Uffe
@uffedimon.bsky.social
Science fiction reader, politics follower, immigrant, Dane.
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I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review’s @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
www.technologyreview.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review’s @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.
June 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.
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Today is a day that will go down in history and one of the most successful sabotage operations of all time.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
June 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today is a day that will go down in history and one of the most successful sabotage operations of all time.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
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I'm gripped by the ever-increasing bling in Trump’s Oval Office. What does it mean? Yes, Trump has bad taste. But also something else. Here’s an art historical view. 🧵
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April 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm gripped by the ever-increasing bling in Trump’s Oval Office. What does it mean? Yes, Trump has bad taste. But also something else. Here’s an art historical view. 🧵
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EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits
EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits
That would put America on the same level as China for espionage
The European Commission is giving staffers visiting the US on official business burner laptops and phones to avoid espionage attempts, according to the Financial Times.…
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April 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits
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Give this photo a Pulitzer
April 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Give this photo a Pulitzer
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I used to dream about being free.
Early on, while I was still facing a life sentence and had yet to be sentenced to prison, I dreamt of the miraculous. The impossible.
The incarcerated imagination, a thread.
Early on, while I was still facing a life sentence and had yet to be sentenced to prison, I dreamt of the miraculous. The impossible.
The incarcerated imagination, a thread.
April 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I used to dream about being free.
Early on, while I was still facing a life sentence and had yet to be sentenced to prison, I dreamt of the miraculous. The impossible.
The incarcerated imagination, a thread.
Early on, while I was still facing a life sentence and had yet to be sentenced to prison, I dreamt of the miraculous. The impossible.
The incarcerated imagination, a thread.
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Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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In this current harsh world, let's warm a few hearts remembering the events of 7-8 March 1991, when the 90,000 people of Brindisi woke up to find 25,000 Albanians roaming the streets of their town. For perspective, that's roughly equivalent to 25k people suddenly landing in Hastings [Thread] >> 1
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In this current harsh world, let's warm a few hearts remembering the events of 7-8 March 1991, when the 90,000 people of Brindisi woke up to find 25,000 Albanians roaming the streets of their town. For perspective, that's roughly equivalent to 25k people suddenly landing in Hastings [Thread] >> 1
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1/ In 🇩🇪 and elsewhere the discussion on whether or not the F35 should be cancelled or not starts to gain traction. Can we afford to cancel it? Can we replace it?
Complicated, and the discussion would be more credible if not led by commercial rivals of Lockheed-Martin.
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
Complicated, and the discussion would be more credible if not led by commercial rivals of Lockheed-Martin.
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
Bundeswehr: Keine US-Jets, dafür „Drohnenwall“ – Diese Ausgaben fordern Ökonomen vom Sondervermögen - WELT
Der Finanzbedarf bei der Bundeswehr ist hoch: Mehrere Topmanager deutscher Konzerne fordern in einem Positionspapier die Förderung von Rüstungstechnologien. Von F-16-Kampfjets raten sie aus einem Grun...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
1/ In 🇩🇪 and elsewhere the discussion on whether or not the F35 should be cancelled or not starts to gain traction. Can we afford to cancel it? Can we replace it?
Complicated, and the discussion would be more credible if not led by commercial rivals of Lockheed-Martin.
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
Complicated, and the discussion would be more credible if not led by commercial rivals of Lockheed-Martin.
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
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After watching the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting in whole, I’m feeling prepared to comment on it in a proper way.
Long thread incoming:
Long thread incoming:
March 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After watching the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting in whole, I’m feeling prepared to comment on it in a proper way.
Long thread incoming:
Long thread incoming:
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🚨🚨🚨 On Xitter, Roger Sollenberger unpacked the Github of one of Elon's DOGE boys.
It includes:
1) A script to download X DMs
2) A script to filter HR data by union membership
3) Data on undersea cables and valuable minerals
xcancel.com/Sollenberger...
It includes:
1) A script to download X DMs
2) A script to filter HR data by union membership
3) Data on undersea cables and valuable minerals
xcancel.com/Sollenberger...
February 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🚨🚨🚨 On Xitter, Roger Sollenberger unpacked the Github of one of Elon's DOGE boys.
It includes:
1) A script to download X DMs
2) A script to filter HR data by union membership
3) Data on undersea cables and valuable minerals
xcancel.com/Sollenberger...
It includes:
1) A script to download X DMs
2) A script to filter HR data by union membership
3) Data on undersea cables and valuable minerals
xcancel.com/Sollenberger...
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Oh man, I have so many stories about that "startup". The founder Marshall Webb spent a year harassing me because I posted a research paper on the Mirai botnet (he considered himself to be the sole authority). It later turned out his knowledge came from him personally hosting their infrastructure 1/5
A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Oh man, I have so many stories about that "startup". The founder Marshall Webb spent a year harassing me because I posted a research paper on the Mirai botnet (he considered himself to be the sole authority). It later turned out his knowledge came from him personally hosting their infrastructure 1/5
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
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"I wouldn’t be able to find a commercial reason for founding DeepSeek even if you ask me to,” said founder Liang Wenfeng: www.wired.com/story/deepse...
How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI
When Chinese quant hedge fund founder Liang Wenfeng went into AI research, he took 10,000 Nvidia chips and assembled a team of young, ambitious talent. Two years later, DeepSeek exploded on the scene.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"I wouldn’t be able to find a commercial reason for founding DeepSeek even if you ask me to,” said founder Liang Wenfeng: www.wired.com/story/deepse...
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The entire tech industry right now
January 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The entire tech industry right now
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The end of the British Empire as a superpower can be pretty easily marked in history; the Suez Crisis, 1956. An act of imperial arrogance and despotism that the world, rightly, railed against.
The jump from aggressor to pariah is a short one.
The jump from aggressor to pariah is a short one.
January 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The end of the British Empire as a superpower can be pretty easily marked in history; the Suez Crisis, 1956. An act of imperial arrogance and despotism that the world, rightly, railed against.
The jump from aggressor to pariah is a short one.
The jump from aggressor to pariah is a short one.
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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Meet one of my favorite Renaissance friends: Galeazzo Sanseverino, a mercenary whom contemporary sources describe as the sexiest thing in pants in Italy, part of the badass polycule threesome that ruled Milan in the early 1490s. Thread 1/?
(#HistoryPix Countdown to "Inventing the Renaissance" day 3)
(#HistoryPix Countdown to "Inventing the Renaissance" day 3)
January 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Meet one of my favorite Renaissance friends: Galeazzo Sanseverino, a mercenary whom contemporary sources describe as the sexiest thing in pants in Italy, part of the badass polycule threesome that ruled Milan in the early 1490s. Thread 1/?
(#HistoryPix Countdown to "Inventing the Renaissance" day 3)
(#HistoryPix Countdown to "Inventing the Renaissance" day 3)
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.