Veikko Eeva
@veikkoeeva.bsky.social
🌍 Stories & technologies | Sustainable (water) Systems | 🚀 Freelancing / working | 📖 OSS Decentralized Identity & Verifiable Credentials | 🌟 Contributor: Digital Product Passports (CENELEC)& UN Transparency Protocol. Humane finance with heart and soul.
I feel like requires self-discpline to engage with one's thoughts and let them mature. Maybe rebellion even as feels like LLMs make everything medium, in good and bad. Rebelling against likely requires human contact besides one's own, original thought (and then, what if original thought, free will).
Baudrillard ‘was convinced that all [AI] really does is enable us to experience the “spectacle of thought” rather than engaging in thought itself. Doing so means we can put off thinking forever.’
French philosophers on ChatGPT
theconversation.com/how-the-fren...
French philosophers on ChatGPT
theconversation.com/how-the-fren...
How the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted today’s AI 30 years before ChatGPT
Baudrillard’s genius lay in foreseeing what these rudimentary devices like fax machines suggested about likely future uses of technology.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I feel like requires self-discpline to engage with one's thoughts and let them mature. Maybe rebellion even as feels like LLMs make everything medium, in good and bad. Rebelling against likely requires human contact besides one's own, original thought (and then, what if original thought, free will).
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This is what deindustrialization in a carbon shock therapy setting looks like. If the state doesn’t do the planning and redistribute any remaining surpluses downward, private equity will do the planning and redistribute any remaining surpluses upward (and out of country).
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November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is what deindustrialization in a carbon shock therapy setting looks like. If the state doesn’t do the planning and redistribute any remaining surpluses downward, private equity will do the planning and redistribute any remaining surpluses upward (and out of country).
on.ft.com/3WNWnA9
on.ft.com/3WNWnA9
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Just arrived: Advance copies of the first revised edition of Cult of the Dead Cow.
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just arrived: Advance copies of the first revised edition of Cult of the Dead Cow.
Back in the day times were different.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Back in the day times were different.
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Eipä unohdeta tätäkään!
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Eipä unohdeta tätäkään!
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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One of the most interesting energy stories of the next 25 years will be how state regulators wind down monopoly gas utilities that have legal obligations to serve remaining customers in their exclusive service territories even as their product becomes increasingly costly, polluting, and obsolete.
Germany to let local utilities close gas grids where demand declines permanently
www.cleanenergywire.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
One of the most interesting energy stories of the next 25 years will be how state regulators wind down monopoly gas utilities that have legal obligations to serve remaining customers in their exclusive service territories even as their product becomes increasingly costly, polluting, and obsolete.
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I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
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Hallucigenia sparsa, a small lobopodian from the Cambrian-age Burgess Shale, climbing on a sponge.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hallucigenia sparsa, a small lobopodian from the Cambrian-age Burgess Shale, climbing on a sponge.
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Oh, secret underground sulfur-fuelled spider megacity have you?
This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found
Researchers say well over 100,000 spiders from two different species coexist in this remarkable underground metropolis for arachnids
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Oh, secret underground sulfur-fuelled spider megacity have you?
This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Turns out, being charismatic, validating the experiences of the majority of your residents, offering tangible solutions, and running a relentlessly focused campaign with clear principles and vision, media literacy, and a stellar ground game complete with coalition building...wins elections.
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Turns out, being charismatic, validating the experiences of the majority of your residents, offering tangible solutions, and running a relentlessly focused campaign with clear principles and vision, media literacy, and a stellar ground game complete with coalition building...wins elections.
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The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together.
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together.
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
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🗃️ Why would Israel want access to Europeans’ data?
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🗃️ Why would Israel want access to Europeans’ data?
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
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Tatsuro Kiuchi (Japanese Artist, born 1966)
"The Woman in a Black Dress", 2025.
Mixed Media, 9 × 13 inches.
Book Cover Illustration.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"The Woman in a Black Dress", 2025.
Mixed Media, 9 × 13 inches.
Book Cover Illustration.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Tatsuro Kiuchi (Japanese Artist, born 1966)
"The Woman in a Black Dress", 2025.
Mixed Media, 9 × 13 inches.
Book Cover Illustration.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"The Woman in a Black Dress", 2025.
Mixed Media, 9 × 13 inches.
Book Cover Illustration.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Did he just say they manipulate their stock price to hurt investors? This is a wild video.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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The White House's push for data centers to build their own power plants is an almost perfect distillation of their preference for wealth inequality and historical / technical ignorance. Brief thread: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump’s energy moves rattle electric utilities
The administration's push for data centers to source their own power is seen by some as a threat to utilities' business model.
www.eenews.net
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The White House's push for data centers to build their own power plants is an almost perfect distillation of their preference for wealth inequality and historical / technical ignorance. Brief thread: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Huhuu sinitaivailijat. Kohta vuosi Uutta Juttua takana. Meillä käynnistyi tänään jäsenhankintakampanja. Jaan oman linkkini, jolla pääset testaamaan jäsenyyttä suorastaan edukkaasti. Olepa hyvä www.uusijuttu.fi/a/elehtimaki...
Liity Uuden Jutun jäseneksi - hinnan saat päättää nyt itse
Suomi tarvitsee journalistisen median ilman mainoksia ja klikkiotsikoita. Oletko samaa mieltä? Liity Uuden Jutun jäseneksi - vaikka ilmaiseksi.
www.uusijuttu.fi
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Huhuu sinitaivailijat. Kohta vuosi Uutta Juttua takana. Meillä käynnistyi tänään jäsenhankintakampanja. Jaan oman linkkini, jolla pääset testaamaan jäsenyyttä suorastaan edukkaasti. Olepa hyvä www.uusijuttu.fi/a/elehtimaki...
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European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
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Quantum Light Revolution: Scientists have shattered the symmetry barrier in quantum materials, unlocking a new frontier of terahertz light and ultrafast innovation. The future of computing and communication just got a quantum leap closer.
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
Quantum light breakthrough could transform technology
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in light manipulation by using topological insulators to generate both even and odd terahertz frequencies through high-order harmonic generation (HHG). By embed...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Quantum Light Revolution: Scientists have shattered the symmetry barrier in quantum materials, unlocking a new frontier of terahertz light and ultrafast innovation. The future of computing and communication just got a quantum leap closer.
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
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Cool new working paper on why and how cable news threw gasoline on the culture war fire. The culture war isn't optimal for electoral candidates, but it's optimal for cable news companies.
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Cool new working paper on why and how cable news threw gasoline on the culture war fire. The culture war isn't optimal for electoral candidates, but it's optimal for cable news companies.
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM