Have you noticed no one is claiming this is an escalation?

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 17h ago

⚡️ A North Korean missile unit is deploying to Russia, with plans to operate 120 ballistic missiles against Ukraine. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Reinsurers are left-wing treehuggers bent on destroying capitalism. Sure, mate. Sounds very serious and smart.

Lack of testosterone ?

Lawyers, Guns and Money@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · yesterday

How Does The World’s Major Military Power Run Out Of Munitions?

There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on...

The conversation about AI in health stuff is always about the risks of patients using AI. I'm more worried about possibilities like every appointment gets inspected by an insurance company in detail so that if a patient uses the slightly wrong words about something their care is denied.

“Le commissaire australien à l'eSafety a enterré un rapport montrant que l'interdiction des médias sociaux aux moins de 16 ans n'a pas réduit l'utilisation des médias sociaux chez les adolescents, mais a abaissé la vigilance parentale. Nous avons fait des concessions sur notre vie privée pour rien.”

Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

Vous nous saoulez avec vos métaphores guerrières. Il n’y a pas de batailles, les pompiers appellent d’ailleurs ça des chantiers. Crier victoire après que 1800 hectares sont encore partis en fumée et pendant que des gens admirables font face aux incendies dans un dénuement scandaleux, quel irrespect.

Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 4d ago

EN DIRECT, incendies : dans le Var, « la bataille est remportée » ce soir, selon le préfet, malgré un feu toujours « pas fixé » et 1 800 hectares brûlés

l'histoire, et la bulle en cours d'une part impacte les prix de biens grands publics mais surtout va faire passer la crise des subprimes pour une pédicure. Ils ont des pratiques de sécurités indignent de leur taille, et une capa de manipulation de l'opinion jamais atteinte. Occupons nous de tout ça?

plutôt que des chimères d'AGI hypothétique. Les boites d'IA ont créé leur modèle dans la plus totale illégalité. Elles rallument des centrales à charbon et menacent l'eau potable de millions de personnes - ca se passe, c'est pas hypothétique. Ils ont créée la plus grande cavalerie financière de

Je ne vais pas redire ce que j'ai déjà dit: si vs souhaitez y voir de l'intelligence, vous en verrez, ça fait 15000 ans au moins que l'on fait ça. Et pour le risque que l'IA nous dépasse : mais comme déjà dit aussi, c'est déjà le cas. Et ca serait bien qu'on traite les risques très réels et actuels

Genius. Perhaps we could call that "the moment the bezzle magic cease to work and people get very angry at the artists"

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 7mo ago

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

can be very dangerous indeed if you operate in a memory less world. And, oh yeah, besides Thucydides, one thing you could also learn from the ancient Greeks is the concept of hubris.

this meant that none of these models had any "memory" of past recessions or other financial meltdowns. To paraphrase Thucydides, there's now a new generation of young men who have never experienced what an imploded bubble implies, and are therefore eager to create one of their own. Being very smart

One of the flabbergasting things I learned after the 2008 financial crisis was that several of the world’s most prestigious financial firms (you know, who only recruit the best and the brightest) used econometric model with observations that would not go back more than a few years. Basically,/

This was meant to be due when OpenAI ipo’d or hit AGI, neither of which happened. Suggests OpenAI is burning way too much money and Amazon is trying to post another net equity gain in Q3, likely to try and paper over what was weak revenue guidance

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 5d ago

Amazon completes $50bn investment in OpenAI ft.trib.al/RbiJ1qC

On a donc là un secteur en manque de service public, où des bénévoles de l’autre bout de la France font le ménage à leurs propres frais et qui ne génère lui-même aucun bénévolat. L’assistanat, mes p’tits frères. france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alp...

"Une décision douloureuse" : après 30 ans d'opérations de ramassage de déchets, cette association quitte les Alpes-Maritimes

L'association OSE (Organe de sauvetage écologique) a réalisé cette semaine ses trois dernières opérations de nettoyage de la nature dans les Alpes-Maritimes. Confrontée à des coûts financiers trop éle...

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UPDATE: After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a statement saying it was “rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.” www.404media.co/google-earth...

Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images

"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."

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Oh no ! I though the 4543256 times would be THE one Trump will actually help Ukraine and not Putin! I held my breath for nothing. The surprise is huge.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 5d ago

⚡️'We have not agreed to that' — Trump walks back promise of Patriot licenses for Ukraine. Speaking his Cabinet and the press on July 31, Trump was hesitant about the license, calling it a "big step" and emphasizing the need to be careful about divulging the secrets of American defense tech.

This is extremely bad for the US. Americans might think it’s a joke, and even if it was… imagine a man «joking» about raping his wife. It doesn’t matter if it’s a joke. Even if we actually never have to fight this war, nothing will ever be the same. All of the above goes for Canada as well.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

GRUBER: I made a prediction that before you left office, Greenland would be under our operational control. TRUMP: You'll be right. They want to do something. Greenland is important from our standpoint, not theirs. You should make that bet.

"Ouh l'IA a échappé à notre contrôle", un narratif bien pratique pour camoufler des erreurs humaines karlbode.com/ai-doomsday-...

AI Doomsday Bullshit Is Getting Tired

The "rogue AI" narrative continues to help obscure very ugly and avoidable human failures.

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A Ukrainian rescue team has left for France to help fight massive wildfires. This is the first time that a Ukrainian team has been sent to assist a European Union member state under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

French Aid to Europe 🇫🇷🇪🇺@aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 6d ago

According to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, 70 🇺🇦 rescuers and 15 vehicles have left for France to fight forest fires, following a phone call with his French counterpart. Ukraine is also prepared to provide additional State Emergency Service aviation support if required. unn.ua/en/news/ukra...

5 jours de travail et des millions de données analysées. Je peux enfin répondre à deux questions : ➡️Comment qualifier la sécheresse de 2026 ? ➡️Et surtout, comment les sécheresses évoluent elles en France ? Je vous présente les résultats dans ce thread richement illustré. 1/10

Wow this is fascinating

Ted Underwood@tedunderwood.com · 7d ago

IP law sucks, but there is a lot we could do within the confines of the law if University Counsel and the people who run libraries decided it was worth it. For instance, you would think it’s a no brainer that faculty can use books *owned by their own library* for nonprofit research.

This is Poland after russian missile struck it last night. NATO territory.

Pour s'opposer au projet de @doctolib.bsky.social (utiliser vos données de santé pour de l’IA sans obtenir votre consentement explicite), vous devez remplir ce formulaire avant le 1er août ➡️ www.doctolib.fr/privacy-sett...

Agence France-Presse@afp.com · 7d ago

📲 Doctolib lance un programme de recherche scientifique qui utilisera les données personnelles de ses 50 millions d'utilisateurs, censé permettre "d'améliorer les parcours de soins grâce à l'intelligence artificielle", un projet qui fait bondir la Ligue des droits de l'Homme. ➡️ u.afp.com/SrHP

Yeah, but what do insurers know about assessing risks? 🙃

Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #FocusOnEurope@aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 7d ago

German insurer warns of a dangerous mix that ​will push up temperatures in ‌the months ahead, a forecast that comes as wildfires rage in Europe. El Nino, ​which changes temperatures and atmospheric conditions, threatens higher temperatures and ​extreme weather in many regions of ​the world.

I don't need to explain to anyone that Russia will do everything it can to avoid responsibility. According to the assessment of our military experts, the overwhelming majority of the evidence—including the recovered fragments—points to it being a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.

🇵🇱 Polish PM Donald Tusk: The military was ready to shoot it down at any time. However, the missile fell—so to speak—early enough in this area that such an operation was not necessary. We also know that Russian disinformation is at work.

I would like her to stop the rape. It was very simple. I get along with both the rapist and the victim. I told them "end the rape" I feel that one of the two parties implied have more capacity than the other to do what Trump is asking for. And still he presents it as if it's symmetric. Strange

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · last wk.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump on Zelensky: I would like him to end the war. It was very simple. I get along with both Putin and Zelensky. I told them, "End the war."