Markus Drake
@markusdrake.bsky.social
Finnish Green in Brussels (chair of our local club)
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Svenska, suomea, English, Deutsch
Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure
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Svenska, suomea, English, Deutsch
Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure
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Markus Drake
@markusdrake.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Terrifying geopolitical sadness and collapse
Markus Drake is in Taiwan and thinks about security, movements and loss. Except an update on Tuesdays.
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Off social media for some time! If you want to keep up with what I am doing (travel to Taiwan, thinking about politics, movements and security), I will have a Telegram channel with pictures, text and sound, about once per week. See you on the other side!
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Erinnerungspolitische Bezüge in Rubios Rede werden mit Gaulands "Vogelschiss" verglichen. Doch Rubio geht weiter: Europa liegt bei ihm völlig unvermittelt "in ruins", der NS spielt in seiner Geschichtspolitik nicht mal mehr eine Vogelschiss-Rolle, er bleibt ganz außen vor.
"For five centuries,
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"For five centuries,
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State
SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...
www.state.gov
February 15, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Erinnerungspolitische Bezüge in Rubios Rede werden mit Gaulands "Vogelschiss" verglichen. Doch Rubio geht weiter: Europa liegt bei ihm völlig unvermittelt "in ruins", der NS spielt in seiner Geschichtspolitik nicht mal mehr eine Vogelschiss-Rolle, er bleibt ganz außen vor.
"For five centuries,
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"For five centuries,
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They talk and act exactly like Nazis in pursuit of the exact same objectives as Nazis using the exact same tactics and rationales as Nazis but it would be wrong to call them Nazis until they grow the little mustache.
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
They talk and act exactly like Nazis in pursuit of the exact same objectives as Nazis using the exact same tactics and rationales as Nazis but it would be wrong to call them Nazis until they grow the little mustache.
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
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"Tried to" Sir, what am I looking at
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Tried to" Sir, what am I looking at
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rubio’s invocation of “western civilization” — defined here as racial and religious chauvinism, if not outright supremacy — is a rejection of the more egalitarian and universalistic notions that came out of america’s two revolutions.
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
rubio’s invocation of “western civilization” — defined here as racial and religious chauvinism, if not outright supremacy — is a rejection of the more egalitarian and universalistic notions that came out of america’s two revolutions.
The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monster.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monster.com
Things keep going wrong all the time. People die in "self-driving cars" that wouldn't have died otherwise.
"Oh but it may make driving safer eventuall-"
IRRELEVANT! Probably false, but also irrelevant! Because there will BE errors, and we need to BLAME someone for those.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
"Oh but it may make driving safer eventuall-"
IRRELEVANT! Probably false, but also irrelevant! Because there will BE errors, and we need to BLAME someone for those.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Something will go wrong with someone’s A.I. system. Hopefully not ours,” Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, tells Ross Douthat in a conversation about the near-term future of artificial intelligence.
“Something will go wrong with someone’s A.I. system. Hopefully not ours,” Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, tells Ross Douthat in a conversation about the near-term future of artificial intelligence.
Opinion | ‘Something Will Go Wrong’: Anthropic’s Chief on the Coming A.I. Disruption
Dario Amodei shares his utopian — and dystopian — predictions for the near-term future of artificial intelligence.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Things keep going wrong all the time. People die in "self-driving cars" that wouldn't have died otherwise.
"Oh but it may make driving safer eventuall-"
IRRELEVANT! Probably false, but also irrelevant! Because there will BE errors, and we need to BLAME someone for those.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
"Oh but it may make driving safer eventuall-"
IRRELEVANT! Probably false, but also irrelevant! Because there will BE errors, and we need to BLAME someone for those.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
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"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape..."
What a sadistic nation, predatory and grotesquely cruel.
What a sadistic nation, predatory and grotesquely cruel.
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.kut.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape..."
What a sadistic nation, predatory and grotesquely cruel.
What a sadistic nation, predatory and grotesquely cruel.
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💔 While I was able to "just go" and get my documents changed as a non-binary person when I felt ready to do so, reading this makes me sad, angry and heart broken. This 👇 is sooo wrong! 🏳️⚧️
New School Guidance announces:
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
💔 While I was able to "just go" and get my documents changed as a non-binary person when I felt ready to do so, reading this makes me sad, angry and heart broken. This 👇 is sooo wrong! 🏳️⚧️
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It is incredible how much deepl translation just got enshittified.
So go make a horsie in gradient.horse instead! 🐴
Protips: make the head and front legs in the same colour for extra good animation! And you can click on the horsies to make them jump!
So go make a horsie in gradient.horse instead! 🐴
Protips: make the head and front legs in the same colour for extra good animation! And you can click on the horsies to make them jump!
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
It is incredible how much deepl translation just got enshittified.
So go make a horsie in gradient.horse instead! 🐴
Protips: make the head and front legs in the same colour for extra good animation! And you can click on the horsies to make them jump!
So go make a horsie in gradient.horse instead! 🐴
Protips: make the head and front legs in the same colour for extra good animation! And you can click on the horsies to make them jump!
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"My mother didn't fight Mosley's fascists at Cable Street for this!" Is such a boss line.
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
"My mother didn't fight Mosley's fascists at Cable Street for this!" Is such a boss line.
No wonder Orbán's dirty tricks department is doing overtime
Hungary, Minerva Intézet poll:
TISZA-EPP: 54% (+4)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 37% (-6)
MH-ESN: 4% (+2)
DK-S&D: 3% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1)
+/- vs. 08-12 December 2025
Fieldwork: 19-22 January 2026
Sample size: 1115
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
TISZA-EPP: 54% (+4)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 37% (-6)
MH-ESN: 4% (+2)
DK-S&D: 3% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1)
+/- vs. 08-12 December 2025
Fieldwork: 19-22 January 2026
Sample size: 1115
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
No wonder Orbán's dirty tricks department is doing overtime
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Hungary, Minerva Intézet poll:
TISZA-EPP: 54% (+4)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 37% (-6)
MH-ESN: 4% (+2)
DK-S&D: 3% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1)
+/- vs. 08-12 December 2025
Fieldwork: 19-22 January 2026
Sample size: 1115
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
TISZA-EPP: 54% (+4)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 37% (-6)
MH-ESN: 4% (+2)
DK-S&D: 3% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1)
+/- vs. 08-12 December 2025
Fieldwork: 19-22 January 2026
Sample size: 1115
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Hungary, Minerva Intézet poll:
TISZA-EPP: 54% (+4)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 37% (-6)
MH-ESN: 4% (+2)
DK-S&D: 3% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1)
+/- vs. 08-12 December 2025
Fieldwork: 19-22 January 2026
Sample size: 1115
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
TISZA-EPP: 54% (+4)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 37% (-6)
MH-ESN: 4% (+2)
DK-S&D: 3% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 2% (-1)
+/- vs. 08-12 December 2025
Fieldwork: 19-22 January 2026
Sample size: 1115
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
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Gee, Universal Basic Income recoups more than it costs AND the recipients are happier and healthier.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Gee, Universal Basic Income recoups more than it costs AND the recipients are happier and healthier.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
Just yesterday I wanted a paragraph of text from a newspaper article translated from German to French. Dropped it in a LLM, pasted into chat... And realised it was not just semi-doggerel. It had flipped meaning and now was saying the opposite from the original.
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
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I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
February 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Just yesterday I wanted a paragraph of text from a newspaper article translated from German to French. Dropped it in a LLM, pasted into chat... And realised it was not just semi-doggerel. It had flipped meaning and now was saying the opposite from the original.
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jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
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Weil der bekannte Spendensammler Martin Sellner gerade in Deutschland ein Thema ist: Der Mörder von Walter Lübcke hat den österreichischen Identitären Geld gespendet, der Attentäter von Christchurch, ein Massenmörder, hat Sellner persönlich 1500 Euro gespendet.
www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/inne...
www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/inne...
Identitäre: Martin Sellner klebte Hakenkreuze auf Synagoge: "Wollte provozieren"
Ein Polizeiprotokoll von 2006 beweist, dass Martin Sellner, Chef der Identitären, damals in Neonazi-Aktivitäten verstrickt war.
www.kleinezeitung.at
February 11, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Weil der bekannte Spendensammler Martin Sellner gerade in Deutschland ein Thema ist: Der Mörder von Walter Lübcke hat den österreichischen Identitären Geld gespendet, der Attentäter von Christchurch, ein Massenmörder, hat Sellner persönlich 1500 Euro gespendet.
www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/inne...
www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/inne...
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The beautiful white village of Grazalema (Andalusia, Spain) had already been evacuated because of terrible amounts of rain. January had 1295 mm, an all-time high monthly total. But after today's 140 mm (and counting), February now already stands at 1169 mm, that's 510 mm (78%) more than ever before!
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The beautiful white village of Grazalema (Andalusia, Spain) had already been evacuated because of terrible amounts of rain. January had 1295 mm, an all-time high monthly total. But after today's 140 mm (and counting), February now already stands at 1169 mm, that's 510 mm (78%) more than ever before!
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Like I said a couple years ago, leftist antisemitism is getting worse. Like, we're at the Naming The Jew stage and next I guess will be the triple parentheses
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Like I said a couple years ago, leftist antisemitism is getting worse. Like, we're at the Naming The Jew stage and next I guess will be the triple parentheses
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"Humans make mistakes as well!"
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
"Humans make mistakes as well!"
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"Humans make mistakes as well!"
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
"Humans make mistakes as well!"
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
Irrelevant. Even IF AI WAS more reliable than a human MedTech/driver/nurse/teacher, WHEN it makes a "mistake" we will not tolerate it, we will DEMAND someone takes the blame and responsibility. That's our human nature. Which is why AI will not succeed in those roles.
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You can tell the German people you're winning bigger and bigger victories, but sooner or later they're going to notice those victories are getting closer and closer to Berlin.
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
You can tell the German people you're winning bigger and bigger victories, but sooner or later they're going to notice those victories are getting closer and closer to Berlin.