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Alexandra Papadopoulos
@wusi.bsky.social
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Friend of art and technology. Reader, writer, swims. Frogs 𓆏. Against fascism. Sympathy for the Luddites.
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OpenAI Burned An Estimated $19 Billion In Cash Between 2023 and 1H 2025 - Where Did It Go? OpenAI had $9.6 billion in cash at the end of June. So, Microsoft’s funding in 2023 was $2 billion in cash (and $8 billion in credits, but I’m not counting those), add in the $6.6 billion of cash from 2024 (i’m not including the line of credit, as that would be a “cash equivalent), $10 billion from SoftBank and other investors in June 2025, and we assume $2 billion in revenue in 2023, $3.7 billion in revenue in 2024, and $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025 (for a total of $28.6 billion in cash), this means that OpenAI burned $19 billion in cash from the beginning of 2023 through the end of June 2025. Yet the reported losses are much, much smaller. For the sake of argument, I’m also going to leave OpenAI’s $4 billion line of credit out of the calculation. In 2024, OpenAI allegedly burned $5 billion. Through 1H 2025, it had a “net loss” of $13.5 billion but an “operating loss” of $6.7 billion, and the painfully-worded accounting leaked to The Information is done in such a way as to make it unclear how much of that is cash, with the hopes that you believe it’s not cash burn. $19 billion in burned cash doesn’t make sense based on any reported numbers. Even if we assume OpenAI burned $2 billion in cash in 2023, $5 billion in cash in 2024 and $6.7 billion in cash in 1H 2025, that’s $14.9 billion in missing burn to get us to the $28.6 billion total. I guess there could be prepayments as part of its deals with Broadcom or CoreWeave, but even then, The Information had another tidbit: OpenAI also recorded around $670 million of equity it gave to unnamed entities for providing the company with servers in the first half of 2025, compared to $1 billion in such equity compensation last year. While it’s not clear which cloud provider or providers received the equity, the decision could help OpenAI minimize its cash burn as it projected it would spend $16 billion to ren…
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Microsoft steigt ab von Feudalherr zu Raubritter und Wegelagerer. Hab den Mist gekündigt und benutze fortan VIM. Oder zur Not sogar EMACS. Mittlerweile ist es mir diese Fede egal. Irgendwann wird es meine Familie auch lernen.
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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"Ken Paxton just filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson that quotes Trump’s rantings about Tylenol as if they were peer-reviewed studies. Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy and the animating force in Republican politics."
The triumph of bullshit
Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Hier drehen sie gerade wieder mal durch. Watching you. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/claudio-zane...
Neuer Verein gegründet: Claudio Zanetti und sein Comeback als rechter Netzwerker
Der ehemalige SVP-Nationalrat Claudio Zanetti tritt nach seiner Abwahl wieder in Erscheinung – mit einem Verein und bekannten Figuren, die gegen Klimapolitik, Migration und «transnationale Diktaturbestrebungen» mobil machen. Was steckt dahinter?
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October 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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andertoon.bsky.social
Defeating Fascism
For @rawstory.com

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October 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
7 October 1916 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Sophie Slier-Roselaar, was born in Amsterdam.

In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Black and white portrait of a woman in profile, with short wavy hair and wearing a knitted sweater.
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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peterschneider.bsky.social
www.editionpatrickfrey.com/de/books/epf...
EPF ESSAYS Band 8: Maschinenaffekte | Edition Patrick Frey
Der gegenwärtige Diskurs über künstliche Intelligenz beschäftigt sich vor allem mit anwendungsorientierten Lösungen, die durch die neuen Möglichkeiten des maschinellen Lernens im Sinne von «Large Lang...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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peterschneider.bsky.social
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Maschinenffekte - über KI und Gefühle
Podcast-Folge · EPF Essays · 02.10.2025 · 37 Min.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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wemeze.bsky.social
#Linksextreme @johann-v-d-bron.bsky.social
Es existieren in Deutschland keine nennenswerten linksextremen Strukturen und sie haben natürlich auch keinerlei Einfluss auf die öffentlichen Diskurse. Was die Rechten "Linksradikal" nennen, ist einfach der Inhalt des Grundgesetzes. Johann van de Bron ‪@johann-v-d-bron.bsky.social‬ https://bsky.app/profile/johann-v-d-bron.bsky.social/post/3lzlretij6c2c
September 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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florianhacke.bsky.social
#Kulturkampf mit Kindern
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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peterschneider.bsky.social
Das neueste Buch unserer EPF-Essays ist erschienen.
MASCHINENAFFEKTE ELIZABETH A. WILSON Herausgegeben von ALEXANDRA PAPADOPOULOS und PETER SCHNEIDER
September 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Education is the enemy of fascism.
September 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Und Frösche, herzige Fröschchen. Denn es ist furchtbar.
florianaigner.at Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · Sep 17
Ja, her damit! Und Otter. Und Waschbären. Man hält das alles ja sonst nicht aus.
veelana.bsky.social Sarah (Eisbonbon era) @veelana.bsky.social · Sep 17
Habt ihr das gesehen?
WO SIND DIE KATZENFOTOS??
September 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Ursachen erfinden. Sieht man oft, auch wenn im Text nicht erwähnt: z.B. Wagenknecht: "Brandmauer ist Ursache für mehr Stimmen AfD" oder im Gesundheitswesen: "Migrantinnen gehen in die Notfallstation anstatt zur Hausärztin". Findet eigene Beispiele.

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www.republik.ch/2025/08/20/w...
Wer braucht schon legitime Gründe?
Um ihre Handlungen zu rechtfertigen, erfinden Putin und Trump einfach «Ursachen».
www.republik.ch
August 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Hier drehen gerade alle Medien durch wegen 39% US-Zoll. Dabei war der rechten Mehrheit schon lange klar:
August 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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adamkeiper.com
As this obit mentions, Tom Lehrer gave up all copyright to his musical works. The lyrics, the music he wrote, and any audio and video he owned are in the public domain. What a mensch. A lot can be found on his website (which I've periodically backed up in the Internet Archive, including just now).
July 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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bloomberg.com
Breaking: Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-educated mathematician whose brief side gig as one of America’s favorite satirical composers captured in tune some of the anxieties and absurdities of the 1950s and 1960s, has died, according to the New York Times
Tom Lehrer, Harvard’s Satiric, Melodic Mathematician, Dies at 97
Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-educated mathematician whose brief side gig as one of America’s favorite satirical composers captured in tune some of the anxieties and absurdities of the 1950s and 1960s, has died, according to the New York Times. He was 97.
bloom.bg
July 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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beritmiriam.bsky.social
Was für eine fantastische EM #Euro2025
July 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Tom Lehrer ist gestorben. Sucht nach "Vatican Rag" und "Elements". Und wenn mich jemand fragt: ich kann seine Sachen auswendig.
July 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Es gibt diese Goalie-Handschuhe, die sehen einwenig so aus:
July 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
wusi.bsky.social
Die Jungen wissen ja gar nicht mehr, was eine Festplatte ist.
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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rebekkaendler.bsky.social
(Cis) "Frauen und Mädchen müssen geschützt werden, weil sie naturgemäß...*räusper, räusper* dümmer sind"
sararoseg.bsky.social Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · Jun 30
IT’S FUCKING CHESS

What POSSIBLE advantage, even in the warped mind of a transphobe, could being transgender give you at chess? They’re so nakedly hateful they just can’t stand any trans person winning anything ever. Pathetic.
The Times headline: Transgender teenager’s German chess triumph prompts call for ban
June 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
wusi.bsky.social
Spartipp der Woche: werden Sie krank. So reduzieren Sie nicht nur Ihren Konsum, sondern Sie tun auch etwas fürs Klima.
June 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
wusi.bsky.social
geschichtedergegenwart.ch/csd-paraden-...
CSD-Paraden: Zwischen Erin­ne­rung und Backlash
Rechte Angriffe auf CSD-Paraden haben in den letzten Jahren zugenommen. Angesichts dieser autoritären Attacken verkörpern die CSDs eine demokratische, vielfältige und offene Gesellschaft. Was ist ihre...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM