Alex Kondratskiy
@alex.kondratskiy.ca
Love exploring music, photography in my free time, and designing software by day.
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Fine Structure Constant
a fundamental physical constant that quantifies the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles.
finestructureconstant.bandcamp.com
Just sharing my bandcamp here so I can pin the post😃It's an eclectic mix of #rock #metal and #electronic music.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
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No opinion about this specific claim, but I do think we need more humanities in our lives and hearts and minds. And more arts. More history, more literature, more painting, more moral philosophy, more poetry. More thinking about and cherishing what makes human life special.
I don’t know about you but I sincerely believe that Zohran Mamdani’s BA Major in Africana Studies enabled him to understand our current conjuncture & its demands of justice. Humanities shape minds & in his case for the better.
I know white tech bros disagree as they continue to collapse our worlds.
I know white tech bros disagree as they continue to collapse our worlds.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
No opinion about this specific claim, but I do think we need more humanities in our lives and hearts and minds. And more arts. More history, more literature, more painting, more moral philosophy, more poetry. More thinking about and cherishing what makes human life special.
Just sharing my bandcamp here so I can pin the post😃It's an eclectic mix of #rock #metal and #electronic music.
Fine Structure Constant
a fundamental physical constant that quantifies the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles.
finestructureconstant.bandcamp.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just sharing my bandcamp here so I can pin the post😃It's an eclectic mix of #rock #metal and #electronic music.
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Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
Sharing some experimental #metal #music I created inspired by #physics . This was for the September music writing challenge on @bennjordan.bsky.social's discord, where the theme was "Entropy". finestructureconstant.bandcamp.com/track/boltzm...
Boltzmann Brains, by Fine Structure Constant
track by Fine Structure Constant
finestructureconstant.bandcamp.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Sharing some experimental #metal #music I created inspired by #physics . This was for the September music writing challenge on @bennjordan.bsky.social's discord, where the theme was "Entropy". finestructureconstant.bandcamp.com/track/boltzm...
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As we see Chicago unfolding before us, @brockm.bsky.social writes in @techdirt.com: 'What happened in Chicago wasn’t a targeted operation...It was a general sweep. Everyone detained. Everyone held. Everyone’s liberty suspended...And America yawned.' www.techdirt.com/2025/10/03/c...
October 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As we see Chicago unfolding before us, @brockm.bsky.social writes in @techdirt.com: 'What happened in Chicago wasn’t a targeted operation...It was a general sweep. Everyone detained. Everyone held. Everyone’s liberty suspended...And America yawned.' www.techdirt.com/2025/10/03/c...
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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ATTN: Prime Minister Carney
"Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect [it] but the max effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs"
#CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #CarbonCapture
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
"Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect [it] but the max effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs"
#CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #CarbonCapture
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect the technology for years but the maximum effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
ATTN: Prime Minister Carney
"Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect [it] but the max effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs"
#CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #CarbonCapture
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
"Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect [it] but the max effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs"
#CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #CarbonCapture
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
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Your tax dollars paid $311,428 per immigrant to be housed at Alligator Alcatraz for 6 weeks.
An average of $7,414 per day per prisoner.
People keep comparing Trump to Hitler, but it's not a fair comparison because Hitler was nowhere near as incompetent.
An average of $7,414 per day per prisoner.
People keep comparing Trump to Hitler, but it's not a fair comparison because Hitler was nowhere near as incompetent.
August 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Your tax dollars paid $311,428 per immigrant to be housed at Alligator Alcatraz for 6 weeks.
An average of $7,414 per day per prisoner.
People keep comparing Trump to Hitler, but it's not a fair comparison because Hitler was nowhere near as incompetent.
An average of $7,414 per day per prisoner.
People keep comparing Trump to Hitler, but it's not a fair comparison because Hitler was nowhere near as incompetent.
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A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.
Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.
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Donald Trump revealed his plan to ensure America’s “global AI dominance.” The influence of Silicon Valley is unmistakeable, and the central idea is simple: Industry, go faster. @matteowong.bsky.social examines the AI Action Plan:
Donald Trump’s Gift to AI Companies
The administration’s long-awaited AI Action Plan gives Silicon Valley the green light.
bit.ly
July 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Donald Trump revealed his plan to ensure America’s “global AI dominance.” The influence of Silicon Valley is unmistakeable, and the central idea is simple: Industry, go faster. @matteowong.bsky.social examines the AI Action Plan:
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I'm back. Here's how we fix the UK's dire economic and political situation www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMor...
I'm back – and I think we can win
YouTube video by Garys Economics
www.youtube.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I'm back. Here's how we fix the UK's dire economic and political situation www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMor...
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Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?
July 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?
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Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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I ran the "Velvet Sundown - Dust and Silence" album in both CD quality and 24bit/96kHz. Both passed transcode detection.
Every single track returned AI detection with 100% confidence on my AI detection algorithm chain. I have a module that detects which model was used, and all of them were Suno.
Every single track returned AI detection with 100% confidence on my AI detection algorithm chain. I have a module that detects which model was used, and all of them were Suno.
July 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I ran the "Velvet Sundown - Dust and Silence" album in both CD quality and 24bit/96kHz. Both passed transcode detection.
Every single track returned AI detection with 100% confidence on my AI detection algorithm chain. I have a module that detects which model was used, and all of them were Suno.
Every single track returned AI detection with 100% confidence on my AI detection algorithm chain. I have a module that detects which model was used, and all of them were Suno.
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People outside tech starting to realize how quality software and typing/generating code fast are not correlated
June 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
People outside tech starting to realize how quality software and typing/generating code fast are not correlated
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Trump's ICE raids mean Washington farmers cannot harvest this year's cherry crop, and that many will now go out of business. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers
The threat of federal agents raiding orchards is forcing a labor shortage that has caused some Washington producers to leave cherries unpicked or delay their harvests until fruit gets over ripe, which...
www.spokesman.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump's ICE raids mean Washington farmers cannot harvest this year's cherry crop, and that many will now go out of business. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social What do you think about this paper about the "big bang" being a bounce inside a black hole? journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
Gravitational bounce from the quantum exclusion principle
We investigate the fully relativistic spherical collapse model of a uniform distribution of mass $M$ with initial comoving radius ${\ensuremath{\chi}}_{*}$ and spatial curvature $k\ensuremath{\equiv}1...
journals.aps.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social What do you think about this paper about the "big bang" being a bounce inside a black hole? journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.