Reposted by Julf HelsingiusOwen Smigelski @lothar.blue · 05/10/2026Wow, @cnn.com is really timely with this "analysis". The rest of us have known this for years.cnn.comTrump is clearly trying to buy votes with taxpayer money | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump is ramping up his efforts to use taxpayer money and resources to help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections. 011
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusJillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026AI is going to kill us but also string theory is bullshit and the rainforest is gay. This guy's a real winner, huh? futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old TweetsOld tweets that appear to belong to former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon have resurfaced, and they contain questionable assertions. 0247
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41119613108
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...theguardian.comWhen is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: nowRobert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy 13276117
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Some 70 percent of Dutch people consider social media harmful to democracy, and 93 percent believe that social media platforms manipulate their users" nltimes.nl/2026/10/02/d...nltimes.nlDutch leading growing skeptism of social media; 70% call it a risk to democracySkepticism of social media is growing worldwide, but nowhere as fast as in the Netherlands. Some 70 percent of Dutch people consider social media harmful to democracy, and 93 percent believe that soci... 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People casually using genAI instead of their own creativity or capacity for thought genuinely feels like a huge values difference now, on a very fundamental level. We do not hold the same things to be important or worthwhile. 820853
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.tomshardware.com/software/the...tomshardware.comUS sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem — trial programs running now, first release expected at end of 2027The U.S. imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, preventing it from using ubiquitous U.S.-based software. 011
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"In this paper, we show how malicious super-apps have undeniable capabilities to silently undermine the security and privacy of mini-apps and users without leaving any trace." arxiv.org/html/2609.11...arxiv.orgDon’t Trust the Super-App: A Case Study of Russia’s Max 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusMatt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026The "AI changes everything" people rhyme remarkably well with the "blockchain changes everything" people. 7640
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"This group is made up of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. While all three are distinct, these dark traits share features such as egotism and a willingness to lie and cheat to achieve a goal." theconversation.com/members-of-r...theconversation.comMembers of right-leaning parties prefer leaders with ‘dark triad’ personality traitsThe ‘dark triad’ is made up of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. 010
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Voters and members of Congress, allies and adversaries, CEOs and investors alike have had to try to figure out how to read a man whose words are so frequently not true." edition.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...edition.cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 010
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle (Gift Article)It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusEric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🇸🇪&🇫🇮 conduct joint operation to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft for the first time. Nordic Air Force cooperation has existed for many years, and this latest operation exemplifies how the Nordics can fly as one, unified Air Force. More here: ilmavoimat.fi/-/suomen-ja-... 06420
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The video that Meta doesn't want you to see is available here: www.bitsoffreedom.nl/en/campagnes...bitsoffreedom.nlPervert glasses – Bits of Freedom 001
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Meta wil niet dat je deze video ziet. Ik herhaal: Meta wil níet dat je deze video ziet. 341038523
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusDutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Facade politics” is making far-right ideas acceptable: AIVD www.dutchnews.nl?p=273042dutchnews.nl“Facade politics” is making far-right ideas acceptable: AIVD - DutchNews.nlFar-right organisations are using euphemistic terms such as “remigration” to establish racist and discriminatory ideas in mainstream debate, the Dutch security services have warned. The intelligence… 021
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“It is important that terms such as ‘remigration’ do not become normalized without people understanding what right-wing extremists mean by them” “In this context, it refers to the forced removal of groups of people because extremists believe they do not belong here.” nltimes.nl/2026/09/22/d...nltimes.nlDutch intelligence service warns far-right extremists are normalizing their ideasRight-wing extremists are trying to make their ideas more acceptable to a wider audience by presenting a “softer version” of their views, according to warnings from the General Intelligence and Securi... 010
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Even when avatars signaled an exclusive interest in left-wing politics, right-wing perspectives continued to dominate their feeds, suggesting that platform amplification overrides user preference." www.bi.team/publications...bi.teamHow social media shapes young Europeans’ worldviews | BITBIT was commissioned by the Finnish innovation fund Sitra to study young people’s experiences on social media and the political content they encounter. 010
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump does seem to have learned something from his buddies Vladimir and Jong Un. - State-run television. - Banning unfavorable journalism. - Acquiring stakes in private companies. - Prosecuting political enemies. - Claiming only elections you lose are rigged. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comWhite House launches 'TRUMP TV' stream following controversial ban of major news outletsCritics, including members of mainstream media, are deriding the move as an attempt to establish "state media. " The White House launched a live broadcast platform on YouTube called TRUMP TV: The Esse... 000
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system” and are filtered out. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 010
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Stevens said there was a clear link between deepening intolerance and the rise of trends on social media such as the “manosphere”, which provides a platform for aggressive and discriminatory messages about women and gays." www.dutchnews.nl/2026/09/lgbt...dutchnews.nlLGBT tolerance slumps in the Netherlands as debate turns vicious - DutchNews.nlLess than a quarter of schoolboys in the Netherlands have a positive view of homosexuality, almost half the proportion of four years ago, according to a Europe-wide survey. The HBSC (Health Behaviour ... 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...nicolakelly.substack.comThe RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroesI have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like. 341523492
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusAurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media 3739021177
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026AI doom talk from tech CEOs is "a misdirection play," writes Paul M. Barrett. His case: Ignore the moguls' "apocalyptic muttering," act on the safety proposals already on the table, and drop the China card, which "makes no sense upon close scrutiny."buff.lyMaking Sense of AI Dread? Don't Get Distracted by Doomer CEOs or the China CanardDon’t take the tech moguls’ apocalyptic muttering at face value, writes Paul M. Barrett. Instead, view it as a misdirection play. 12710
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today is Prinsjesdag, the Dutch equivalent of the US State of the Union or British Opening of Parliament. As part of it includes publishing the budget, the Ministry of Finance web site is temporarily inaccessible while they upload all the material. 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusOwen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sweden's cities swung left while rural areas moved to the right. Change in left bloc vote share: Stockholm +2 Göteborg +3 Malmö +6 Uppsala +3 Linköping +1 Örebro +4 Västerås +2 33213
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"The assembled tech CEOs agreed that this is a much better story than the true one which is that their industry has blown trillions of investor dollars on technology that works maybe 30% of the time." www.thebeaverton.com/2026/09/tech...thebeaverton.comTech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't workSILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than ju... 010
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Media speculated that the sabotage could have been timed to coincide with Prinsjesdag, the state opening of parliament in The Hague and one of the biggest days in the Dutch political calendar." www.dutchnews.nl/2026/09/dutc...dutchnews.nlDutch railway network disrupted by sabotage to tracks - DutchNews.nlTrain services across the Netherlands were disrupted on Tuesday morning in what network operators say was an act of co-ordinated sabotage. ProRail, the company responsible for managing the track netwo... 021
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"The lesson that I learned (shamefully) decades ago is that domain experts, by way of their expertise, implicitly hold the public’s trust, and we must not abuse it. It is incumbent upon us to be circumspect in our claims, and maximally so when raising the alarm." bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/t...bcantrill.dtrace.orgThe contagion of fear | The Observation Deck 010
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026To quote Asterix albums, "their only fear is that the sky will fall on their heads." "More than three intact satellites or rocket bodies are reentering the Earth’s atmosphere every day on average. At the same time, ten new payloads are launched daily. " www.esa.int/Space_Safety...esa.intESA Space Environment Report 2026 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 15224441310
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026When Iran starts firing jet powered drones they got from us into Isreal, Donald will act as if no one could have predicted it. He'll probably blame Ukraine for forcing Russia to develop them by not surrendering. 18723152
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusKIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Correction: ...say, and/or do something stupid. 26117
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The world’s scientists breathed a sigh of relief this week as temperatures in the UK dropped below 35 degrees, meaning that everything is fine and we can go back to burning fossil fuels forever without any worries. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1682, August 2026. 436498
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusMike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So here's a science-fiction movie that, I'd guess, hardly anyone alive has ever seen. Based on a relatively famous, or at least much-anthologized, short story by "Lewis Padgett" (pseudonym for Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore, writing together). www.imdb.com/title/tt0046...imdb.com 6336
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you want to know to what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what the Kremlin says today. 29679198
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusMother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/09/2026A past beneficiary of Putin skulduggery, Trump has unilaterally disarmed and, in a way, surrendered to Putin, placing his own interests over those of the nation.motherjones.comWill Putin's decade-long war on US elections hit the midterms?Trump's Russia denialism has left America vulnerable. 1218176
Reposted by Julf Helsingiusprettylight @prettylight10.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"I’ve never read 'the art of the deal'.... But apparently the 'art of the deal', as applied to this war, is to give Russia everything it wants, then commence negotiations through which Russia then gets more than it originally demanded. Donald probably wonders why Putin keeps dragging things out." 116319
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusMartin @concretebadger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Eg: The BBC says "traffic lights installed to improve road safety." Someone thinks, "No! The BBC is The Establishment and biased!" A FB post: "traffic lights are mind-control laser beams installed by the illuminati lizard people!" Someone thinks, "my friend on FB shared this, so it must be true." 2435
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 10/09/202618 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...law.cornell.edu18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusMinna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is the most counterintuitive part of NATO cooperation for the US to stay out of, because hunting these subs has always been about US homeland security - the Russian idea used to be to sneak through the GIUK gap and continue towards US East Coast. Try to find them in the Atlantic, good luckpolitico.comNATO races to guard against Russian nuclear subs without the USAllied forces gathered near Iceland to practice hunting for Russian submarines, with a key member missing. 1421469
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"It isn’t that Trump can’t tell truth from lies. It is that he has made a deliberate choice to only believe, and only know, what he wants to." www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-911...everythingishorrible.netTrump’s 9/11 Lies Are A Moral Failure, Not A Cognitive OneHe is a fool because he is evil, not the other way around 053
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusMiska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026#defence Finnish company Sensorfusion builds drone interceptor factories that fit inside a shipping container : makes 50 interceptor drones a day (Yes, Mikko Hyppönen of w/f-secure works for them ;-) ...but they also do more (next post) youtube.com/shorts/va8Bs...youtube.comTactical Drone Factory #dronedefenseYouTube video by Sensofusion 2407
Julf Helsingius @daland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"The numbers range from 4,300 in California to fewer than 15 in Wyoming—not nearly enough to have affected the outcome of the presidential race. But even these figures seem extremely questionable" www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...wired.comA US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty ConclusionsTrump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate. 010
Reposted by Julf HelsingiusRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026As Trump calls for thousands of factory workers in Kansas and Indiana to lose their jobs on Labor Day, the WH puts out a video that doesn’t show a single American worker. 732299698