Miloslav Nic
@nicmila.bsky.social
a marathon runner, software architect, chemist and knowledge detective. The driving force behind https://memowl.app/
The canceled NEH grants included a project to compile and translate Yiddish and Russian writing about the Holocaust from the Soviet Union, summer workshop for teachers about the history the Chihuahuan Desert, and documentary about stuttering. #trump
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The True Cost of Trump’s Statue Garden
The National Garden of American Heroes represents a dangerous shift in values—from inquiry to reverence.
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April 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The canceled NEH grants included a project to compile and translate Yiddish and Russian writing about the Holocaust from the Soviet Union, summer workshop for teachers about the history the Chihuahuan Desert, and documentary about stuttering. #trump
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... The risk now is that Washington will split from #Europe while failing to split #China and #Russia
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Underestimating China
Why America needs a new strategy of allied scale to offset Beijing’s enduring advantages.
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April 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
... The risk now is that Washington will split from #Europe while failing to split #China and #Russia
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... The whole world has decided that the #U.S. government has no idea what it’s doing. #Trump #bonds
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Trump’s Tariff War Has Added Risk to U.S. Bonds, Long the Surest Bet in Global Finance
Shocked by Trump’s trade war, foreign investors are selling U.S. government bonds, long the world’s safe haven.
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April 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
... The whole world has decided that the #U.S. government has no idea what it’s doing. #Trump #bonds
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#Apple 's AI/ML group has been dubbed "AIMLess" internally, while employees are said to refer to #Siri as a "hot potato" that is continually passed between different teams with no significant improvements
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Report Reveals Internal Chaos Behind Apple's Siri Failure
A new report from The Information today reveals much of the internal turmoil behind Apple Intelligence's revamped version of Siri. Apple...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
#Apple 's AI/ML group has been dubbed "AIMLess" internally, while employees are said to refer to #Siri as a "hot potato" that is continually passed between different teams with no significant improvements
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Commanding as the #dollar may be, #Trump ’s return to office has created a genuine threat to its status for the first time in generations .. the damage is unlikely to be immediately fatal, but the risk, and probable pace, of terminal decline has increased.
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How Trump Could Dethrone the Dollar
The World’s Reserve Currency May Not Survive the Weaponization of U.S. Economic Power
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April 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Commanding as the #dollar may be, #Trump ’s return to office has created a genuine threat to its status for the first time in generations .. the damage is unlikely to be immediately fatal, but the risk, and probable pace, of terminal decline has increased.
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“We know the difference between #Trump and the American people,” she said. “I think the hurt comes from so many Americans having voted for him.”
#Britain #Europe.
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#Britain #Europe.
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What ‘special relationship’? U.S. image sours in Britain and Europe.
Under President Trump, attitudes toward the United States are shifting in ways that pollsters say they haven’t seen before.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“We know the difference between #Trump and the American people,” she said. “I think the hurt comes from so many Americans having voted for him.”
#Britain #Europe.
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#Britain #Europe.
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This is a great review of my recent software discovery. I use #Kagi many times a day.
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The best search engine I’ve ever used – Lukas W. Mayer
Kagi is a premium search engine in every sense of the word.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is a great review of my recent software discovery. I use #Kagi many times a day.
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lukmayer.github.io/blog/posts/k...
... America elected Donald #Trump to run the country like a business. But it turns out he’s running it like one of his businesses.
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‘S.N.L.’: Trumpeting Tariffs and Predicting a ‘Great’ Depression
Cheeseheads and cheesecakes join the punchlines and headlines, and an enthusiastic audience gets a mild scolding for slipping past the censors. Temporarily.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
... America elected Donald #Trump to run the country like a business. But it turns out he’s running it like one of his businesses.
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... If there is an underlying philosophy driving #Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers. The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must. This is the logic of bullies everywhere.
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The Rise of the Vineyard Vines Nihilists
MAGA populists claim to be helping the working class, but they’re really after one thing: raw power.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
... If there is an underlying philosophy driving #Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers. The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must. This is the logic of bullies everywhere.
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... Imagine the reaction in Washington if a European leader came, say, to Puerto Rico, castigated America’s management of the commonwealth, and urged the island to sever ties with the United States #USA #Greenland
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Take Trump Seriously About Greenland
The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.
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April 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
... Imagine the reaction in Washington if a European leader came, say, to Puerto Rico, castigated America’s management of the commonwealth, and urged the island to sever ties with the United States #USA #Greenland
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#Wikipedia is certainly not immune to bad information, disagreement, or political warfare, but its openness and transparency rules have made it a remarkably reliable platform in a decidedly unreliable age.
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Elon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: Wikipedia
Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia. What happens if they succeed?
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April 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#Wikipedia is certainly not immune to bad information, disagreement, or political warfare, but its openness and transparency rules have made it a remarkably reliable platform in a decidedly unreliable age.
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... #Trump would not be the first president to encounter economic turbulence. But he might become the first one to kill off a healthy #economy through an almost universally foreseeable unforced error.
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The Good News About Trump’s Tariffs
Authoritarian leaders are most dangerous when they’re popular. Wrecking the economy is unlikely to broaden Trump’s support.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
... #Trump would not be the first president to encounter economic turbulence. But he might become the first one to kill off a healthy #economy through an almost universally foreseeable unforced error.
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To scholars in #China, the radicalism of the moment is curiously familiar. “What is happening in the U.S. is still far from the Cultural Revolution. It’s maybe 1 or 2 percent,” Da told NPR. “But you can sense that smell. #USA #Trump #Mao
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Column | Trump’s tariffs may be a blow to Europe and a gift to China
The impetus of what President Donald Trump has called “Liberation Day” is clear. He wants to impose sizable tariffs on many imports. That plays into China’s hand.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
To scholars in #China, the radicalism of the moment is curiously familiar. “What is happening in the U.S. is still far from the Cultural Revolution. It’s maybe 1 or 2 percent,” Da told NPR. “But you can sense that smell. #USA #Trump #Mao
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... with all the new U.S. “overseas investment restrictions and disincentives ... we are now blind to #China tech developments. China is defining the tech standards of the future without U.S. input ... a serious competitive disadvantage in the future.” #USA #tariff
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Opinion | I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.
Beijing’s message to America: We’re not afraid of you. You aren’t who you think you are — and we aren’t who you think we are.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
... with all the new U.S. “overseas investment restrictions and disincentives ... we are now blind to #China tech developments. China is defining the tech standards of the future without U.S. input ... a serious competitive disadvantage in the future.” #USA #tariff
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"President #Trump is focused on what teams American transgender athletes can race on, and #China is focused on transforming its factories with A.I. so it can outrace all our factories. " #AI
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Opinion | I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.
Beijing’s message to America: We’re not afraid of you. You aren’t who you think you are — and we aren’t who you think we are.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"President #Trump is focused on what teams American transgender athletes can race on, and #China is focused on transforming its factories with A.I. so it can outrace all our factories. " #AI
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“It’s worse now to be a U.S. ally than to be an adversary. As an adversary, at least you know what you’re getting,” #USA #tariff #Trump
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China, EU prepare ‘countermeasures’ as Trump tariffs unite friends and foes
Allies and adversaries alike were reeling from Trump’s tariff blitz, with some signaling they were ready to retaliate while others were still hoping for talks.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“It’s worse now to be a U.S. ally than to be an adversary. As an adversary, at least you know what you’re getting,” #USA #tariff #Trump
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“ #Trust is difficult to create and easy to lose,” ... “Mistrust of the United States’ intentions and motives is growing day by day.” #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
How Trump Supercharged Distrust, Driving U.S. Allies Away
Trust is very hard to build and easy to destroy. America and its partners are caught in a spiral of distrust.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“ #Trust is difficult to create and easy to lose,” ... “Mistrust of the United States’ intentions and motives is growing day by day.” #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
China, Russia and India have dispatched #emergency teams and supplies to #earthquake -ravaged #Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
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Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
China, Russia and India have dispatched #emergency teams and supplies to #earthquake -ravaged #Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
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Winter #sea #ice cover in the #Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
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NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low - NASA
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it's ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado...
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March 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Winter #sea #ice cover in the #Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
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Nearly 35 years ago, Ginsparg created #arXiv, a digital repository where researchers could share their latest findings
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Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Nearly 35 years ago, Ginsparg created #arXiv, a digital repository where researchers could share their latest findings
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. “#Signal is a tool. If you misuse a tool, bad things are going to happen,” says Green. “If you hit yourself in the face with a hammer, it’s not the hammer’s fault. It’s really on you to make sure you know who you’re talking to.”
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SignalGate Isn’t About Signal
The Trump cabinet’s shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them.
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March 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
. “#Signal is a tool. If you misuse a tool, bad things are going to happen,” says Green. “If you hit yourself in the face with a hammer, it’s not the hammer’s fault. It’s really on you to make sure you know who you’re talking to.”
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... prominent industry players have shown little incentive to adopt more cooperative practices. Without meaningful regulation or self-restraint by AI firms, the arms ... seems likely to escalate further #AI #opensource
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Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
AI bots hungry for data are taking down FOSS sites by accident, but humans are fighting back.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
... prominent industry players have shown little incentive to adopt more cooperative practices. Without meaningful regulation or self-restraint by AI firms, the arms ... seems likely to escalate further #AI #opensource
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