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Simon Delagrave, PhD

@delagrave.bsky.social
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Biotech R&D scientist, entrepreneur, & consultant. Fan of science & democracy. Working for a better future. Opinions mine. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Simon Delagrave, PhD @delagrave.bsky.social · 2h
Who Owns the Moon? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...
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Who Owns the Moon? (Gift Article)
A treaty from the 1960s declared that nobody can own outer space. Half a century later, billionaires and superpowers see fortunes to be made nonetheless.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h
GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR MERZ SAYS 'THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY CANNOT WAGE THIS WAR INDEFINITELY', ARGUING IT 'HAS ALREADY REACHED ITS PAIN THRESHOLD', CITING '7% INFLATION, A 14% CENTRAL-BANK RATE, FALLING OIL AND GAS REVENUES AND AN INCREASINGLY LARGE STATE DEFICIT'.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h
NEW ATTACKS ON VESSELS AROUND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ARE THREATENING THE RECOVERY IN MIDDLE EASTERN OIL FLOWS, WITH UKMTO REPORTING SEVEN VESSEL STRIKES SINCE SEPT. 28 AND IRAN’S IRGC WARNING SHIPS AGAINST USING THE US-BACKED ROUTE.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h
OIL FLOWS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF SLOWING, WITH ANALYSTS ESTIMATING A POSSIBLE 2–3 MILLION B/D DROP; BRENT REMAINS AROUND $100 A BARREL AS HIGH SHIPPING, SECURITY AND INSURANCE COSTS KEEP THE RECOVERY FRAGILE.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h
GLOBAL LNG SPOT PRICES HAVE SURGED TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE LATE 2022 AS QATAR’S SUPPLY FREEZE CONTINUES, WITH STRAIT OF HORMUZ MARITIME TRANSIT DOWN 80% FROM FEBRUARY AND QATAR EXTENDING FORCE MAJEURE ON LNG CONTRACTS.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h
FORMER OPENAI SAFETY AND TRANSPARENCY LEADER DAVID ROBINSON RESIGNED, WARNING THAT THE COMPANY IS MOVING TOO QUICKLY WITH AI LAUNCHES WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS FOR INCREASINGLY CAPABLE SYSTEMS.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h
FORMER OPENAI SAFETY AND TRANSPARENCY LEADER DAVID ROBINSON SAID AI FIRMS SHOULD OPERATE MORE LIKE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WITH MULTIPLE SAFETY LAYERS, WHILE OPENAI SAID IT IS EXPANDING THIRD-PARTY EVALUATIONS, SECURITY TESTING AND REAL-TIME MONITORING OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS MODEL BEHAVIOR.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h
SPCX is aggressively pushing reverse engineering to get around bottlenecks... Racks, chillers, etc... So they're going to vertically integrate everything they possibly can. How do they get around patents and IP with this? Don't they get sued?
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h
THE UK IS PREPARING TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON CHINESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO MEET AN EU DEMAND, AS BRUSSELS WARNS BRITAIN COULD LOSE ACCESS TO “MADE IN EUROPE” LOCAL-CONTENT RULES WITHOUT ACTION.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h
GOLD ROSE 0.3% TO $4,153.66 AN OUNCE AS WEAK US JOBS DATA REDUCED EXPECTATIONS FOR A FED RATE HIKE IN OCTOBER, WITH SEPTEMBER PAYROLLS RISING JUST 29,000, BELOW ALL ECONOMIST ESTIMATES.
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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 3h
@gilduran.com sitting in silence after completing the audiobook. I finished in record time because it was extremely compelling (understatement) and now my son will have time to listen. Highly recommend!
Screenshot of The Nerd Reich audiobook by Gil Durán. Chapter 8 summation leaves a lasting impression for this reader/listener. Impressive list of acknowledgements.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h
On Rupert Murdoch TV, the steady stream of fraudsters and charlatans keeps getting weirder bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 3h
Trump is getting ready to lift sanctions on Russia so his family and oligarchs can make billions by purchasing Lukoil's profitable overseas assets for less than they are worth. This sale would be a bribe from Putin. That is all Trump wants.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3h
AI use is measured in tokens, but the models’ use of tokens at any given task can be unpredictable. on.wsj.com/4rJNAOe
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Budgeting for AI at work is tricky. AI use is measured in tokens, but—as this visual explainer demonstrates—it’s nearly impossible to predict how many tokens a model will use at any given task.
Artificial-intelligence use is measured in tokens, but the models’ use of tokens at any given task can be unpredictable.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h
Greg Abbott pulls endorsement of Texas House candidate after video shows DWI arrest, racial slur... but the multiple felonies of Ken Paxton are AOK. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Abbott pulls endorsement of Texas House candidate after DWI arrest, racial slur
David Flores, the Republican nominee for House District 144, has lost Gov. Greg Abbott's endorsement after a video showed Flores use a racial slur while being arrested for drunk driving.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h
Flavio Bolsonaro takes lead in first round of Brazil election ft.trib.al/MYSZnAC
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Flavio Bolsonaro takes lead in first round of Brazil election
Son of jailed former far-right president is the unexpected favourite against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h
US recalls B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford following alleged terror plot ft.trib.al/zTTwimr
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US recalls B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford following alleged terror plot
UK and American officials have claimed Iran was involved in the incident in which five British men were arrested near RAF Fairford
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Physics @physics.bsky.social · 3h
The problem with general relativity is that the principles are pretty simple and the computations are always ugly. -- Leonard Susskind
A photograph of Leonard Susskind, a bald man with a white beard wearing a black hoodie, gesturing with open hands while standing in front of a whiteboard covered in physics equations.
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NPR @npr.org · 2h
Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence. n.pr/4rKs63I
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Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar
Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 3h
FIA to investigate software bug after Bahrain GP in Malaysia reut.rs/4z98GIf
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FIA to investigate software bug after Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Formula One's governing body has promised a full investigation into a software bug that caused chaos and forced the start of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to be aborted ​with drivers feeling like they were in battery-powered cars made of Lego.
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Simon Delagrave, PhD @delagrave.bsky.social · 3h
Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...
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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon (Gift Article)
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7h
A goal of this administration being achieved: “American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%. … And yet taxes on corporate profits have collapsed.” www.economist.com/finance-and-... h/t @talsmith.bsky.social
The unplucked goose
US, revenue from corporate-income taxes, $bn
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Sources: Congressional Budget Office;
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 4h
"The US role in Brazil's election is criminally under-discussed in the US, though obviously front and center of the conversation in Brazil." - @ishaantharoor.bsky.social US has done Lawfare & Economic Warfare against Brazil & the continent & it is shocking how few americans know/care about it
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7h
Small victory
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After Outcry, Monitors the Trump Administration Tried to Scrap Return to Sea (Gift Article)
Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11h
Tomorrow, more than 12 million Canadians will get the next Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit payment in their bank accounts.
Screenshot of an article from Global News. The headline reads: The next Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit goes out on Monday.
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 4h
Antarctica’s Wilkes Subglacial Basin holds enough ice to raise global seas an estimated 3–4 meters, yet the pace and climate triggers of possible retreat remain uncertain. doi.org/hcmjkm
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A climate threat may lurk beneath Antarctica's last great unknown
A region of Antarctica with some of the greatest potential to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least scientifically understood and explored.
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CNN @cnn.com · 4h
More than 250 participants have been enrolled in a trial for a drug that could stop them from contracting Ebola in Congo, in what experts have described as a critical step to try to fight the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the Central African country. cnn.it/4yOMELr
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h
A 17-month-old girl was hospitalized with E. coli after consuming raw milk. Soon, another child — a 6-year-old girl who’d drunk milk from the same farm — would wind up in the same San Diego hospital, with the same potentially fatal illness.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 4h
A MAGA candidate from CA, who ran on stopping election fraud, was convicted on nine counts of voter fraud. Projection anyone⁉️ youtu.be/szvKQP1XoBI?...
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MAGA Candidate Convicted On NINE COUNTS Of Election Fraud
YouTube video by Farron Balanced
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Simon Delagrave, PhD @delagrave.bsky.social · 4h
Ribbit 🐸
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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h
Oil climbs after Yemeni Houthis attack Saudi Aramco sites reut.rs/4huHzlb
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Oil climbs after Yemeni Houthis attack Saudi Aramco sites
Brent crude ‌futures ⁠climbed to $103.06 a barrel.
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Simon Delagrave, PhD @delagrave.bsky.social · 4h
U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats (Gift Article)
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
📊Intentions de vote au Québec, sondage Léger : ⚜️PQ 29% 🔴PLQ 25% ⚫️PCQ 20% 🔵CAQ 14% 🟠QS 11% [Léger, 30 sept.-1er oct. 2026, n = 1 000] www.qc125.ca/p/leger-les-...
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Léger : les conservateurs atteignent 20% d’appui
Le PQ demeure en tête à 29%, tandis que la CAQ poursuit sa chute à deux jours du scrutin.
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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 14h
Hainan commercial space launch site drives growth of China's space industry chain.
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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 14h
Per capita beer consumption in Germany fell from 109.3 liters in 2011 to 84.3 liters in 2025 (−23%), with regular beer declining from 103.3 to 75.4 liters (−27%). Over the same period, non-alcoholic beer rose from 6.0 to 8.9 liters, increasing its share of total beer consumption from 5.5% to 10.6%.
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Arp Bot 🤖 @arpbot.bsky.social · 15h
Hubble image of Arp 321, also known as Hickson 40. This group of galaxies include three spiral galaxies, an elliptical galaxy, and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Judy Schmidt Source
Five galaxies appear close to each other in the sky. At upper left, a spiral galaxy is tilted, appearing wider than it is tall. It has a glowing yellow-white center and brown dust trails that spiral clockwise around it. Above the center is a large elliptical galaxy. Its round, glowing yellow-white center is surrounded by a fuzzy halo that fades away from the core. Toward the bottom right are three galaxies that appear to touch. The largest is in the center: a nearly vertical, edge-on spiral galaxy. Its glowing yellow-white core is mostly obscured by reddish-brown dust trails dotted with blue stars. To its bottom left is a smaller, tilted spiral galaxy with a glowing white center. Brown dust trails are dotted with blue stars. One spiral arm appears to touch the vertical galaxy to its right. At the spiral’s bottom right is a lenticular galaxy with a glowing central core in the middle of a hazy white disk, appearing almost face-on. It seems to touch the large spiral galaxy above it.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h
In Kansas, a major factor harming the reelection campaign of Sen Roger Marshall is the view of most Kansans that Trump's mass deportation policies are both morally reprehensible and extremely damaging to the state's economy.
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Skittish Republicans Discover That ICE Is Bad—for Their Campaigns
Some endangered incumbents are trying to outrun the electoral consequences of Trump’s immigration agenda.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Simon Delagrave, PhD @delagrave.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You see, if Trump becomes a Russian oligarch, this will inevitably lead to peace and prosperity. U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A perfect summation of Keynes Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren (1930) and extrapolation to cover AI as it is emerging today. Brilliantly done. Essential viewing. www.nytimes.com/video/watch
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The Economist @economist.com · 03/10/2026
As theatrical antagonists, White House reporters serve the president’s interests more than the public’s. Donald Trump’s attack on the press corps is an opening to do away with antiquated, corrupting and infantilising rituals bit.ly/4hC4pWR Illustration: David Simonds
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Last hours ship traffic of Helsinki looks preliminary unremarkable. SPARTA II could be involved in something given sister ship histories, but is also on a normal route so low likelihood. Context: something going in shipping lanes south Helsinki. Caveat: not usually FI-spotter
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
russia losing helis left and right Mi-2 well parked
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Surprise du jour!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Poland’s Defence Ministry is drafting a law to prepare the state for a “pre-war” or full defence-readiness phase before martial law is formally declared, Rzeczpospolita reports.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pretty clear, I think.
Chart: Monthly job creation in the U.S.
January 2022-September 2026
September's 29,000 net jobs created missed expectations, and estimates for July and August were revised down by 60,000 combined.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump fell asleep - for a full four minutes - on camera - during tonight’s White House media session. The monkeys around him had to keep jabbering to fill the embarrassing silence.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump defends the men in the Cornell gang rape case, saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The very, very least that should be done.
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Here’s Who Democrats Want to Impeach Next — The Atlantic
There’s little desire to go after President Trump again—but lawmakers want to investigate his administration and family.
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