brian
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@bnsb.bsky.social
· Jan 21
These predicted the #russian invasion of #Ukraine with scary precision.
@massdara.bsky.social
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
@dmitri.silverado.org
Their analysis are worth following.
#UkraineRussia #Russia #Ukraine
@massdara.bsky.social
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
@dmitri.silverado.org
Their analysis are worth following.
#UkraineRussia #Russia #Ukraine
This really shows, that USA is unreliable, at best, under Donald
⚡️ US to stop participating in future military exercises in Europe.
The U.S. has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises held in Europe beyond those already scheduled in 2025, Swedish media outlet Expressen reported.
The U.S. has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises held in Europe beyond those already scheduled in 2025, Swedish media outlet Expressen reported.
US to stop participating in future military exercises in Europe, Swedish media reports
The United States has notified its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises held in Europe beyond those already scheduled in 2025, Swedish media outlet Expressen reported on M...
kyivindependent.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This really shows, that USA is unreliable, at best, under Donald
Dear Zelenskyj, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Dear Zelenskyj, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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European Parliament member 👇🏽
February 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
European Parliament member 👇🏽
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“Unfortunately, Trump – I have great respect for him as a leader of a nation that we have great respect for, the American people who always support us – unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky said in response to Trump calling him a dictator.
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/e...
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/e...
Trump calls Zelensky ‘a dictator’ after Ukraine’s leader accuses him of living in ‘disinformation space’ | CNN
US President Donald Trump called Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky “a dictator,” escalating a public war of words between the two leaders that started when Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starti...
edition.cnn.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Unfortunately, Trump – I have great respect for him as a leader of a nation that we have great respect for, the American people who always support us – unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky said in response to Trump calling him a dictator.
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/e...
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/e...
"I am not the world's most important and famous deal maker…But if I were, I would know that I don't take any essential point of negotiations off the table before the negotiations begin."
- Boris Pistorius,
German Defence Minister
#MSC2025
- Boris Pistorius,
German Defence Minister
#MSC2025
February 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"I am not the world's most important and famous deal maker…But if I were, I would know that I don't take any essential point of negotiations off the table before the negotiations begin."
- Boris Pistorius,
German Defence Minister
#MSC2025
- Boris Pistorius,
German Defence Minister
#MSC2025
I want you to shush your mouth.
😂
😂
February 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I want you to shush your mouth.
😂
😂
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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
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We’ve had checks & balances & separation of powers embedded into the founding of our national govt specifically because the Framers anticipated that some day an executive might come along like Trump. For over 2 centuries we have also had judicial review. It’s all under siege now.
February 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We’ve had checks & balances & separation of powers embedded into the founding of our national govt specifically because the Framers anticipated that some day an executive might come along like Trump. For over 2 centuries we have also had judicial review. It’s all under siege now.
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the hypocrisy of saying "america first" while helping a company that makes it hard for US factories to pay fair wages
February 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
the hypocrisy of saying "america first" while helping a company that makes it hard for US factories to pay fair wages
Cross post copy x-bsky;
February 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Cross post copy x-bsky;
4th consecutive World title!💪💪
And a lovely gesture at end, when Domagoj Duvnjak scores one final international goal, honoured by the Danish team!
And a lovely gesture at end, when Domagoj Duvnjak scores one final international goal, honoured by the Danish team!
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
4th consecutive World title!💪💪
And a lovely gesture at end, when Domagoj Duvnjak scores one final international goal, honoured by the Danish team!
And a lovely gesture at end, when Domagoj Duvnjak scores one final international goal, honoured by the Danish team!
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⚡️ Russian oligarch Kerimov held stake in Musk's SpaceX through trust despite sanctions, Bloomberg reports.
Russian oligarch held stake in Musk's SpaceX through trust despite sanctions, Bloomberg reports
Kerimov's investment in SpaceX reportedly began in 2017 through Heritage Trust, a financial structure managed by Citigroup. SpaceX was valued at $21 billion at the time, meaning his 1% stake could hav...
kyivindependent.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
⚡️ Russian oligarch Kerimov held stake in Musk's SpaceX through trust despite sanctions, Bloomberg reports.
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Mistral Small 3 is out - Apache 2.0 licensed and it claims equivalent performance to Llama 3.3 70B and Qwen 2.5 32B (two of my favourite models for running on a laptop) but with faster performance
My notes, including running with LLM via both their API and Ollama simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/30/...
My notes, including running with LLM via both their API and Ollama simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/30/...
Mistral Small 3
First model release of 2025 for French AI lab Mistral, who describe Mistral Small 3 as "a latency-optimized 24B-parameter model released under the Apache 2.0 license." More notably, they claim …
simonwillison.net
January 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Mistral Small 3 is out - Apache 2.0 licensed and it claims equivalent performance to Llama 3.3 70B and Qwen 2.5 32B (two of my favourite models for running on a laptop) but with faster performance
My notes, including running with LLM via both their API and Ollama simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/30/...
My notes, including running with LLM via both their API and Ollama simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/30/...
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Initial thoughts of Qwen 2.5 VL? Wow. This thing is good. Zero-shot object detection and HTR from a single VLM pass? Yes, please! More tests coming
January 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Initial thoughts of Qwen 2.5 VL? Wow. This thing is good. Zero-shot object detection and HTR from a single VLM pass? Yes, please! More tests coming
If you on your 2nd day in your job:
1. Fire the head of the Transportation Security Administration
2. Fire the Aviation Security Advisory Committee
3. Freeze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers
4. Fire 100 top Federal Aviation Administration security officers
Then you find out.
1. Fire the head of the Transportation Security Administration
2. Fire the Aviation Security Advisory Committee
3. Freeze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers
4. Fire 100 top Federal Aviation Administration security officers
Then you find out.
January 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you on your 2nd day in your job:
1. Fire the head of the Transportation Security Administration
2. Fire the Aviation Security Advisory Committee
3. Freeze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers
4. Fire 100 top Federal Aviation Administration security officers
Then you find out.
1. Fire the head of the Transportation Security Administration
2. Fire the Aviation Security Advisory Committee
3. Freeze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers
4. Fire 100 top Federal Aviation Administration security officers
Then you find out.
Nice write up @karenhao.bsky.social 🙏
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nice write up @karenhao.bsky.social 🙏
YNWA!
January 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
YNWA!
Never bet against China
- Me, 27 jan 2025
- Me, 27 jan 2025
January 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Never bet against China
- Me, 27 jan 2025
- Me, 27 jan 2025
Now I admire Costco even more!
Costco shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal as other U.S. companies retreat from their diversity policies
Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back
Costco has claimed victory in pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any business risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion ...
apnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Now I admire Costco even more!
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“These results suggest that dogs may recognise stress in their owners, and this could influence their own stress levels, through the process of ‘emotional contagion’.”
#scicomm
#pets
www.sciencealert.com/dogs-can-cat...
🧪 🐶 🦊 🧠
#scicomm
#pets
www.sciencealert.com/dogs-can-cat...
🧪 🐶 🦊 🧠
Dogs Can Catch Your 'Stress', Putting Their Own Health at Risk
Dogs have lived alongside humans for thousands of years.
www.sciencealert.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“These results suggest that dogs may recognise stress in their owners, and this could influence their own stress levels, through the process of ‘emotional contagion’.”
#scicomm
#pets
www.sciencealert.com/dogs-can-cat...
🧪 🐶 🦊 🧠
#scicomm
#pets
www.sciencealert.com/dogs-can-cat...
🧪 🐶 🦊 🧠
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
January 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
These predicted the #russian invasion of #Ukraine with scary precision.
@massdara.bsky.social
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
@dmitri.silverado.org
Their analysis are worth following.
#UkraineRussia #Russia #Ukraine
@massdara.bsky.social
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
@dmitri.silverado.org
Their analysis are worth following.
#UkraineRussia #Russia #Ukraine
January 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
These predicted the #russian invasion of #Ukraine with scary precision.
@massdara.bsky.social
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
@dmitri.silverado.org
Their analysis are worth following.
#UkraineRussia #Russia #Ukraine
@massdara.bsky.social
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
@dmitri.silverado.org
Their analysis are worth following.
#UkraineRussia #Russia #Ukraine
“Diplomat”😁
Russian diplomats accessed private area of UK parliament in security breach
Russian diplomats accessed private area of UK parliament in security breach
Exclusive: MPs warned not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament after incident said to have alarmed ministers
Russian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a major security breach just before Christmas that has alarmed security officials…
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Diplomat”😁