Stelios Sartzetakis
@sartz.bsky.social
I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me / I think that somebody's near / I'm sure that someone is following me / "Hyacinth House"
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“I realize that this entire discussion seems like utter lunacy. War against … Denmark? But Trump insists that he must be taken seriously. Americans and their elected representatives, across the political spectrum, should oblige him,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:
Take Trump Seriously About Greenland
The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.
www.theatlantic.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“I realize that this entire discussion seems like utter lunacy. War against … Denmark? But Trump insists that he must be taken seriously. Americans and their elected representatives, across the political spectrum, should oblige him,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:
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🔥 Patriotic Millionaires UK campaigned last week across the country to advocate for a Wealth Tax, against the backdrop of significant possible welfare cuts in the spring budget.
Patriotic Millionaires UK ‘Tax our Wealth’ campaign visits Bristol
Patriotic Millionaires UK campaigned last week across the country to advocate for a Wealth Tax, against the backdrop of significant possible welfare cuts in the spring budget
westenglandbylines.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
🔥 Patriotic Millionaires UK campaigned last week across the country to advocate for a Wealth Tax, against the backdrop of significant possible welfare cuts in the spring budget.
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If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
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A group of European countries is devising a strategy to poach researchers in the United States in response to American government cuts in education and research.
Europe looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts funding
Twelve EU capitals want programs to bring over American scholars.
www.politico.eu
March 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A group of European countries is devising a strategy to poach researchers in the United States in response to American government cuts in education and research.
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This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
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By Gary Marcus: " I think it is terrifying. Everyone—and not just The Information—should be genuinely terrified... This isn’t free speech. It’s a massive, massive thumb on the scale, from one of the most powerful yet unelected people in the world. "
... garymarcus.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
... garymarcus.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Elon Musk’s terrifying vision for AI
All your thoughts belong to him
garymarcus.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
By Gary Marcus: " I think it is terrifying. Everyone—and not just The Information—should be genuinely terrified... This isn’t free speech. It’s a massive, massive thumb on the scale, from one of the most powerful yet unelected people in the world. "
... garymarcus.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
... garymarcus.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
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Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
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Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter (1/2)
The troubling decline in brain health, cognitive capacity, and thinking skills.
on.ft.com/41eQtem
The troubling decline in brain health, cognitive capacity, and thinking skills.
on.ft.com/41eQtem
February 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter (1/2)
The troubling decline in brain health, cognitive capacity, and thinking skills.
on.ft.com/41eQtem
The troubling decline in brain health, cognitive capacity, and thinking skills.
on.ft.com/41eQtem
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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
February 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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Elon Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia, Lila Shroff writes. What happens if they succeed?
Wikipedia’s Elon Problem
Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia. What happens if they succeed?
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Elon Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia, Lila Shroff writes. What happens if they succeed?
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graphic: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted
Carrying 99% of the world’s international telecommunications, the vulnerable lines are drawing nefarious interest
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
graphic: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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I’m telling you all again…
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’m telling you all again…
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
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Europe has everything it needs to stay in the economic race. But we have work to do.
Tomorrow, we will present the Competitiveness Roadmap, which will drive our work for the next five years.
Our plan: to make growth faster, cleaner, and more equitable.
Tomorrow, we will present the Competitiveness Roadmap, which will drive our work for the next five years.
Our plan: to make growth faster, cleaner, and more equitable.
January 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Europe has everything it needs to stay in the economic race. But we have work to do.
Tomorrow, we will present the Competitiveness Roadmap, which will drive our work for the next five years.
Our plan: to make growth faster, cleaner, and more equitable.
Tomorrow, we will present the Competitiveness Roadmap, which will drive our work for the next five years.
Our plan: to make growth faster, cleaner, and more equitable.
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✨ Hello, BlueSky! We are Zooniverse - the world's largest platform for people-powered research. Explore active Zooniverse projects at www.zooniverse.org/projects
January 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
✨ Hello, BlueSky! We are Zooniverse - the world's largest platform for people-powered research. Explore active Zooniverse projects at www.zooniverse.org/projects
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The world’s cartoonists on this week’s events 🎨
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
Drawing the top stories around the globe.
www.politico.eu
January 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The world’s cartoonists on this week’s events 🎨
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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Bluesky really is a phenomenal platform for community building. 🦋
Thanks to recent surges driven from Bluesky, European Movement membership has shot up to now just 250 members short of…
💥25,000 members💥
Please help us get over that milestone. 🙏🏻
YES to EU membership. NO to Trump.
Thanks to recent surges driven from Bluesky, European Movement membership has shot up to now just 250 members short of…
💥25,000 members💥
Please help us get over that milestone. 🙏🏻
YES to EU membership. NO to Trump.
European Movement
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bluesky really is a phenomenal platform for community building. 🦋
Thanks to recent surges driven from Bluesky, European Movement membership has shot up to now just 250 members short of…
💥25,000 members💥
Please help us get over that milestone. 🙏🏻
YES to EU membership. NO to Trump.
Thanks to recent surges driven from Bluesky, European Movement membership has shot up to now just 250 members short of…
💥25,000 members💥
Please help us get over that milestone. 🙏🏻
YES to EU membership. NO to Trump.
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I want to share my experience today with Google support, trying to get Gemini (their AI/plagiarism machine) turned off in my Google workspace account. That account is where I personally do all my work communication—I am an editor, and most of my work contracts explicitly ban any use of Generative AI
January 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I want to share my experience today with Google support, trying to get Gemini (their AI/plagiarism machine) turned off in my Google workspace account. That account is where I personally do all my work communication—I am an editor, and most of my work contracts explicitly ban any use of Generative AI
' Can democracy work, if a couple of highly atypical men exercise effective control over large swathes of the public space? How can that control be limited or counteracted, even in principle? ' www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
www.programmablemutter.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
' Can democracy work, if a couple of highly atypical men exercise effective control over large swathes of the public space? How can that control be limited or counteracted, even in principle? ' www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
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Let's Gooo!
techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b...
Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
techcrunch.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let's Gooo!
techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b...
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Σκίτσο του Ανδρέα Πετρουλάκη (12/01/25) www.kathimerini.gr/opinion/sket...
Σκίτσο του Ανδρέα Πετρουλάκη (12/01/25)
www.kathimerini.gr
January 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Σκίτσο του Ανδρέα Πετρουλάκη (12/01/25) www.kathimerini.gr/opinion/sket...
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Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.
January 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.