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Julf Helsingius

@daland.bsky.social

Swedish-speaking Finn from Helsinki, living in Amsterdam. Involved with the Internet for way too long, geek, technologist stuck in policy jungle. Like things that go - and go "beep".

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Julf Helsingius@daland.bsky.social · yesterday

From 12 years ago - and it definitely hasn't gotten better. “We believe that if policymaking is dominated by powerful business organizations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America’s claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened.” www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Study concludes: The US is an oligarchy, not a democracy - UPI.com

A study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities concludes that U.S. political policy is determined by the economic elite, not the majority of citizens.

upi.com

Julf Helsingius@daland.bsky.social · 2w ago

More than 120 UK millionaires, including former footballer Gary Lineker and music producer Brian Eno, have urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to introduce higher taxes on the country's wealthiest people, arguing that Britain's richest can afford to contribute more." www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-millionai...

'We Can Afford It': Over 100 UK Millionaires Urge Andy Burnham to Tax Them More to Fund Public Services

Over 120 UK millionaires, including Gary Lineker and Brian Eno, urge Prime Minister Andy Burnham to introduce higher taxes on the wealthy to fund public services and tackle inequality.

ibtimes.co.uk

Dan Gillmor@dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

RE: https://federate.social/@mattblaze/116933329920689923 One of the top experts on voting security posted a fascinating thread about the Trump speech, and he looked hard at the documents. Important reading. ( @mattblaze please do a block post! )

Matt Blaze@mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

OK, I've downloaded the docs from whitehouse.gov and am starting to go through them. They're easy to find; there's a popup on the homepage directing you to them Very irritatingly, the documents are only available in four zip archives (by topic category), which have to be extracted on your […]

Julf Helsingius@daland.bsky.social · 3w ago

The first all-electric Ferrari, the Luce (hated by all Ferrari fans for a) being electric, and b) not looking like a Ferrari), was largely designed by Jony Ive, the former head of design for Apple. Interestingly, he insisted on traditional knobs, buttons and dials instead of huge touchscreens.

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Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · 3w ago

Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology.

Julf Helsingius@daland.bsky.social · 4w ago

“Trump’s own statements — including his celebration of ‘a level of luxury that nobody’s ever seen before’ — make it clear that these decisions prioritized Trump’s personal comfort and tastes over U.S. national security,” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...

New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say (Gift Article)

Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. The White House defended the aircraft’s safety.

nytimes.com

Julf Helsingius@daland.bsky.social · 4w ago

"When President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held — but just barely. If faced with the same tests today, those guardrails and the people who held the line would largely be missing" www.propublica.org/article/trum...

8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections

From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...

propublica.org

Julf Helsingius@daland.bsky.social · 4w ago

"It’s hard for most of us to conceive of living in a Trumpian world without standards, norms, rules or laws – a world composed only of transactions and calculations in which the only test is what’s in it for me and at what cost." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power

It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces

theguardian.com

Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 4w ago

In a German study of replies to 625 questions, from 5 chatbots, it showed chatGPT overwhelmingly cited right leaning tabloid akin media Welt.de . - 5 times more than the second most cited source in the list

Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 4w ago

Warum fällt es mir schwer, hier an Zufall zu glauben? Und selbst wenn es einer sein sollte: das ist ein Versagen vermeintlich „neutraler“ KI. Gerade im Vergleich zu Claude mit viel ausgewogeneren Werten.

Tabelle, welche Nachrichtenportale von ChatGPT am meisten zitiert werden und „welt.de“ vom Springer Konzern liegt mit 264 mit sehr großem Abstand an der Spitze. Dahinter liegt Deutschlandfunk mit 55 und graduell absteigend weitere 8 Medien bis zum Wert 12.
Covie@covie93.bsky.social · last mo.

The fact that stephen miller is saying the US is closed to asylum seekers from Haiti while granting asylum to white South Africans should tell you all you need to know.