with Rust changes having a 4x lower rollback rate and spending 25% less time in code review, the safer path is now also the faster one.”
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
Rust in Android: move fast and fix things
Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in ...
security.googleblog.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“We adopted #rustlang for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density ... with Rust changes having a 4x lower rollback rate and spending 25% less time in code review, the safer path is now also the faster one.”
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
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Happy beached whale dynamite day for all who celebrate
On this day 55 years ago, Oregon blew up a beached whale with 20 cases of dynamite.
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
The infamous exploding whale incident occurred Nov. 12, 1970, in Florence, Oregon. A whale washed ashore on the Oregon beach and with no other means to dispo...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy beached whale dynamite day for all who celebrate
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Last night, Trump blasted the “fake news media” while speaking in front of uniformed troops, then said “They’re getting better. They’re not there yet.”
Translation: his media takeover is just beginning.
www.treason.io/p/read-trump...
Translation: his media takeover is just beginning.
www.treason.io/p/read-trump...
READ: Trump hints that his U.S. media takeover is just beginning
A very political speech in front of U.S. troops included an ominous line.
www.treason.io
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Last night, Trump blasted the “fake news media” while speaking in front of uniformed troops, then said “They’re getting better. They’re not there yet.”
Translation: his media takeover is just beginning.
www.treason.io/p/read-trump...
Translation: his media takeover is just beginning.
www.treason.io/p/read-trump...
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If I may paraphrase film!Aragorn, 'Open tyranny is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.'
It has not won, but neither is it 'coming.' It is upon us, and the only question that remains is what to do about it - and how to break the inertia of those hoping it won't come just yet.
It has not won, but neither is it 'coming.' It is upon us, and the only question that remains is what to do about it - and how to break the inertia of those hoping it won't come just yet.
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If I may paraphrase film!Aragorn, 'Open tyranny is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.'
It has not won, but neither is it 'coming.' It is upon us, and the only question that remains is what to do about it - and how to break the inertia of those hoping it won't come just yet.
It has not won, but neither is it 'coming.' It is upon us, and the only question that remains is what to do about it - and how to break the inertia of those hoping it won't come just yet.
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Ukrainian reconnaissance unit “Tur” of the 225th Assault Regiment claims to have found detonators at a Russian ammo depot, marked with Nazi swastikas. They date back to Soviet-Nazi cooperation of 1939–40, when the USSR imported German military tech.
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ukrainian reconnaissance unit “Tur” of the 225th Assault Regiment claims to have found detonators at a Russian ammo depot, marked with Nazi swastikas. They date back to Soviet-Nazi cooperation of 1939–40, when the USSR imported German military tech.
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I gave a seminar entitled "How Rust won: The quest for performant, reliable software" at the Topos Institute on Jun 3, and the video (youtu.be/k_-6KI3m31M) is now published. I hope people enjoy it!
[Berkeley Seminar] Raph Levien | How Rust won: the quest for performant, reliable software
YouTube video by Topos Institute
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September 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I gave a seminar entitled "How Rust won: The quest for performant, reliable software" at the Topos Institute on Jun 3, and the video (youtu.be/k_-6KI3m31M) is now published. I hope people enjoy it!
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‼️ Russia: “Duma deputy proposes nationalizing oligarchs' assets to fill budget”
👉 Nikolai Arefyev, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/07/18/d...
👉 Nikolai Arefyev, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/07/18/d...
July 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
‼️ Russia: “Duma deputy proposes nationalizing oligarchs' assets to fill budget”
👉 Nikolai Arefyev, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/07/18/d...
👉 Nikolai Arefyev, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/07/18/d...
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Sätze, die man aus einigen Ecken nicht hört:
„Natürlich hat der Iran ein Recht auf Selbstverteidigung, aber auch die Pflicht zur Klugheit, einzusehen, wann man sich ergeben muss.“
„Weder Sanktionen noch Waffenlieferungen stoppen diesen Horror“
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„Natürlich hat der Iran ein Recht auf Selbstverteidigung, aber auch die Pflicht zur Klugheit, einzusehen, wann man sich ergeben muss.“
„Weder Sanktionen noch Waffenlieferungen stoppen diesen Horror“
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June 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Sätze, die man aus einigen Ecken nicht hört:
„Natürlich hat der Iran ein Recht auf Selbstverteidigung, aber auch die Pflicht zur Klugheit, einzusehen, wann man sich ergeben muss.“
„Weder Sanktionen noch Waffenlieferungen stoppen diesen Horror“
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„Natürlich hat der Iran ein Recht auf Selbstverteidigung, aber auch die Pflicht zur Klugheit, einzusehen, wann man sich ergeben muss.“
„Weder Sanktionen noch Waffenlieferungen stoppen diesen Horror“
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I just saw a good example of what I was talking about with chatgpt being a crackpot generating machine.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I just saw a good example of what I was talking about with chatgpt being a crackpot generating machine.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
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reality eventually reasserts itself. "smart" is always what it takes to adapt to one's environment, whether that's preserving attention span despite dopamine saturation (the past ten years), or acquiring independent thinking despite automated reasoning (the next ten years)
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
reality eventually reasserts itself. "smart" is always what it takes to adapt to one's environment, whether that's preserving attention span despite dopamine saturation (the past ten years), or acquiring independent thinking despite automated reasoning (the next ten years)
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Sieht man hier schön anschaulich für 🇩🇪. Die Fläche für Golfplätze ist größer als die für PV-Anlagen, die für Energiepflanzen viel, viel größer (mindestens 10x, eher 20x). Und die für Viehfutter noch mal ca. 4x so groß wie letztere.
May 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sieht man hier schön anschaulich für 🇩🇪. Die Fläche für Golfplätze ist größer als die für PV-Anlagen, die für Energiepflanzen viel, viel größer (mindestens 10x, eher 20x). Und die für Viehfutter noch mal ca. 4x so groß wie letztere.
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Paging @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
March 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Paging @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.
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Would academia resist if their leaders led them? Maybe, maybe not. But they certainly won't mount a meaningful resistance with leaders such as these who are, in C.S. Lewis' phrasing, "men [and women] without chests."
I'm sorry, but do not expect the Academy to fight with you. /end
I'm sorry, but do not expect the Academy to fight with you. /end
March 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Would academia resist if their leaders led them? Maybe, maybe not. But they certainly won't mount a meaningful resistance with leaders such as these who are, in C.S. Lewis' phrasing, "men [and women] without chests."
I'm sorry, but do not expect the Academy to fight with you. /end
I'm sorry, but do not expect the Academy to fight with you. /end
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‼️ Putin at the RSPP spoke about the inevitable “cooling” of the Russian Economy and the need to act “very very carefully.”
Wait until you see the quote
www.interfax.ru/business/101...
Wait until you see the quote
www.interfax.ru/business/101...
March 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
‼️ Putin at the RSPP spoke about the inevitable “cooling” of the Russian Economy and the need to act “very very carefully.”
Wait until you see the quote
www.interfax.ru/business/101...
Wait until you see the quote
www.interfax.ru/business/101...
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I've written a one page patch for the new D&D Players Manual where I solve the problem of people's campaigns grinding to a halt because they can't schedule a game.
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've written a one page patch for the new D&D Players Manual where I solve the problem of people's campaigns grinding to a halt because they can't schedule a game.
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
PDF is the link. Print it out. Stick it in your manuals. May work for other games too. #ttrpg #dnd
oldmenrunningtheworld.com?p=304
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‼️ Russia: “The government has unsealed its last reserves: the reserves in the budget accounts have almost halved in two months”
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/14/p...
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/14/p...
March 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
‼️ Russia: “The government has unsealed its last reserves: the reserves in the budget accounts have almost halved in two months”
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/14/p...
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www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/14/p...
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The Mauna Loa Observatory linked to this lab is famous. Remember when Exxon cited the CO2 data collected at this site in the 1980s...when the company realized global warming was real and a big problem? Yeah, that's seared into my brain for obvious reasons. insideclimatenews.org/news/2209201...
March 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Mauna Loa Observatory linked to this lab is famous. Remember when Exxon cited the CO2 data collected at this site in the 1980s...when the company realized global warming was real and a big problem? Yeah, that's seared into my brain for obvious reasons. insideclimatenews.org/news/2209201...
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@bafriedman.bsky.social made a good point on substack. If this goes where we all assume this goes (loyalists, oaths to trump, etc) a dem administration would have to completely purge the military leadership…we’re truly realizing how fragile everything is
February 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@bafriedman.bsky.social made a good point on substack. If this goes where we all assume this goes (loyalists, oaths to trump, etc) a dem administration would have to completely purge the military leadership…we’re truly realizing how fragile everything is