Captain Renault
@captainrenault.bsky.social
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The Chinese character for "AI" combines the character for "danger" with the character for "profit warning"
A cool use of AI in newsgathering, this. US companies are talking more and more about the risks rather than the benefits of AI in their SEC filings (while still being super-optimistic in earnings calls). By @melissahei.bsky.social @chriscook.news & @claradoodle.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/e93e...
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Chinese character for "AI" combines the character for "danger" with the character for "profit warning"
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Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
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Good news! Trump sought to eliminate NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), which would have led to the closure of NOAA Research Labs. Among other important climate research, this would have meant eliminating the Keeling Curve.
The Senate Appropriations Committee said no!
bit.ly/3TShZKk
The Senate Appropriations Committee said no!
bit.ly/3TShZKk
July 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Good news! Trump sought to eliminate NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), which would have led to the closure of NOAA Research Labs. Among other important climate research, this would have meant eliminating the Keeling Curve.
The Senate Appropriations Committee said no!
bit.ly/3TShZKk
The Senate Appropriations Committee said no!
bit.ly/3TShZKk
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an El Salvador gulag, 2026, three men are talking about what they were sent there for
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
You guys Elon Musk appointed the head of the IRS and President Trump didn’t even know about it.
April 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
an El Salvador gulag, 2026, three men are talking about what they were sent there for
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
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Scottish tour guide vs ancestral castles
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Some Democratic Party lawmakers clapped, exclaimed that the ruling was historic, and thanked the justices
April 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Some Democratic Party lawmakers clapped, exclaimed that the ruling was historic, and thanked the justices
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This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
leiterreports.typepad.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
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Thought crimes.
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
March 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thought crimes.
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Trump-Doge preparing to end the Keeling curve monitoring (that has tracked atmospheric CO2 since 1950). This attack on science would amount to a crime against humanity I think!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Trump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii
The Trump administration is considering cancelling the lease of the support office for a renowned Hawaiian climate research station, sources said, raising fears for the future of key work tracking the impact of carbon emissions on global warming.
www.reuters.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Trump-Doge preparing to end the Keeling curve monitoring (that has tracked atmospheric CO2 since 1950). This attack on science would amount to a crime against humanity I think!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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#Bluesky has set up its EU headquarters in #Belgium, putting the country’s telecom regulator in charge of the platform’s compliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and its DPA for GDPR
www.euronews.com/next/2025/03...
www.euronews.com/next/2025/03...
Bluesky finally found in Belgium
Any Digital Services Act questions will go to the Belgian telecom regulator as Bluesky established its legal headquarters in the country.
www.euronews.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#Bluesky has set up its EU headquarters in #Belgium, putting the country’s telecom regulator in charge of the platform’s compliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and its DPA for GDPR
www.euronews.com/next/2025/03...
www.euronews.com/next/2025/03...
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Even as a person that regularly does lettering for comics, this seems like witchcraft
March 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Even as a person that regularly does lettering for comics, this seems like witchcraft
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They Work 80 Hours a Week and Still Can’t Afford Rent—But They Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way
February 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
They Work 80 Hours a Week and Still Can’t Afford Rent—But They Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way
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The cynicism of the anti woke bullshit of the past decade was transparent the whole time but it’s still worth noting how quiet the defenders of the enlightenment are now
February 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The cynicism of the anti woke bullshit of the past decade was transparent the whole time but it’s still worth noting how quiet the defenders of the enlightenment are now
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
February 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
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Keeling Curve data are gone
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
February 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Keeling Curve data are gone
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
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VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
February 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.
They do not log off.
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Between the tariffs, the idiotic threats to Canadian and Danish sovereignty, the destruction of USAID, and the undermining of NATO, it's hard to see what the Trump administration would have done differently in their first 2 weeks if their aim were to destroy US power and global influence.
February 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Between the tariffs, the idiotic threats to Canadian and Danish sovereignty, the destruction of USAID, and the undermining of NATO, it's hard to see what the Trump administration would have done differently in their first 2 weeks if their aim were to destroy US power and global influence.
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where the world stands on the paris climate agreement, as of today:
January 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
where the world stands on the paris climate agreement, as of today:
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Sweet reminder
January 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sweet reminder
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Whoever the strategic comms person is who spun that 小紅書 is “Rednote” and not Little Red Book, plus somehow convinced folks the Stanford Crimson MBA origin to the Rednote name is legit — you deserve a massive bonus. This is a case study in a PR class. Hats off.
January 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Whoever the strategic comms person is who spun that 小紅書 is “Rednote” and not Little Red Book, plus somehow convinced folks the Stanford Crimson MBA origin to the Rednote name is legit — you deserve a massive bonus. This is a case study in a PR class. Hats off.
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Meta geeft ruim baan aan racisme en homohaat, maar censureert cartoonisten Kamagurka en Lectrr www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Meta geeft ruim baan aan racisme en homohaat, maar censureert cartoonisten Kamagurka en Lectrr - Joop - BNNVARA
Omdat Donald Trump volgende week weer zijn intrek neemt in het Witte Huis, geeft Meta-topman Mark Zuckerberg racisten, seksisten en LHBTI-haters ruim baan op zijn sociale media Facebook, Instagram en ...
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January 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Meta geeft ruim baan aan racisme en homohaat, maar censureert cartoonisten Kamagurka en Lectrr www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...