@kvaks.bsky.social
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
Heldigvis bruker jeg bare denne teknologien når jeg absolutt trenger å vite noe
January 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Heldigvis bruker jeg bare denne teknologien når jeg absolutt trenger å vite noe
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The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
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We are delusional if we think that our wealth, which is integrally tied to the world economy and legal systems, will survive intact in a world war or a massive climate catastrophe.
We refuse to invest in the world order we need to survive.
We refuse to invest in the world order we need to survive.
January 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
We are delusional if we think that our wealth, which is integrally tied to the world economy and legal systems, will survive intact in a world war or a massive climate catastrophe.
We refuse to invest in the world order we need to survive.
We refuse to invest in the world order we need to survive.
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The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
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here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️
December 24, 2024 at 1:02 PM
here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
Nei, NRK. Han ble tatt av luften etter en MAGA-kommentar, evt. en Tyler Robinson-kommentar. Eller egentlig, ble tatt av luften fordi sjefene hans ville tekkes Trump-regimet.
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Nei, NRK. Han ble tatt av luften etter en MAGA-kommentar, evt. en Tyler Robinson-kommentar. Eller egentlig, ble tatt av luften fordi sjefene hans ville tekkes Trump-regimet.
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For the record, the pace at which solar panels and batteries are getting manufactured right now is why I'm generally skeptical of folks who wish we'd be doing nuclear "instead."
Lots of great arguments for nuclear, but many who make them don't look at what's happening at this very moment.
Lots of great arguments for nuclear, but many who make them don't look at what's happening at this very moment.
September 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For the record, the pace at which solar panels and batteries are getting manufactured right now is why I'm generally skeptical of folks who wish we'd be doing nuclear "instead."
Lots of great arguments for nuclear, but many who make them don't look at what's happening at this very moment.
Lots of great arguments for nuclear, but many who make them don't look at what's happening at this very moment.
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In some better news...
@billmckibben.bsky.social says although “this is as dark a moment as there's ever been in our democracy,” a surge in renewable energy is an "untold story" with huge potential.
"It's so big and so good that it might help with both the climate and the authoritarianism crisis.”
"It's so big and so good that it might help with both the climate and the authoritarianism crisis.”
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In some better news...
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To anyone outside of Norway this must sound bananas, but the climate focus in Norway is to extract as much oil and gas as possible while the EXTRACTION pollutes as little as possible.
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/i...
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/i...
Inviterer til energipartnerskap for utslippskutt og styrket kraftbalanse
– Regjeringen har som mål å etablere et energipartnerskap med olje- og gassnæringen som kan bidra både til tiltak som bedrer kraftbalansen og til fortsatt utslippskutt på sokkelen, sier energiminister...
www.regjeringen.no
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
To anyone outside of Norway this must sound bananas, but the climate focus in Norway is to extract as much oil and gas as possible while the EXTRACTION pollutes as little as possible.
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/i...
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/i...
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I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
August 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
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Hetebølger. Skogbranner. Dødsfall. Dramatiske bilder. "Vi blir kokt levende".
Og ikke noe sted nevnes klimakrisen. Ingen sted nevnes det at dette skjer oftere på grunn av valg vi har tatt, og fortsetter å ta. Ingen steder nevnes det at noen har et ansvar for dette.
Og ikke noe sted nevnes klimakrisen. Ingen sted nevnes det at dette skjer oftere på grunn av valg vi har tatt, og fortsetter å ta. Ingen steder nevnes det at noen har et ansvar for dette.
«Helvetesbranner»
– Vi blir kokt levende, dette kan ikke fortsette, sier borgermester.
www.vg.no
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hetebølger. Skogbranner. Dødsfall. Dramatiske bilder. "Vi blir kokt levende".
Og ikke noe sted nevnes klimakrisen. Ingen sted nevnes det at dette skjer oftere på grunn av valg vi har tatt, og fortsetter å ta. Ingen steder nevnes det at noen har et ansvar for dette.
Og ikke noe sted nevnes klimakrisen. Ingen sted nevnes det at dette skjer oftere på grunn av valg vi har tatt, og fortsetter å ta. Ingen steder nevnes det at noen har et ansvar for dette.
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
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omfg
![Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber who no longer works at the company, appeared on All-In to talk with hosts Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya about the future of technology. When the topic turned to AI, Kalanick discussed how he uses xAI’s Grok, which went haywire last week, praising Adolf Hitler and advocating for a second Holocaust against Jews.
“I’ll go down this thread with [Chat]GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” Kalanick explained. “And we’re approaching what’s known. And I’m trying to poke and see if there’s breakthroughs to be had. And I’ve gotten pretty damn close to some interesting breakthroughs just doing that.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlnirjwff4ibiw3wchmleszo/bafkreiac2szurc5dnw6klquhpjmo7iafg4n6fwmrqyred7jrrph6h6mptq@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
omfg
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Second look at strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as basis for government?
June 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Second look at strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as basis for government?
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I've had a secret theory for a while that I guess I'll just throw out there:
The right is inevitably going to turn on AI, not because LLMs hallucinate or get things wrong, but because they mostly *get things right*, and reality, as a great man once said, has a liberal bias.
The right is inevitably going to turn on AI, not because LLMs hallucinate or get things wrong, but because they mostly *get things right*, and reality, as a great man once said, has a liberal bias.
June 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I've had a secret theory for a while that I guess I'll just throw out there:
The right is inevitably going to turn on AI, not because LLMs hallucinate or get things wrong, but because they mostly *get things right*, and reality, as a great man once said, has a liberal bias.
The right is inevitably going to turn on AI, not because LLMs hallucinate or get things wrong, but because they mostly *get things right*, and reality, as a great man once said, has a liberal bias.
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An important thing to know about Donald Trump is that very few people actually like him! The structure of his support at this point is a relatively small number of psychotic groypers and a much larger swathe of the public who have been convinced by right-wing propaganda that Democrats are worse.
I don’t mean this in the conspiratorial way, I accept that it happened, but how in the blue fuck can a country that turns out millions for anti-Trump protests and barely thousands for his lame ass birthday parade be <8 months out from having re-elected him?
June 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
An important thing to know about Donald Trump is that very few people actually like him! The structure of his support at this point is a relatively small number of psychotic groypers and a much larger swathe of the public who have been convinced by right-wing propaganda that Democrats are worse.
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this statement was made just yesterday
@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."
June 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
this statement was made just yesterday
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do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?
June 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?