Mark Andrew
@spraoi.tooting.ch.ap.brid.gy
Born American - Achieved Swiss
Pronouns: he/him - il/le - lui/lo
Honorifics (in order of preference): Friend/My Friend/Mon Ami/Comrade/Monsieur/Hey Mister/Buddy/Mec
[bridged from https://tooting.ch/@spraoi on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Pronouns: he/him - il/le - lui/lo
Honorifics (in order of preference): Friend/My Friend/Mon Ami/Comrade/Monsieur/Hey Mister/Buddy/Mec
[bridged from https://tooting.ch/@spraoi on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
Train ride through Switzerland (Pontresina - Alp Grüm - Pontresina): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIAzoMppnMQ&t=4753
#trains #webcam #switzerland
#trains #webcam #switzerland
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Train ride through Switzerland (Pontresina - Alp Grüm - Pontresina): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIAzoMppnMQ&t=4753
#trains #webcam #switzerland
#trains #webcam #switzerland
Reposted by Mark Andrew
December 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Reposted by Mark Andrew
the most notable thing JD Vance has done in the last five years is tell vicious racist lies about immigrants. If you think he hasn't taken a side on bigotry, you are an idiot. He's for it. He's very strongly for it.
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
the most notable thing JD Vance has done in the last five years is tell vicious racist lies about immigrants. If you think he hasn't taken a side on bigotry, you are an idiot. He's for it. He's very strongly for it.
Reposted by Mark Andrew
2025 brought immense achievements and profound challenges for global health.
Amid funding cuts and rising threats to science and solidarity, WHO stood firm, leading global efforts to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time.
This is our 2025 wrapped!
🔗 https://bit.ly/49wdcpl
Amid funding cuts and rising threats to science and solidarity, WHO stood firm, leading global efforts to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time.
This is our 2025 wrapped!
🔗 https://bit.ly/49wdcpl
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
2025 brought immense achievements and profound challenges for global health.
Amid funding cuts and rising threats to science and solidarity, WHO stood firm, leading global efforts to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time.
This is our 2025 wrapped!
🔗 https://bit.ly/49wdcpl
Amid funding cuts and rising threats to science and solidarity, WHO stood firm, leading global efforts to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time.
This is our 2025 wrapped!
🔗 https://bit.ly/49wdcpl
Reposted by Mark Andrew
His son Sebastien Lai said the family had expected a guilty verdict, “but that doesn’t make it any less devastating.”
“In the 800-page verdict they have there is essentially nothing, nothing that incriminates him,” he told reporters in London. “This is a perfect example of how the national […]
“In the 800-page verdict they have there is essentially nothing, nothing that incriminates him,” he told reporters in London. “This is a perfect example of how the national […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
His son Sebastien Lai said the family had expected a guilty verdict, “but that doesn’t make it any less devastating.”
“In the 800-page verdict they have there is essentially nothing, nothing that incriminates him,” he told reporters in London. “This is a perfect example of how the national […]
“In the 800-page verdict they have there is essentially nothing, nothing that incriminates him,” he told reporters in London. “This is a perfect example of how the national […]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington
Reposted by Mark Andrew
Financial cuts to #EndMalaria are disrupting health systems, weakening surveillance, and delaying malaria interventions.
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Financial cuts to #EndMalaria are disrupting health systems, weakening surveillance, and delaying malaria interventions.
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
Sustained and predictable funding, including a fully replenished Global Fund is crucial to getting us back on track and maintaining our progress.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4pETX34
Reposted by Mark Andrew
Sometimes, I hit the Favourite button, and say out loud: "You get a star!"
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Sometimes, I hit the Favourite button, and say out loud: "You get a star!"
Reposted by Mark Andrew
Olmo 3 is notable as a "fully open" LLM - all of the training data is published, plus complete details on how the training process was run. I tried out the 32B thinking model and the 7B instruct models, + thoughts on why transparent training data is so important […]
Original post on fedi.simonwillison.net
fedi.simonwillison.net
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Olmo 3 is notable as a "fully open" LLM - all of the training data is published, plus complete details on how the training process was run. I tried out the 32B thinking model and the 7B instruct models, + thoughts on why transparent training data is so important […]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
Filters are a marketing trick to make 🚬 seem less dangerous.
⚠️Smoking kills, with or without a filter.
⚠️They make it easier to start smoking & harder to quit.
Filters have even contributed to an increase in a specific type of lung cancer.
Let’s call for a ban on filters! 👉bit.ly/47KasF2
⚠️Smoking kills, with or without a filter.
⚠️They make it easier to start smoking & harder to quit.
Filters have even contributed to an increase in a specific type of lung cancer.
Let’s call for a ban on filters! 👉bit.ly/47KasF2
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Filters are a marketing trick to make 🚬 seem less dangerous.
⚠️Smoking kills, with or without a filter.
⚠️They make it easier to start smoking & harder to quit.
Filters have even contributed to an increase in a specific type of lung cancer.
Let’s call for a ban on filters! 👉bit.ly/47KasF2
⚠️Smoking kills, with or without a filter.
⚠️They make it easier to start smoking & harder to quit.
Filters have even contributed to an increase in a specific type of lung cancer.
Let’s call for a ban on filters! 👉bit.ly/47KasF2
Reposted by Mark Andrew
#ClimateChange is jeopardising our health and wellbeing.
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ClimateChange is jeopardising our health and wellbeing.
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
Reposted by Mark Andrew
During the workday, people living with #diabetes may need time for blood sugar checks, insulin and breaks.
Remember:
💬Ask how you can support.
👂Listen to what they need, or do not need, from you.
🙅♀️Blaming and shaming is never helpful.
Learn more🔗bit.ly/4844grn #WorldDiabetesDay
Remember:
💬Ask how you can support.
👂Listen to what they need, or do not need, from you.
🙅♀️Blaming and shaming is never helpful.
Learn more🔗bit.ly/4844grn #WorldDiabetesDay
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
During the workday, people living with #diabetes may need time for blood sugar checks, insulin and breaks.
Remember:
💬Ask how you can support.
👂Listen to what they need, or do not need, from you.
🙅♀️Blaming and shaming is never helpful.
Learn more🔗bit.ly/4844grn #WorldDiabetesDay
Remember:
💬Ask how you can support.
👂Listen to what they need, or do not need, from you.
🙅♀️Blaming and shaming is never helpful.
Learn more🔗bit.ly/4844grn #WorldDiabetesDay
Reposted by Mark Andrew
🌊Floods, 🔥heat, 🌩️storms threaten hospitals and clinics worldwide.
Together, we can build climate-resilient health systems that deliver care when it’s needed most.
Learn more & join the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (#ATACH): bit.ly/3JwqCZa #COP30
Together, we can build climate-resilient health systems that deliver care when it’s needed most.
Learn more & join the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (#ATACH): bit.ly/3JwqCZa #COP30
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌊Floods, 🔥heat, 🌩️storms threaten hospitals and clinics worldwide.
Together, we can build climate-resilient health systems that deliver care when it’s needed most.
Learn more & join the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (#ATACH): bit.ly/3JwqCZa #COP30
Together, we can build climate-resilient health systems that deliver care when it’s needed most.
Learn more & join the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (#ATACH): bit.ly/3JwqCZa #COP30
Reposted by Mark Andrew
They had me at the headline: AI isn’t replacing jobs. AI spending is
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
They had me at the headline: AI isn’t replacing jobs. AI spending is
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
Reposted by Mark Andrew
The term "personal firewall" might for some conjure quaint memories of using stuff like Zone Alarm. But I suspect this term will be resurrected in the not-too-distant future to describe pricey wearable technology designed to project a stealth mode that can confuse ubiquitous AI-based security […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The term "personal firewall" might for some conjure quaint memories of using stuff like Zone Alarm. But I suspect this term will be resurrected in the not-too-distant future to describe pricey wearable technology designed to project a stealth mode that can confuse ubiquitous AI-based security […]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
Some good news for Oregon Public Broadcasting funding! 😁
"OPB President’s Update: We’ve Closed the Gap"
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
"Thanks to your extraordinary support, we have closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when […]
"OPB President’s Update: We’ve Closed the Gap"
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
"Thanks to your extraordinary support, we have closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when […]
Original post on disabled.social
disabled.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Some good news for Oregon Public Broadcasting funding! 😁
"OPB President’s Update: We’ve Closed the Gap"
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
"Thanks to your extraordinary support, we have closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when […]
"OPB President’s Update: We’ve Closed the Gap"
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
"Thanks to your extraordinary support, we have closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when […]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
BTW: The new five-person Bike Champion majority on Cambridge City Council have all ridden multiple times with the Peabody/RAUC #BikeBus.
Kids on bikes have caregivers who vote.
Kids on bikes have caregivers who vote.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BTW: The new five-person Bike Champion majority on Cambridge City Council have all ridden multiple times with the Peabody/RAUC #BikeBus.
Kids on bikes have caregivers who vote.
Kids on bikes have caregivers who vote.
Reposted by Mark Andrew
#ClimateChange is already harming our health BUT we can fight back! Here are 5 proven interventions that could save nearly 2 million lives every year. #COP30
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#ClimateChange is already harming our health BUT we can fight back! Here are 5 proven interventions that could save nearly 2 million lives every year. #COP30
Reposted by Mark Andrew
I've been walking around Disneyland all day with this shirt. Nothing I've worn before has ever gotten me more compliments, positive comments, fist bumps and high fives.
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I've been walking around Disneyland all day with this shirt. Nothing I've worn before has ever gotten me more compliments, positive comments, fist bumps and high fives.
Reposted by Mark Andrew
Has the first lady suggested that SNAP recipients just eat cake yet? Or would that be too on the nose even for them?
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Has the first lady suggested that SNAP recipients just eat cake yet? Or would that be too on the nose even for them?
Reposted by Mark Andrew
A few weeks back, I got very sad after reading an emailed response I was "reply-all" added to from a journalist I've respect(ed) since I started writing about security 20-something years ago. The original message, evidently sent to a number of reporters, was a typical PR email pitching the […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A few weeks back, I got very sad after reading an emailed response I was "reply-all" added to from a journalist I've respect(ed) since I started writing about security 20-something years ago. The original message, evidently sent to a number of reporters, was a typical PR email pitching the […]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
It's neat how if you ask Claude Code questions about itself it can answer them, because it knows how to fetch a Markdown index of its own online documentation and then navigate to the right place
I wish more LLM tools would implement the same pattern! […]
I wish more LLM tools would implement the same pattern! […]
Original post on fedi.simonwillison.net
fedi.simonwillison.net
October 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It's neat how if you ask Claude Code questions about itself it can answer them, because it knows how to fetch a Markdown index of its own online documentation and then navigate to the right place
I wish more LLM tools would implement the same pattern! […]
I wish more LLM tools would implement the same pattern! […]
Reposted by Mark Andrew
A special honour to celebrate #Kazakhstan’s Republic Day with my grandchildren, sharing in their heritage through Kazakh culture and art in Geneva.
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A special honour to celebrate #Kazakhstan’s Republic Day with my grandchildren, sharing in their heritage through Kazakh culture and art in Geneva.
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!
Proud of their roots and the rich traditions they carry forward.
Қазақстан Республикасының 35 жылдығымен құттықтаймыз!