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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
AI tools now help Goldman Sachs bankers and other white-collar workers quickly answer complex questions, summarize dense docs, refine writing, and brainstorm ideas. The big question: does this boost productivity or just pave the way for layoffs? In tech, the answer’s already clearly the latter.
ft.com
Goldman Sachs bankers explore limits of AI: ‘The risk is over-reliance’
One partner explains the efficiencies and limitations of new tools
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Had my first Waymo ride in Atlanta today. It’s interesting noting how much angst there used to be about Uber replacing drivers with self driving cars, which itself seemed like science fiction. Now it’s a mundane reality and the backlash seems like a fever dream. This AI adoption pattern will repeat
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/07/2025
Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—a grim milestone one activist group calls a “point of no return.” But one problem with points of no return is that they don’t tell you much about what comes afterward.
newyorker.com
Is There Still Time to Be Hopeful About the Climate?
Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim milestone nears.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/07/2025
The Twitter platform is built to keep people on it. It does not drive traffic virtually at all, even in its hayday, and it's even worse now. There's no reason to stay on it.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I stumbled upon this 1957 English-language interview with Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, following the Suez war. His views of the US, the UK, Russia, Israel, and Arab nationalism are very illuminating. Worth watching. youtu.be/B-SIObusqyw?...
youtu.be
ITN Exclusive: Interview with President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt (1957)
YouTube video by ITN Archive
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Intel’s new CEO doesn’t mince words and he’s given an honest yet devastating assessment of the company. 1. Intel is no longer in the top 10 semiconductor companies in the world. 2. Nvidia is too far ahead in AI chips for them to catch. Both true and an auspicious start to Intel’s turnaround story
oregonlive.com
Intel’s CEO: ‘We are not in the top 10’ of leading chip companies
"I think is too late for us" to catch up with Nvidia's position in AI, said Lip-Bu Tan. But he said Intel has other opportunities in the field.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Someone sat on Bitcoin they bought flor $7,800 in 2011 and sold it yesterday for $1.1 billion. I have to believe this is a lost password situation since it’s hard to imagine sitting on an investment that went up a 100x, 1,000x, 10,000x then 100,000x but still wait years to sell.
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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Last week I listened to a former Australian Prime Minister at a conference. Asked about migration, he said uncontrolled migration has politically destabilized the US and Europe. He wondered out loud if the Democrats would have lost the 2024 election without the migration surge. I wonder that too...
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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Dr Oliver Robinson and Kendal Marston from @imperialsph.bsky.social are quoted in @theguardian.com on the lifelong impact of economic disadvantage on children. "Our findings show a relationship between family affluence and a known marker for cellular #ageing..." www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
theguardian.com
Poorer children more likely to age faster than affluent counterparts, study finds
Biological disadvantages may be shaped in first decade of a child’s life depending on family affluence
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
🎨 Portrait of a Seedling Seller, c. 1820
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Simone ☞ /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 07/06/2025
RIP Bill Atkinson :( My favorite folklore.org story: www.folklore.org/I_Still_Reme...
screenshot of Atkinson's Mac Paint
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I hung out with some friends this morning and noticed we were all wearing HOKA shoes not Nike’s. It reminded me of this week’s excellent Stratechery post on Nike’s strategic error. Basically they were fooled by COVID to abandon retail stores for selling online. This created an opportunity for HOKA.
stratechery.com
Nike on Amazon; Nike’s Disastrous Pivot; Inevitability, Intentionality, and Amazon
Nike executed a disastrous pivot over recent years, away from physical retail to D2C. Now they have no choice but to embrace Amazon, but that might be the best thing that could happen to them.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The same dynamic is unfolding at the international level. Attacks on the UN, ICJ, ICC, and legacy media are creating an alternate reality for those who prefer to live in it, and creating enough confusion to keep others from taking a stand.
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hakan @hatr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
„As native apps access … handle user identities as in the case of Meta apps, this method effectively allows [Meta, Yandex] to link mobile browsing sessions and web cookies to user identities, hence de-anonymizing users' visiting sites embedding their scripts.“
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Ziad Daoud @ziaddaoud.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Egypt inflation: • Peaked at 38% in Sep-2023 • Fell to 12.8% by Feb-2025 • Picked back up to 16.8% in May Why the rebound? Food & beverages rose from 3.7% in Feb to 11% in May Authorities are targeting 5%-9% inflation at end-2026 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Tuesday's graduation was full of proud moments and wise words 💬👏 Constance Burgod from @imperialbrains.bsky.social, shared: "My PhD at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social taught me that beyond commitment and dedication, working with purpose and passion makes the challenges worthwhile."
Constance Burgod, PhD student
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Jeffrey Epstein invested $40 million into Valar Ventures, a firm created by Peter Thiel. That investment is now worth $170 million and some victims want a part of it. Great reporting from @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...
nytimes.com
Jeffrey Epstein Invested With Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions
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Baptiste Robert @fs0c131y.com · 07/01/2025
The Predicta Lab team worked with NHK journalists to investigate the I-SOON leak. Using Predicta Graph, we mapped relationships between key figures. 🔗 Uncover complex data networks with Predicta Graph: predictagraph.com.
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🅢🅐🅛🅐🅗🅔🅛🅓🅘🅝🅐🅩 @salaheldinaz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🕵️‍♂️Dive into @dutchosintguy.bsky.social 's ultimate guide on #OSINT wizardry! 🔗 shadowdragon.io/blog/osint-t... #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel
shadowdragon.io
OSINT Techniques: Complete List for Investigators (2025) - ShadowDragon.io
Explore expert OSINT techniques for gathering, verifying, and analyzing open-source data across social media, domains, and public records.
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BenB 🇺🇦 @benborges.xyz · 05/06/2025
Russia impersonating Ukraine's security service to recruit saboteurs, SBU warns Russian intelligence operatives are impersonating Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in an expanded effort to recruit Ukrainian civilians for sabotage operations, the SBU said June 5. The new tactic,...
kyivindependent.com
Russia impersonating Ukraine's security service to recruit saboteurs, SBU warns
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/05/2025
"X is racist. The only thing up for debate is whether this is a feature or a bug for those in charge," writes Charlie Warzel.
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What Are People Still Doing on X?
Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout
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War Noir @warnoir.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#Pakistan 🇵🇰: Tehrik-e #Taliban Pakistan ( #TTP ) carried out a Drone Strike against Pakistani soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Militants seemingly used a COTS Drone armed with an air-dropped custom 30mm VOG-17M pattern HE-Frag AP grenade.
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Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"As leaders from Abu Dhabi, Doha and Riyadh competed to pledge trillions of dollars for US investments during President Donald Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East, bankers behind the scenes quietly agreed: Saudi Arabia isn’t the draw it once was." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
Saudi Arabia's Hurdles at Home Are Reshaping the Mideast Financial Order
Bankers and business leaders are shifting more attention toward the kingdom’s neighbors in the Gulf as it grapples with lower oil prices and weakening finances.
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Paddy MacMahon @paddymacmahon.com · 04/06/2025
Oh @googledocs.bsky.social what have you done! Hiding insert equation in a sub-menu means I can't use a keyboard shortcut to get to it! What a backward step... it was so easy to use alt+i+e but you've gone and broken it.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"The poll is a messenger, not a provocateur; the findings are an emergency wake-up call that things can still get much worse." Always read @dahliasc.bsky.social free link: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
A grim poll shows most Jewish Israelis support expelling Gazans. It's brutal – and true
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 30/05/2025
'Edward Hopper’s drawing on the back of his own school report card as a 9-year-old, c1891' www.openculture.com/2024/05/9-ye...
pen and ink sketch
child looking at the sea
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 29/05/2025
#Opinion: I was shocked to open Monday's Houston Chronicle and see the lionization of George Floyd, superseding any mention of our sacred holiday, Memorial Day. trib.al/ZBpzsJA
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As a veteran, I ask: George Floyd on the front page on Memorial Day?
I was shocked to open Monday's Houston Chronicle and see the lionization of George Floyd, superseding any mention of our sacred holiday, Memorial Day.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Henri Barkey is a friend and someone I deeply respect, but I disagree with this analysis: www.foreignaffairs.com/turkey/end-e.... I don’t think Erdoğan is out of cards to play, and I think he has gotten out of stickier situations in the past.
foreignaffairs.com
The End of Erdogan
The Turkish leader has engineered his own undoing.
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 29/05/2025
Dr Morris Brown FMedSci FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for transforming our understanding and treatment of Hypertension and its commonest cause, Primary Aldosteronism. #RSFellows
royalsociety.org
Dr Morris Brown FMedSci FRS | Royal Society
Explore the history of the Royal Society, including our motto and discover our timeline of key events.
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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
What if your doctor had a digital replica of your heart? 🫀 Researchers have built 3,800+ ‘digital twins’—uncovering how age, sex & #obesity shape #HeartDisease risk. This could mean tailored devices, targeted drugs, better care 👇 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264274/... @imperialnhli.bsky.social
imperial.ac.uk
Thousands of cardiac ‘digital twins’ offer new insights into the heart | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Researchers have created over 3,800 anatomically accurate digital hearts to investigate how age, sex, and lifestyle factors influence heart disease.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Smart Malik al-Abdeh piece on how rhetorical references to the Ummayads serve as a prop for an Islamist-inflected but ultimately pragmatic Sunni-identitarian populism—an ideological blend that suits Sharaa’s project in Syria perfectly, at this moment. en.majalla.com/node/325607/...
en.majalla.com
'Make Syria Great Again': how Sunni populism is reshaping post-war Syria
Promising a new golden age, neo-Umayyadism resonates with a broad spectrum of Syria's Sunni Arabs, particularly those from small towns and suburbs that had been disenfranchised under the Assad regime
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Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We have a couple of really incredible reporting stories out of Syria, including a fascinating investigation into the use of spyware against the army ahead of Assad's collapse on Monday, and this excellent investigation into the violence against the Druze: newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sy...
newlinesmag.com
Syria’s Druze Are Wary in the Wake of Attacks
The voices of those who have experienced recent violence make clear the fear that is now eating away at the country’s hopes of unity
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 23/05/2025
Who runs Texas politics? The politicians of course – and the megadonors who help them rise to power. One of those megadonors is Houston real estate developer Dick Weekley. For decades, he was considered the kingmaker in Texas politics. But that’s changing. Here's how:
houstonchronicle.com
A Houston megadonor is losing in the Texas Legislature after 30 years of wins
Dick Weekley's lobbying group, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, has fierce opposition and lost allies in a clash with Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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John Aerni-Flessner @lesothojohn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Stanford's Joel Cabrita, professor of history, writes about the long history of #USA support for #SouthAfrica, or at least white, Afrikaner South Africans. time.com/7287684/hist...
time.com
The Long History of the U.S. Backing White South Africans
The recent welcoming of Afrikaner refugees is the latest chapter in a history of U.S. support for white South Africans.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
No Black people allowed until the 1960s.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Historian of South Africa here. What Ray says is the simple truth. 👇🏽
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem: “It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students." It would be hard to come up with a more truly idiotic statement. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
US Bans Harvard From Enrolling Foreigners, Forcing Transfers
The Trump Administration blocked Harvard University from enrolling international students, delivering a major blow to the school and escalating its fight with elite colleges to unprecedented levels.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Then the feds got onto his trail. To skip ahead (spoilers) Akasha read my book about crypto crime, Tracers in the Dark, in prison, and got in touch with me when he got out. In the 18 months since, I've been reporting out his life story—part Breaking Bad, part Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
For 7 years, Akasha Song ran secret labs that produced tens of millions of doses of DMT—one of the world's most potent psychedelic substances—and made a fortune selling it on the dark web. His story, in this 13,000-word piece, is one of the wildest I've ever told: www.wired.com/story/rise-f... 🧵👇
wired.com
The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin
Interdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret labs made millions of doses—and dollars—until the feds showed up.
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Sam Green @msgreenmaths.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Something like this? startingpointsmaths.com/2022/10/25/d...
startingpointsmaths.com
Developing Indices Skills for Calculus
manipulating-algebra-differntiation-prepDownload
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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Should we worry about #microplastics? Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken sit down with Dr Stephanie Wright to discuss the evidence behind the headlines and why trying to measure the impact of microplastic on health is a challenge.🎧 @imperialsph.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
bbc.co.uk
What's Up Docs? - Should I worry about microplastics? - BBC Sounds
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore concerns about microplastics in our environment.
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Interesting Caixin article on how iron ore producers are increasingly shifting to other metals to make up for the expected decline in iron ore demand. www.caixinglobal.com/2025-05-12/i...
caixinglobal.com
In Depth: Mining Giants Pivot as China’s Real Estate Slump Weighs on Iron Ore
Global players are investing more in materials crucial to the green transition and AI boom, like copper
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
His punishment should be to buy replacement copies and to pass an exam on them all.
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Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A few further thoughts on Trump's Syria announcement. First, beyond the obvious benefit for Syrians, it might have a broader impact: it demonstrates, for the first time I can remember, that American sanctions aren't a one-way ratchet. They can be lifted if conditions change. 🧵
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Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Should go without saying: the real figure will of course be lower. Saudi Arabia does not have $600bn lying around to invest in America (unless it wants to borrow the money). Some of these deals will materialize but others will be vaporware. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...
nytimes.com
Trump Cites $600 Billion in Saudi Deals, but Real Figure Appears Lower
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