Ralf Koller
@rkoller.bsky.social
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a good question to ask when someone says that ai can do some particular task is, "are the artifacts produced by that task what I desire, or are they just the evidence that the task has been performed?"
today, most genai solutions faithfully generate plausible artifacts without the invisible work.
today, most genai solutions faithfully generate plausible artifacts without the invisible work.
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
a good question to ask when someone says that ai can do some particular task is, "are the artifacts produced by that task what I desire, or are they just the evidence that the task has been performed?"
today, most genai solutions faithfully generate plausible artifacts without the invisible work.
today, most genai solutions faithfully generate plausible artifacts without the invisible work.
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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
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This is an incredibly important read. www.justsecurity.org/122643/antif...
Designating Antifa as FTO Could Threaten Civil Liberties
Trump's plan to designate Antifa as an FTO has implications extending beyond anti-fascist activists to the architecture of US civil society.
www.justsecurity.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is an incredibly important read. www.justsecurity.org/122643/antif...
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It's more imperative than ever that you don't rely on platforms to get needed information out. Build websites!!
Following Apple’s removal of ICEBlock, both Google and Apple have removed a similar app for reporting ICE raids called Red Dot.
Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.
Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's more imperative than ever that you don't rely on platforms to get needed information out. Build websites!!
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Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
June 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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"the American realignment with Russia and against Ukraine and Europe is gathering pace—not merely in rhetoric but in reality"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The U.S. Is Switching Sides
Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.
www.theatlantic.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"the American realignment with Russia and against Ukraine and Europe is gathering pace—not merely in rhetoric but in reality"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I’ve spent the last year reading, thinking, and talking with workers about AI and I’ve concluded that AI is not a technology—it’s an *ideology*, and it must be engaged with as such. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/toolmen
Toolmen
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
aworkinglibrary.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve spent the last year reading, thinking, and talking with workers about AI and I’ve concluded that AI is not a technology—it’s an *ideology*, and it must be engaged with as such. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/toolmen
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I was told that the LLM can't work with a 2MB+ file so I'm quitting performance work and setting off to make every website huge instead
May 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I was told that the LLM can't work with a 2MB+ file so I'm quitting performance work and setting off to make every website huge instead
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The Weather & Climate Livestream is officially LIVE from now until Sunday, June 1st! Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts today: wclivestream.com/watch/
May 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Weather & Climate Livestream is officially LIVE from now until Sunday, June 1st! Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts today: wclivestream.com/watch/
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🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
May 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
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we're doing the thing unbreaking.org
Unbreaking — How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
Unbreaking — How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
we're doing the thing unbreaking.org
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If you wanted to destroy something, having all the content live in the code would be a good way to do it
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you wanted to destroy something, having all the content live in the code would be a good way to do it
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
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We explicitly commit to not supporting, not hosting, not developing, and not providing resources for any organization or entity that promotes hate speech, harassment, violence, or discriminatory practices.
#noHostForHate
nohostforhate.org
#noHostForHate
nohostforhate.org
No Host For Hate
Our collective responsibility to promote our values and reject hate.
nohostforhate.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
We explicitly commit to not supporting, not hosting, not developing, and not providing resources for any organization or entity that promotes hate speech, harassment, violence, or discriminatory practices.
#noHostForHate
nohostforhate.org
#noHostForHate
nohostforhate.org
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love to see people arguing that html isn’t a programming language in the year of our lord 2025
Like, buddy
magic the gathering is turing complete, we have banner ads that commit crimes, i just saw someone make a quine in a TYPE DEFINITION, human ingenuity laughs at your parochial gatekeeping
Like, buddy
magic the gathering is turing complete, we have banner ads that commit crimes, i just saw someone make a quine in a TYPE DEFINITION, human ingenuity laughs at your parochial gatekeeping
January 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
love to see people arguing that html isn’t a programming language in the year of our lord 2025
Like, buddy
magic the gathering is turing complete, we have banner ads that commit crimes, i just saw someone make a quine in a TYPE DEFINITION, human ingenuity laughs at your parochial gatekeeping
Like, buddy
magic the gathering is turing complete, we have banner ads that commit crimes, i just saw someone make a quine in a TYPE DEFINITION, human ingenuity laughs at your parochial gatekeeping
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This was one of the rare encounters that touch you deep down and change the way you look at the world. My colleague @alicebota.bsky.social and I met Maksym Butkevych in Kyiv in December, Ukraine’s most dedicated human rights activists, who spent 2 years and 4 months in Russian captivity. 1/
December 31, 2024 at 11:44 AM
This was one of the rare encounters that touch you deep down and change the way you look at the world. My colleague @alicebota.bsky.social and I met Maksym Butkevych in Kyiv in December, Ukraine’s most dedicated human rights activists, who spent 2 years and 4 months in Russian captivity. 1/