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maken, lassen, timmeren, printen, frezen, lezen, kamperen "Democracy is a joke when capitalists write the laws"

Analysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...

The AI Demand Bubble

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🧵Former ICC Prosecutor Says He and His Family Faced Threats Over Israel Investigation Former International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said he and his family have faced threats and sanctions linked to the court's investigations, including its case concerning Palestine.

My op-ed in @zeit.de. Europe pushes Palantir out; Springer gives Thiel a prize. The real question is sovereignty: who controls the infrastructure our states run on, whether it stays under democratic control or falls to tech oligarchs fused with an authoritarian state. Europe must defend democracy.

DIE ZEIT@zeit.de · 3w ago

Der rechtskonservative Techinvestor Peter Thiel wird mit dem Axel Springer Award ausgezeichnet. Dabei sollten unabhängige Medien dessen Methoden eigentlich hinterfragen.

🧵 What is REALLY happening at the Ceuta border in Spain? It is not just a migration crisis—it is a textbook example of hybrid warfare, where human movement is weaponized for geopolitical leverage to destabilise Europe. Here is a breakdown of the players 👇

Why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint and how were so many people able to cross from Morocco?

An estimated 50,000 people attempted the journey to the Spanish territory in chaotic and dangerous scenes that resulted in dozens of deaths

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Prominent researchers in my field spent over 2 decades telling big stories about the relation between brain & mental health with very little robust data. This has led to really crazy stuff like this, impossible if we had not normalized this bizarre storytelling. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

A scientist says he can scan prisoners’ brains for signs of evil. Did his disputed science put a man on death row?

Kent Kiehl convinced the US legal system he can find violence in prisoners’ brains. His theories have been since used by defense lawyers – with grave consequences for prisoners

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Als er geen statushouders zouden zijn, zou de wachtlijst gemiddeld drie maanden korter zijn. Geen jaren, maar maanden. Het echte probleem is de privatisering van de woningmarkt, dus (zoals altijd) pure neoliberalisme is de oorzaak van de problemen in NL.

Een nieuw hoofdstuk in de saga van de "Strafbaarstelling verheerlijking terrorisme". De wet is zogenaamd "aangepast" vanwege kritiek van de Raad van State, maar is er ook echt iets veranderd? En waarom is het nog niet fascistisch genoeg voor Mona Keijzer? 🧵 www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...

Wijziging van het Wetboek van Strafrecht, het Wetboek van Strafvordering, het Wetboek van Strafrecht BES en het Wetboek van Strafvordering BES in verband met de strafbaarstelling van het verheerlijken...

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Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here