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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17h

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 15h

Americans somehow fooling themselves that their economy hasn’t *always* been built for the rich 😢

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 15h

this. worldwide Steuer den Palästen, Sozialdienste den Hütten

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There's no substitute for international law and bodies enforcing it. Sorry. This form of globalisation is necessary for justice.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I will not only be relieved but truly *ecstatic* to be wrong, if more and better studies soon start showing that AI actually improves learning and cognitive motivation. But so far they all show the opposite, and that is consistent with the evidence that I and other educators are seeing on the ground

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There are too few atheists in the Middle East

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Why were we surprised? Israel and their God have been big on genocide for more than 6000 y The response to the Oct 7 attacks was biblical, probably something they’re proud of. They and Hamas deserve each other. Death & more death. #nobelpeaceprize Pillay deserves it, for calling things by their name

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Dappled things

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fix your economy with this one weird trick

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I don’t think people really see how threatening it is for Talarico to called the Christianity practiced by most Republicans “an abomination.” He is hitting where it’s gonna hurt.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

What is your everyday carry camera? A phone?

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Women on Supreme Court excluded...

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The founding fathers of the U.S. wanted a king president. Now they have one... I didn't seem to occur to them that a situation might occur where he turns out to be a complete bastard, and the other branches of government suffer from a complete lack of testicular fortitude.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Life has changed dramatically in the last 30 years. We all use the internet far more, and are far less likely to read books, host friends, attend parties, play cards, attend classes, join clubs, go to picnics, and stay late to work. www.derekthompson.org/p/the-death-...

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 02/10/2026

Chinese firms dominate market for battery energy storage • Ten largest firms in the field are Chinese; combined, they account for 83% of global shipments • China’s battery storage capacity expanded from 2.4GW in 2020 to more than 140GW at end-2025 www.ft.com/content/b847...

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Does the U.S. Secretary of Defense (“war”) really talk like this? America has really unlocked the maximum level of embarrassing. Are they even aware of what they have done to themselves; the amounts of respect they have lost In the world? He could only top this by undressing and pissing on the stage

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ladies and Gentlemen, a Muslim politician... When Erdogan finally crosses the Jordan (it can't be too long now, he's 72), perhaps Turkey can turn its back to totalitarianism & fundamentalism, and re-embrace modernity as Atatürk did. And finally join the EU where it belongs.

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sept. 27, 1926: The world's best-preserved Gutenberg Bible, a vellum book made in 1455 by the pioneer of printing, is sold for $300,000 to German industrialist and collector Otto Vollbehr. He outbid two Americans in the highest price yet paid for a book.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the other hand, I didn't believe that Obamacare would get passed, either. Or that Obama would get elected, for that matter. Perhaps, in the words of Samgee the wise from the Shire, there is still good in this world, and it is worth fighting for.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Common sense the average American mind is simply inured to, somehow. Maybe in a century or two they will understand the benefits, to all, of universal healthcare. El-Sayed (Sanders, etc.) are fighting a frontline fight here.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I really don't care. The quality of the advice is excellent

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Whatever happened to the Kantian notion of a normative ideal? Just because you can't reach it doesn't mean you shouldn't try. Including Dennett.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"A.I. produced content must be labeled" Maybe the first time in my life that I agree with a Chinese regulation that doesn't exist in the West (yet).

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s OK if the person telling you “try to be an angel” is not an angel

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They have completely lost the plot on what is “creepy” and what isn’t. Perhaps because they’re creeps. Zuckerberg said long ago that we should all forget about “privacy”. That should have been a giveaway.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/08/2026

more people should know the electric car is more than a century old

Woman posing with an early model of the GE electric charging station for electric cars, ca. 1912.

A young woman uses a hand-cranked battery charger to charge her electric Columbia Mark 68 Victoria automobile.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 27/09/2026

Scientific studies often say researchers “controlled” for certain variables. But what does that actually mean? A statistician explains what “control” means and how it can help you judge reports of new research:

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What does it mean to ‘control’ for variables in a scientific study? A statistician explains

Understanding what a ‘control’ is can help you decide for yourself how insightful new studies are.

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They Call Me Doctor Mae @dr-maeforrest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I would wager that tech pessimism in the US comes from exposure to the guys running these companies. Thats how it was for me, at least. I was an optimist at first! But then I read the beliefs of these tech moguls and... hoo boy. Generally repulsive people to a fault.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026

Feedback from healthcare providers in response to the AI pilot program has been scathing, with one calling it “a disgrace to the human race” and reporting that they saw patients crying in pain as they waited for care.

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Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment

Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A “chatbot” cannot have “chats” with you, because it does not know what a chat *is*. It does not *reply* to you, because it does not know that words have meaning and refer to a world. It does not know that there *is* a world outside of its dataset. You’ve been having conversations with a doorknob

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What happens when machines don’t have ethics, because we don’t know how to build ethics into them. We hardly know how to do it with humans…

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Books, computers. Support a graduate student

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Work-around way to do it.. But Apple must really be lobbied to provide a simple global switch off without turning Siri off entirely (though I might just do that now) www.idownloadblog.com/2026/08/19/b...

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How to block ‘Write with Siri’ on iOS 27 keyboard

Learn how to get rid of the irritating ‘Write with Siri’ button and the Siri icon that shows above the iOS 27 keyboard on iPhone and iPad.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hate Apple’s “write with Siri” feature, now ubiquitous, SO MUCH… It borders on criminal.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Heat reduces Europe’s economic output, costing €113 billion per year” I wish I could travel back in time to the 1980s, when the Green Party was attacked as tree-hugging hippies that couldn’t be taken seriously… You’re taking climate seriously now, aren’t you?

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Industrial Revolution, right in your face…

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One man's modus ponens is another's modus tollens. It's "insanely obvious" (as another poster puts it) that it doesn't... Unless you believe Dawkins', and his chatbot developed consciousness.

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Robert Kowalenko @rob-kowa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So this is the quantum of American racists… Roughly the same as everywhere else in the world.

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes, this is about genAI.

A line portrait of George Orwell (25/06/1903 - 21/01/1950) with this quote: "If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them." Published by UNESCO.

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