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.
t.me
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!
t.me/stresspass
t.me/stresspass
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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.
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5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
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When white supremacist bigots throw a tantrum because they've been forced to confront reality, there are always enablers who will say that the expression of reality is a controversy, or divisive. The implication is that we should change reality to suit the whims of the bigots. Absolutely not.
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
When white supremacist bigots throw a tantrum because they've been forced to confront reality, there are always enablers who will say that the expression of reality is a controversy, or divisive. The implication is that we should change reality to suit the whims of the bigots. Absolutely not.
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The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
Hating the Game
The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.
www.the-reframe.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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🧵 If you care about our Haitian neighbors in Ohio, please debunk & “call in” folks with large platforms claiming the churches are trafficking children.
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
🧵 If you care about our Haitian neighbors in Ohio, please debunk & “call in” folks with large platforms claiming the churches are trafficking children.
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social
The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history.
Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social