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Designer of Weel, the calendar app for people who experience time differently (ADHD, time blindness, dyscalculia): @weelplanner.bsky.social
Online since 1985. 🇫🇮/🇩🇪, she/they. Learn and explain synths and more at www.spongefile.com
Online since 1985. 🇫🇮/🇩🇪, she/they. Learn and explain synths and more at www.spongefile.com
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· Jan 10
Weel Planner | ADHD Calendar App for iOS
No more missed events. Weel is an ADHD calendar that gets how you think. Discover tools to address time blindness, dyscalculia, alarm numbness, and more.
www.weelplanner.app
Shameless plug! I made an indie calendar app for people with #adhd .
Check it out here and repost if you like it. www.weelplanner.app
Check it out here and repost if you like it. www.weelplanner.app
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Fun fact: The eruption of Mount Tambora also led to weather conditions across Europe that forced a group of young artists who were hanging out together to stay indoors one summer and into starting a writing contest and anyway, that's how Mary Shelley ended up writing Frankenstein
Likewise the paintings of JMW Turner are influenced by the eruption of mount Tambora and the resulting Year without a Summer
February 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Fun fact: The eruption of Mount Tambora also led to weather conditions across Europe that forced a group of young artists who were hanging out together to stay indoors one summer and into starting a writing contest and anyway, that's how Mary Shelley ended up writing Frankenstein
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brusselswatch.org/uae-funded-j...
Continues to terrify me that the uae is financing the european fasc right
Continues to terrify me that the uae is financing the european fasc right
Jordan Bardella and the UAE RN Scandal
Jordan Bardella faces scrutiny over alleged €55M UAE-linked funding, raising alarms about foreign influence and threats to French democracy.
brusselswatch.org
February 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
brusselswatch.org/uae-funded-j...
Continues to terrify me that the uae is financing the european fasc right
Continues to terrify me that the uae is financing the european fasc right
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”
Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports
The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:31 AM
“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”
Plot twist WWII veterans! US plans to help Nazis in the EU.
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
reut.rs
February 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Plot twist WWII veterans! US plans to help Nazis in the EU.
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So, there's this massive structure in Turkey, Göbekli Tepe. Its about 1,000 feet in diameter and is made up of more than 200 intricately-carved 20 feet tall stone pillars. It is *massive* and it was built around 9500 BCE.
That's the tail end of the Stone Age, people. *Hunter-gathers* built this:
That's the tail end of the Stone Age, people. *Hunter-gathers* built this:
July 15, 2024 at 10:10 AM
So, there's this massive structure in Turkey, Göbekli Tepe. Its about 1,000 feet in diameter and is made up of more than 200 intricately-carved 20 feet tall stone pillars. It is *massive* and it was built around 9500 BCE.
That's the tail end of the Stone Age, people. *Hunter-gathers* built this:
That's the tail end of the Stone Age, people. *Hunter-gathers* built this:
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Kirjoitettiin @petterilindholm.bsky.social'n kanssa muutamat rivit Suomen teknologisesta USA-riippuuvuudesta.
Eurooppa on ryhtynyt pyristelemään irti USA:n teknologiajäteistä – mitä tekee Suomi?
Lähes puolet julkisen sektorin digipalveluista on yhden ainoan yhdysvaltalaisen pilvijätin datakeskuksissa, selviää tuoreesta tutkimuksesta.
yle.fi
February 18, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Kirjoitettiin @petterilindholm.bsky.social'n kanssa muutamat rivit Suomen teknologisesta USA-riippuuvuudesta.
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Palantir paid zero federal income tax for fiscal year 2025, despite reporting $1.5 billion in income.
itep.org/palantir-pay...
itep.org/palantir-pay...
Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law
Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of...
itep.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Palantir paid zero federal income tax for fiscal year 2025, despite reporting $1.5 billion in income.
itep.org/palantir-pay...
itep.org/palantir-pay...
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NEW: ChatGPT is encouraging stalkers, telling them they share a special bond with their targets -- and to keep harassing them even after they've been asked to stop
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
NEW: ChatGPT is encouraging stalkers, telling them they share a special bond with their targets -- and to keep harassing them even after they've been asked to stop
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
Been experimenting with making Claude interact more like a Finnish person. Added this to preferences:
“Flag every uncertain statement explicitly with 'I know this / I'm reasoning by analogy / I'm speculating' - don't let me skip this.”
Working pretty well so far. #torille
“Flag every uncertain statement explicitly with 'I know this / I'm reasoning by analogy / I'm speculating' - don't let me skip this.”
Working pretty well so far. #torille
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Been experimenting with making Claude interact more like a Finnish person. Added this to preferences:
“Flag every uncertain statement explicitly with 'I know this / I'm reasoning by analogy / I'm speculating' - don't let me skip this.”
Working pretty well so far. #torille
“Flag every uncertain statement explicitly with 'I know this / I'm reasoning by analogy / I'm speculating' - don't let me skip this.”
Working pretty well so far. #torille
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@gianttourtiere.bsky.social By the way have you seen the bottle of fluid electrons I had in the fridge
I can't find it
I can't find it
Physicists sent a stream of electrons down a “de Laval” nozzle — a sleek shape that rocket engines use to accelerate their exhaust. A shock wave appeared — a surefire sign that electrons were flowing like a fluid. www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-m...
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social By the way have you seen the bottle of fluid electrons I had in the fridge
I can't find it
I can't find it
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Everybody doing work to protect people on tech platforms, in fields like trust & safety, or trying to make sure systems were more responsible or accountable, often by taking on the most thankless and soul-wrenching work — that's who has borne the brunt of these layoffs. Which were executed cruelly.
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Everybody doing work to protect people on tech platforms, in fields like trust & safety, or trying to make sure systems were more responsible or accountable, often by taking on the most thankless and soul-wrenching work — that's who has borne the brunt of these layoffs. Which were executed cruelly.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
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Järki saattaisi sittenkin olla voittamassa.
Luottamus Yhdysvaltoihin horjui – vaalitiedot saatetaan sittenkin pitää Suomessa
Oikeusministeriö harkitsee vakavasti paluuta vaalidatan säilyttämisessä kotimaiseen systeemiin amerikkalaisen Amazonin pilvipalvelun sijaan.
yle.fi
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Järki saattaisi sittenkin olla voittamassa.
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We are trying to resist ICE here in MN. We have a lot of needs. If you can share this with your friends up in Canada, we’d all appreciate it. The longer we can thwart their efforts here, the more time other cities and states will have time to prepare for what’s coming.
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
We are trying to resist ICE here in MN. We have a lot of needs. If you can share this with your friends up in Canada, we’d all appreciate it. The longer we can thwart their efforts here, the more time other cities and states will have time to prepare for what’s coming.
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Been on Bluesky for a while now and anything I post just melts into the void—no reactions whatsoever, except some follows from pornbots. Makes it a lot less fun than other social media I’ve been on.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Been on Bluesky for a while now and anything I post just melts into the void—no reactions whatsoever, except some follows from pornbots. Makes it a lot less fun than other social media I’ve been on.
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Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition.
This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.
This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition.
This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.
This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.
Sick of #Claude acting like a sycophant yes-man? After a long convo with it about 🇫🇮 Scandinavian egalitarian and direct communication culture, this "personal preferences" prompt emerged and now it talks to me like an equal colleague. Feel free to copy the alt text of this image and try it yourself.
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Sick of #Claude acting like a sycophant yes-man? After a long convo with it about 🇫🇮 Scandinavian egalitarian and direct communication culture, this "personal preferences" prompt emerged and now it talks to me like an equal colleague. Feel free to copy the alt text of this image and try it yourself.
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2011: Musk arvioi, että ihmisen Marsiin 2021 mennessä.
2016: Musk lupaa, että ihmisen Marsiin 2025 mennessä.
2020: Musk sanoo olevansa luottavainen että SpaceX:n alus Marsiin 2026.
2026: Vitut me ikinä minnekään Marsiin päästä, mutta kuussa meillä on kaupunki ennen vuotta 2036.
2016: Musk lupaa, että ihmisen Marsiin 2025 mennessä.
2020: Musk sanoo olevansa luottavainen että SpaceX:n alus Marsiin 2026.
2026: Vitut me ikinä minnekään Marsiin päästä, mutta kuussa meillä on kaupunki ennen vuotta 2036.
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 AM
2011: Musk arvioi, että ihmisen Marsiin 2021 mennessä.
2016: Musk lupaa, että ihmisen Marsiin 2025 mennessä.
2020: Musk sanoo olevansa luottavainen että SpaceX:n alus Marsiin 2026.
2026: Vitut me ikinä minnekään Marsiin päästä, mutta kuussa meillä on kaupunki ennen vuotta 2036.
2016: Musk lupaa, että ihmisen Marsiin 2025 mennessä.
2020: Musk sanoo olevansa luottavainen että SpaceX:n alus Marsiin 2026.
2026: Vitut me ikinä minnekään Marsiin päästä, mutta kuussa meillä on kaupunki ennen vuotta 2036.
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I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist