Max A
@max-alletsee.bsky.social
data guy, grocery nerd, social scientist by training. born at 354ppm. living in switzerland.
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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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August 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
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Um das klarzustellen: EINE EINZIGE Milliardärsfamilie verkackt es versehentlich (!), die Erbschaftssteuer zu dodgen und verursacht dadurch Steuereinnahmen, die die gescheiterte BUNDESWEITE Kindergrundsicherung zu 166% abgedeckt hätten. Imagine, man würde alle Superreichen konsequent fair besteuern.
June 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Um das klarzustellen: EINE EINZIGE Milliardärsfamilie verkackt es versehentlich (!), die Erbschaftssteuer zu dodgen und verursacht dadurch Steuereinnahmen, die die gescheiterte BUNDESWEITE Kindergrundsicherung zu 166% abgedeckt hätten. Imagine, man würde alle Superreichen konsequent fair besteuern.
extremely interesting piece covering productivity gains via agentic coding (lines up with my experience), broad value to non-tech-savvy people and how it changes how we work. the “steam engine” comparison is particularly good: more a technology platform than a company monopoly/oligopoly.
I brought my updated thoughts on AI and why I'm so bullish into a long-form post.
“Right now it’s messy and raw, but the path is clear: we are no longer just using machines, we are now working with them.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/6/4/cha...
“Right now it’s messy and raw, but the path is clear: we are no longer just using machines, we are now working with them.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/6/4/cha...
AI Changes Everything
From fear to optimism: why I am convinced AI is worth embracing.
lucumr.pocoo.org
June 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
extremely interesting piece covering productivity gains via agentic coding (lines up with my experience), broad value to non-tech-savvy people and how it changes how we work. the “steam engine” comparison is particularly good: more a technology platform than a company monopoly/oligopoly.
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Study in Nature: “Across 30 out of 32 evaluation axes from the specialist physician perspective & 25 out of 26 evaluation axes from the patient-actor perspective, AMIE [Google Medical LLM] was rated superior to PCPs [primary care docs] while being non-inferior on the rest.”
(& AIME is an older LLM)
(& AIME is an older LLM)
May 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Study in Nature: “Across 30 out of 32 evaluation axes from the specialist physician perspective & 25 out of 26 evaluation axes from the patient-actor perspective, AMIE [Google Medical LLM] was rated superior to PCPs [primary care docs] while being non-inferior on the rest.”
(& AIME is an older LLM)
(& AIME is an older LLM)
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My *hope* today (but pragmatic, so actually possible), as a Grüne voter (and member) is this:
5 parties get into the Bundestag (Linke get in)
CDU-SPD get enough seats to form a coalition, and they do it
Grüne and Linke play a role as a solid opposition
5 parties get into the Bundestag (Linke get in)
CDU-SPD get enough seats to form a coalition, and they do it
Grüne and Linke play a role as a solid opposition
February 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My *hope* today (but pragmatic, so actually possible), as a Grüne voter (and member) is this:
5 parties get into the Bundestag (Linke get in)
CDU-SPD get enough seats to form a coalition, and they do it
Grüne and Linke play a role as a solid opposition
5 parties get into the Bundestag (Linke get in)
CDU-SPD get enough seats to form a coalition, and they do it
Grüne and Linke play a role as a solid opposition
tomorrow is election day and it‘s the first time i cannot vote: I live abroad and the ballot paper did not arrive on time or got lost in the mail. it is a strange feeling, seeing the polarisation and populism that seeped into Germany‘s political culture recently. #btw25
February 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
tomorrow is election day and it‘s the first time i cannot vote: I live abroad and the ballot paper did not arrive on time or got lost in the mail. it is a strange feeling, seeing the polarisation and populism that seeped into Germany‘s political culture recently. #btw25
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In dieser Legislaturperiode gab es eine historische Chance. Merkt euch, wer sie verhindert hat.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reform-des-a...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reform-des-a...
Bundestag - Reform des Abtreibungsrechts vorerst gescheitert
Das Gesetzesvorhaben für eine Legalisierung von Abtreibungen in den ersten zwölf Schwangerschaftswochen ist vorerst gescheitert. Im Rechtsausschuss des Bundestages fand sich keine Mehrheit, das Thema ...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
In dieser Legislaturperiode gab es eine historische Chance. Merkt euch, wer sie verhindert hat.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reform-des-a...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reform-des-a...
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Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.
Fascinating thought: Adding a fish eye view to applications, enabling both focus and remote context *simultaneously*. With an extremely beautiful website: https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/fish-eye
LLMs are a tool for thought
wattenberger.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Fascinating thought: Adding a fish eye view to applications, enabling both focus and remote context *simultaneously*. With an extremely beautiful website: https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/fish-eye
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This is properly nasty stuff from AfD leader Alice Weidel.
But enabled by Trumpworld saying similar.
Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations on.ft.com/3WfPasu
But enabled by Trumpworld saying similar.
Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations on.ft.com/3WfPasu
January 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is properly nasty stuff from AfD leader Alice Weidel.
But enabled by Trumpworld saying similar.
Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations on.ft.com/3WfPasu
But enabled by Trumpworld saying similar.
Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations on.ft.com/3WfPasu
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🧵Mark Zuckerberg’s cravenly cynical decision to get rid of fact checking on Facebook, Instagram and Threads is reminiscent of the opening scene of The Godfather, where various local businessmen come to show their fealty to the mafia boss. 1/15
January 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🧵Mark Zuckerberg’s cravenly cynical decision to get rid of fact checking on Facebook, Instagram and Threads is reminiscent of the opening scene of The Godfather, where various local businessmen come to show their fealty to the mafia boss. 1/15
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"The #Climate Change Superfund Act is now law, and #NY has fired a shot that will be heard round the world: the companies most responsible for the climate crisis will be held accountable." - Senator Krueger. #environment
Governor Signs Climate Change Superfund Act
Albany – Today, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act (S.2129/A.3351), nation-leading legislation that will use the polluter-pays model exemplified by existing federal and stat...
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December 26, 2024 at 11:24 PM
"The #Climate Change Superfund Act is now law, and #NY has fired a shot that will be heard round the world: the companies most responsible for the climate crisis will be held accountable." - Senator Krueger. #environment
December 1, 2024 at 7:40 AM