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Adrian Pohr

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Trumpismus, Klima, Desinformation.

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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Opinion | This Is What I Fear Most About A.I. (Gift Article)
Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 18/09/2026
“It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of AI — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying.”
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
In a matter of weeks, Russia has been linked to a series of attacks and plots that carried the potential to trigger a dangerous escalation in the war in Ukraine and the West’s broader conflict with Moscow, according to security officials and experts.
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String of daring Russian plots is testing Washington’s restraint
A strike on a train that imperiled former European leaders and CIA officers is among a spate of attacks that risked a dangerous escalation with the West, experts say.
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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/09/2026
“Trump wants to use the threat of Chinese AI development as an excuse to keep the U.S. industry accelerating—even as his own policies make that threat worse,” Rogé Karma argues:
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Trump’s Position on AI Makes No Sense
If the president is so concerned about staying ahead in the AI race, why is he letting Chinese companies buy American chips?
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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
„Mr. Trump himself has been at the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks with the possible rewards.“ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
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As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, Washington Stirs, but Mostly Slumbers
President Trump has been at the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who publicly resigned from Anthropic yesterday with a stark warning about AI safety, was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on his show this evening.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
1. Earlier today, AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who spent the past three years working at OpenAI and Anthropic, publicly resigned from Anthropic, warning that both companies are racing toward superintelligence and “gambling with our lives.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026
The alarms are all flashing red.
Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
​The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
​The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
​The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
​The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
​The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
​The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
​The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"
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Till Schwarze-Thurm @tillski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Der Ernstfall ist jetzt" - @bertpsch.bsky.social mit einem Audiokommentar zur Wahl in #Sachsen-Anhalt open.spotify.com/episode/2ynW... (mit der wichtigen Erinnerung an einen AfD-Ausspruch: "Wir müssen nur einmal gewinnen, dann werde Ihr uns nie wieder los.")
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Kommentar zum AfD-Sieg: Der Ernstfall ist jetzt (Wahlkreis-Spezial)
Was jetzt? · Episode
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Nils Markwardt @fjmurau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Es scheint mir zentral, was @joausdo.bsky.social hier akzentuiert: Jetzt, da die AfD Machtnähe ist, schaltet sie (auch) auf eine Anti-Polarisierungsrhetorik um. Sprich: Polarisierung und (angebliche) Anti-Polarisierung laufen jetzt parallel. (aus: www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2...)
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Phil Gordon @philgordondc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Far from backing up Ratcliffe’s allegedly tough messaging in Moscow with policies designed to enforce it, Trump is doing the opposite. My @FT piece on why U.S. policy toward Europe makes Russian attacks more likely rather than less. www.ft.com/content/3fd1...
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Trump is putting European security in peril
The president’s bullying of allies is weakening deterrence and increasing the risk of war
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I had the pleasure to be interviewed, alongside @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, for this reflection on the question: Is Trump a Mad King? On Trump's authoritarian ambitions, his personalist rule, his narcissism - and what happens when the president increasingly retreats into his own unreality:
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 27/08/2026
INVESTIGATION: Four former members of a banned organization modeled on the Hitler Youth are part of the inner circle of the man who could become the Alternative for Germany’s first state premier. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/form...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday he’s willing to declare a national security emergency in an attempt to take over American elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections
"Stranger things have happened,” Trump said after a far-right media host implored him to declare a national security emergency on elections.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10/08/2026
The Nino 3.4 sea surface temperature (preliminary) is at 29.65°C, as of August 9th, the 72nd consecutive record daily high, on its way to crushing the previous record high of 29.82°C, set November 17th, 2015. The Nino 3.4 anomaly currently sits at 2.77°C above the 1991-2020 average.
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ein politisches System, das die größte strukturelle Gefahr für sein Überleben - die akzelerierte Klimakatastrophe - nicht zum zentralen Fokus für seine Entscheidungen machen kann (ohne andere zu ignorieren), wird vor die Wand fahren.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Auch in Frankreich gab es allein in der heißesten Juniwoche über 2000 zusätzliche Tote. www.santepubliquefrance.fr/en/news/upda...
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Update on all-cause mortality for the period from June 22 to 28, 2026 | Santé publique France
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Holger Klein @holgi.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
"As climatologist Valérie Masson-Delmotte put it, the climate in which our societies were built and developed no longer exists." (€)
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'The heatwave shows, beyond any doubt, that without strong mitigation measures, adaptation will be impossible'
COLUMN. Efforts to combat climate change require far more than mere technical adjustments, writes Le Monde's Stéphane Foucart in his column.
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Money = speech. Unlimited spending = free speech. A judicial perversion of the First Amendment,! undermining democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...
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Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ich erinnere daran, dass wir das stabile Klima des Holozäns (der letzten 10.000 Jahre) längst hinter uns gelassen haben. Ich forsche seit den 1990er Jahren zum Paläoklima. Ich kann nur dringend empfehlen, jetzt eine Notbremsung bei der fossilen Energienutzung zu machen! Für unsere Kinder. Bitte.
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 24/05/2026
#RCP8.5 #IPCC 🎁:
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Meinung: Klimaszenario RCP 8.5: So funktioniert fossile Propaganda heute
Haben Sie diese Woche irgendwo gelesen, dass die Klimakrise ausfällt? Das ist leider eine Lüge. Auf welchem Weg sie die deutsche Öffentlichkeit erreichte, ist ein Lehrstück über Agitation im 21. Jahrhundert.
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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Fascinating.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Breathtakingly corrupt and indefensible theft of taxpayer money. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump’s deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
The deal, laid out in a document signed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, grants a commission broad authority to distribute the money, drawn from taxpayer dollars.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 18/05/2026
Two things can be true: • RCP8.5 was never a realistic "business as usual" scenario • The world has made real progress bending the emissions curve down Glen Peters, Piers Forster, and I explain in a new article: www.theclimatebrink.... 1/11
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On the death of RCP8.5
We should celebrate progress, but not overstate it
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/05/2026
The world got the transmission question wrong with COVID at first—and needs to get it right with hantavirus, the infectious-disease expert Joseph Allen argues.
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The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth
Knowing how a virus spreads is essential to public health, but people keep getting it wrong.
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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A mind-boggling way to run a democracy. "Since Callais dropped, Republicans have called for doing away with all Democratic districts in the South." www.economist.com/united-state...
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The Supreme Court has unleashed the gerrymanderers
Louisiana v Callais is baleful for democracy
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/05/2026
In March, the Pentagon’s director of NATO policy was abruptly reassigned—undermining U.S. cooperation with European allies as the war in Iran was creating a new crisis in transatlantic relations, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports:
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Europe Without America
The Iran war has given European leaders new impetus to plan for self-defense.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
1/ There will never be a better time than now to attack Europe, says a prominent Russian warblogger. Alexey Zhivov says that victory in Ukraine is slipping away, so Russia needs to act like Iran and attack all the facilities in the EU that are being used to help Ukraine. ⬇️
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/04/2026
Today, the Supreme Court ruled to limit the Voting Rights Act—something that Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to achieve since the beginning of his career, David Daley wrote in December.
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John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The Chief Justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court guts a key tool that has been used to challenge racially discriminatory voting practices for fifty years. Combined with one of the Court’s 2019 rulings, today’s decision effectively declares all gerrymandering constitutional.
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SCOTUS smothers Voting Rights Act, greenlighting racial discrimination and a rash of GOP gerrymanders
Justice Elena Kagan, in dissent, accused the majority of making changes that "eviscerate the law."
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Ashley Parker @ashleyrparker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
NEW: Trump has begun talking about how he “is the most powerful person to ever live.” Our look at how Trump’s view of himself as one of history’s Great Men is shaping the second term of what has now become his YOLO Presidency. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The YOLO Presidency
Trump is focused on becoming one of history’s “great men.”
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/04/2026
Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security.
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Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job
The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Breaking: New study using observational constraints projects that the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC will weaken ~50% by 2100, even for medium emissions and without Greenland melting. 🌊 More realistic models means stronger weakening - not entirely unexpected. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Science | AAAS
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I like that he's turned it into another loyalty test. Who are you gonna believe, your eyes or the fake news media bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A lot of Orbán's American fans are saying that this election proved he was never an authoritarian in the first place. This is completely wrong — and, in fact, betrays a complete misunderstanding of both Hungarian politics and modern authoritarianism. Here's why.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In other developments in this Realty TV Show, "Bridge" Colby insists he didn't threaten to off Pope Bob.
Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby 
@USWPColby
 had a substantive, respectful, and professional meeting with Cardinal Pierre, the then-Papal Nuncio, and his team on January 22, 2026. During the cordial meeting, they discussed a range of topics, including issues of morality in foreign policy, the logic of the U.S. National Security Strategy, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and other topics. Cardinal Pierre expressed his appreciation for the outreach and both sides looked forward to continued open and respectful dialogue.
 
In light of grossly false and distorted recent reporting, the Department of War repeats its statement: Recent reporting of the meeting is highly exaggerated and distorted. The meeting between Pentagon and Vatican officials was a respectful and reasonable discussion. We have nothing but the highest regard and welcome continued dialogue with the Holy See.

Four pictures showing a meeting between Bridge Colby, who's a preppy blond guy, and a priest in a collar with a hanging cross, along with 7 others, in a insultingly small conference room.
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Matteo Wong @matteowong.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Claude Mythos Preview is, of course, a big deal for cybersecurity. But perhaps more importantly, the model brings into stark relief how AI companies are amassing more power and influence than nation-states. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/04/2026
The war in Iran has showed that “the United States is, in effect, moving toward a world in which it faces more connected opponents with a less cohesive coalition of its own,” Thomas Wright argues:
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A New Geopolitical Reality Is Here
America’s adversaries are uniting as its own coalition falls apart.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump: Lets just forget the whole thing and have Golden Age of the Middle East instead.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If Trump does give an order to attack civilian targets that have no military value as a means of collectively punishing the Iranian people - and make good his threat to begin a genocide - Marco Rubio should resign and the military must refuse the order. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
White House: “Only President Trump knows what he will do, and the entire world will find out..." @dgraham.bsky.social: "This view is legally, morally, and practically disastrous." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Trump Threatens to Destroy an Entire Nation
The president’s position is that if he wants to wipe out a “whole civilization,” then that is his decision to make.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Jane Mayer: 'Reminder: Trump’s Ghostwriter said, “If…he gets the nuclear codes there’s an excellent chance it will end civilization.”'
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So trump filled his cabinet with sychophants who lifted their faces off the floor a few inches to tell him war with Iran was a dumb idea and he ignored them because he’s never faced a consequence in his entire life www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 07/04/2026
Sam Altman promised to be a safe steward for A.I. But some of his colleagues believed that he was not trustworthy enough to, as one put it, “have his finger on the button.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/aBX6HF
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Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Tucker Carlson und Alex Jones (!!) haben das Trump-Schiff verlassen. Der eine warnt vor Atombomben, der andere will, dass Trump per 25. Amendment entmachtet wird.
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Adrian Pohr @adriander.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Wer macht hier nochmal Wahlbeeinflussung (contra EU, pro Putin)?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2026
From Catherine Belton, on why Vance is going to Budapest www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Gute Frage
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