Benjamin Hagedorn
@schneekoenig.bsky.social
Brook Ziporyn bodies the Heart Sutra.
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Brook Ziporyn bodies the Heart Sutra.
„You don‘t have to try not to think the present thought. We need to train in just letting go of what is thought of; that is the practice.“ — Tulku Urgyen
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
„You don‘t have to try not to think the present thought. We need to train in just letting go of what is thought of; that is the practice.“ — Tulku Urgyen
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Another side of this is that Israel is showing governments elsewhere what is possible. If Natanyahu can lead a government openly engaged in genocide and still be a welcome guest in Washington, London, Berlin, that's a very clear lesson to everyone else in power.
July 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Another side of this is that Israel is showing governments elsewhere what is possible. If Natanyahu can lead a government openly engaged in genocide and still be a welcome guest in Washington, London, Berlin, that's a very clear lesson to everyone else in power.
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There is a fairly short and straight line, it seems to me, between defending the existence of concentration camps in Palestine, and ending up with concentration camps in the United States.
July 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
There is a fairly short and straight line, it seems to me, between defending the existence of concentration camps in Palestine, and ending up with concentration camps in the United States.
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Under fairly reasonable assumptions about productivity growth, current fertility patterns mean the typical worker born today in a developed democracy will experience negative real wage growth their entire life.
tbh this is a why mocking pro-natalism is laughing past the graveyard.
June 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Under fairly reasonable assumptions about productivity growth, current fertility patterns mean the typical worker born today in a developed democracy will experience negative real wage growth their entire life.
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the quintessential social media politics discussion always concerns a topic that
* the participants have no intent or ability to change
* there is no deliberative mechanism for resolving argument
* the discussion is driven by meta-level rather than object-level concerns
* the participants have no intent or ability to change
* there is no deliberative mechanism for resolving argument
* the discussion is driven by meta-level rather than object-level concerns
June 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the quintessential social media politics discussion always concerns a topic that
* the participants have no intent or ability to change
* there is no deliberative mechanism for resolving argument
* the discussion is driven by meta-level rather than object-level concerns
* the participants have no intent or ability to change
* there is no deliberative mechanism for resolving argument
* the discussion is driven by meta-level rather than object-level concerns
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Notice the huge size of Luxembourg, Cayman Islands and Belgium.
June 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Notice the huge size of Luxembourg, Cayman Islands and Belgium.
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~ 6.2*10^20 joules, humanity's use in 2023 www.energyinst.org/statistical-...
~2.9*10^22 joules for Earth's energy imbalance in 2023 (have to multiply 1.8 w/m^2 by the area of Earth and the year's time to convert to joules), and it's growing faster agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/1...
~2.9*10^22 joules for Earth's energy imbalance in 2023 (have to multiply 1.8 w/m^2 by the area of Earth and the year's time to convert to joules), and it's growing faster agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/1...
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The Energy Institute is, as of 2023, the home of the Statistical Review of World Energy, published previously for more than 70 years by bp. The Statistical Review analyses data on world energy markets...
www.energyinst.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
~ 6.2*10^20 joules, humanity's use in 2023 www.energyinst.org/statistical-...
~2.9*10^22 joules for Earth's energy imbalance in 2023 (have to multiply 1.8 w/m^2 by the area of Earth and the year's time to convert to joules), and it's growing faster agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/1...
~2.9*10^22 joules for Earth's energy imbalance in 2023 (have to multiply 1.8 w/m^2 by the area of Earth and the year's time to convert to joules), and it's growing faster agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/1...
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and an important part of that story:
June 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
and an important part of that story:
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
The main risk factor for being susceptible to political propaganda is being in the habit of believing your own internal propaganda, which is what most people consider “thinking”.
April 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The main risk factor for being susceptible to political propaganda is being in the habit of believing your own internal propaganda, which is what most people consider “thinking”.
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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As far as I'm aware, the first documented spike in data leaving an agency after DOGE infiltration. Extensive forensic evidence.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
April 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As far as I'm aware, the first documented spike in data leaving an agency after DOGE infiltration. Extensive forensic evidence.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
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The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
www.404media.co
April 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
Um Gottes Willen. Die haben null Ahnung.
So, after the Trump/Musk regime repeatedly shut down IT infrastructure to blackmail other countries, German Bundesrat (the second/federal chamber of parliament) voted for a resolution to introduce Palantir as a data analysis platform for German law enforcement #wtf
www.heise.de/news/Palanti...
www.heise.de/news/Palanti...
Palantir als Interimslösung: Bundesrat fordert schnellen Einsatz für die Polizei
Palantir ist bei der Polizei Bayern im Echtbetrieb. Der Bundesrat fordert den bundesweiten Einsatz der Datenanalyseplattform als Interimslösung ein.
www.heise.de
April 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Um Gottes Willen. Die haben null Ahnung.
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Our latest paper revisits Haldane 1957 on speed limits to adaptation, the paper that triggered neutral theory. We clarify and then significantly extend the theory, and apply the resulting model to @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social's data doi.org/10.1093/gene... 1/14
Substitution load revisited: a high proportion of deaths can be selective
Abstract. Haldane's Dilemma refers to the concern that the need for many “selective deaths” to complete a substitution (i.e. selective sweep) creates a spe
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March 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Our latest paper revisits Haldane 1957 on speed limits to adaptation, the paper that triggered neutral theory. We clarify and then significantly extend the theory, and apply the resulting model to @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social's data doi.org/10.1093/gene... 1/14
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Karen Karniol-Tambour argues that "If the United States is unwilling to continue to run big trade deficits, it means that the “pie” available to everyone else to produce more than they consume is shrinking."
This is a key, and often-overlooked, point.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
This is a key, and often-overlooked, point.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
Opinion | What Europe Fears Most About a Global Trade War
Europe, not Canada, Mexico or China, is most vulnerable to the fallout from Donald Trump’s mercantilist policies.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Karen Karniol-Tambour argues that "If the United States is unwilling to continue to run big trade deficits, it means that the “pie” available to everyone else to produce more than they consume is shrinking."
This is a key, and often-overlooked, point.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
This is a key, and often-overlooked, point.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
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Die Union hat 16 Jahre dieses Land infrastrukturell an die Wand gefahren, sie hat den 60 Mrd. € Transformationsfond der Ampel weggeklagt, jede Reform zur Lockerung der Schuldenbremse blockiert und auch ein Sondervermögen für die marode Infrastruktur abgelehnt, um dann an Tag 1 nach der Wahl...(1/2)
March 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Die Union hat 16 Jahre dieses Land infrastrukturell an die Wand gefahren, sie hat den 60 Mrd. € Transformationsfond der Ampel weggeklagt, jede Reform zur Lockerung der Schuldenbremse blockiert und auch ein Sondervermögen für die marode Infrastruktur abgelehnt, um dann an Tag 1 nach der Wahl...(1/2)