Victor Klien
@vicklien.bsky.social
Image from article shows relative sizes of Statue-of-Liberty, etc. compared to planned 50-megawatt twin turbine.
"The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records" www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
"The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records" www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Image from article shows relative sizes of Statue-of-Liberty, etc. compared to planned 50-megawatt twin turbine.
"The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records" www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
"The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records" www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Next Saturday is #NoKings Day.
Stand up for democracy before it's too late.
Find a protest near you at nokings.org.
Stand up for democracy before it's too late.
Find a protest near you at nokings.org.
October 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Next Saturday is #NoKings Day.
Stand up for democracy before it's too late.
Find a protest near you at nokings.org.
Stand up for democracy before it's too late.
Find a protest near you at nokings.org.
“AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100 percent convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job,”
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse
Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.
futurism.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100 percent convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job,”
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Please consider donating to endpresidentialrevenge.org "The legal defense fund to end presidential revenge [by Trump] against Miles Taylor & other whistleblowers".
Below is Legal AF's background on this:
youtu.be/JtZcnWSJMZ8?...
Below is Legal AF's background on this:
youtu.be/JtZcnWSJMZ8?...
Insider BLOWS WHISTLE on Trump’s Secret Revenge Plan
YouTube video by Legal AF
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Please consider donating to endpresidentialrevenge.org "The legal defense fund to end presidential revenge [by Trump] against Miles Taylor & other whistleblowers".
Below is Legal AF's background on this:
youtu.be/JtZcnWSJMZ8?...
Below is Legal AF's background on this:
youtu.be/JtZcnWSJMZ8?...
The Economist (USA cover):
"MAGA's assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm":
"MAGA's assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm":
May 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Economist (USA cover):
"MAGA's assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm":
"MAGA's assault on science is an act of grievous self-harm":
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I like living in a country with the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
May 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I like living in a country with the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
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Counting down to the end of the nightmare.
April 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Counting down to the end of the nightmare.
From a YouTube comment:
"Dear Americans, whatever you wish more Germans would have done in 1933, do that NOW!"
"Dear Americans, whatever you wish more Germans would have done in 1933, do that NOW!"
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
From a YouTube comment:
"Dear Americans, whatever you wish more Germans would have done in 1933, do that NOW!"
"Dear Americans, whatever you wish more Germans would have done in 1933, do that NOW!"
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Actually, for a really deep dive, with lots of pictures and engineering details, I'd recommend the 43 page (!) PDF "IM-2 Mission Press Kit". I could probably avoid half a day's work, reading it: 97e97b55-dd53-4bc9-92cd-8e2cbfc75af8.usrfiles.com/ugd/97e97b_5...
March 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Actually, for a really deep dive, with lots of pictures and engineering details, I'd recommend the 43 page (!) PDF "IM-2 Mission Press Kit". I could probably avoid half a day's work, reading it: 97e97b55-dd53-4bc9-92cd-8e2cbfc75af8.usrfiles.com/ugd/97e97b_5...
I just followed both "The Associated Press" and Wired here on Bluesky: @apnews.com @wired.com
They are standing up for American democracy. We don't want to become the next autocracy like Hungary.
They are standing up for American democracy. We don't want to become the next autocracy like Hungary.
February 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I just followed both "The Associated Press" and Wired here on Bluesky: @apnews.com @wired.com
They are standing up for American democracy. We don't want to become the next autocracy like Hungary.
They are standing up for American democracy. We don't want to become the next autocracy like Hungary.
The comment section to Eric's piece about Elon's latest pronouncement seems, understandably, about ready to do to Elon what the January-6 "protesters" wanted to do to Mike Pence: arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station be deorbited ASAP
“There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars.”…
arstechnica.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The comment section to Eric's piece about Elon's latest pronouncement seems, understandably, about ready to do to Elon what the January-6 "protesters" wanted to do to Mike Pence: arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
This is just remarkable and shocking for an American of my age, who thinks about Republican foreign policy in terms of Ronald Reagan:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
Musk and the Right Co-Opt the Left’s Critique of U.S. Power
Suspicion about covert operations and soft power used to be mostly the purview of the left. No more.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is just remarkable and shocking for an American of my age, who thinks about Republican foreign policy in terms of Ronald Reagan:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
"Nine countries currently have nuclear weapons, but perhaps 40 additional states are technically advanced enough to build nuclear weapons if they chose to do so."
Trump's "every man for himself" foreign policy will likely drive nuclear proliferation: fas.org/publication/...
Trump's "every man for himself" foreign policy will likely drive nuclear proliferation: fas.org/publication/...
Don’t Let American Allies Go Nuclear
Looking the other way at the spread of nuclear weapons is not in America’s interests anymore today than it was in the 20th century.
fas.org
February 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Nine countries currently have nuclear weapons, but perhaps 40 additional states are technically advanced enough to build nuclear weapons if they chose to do so."
Trump's "every man for himself" foreign policy will likely drive nuclear proliferation: fas.org/publication/...
Trump's "every man for himself" foreign policy will likely drive nuclear proliferation: fas.org/publication/...
@gtconway.bsky.social
Russian state media commentators express enthusiasm for president Trump's dismantling of US government, because it will lead to the "destruction of the current American system". Trump is doing their work for them, and they love it!
youtu.be/7kGgCQJayp4?...
Russian state media commentators express enthusiasm for president Trump's dismantling of US government, because it will lead to the "destruction of the current American system". Trump is doing their work for them, and they love it!
youtu.be/7kGgCQJayp4?...
Karen Shakhnazarov praises America's current direction
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
youtu.be
February 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
@gtconway.bsky.social
Russian state media commentators express enthusiasm for president Trump's dismantling of US government, because it will lead to the "destruction of the current American system". Trump is doing their work for them, and they love it!
youtu.be/7kGgCQJayp4?...
Russian state media commentators express enthusiasm for president Trump's dismantling of US government, because it will lead to the "destruction of the current American system". Trump is doing their work for them, and they love it!
youtu.be/7kGgCQJayp4?...
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One happy note: So far the $TRUMP meme coin price continues to drop. He's never had a gift for building value, but he is pretty good at destroying things and sowing chaos.
February 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One happy note: So far the $TRUMP meme coin price continues to drop. He's never had a gift for building value, but he is pretty good at destroying things and sowing chaos.
Intel's Gelsinger was OK, board is not:
"The [board's dumb] decision to fire Pat Gelsinger, put in charge a CFO + career sales and marketing leader, and cut spending on fabs in favor of a renewed focus on x86 is an example of the incompetence that will end Intel."
semianalysis.com/2024/12/09/i...
"The [board's dumb] decision to fire Pat Gelsinger, put in charge a CFO + career sales and marketing leader, and cut spending on fabs in favor of a renewed focus on x86 is an example of the incompetence that will end Intel."
semianalysis.com/2024/12/09/i...
Intel on the Brink of Death | Culture Rot, Product Focus Flawed, Foundry Must Survive
Intel’s board is incompetent and its horrible decisions over the decades are going to push it towards death. The decision to fire Pat Gelsinger, put in charge a CFO + career sales and marketing lea…
semianalysis.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Intel's Gelsinger was OK, board is not:
"The [board's dumb] decision to fire Pat Gelsinger, put in charge a CFO + career sales and marketing leader, and cut spending on fabs in favor of a renewed focus on x86 is an example of the incompetence that will end Intel."
semianalysis.com/2024/12/09/i...
"The [board's dumb] decision to fire Pat Gelsinger, put in charge a CFO + career sales and marketing leader, and cut spending on fabs in favor of a renewed focus on x86 is an example of the incompetence that will end Intel."
semianalysis.com/2024/12/09/i...
Final image from the Mt. Harvard webcam near Pasadena, California, before the Eaton fire reached it yesterday 2025-01-08. From: cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=34.2200_...
January 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Final image from the Mt. Harvard webcam near Pasadena, California, before the Eaton fire reached it yesterday 2025-01-08. From: cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=34.2200_...
Coming soon: U.S. Army assembles before Der Führer Trump, as we prepare for invasion of territory formerly known as "Canada". Then on to "Greenland" which will be renamed Trumplandia in honor of our supreme leader! God bless Trumperica! Based on: www.dezeen.com/2017/01/31/n...
January 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Coming soon: U.S. Army assembles before Der Führer Trump, as we prepare for invasion of territory formerly known as "Canada". Then on to "Greenland" which will be renamed Trumplandia in honor of our supreme leader! God bless Trumperica! Based on: www.dezeen.com/2017/01/31/n...
Watching mountains above Altadena, California burn, via the Mt. Wilson webcams: cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=34.1362_... Ugh.
January 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Watching mountains above Altadena, California burn, via the Mt. Wilson webcams: cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=34.1362_... Ugh.
"My experience with tariffs is it just makes your indigenous industry lazy. The gap becomes even bigger"
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
The 'godfather of EVs' explains why China is winning the race to go electric — and why hybrids are a 'fool's errand'
Former Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer told BI that automakers ditching EVs for hybrids risked falling even further behind their Chinese rivals.
www.businessinsider.com
December 25, 2024 at 10:31 PM
"My experience with tariffs is it just makes your indigenous industry lazy. The gap becomes even bigger"
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
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Prompt "engineering" is merely providing a vague probabilistic context to a linguistic lotto machine that nobody really understands.
Far cry from giving specific and precise instructions to a flawless computation engine we call a computer.
Funny how we went back to voodoo.
Far cry from giving specific and precise instructions to a flawless computation engine we call a computer.
Funny how we went back to voodoo.
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Prompt "engineering" is merely providing a vague probabilistic context to a linguistic lotto machine that nobody really understands.
Far cry from giving specific and precise instructions to a flawless computation engine we call a computer.
Funny how we went back to voodoo.
Far cry from giving specific and precise instructions to a flawless computation engine we call a computer.
Funny how we went back to voodoo.
@newscientist.bsky.social
Please feel free to post here to Bluesky.
You could post links to your articles.
Unlike Twitter and Threads, Bluesky's algorithm apparently is friendly to posts with links (it won't demote them like Twitter and Threads).
See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
Please feel free to post here to Bluesky.
You could post links to your articles.
Unlike Twitter and Threads, Bluesky's algorithm apparently is friendly to posts with links (it won't demote them like Twitter and Threads).
See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
Twitter (and Threads) Have Made a HUGE Mistake
YouTube video by hankschannel
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:57 PM
@newscientist.bsky.social
Please feel free to post here to Bluesky.
You could post links to your articles.
Unlike Twitter and Threads, Bluesky's algorithm apparently is friendly to posts with links (it won't demote them like Twitter and Threads).
See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
Please feel free to post here to Bluesky.
You could post links to your articles.
Unlike Twitter and Threads, Bluesky's algorithm apparently is friendly to posts with links (it won't demote them like Twitter and Threads).
See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gh...
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I have covered both Musk and Alex a lot, and only one of them is a useful idiot for Putin and also a heinous person. The other is a patriot who did his job with distinction and is a very good man. Guess which is which: thehill.com/policy/techn...
Musk accuses Trump whistleblower Vindman of ‘treason,’ says ‘he will pay’
Elon Musk on Wednesday suggested retired Army Lt. Col Alexander Vindman “committed treason” and “will pay” after the former Trump impeachment witness accused the tech billio…
thehill.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I have covered both Musk and Alex a lot, and only one of them is a useful idiot for Putin and also a heinous person. The other is a patriot who did his job with distinction and is a very good man. Guess which is which: thehill.com/policy/techn...
Just deleted my Twitter account (started the deactivation process based on www.yahoo.com/tech/done-x-...). I'd been using Twitter since 2010 (14 years).
The last straw was Musk retweeting dangerous lies about the patriot Alex Vindman @avindman.bsky.social.
The last straw was Musk retweeting dangerous lies about the patriot Alex Vindman @avindman.bsky.social.
Done with X? How to delete your Twitter account in a few easy steps.
Elon Musk's recent appointment to a new Trump administration department is prompting some to delete X, formerly known as Twitter. Here's how to do it.
www.yahoo.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Just deleted my Twitter account (started the deactivation process based on www.yahoo.com/tech/done-x-...). I'd been using Twitter since 2010 (14 years).
The last straw was Musk retweeting dangerous lies about the patriot Alex Vindman @avindman.bsky.social.
The last straw was Musk retweeting dangerous lies about the patriot Alex Vindman @avindman.bsky.social.