Sirius T.A. Rayner-Karlsson
@trudheim.se
I like both Stoic and Buddhist philosophy, electronics, IT, woodworking, and generally just pondering life. I also have been known to say Ni! and I like little white picket fences, not too big, not too small. Avoid salmon mousse.
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4% of attendants at COP30 are fossil fuel industry lobbyists. 1600 people that are doing nothing but trying to ruin the climate.
The gloves have to come off with regards to lobbying, because this is ridiculous.
4% of attendants at COP30 are fossil fuel industry lobbyists. 1600 people that are doing nothing but trying to ruin the climate.
The gloves have to come off with regards to lobbying, because this is ridiculous.
Var 25:e deltagare på COP30 är fossillobbyist
Fler än 1 600 lobbyister från fossilindustrin finns på plats under FN:s klimattoppmöte COP30 i Brasilien, rapporterar The Guardian. Det innebär att en av 25 deltagare är lobbyist och att lobbyisterna ...
omni.se
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
omni.se/a/mP7lGq
4% of attendants at COP30 are fossil fuel industry lobbyists. 1600 people that are doing nothing but trying to ruin the climate.
The gloves have to come off with regards to lobbying, because this is ridiculous.
4% of attendants at COP30 are fossil fuel industry lobbyists. 1600 people that are doing nothing but trying to ruin the climate.
The gloves have to come off with regards to lobbying, because this is ridiculous.
And this is exactly the reason to be concerned about these kind of systems.
Coders implementing the Palantir systems for Swedish police. Began with preventing terror - ended up with bicycle thefts.
Unless these systems are locked down in the extreme, this is what happens.
Coders implementing the Palantir systems for Swedish police. Began with preventing terror - ended up with bicycle thefts.
Unless these systems are locked down in the extreme, this is what happens.
Absolut tystnadsplikt • ”Tillgång till stora mängder persondata” • Började med att förebygga terror – slutade med cykelstölder.
Svenska kodare bygger Palantirs hemliga system – på plats i polishuset
Absolut tystnadsplikt • ”Tillgång till stora mängder persondata” • Började med att förebygga terror – slutade med cykelstölder.
www.etc.se
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
And this is exactly the reason to be concerned about these kind of systems.
Coders implementing the Palantir systems for Swedish police. Began with preventing terror - ended up with bicycle thefts.
Unless these systems are locked down in the extreme, this is what happens.
Coders implementing the Palantir systems for Swedish police. Began with preventing terror - ended up with bicycle thefts.
Unless these systems are locked down in the extreme, this is what happens.
@ec.europa.eu
Excuse me, WTF?
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Who's responsible for this turd proposal?
@europarl.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu - Are you aware of this? The GDPR is a *strength* we have in EU. Watering it down, only benefiting big US tech companies, is hole-in-the-head idiocy.
Excuse me, WTF?
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Who's responsible for this turd proposal?
@europarl.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu - Are you aware of this? The GDPR is a *strength* we have in EU. Watering it down, only benefiting big US tech companies, is hole-in-the-head idiocy.
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@ec.europa.eu
Excuse me, WTF?
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Who's responsible for this turd proposal?
@europarl.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu - Are you aware of this? The GDPR is a *strength* we have in EU. Watering it down, only benefiting big US tech companies, is hole-in-the-head idiocy.
Excuse me, WTF?
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Who's responsible for this turd proposal?
@europarl.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu - Are you aware of this? The GDPR is a *strength* we have in EU. Watering it down, only benefiting big US tech companies, is hole-in-the-head idiocy.
In lieu of what is going on in the USA, have a listen to this song,
youtu.be/IlY2ZUXtvYg
and pay special attention to the lyrics. Yeah, it might not be your cup of tea music-wise, but you might nod both agreement and recognition at the lyrics.
youtu.be/IlY2ZUXtvYg
and pay special attention to the lyrics. Yeah, it might not be your cup of tea music-wise, but you might nod both agreement and recognition at the lyrics.
Assemblage 23 - Chosen (lyrics)
YouTube video by BartyMae
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
In lieu of what is going on in the USA, have a listen to this song,
youtu.be/IlY2ZUXtvYg
and pay special attention to the lyrics. Yeah, it might not be your cup of tea music-wise, but you might nod both agreement and recognition at the lyrics.
youtu.be/IlY2ZUXtvYg
and pay special attention to the lyrics. Yeah, it might not be your cup of tea music-wise, but you might nod both agreement and recognition at the lyrics.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
You need another 1776.
Clean slate, start from scratch, learn from old mistakes.
And set things up so that it is so hard gaming the system that they won't even try.
Clean slate, start from scratch, learn from old mistakes.
And set things up so that it is so hard gaming the system that they won't even try.
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
You need another 1776.
Clean slate, start from scratch, learn from old mistakes.
And set things up so that it is so hard gaming the system that they won't even try.
Clean slate, start from scratch, learn from old mistakes.
And set things up so that it is so hard gaming the system that they won't even try.
Politics in USA has several flaws.
Electoral College is one. I get why founding fathers put it there, but since WW2, that reason is gone.
Citizens United is another. Spectacular own goal.
But the biggest issue is the two party system. And I'll give my thoughts on why.
Electoral College is one. I get why founding fathers put it there, but since WW2, that reason is gone.
Citizens United is another. Spectacular own goal.
But the biggest issue is the two party system. And I'll give my thoughts on why.
To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Politics in USA has several flaws.
Electoral College is one. I get why founding fathers put it there, but since WW2, that reason is gone.
Citizens United is another. Spectacular own goal.
But the biggest issue is the two party system. And I'll give my thoughts on why.
Electoral College is one. I get why founding fathers put it there, but since WW2, that reason is gone.
Citizens United is another. Spectacular own goal.
But the biggest issue is the two party system. And I'll give my thoughts on why.
Bang on the money.
Read and reflect. If you struggle with this concept, you have issues. Truman put it very succinctly in four short, easily understood, sentences.
Read and reflect. If you struggle with this concept, you have issues. Truman put it very succinctly in four short, easily understood, sentences.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Bang on the money.
Read and reflect. If you struggle with this concept, you have issues. Truman put it very succinctly in four short, easily understood, sentences.
Read and reflect. If you struggle with this concept, you have issues. Truman put it very succinctly in four short, easily understood, sentences.
This is just it.
Usaian politics have drifted so far right that it hasn't had a common frame of reference with Europe since Thatcher.
What is being touted as "communist", "leftist" or "progressive/woke" in USA is just run of the mill centrist policies in Europe.
Usaian politics have drifted so far right that it hasn't had a common frame of reference with Europe since Thatcher.
What is being touted as "communist", "leftist" or "progressive/woke" in USA is just run of the mill centrist policies in Europe.
Our “radical” is their Tuesday.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This is just it.
Usaian politics have drifted so far right that it hasn't had a common frame of reference with Europe since Thatcher.
What is being touted as "communist", "leftist" or "progressive/woke" in USA is just run of the mill centrist policies in Europe.
Usaian politics have drifted so far right that it hasn't had a common frame of reference with Europe since Thatcher.
What is being touted as "communist", "leftist" or "progressive/woke" in USA is just run of the mill centrist policies in Europe.
Which god? There's at least 3,000 to pick from you absolute cretin. What makes you so sure you've picked the "right" one out of all of them - you are way more likely to have backed the wrong horse than the "right" one.
And that's "just" the statistics angle.
And that's "just" the statistics angle.
Benny Johnson: If you don't believe in God, then “you're not an American, actually”
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Which god? There's at least 3,000 to pick from you absolute cretin. What makes you so sure you've picked the "right" one out of all of them - you are way more likely to have backed the wrong horse than the "right" one.
And that's "just" the statistics angle.
And that's "just" the statistics angle.
Tried out an "old" game today. Warframe. And it's great. Sure, it's online, but it is mostly single-player and maybe co-op if you want. And that suits me just fine.
Got to figure out the key combos though. I'm a little haphazard at the moment, not two hours into it. 😁
Got to figure out the key combos though. I'm a little haphazard at the moment, not two hours into it. 😁
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tried out an "old" game today. Warframe. And it's great. Sure, it's online, but it is mostly single-player and maybe co-op if you want. And that suits me just fine.
Got to figure out the key combos though. I'm a little haphazard at the moment, not two hours into it. 😁
Got to figure out the key combos though. I'm a little haphazard at the moment, not two hours into it. 😁
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AI summaries has got to be one of the biggest concerns about professional AI use:
1) people love summaries and will assume accuracy;
2) AI summaries often look authoritative (even citing sources);
3) if you take time to check the sources, they often don’t say what AI says in the summary
1) people love summaries and will assume accuracy;
2) AI summaries often look authoritative (even citing sources);
3) if you take time to check the sources, they often don’t say what AI says in the summary
@williamlidc.bsky.social and I were JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS
#LegalEthics Tidbit: OK, #AI is not reliable for legal research. But it’s really good at accurately summarizing documents, right? RIGHT!?
In response to a summary judgement motion, a TX plaintiff’s lawyer wanted to submit a witness affidavit that compared ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/ePra8vFB
#lawsky #law
In response to a summary judgement motion, a TX plaintiff’s lawyer wanted to submit a witness affidavit that compared ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/ePra8vFB
#lawsky #law
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
AI summaries has got to be one of the biggest concerns about professional AI use:
1) people love summaries and will assume accuracy;
2) AI summaries often look authoritative (even citing sources);
3) if you take time to check the sources, they often don’t say what AI says in the summary
1) people love summaries and will assume accuracy;
2) AI summaries often look authoritative (even citing sources);
3) if you take time to check the sources, they often don’t say what AI says in the summary
Music.
I have re-discovered Assemblage 23 after a couple years hiatus from Tom. I had nearly forgotten how good his music is.
youtu.be/da7StUzVh3s
youtu.be/ENkK1q2E-YE
youtu.be/RiCmqn8Ajkg
youtu.be/hlhTV7enB7A
youtu.be/qgqfowo3kWk
I have re-discovered Assemblage 23 after a couple years hiatus from Tom. I had nearly forgotten how good his music is.
youtu.be/da7StUzVh3s
youtu.be/ENkK1q2E-YE
youtu.be/RiCmqn8Ajkg
youtu.be/hlhTV7enB7A
youtu.be/qgqfowo3kWk
Assemblage 23 - Decades V2 - Lyrics
YouTube video by Project-6
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Music.
I have re-discovered Assemblage 23 after a couple years hiatus from Tom. I had nearly forgotten how good his music is.
youtu.be/da7StUzVh3s
youtu.be/ENkK1q2E-YE
youtu.be/RiCmqn8Ajkg
youtu.be/hlhTV7enB7A
youtu.be/qgqfowo3kWk
I have re-discovered Assemblage 23 after a couple years hiatus from Tom. I had nearly forgotten how good his music is.
youtu.be/da7StUzVh3s
youtu.be/ENkK1q2E-YE
youtu.be/RiCmqn8Ajkg
youtu.be/hlhTV7enB7A
youtu.be/qgqfowo3kWk
Land doesn't vote. People do.
Someday soon, Republicans will figure out how population density works…
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Land doesn't vote. People do.
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Earth is on the brink of collapse thanks to, “failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, and misinformation.”
#ScientistsWarning
#ClimateSky 🧪
#ScientistsWarning
#ClimateSky 🧪
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Earth is on the brink of collapse thanks to, “failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, and misinformation.”
#ScientistsWarning
#ClimateSky 🧪
#ScientistsWarning
#ClimateSky 🧪
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
It's interesting how the media are so quick to use negative connotation words like "leftist" or "socialist" about Mamdani, when his policies and approach is to make life better for everyone.
Socialism is really simple:
For everyone according to need,
from everyone according to capacity.
Socialism is really simple:
For everyone according to need,
from everyone according to capacity.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It's interesting how the media are so quick to use negative connotation words like "leftist" or "socialist" about Mamdani, when his policies and approach is to make life better for everyone.
Socialism is really simple:
For everyone according to need,
from everyone according to capacity.
Socialism is really simple:
For everyone according to need,
from everyone according to capacity.
This is true, not just in the USA, but perhaps most true there.
Boomers need to gracefully step aside, and as Gen X just don't give a fuck, let Gen Y and Gen Z step in and take the reigns.
A clean break has risks, however, it clears out corruption as well.
Boomers need to gracefully step aside, and as Gen X just don't give a fuck, let Gen Y and Gen Z step in and take the reigns.
A clean break has risks, however, it clears out corruption as well.
We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is true, not just in the USA, but perhaps most true there.
Boomers need to gracefully step aside, and as Gen X just don't give a fuck, let Gen Y and Gen Z step in and take the reigns.
A clean break has risks, however, it clears out corruption as well.
Boomers need to gracefully step aside, and as Gen X just don't give a fuck, let Gen Y and Gen Z step in and take the reigns.
A clean break has risks, however, it clears out corruption as well.
Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on winning the mayoral election in NY.
Turns out, being young (relatively), fresh and untainted of the political corruption can be a winning recipe.
Stay true Zohran, show them what can be done. 🤜🤛🤝
Turns out, being young (relatively), fresh and untainted of the political corruption can be a winning recipe.
Stay true Zohran, show them what can be done. 🤜🤛🤝
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on winning the mayoral election in NY.
Turns out, being young (relatively), fresh and untainted of the political corruption can be a winning recipe.
Stay true Zohran, show them what can be done. 🤜🤛🤝
Turns out, being young (relatively), fresh and untainted of the political corruption can be a winning recipe.
Stay true Zohran, show them what can be done. 🤜🤛🤝
Just been reading a thread on content moderation, a.k.a. blocklists and blocking.
I am not sure the OP understands that blocks and blocklists for the vaaaast majority is so they do not have to engage - at all - with bad faith actors on the platform.
Personally, I have no intent, nor desire, to
I am not sure the OP understands that blocks and blocklists for the vaaaast majority is so they do not have to engage - at all - with bad faith actors on the platform.
Personally, I have no intent, nor desire, to
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Just been reading a thread on content moderation, a.k.a. blocklists and blocking.
I am not sure the OP understands that blocks and blocklists for the vaaaast majority is so they do not have to engage - at all - with bad faith actors on the platform.
Personally, I have no intent, nor desire, to
I am not sure the OP understands that blocks and blocklists for the vaaaast majority is so they do not have to engage - at all - with bad faith actors on the platform.
Personally, I have no intent, nor desire, to
That it's 25th amendment territory goes without saying. The reason the GOP don't exercise the 25th is because they are afraid it'll hand momentum to someone other than the GOP.
Trump is a total embarrassment. The ignorance, the malice, the venal corruption, all on global display.
Trump is a total embarrassment. The ignorance, the malice, the venal corruption, all on global display.
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
That it's 25th amendment territory goes without saying. The reason the GOP don't exercise the 25th is because they are afraid it'll hand momentum to someone other than the GOP.
Trump is a total embarrassment. The ignorance, the malice, the venal corruption, all on global display.
Trump is a total embarrassment. The ignorance, the malice, the venal corruption, all on global display.
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Social media.
It would seem that on Reddit, it is *real* easy triggering the fasc right by comparing ICE to Gru's purple minions.
Several rage-responses, the foaming at the mouth variant. 😂😂😂😂
It would seem that on Reddit, it is *real* easy triggering the fasc right by comparing ICE to Gru's purple minions.
Several rage-responses, the foaming at the mouth variant. 😂😂😂😂
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Social media.
It would seem that on Reddit, it is *real* easy triggering the fasc right by comparing ICE to Gru's purple minions.
Several rage-responses, the foaming at the mouth variant. 😂😂😂😂
It would seem that on Reddit, it is *real* easy triggering the fasc right by comparing ICE to Gru's purple minions.
Several rage-responses, the foaming at the mouth variant. 😂😂😂😂
youtu.be/lTwHN5VKFF4?...
I've posted a few Ashbury Heights tunes of late, because they're cool and because their lyrics are actually quite good. Like this one.
I've posted a few Ashbury Heights tunes of late, because they're cool and because their lyrics are actually quite good. Like this one.
Ashbury Heights - Spectres From the Black Moss (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Out Of Line Music
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
youtu.be/lTwHN5VKFF4?...
I've posted a few Ashbury Heights tunes of late, because they're cool and because their lyrics are actually quite good. Like this one.
I've posted a few Ashbury Heights tunes of late, because they're cool and because their lyrics are actually quite good. Like this one.
There's an argument to be made that you're already there and the warning about where things was heading was eight months ago.
Pinochet is a good comparison, Franco is another.
Biggest problem? Half the country actively want it, because they think they're immune and it'll hurt brown people.
Pinochet is a good comparison, Franco is another.
Biggest problem? Half the country actively want it, because they think they're immune and it'll hurt brown people.
Everyone who follows the news already knows where this is headed.
Orwell. A police state. An authoritarian regime that disappears people—including citizens. Think Pinochet as a starting point.
The problem is that those who don't follow the news *don't* know where this is headed. We must tell them.
Orwell. A police state. An authoritarian regime that disappears people—including citizens. Think Pinochet as a starting point.
The problem is that those who don't follow the news *don't* know where this is headed. We must tell them.
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
There's an argument to be made that you're already there and the warning about where things was heading was eight months ago.
Pinochet is a good comparison, Franco is another.
Biggest problem? Half the country actively want it, because they think they're immune and it'll hurt brown people.
Pinochet is a good comparison, Franco is another.
Biggest problem? Half the country actively want it, because they think they're immune and it'll hurt brown people.