iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 27/08/2026

Happy Birthday, Moldova 🇲🇩 ❤️

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 09/07/2026

Moldova has the fattest street dogs I've seen anywhere. And they say we're a poor country.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 15/06/2026

Nicu is not my official legal name, but it is the name I use everywhere. I have had to create a fake ID before in order not to have to change my name on a social media website. I guess this now means I'll have to join the millions of British teenagers having to lie to get on the internet.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 30/04/2026

The company that a year ago told us it has developed a tool that is equivalent to "PhD-level experts in your pocket" is struggling to make it stop talking about goblins.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 15/03/2026

Looking to add more RAM on my laptop, and it really looks like it might be cheaper to buy a whole laptop and pull the memory out of it than to buy it separately.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 09/03/2026

This calls for a cuppa.

Photo of me receiving a UK certificate of naturalisation at my citizenship ceremony.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 24/02/2026

As an ex-child, I strongly disagree with social media bans. For better or worse, social media is where we discuss our world. Teenagers deserve to be part of conversations about issues that they will have to deal with, like AI, climate change, the rise of populism, etc.

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TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @tankertrackers.com · 30/01/2026

The irony of seeing a Russian-flagged tanker sail as close as possible to a NATO coastline in order to avoid an attack by Ukrainian drones. #OOTT #Tankers #Russia #Ukraine

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 29/01/2026

Picked a great time to visit family.

Screenshot of a weather app, showing a daily maximum of -12°C.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 25/11/2025

I let the building cat into my flat for a couple of hours and now it keeps meowing at my door.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 21/11/2025

We are not fighting mass shooters, we are fighting bullets from mass shooters.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 20/11/2025

Me: You are hallucinating. The AI: Oh yeah? Well, you're not.

Gemini 3 Pro tells me "You are not hallucinating".

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Global Witness @globalwitness.org · 15/11/2025

🔥 A 12% jump in fossil fuel lobbyists at COP compared to last year. 📍 Belém is seeing the highest concentration since records began. The industry causing the crisis shouldn’t shape climate solutions. #KickBigPollutersOut gwitness.org/4oA1vUJ

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 29/09/2025

Despite spending hundreds of millions to steal the election in Moldova, Putin has failed spectacularly today. Here's to hoping he fails everywhere else!

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 24/09/2025

This man will repeat the last thing he heard every time, without failure.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 23/09/2025

Russia is accusing "Europe" of preparing to occupy Moldova. They are anticipating a loss in the elections on Sunday, and are preparing their supporters for protests. Every accusation is a confession. Moscow has struggled to maintain control in Moldova. Old methods don't work. This too shall pass.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 08/09/2025

With how often my flights get delayed or cancelled and I apply for compensation, I think I'm close to breaking even on my overall flying spending.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 26/08/2025

You know what they say, nothing is ever fullproof.

Screenshot from Claude's recent announcement of a Chrome extension. One paragraph reads: "While we’ve implemented protections, they aren’t fullproof." They are using the word "full", as in "fullness", as opposed to "fool", as in "twit".

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 26/08/2025

How do so many clearly AI songs have a "Verified Artist" badge on Spotify? What are they actually verifying?

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 23/08/2025

My mum decided she's had enough. Understandable.

Transcript:
Mum: Nicu hi, how are you?
Me: I'm doing okay, how about you?
Mum: I am learning English.
Mum: And I'm cooking dinner.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 22/08/2025

The F1 film is almost as dull as the real thing.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 19/08/2025

As the Canyon Fire continues to burn, I found that 71% of the 242k oil and gas wells in CA are in areas with a "high" or "very high" fire hazard. When they are on fire, wells release dangerous chemicals and are difficult to put out. Around 1.6m people (including 100k children) live close to them.

globalwitness.org

Risky oil wells widespread in California wildfire hazard zones

Oil and gas wells pose risks to health and environment as climate crisis expands California's fire hazard zones

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The grimacing of Putin under a barrage of questions, in the room where a meeting with Trump is currently taking place.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 14/08/2025

wrote about the Online Safety Act, the int'l spread of age-verification laws, Reddit blocking @archive.org, and the payment-processor crackdown on explicit video games as events that point to one inescapable conclusion: the "open internet" has been closed for business slate.com/technology/2...

slate.com

We Are Witnessing the Death of the Internet As We Know It

The law threatens the open web, privacy rights, and your favorite websites.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 12/08/2025

My new go-to link to send to people who are asking me about how things are going in Moldova. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvUo...

youtube.com

Moldova: Russia's next political battleground [DOCUMENTARY].

YouTube video by Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 11/08/2025

A guy at my sauna said that the Americans are about to unleash a global electricity blackout so that we don't find out that the gods of all the religions are all coming to Earth at the same time. Multiple people agreed. Oh, and the latest Fantastic Four film is how they're softening us up for it.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 11/08/2025

Currently my least favourite button on the internet.

Screenshot of the Google search results page, with the "AI Mode" button highlighted.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 05/08/2025

Has an intelligent thought ever been expressed in the form of "X is so cooked rn"?

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 29/07/2025

I wrote a small Python package for AI-based research and classification tasks. It's now public. - Post: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... - Code: github.com/Global-Witne... - Example story 1: globalwitness.org/en/press-rel... - Example story 2: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

globalwitness.org

Augmenta: A new tool for AI classification and research

We are making the tool behind some of our investigations available for public use

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Valentina Matviyenko, speaking at the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament,lied that Russia started the war to protect the children of Donbas. It's very sad to see a respected organization giving a platform to a representative of an aggressor state to freely spread lies about its war crimes.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I interviewed a journalist working for Ukrainska Pravda when I was in Kyiv. She was one of bravest women I’ve ever met. We need to stand with Ukrainian civil society & journalists against this attack on their rights www.thetimes.com/article/db07...

thetimes.com

Zelensky wants to silence all criticism, says Ukrainska Pravda editor

Sevgil Musayeva says the political news website is Kyiv’s next target after the president introduced a law to bring anti-corruption agencies under its control

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 22/07/2025

Vladimir Plahotniuc arrested in Greece. Plahotniuc is a Moldovan oligarch believed to have participated in the embezzlement of $1bn USD from Moldovan banks.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 10/07/2025

My research for @globalwitness.org in - @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - @drilledmedia.bsky.social: drilled.media/news/Senate-... - and my write-up: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 07/07/2025

Like every single other time I've made chili con carne, I've put way too much chili in it. Will I learn and be more sensible next time? Absolutely not.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 07/07/2025

Interestingly, foxes in Romanian folklore and children's books are almost always female.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 05/07/2025

Was searching for People Make Games.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 17/06/2025

I hate how it's always "Great!" and "Perfect!" with AI. Why is it never "Wow, your code is shit!" or "I'd give up if I were you"?

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 06/06/2025

Finally, tired of changing SIMs.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 26/05/2025

Nick Clegg says asking cartels to stop trafficking drugs would ‘kill’ the illegal drugs industry

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 21/05/2025

This is the second time this has happened in the past year, never booking accommodation from a private host again.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 19/05/2025

Don't know if it's useful to anyone else, but I created a deck of Anki flashcards for the Life in the UK test: ankiweb.net/shared/info/... Code: github.com/nicucalcea/l...

ankiweb.net

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 18/05/2025

Well that's one thing off my mind. Congrats Romania!

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 16/05/2025

Speaking of the Romanian election, I used to be mates with the far-right candidate (before he was a fascist). Here's a photo of me (in the bottom right) and him in the centre. What a wanker he's become.

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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md · 13/05/2025

I'm going to start calling Andys "Tiny Andrew" and Lizzies "Tiny Elizabeth". www.ft.com/content/160d... PS: Vote Tiny Nick.

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