Havelock Vetinari
@havelockvetinari.bsky.social
Lord Patrician of Ankh-Morpork.
No discernible logic in neither posting or following.
The deeper you look into the social media, the deeper the social media will look into you.
No discernible logic in neither posting or following.
The deeper you look into the social media, the deeper the social media will look into you.
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Tell me again that Europe has some sort of very special demographic problem.
The problem might be that fewer of the prime-age people are not working, but I have my doubts. Unemployment stats only tell you so much.
The problem might be that fewer of the prime-age people are not working, but I have my doubts. Unemployment stats only tell you so much.
December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tell me again that Europe has some sort of very special demographic problem.
The problem might be that fewer of the prime-age people are not working, but I have my doubts. Unemployment stats only tell you so much.
The problem might be that fewer of the prime-age people are not working, but I have my doubts. Unemployment stats only tell you so much.
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Uusi blogikirjoitukseni haastaa yleisesti vallitsevaa näkemystä että Suomen verotuksen taso on liian korkeaa. Esitän kolme näkökulmaa joiden kautta Suomen verotuksen tasoa voi pitää jopa matalana. Oleellista on verrata verotusta muihin pohjoismaisiin hyvinvointivaltioihin. 1/
Suomen verotus on pohjoismaisittain matalaa
Suomen politiikkaa vaivaa vaihtoehdottomuus, vallalla on ajatus että loputtoman tuntuiselle leikkauspolitiikalle ei yksinkertaisesti ole vaihtoehtoja. Tunne vaihtoehdottumuudesta on rakentunut useista...
lauspalo.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Uusi blogikirjoitukseni haastaa yleisesti vallitsevaa näkemystä että Suomen verotuksen taso on liian korkeaa. Esitän kolme näkökulmaa joiden kautta Suomen verotuksen tasoa voi pitää jopa matalana. Oleellista on verrata verotusta muihin pohjoismaisiin hyvinvointivaltioihin. 1/
@aalto.fi how about this? Combine the two major passions of both students and alumni, namely lectures and beer.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@aalto.fi how about this? Combine the two major passions of both students and alumni, namely lectures and beer.
www.instagram.com/lecturesontap/
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1/ The deaths of Russian soldiers who are murdered by their own commanders for personal profit are reportedly covered up by a systemically corrupt military command and justice system, while the killer commanders themselves are protected and even promoted despite their crimes. ⬇️
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
1/ The deaths of Russian soldiers who are murdered by their own commanders for personal profit are reportedly covered up by a systemically corrupt military command and justice system, while the killer commanders themselves are protected and even promoted despite their crimes. ⬇️
So SMRs and "nuclear renaissance" are just a Trojan horse full of coal?
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How a Nuclear-Fossil Fuel Alliance Is Winning the Fight for Energy Dominance
The once unlikely partnership’s influence now reaches right into the White House, where President Trump wants to ban certain renewable projects.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
So SMRs and "nuclear renaissance" are just a Trojan horse full of coal?
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A symbol of one era. (H/T to @rusty.todayintabs.com whose output everyone should subscribe and read because every time you find something you didn't know existed.)
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
One of the Calif. tech world’s saddest inventions has been hemorrhaging cash
Once a sign of hustle culture, Silicon Valley's drink of choice scrambles to adapt.
www.sfgate.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A symbol of one era. (H/T to @rusty.todayintabs.com whose output everyone should subscribe and read because every time you find something you didn't know existed.)
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
Makes me nostalgic for the time when government officials could still be investigated, tried and found to have acted illegally and/or against the expressed will of the Congress.
Now they just shout "unitary executive" and carry on.
Now they just shout "unitary executive" and carry on.
Absolutely worth a read. Whatever your interests, you'll find something:
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
“Heroic Excavators of Government Secrets”
Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025 - Almost 40 years ago, as White House aide Lt. Col. Oliver North was secretly running the Reagan administration’s Iran-Contra operations, he became concerned about ...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Makes me nostalgic for the time when government officials could still be investigated, tried and found to have acted illegally and/or against the expressed will of the Congress.
Now they just shout "unitary executive" and carry on.
Now they just shout "unitary executive" and carry on.
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Lanseerasin uuden sanan: tekoälämöly. Lisäksi kysyn, käykö niin, että journalismia tekevät tulevaisuudessa tekoäly ja ne, joilla on varaa suostua kutistuviin palkkioihin tai ilmaisiin harjoitteluihin?
Journalistin työstä on tulossa hyvätuloisten harrastus - Journalisti
Kukaan tuskin ryhtyy journalistiksi ensisijaisesti rahan takia. Mutta mitä tapahtuu, kun rahaa täytyy olla jo valmiiksi, jotta alalle ylipäätään pääsee?...
journalisti.fi
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Lanseerasin uuden sanan: tekoälämöly. Lisäksi kysyn, käykö niin, että journalismia tekevät tulevaisuudessa tekoäly ja ne, joilla on varaa suostua kutistuviin palkkioihin tai ilmaisiin harjoitteluihin?
Kun mitataan sitä, kuinka nopeasti pääsee vastaanotolle ja käyntien määrää, saa tätä:
yle.fi/a/74-20198767
yle.fi/a/74-20198767
Mikkeliläisissä kouluissa on normaalia, että koulupsykologit eivät tee koskaan läsnätöitä – lain vastaista, sanoo avi
Etelä-Savon hyvinvointialue on ratkaissut pulan koulupsykologeista sallimalla heille kokoaikaisen etätyön. Itä-Suomen aluehallintoviraston mukaan psykologin on oltava myös läsnä.
yle.fi
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Kun mitataan sitä, kuinka nopeasti pääsee vastaanotolle ja käyntien määrää, saa tätä:
yle.fi/a/74-20198767
yle.fi/a/74-20198767
Is the era of actually improving things over and we're just figuring out how to maximize revenue while making things worse?
davekarpf.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
davekarpf.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
The end of optimization
Some thoughts on a transition point in recent internet history,
davekarpf.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Is the era of actually improving things over and we're just figuring out how to maximize revenue while making things worse?
davekarpf.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
davekarpf.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
Anthropic tortures proprietary data until it gets a positive result, and it's *still* only 1,8% productivity improvement per year?
www.anthropic.com/research/est...
www.anthropic.com/research/est...
Estimating AI productivity gains
Anthropic economic research on productivity gains
www.anthropic.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Anthropic tortures proprietary data until it gets a positive result, and it's *still* only 1,8% productivity improvement per year?
www.anthropic.com/research/est...
www.anthropic.com/research/est...
Something to think about the next time you slip on a sidewalk and start transferring from vertical position to horizontal:
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat. | Quanta Magazine
A newly proposed explanation for the slipperiness of ice has revived a centuries-long debate.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Something to think about the next time you slip on a sidewalk and start transferring from vertical position to horizontal:
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
Suomessa uskotaan edelleen, että koska Tesloja ei tarvitse huoltaa niiden surkea sijoitus katsastustilastoissa johtuu vain siitä, että omistajat käyvät hakemassa korjauslistan katsastuskonttorilta.
Näin ne ikääntyvät maissa, joissa ei ole vuosikatsastusta.
Näin ne ikääntyvät maissa, joissa ei ole vuosikatsastusta.
Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Suomessa uskotaan edelleen, että koska Tesloja ei tarvitse huoltaa niiden surkea sijoitus katsastustilastoissa johtuu vain siitä, että omistajat käyvät hakemassa korjauslistan katsastuskonttorilta.
Näin ne ikääntyvät maissa, joissa ei ole vuosikatsastusta.
Näin ne ikääntyvät maissa, joissa ei ole vuosikatsastusta.
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Not at all surprising that @gideonrachman.bsky.social nails it in his reading of the NSS here.
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Not at all surprising that @gideonrachman.bsky.social nails it in his reading of the NSS here.
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
Some of the innumerable ways Chinese workers get even when they have been treated badly or are just generally pissed off:
weibo.substack.com/p/120425-the...
weibo.substack.com/p/120425-the...
12/04/25 - The boss bullshits me, so I bullshit my boss. If it’s good enough, it’s good enough. It’s not like we’re making rockets.
A compilation of why you should never bully your workers:
weibo.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Some of the innumerable ways Chinese workers get even when they have been treated badly or are just generally pissed off:
weibo.substack.com/p/120425-the...
weibo.substack.com/p/120425-the...
In a war economy, all firms can be defense firms. Too bad the Russian stock market is stunted so these don't get the market cap they deserve.
investigatebel.org/en/investiga...
investigatebel.org/en/investiga...
BIC Finds the Belarusian Kingpin of Russian Drones
The investigation examines drone shipments originating from Gomel and uncovers the ties between “Zavod Santex” and its owner to the Russian combat-drone manufacturer Rustakt, which collaborates with R...
investigatebel.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In a war economy, all firms can be defense firms. Too bad the Russian stock market is stunted so these don't get the market cap they deserve.
investigatebel.org/en/investiga...
investigatebel.org/en/investiga...
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Mikäs SA:n hovihankkijalle nyt tuli?
💣 Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons firm, is implicated in a widening NATO corruption scandal. The military alliance’s procurement agency (NSPA) has suspended the company from bidding on new contracts.
www.ftm.eu/articles/isr...
www.ftm.eu/articles/isr...
Israel’s biggest defence company suspended by NATO amid corruption probe
Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons firm, is implicated in a widening NATO corruption scandal. The military alliance’s procurement agency (NSPA) has suspended the company from bidding on new contr...
www.ftm.eu
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Mikäs SA:n hovihankkijalle nyt tuli?
Siinä on samaan aikaan jotain lämmittävää ja kylmäävää kun jo Suomen Sodasta tuttu von Fieandtin sotilassuku valmistautuu Bodenissa puolustamaan Ruotsia (ja Suomea) Rovaniemellä.
www.dn.se/sverige/ny-e...
www.dn.se/sverige/ny-e...
Ny elitstyrka skapas: ”Stora grejer och mycket ansvar”
Natostyrkan FLF Finland får bas med 800 soldater i Boden. Styrkan ska snabbt kunna försvara Nordkalotten och norra Finland mot ryska hot.
www.dn.se
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Siinä on samaan aikaan jotain lämmittävää ja kylmäävää kun jo Suomen Sodasta tuttu von Fieandtin sotilassuku valmistautuu Bodenissa puolustamaan Ruotsia (ja Suomea) Rovaniemellä.
www.dn.se/sverige/ny-e...
www.dn.se/sverige/ny-e...
Tältä näyttää ruotsalainen keskiasteen koulutusjärjestelmä luonnontieteiden näkökulmasta:
www.sverigesingenjorer.se/opinion-och-...
www.sverigesingenjorer.se/opinion-och-...
Gymnasieelever på natur och teknik bestraffas av dagens betygsystem
www.sverigesingenjorer.se
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Tältä näyttää ruotsalainen keskiasteen koulutusjärjestelmä luonnontieteiden näkökulmasta:
www.sverigesingenjorer.se/opinion-och-...
www.sverigesingenjorer.se/opinion-och-...
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2/2 Most of the value in the model is derived from a ghost economy on Mars in 2040. Millions of Optimus robots building structures for other robots on a barren planet with no humans or paying customers. This "output" of $1.36 Trillion per year is worth $0, not $1.36 Trillion per year.
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 AM
2/2 Most of the value in the model is derived from a ghost economy on Mars in 2040. Millions of Optimus robots building structures for other robots on a barren planet with no humans or paying customers. This "output" of $1.36 Trillion per year is worth $0, not $1.36 Trillion per year.
Is there already an ETF or a hedge fund that would follow the investments of these clearly superior investment minds?
Superior stock trading performance by US congressional leaders, from Shang-Jin Wei and Yifan Zhou www.nber.org/papers/w34524
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Is there already an ETF or a hedge fund that would follow the investments of these clearly superior investment minds?
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So what can you do? My advice: assume you’re stuck with your computer and phone for a few years. If you have the cash, upgrade now. Fill your PC with all the RAM it can take. You need a new (or new-old) phone, get it straight away.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/a...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/a...
AI screws us over again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down
Micron, which makes about a quarter of all the computer memory and flash in the world, is shutting down Crucial, its retail store. Crucial is closing in February next year — the AI hyperscalers are…
pivot-to-ai.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So what can you do? My advice: assume you’re stuck with your computer and phone for a few years. If you have the cash, upgrade now. Fill your PC with all the RAM it can take. You need a new (or new-old) phone, get it straight away.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/a...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/a...