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Jacob Boersma

@jacobboers.bsky.social
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Independent identity, Bitcoin, blockchain consultant, Amsterdam. Co-founder WarrenBrandeis.io. Posts do not represent views of clients. Posts I share do not necessarily mean endorsement of their views.

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Holly ⏸️ Elmore @ilex-ulmus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My ex-husband is one of the rapists at Aella’s simulated rape orgies that John Wentworth, Nate Soares, and I’ve heard Eliezer Yudkowsky also attended. He was an emotionally abusive partner and, until I left EA/rationality, he used the cult to keep me trapped. Journalists please DM.
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tante @tante.cc · 24/09/2026
I had a few thoughts on why techbros always say these embarrassing, weird things tante.cc/2026/09/24/the-test
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The Test
Jensen Huang, the NVIDIA CEO and wearer of the most midlife crisis looking leather jackets in the world, was on Ezra Klein’s podcast. Now I don’t really want you do go through all of what was being said in that recording/writeup. It’s painful. You feel your mental capabilities decaying with every minute of listening … […]
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cyberpunk anime was years ahead of its time, man
AD Police tshirt which features an image of an android over the text "the year is 2027 & boomers have destroyed the city."
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wait, is this the Brazilian remake of Trump vs. Biden? 🫣
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk – teken je ook? actie.fossielvrij.nl/petitions/kl...
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Klimaatminister, verbied nu eindelijk eens die fossiele reclame
Fossiele reclame en fossiele subsidies zijn beide prikkels de verkeerde kant op. Die jagen de consumptie van fossiele brandstoffen nog verder op.   Een verbod op fossiele reclame vermindert consu...
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 30/08/2026
Growing up with the phrase “Wikipedia isn’t a valid source,” only to end up in a daily life where everyone says, “Just ask ChatGPT.”
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: Several things, several places, at various times
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last picture of the sky from your camera roll.
Clouds in the sky at dusk over Hollum, Ameland (The Netherlands)
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This sign is a great example for helping to explain why chatbots present such a potent illusion. A probably not short thread 🧵>>
Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!
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Doug Bock Clark @dougbockclark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
1/ This spring, while investigating the Trump administration’s efforts to influence the midterm elections, my reporting partner @jenafifield.bsky.social and I noticed something unprecedented, something very troubling… 🧵👇
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@jeltjevanhouten.bsky.social @jeltjevanhouten.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Teken s.v.p.
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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Karremans praat volledig onzin. 1. IPCC tekende in AR5 (2013 !) al op dát smeltende gletsjers voor groot problemen zorgen. “Glacier shrinkage and snow cover changes have led to changes in amount and timing of river runoff in many mountain regions during the last two decades (high confidence).” >>
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Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I have been warning nonstop for the last 1 1/2 years that he would use martial law or some type of executive order to stop the elections from being run as they should be. To stop people from being able to vote. Apparently he likes this plan. He has to stop voting or he will lose control of the US.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Has Donald Trump announced new tariffs for Belgium yet?
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Toch gek, @finhstamsterdam.bsky.social , om nu aan dezelfde kant te staan als de landsadvocaat? #solvinity
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Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
Ja hallo! Ik ben in de Rechtbank Rotterdam bij het proces over de verboden overname van #Solvinity. De zaal is OVERVOL! Journalisten van NOS, Trouw, NRC, Volkskrant, NU.nl en meer.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026
I think they're perfectly aware that they are convincing more people to read *Careless People* (you should read it, it's genuinely excellent): us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 35/
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Careless People
#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AN...
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Die kleuren lopend van rood naar zwart doen me denken aan de brandvlek die je vroeger op het scherm zag ontstaan als de filmrol vastliep in de projector. Perfect geschikt voor het rapporteren over dergelijke temperaturen 🥵🔥🔥🔥
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Bieke Machiels 💙🔻 @bieke.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
You can go through the strait free, but it takes 2 days, or you can subscribe to Hormuz Plus.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My whole life I was told that plagiarism is bad only to become an adult and be told it's fine now because it's A.I.
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RTL Nieuws @rtl.nl · 15/06/2026
'Tesla misleidde rijksdienst RDW met claims over kwaliteit zelfrijdende auto'
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'Tesla misleidde rijksdienst RDW met claims over kwaliteit zelfrijdende auto'
Om Europese goedkeuring te krijgen voor haar zelfrijdende systeem, heeft autofabrikant Tesla zelf gepubliceerde veiligheidsstatistieken aan de Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer (RDW) gegeven. Onafhankelijke verkeersveiligheidsonderzoekers stellen echter dat deze statistieken neerkomen op misleidende marketing, zo meldt persbureau Reuters.
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I wonder how much of that money Iran needs to spend to build 2-3 nukes (which, as we know from North-Korea, is enough not to be binned by the US ever again…)?
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The difference between one billion and one trillion is about one trillion…
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/06/2026
Douglas Adams: > Anything in the world when you're born is normal, ordinary and a natural part of the world. Anything invented between when you’re 15-35 is new, exciting and revolutionary and you can get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things. 1/
A blasted wasteland with a mushroom cloud rising over it. In the foreground are swarms of drowning people climbing over each other to escape into the limbs of a dead tree, and a crowd of agonized skeletons. All sourced from Dore engravings illustrating the Old Testament.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 13/06/2026
Just want to remind everyone that Elon Musk canceled $400 million in food aid for Gaza when he destroyed USAID because he said "we should treat Gaza like Japan during World War 2." That's who you're defending. He's a racist, Islamophobic, antisemitic, mass murdering bigot.
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Hidde Bouwmeester @hiddebouwmeester.nl · 02/06/2026
Dit dus.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Some absolutely non-spoiler Mandalorian thoughts 1) Parts of the movie are absolutely unabashedly even more for little kids than the Ewoks were: great, good fun, no objection. But parts are maybe the legitimately *scariest* big-screen Star Wars has ever been. Not a super-hard PG-13 but solidly so.
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Bram van Gendt @bramvangendt.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026
Open nieuwe aanmeldcentra en voer die Spreidingswet uit. Laat Jetten aan al die VVD-ministers eens een donderpreek geven dat het afgelopen is met dat in twijfel trekken van die wet. Het moet afgelopen zijn met dat gedonderjaag. Einde bericht.
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Barbara Kathmann @barbarakathmann.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
DigiD mag niet naar de USA! Actievoeren, voorstellen indienen in de Tweede Kamer en debatten aanvragen lijken niet genoeg. Daarom een opinie samen met @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org met een oproep aan het kabinet: Koop Solvinity! Eerst gepubliceerd @ad.nl progressiefnederland.nl/opinie-digid...
Roze afbeelding met verticale banen en grote rode tekst: “De overheid weet niet genoeg over een systeem dat ze zelf heeft gebouwd.” Onderaan staat dat het gaat om een opinie in het AD van Barbara Kathmann (PvdA/PRO) en Laurens Dassen (Volt) over DigiD.Roze afbeelding met uitlegtekst over DigiD. De tekst zegt dat DigiD, het inlogsysteem van de overheid, beheerd wordt door een privaat bedrijf en dat het kabinet zegt onvoldoende kennis te hebben van het platform. Grote rode tekst: “In plaats van zelf die kennis opbouwen, laten we het aan de markt.” RCRoze afbeelding met tekst over het bedrijf achter DigiD dat mogelijk door Amerikaanse partijen wordt overgenomen. Grote rode tekst: “De mogelijkheid om DigiD volledig in eigen handen te houden is er wél.” Onderaan staat dat Barbara Kathmann en Laurens Dassen een debat aanvragen en voorstellen dat de overheid het bedrijf koopt.Roze afbeelding met grote rode tekst: “De overheid is verantwoordelijk voor de digitale veiligheid van Nederlanders.” Onderaan staat de oproep aan de overheid om Solvinity te kopen zodat DigiD volledig in Nederlandse handen blijft, met verwijzing naar een volledige opinie via een link in bio.
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marc konijn @marckonijn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
*OPENING KRANT* Misschien wel het allerslechtste nieuws dat wij bewoners van ons laaggelegen kikkerlandje kunnen krijgen 🥹😱 De ijsplaat van de Doomsday gletsjer is aan het afbreken. De zeespiegel zal sneller gaan stijgen. 👇👇👇 www.newscientist.nl/nieuws/ijspl...:
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IJsplaat van 'Doomsday-gletsjer' staat op punt van afbreken
De ijsplaat die de Thwaitesgletsjer op Antarctica afremt, breekt in stukken uiteen. Dat heeft grote gevolgen voor de zeespiegelstijging.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/05/2026
Take "streaming." There is no such thing as "streaming." A "stream" is just "a download that is transmitted to an application that doesn't have a 'Save As...' button": pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/f... 10/
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Pluralistic: Darth Android (01 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I just backed The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI on @kickstarter.com by @doctorow.pluralistic.net www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
Disenshittifying the shitty future that the AI bros dream of, with a new DRM-free audiobook, ebook and hardcover!
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 02/04/2026
katie (@katefeetie) on twitter: "put a fried egg on my croque monsieur to make it a croque madame and now jk rowling is outside my house yelling"
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.
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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 04/05/2026
My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now
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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Lead, asbestos, and radium all work!
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Karma
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
De Italiaanse maffia was echt al héél vroeg actief in Nederland! www.nu.nl/wetenschap/6...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
bsky.app/profile/jaco...
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
WE ARE GOING TO WAR WITH AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT BUT WE REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING BUT LOB SOME MISSILES AND WE HAVE NO APPETITTE FOR CASUALITIES OR EVEN ECONOMIC COSTS. MEANWHILE OUR ENEMY TREATS THIS AS A TRUE EXISTENTIAL THREAT AND ACTS ACCORDINGLY Gee I wonder how this is going to eventually resolve.
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Marco Vonk @marcspark.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Deze opmerking is me uit het hart gegrepen. 5 jaar in Duitsland gewoond. Daar komen geen Dukjes, Vlammetjes en Angela’s en Albert Verlindes als duiders aan tafel in een talkshow. Daar is de minimum eis dat je wat in je mars moet hebben.
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
But this definitely constitutes ‘boots on the ground’, however briefly, right?
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Jacob Boersma @jacobboers.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I really hope they put his quote on the cover: “A waste of time. Fictitious quotes. Don’t buy the book!” President DJT Instant bestseller
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