Nick Wolfe Brown
@nickwolfebrown1.bsky.social
I appreciate intelligent people I learn things from.
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The enshitification of search in one image.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The enshitification of search in one image.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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BMO: "Capped out?"
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
BMO: "Capped out?"
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Alt-text: "$10 billion and counting: Trump administration snaps up stakes in private firms.
The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing."
Yeah, it's the lynchpin of the new kleptocracy.
The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing."
Yeah, it's the lynchpin of the new kleptocracy.
“.. The unusual government intervention .. is fueling some concerns, including the opacity of the process, the potential for favoritism, corruption and market distortions, along with the possible loss of taxpayer funds should the investments fail.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Alt-text: "$10 billion and counting: Trump administration snaps up stakes in private firms.
The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing."
Yeah, it's the lynchpin of the new kleptocracy.
The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing."
Yeah, it's the lynchpin of the new kleptocracy.
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See the great musical Matilda, playing this week at LCVI
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
See the great musical Matilda, playing this week at LCVI
Just think more people need to be aware of this.......
Hospitalizations are expected to require 6.3% of Canada's staffed hospital beds for three weeks (CIHI: average duration of COVID hospitalizations: www.cihi.ca/en/covid-19-...).
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just think more people need to be aware of this.......
Damn - nicely done.
Epstein built an empire of abuse and a whole lot of people just sat in silence and didn’t say anything.
The epidemic of violence against women is constructed on a foundation of enabling and turning a blind eye.
This post is about the reporters who said nothing when their peer was called ‘Piggy’
The epidemic of violence against women is constructed on a foundation of enabling and turning a blind eye.
This post is about the reporters who said nothing when their peer was called ‘Piggy’
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Damn - nicely done.
@ereguly.bsky.social
I'm sure you've seen this already...
As you have suggested.....
"Arguing that a country of 40 million people “can’t” operate two fighter types and must use a single jack-of-all-trades aircraft is not a serious position."
I'm sure you've seen this already...
As you have suggested.....
"Arguing that a country of 40 million people “can’t” operate two fighter types and must use a single jack-of-all-trades aircraft is not a serious position."
This was a very interesting and fairly nuanced read:
Gripen E vs F-35? The Wrong Question to Ask
Mikael Grev is a former Gripen pilot and co-founder and CEO of Avioniq. In this column for Nordic Defence Sector, he compares the Gripen E and the F-35, arguing for a more nuanced view of fighter capa...
nordicdefencesector.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
@ereguly.bsky.social
I'm sure you've seen this already...
As you have suggested.....
"Arguing that a country of 40 million people “can’t” operate two fighter types and must use a single jack-of-all-trades aircraft is not a serious position."
I'm sure you've seen this already...
As you have suggested.....
"Arguing that a country of 40 million people “can’t” operate two fighter types and must use a single jack-of-all-trades aircraft is not a serious position."
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Is it possible that in his sad state of cognitive impairment that Trump was confused and thought he was still talking to MBS??
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Is it possible that in his sad state of cognitive impairment that Trump was confused and thought he was still talking to MBS??
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Amazing discussion right now in a small corner of doctor FB about the apparent enshittification of AI scribes. Especially the free versions.
This revolutionary time saver now requires extra time to fact check the note.
Don't lose your note writing skills, friends! Tech will not save us. #medsky
This revolutionary time saver now requires extra time to fact check the note.
Don't lose your note writing skills, friends! Tech will not save us. #medsky
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Amazing discussion right now in a small corner of doctor FB about the apparent enshittification of AI scribes. Especially the free versions.
This revolutionary time saver now requires extra time to fact check the note.
Don't lose your note writing skills, friends! Tech will not save us. #medsky
This revolutionary time saver now requires extra time to fact check the note.
Don't lose your note writing skills, friends! Tech will not save us. #medsky
Maybe this is the sedition Trump was referring to?
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Maybe this is the sedition Trump was referring to?
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
No.
No, it's not fun.
It's hard enough ignoring the thought, don't need you bringing up.
No, it's not fun.
It's hard enough ignoring the thought, don't need you bringing up.
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No.
No, it's not fun.
It's hard enough ignoring the thought, don't need you bringing up.
No, it's not fun.
It's hard enough ignoring the thought, don't need you bringing up.
For all my OAGEE friends.....
Happy GIS Day to all who celebrate!
Just remember that some of us are non-denominational geospatial engineers and many of us prefer Happy Holidays.
Let's be inclusive of our CAD operators, drafters, surveyors and opensource colleagues in addition to ESRI users during these festive times! 🌈
Just remember that some of us are non-denominational geospatial engineers and many of us prefer Happy Holidays.
Let's be inclusive of our CAD operators, drafters, surveyors and opensource colleagues in addition to ESRI users during these festive times! 🌈
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For all my OAGEE friends.....
WTF.
I don't know if I really want to wade into this, but how broken is American society if "Christians" take guns to church to protect themselves from other "Christians"??
I don't know if I really want to wade into this, but how broken is American society if "Christians" take guns to church to protect themselves from other "Christians"??
Even my suburban Atlanta church has knights of Columbus packing heat outside the church. Been that way for nearly 10 years.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
WTF.
I don't know if I really want to wade into this, but how broken is American society if "Christians" take guns to church to protect themselves from other "Christians"??
I don't know if I really want to wade into this, but how broken is American society if "Christians" take guns to church to protect themselves from other "Christians"??
Who's your favorite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Who's your favorite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
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One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
When grades stop meaning anything
The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning
www.theargumentmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
All the craziness explained.
Why didn't I think k of it?
Why didn't I think k of it?
I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
All the craziness explained.
Why didn't I think k of it?
Why didn't I think k of it?