David Linssen🐀
@davidlinssen.bsky.social
Currently clean on OPSEC
Ugh.
AI consumed as much water as the water bottle industry this year.
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
www.theverge.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ugh.
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Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science
December 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science
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We have to completely destroy the AI industry
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We have to completely destroy the AI industry
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I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
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A woman with dementia adored her haircut. Her husband's letter to the stylist is everything.
#Alzheimers #dementia #kindness #Thanksgiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #kindness #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A woman with dementia adored her haircut. Her husband's letter to the stylist is everything.
#Alzheimers #dementia #kindness #Thanksgiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #kindness #Thanksgiving
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cool.
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
cool.
Best addition to #BTconf this edition: The Pinball Machine. It’s a huge icebreaker and a physical Pac-Man-rule: there’s always room for one more person to play or just chat around the machine. Excellent fun, @beyondtellerrand.com !
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Best addition to #BTconf this edition: The Pinball Machine. It’s a huge icebreaker and a physical Pac-Man-rule: there’s always room for one more person to play or just chat around the machine. Excellent fun, @beyondtellerrand.com !
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Absolutely adored @sachajudd.com ‘s talk at #btconf just now. 💖
You really shouldn’t miss it next week at @ffconf.org - trust me.
You really shouldn’t miss it next week at @ffconf.org - trust me.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Absolutely adored @sachajudd.com ‘s talk at #btconf just now. 💖
You really shouldn’t miss it next week at @ffconf.org - trust me.
You really shouldn’t miss it next week at @ffconf.org - trust me.
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'Let them eat art deco green tile style, which is totally inappropriate for the Lincoln era.'
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
'Let them eat art deco green tile style, which is totally inappropriate for the Lincoln era.'
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Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
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When I first heard about Stockholm Syndrome, it sounded awful, but now I love it.
October 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When I first heard about Stockholm Syndrome, it sounded awful, but now I love it.
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If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...
October 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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"single-use plastic of the mind" had me GAGGED
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"single-use plastic of the mind" had me GAGGED
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General strike in Italy today for Palestine 🇮🇹❤️🇵🇸✊🏽
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
General strike in Italy today for Palestine 🇮🇹❤️🇵🇸✊🏽
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Centuries before it became fashionable, Mike discovered the relaxing benefits of a weekly goat yoga session - 15th century, Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek, Md 2, f. 39v
September 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Centuries before it became fashionable, Mike discovered the relaxing benefits of a weekly goat yoga session - 15th century, Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek, Md 2, f. 39v