Alexander Schinis
@aschinis.bsky.social
Analyst, etc. Opinions are my own.
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The final pieces of system critical functionality Bluesky might want to build now to completely replace Twitter would be group-DMs and more outreach to bring in news and information sources from beyond Europe, the US and Japan.
May 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The final pieces of system critical functionality Bluesky might want to build now to completely replace Twitter would be group-DMs and more outreach to bring in news and information sources from beyond Europe, the US and Japan.
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The Grok "white genocide" thing today is another example of "AI" in practice just being a way to place a facade of "intelligence" and rationality over something you thought/wanted to do already. Basically just functioning as an extremely expensive software mirror.
May 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Grok "white genocide" thing today is another example of "AI" in practice just being a way to place a facade of "intelligence" and rationality over something you thought/wanted to do already. Basically just functioning as an extremely expensive software mirror.
Bookmarking for the next claim I hear that technology and algorithms can’t be political
Grok AI is now randomly inserting mentions of South Africa and white genocide into response to completely random questions
x.com/phil_so_sill...
x.com/phil_so_sill...
May 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bookmarking for the next claim I hear that technology and algorithms can’t be political
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Beyond migration and border issues, everyone involved in researching Syria for years has played with in-jokes about how Sharaa was on the path from Al-Qaeda radical to doing centrist dad powerpoint presentations at Davos.
It's still bonkers to see this in real life
It's still bonkers to see this in real life
Trump and von der Leyen's decisions to end Western sanctions on Syria will do more towards lowering migration to the EU and UK than any of Starmer or Meloni's performative posturing
May 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Beyond migration and border issues, everyone involved in researching Syria for years has played with in-jokes about how Sharaa was on the path from Al-Qaeda radical to doing centrist dad powerpoint presentations at Davos.
It's still bonkers to see this in real life
It's still bonkers to see this in real life
This had me questioning whether I can read
May 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This had me questioning whether I can read
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The stock market landslide will only get worse as the world realizes that the US is no longer exceptional, says @johnauthers.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The stock market landslide will only get worse as the world realizes that the US is no longer exceptional, says @johnauthers.bsky.social
He who controls the vibes controls the universe
continue to be just dumbfounded that the fake problems election gave us the real problems presidency
April 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
He who controls the vibes controls the universe
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What too many senior figures in financial market sectors as well as in the UK and EU governments still haven't grasped is that this isn't just a tariff problem or NATO burden-sharing issue.
Instead these are all symptoms of a wider breakdown of US governance and state capacity.
Instead these are all symptoms of a wider breakdown of US governance and state capacity.
Trump created an economic sinkhole, writes @timobrien.bsky.social. He doesn’t care
Trump Created an Economic Sinkhole. He Doesn’t Care
There is no strategy behind the tariff chaos — it’s all about personal grievances and settling scores.
www.bloomberg.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
What too many senior figures in financial market sectors as well as in the UK and EU governments still haven't grasped is that this isn't just a tariff problem or NATO burden-sharing issue.
Instead these are all symptoms of a wider breakdown of US governance and state capacity.
Instead these are all symptoms of a wider breakdown of US governance and state capacity.
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when people say this they imagine, like, artisanal carpentry or baking, not eight hours on the manufacturing line adjusting a thousand widgets because you're marginally cheaper than a machine
Making stuff with your hands is objectively good. Not many people can make a living doing in our current world.
April 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
when people say this they imagine, like, artisanal carpentry or baking, not eight hours on the manufacturing line adjusting a thousand widgets because you're marginally cheaper than a machine
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funniest fucking way to violate the One China policy lmao
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
funniest fucking way to violate the One China policy lmao
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Good summary!
8 THOUGHT ON ONE OF THE CRAZIEST DAYS EVER
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April 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Good summary!
April fools...?
April 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
April fools...?
Authored by a leading political scientist and re-skeeted (sorry) by another. Will mounting evidence and expertise be enough to break our "nothing ever happens" mindset?
They Really Just Might Invade Greenland
www.persuasion.community/p/they-reall...
www.persuasion.community/p/they-reall...
They Really Just Might Invade Greenland
It’s time to take Trump’s threats seriously.
www.persuasion.community
April 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Authored by a leading political scientist and re-skeeted (sorry) by another. Will mounting evidence and expertise be enough to break our "nothing ever happens" mindset?
Why is a lib resistance NOAA account endorsing war between the US and Iran? Like so many other “resist” charlatans and grifters, these people are dangerous and need to be shut down.
March 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Why is a lib resistance NOAA account endorsing war between the US and Iran? Like so many other “resist” charlatans and grifters, these people are dangerous and need to be shut down.
The US and its citizens own the budding international crisis, full stop. Attempts to shift blame and calls for international help deserve the scorn they receive. We owe our friends and allies much more than self pity.
March 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The US and its citizens own the budding international crisis, full stop. Attempts to shift blame and calls for international help deserve the scorn they receive. We owe our friends and allies much more than self pity.
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the thing is Shelob is sexualized in the text (possibly unconsciously!) but it's a monstrous, threatening sexuality. not a pretty lady.
February 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
the thing is Shelob is sexualized in the text (possibly unconsciously!) but it's a monstrous, threatening sexuality. not a pretty lady.
February 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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NEW: Former Syrian intelligence officials we spoke with say missing American reporter Austin Tice may have been moved out of Syria by the regime prior to its collapse. The U.S. government is also investigating this possibility as it continues to search for him: www.dropsitenews.com/p/austin-tic...
The Search for Austin Tice Goes Beyond Syria
The U.S. is investigating claims that missing journalist Austin Tice may have been moved at some point before Assad's overthrow.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: Former Syrian intelligence officials we spoke with say missing American reporter Austin Tice may have been moved out of Syria by the regime prior to its collapse. The U.S. government is also investigating this possibility as it continues to search for him: www.dropsitenews.com/p/austin-tic...
Recent changes at Meta have done a lot to wipe away the improved public sentiment of Mark Zuckerberg's earlier rebranding efforts. Was this an unexpected result, or is it just inconsequential to him and his team?
January 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Recent changes at Meta have done a lot to wipe away the improved public sentiment of Mark Zuckerberg's earlier rebranding efforts. Was this an unexpected result, or is it just inconsequential to him and his team?
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"The fundamental problem, as I see it, is not that social media misinforms individuals about what is true or untrue but that it creates publics with malformed collective understandings." www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
www.programmablemutter.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"The fundamental problem, as I see it, is not that social media misinforms individuals about what is true or untrue but that it creates publics with malformed collective understandings." www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
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Thinking today of Elizabeth Tsurkov, whom I never met personally but who wrote for us on several occasions. She was for years a must-read analyst on Syria's civil war and the armed groups fighting it until Kataib Hezbollah took her hostage in Baghdad ~2 yrs ago. I hope her captivity also ends soon.
December 8, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Thinking today of Elizabeth Tsurkov, whom I never met personally but who wrote for us on several occasions. She was for years a must-read analyst on Syria's civil war and the armed groups fighting it until Kataib Hezbollah took her hostage in Baghdad ~2 yrs ago. I hope her captivity also ends soon.
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A dynamic in which Syrian rebels aligned with power structures in Daraa and Suwayda take control of Damascus opens up questions over how far HTS's influence might be balanced by other key groups.
December 7, 2024 at 1:08 PM
A dynamic in which Syrian rebels aligned with power structures in Daraa and Suwayda take control of Damascus opens up questions over how far HTS's influence might be balanced by other key groups.