"When asked where this agreement had come from, Trump admitted that he had made it up. It was entirely in his head, which is where so many of his great diplomatic triumphs appear to occur." @ldfreedman.bsky.social

Lawrence Freedman@ldfreedman.bsky.social · 17h ago

My latest post attempts to make sense of a difficult time in US-Ukraine relations, in which the dysfunctions of the Trump administration were on full display. Trump’s claims that Putin was ready to make concessions was shown again to be make-believe. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/ukraine-wi...?

We assume our future selves will be the same as our current selves -- and so we make advanced directives. But this can be tricky in the face of disorders like frontotemporal dementia. Join me this week with guest Robert Kolker. eagleman.com/podcast/175

The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

“Is there a coherent case that inflation spikes are somehow exacerbated by corporate profiteering?” Tim Harford goes in search of evidence for the neologistic economic phenomenon of ‘greedflation’: buff.ly/q1VD6Nn

Behind Adam Smith's metaphor of the invisible hand lies the power of giant corporations. That's why neoliberalism will always subordinate our needs to the market. It's time to do things differently. 🔗 Subscribe to my new YouTube channel today: youtu.be/Wj_GdHSo7PU

THE PERKINI REPORT: THE 2028 REALITY CRISIS What if the most obvious financial bubble in all of history turns out to be.... a bubble... and what if that is just really.... bearish? there were signs, there are always signs 🤣 free link: hub.tslombard.com/the-perkini-...

This is really perfect crime territory, cos when some doing gets his bank account emptied by the bots he gave access to, everyone will just point and laugh

Christopher J Stevens@metaphysiology.eurosky.social · 2d ago

"Major US banks are detecting unauthorized AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions" Again, fellow academics promoting AI agents, have you honestly thought about what that society looks like? #pulltheplug

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."

TL;DR:🧵 by @kobihackenburg.bsky.social buff.ly/uACXmD4

Research by @kobihackenburg.bsky.social et al suggests chatbots can be remarkably persuasive: •not just on attitude but also on actual behaviour (eg signing a petition) •mechanisms that alter attitude are different from those that drive behaviour buff.ly/9ANk2XV

Väärältä historioitsijalta kysytty. Markku Ruotsila aivan varmasti sanoisi, että loistava veto jota me urbaanit liberaalit emme vaan tajua www.uusisuomi.fi/uutiset/a/49...

”Suurvaltaitsemurha” – Historioitsijalta tyly havainto Donald Trumpista

”Tekemällä Yhdysvaltojen ulkopolitiikasta avoimesti Venäjä-myönteistä Trump on tehnyt koko maailmasta paljon vaarallisemman”, Timothy Snyder sanoo.

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Attractive faces grab our attention—but for men, this is limited to faces of people who match their sexual orientation, while for women it applies for people regardless of their sex, according to new research: buff.ly/h7pCnwY

And that's why workplace diversity is important. Without a non-sociopath on the team, nobody was there to understand the horrific nature of what they were doing.

#TuckFrump@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 3d ago

Vivek Ramaswamy's team saw his ugly attack ad as a 'stroke of genius': report #RawStory

The former California governor has called for the largest US state economy to step up efforts to cut emissions as it confronts rising energy costs and a hostile federal government. ft.trib.al/EsGUuYm

He added some more context on X:

Melanie Mitchell@melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Michael Jordan (the machine learning one): "Superintelligence is Science Fiction" 🔥🔥🔥 www.di.ens.fr/~fbach/MJord...

Up we go again Oil prices moved above USD110 per barrel. Markets’ and politicians’ focus on round numbers gives the move significance. www.ubs.com/global/en/we... #EconSky

Up we go again

Oil prices rose above USD110 per barrel. Markets and politicians focus on round numbers, so while a small price increase is not directly important, the move does have potential consequences. The US ad...

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Do you get it now, finally. Trump doesnt give a damn about human life, be it American or Ukrainian. He is fine with Russia slaughtering defenseless civilians. This is your America, MAGA.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."

My new book, Co-Existence, is out today. It is a guide to how to live and work in a world where AI is sometimes, but not always, better than you. (And, for the release, I worked with Opus 5.5 to make a quite interesting experience for the book's new website: co-existence.ai)

These graphs from European countries’ re-routed exports are really something!

Robin Brooks@robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 5d ago

Meloni's strong condemnation of the US diesel deal with Russia would carry more weight if Italian exporters weren't falling over themselves transshipping goods to Russia. Europe is all about big speeches and virtue signaling. It's all just empty words... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/european-h...

Meloni's strong condemnation of the US diesel deal with Russia would carry more weight if Italian exporters weren't falling over themselves transshipping goods to Russia. Europe is all about big speeches and virtue signaling. It's all just empty words... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/european-h...

#Vasemmisto #SDP #Demarit #Politiikka

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Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hey, Trump voters. Repost this and get $5,000. (Terms and conditions apply)

Here is the post for your reasonable, and factual Sunday 🙏🏻 There is a huge difference between free speech and hate speech. Be on the right side of it all #nooffence

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 7d ago

Lord Sumption's opening speech at the Free Speech debate. He was given seven minutes but took only three.

Another Russian data center has migrated to the cloud.

I really enjoy reading guy. “Your average neuron has about ten thousand to fifty thousand dendritic spines and about the same number of axon terminals. Factor in a hundred billion neurons, and you see why brains, rather than kidneys, write good poetry.”

Determined by Robert M. Sapolsky: 9780525560999 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The instant New York Times bestseller “Excellent . . . Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” –Wall Street Journal...

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#Walta näyttää vaparissa potkutekniikkaansa MLS! 😳 #Huuhkajat youtube.com/watch?v=0a8F...

New York City FC vs. LAFC | Full Match Highlights | FREE-KICK BANGER!

YouTube video by Major League Soccer

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Each year over 300m operations are conducted worldwide, according to the WHO. As the number continues to grow, some in the medical field are starting to ask an awkward question: how many are really necessary?

Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo

A succession of clinical trials is upending the field

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How can cooperative systems get hijacked? Join Inner Cosmos this week to hear from evolutionary biologist Athena Aktipis (@athenaaktipis.bsky.social) about cooperation -- from cells to societies to AI agents. eagleman.com/podcast/174

Nu samlar vi en miljon namnunderskrifter för att tvinga EU-kommissionen att ta ställning till ett lagförslag om att erkänna naturens rättigheter och medborgarnas rätt att försvara dem rightsfornature.eu

The Lindsey Graham Act would have imposed significant new sanctions on Russia from 18 October, but allowed the President to issue waivers. He just did. To avoid screaming, I went through every provision explaining them and indicating which he waived. Spoiler: All the ones that did anything.

Explaining the Russian Sanctions Trump just Cancelled

A section by section breakdown of what each provision of the Graham Act would have done, and what Trump waived.

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