Alex Kuiper
@akuiper.bsky.social
Former fund manager with a distant background in physics and engineering.
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Moving read by Timothy Snyder on Carol of the Bells--its erased Ukrainian origins,cultural theft & why remembering where things come from matters,especially during Russia’s war in Ukraine.Glory to Ukrainian heroes who pay the price so others can sing unthinkingly.
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
December 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Moving read by Timothy Snyder on Carol of the Bells--its erased Ukrainian origins,cultural theft & why remembering where things come from matters,especially during Russia’s war in Ukraine.Glory to Ukrainian heroes who pay the price so others can sing unthinkingly.
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Today is the December solstice at 15:03 GMT/16:03 CET.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Today is the December solstice at 15:03 GMT/16:03 CET.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
Real or not - it's not a black hole.
A regular hole, even a big one, gets smaller when you put things into it.
A black hole, even a small one, gets bigger when you put things into it.
news.sky.com/story/is-the...
A regular hole, even a big one, gets smaller when you put things into it.
A black hole, even a small one, gets bigger when you put things into it.
news.sky.com/story/is-the...
Is the fiscal 'black hole' made up?
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news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Real or not - it's not a black hole.
A regular hole, even a big one, gets smaller when you put things into it.
A black hole, even a small one, gets bigger when you put things into it.
news.sky.com/story/is-the...
A regular hole, even a big one, gets smaller when you put things into it.
A black hole, even a small one, gets bigger when you put things into it.
news.sky.com/story/is-the...
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“We've reached this weird point where simultaneously anything can be generated, but no one believes anything anymore,” EFF’s @ktrendacosta.bsky.social told @TIME.com. We blame tech, but we fail to teach media literacy like analytical skills or how to evaluate sources. time.com/7321911/byt...
ByteDance’s AI Videos Are Scary Realistic. That’s a Problem for Truth Online.
ByteDance’s new AI visual models rival those from OpenAI and Google. But their spread raises concerns over deepfakes and copyright.
time.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“We've reached this weird point where simultaneously anything can be generated, but no one believes anything anymore,” EFF’s @ktrendacosta.bsky.social told @TIME.com. We blame tech, but we fail to teach media literacy like analytical skills or how to evaluate sources. time.com/7321911/byt...
Enceladus sounds nice.
"Enceladus ticks all the boxes to be a habitable environment that could support life: the presence of liquid water, a source of energy, a specific set of chemical elements and complex organic molecules."
🧪🪐🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🆕 The discovery of new complex organic molecules at Saturn's #Enceladus enhances the likelihood that the moon is habitable 🪐
On Earth, these molecules are involved in chemical reaction chains that lead to the more complex molecules essential for life.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
On Earth, these molecules are involved in chemical reaction chains that lead to the more complex molecules essential for life.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Enceladus sounds nice.
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Imagine spending massive amounts of money trying to buy votes and even threatening to blow up the Moldovan embassy in Brussels to sway the elections and failing so miserably:
Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS has won a majority in the elections Russia made a huge effort to interfere with.
Via @politico.eu
Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS has won a majority in the elections Russia made a huge effort to interfere with.
Via @politico.eu
September 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Imagine spending massive amounts of money trying to buy votes and even threatening to blow up the Moldovan embassy in Brussels to sway the elections and failing so miserably:
Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS has won a majority in the elections Russia made a huge effort to interfere with.
Via @politico.eu
Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS has won a majority in the elections Russia made a huge effort to interfere with.
Via @politico.eu
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The people of Moldova have spoken and their message is loud and clear.
They chose democracy, reform, and a European future, in the face of pressure and interference from Russia.
The EU stands with Moldova. Every step of the way. 🇲🇩🇪🇺
They chose democracy, reform, and a European future, in the face of pressure and interference from Russia.
The EU stands with Moldova. Every step of the way. 🇲🇩🇪🇺
September 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The people of Moldova have spoken and their message is loud and clear.
They chose democracy, reform, and a European future, in the face of pressure and interference from Russia.
The EU stands with Moldova. Every step of the way. 🇲🇩🇪🇺
They chose democracy, reform, and a European future, in the face of pressure and interference from Russia.
The EU stands with Moldova. Every step of the way. 🇲🇩🇪🇺
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What a difference a decade makes! Announcing the clearest #GravitationalWave detection ever #GW250114
youtu.be/2XmZ8-XQ9jU
📓: doi.org/10.1103/kw5g...
🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #O4IsHere
youtu.be/2XmZ8-XQ9jU
📓: doi.org/10.1103/kw5g...
🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #O4IsHere
GW250114 – The Clearest of Chirps
YouTube video by LIGO Virgo KAGRA
youtu.be
September 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What a difference a decade makes! Announcing the clearest #GravitationalWave detection ever #GW250114
youtu.be/2XmZ8-XQ9jU
📓: doi.org/10.1103/kw5g...
🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #O4IsHere
youtu.be/2XmZ8-XQ9jU
📓: doi.org/10.1103/kw5g...
🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #O4IsHere
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In the latest RUSI Commentary, William Dixon explores why the UK needs to create a dedicated national agency to combat disinformation, similar to how the NCSC was established to handle cyber threats.
Why the UK Now Needs a National Disinformation Agency
We live in an age where information is a battlefield and our adversaries are already fighting on it. To defend the UK's 'cognitive resilience', we must replicate the institutional foresight that led to the creation of the NCSC a decade ago.
www.rusi.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the latest RUSI Commentary, William Dixon explores why the UK needs to create a dedicated national agency to combat disinformation, similar to how the NCSC was established to handle cyber threats.
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Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.
August 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.
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1/ The Budapest Memorandum is coming up constantly given current events. I think it's worth talking about what it did and did not do.
Specifically, the differences between the ASSURANCES it offered (strong), and the GARAUNTEES it provided (weak).
Full text here:
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...
Specifically, the differences between the ASSURANCES it offered (strong), and the GARAUNTEES it provided (weak).
Full text here:
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...
treaties.un.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
1/ The Budapest Memorandum is coming up constantly given current events. I think it's worth talking about what it did and did not do.
Specifically, the differences between the ASSURANCES it offered (strong), and the GARAUNTEES it provided (weak).
Full text here:
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...
Specifically, the differences between the ASSURANCES it offered (strong), and the GARAUNTEES it provided (weak).
Full text here:
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...
Red Bull Hardline 2025 was up there with Champéry 2011 - breathtaking riding and great commentary.
July 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Red Bull Hardline 2025 was up there with Champéry 2011 - breathtaking riding and great commentary.
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50 years ago today, on 5 June 1975, the UK held its first referendum on membership of the European Community.
It was the first national referendum in British history, and produced a landslide for staying in.
So why did the referendum happen? How was it won?
Here's a thread to get us going...🧵
It was the first national referendum in British history, and produced a landslide for staying in.
So why did the referendum happen? How was it won?
Here's a thread to get us going...🧵
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s ep is about a pivotal event in British history: the 1975 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Community. David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about why it was so different from the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s ep is about a pivotal event in British history: the 1975 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Community. David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about why it was so different from the Brexit referendum in 2016.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
50 years ago today, on 5 June 1975, the UK held its first referendum on membership of the European Community.
It was the first national referendum in British history, and produced a landslide for staying in.
So why did the referendum happen? How was it won?
Here's a thread to get us going...🧵
It was the first national referendum in British history, and produced a landslide for staying in.
So why did the referendum happen? How was it won?
Here's a thread to get us going...🧵
49% of people polled in the UK want to see more spent on defence, and 43% are willing (or at least not unwilling) to pay for it themselves.
June 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
49% of people polled in the UK want to see more spent on defence, and 43% are willing (or at least not unwilling) to pay for it themselves.
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A nearly 90-year-old treaty is keeping Russia from reinforcing its Black Sea fleet. A ceasefire in Ukraine might change that. warontherocks.com/20...
The Montreux Paradox: How a Ukraine Ceasefire Could Set the Stage for Escalation in the Black Sea - War on the Rocks
Since spring 2022, Russia has been prevented from reinforcing its navy in the Black Sea by a near-antique international convention and some very
warontherocks.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A nearly 90-year-old treaty is keeping Russia from reinforcing its Black Sea fleet. A ceasefire in Ukraine might change that. warontherocks.com/20...
It's only just over 4 years since Elon Musk tweeted "Use Signal" and the stock of an unrelated company, Signal Advance, went through the roof.
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
Elon Musk tweet sent this penny stock soaring, but company insiders didn't sell shares
The power of Elon Musk has no bounds as seen by the crazy move in Signal Advance stock.
finance.yahoo.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It's only just over 4 years since Elon Musk tweeted "Use Signal" and the stock of an unrelated company, Signal Advance, went through the roof.
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...
We’re in the first few weeks of what comes after the last 80 years.
February 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We’re in the first few weeks of what comes after the last 80 years.
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Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
February 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
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Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided.
Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
February 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided.
Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
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Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States.
European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
February 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States.
European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
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Ukraine has not suffered "millions" of losses by any reliable estimate, either in terms of civilian or military casualties.
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
February 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ukraine has not suffered "millions" of losses by any reliable estimate, either in terms of civilian or military casualties.
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
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Most Ukrainian cities have not been destroyed.
Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it).
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it).
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
February 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Most Ukrainian cities have not been destroyed.
Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it).
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it).
isw.pub/UkraineFacts...