David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Of course New York Times already wrote about it www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...nytimes.comWhy Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful People Are So Obsessed With Hobbits 010
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I heard of Palantir and Anduril before, but today I got a recommendation to apply for Valinor “a new kind of defence and government tech company”. What is it with the defence tech bros and Tolkien references? 110
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 27/03/2026As a white man in my thirties, I always contemplate starting a podcast or a newsletter. You are so far spared, but the thought is always there. 030
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Jurors in LA decided that Meta and Google intentionally designed addictive products, Meta will appeal. I am still not sure I believe the leadership of a company this important would knowingly endorse addiction. But again, I do watch Reels for 20 minutes after I wake up.theguardian.comMeta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury findsJury in Los Angeles awards plaintiff damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder 010
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Ready to tweetmedia.tenor.coma man is standing next to a robot with a lot of arms and legs .ALT: a man is standing next to a robot with a lot of arms and legs . 000
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 22/03/2026It’s really hard to build a good feed here, esp after you get used to algorithmic slop from every other social network :( 100
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 19/06/2025A consumer, civic-focused "tech-for-good" company working with the military is something I cannot get my head around, no matter how I try. 000
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Yesterday's news about OpenAI, and not only literally — tech companies have been openly working on US and other defense contracts for years now, protests lead to people fired rather than projects abandoned. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOpenAI wins $200m contract with US military for ‘warfighting’Program with the defense department is first under the startup’s initiative to put AI to work in governments 100
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 28/05/2025It was only a matter of time before these two would see eye to eye on something other than competitive kid-making 000
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 26/05/2025My friend @aivengo96.bsky.social attended "The Forum of Yulia Navalnaya" and, in a shocking twist, saw a glimpse of the future for the Russian opposition instead of the never-ending squabble we are all used to.moscowtimes.ruСомневающийся участник: мой путь на форум России будущего - Русская служба The Moscow TimesМнение | Алексей Уваров - Не ждал от этого форума ничего хорошего. Мне казалось, что снова встречу лишь лозунги, закрытую среду и оторванность от реальности. Но за три дня я услышал то, чего мне давно... 000
Reposted by David KharebovNataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social · 25/05/2025My piece on Kaskad, an obscure Russian army unit that offers officials, pro-Kremlin youth activists and various regime "Mitläufer"s a chance to get the badge of war veteran and come back home safe and sound after a short deployment in Ukraine: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...nytimes.comSelfies From the Front: Inside the ‘V.I.P.’ Brigade for Ambitious Russian Officials 3168
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Reading books about fascism and the fall of nazis is my way to process the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how the hell it is still ongoing after three years. 000
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Only by p.50 I figured the book “The End. Germany in 1945-1955”, was not in fact the “Wolf Time - Germans 1945-1955”, the book that I actually wanted to read. Now adding not one, but two of these to the book about 1945 German suicide epidemic would be concerning, so I am considering -a library-. 100
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Great article by @alexfiniarel.bsky.social about how migrants and refugees are not really coming to your country to commit crimes and steal your jobs. Written by an immigrant who hasn't stolen anyone's job yet, too, so take note! 020
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Our exhibition in Berlin is giving out tiny statuettes of Alexey Navalny as part of the art installation by Spanish artist Fernando Sanchez Castillo. It's a part of a larger project that depicts famous protesters from across the world.meduza.ioA heart to bring home Spanish artist Fernando Sánchez Castillo has created the first Alexey Navalny monument — a pocket-sized tribute you can keep — MeduzaAt 4:00 p.m. on May 24, Spanish artist Fernando Sánchez Castillo will activate his Expanded Memorial for Alexey Navalny at Meduza’s “No” art exhibition in Berlin. Visitors will be able to take home a ... 000
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The decision to delete Instagram from my phone and just use the desktop version is undoubtedly the best thing I did for the quality of my mornings, evenings and commute. The reels were just too addictive, and I still get plenty from my friends to feel in the loop. 020
Reposted by David KharebovAnton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 26/03/2025Dear Friend, I am Hon. Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense. I urgently seek your trust to assist in transferring $6,000,000 USD extracted from the European Union as a payment for a highly classified US military operation against Houthi forces in Yemen. 17116
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Wow. Russian disinformation network "Pravda" succeeded in polluting outputs of 10 leading AI tools, including models by Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Over 3,6 million articles released by this network in 2024 are now contaminating their datasets. meduza.io/en/feature/2...meduza.ioRussia flooding training data to influence chatbots like ChatGPT, ClaudeA Russian disinformation network called Pravda (“Truth”) has influenced leading AI chatbots’ output by publishing numerous articles that made their way into the bots’ training data, a new report from ... 191
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Entertaining thoughts of an SPD-Linke-Green coalition this election day 010
Reposted by David KharebovReuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 21/02/2025NEW on our site Our data shows that people are turning away from the news, with interest in news falling and news avoidance rising. A new piece by our researcher Craig T. Robertson explains why this is happening and what publishers can do about it reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/people-...reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.ukPeople are turning away from the news. Here’s why it may be happeningOur data shows a ten-year trend towards disengagement from online news, with interest in news falling and news avoidance rising. 96542
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Russia pulled this stunt in 2016 www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...ctvnews.caOttawa coffee shop ditching ‘Americano’ for ‘Canadiano’ on its menuAn Ottawa coffee shop is renaming the popular “Americano” drink to “Canadiano” on its menu to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of annexation against Canada. 020
Reposted by David KharebovSam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Ok folks, deep breaths. There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome. (A rather long 🧵, obviously) /1 661887719
Reposted by David KharebovScott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I mostly regret the years I spent watching Russian state TV for work, but 10 years ago today I had it on in the background when Putin landed in Egypt for this rendition of the Russian national anthem Still one of the single funniest minutes of video on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=IifS...youtube.comВоенный оркестр Египта исполнил Гимн России/National Anthem of the Russian FederationYouTube video by Alvaszaldatini 4345
Reposted by David KharebovMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 25/01/2025This is interesting! Did not know that the 1914 Germany-Russia border was in the same spot as the current Poland-Lithuania-Russia (Kaliningrad) border, but the side that was then Germany is now Russia and the side that was Russia is Lithuania 1256
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I’d say his op-eds on Radio Svoboda about Russian national minorities and Soviet language policies are much more problematic than his private Facebook musings. www.svoboda.org/a/proletaari... 020
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 25/01/2025This is unfortunately an outlook on (primarily Muslim) immigrants typical of many people I know. Recent German political discourse changes, with calls for deportations even coming from SPD made this nonsense more acceptable in Germany. 120
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Thinking about watching Twin Peaks for the first time in my life 040
Reposted by David KharebovKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 22/01/2025if you ever meet someone who watches every minute of Yury Dud interviews, you need to run for your life because you’ve come face-to-face with a psychotic maniac 1201
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Интересная статься про то, как сирийские журналисты из пропагандистских медиа переобуваются в воздухе, чтобы сохранить работу www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.com‘Not a mouthpiece of the regime’: Syria’s state news agency enters new eraJournalists and broadcasters at Sana wait for ‘actions, not words’ but look to future after fall of Assad government 020
Reposted by David KharebovEver Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 19/01/2025We are not ready for the future political implications of that second paragraph. 0189
Reposted by David KharebovWikipedia @wikipedia.org · 15/01/2025🎉 It is our birthday! On this day in 2001, Wikipedia was launched. Over two decades later, it has become one of the largest and most trusted sources of knowledge on the internet, with 63+ million articles in 300+ languages. Read all about the history of Wikipedia ➡️ w.wiki/KYn 241275428
Reposted by David Kharebovantibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 14/01/2025This is something from Matryoshka (Kremlin's disinfo network) that can become truly dangerous if used at scale amid the 𝕏 / Twitter>BlueSky exodus: They cloned a pre-existing legitimate account (bio, avatar, banner--but not name) from 𝕏 / Twitter↙️ to BlueSky↘️... 5151100
Reposted by David KharebovJustin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Jokes on you I've never made this mistake 0142
Reposted by David KharebovThe Insider @theins.press · 08/01/2025‼️ Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war The GRU funded Afghan attacks on U.S. troops via a gemstone trading company. The Insider was able to ID the network's key players.theins.pressAfgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest warThe GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the ex... 16945
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 07/01/2025making data on open-source fact-checking open is a very good idea 030
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Lots to unpack here. I feel like some things are good — focused moderation, good riddance to fact-checkers, bringing back civic content. The political pandering to Republicans is too palpable tho — it's a troubling embracement of far-right frameworks by the largest social media 050
Reposted by David KharebovKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Charlie Warzel and Mike Caulfield explain that the Internet functions as a "justification machine" — providing ample "evidence" for people to use (with the help of political pundits and online influencers) to create and maintain their preferred realities: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comThe Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing MachineA rationale is always just a scroll or a click away. 517363
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 04/01/2025As problematic as AI personas tested by Meta were, it's not their insight into company policy, but their stereotypical repackaging and hollowing out of diversity slogans is what's most worrying. 000
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 04/01/2025The response of Liv, now retired Meta AI profile, is probably a hallucination. I do not see an LLM storing and retrieving data about racial characteristics of team members who worked on it as part of the dataset it was trained on. 100
Reposted by David KharebovInterpreterNews @interpreternews.bsky.social · 25/12/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/w...nytimes.comReleased From a Russian Prison, This Activist Got Right to Work (Gift Article)Vladimir Kara-Murza, a vehement critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, didn’t want to be part of a prisoner exchange. But he says more exchanges are needed. 022
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Sykes and Georges-Picot when it became clear Turkey is losing WW1 000
David Kharebov @dharebov.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The internet has made it so that you cannot escape the tyranny of the personal brand. For some, it looks like updating your LinkedIn connections; for others, it's asking customers to give you five stars on Google Reviews; for still more, it's crafting an engaging-but-authentic persona on Instagram.vox.comEverybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to.So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok? 020