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Ralf Barkow
@rgbax.bsky.social
· Apr 3
The US is looking more and more like a black hole that will swallow the Earth, beam itself to Mars and disappear without a bang.
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A continuation (*snicker*) of the "Parser combinators under the hood" series.
Cast: oneOf, many, some, map, andThen, number, charBetween
A continuation (*snicker*) of the "Parser combinators under the hood" series.
Cast: oneOf, many, some, map, andThen, number, charBetween
Parser combinators under the hood: advanced example
YouTube video by Martin Janiczek
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sx-...
A continuation (*snicker*) of the "Parser combinators under the hood" series.
Cast: oneOf, many, some, map, andThen, number, charBetween
A continuation (*snicker*) of the "Parser combinators under the hood" series.
Cast: oneOf, many, some, map, andThen, number, charBetween
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The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
Klein and Taylor stressed. "… there is no way to build the artificial mirror world that AI promises to construct without sacrificing this world—these technologies consume too much energy, too many critical minerals, and too much water for the two to coexist in any kind of equilibrium."
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on Building a Movement to Fight 'End Times Fascism' www.commondreams.org/news/fight-f...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on Building a Movement to Fight 'End Times Fascism' | Common Dreams
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's powerful piece in The Guardian exposes the rise of "end times fascism" and how to fight back.
www.commondreams.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Klein and Taylor stressed. "… there is no way to build the artificial mirror world that AI promises to construct without sacrificing this world—these technologies consume too much energy, too many critical minerals, and too much water for the two to coexist in any kind of equilibrium."
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FASCISM 🚨Whistleblower reveals DOGE, run by Musk under Trump, accessed & exfiltrated sensitive labor data—union lists, legal files, personal info—then deleted logs. This is authoritarian surveillance in real-time. The alarms are BLARING. #DOGE #Fascism #Whistleblower #NLRB #StateTerror #MuskFiles
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
FASCISM 🚨Whistleblower reveals DOGE, run by Musk under Trump, accessed & exfiltrated sensitive labor data—union lists, legal files, personal info—then deleted logs. This is authoritarian surveillance in real-time. The alarms are BLARING. #DOGE #Fascism #Whistleblower #NLRB #StateTerror #MuskFiles
Peter Fuchs beschreibt die Operation des #Terrorismus als „Beenden von Kommunikation als #Beobachtungserzwingung, die die Kommunikation fortsetzt“. #StateTerror
April 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Peter Fuchs beschreibt die Operation des #Terrorismus als „Beenden von Kommunikation als #Beobachtungserzwingung, die die Kommunikation fortsetzt“. #StateTerror
Eskalation kann als das Medium des Terrorsystems bezeichnet werden. Vgl. @timothysnyder.bsky.social #StateTerror –– bsky.app/profile/timo... #escalation
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Eskalation kann als das Medium des Terrorsystems bezeichnet werden. Vgl. @timothysnyder.bsky.social #StateTerror –– bsky.app/profile/timo... #escalation
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
🌐 Dominanz? Verfehlt das Ziel. Der wahre Bauplan der Gesellschaft? Das Primat des Scheiterns.
Kein Geld → jeder spürt es. Keine Rechtsstaatlichkeit → Chaos breitet sich aus. Die staatliche Kontrolle bricht zusammen → die Straßen bewaffnen sich. Jedes Scheitern führt zu einer Kaskade.
Kein Geld → jeder spürt es. Keine Rechtsstaatlichkeit → Chaos breitet sich aus. Die staatliche Kontrolle bricht zusammen → die Straßen bewaffnen sich. Jedes Scheitern führt zu einer Kaskade.
April 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
🌐 Dominanz? Verfehlt das Ziel. Der wahre Bauplan der Gesellschaft? Das Primat des Scheiterns.
Kein Geld → jeder spürt es. Keine Rechtsstaatlichkeit → Chaos breitet sich aus. Die staatliche Kontrolle bricht zusammen → die Straßen bewaffnen sich. Jedes Scheitern führt zu einer Kaskade.
Kein Geld → jeder spürt es. Keine Rechtsstaatlichkeit → Chaos breitet sich aus. Die staatliche Kontrolle bricht zusammen → die Straßen bewaffnen sich. Jedes Scheitern führt zu einer Kaskade.
Are we doomed to watch the learning process of the US presidential actor until he realises that there is no dominant system in our global society? #dominance "… at best it is always the system that fails completely, because the failure has effects on other systems …" –– Luhmann tinyurl.com/mrx3duc
April 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Are we doomed to watch the learning process of the US presidential actor until he realises that there is no dominant system in our global society? #dominance "… at best it is always the system that fails completely, because the failure has effects on other systems …" –– Luhmann tinyurl.com/mrx3duc
"Literaturexpertin Katja Gasser trifft Literaturnobelpreisträger Peter Handke in Paris zu einem ausführlichen Gespräch." –– tv.orf.at/program/orf3...
Hätte er doch geschwiegen. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Literaturnobelpreisträger Peter Handke: "Ich kann das Wort Demokratie nicht mehr ausstehen"
Der Schriftsteller weigerte sich in einem ORF-Interview erneut, den Massenmord in Srebrenica als "Völkermord" zu bezeichnen. Auch mit Aussagen zur Demokratie und Ukraine polarisierte er
www.derstandard.at
April 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Literaturexpertin Katja Gasser trifft Literaturnobelpreisträger Peter Handke in Paris zu einem ausführlichen Gespräch." –– tv.orf.at/program/orf3...
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Update on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Update on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
'Nothing has been done' - judge warns Trump officials in deportation case –– bbc.com/news/article...
'Nothing has been done' - judge warns Trump officials in deportation case
Warning of "no tolerance for gamesmanship", the judge said she would determine whether to hold the government in contempt of court.
bbc.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
'Nothing has been done' - judge warns Trump officials in deportation case –– bbc.com/news/article...
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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
#Insiderhandel
Der US-Präsidentendarsteller wird zur Gefahr für seine Freunde. –– www.tagesanzeiger.ch/charles-schw...
Der US-Präsidentendarsteller wird zur Gefahr für seine Freunde. –– www.tagesanzeiger.ch/charles-schw...
Time for me to leave Charles Schwab banking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZQ2...
Trump Bragging About Making Billionaires Even Richer
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
#Insiderhandel
Der US-Präsidentendarsteller wird zur Gefahr für seine Freunde. –– www.tagesanzeiger.ch/charles-schw...
Der US-Präsidentendarsteller wird zur Gefahr für seine Freunde. –– www.tagesanzeiger.ch/charles-schw...
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Jaron Lanier reviewed my book, MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, for @nature.com! "Compelling...disturbing, but accurate...Is humanity’s fate really in the hands of self-anointed visionaries who believe they are the most important and smartest people ever?" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The dangerous fantasies driving the quest for super-intelligent AI
More Everything Forever dissects the techno-utopian vision gripping Silicon Valley and Washington DC.
www.nature.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Jaron Lanier reviewed my book, MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, for @nature.com! "Compelling...disturbing, but accurate...Is humanity’s fate really in the hands of self-anointed visionaries who believe they are the most important and smartest people ever?" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Spendenaufruf zur Finanzierung von «Trop Chaud», dem Dokumentarfilm über die KlimaSeniorinnen. Im Frühling in den Kinos und ab Herbst 2025 gratis im Internet. –– www.klimaseniorinnen.ch und trop-chaud.ch/de/
April 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Spendenaufruf zur Finanzierung von «Trop Chaud», dem Dokumentarfilm über die KlimaSeniorinnen. Im Frühling in den Kinos und ab Herbst 2025 gratis im Internet. –– www.klimaseniorinnen.ch und trop-chaud.ch/de/
An die Sinngeber:innen des Sinnlosen: Für den US-Präsidentendarsteller beginnt Krieg nicht mit dem Angriff, sondern mit der Verteidigung.
Vgl. BRÜCHER, Gertrud, 2011. Gewaltspiralen, S. 115.
Vgl. BRÜCHER, Gertrud, 2011. Gewaltspiralen, S. 115.
April 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
An die Sinngeber:innen des Sinnlosen: Für den US-Präsidentendarsteller beginnt Krieg nicht mit dem Angriff, sondern mit der Verteidigung.
Vgl. BRÜCHER, Gertrud, 2011. Gewaltspiralen, S. 115.
Vgl. BRÜCHER, Gertrud, 2011. Gewaltspiralen, S. 115.
"Roger de Weck übt Fundamentalkritik am Bundesratskollegium: Angesichts der Weltlage sei radikales Umdenken gefragt. Den Sozialdemokraten rät der Ex-Chef der SRG, die Regierung zu verlassen." @cedricwermuth.bsky.social –– cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/Ydb...
April 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"Roger de Weck übt Fundamentalkritik am Bundesratskollegium: Angesichts der Weltlage sei radikales Umdenken gefragt. Den Sozialdemokraten rät der Ex-Chef der SRG, die Regierung zu verlassen." @cedricwermuth.bsky.social –– cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/Ydb...
Müssen Konzerne aufzeigen, welche Mittel für gemeinnützige Tätigkeiten im Interesse der Allgemeinheit verwendet werden? @cedricwermuth.bsky.social –– www.bazonline.ch/maulkorb-fue...
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Müssen Konzerne aufzeigen, welche Mittel für gemeinnützige Tätigkeiten im Interesse der Allgemeinheit verwendet werden? @cedricwermuth.bsky.social –– www.bazonline.ch/maulkorb-fue...
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to sound the alarm about Trump’s coordinated effort to dismantle the pillars of American democracy.
Step aside Schumer. Senator Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is way more prepared to meet this moment and lead the dems.
youtu.be/7aDbEmHo9Fo
youtu.be/7aDbEmHo9Fo
Murphy: Trump Is Dismantling Our Democracy. We Must Come Together And Act Before It’s Too Late.
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtu.be
April 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to sound the alarm about Trump’s coordinated effort to dismantle the pillars of American democracy.
Beim Gehen geht es nicht darum, wohin man geht. Es geht darum, wohin du dich weigerst zu gehen.
April 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Beim Gehen geht es nicht darum, wohin man geht. Es geht darum, wohin du dich weigerst zu gehen.
Autonomie ist kein Weg, den man allein geht. Autonomie ist der Abstand zu Orten, an die man nicht gehen will.
April 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Autonomie ist kein Weg, den man allein geht. Autonomie ist der Abstand zu Orten, an die man nicht gehen will.
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#booksky for #travellers & #nonfiction 📚💙
Classic Appreciation: On Bruce Chatwin and his remarkable works of travel and fiction. 'All of [his] work is an effort to understand people who find themselves at the end of a way of being.' Essay by Helen Rouner
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bruce-chatwi...
Classic Appreciation: On Bruce Chatwin and his remarkable works of travel and fiction. 'All of [his] work is an effort to understand people who find themselves at the end of a way of being.' Essay by Helen Rouner
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bruce-chatwi...
April 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#booksky for #travellers & #nonfiction 📚💙
Classic Appreciation: On Bruce Chatwin and his remarkable works of travel and fiction. 'All of [his] work is an effort to understand people who find themselves at the end of a way of being.' Essay by Helen Rouner
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bruce-chatwi...
Classic Appreciation: On Bruce Chatwin and his remarkable works of travel and fiction. 'All of [his] work is an effort to understand people who find themselves at the end of a way of being.' Essay by Helen Rouner
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bruce-chatwi...
"There is a triangle between the US administration, the Kremlin and Kyiv," she claims. "Ukraine is considered to be a weaker part of this triangle. For Trump, Zelensky is not in the same league, and that's the problem." –– www.bbc.com/news/article...
April 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"There is a triangle between the US administration, the Kremlin and Kyiv," she claims. "Ukraine is considered to be a weaker part of this triangle. For Trump, Zelensky is not in the same league, and that's the problem." –– www.bbc.com/news/article...