Marc Seldin
@marcseldin.bsky.social
Serial entrepreneur, technologist, Ed.D, admirer of cats, free thinker.
Well, at least the Chinese are happy. www.wral.com/story/how-gr...
‘How gratifying’: Cheers in China as Trump dismantles Voice of America
Hong Kong (CNN) — One nationalist influencer called it “truly gratifying.” Another said he was laughing his head off. And a state-media editorial hailed the demise of what it called the “lie factory.”
www.wral.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Well, at least the Chinese are happy. www.wral.com/story/how-gr...
I posted a link previously about how tech billionaires are engaging in a publicly documented effort to create a techno-feudalism. This is the latest step in that effort. gizmodo.com/tech-execs-a...
Tech Execs Are Pushing Trump to Build 'Freedom Cities' Run by Corporations
A pro-corporate libertarian movement is attempting to take over the U.S., with Trump's help.
gizmodo.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I posted a link previously about how tech billionaires are engaging in a publicly documented effort to create a techno-feudalism. This is the latest step in that effort. gizmodo.com/tech-execs-a...
"It is also a particularly American disease to confuse wealth with intelligence and corporations with those who own them."
Author of Upcoming Elon Musk Biography Says ‘There Is No Evidence’ Billionaire Has Any ‘Intellectual Achievements’
"It does not take intelligence to throw money around and buy a company or buy a politician," Seth Abramson writes The post Author of Upcoming Elon Musk Biography Says ‘There Is No Evidence’ Billionair...
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February 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"It is also a particularly American disease to confuse wealth with intelligence and corporations with those who own them."
Nothing to see here. Our government is being overhauled by the best and brightest, the very mostest patriotic Americans.
DOGE Staffer Known as 'Big Balls' Reportedly the Grandkid of a KGB Spy
Sure, why not?
gizmodo.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nothing to see here. Our government is being overhauled by the best and brightest, the very mostest patriotic Americans.
Tate is foul. This is part of a pattern of freeing and rehabilitating the images of some of the world's vilest human beings. If only Jeffrey Epstein were alive today, he'd surely have his moment in the sun.
gizmodo.com/trump-admini...
gizmodo.com/trump-admini...
Trump Administration Wants to Help Get Professional Misogynist Andrew Tate out of Romania
Tate and his brother are charged with human trafficking, sexual misconduct, and money laundering.
gizmodo.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tate is foul. This is part of a pattern of freeing and rehabilitating the images of some of the world's vilest human beings. If only Jeffrey Epstein were alive today, he'd surely have his moment in the sun.
gizmodo.com/trump-admini...
gizmodo.com/trump-admini...
Part right. Musk is two teenage edgelords in a trenchcoat. slate.com/news-and-pol...
It’s Clear What’s Driving Trump’s Presidency Now—or Rather, Who Is
Who’s the boss, exactly?
slate.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Part right. Musk is two teenage edgelords in a trenchcoat. slate.com/news-and-pol...
"I am Dark Gothic MAGA" - Musk
Although a bit long, this is a very well sourced report on how tech billionaires have either co-opted or found common cause with MAGA. The goal: techno-feudalism. There are few real secret conspiracies - this one is out in the open.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpP...
Although a bit long, this is a very well sourced report on how tech billionaires have either co-opted or found common cause with MAGA. The goal: techno-feudalism. There are few real secret conspiracies - this one is out in the open.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpP...
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America
YouTube video by Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"I am Dark Gothic MAGA" - Musk
Although a bit long, this is a very well sourced report on how tech billionaires have either co-opted or found common cause with MAGA. The goal: techno-feudalism. There are few real secret conspiracies - this one is out in the open.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpP...
Although a bit long, this is a very well sourced report on how tech billionaires have either co-opted or found common cause with MAGA. The goal: techno-feudalism. There are few real secret conspiracies - this one is out in the open.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpP...
Reposted by Marc Seldin
The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
January 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
That time in the 60s when the US decided to find out whether three random physicists could figure out how to build a bomb. 60 years later, how easy would it be for three random biologists to create a plague? gizmodo.com/the-u-s-gove...
The U.S. Government Just Declassified Cold War-Era Docs About DIY Nukes
During the 1960s, the feds asked fresh-out-of-school physicists to try to build a nuke with no prior knowledge.
gizmodo.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
That time in the 60s when the US decided to find out whether three random physicists could figure out how to build a bomb. 60 years later, how easy would it be for three random biologists to create a plague? gizmodo.com/the-u-s-gove...
The narcissist's main super power is an inability (or reduced ability) to feel shame. They are unashamed to be caught in a lie, or when confronted with the emotional damage they wreck upon the people around them. Narcissists are only affected by having their desires thwarted. And they aren't rare.
January 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The narcissist's main super power is an inability (or reduced ability) to feel shame. They are unashamed to be caught in a lie, or when confronted with the emotional damage they wreck upon the people around them. Narcissists are only affected by having their desires thwarted. And they aren't rare.
Meet the new rulers, same as the old rulers. Tech leaders have better seats than cabinet members. Ther are seated in the same section as Trump's family.
January 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Meet the new rulers, same as the old rulers. Tech leaders have better seats than cabinet members. Ther are seated in the same section as Trump's family.
What if we normalize eugenics and all that happens is a few diseases become rare? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We need to talk about human genome editing
In a few decades, gene-editing technologies could reduce the likelihood of common human diseases. Societies must use this time to prepare for their arrival.
www.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What if we normalize eugenics and all that happens is a few diseases become rare? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@marktough.bsky.social I'm sure you've heard plenty about Khrushchev visit to Iowa, but did you know the whole story behind it? It's a fascinating mix of politics, economics, and diplomacy. In the end it was undone by bad science. Pretty interesting! youtu.be/9w7WrXsHkIQ?...
Why the Soviet Union was obsessed with corn
YouTube video by Phil Edwards
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January 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@marktough.bsky.social I'm sure you've heard plenty about Khrushchev visit to Iowa, but did you know the whole story behind it? It's a fascinating mix of politics, economics, and diplomacy. In the end it was undone by bad science. Pretty interesting! youtu.be/9w7WrXsHkIQ?...
It's systems - not CEOs - people. A whole broken nation of a system.
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Advocates told ProPublica the insurer’s strategy may be violating federal law.
gizmodo.com
December 15, 2024 at 11:21 PM
It's systems - not CEOs - people. A whole broken nation of a system.
I would pay money to see this movie
December 12, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I would pay money to see this movie
OpenAI's new $200/mo level has me scratching my head. Not that AI might eventually be worth that, but rather why *this* software is worth that. It's 30 times slower and only marginally better on most tasks. I'm hesitant to point my finger and say "peak AI buzz". Maybe a market need I don't get?
December 6, 2024 at 1:28 AM
OpenAI's new $200/mo level has me scratching my head. Not that AI might eventually be worth that, but rather why *this* software is worth that. It's 30 times slower and only marginally better on most tasks. I'm hesitant to point my finger and say "peak AI buzz". Maybe a market need I don't get?
They say one person's #trash is another's #treasure. I wonder if future civilizations will discover efficient ways to mine the refuse we discard. The wealth is there if we can only find the path to utilizing it. gizmodo.com/americas-rar...
America’s Rare Earth Problem Could Be Solved With Literal Trash
Rare earth elements are crucial to many technologies, and scientists say the U.S. could boost extraction from domestic reserves by as much as eight times the current level.
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:46 PM
They say one person's #trash is another's #treasure. I wonder if future civilizations will discover efficient ways to mine the refuse we discard. The wealth is there if we can only find the path to utilizing it. gizmodo.com/americas-rar...
New #anthropology theory: neolithic farming developed when a) accidental seed selection from gathering led to better food crops & b) hunters ran out of easy megafauna. Göbekli-, Karahan-, & Mendik Tepe demonstrate civilization didn't need agriculture. Farming is harder but maybe became best option?
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM
New #anthropology theory: neolithic farming developed when a) accidental seed selection from gathering led to better food crops & b) hunters ran out of easy megafauna. Göbekli-, Karahan-, & Mendik Tepe demonstrate civilization didn't need agriculture. Farming is harder but maybe became best option?
Excited that today the entrepreneurship class I teach will have our first business leader as an online guest. Thanks Justin Scheef! It's the first time I've ever taught high school and I'm having an absolute blast. If you would enjoy telling your entrepreneurial story to young people, hit me up!
November 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Excited that today the entrepreneurship class I teach will have our first business leader as an online guest. Thanks Justin Scheef! It's the first time I've ever taught high school and I'm having an absolute blast. If you would enjoy telling your entrepreneurial story to young people, hit me up!