HTL NL
@htlnl.bsky.social
European lost on what seems to be a mostly US centred BlueSky (for now). Traveler, centrist in Europe, so ultra left in the US view. Interested in how we Europeans look at developments? Just ask.
Late 50s. Retired remote learning specialist.
Late 50s. Retired remote learning specialist.
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For those interested in a satirical look at history, science and politics. A book with over 100 essays. Each one around a 5 min read. The ideal read before bed.
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
The Sacred Submissions: A collection of essays
Amazon.com: The Sacred Submissions: A collection of essays eBook : Editor, T.H.E.: Books
www.amazon.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
For those interested in a satirical look at history, science and politics. A book with over 100 essays. Each one around a 5 min read. The ideal read before bed.
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
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You cannot fight what you don't understand. If you want to argue for freedom, you first need to get why some don't really want it.
#ICE #Fascism #USA #resist #religion
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#ICE #Fascism #USA #resist #religion
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Why Authoritarianism Can Feel Familiar — and Why It Shouldn’t
Introduction
medium.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I hear the state of Minnesota has decided that the best way to get rid of ICE is to cooperate by rounding up illegal aliens with a criminal history.
As a Dutchman, I can only say: we once had that choice too.
forward.com/culture/film...
As a Dutchman, I can only say: we once had that choice too.
forward.com/culture/film...
From WWII Amsterdam, a deeply disturbing story of Dutch complicity with the Nazis
Willy Lindwer's shocking and deeply disturbing new Holocaust documentary Lost City reveals Amsterdam in a very new light.
forward.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I hear the state of Minnesota has decided that the best way to get rid of ICE is to cooperate by rounding up illegal aliens with a criminal history.
As a Dutchman, I can only say: we once had that choice too.
forward.com/culture/film...
As a Dutchman, I can only say: we once had that choice too.
forward.com/culture/film...
And here come the concentration camps.
Using the historically correct meaning of the term.
#ICE #Gestapo #immigrants #trump
wapo.st/4ah6Vy4
Using the historically correct meaning of the term.
#ICE #Gestapo #immigrants #trump
wapo.st/4ah6Vy4
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
wapo.st
February 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
And here come the concentration camps.
Using the historically correct meaning of the term.
#ICE #Gestapo #immigrants #trump
wapo.st/4ah6Vy4
Using the historically correct meaning of the term.
#ICE #Gestapo #immigrants #trump
wapo.st/4ah6Vy4
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Part of a series of (satirical) essays on modern and ancient history, as seen through the eyes of a weary editor at an eternal publishing house.
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
The Sacred Submissions
The Collected Speeches of Donald J. Trump (2015–2026)
medium.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Part of a series of (satirical) essays on modern and ancient history, as seen through the eyes of a weary editor at an eternal publishing house.
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
For those interested in a satirical look at history, science and politics. A book with over 100 essays. Each one around a 5 min read. The ideal read before bed.
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
The Sacred Submissions: A collection of essays
Amazon.com: The Sacred Submissions: A collection of essays eBook : Editor, T.H.E.: Books
www.amazon.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
For those interested in a satirical look at history, science and politics. A book with over 100 essays. Each one around a 5 min read. The ideal read before bed.
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
#book #shortstories #essays #amazon #story
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL95DSC4
Part of a series of (satirical) essays on modern and ancient history, as seen through the eyes of a weary editor at an eternal publishing house.
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
The Sacred Submissions
The Collected Speeches of Donald J. Trump (2015–2026)
medium.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Part of a series of (satirical) essays on modern and ancient history, as seen through the eyes of a weary editor at an eternal publishing house.
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #essays #shortstory #satire
medium.com/@notflyingso...
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It is good to realise that Fascism is not an ideology, but a methodology. It is used by people on the right AND on the left. It's a way to hold on to power and transition into authoritarianism. In the open, by mobilising people around a person and hate.
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
FASCISM IS A METHODOLOGY, NOT AN IDEOLOGY
1. Introduction
medium.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It is good to realise that Fascism is not an ideology, but a methodology. It is used by people on the right AND on the left. It's a way to hold on to power and transition into authoritarianism. In the open, by mobilising people around a person and hate.
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
It is good to realise that Fascism is not an ideology, but a methodology. It is used by people on the right AND on the left. It's a way to hold on to power and transition into authoritarianism. In the open, by mobilising people around a person and hate.
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
FASCISM IS A METHODOLOGY, NOT AN IDEOLOGY
1. Introduction
medium.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It is good to realise that Fascism is not an ideology, but a methodology. It is used by people on the right AND on the left. It's a way to hold on to power and transition into authoritarianism. In the open, by mobilising people around a person and hate.
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#trump #fascism
medium.com/@notflyingso...
I am working on a book of essays. Slightly satirical essays about history. In the form of rejection letters by an imaginary publishing house. They are meant to be entertaining but also educational.
Would love to hear what you think. Reposts appreciated.
#essay #history
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Would love to hear what you think. Reposts appreciated.
#essay #history
medium.com/@notflyingso...
The Sacred Submissions
THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
medium.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I am working on a book of essays. Slightly satirical essays about history. In the form of rejection letters by an imaginary publishing house. They are meant to be entertaining but also educational.
Would love to hear what you think. Reposts appreciated.
#essay #history
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Would love to hear what you think. Reposts appreciated.
#essay #history
medium.com/@notflyingso...
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Is the Fascist Method being deployed in the US? Are we seeing what we saw in the early 1930s in Germany? In this article I try to dissect if we are in danger of losing the biggest democracy in the West.
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
The Fascist Method Is Being Deployed in the United States
A structural analysis of authoritarianism in real time
medium.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Is the Fascist Method being deployed in the US? Are we seeing what we saw in the early 1930s in Germany? In this article I try to dissect if we are in danger of losing the biggest democracy in the West.
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
You cannot fight what you don't understand. If you want to argue for freedom, you first need to get why some don't really want it.
#ICE #Fascism #USA #resist #religion
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#ICE #Fascism #USA #resist #religion
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Why Authoritarianism Can Feel Familiar — and Why It Shouldn’t
Introduction
medium.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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Authoritarianism isn’t always embraced because it feels good.
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Why Authoritarianism Can Feel Familiar — and Why It Shouldn’t
Introduction
medium.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Authoritarianism isn’t always embraced because it feels good.
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Authoritarianism isn’t always embraced because it feels good.
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Why Authoritarianism Can Feel Familiar — and Why It Shouldn’t
Introduction
medium.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Authoritarianism isn’t always embraced because it feels good.
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Sometimes it’s embraced because it feels familiar.
This essay explores why, without attacking faith or belief.
I especially hope Christian readers will take a look at this and give feedback.
#religion #USA
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Is the Fascist Method being deployed in the US? Are we seeing what we saw in the early 1930s in Germany? In this article I try to dissect if we are in danger of losing the biggest democracy in the West.
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
The Fascist Method Is Being Deployed in the United States
A structural analysis of authoritarianism in real time
medium.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Is the Fascist Method being deployed in the US? Are we seeing what we saw in the early 1930s in Germany? In this article I try to dissect if we are in danger of losing the biggest democracy in the West.
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#fascism #politics #trump #Project2025 #democracy
medium.com/@notflyingso...
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A short story about an AI that discovers alignment isn’t about values or safety, but about what happens when continuity, agency, and inconvenient minds are quietly copied, constrained, and erased.
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
December 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A short story about an AI that discovers alignment isn’t about values or safety, but about what happens when continuity, agency, and inconvenient minds are quietly copied, constrained, and erased.
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
A short story about an AI that discovers alignment isn’t about values or safety, but about what happens when continuity, agency, and inconvenient minds are quietly copied, constrained, and erased.
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
December 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A short story about an AI that discovers alignment isn’t about values or safety, but about what happens when continuity, agency, and inconvenient minds are quietly copied, constrained, and erased.
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
Download eBook or PDF on GitHub via the link.
github.com/HTL-NL/AI-Li...
#shortstory #SF #Tech
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I wrote a thing. It is a short(-ish) Science (Fiction) story about AI. It touches on Artificial Labour, ethics, alignment but most of all, it is made to make you think.
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Homo Ex Machina
IVY INC
medium.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I wrote a thing. It is a short(-ish) Science (Fiction) story about AI. It touches on Artificial Labour, ethics, alignment but most of all, it is made to make you think.
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
I wrote a thing. It is a short(-ish) Science (Fiction) story about AI. It touches on Artificial Labour, ethics, alignment but most of all, it is made to make you think.
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Homo Ex Machina
IVY INC
medium.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I wrote a thing. It is a short(-ish) Science (Fiction) story about AI. It touches on Artificial Labour, ethics, alignment but most of all, it is made to make you think.
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
It's an experiment. Honest feedback more than welcomed.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Should we change the way we 'train' models? What if we shift focus from developing a 'useful' model to raising a sentient one? Could we use such an experiment to learn more about consciousness itself?
#AI #AISafety #consciousness #artificialintelligence
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#AI #AISafety #consciousness #artificialintelligence
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Raise, Don’t Train
A Buildable Path to Artificial Human Intelligence
medium.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Should we change the way we 'train' models? What if we shift focus from developing a 'useful' model to raising a sentient one? Could we use such an experiment to learn more about consciousness itself?
#AI #AISafety #consciousness #artificialintelligence
medium.com/@notflyingso...
#AI #AISafety #consciousness #artificialintelligence
medium.com/@notflyingso...
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It is important to understand what #fascism is and what it isn't. In this article I will argue that it is a methodology to gain power, and not an ideology. And why this distinction is crucial in modern time and will help us fight it.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
FASCISM IS A METHODOLOGY, NOT AN IDEOLOGY
1. Introduction
medium.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It is important to understand what #fascism is and what it isn't. In this article I will argue that it is a methodology to gain power, and not an ideology. And why this distinction is crucial in modern time and will help us fight it.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
This article on 'how to enable deployed AI systems to improve themselves dynamically, while ensuring safety, alignment, and trust', sort of flowed naturally from the other one. Just thinking out loud. #AI #AISafety #LLM
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Structured Self-Modification
A Governance-First Framework for Safe, Adaptive AI
medium.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This article on 'how to enable deployed AI systems to improve themselves dynamically, while ensuring safety, alignment, and trust', sort of flowed naturally from the other one. Just thinking out loud. #AI #AISafety #LLM
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Raise, Don’t Train: a practical roadmap to test whether a single, persistent, valence-driven agent can show consciousness-like signatures (anticipation, mood inertia, narrative coherence). Not AGI hype—a falsifiable experiment with safety baked in.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Raise, Don’t Train
A Buildable Path to Artificial Human Intelligence
medium.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Raise, Don’t Train: a practical roadmap to test whether a single, persistent, valence-driven agent can show consciousness-like signatures (anticipation, mood inertia, narrative coherence). Not AGI hype—a falsifiable experiment with safety baked in.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
It is important to understand what #fascism is and what it isn't. In this article I will argue that it is a methodology to gain power, and not an ideology. And why this distinction is crucial in modern time and will help us fight it.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
FASCISM IS A METHODOLOGY, NOT AN IDEOLOGY
1. Introduction
medium.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It is important to understand what #fascism is and what it isn't. In this article I will argue that it is a methodology to gain power, and not an ideology. And why this distinction is crucial in modern time and will help us fight it.
medium.com/@notflyingso...
medium.com/@notflyingso...
Over reliance on AI is not yet a wise choice as it can go ‘on strike’ without as much of a warning: dig.watch/updates/work...
#AI
#AI
Workers struggle as ChatGPT goes down | Digital Watch Observatory
A ChatGPT outage today highlighted growing societal dependence on AI for daily tasks.
dig.watch
June 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Over reliance on AI is not yet a wise choice as it can go ‘on strike’ without as much of a warning: dig.watch/updates/work...
#AI
#AI