Yudi
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“Sci-fi author: In my book, I invented the torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech company: At long last we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t create the torment Nexus “
Tech company: At long last we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t create the torment Nexus “
2wai | Preserve Your Legacy
YouTube video by 2wai
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December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Sci-fi author: In my book, I invented the torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech company: At long last we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t create the torment Nexus “
Tech company: At long last we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t create the torment Nexus “
To do that, it is helpful to compare their wealth with everyone else’s. Global inequality is well known, and the report shows how the top 10% own 75% of all global wealth.
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
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December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
To do that, it is helpful to compare their wealth with everyone else’s. Global inequality is well known, and the report shows how the top 10% own 75% of all global wealth.
"We should all try to imagine how we would have felt 20 years ago if someone had suggested inventing a handheld device which could be used to create realistic pornographic material that featured actual people that you know in real life..."
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"We should all try to imagine how we would have felt 20 years ago if someone had suggested inventing a handheld device which could be used to create realistic pornographic material that featured actual people that you know in real life..."
Great exploration on the manosphere and its attraction for young men. I will use this in my class next semester.
Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Great exploration on the manosphere and its attraction for young men. I will use this in my class next semester.
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Paging Douglas Quaid.
Meta Employee Creates AI App That Deepfakes the Dream Vacation You Couldn't Afford
For just a couple dollars, the AI app Endless Summer will generate images in your likeness of a fantasy vacation that never has to end.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Paging Douglas Quaid.
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'460 signatories, including former Israeli officials, Oscar winners, authors and intellectuals have signed an open letter demanding accountability over Israel’s conduct in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.'
#israel #gaza #palestine #un #politics #genocide #petition
#israel #gaza #palestine #un #politics #genocide #petition
Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel
Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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'The horrors of western imperialism – with its dehumanisation and violence – were, he argued, ultimately redirected into Europe in the form of fascism. This was the imperial “boomerang”, as the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt agreed.'
#gaza #antifa #fascism #authoritarianism #surveillance
#gaza #antifa #fascism #authoritarianism #surveillance
Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones
History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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October 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
'The horrors of western imperialism – with its dehumanisation and violence – were, he argued, ultimately redirected into Europe in the form of fascism. This was the imperial “boomerang”, as the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt agreed.'
#gaza #antifa #fascism #authoritarianism #surveillance
#gaza #antifa #fascism #authoritarianism #surveillance
“Whenever American power felt threatened or social change accelerated, antichrist talk surged. Today’s version arrives with AI, deepfakes and venture funding. And with bullets.”
The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton
From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerous
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October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Whenever American power felt threatened or social change accelerated, antichrist talk surged. Today’s version arrives with AI, deepfakes and venture funding. And with bullets.”
László Krasznahorkai's novel Satantango was adapted into a 7 hr film by Bela Tarr in 1994. I would love test my stamina and sit through a screening, mind you with at least 3 intermissions.
Are you sitting comfortably?
The slow, oblique existential film is making a comeback. Jonathan Romney couldn’t be happier
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October 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
László Krasznahorkai's novel Satantango was adapted into a 7 hr film by Bela Tarr in 1994. I would love test my stamina and sit through a screening, mind you with at least 3 intermissions.
"Often described as postmodern, Krasznahorkai is known for his long, winding sentences, dystopian and melancholic themes, and the kind of relentless intensity that has led critics to compare him to Gogol, Melville and Kafka."
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
The Hungarian novelist whose books ‘reaffirm the power of art’ was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm
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October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Often described as postmodern, Krasznahorkai is known for his long, winding sentences, dystopian and melancholic themes, and the kind of relentless intensity that has led critics to compare him to Gogol, Melville and Kafka."
Artificial or market “intelligence” has the capacity to learn at ultra-high speed from existing data, but its range of possible outcomes, while extremely large, is nevertheless enumerable and therefore finite.
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Artificial or market “intelligence” has the capacity to learn at ultra-high speed from existing data, but its range of possible outcomes, while extremely large, is nevertheless enumerable and therefore finite.
"Young voters are often at the heart of successful opposition movements. In Serbia’s 2000 election, President Slobodan Milosevic faced steep resistance from Otpor, a vibrant, student-led movement."
Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Young voters are often at the heart of successful opposition movements. In Serbia’s 2000 election, President Slobodan Milosevic faced steep resistance from Otpor, a vibrant, student-led movement."
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A new take on the formation of the moon [via NASA Ames] 🧪🥼🌎💥🌑
"The Moon probably formed ~ 4.5 billion years ago, when a young Earth was hit by a Mars-size protoplanet, causing a lot of material to get knocked off into space."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
#moon #formation #simulation #NASA
"The Moon probably formed ~ 4.5 billion years ago, when a young Earth was hit by a Mars-size protoplanet, causing a lot of material to get knocked off into space."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
#moon #formation #simulation #NASA
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin
YouTube video by NASA's Ames Research Center
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September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A new take on the formation of the moon [via NASA Ames] 🧪🥼🌎💥🌑
"The Moon probably formed ~ 4.5 billion years ago, when a young Earth was hit by a Mars-size protoplanet, causing a lot of material to get knocked off into space."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
#moon #formation #simulation #NASA
"The Moon probably formed ~ 4.5 billion years ago, when a young Earth was hit by a Mars-size protoplanet, causing a lot of material to get knocked off into space."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
#moon #formation #simulation #NASA
“If all goes as anticipated, this tech billionaire, already one of the richest men in the world and a founder of Oracle, is poised, at 81, to become one of the most powerful media and entertainment moguls America has ever seen.”
Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“If all goes as anticipated, this tech billionaire, already one of the richest men in the world and a founder of Oracle, is poised, at 81, to become one of the most powerful media and entertainment moguls America has ever seen.”
“Whatever the scale, totalism offers “fixity and definiteness and absoluteness,” Lifton said — qualities that humans seek, sometimes desperately. In times of dislocation, whether physical or psychic, we are particularly vulnerable to the call of totalism…”
Opinion | Totalitarianism Can Be Terrifying. It Can Also Be Thrilling. He Taught Us Why.
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Whatever the scale, totalism offers “fixity and definiteness and absoluteness,” Lifton said — qualities that humans seek, sometimes desperately. In times of dislocation, whether physical or psychic, we are particularly vulnerable to the call of totalism…”
"Until now, the most visible example of a leader treating a “war on drugs” as a genuine armed conflict has been the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. Under his direction, Filipino security forces summarily killed thousands of poor young men."
Trump’s killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers sets a dangerous precedent | Kenneth Roth
Unless this dangerous precedent is condemned and curtailed, it will enable US authorities to summarily shoot anyone they choose
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Until now, the most visible example of a leader treating a “war on drugs” as a genuine armed conflict has been the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. Under his direction, Filipino security forces summarily killed thousands of poor young men."
Why the EU folded so quickly in the face of gangsterism is beyond me.
The EU is a colossus. So why is it cowering before Trump like a mouse? | Alexander Hurst
With its woeful trade deal, Europe prostrated itself before the president. We need a leader who will tell him where to shove it, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Why the EU folded so quickly in the face of gangsterism is beyond me.
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Stupidity, warned Carlo Cipolla, wields more power than any organized gang or industrial military complex and seems to be a constant force in history.
In other words, the non-stupid should never underestimate the role of stupidity in world events, writes Andrew Nikiforuk for the Weekender.
In other words, the non-stupid should never underestimate the role of stupidity in world events, writes Andrew Nikiforuk for the Weekender.
The Triumph of Stupidity | The Tyee
Fools pose the biggest threat warned an Italian historian. We’re living the proof.
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July 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Stupidity, warned Carlo Cipolla, wields more power than any organized gang or industrial military complex and seems to be a constant force in history.
In other words, the non-stupid should never underestimate the role of stupidity in world events, writes Andrew Nikiforuk for the Weekender.
In other words, the non-stupid should never underestimate the role of stupidity in world events, writes Andrew Nikiforuk for the Weekender.