@theraion.bsky.social
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Democrats are actively refusing to treat Trump’s military campaign against American cities as a crisis, because they’re in thrall to a bunch of idiot pollsters who tell them to only ever react to Trump across a tiny range of kitchen-table issues. The Democratic Party is a huge part of the problem.
One of the biggest things Dems overlooked is how many of the "DoSomethings" that religiously attack Dems despite Republicans being 100% in control (because those same creators blamed Dems for Republicans in the courts keeping Trump out of jail) got famous BECAUSE of Trump's 1st term.
September 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Democrats are actively refusing to treat Trump’s military campaign against American cities as a crisis, because they’re in thrall to a bunch of idiot pollsters who tell them to only ever react to Trump across a tiny range of kitchen-table issues. The Democratic Party is a huge part of the problem.
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All of the major media organizations over the last decade have been systematically bought up by oligarchs, dismantled, and turned into propaganda organs benefiting the oligarchs. This was not by accident, this was a concerted effort to exercise more control over US society.
July 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
All of the major media organizations over the last decade have been systematically bought up by oligarchs, dismantled, and turned into propaganda organs benefiting the oligarchs. This was not by accident, this was a concerted effort to exercise more control over US society.
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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
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If you’re wondering what in God’s name a Kalman filter is, here’s a nice explainer
thekalmanfilter.com/kalman-filte...
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Kalman Filter Explained Simply - The Kalman Filter
Tired of equations and matrices? Ready to learn the easy way? This post explains the Kalman Filter simply with pictures and examples!
thekalmanfilter.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you’re wondering what in God’s name a Kalman filter is, here’s a nice explainer
thekalmanfilter.com/kalman-filte...
thekalmanfilter.com/kalman-filte...
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Here’s a starter guide to steps you can take to protect your digital privacy.
This is accessible enough for someone who’s a total beginner to this stuff to find a few tips that might make a difference and be fairly easy to implement for them. Good to send to parents/grandparents, etc.
This is accessible enough for someone who’s a total beginner to this stuff to find a few tips that might make a difference and be fairly easy to implement for them. Good to send to parents/grandparents, etc.
A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations
Hackers. AI data scrapes. Government surveillance. Yeah, thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. Here’s a simple guide for you—and anyone who...
www.wired.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Here’s a starter guide to steps you can take to protect your digital privacy.
This is accessible enough for someone who’s a total beginner to this stuff to find a few tips that might make a difference and be fairly easy to implement for them. Good to send to parents/grandparents, etc.
This is accessible enough for someone who’s a total beginner to this stuff to find a few tips that might make a difference and be fairly easy to implement for them. Good to send to parents/grandparents, etc.
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For anyone who missed it. This is beyond parody!
May 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
For anyone who missed it. This is beyond parody!
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🧵 This is a perfect example of how disordered discourse reshapes democratic politics, not by policy failure, but by the performative targeting of identity. Let’s unpack what’s happening.
one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
May 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🧵 This is a perfect example of how disordered discourse reshapes democratic politics, not by policy failure, but by the performative targeting of identity. Let’s unpack what’s happening.
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Nun entscheidet sich, ob die Geschäftsinteressen eines US-Konzerns überwiegen – oder die digitale Souveränität eines Nationalstaats.
Das Verfahren «Amazon vs. Bundeskanzlei/Republik» wird damit zum Testfall für den Schweizer Rechtsstaat.
Und – in gewisser Weise – auch für Europa.
Das Verfahren «Amazon vs. Bundeskanzlei/Republik» wird damit zum Testfall für den Schweizer Rechtsstaat.
Und – in gewisser Weise – auch für Europa.
💡 Ich kann endlich den Namen lüften: AMAZON will NICHT dass ich und damit auch die Schweizer Bevölkerung die Cloud-Rahmenverträge mit dem Schweizer Staat erhalte. 😡
Und: ich darf auch nicht die Verträge der 4 anderen einsehen: Microsoft, Oracle, IBM und Alibaba.
Die Gründe für die Totalblockade⬇️
Und: ich darf auch nicht die Verträge der 4 anderen einsehen: Microsoft, Oracle, IBM und Alibaba.
Die Gründe für die Totalblockade⬇️
Amazon will nicht, dass die Republik Verträge mit dem Bund sieht
Der Tech-Gigant wehrt sich gegen Transparenz – bis vor Bundesverwaltungsgericht.
republik.ch
May 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Nun entscheidet sich, ob die Geschäftsinteressen eines US-Konzerns überwiegen – oder die digitale Souveränität eines Nationalstaats.
Das Verfahren «Amazon vs. Bundeskanzlei/Republik» wird damit zum Testfall für den Schweizer Rechtsstaat.
Und – in gewisser Weise – auch für Europa.
Das Verfahren «Amazon vs. Bundeskanzlei/Republik» wird damit zum Testfall für den Schweizer Rechtsstaat.
Und – in gewisser Weise – auch für Europa.
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I learned so much from this amazing @sarahzhang.bsky.social piece about the human brain and consciousness—which it turns out scientists are only just beginning to understand.
Like everything Sarah writes, this is an utterly fascinating, deeply human story:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Like everything Sarah writes, this is an utterly fascinating, deeply human story:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There
For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.
www.theatlantic.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I learned so much from this amazing @sarahzhang.bsky.social piece about the human brain and consciousness—which it turns out scientists are only just beginning to understand.
Like everything Sarah writes, this is an utterly fascinating, deeply human story:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Like everything Sarah writes, this is an utterly fascinating, deeply human story:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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I hope everyone who is upset about "cancel culture" will find it similarly alarming that companies are too terrified of government retaliation to say anything critical about a policy that's seriously harming them. Seems maybe also bad?
1. We contacted the 100 largest American companies and asked a simple question:
Do you support the tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2?
These are tariffs that have already destroyed trillions of shareholder value
NOT ONE COMPANY WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION
Do you support the tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2?
These are tariffs that have already destroyed trillions of shareholder value
NOT ONE COMPANY WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION
Trump tariffs, corporations cower
During the Biden administration, corporate executives regularly expressed their displeasure with policies they opposed.
popular.info
April 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I hope everyone who is upset about "cancel culture" will find it similarly alarming that companies are too terrified of government retaliation to say anything critical about a policy that's seriously harming them. Seems maybe also bad?
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Big new release today of my command-line tool for interacting with LLMs: LLM 0.24 adds fragments, a mechanism for constructing a prompt from several files and URLs that's ideal for working with long context models (Gemini, Llama 4 etc)
simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/7/l...
simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/7/l...
Long context support in LLM 0.24 using fragments and template plugins
LLM 0.24 is now available with new features to help take advantage of the increasingly long input context supported by modern LLMs. (LLM is my command-line tool and Python library …
simonwillison.net
April 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Big new release today of my command-line tool for interacting with LLMs: LLM 0.24 adds fragments, a mechanism for constructing a prompt from several files and URLs that's ideal for working with long context models (Gemini, Llama 4 etc)
simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/7/l...
simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/7/l...
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Die zwei bekanntesten Faschismus-Forscher der USA verlassen das Land. Jason Stanley sagt: «Was wir jetzt sehen – das ist Faschismus.» www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Jason Stanley: "Was wir jetzt sehen – das ist Faschismus"
Der Philosophiestar Jason Stanley verlässt die USA, zusammen mit den Historikern Timothy Snyder und Marci Shore. Er sagt: Alle Universitäten haben Angst vor Trump.
www.zeit.de
March 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Die zwei bekanntesten Faschismus-Forscher der USA verlassen das Land. Jason Stanley sagt: «Was wir jetzt sehen – das ist Faschismus.» www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
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Crocodile tears. They know perfectly well how to band together to affect political outcomes. They just don’t wanna.
Business leaders all across America are freaking out that Trump's tariffs will kneecap their firms.
“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
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“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
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Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress
CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Crocodile tears. They know perfectly well how to band together to affect political outcomes. They just don’t wanna.
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19 thoughts on the Signal scandal, and one overarching theme: Dems and liberals should suppress their "BUT HER EMAILS"-style ironic detachment and give being actually mad about this, and demanding answers, a real shot. www.offmessage.net/p/19-thought...
19 Thoughts On Trump Officials Planning Military Operations Over Signal
Forget "BUT HER EMAILS"-style ironic detachment. Let's give being actually mad about this—and getting to the bottom of the many questions it raises—a real shot.
www.offmessage.net
March 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
19 thoughts on the Signal scandal, and one overarching theme: Dems and liberals should suppress their "BUT HER EMAILS"-style ironic detachment and give being actually mad about this, and demanding answers, a real shot. www.offmessage.net/p/19-thought...
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In a 6-day period just before the 2016 election, the New York Times ran 10 front-page stories about the Hillary Clinton email "scandal." Let's see how many front-page stories the Times runs in the next week about the Trump regime mistakenly sharing war plans with a journalist.
March 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In a 6-day period just before the 2016 election, the New York Times ran 10 front-page stories about the Hillary Clinton email "scandal." Let's see how many front-page stories the Times runs in the next week about the Trump regime mistakenly sharing war plans with a journalist.
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Weil Zahlen von "tausenden" in den (deutschen) Medien kursieren. Schaut es euch an und macht euch selbst ein Bild, was hier in Belgrad und #Serbien los ist.
March 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Weil Zahlen von "tausenden" in den (deutschen) Medien kursieren. Schaut es euch an und macht euch selbst ein Bild, was hier in Belgrad und #Serbien los ist.
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Amazing drone footage of today's anti-Vučić protest in Belgrade, Serbia (courtesy of Kreni-Promeni).
March 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Amazing drone footage of today's anti-Vučić protest in Belgrade, Serbia (courtesy of Kreni-Promeni).
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It seems I've also been placed on leave, just like the rest of my VOA colleagues.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth, are being silenced this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...
Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes.
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It seems I've also been placed on leave, just like the rest of my VOA colleagues.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
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While Trump’s team spreads defeatism and tries to blackmail Ukraine into surrender, Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield remain unimpressed by the proclamations coming out of Washington Oblast.
Their actions speak louder than words.
Their actions speak louder than words.
March 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
While Trump’s team spreads defeatism and tries to blackmail Ukraine into surrender, Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield remain unimpressed by the proclamations coming out of Washington Oblast.
Their actions speak louder than words.
Their actions speak louder than words.
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They recognize Trump and Vance fucked this up beyond recognition, but can never admit it. Tending to Trump’s narcissistic ego takes priority over literally everything else in the world. They can’t tell Trump to clean up his mess, so they need Zelensky to clean it up by groveling.
Johnson echoes Graham's demand that Zelensky show deference to Trump or resign. "Either he needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude, or someone else needs to lead the country to do that," he tells @kristenwelker.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Speaker Johnson says it’s ‘absurd’ to claim Republicans support Putin: Full interview
In an interview with Meet the Press, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defends President Trump’s hostile meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but says Republicans “understand” Russia...
www.nbcnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
They recognize Trump and Vance fucked this up beyond recognition, but can never admit it. Tending to Trump’s narcissistic ego takes priority over literally everything else in the world. They can’t tell Trump to clean up his mess, so they need Zelensky to clean it up by groveling.