Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The good news is humans will be long gone by then anyway. 011
Reposted by Ivan Zinchenko𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Watched a France24 piece about how millions of Egyptians live in Cairo slums. Cramped poorly made concrete mazes where multi generational families share tiny filthy living spaces without clean running water. And middle class Germans will vote far-right over some vague sense of middle class malaise. 2362
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoKarthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Deportee reception/incarceration as a tradeable service is the globalization of deglobalization. 23921
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry, ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Star, Dies at 80 variety.com/2026/film/ob...variety.comTim Curry, ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Star, Dies at 80Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80. 918646
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Well, I've heard that it's a war about European security, freedom and democracy, so a better question would be: why should Ukrainians be the only ones fighting this war and being forced to do so against their will? 000
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Unsurprisingly, eugenics and "I reduce all women to a ten point scale" tend to go together 1114
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 09/08/2026A helpful, though not necessarily comprehensive, list of things that Europeans cannot accomplish efficiently on a national scale: Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Capital Markets Climate Change Mitigation Competitive, Low-Cost Energy Markets Cybersecurity Defense Procurement 120
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoMech-Might 🏳️🌈 @mechmight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Very few things piss me off more than this inane obsession humans have formed around national borders. Humans have been roaming the planet for thousands of years, but now we've invented magical lines that can turn you less than human if you cross them in the "wrong" way. 131
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoCrip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I watched the whole, wretched thing and I can honestly say that the least historically accurate moment is when Calypso hand feeds Odysseus a single potato chip. YOU CAN'T EAT JUST ONE, GROK. Hopefully they'll correct this to a more accurate feasting on a 13oz bag in the final version. 182
Reposted by Ivan Zinchenkoshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/07/2026of the dodgy odyssey takes, 'odysseus is meant to be a stoic badass unaffected by war' probably winds me up the most. in the text the king of the phaeacians correctly guesses odysseus is a veteran of the trojan war because he keeps bursting into tears whenever anyone mentions it 414471640
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I'm pleased to share this new paper, "The myth of 'catch-up' development". The paper assesses trends in core-periphery inequality since 1960, and draws several main conclusions: 🧵https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2026.2659076tandfonline.comThe myth of catch-up development: trends in core–periphery inequality from 1960 to 2023The conventional narrative in international development holds that poorer countries are “catching up” with richer countries through the process of capitalist growth. This paper assesses this claim ... 111251
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Unpopular opinion: assisted dying should be available to everyone. 000
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I'm sure all the Westerners cheering this on are doing so from the front line, having volunteered to fight. 100
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I wish there was a way to banish all mention of the World Cup, or football in general, from my life. 110
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 29/06/2026static.klipy.comGoodfellas Laugh LiottaALT: Goodfellas Laugh Liotta 001
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoFabian Eder @fabianeder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Die EU beschließt, Menschen das Recht abzusprechen, vor Krieg zu fliehen. Was für eine Schande. orf.at/stories/3434...orf.atEU-Kommission: Kein Schutzstatus für wehrfähige Ukrainer 022
Reposted by Ivan Zinchenkoshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 05/06/2026'ooOOooh our AI systems are so good they're scary' is an advertisement designed to keep the hype up. it is entirely untrue. no large language model is any more conscious than a calculator, and they will never get any closer 663782922
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026While I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt, these people are not mistaken about anything. They know exactly what they're doing. 000
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoSophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The EU Deportation Act will not appease the far right. On the contrary. If you feed the monster it will not be satisfied, it will just grow stronger. Calls for remigration will be next. Read my blog sophieintveld.substack.com/p/the-deport...sophieintveld.substack.comThe Deportation Act will not appease the monsterThe national governments and the European Parliament have reached agreement on the EU Deportation Act. 0208
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoSophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Europe creates its own ICE, including home raids, deportations and indefinite detention in far away countries. There will be gross and large scale human rights violations. This is pure far right policy and anyone endorsing it does so knowingly. Don’t let anyone ever pretend they did not know. 23726
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The "AI" bros are stupid beyond belief. Otherwise, they would understand that their analogy is completely backwards. Dark matter and dark energy are phenomena that we have measured but cannot explain. They are not something that we cannot measure but desperately want to believe exists. 010
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoMārtiņš Hiršs @mhirss.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Ekonomikas jautājumos sabiedrība ir kreisa - vēlas lielu valsti, kas parūpējas un aizsargā. Dažādu partiju vēlētāju vidū tikpat kā nav atšķirību. NA un LPV vēlētāji, piemēram, atbalsta progresīvos nodokļus tikpat cik PRO vēlētāji 😅 Nedaudz vairāk: youtu.be/CvKZPo0t0kM?... 23812
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 25/05/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujms...youtube.comKurzgesagt is Wrong About GermanyYouTube video by Three Arrows 000
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"How dare these filthy migrants abuse OUR women? It's our job to abuse them!" 010
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoDaniele Saracino @dansaracino.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Two weeks ago it was unearthed that Germany frequently invites Taliban officials to government premises to check Afghan deportees and facilitate their return. This happens in secret for obvious reasons. This scandalous activity has created almost no media response or public outcry. 01911
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14/05/2026What if Bluesky doesn't have to be Important. What if social media doesn't have to be Important. Remember less than 20 years ago when social media didn't exist and we just hung out on forums and anyone who suggested the forum was Important would have been referred for a wellness check. 251895312
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026“Projections suggest that ongoing deep funding cuts—combined with the potential dismantling of the agency—could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including 4·5 million deaths among children younger than 5 years.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comEvaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysisUSAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a... 3277151
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Actual AI researchers: 'Hallucinations' are inherent to LLMs. Strictly speaking, all their output is hallucinations; it just isn't obvious most of the time. Me, a genius: Have you guys tried putting 'do not hallucinate' in your prompts? 0143
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026This is dark, but I think there's a darker twist to this: Schools, Foucault tells us, are always about making the kind of people that capital and state have uses for. In his days, that meant a disciplinary schooling system. One that got kids used to rigidly timed days, synchronous movements, etc. 1/ 2249101
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The ELIZA effect (or we could call the phenomenon AI pareidolia) strikes a previously intelligent-seeming person again. Some people see the face of Jesus in a piece of toast, while others see consciousness and intelligence in the output of a glorified autocomplete system. 100
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Imagine being the dumbest MFer alive and calling someone a low IQ person. A friendly reminder: only total losers care about IQ. 010
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoManuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 27/04/2026Germany is increasingly adopting a Fouchet approach to EU politics. Will the smaller member states realise that this is clearly not in their interests and defend supranational integration, as they did in 1961/62? 073
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoAlberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Merz Wants to Dismantle the EU Commission. So Does Trump. Read my latestopen.substack.comMerz Wants to Dismantle the EU Commission. So Does Trump.Today a German chancellor unable to reform at home will hand Brussels a wish-list identical to what Washington has been demanding for months. A coincidence or a warning sign for Europe? 04131
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoNiall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Tough decisions but where there is hope there is life. Would love your feedback ❤️ niallharbison.substack.com/p/the-rocky-...niallharbison.substack.comThe Rocky DilemmaThe sweetest boy 124996132
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoBen Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 25/04/2026So far, AI is having limited effects on employment. 95% of AI-using companies report that AI isn't changing their headcount, with equally small shares reporting AI-driven increases and decreases. 1307
Reposted by Ivan Zinchenkovehkposting.bsky.social @vehkposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2026At least this is easy proof that the stock market is dumb as fuck, and if you think it isn't, you're also dumb as fuck. 53978
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Here's an idea for Herr Minister: how about no Palantirs in Europe? 000
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Trump could really teach the Pope a lesson by taxing churches. 1142575402
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 09/04/2026It would be helpful if someone could finally define what "leading in AI" even means, because at the moment it sounds like "leading in eating shit". 000
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoSunflowerman @sunfowerman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026My concept is throw out citizenship. One world one people. Free movement of ppl and goods. 0291
Reposted by Ivan ZinchenkoGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The US AID destruction is one of the sickest things anyone has ever done in human history. No one got anything out of it besides the gleeful thrill of mass black death. It’s truly bone chilling to even contemplate what this really was. 181437354
Ivan Zinchenko @ivanzapsky.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Nice of Jarlov to admit that Europe is using Ukraine as a human shield. 000