Jonas Vils
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Growing evidence reveals that creativity is one of the best-kept secrets for boosting your health. From live theatre to a quick crafting break, here’s how to harness the power of art in your everyday life
How to extend and improve your life by getting more creative
Growing evidence reveals that creativity is one of the best-kept secrets for boosting your health. From live theatre to a quick crafting break, here’s how to harness the power of art in your everyday life
www.newscientist.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Growing evidence reveals that creativity is one of the best-kept secrets for boosting your health. From live theatre to a quick crafting break, here’s how to harness the power of art in your everyday life
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👇Verpasst❓‼️👇
OTD in 2002 Russian foreign minister Lavrov said it was Ukraine's decision to join NATO if it wanted.
Which is *very* strange thing to say if you got a promise from NATO that Ukraine wasn't going to be allowed to even apply. Or maybe it's bullshit.
Which is *very* strange thing to say if you got a promise from NATO that Ukraine wasn't going to be allowed to even apply. Or maybe it's bullshit.
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 AM
👇Verpasst❓‼️👇
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Elon Musk's fortune is now 100 billion USD larger than the Swedish GDP.
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Elon Musk's fortune is now 100 billion USD larger than the Swedish GDP.
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Ancient Greece beyond myths, marble statues and temples: an everyday craftsman. The terracotta shows a carpenter at work with a bow-saw - a timeless image of human creativity and craftsmanship.
From Boeotia, Greece, late 6th/early 5th century BC
On display at National Museum Copenhagen
📷 me
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From Boeotia, Greece, late 6th/early 5th century BC
On display at National Museum Copenhagen
📷 me
🏺
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Ancient Greece beyond myths, marble statues and temples: an everyday craftsman. The terracotta shows a carpenter at work with a bow-saw - a timeless image of human creativity and craftsmanship.
From Boeotia, Greece, late 6th/early 5th century BC
On display at National Museum Copenhagen
📷 me
🏺
From Boeotia, Greece, late 6th/early 5th century BC
On display at National Museum Copenhagen
📷 me
🏺
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“This has happened so many times that I’ve lost count,” a senior U.S. official said. “This is literally killing them. Death by a thousand cuts.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Gift link. This is terrifying.
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Gift Article)
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“This has happened so many times that I’ve lost count,” a senior U.S. official said. “This is literally killing them. Death by a thousand cuts.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Gift link. This is terrifying.
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Ukraine and Moldova have joined the EU’s mobile roaming zone as part of deepening integration between the bloc, Kyiv, and Chișinău.
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Ukraine and Moldova have joined the EU’s mobile roaming zone as part of deepening integration between the bloc, Kyiv, and Chișinău.
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My 12 yr old grandson could manipulate Trump. Putin is KGB There's no such thing as ex KGB of course he's manipulating Pedo-Don.
Ex-CIA chief details Putin’s manipulation of 'incredibly naïve' Trump'.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Ex-CIA chief details Putin’s manipulation of 'incredibly naïve' Trump'.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Ex-CIA chief details Putin’s manipulation of 'incredibly naïve' Trump'
During the final months of his life, the late conservative Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) wasn't shy about attacking U.S. President Donald Trump over his dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ...
www.rawstory.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
My 12 yr old grandson could manipulate Trump. Putin is KGB There's no such thing as ex KGB of course he's manipulating Pedo-Don.
Ex-CIA chief details Putin’s manipulation of 'incredibly naïve' Trump'.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Ex-CIA chief details Putin’s manipulation of 'incredibly naïve' Trump'.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
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When Epstein’s house was raided by the Palm Beach Police Department in 2005 he was tipped off beforehand, and removed the computers and other evidence from his home.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 AM
When Epstein’s house was raided by the Palm Beach Police Department in 2005 he was tipped off beforehand, and removed the computers and other evidence from his home.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
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I bought a cheap domain to redirect to my annotating contextualization engine. I say it's to check LLM text but it can honestly check anything. It runs cheap on tokens, so it's not perfect, but it will still on average catch more errors in a minute than most people will in an hour. overlay.cv
Overlay: Checking LLMs with LLMs
overlay.cv
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I bought a cheap domain to redirect to my annotating contextualization engine. I say it's to check LLM text but it can honestly check anything. It runs cheap on tokens, so it's not perfect, but it will still on average catch more errors in a minute than most people will in an hour. overlay.cv
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Iran updates.
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Iran Protests | Fuladshahr, Isfahan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8-x...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8-x...
Iran Protests | Fuladshahr, Isfahan
YouTube video by en_simayazadi
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Iran updates.
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So this nerd-led retroactive "ACKTUALLY Y2K PANIC WAS KINDA JUSTIFIED" is simplistic and it spread as a Twitter-sized factoid.
I remember a few stories about the back end work to prep for 2000 but they were drowned by all the Jerry Springer-type stuff.
I remember a few stories about the back end work to prep for 2000 but they were drowned by all the Jerry Springer-type stuff.
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
So this nerd-led retroactive "ACKTUALLY Y2K PANIC WAS KINDA JUSTIFIED" is simplistic and it spread as a Twitter-sized factoid.
I remember a few stories about the back end work to prep for 2000 but they were drowned by all the Jerry Springer-type stuff.
I remember a few stories about the back end work to prep for 2000 but they were drowned by all the Jerry Springer-type stuff.
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It’s a shiny new year! Best wishes to you all. Here’s to 2026 🥂
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
It’s a shiny new year! Best wishes to you all. Here’s to 2026 🥂
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
Bias-cut evening dress in silver lamé, Madeleine Vionnet, France, c1938. More here via The Museum at FIT: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/2272...
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I did not plan it this way, but I have a book on the dollar coming out on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and the whole theme of the book is that the dollar is not in fact 250 years old www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...
The Almighty Dollar by Brendan Greeley: 9780593138885 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley makes a new argument about the origins of our money—and the people and nations...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I did not plan it this way, but I have a book on the dollar coming out on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and the whole theme of the book is that the dollar is not in fact 250 years old www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...
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Those brave people deserve to win. I am with the Iranian protesters.
Protests are spreading across Iran for a fourth day, with demonstrators calling for the end of the Islamic regime and demanding the return of exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. A member of the Basij force was killed in Kouhdasht, Lorestan, and confrontations are flaring in Fars, Hamedan, and Tehran.
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Those brave people deserve to win. I am with the Iranian protesters.
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The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
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Is Donald Trump a friend or an enemy of Europe?
48% of Europeans think he is an enemy, only 10% say he is a friend.
Only in Poland, more people think he is a friend, rather than an enemy.
48% of Europeans think he is an enemy, only 10% say he is a friend.
Only in Poland, more people think he is a friend, rather than an enemy.
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Is Donald Trump a friend or an enemy of Europe?
48% of Europeans think he is an enemy, only 10% say he is a friend.
Only in Poland, more people think he is a friend, rather than an enemy.
48% of Europeans think he is an enemy, only 10% say he is a friend.
Only in Poland, more people think he is a friend, rather than an enemy.
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Brexit is clearly seen as having had a negative impact on the United Kingdom: 63% think so, with the highest number (82%) in Spain, and the lowest in Poland (43%).
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Brexit is clearly seen as having had a negative impact on the United Kingdom: 63% think so, with the highest number (82%) in Spain, and the lowest in Poland (43%).
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1 January 1926 | A Polish Jew, Leon Weintraub, was born in Łódź.
In #Auschwitz from August 1944.
He was transferred to Groß-Rosen, Flossenbürg & Natzweiler-Struthof.
He was liberated on 23 April 1945 near Donaueschingen.
He became a doctor.
Today he turns 100.
Happy birthday!
In #Auschwitz from August 1944.
He was transferred to Groß-Rosen, Flossenbürg & Natzweiler-Struthof.
He was liberated on 23 April 1945 near Donaueschingen.
He became a doctor.
Today he turns 100.
Happy birthday!
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
1 January 1926 | A Polish Jew, Leon Weintraub, was born in Łódź.
In #Auschwitz from August 1944.
He was transferred to Groß-Rosen, Flossenbürg & Natzweiler-Struthof.
He was liberated on 23 April 1945 near Donaueschingen.
He became a doctor.
Today he turns 100.
Happy birthday!
In #Auschwitz from August 1944.
He was transferred to Groß-Rosen, Flossenbürg & Natzweiler-Struthof.
He was liberated on 23 April 1945 near Donaueschingen.
He became a doctor.
Today he turns 100.
Happy birthday!
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A decent summary of some of Trump's corruption highlights in year one.
A decent summary of some of Trump's corruption highlights in year one.
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:46 AM
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A decent summary of some of Trump's corruption highlights in year one.
A decent summary of some of Trump's corruption highlights in year one.
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A Wikipedia page about why you shouldn’t use LLMs to write Wikipedia pages.
Pretty funny.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Case_against_LLM-generated_articles
#wikipedia #LLMs #citations
Pretty funny.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Case_against_LLM-generated_articles
#wikipedia #LLMs #citations
December 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A Wikipedia page about why you shouldn’t use LLMs to write Wikipedia pages.
Pretty funny.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Case_against_LLM-generated_articles
#wikipedia #LLMs #citations
Pretty funny.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Case_against_LLM-generated_articles
#wikipedia #LLMs #citations
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A drone show in Chongqing just broke the Guinness World Record with 11,787 synchronized drones, creating breathtaking 3D animations that looked closer to CGI than real life.
No human pilots.
No delays.
No crashes.
Every movement guided by AI and GPS, choreographed with perfect timing. #cdnpoli
No human pilots.
No delays.
No crashes.
Every movement guided by AI and GPS, choreographed with perfect timing. #cdnpoli
January 1, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A drone show in Chongqing just broke the Guinness World Record with 11,787 synchronized drones, creating breathtaking 3D animations that looked closer to CGI than real life.
No human pilots.
No delays.
No crashes.
Every movement guided by AI and GPS, choreographed with perfect timing. #cdnpoli
No human pilots.
No delays.
No crashes.
Every movement guided by AI and GPS, choreographed with perfect timing. #cdnpoli