gronk
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I'm trying to make the world a kinder, gentler place. One where you could bring the fuckin' children.
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This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
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The population in Russia is withdrawing cash from the banking system at a very high rate, although it slowed down today.
Data per @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
Data per @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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russia is doing repo records without that restriction. But now they have to go to another dimension
bsky.app/profile/leos...
bsky.app/profile/leos...
1\ Russia is doing temporary money creation (aka Repo). I checked official Russian data and it seems to be the single biggest issue yet.
👉Today: 4.7tr rub
👉Biggest in 2022: 4.1tr rub on 01.03.2022
👉Biggest in 2014: 3.3tr rub 06.05.2014
A big sign of liquidity problems in Russia.
👉Today: 4.7tr rub
👉Biggest in 2022: 4.1tr rub on 01.03.2022
👉Biggest in 2014: 3.3tr rub 06.05.2014
A big sign of liquidity problems in Russia.
🚨 ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ HOLY MOLY!! The REPO emergency mechanism has reached an all time high in Russia, at 4.7 trillion rubles provided in liquidity!!!!!
If this isn’t a sign of a banking crisis, then it’s a sign of massive government spending and inflation…
Note odd maturity date of 2 weeks due to holidays.
If this isn’t a sign of a banking crisis, then it’s a sign of massive government spending and inflation…
Note odd maturity date of 2 weeks due to holidays.
December 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
russia is doing repo records without that restriction. But now they have to go to another dimension
bsky.app/profile/leos...
bsky.app/profile/leos...
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The Russian regime has started to distribute auxiliary generators in Ramenskoye, Moscow region, in Russia, clearly indicating that the damage caused by Ukrainian UAVs cannot be fixed in a short amount of time.
December 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Russian regime has started to distribute auxiliary generators in Ramenskoye, Moscow region, in Russia, clearly indicating that the damage caused by Ukrainian UAVs cannot be fixed in a short amount of time.
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In ander nieuws: een vuurwerkverbod werkt.
December 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In ander nieuws: een vuurwerkverbod werkt.
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I have never once seen a liberal pundit make the same kind of post for say, an anarchist or a communist, or even a milquetoast demsoc. The ‘big tent’ party shit goes exactly one direction
December 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I have never once seen a liberal pundit make the same kind of post for say, an anarchist or a communist, or even a milquetoast demsoc. The ‘big tent’ party shit goes exactly one direction
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I disagree with this, and playing realpolitik games with these people is how you end up with President Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2028. I'm not kidding. Hillary Clinton's campaign helped promote Trump in 2016 thinking his candidacy would help her cause.
Politics is not fan culture—none of these people are your friends. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
December 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I disagree with this, and playing realpolitik games with these people is how you end up with President Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2028. I'm not kidding. Hillary Clinton's campaign helped promote Trump in 2016 thinking his candidacy would help her cause.
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I'm reminded of a mid-80s X-Men (or maybe it was the Wolverine 4-issue) where Logan and Juggernaut are having a beer in a bar, and one of the patrons eyes them warily and asks the bartender, "You got superhero insurance, right?"
Now you need cop insurance: reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
Now you need cop insurance: reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
Innocent man sues for over $60,000 after police blew up his business. A court says he's entitled to nothing.
Carlos Pena sued Los Angeles for over $60,000 after law enforcement destroyed his printing shop in pursuit of a fugitive who had broken in.
reason.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm reminded of a mid-80s X-Men (or maybe it was the Wolverine 4-issue) where Logan and Juggernaut are having a beer in a bar, and one of the patrons eyes them warily and asks the bartender, "You got superhero insurance, right?"
Now you need cop insurance: reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
Now you need cop insurance: reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
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The future of warfare: robot destroys robot.
Rare footage from the ground of an anti-Shahed interceptor drone chasing and shooting down a Shahed.
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The future of warfare: robot destroys robot.
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Dawg, a single unsuppressed Ukrainian artillery battery was able to stop 4 brigades worth of Russian columns 7 KM before they even crossed the FLOT at Avdiivka because UAS spotted them and were able to adjust fires accordingly
Had a senior Army infantryman over for dinner the other night, he shared with me that his artillery compatriots are still resisting using UAS to adjust fire.
It’s 13Fs looking through their optics or nothing at all.
He had to force them to do it.
Never change, “King of Battle”, never change.
It’s 13Fs looking through their optics or nothing at all.
He had to force them to do it.
Never change, “King of Battle”, never change.
December 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Dawg, a single unsuppressed Ukrainian artillery battery was able to stop 4 brigades worth of Russian columns 7 KM before they even crossed the FLOT at Avdiivka because UAS spotted them and were able to adjust fires accordingly
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Had a senior Army infantryman over for dinner the other night, he shared with me that his artillery compatriots are still resisting using UAS to adjust fire.
It’s 13Fs looking through their optics or nothing at all.
He had to force them to do it.
Never change, “King of Battle”, never change.
It’s 13Fs looking through their optics or nothing at all.
He had to force them to do it.
Never change, “King of Battle”, never change.
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Had a senior Army infantryman over for dinner the other night, he shared with me that his artillery compatriots are still resisting using UAS to adjust fire.
It’s 13Fs looking through their optics or nothing at all.
He had to force them to do it.
Never change, “King of Battle”, never change.
It’s 13Fs looking through their optics or nothing at all.
He had to force them to do it.
Never change, “King of Battle”, never change.
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Veiligheidsconferentie München geeft gehoor aan J.D. Vance: extreemrechtse AfD weer welkom
Veiligheidsconferentie München geeft gehoor aan J.D. Vance: extreemrechtse AfD weer welkom
Bij de vorige twee edities van een van ’s werelds belangrijkste veiligheidsconferenties werd de AfD uitgesloten. Maar aankomende februari is de Duitse extreemrechtse partij weer aanwezig.
www.trouw.nl
December 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
😡
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Microsoft heeft details gepubliceerd over zijn plannen voor zes nieuwe datahallen bij Middenmeer. Voor het eerst (?) publiceert het ook details over het elektrisch vermogen: 396 megawatt. edataloket.odnzkg.nl/?q={%22search%22:%22OD2025-0043382%22}
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Microsoft heeft details gepubliceerd over zijn plannen voor zes nieuwe datahallen bij Middenmeer. Voor het eerst (?) publiceert het ook details over het elektrisch vermogen: 396 megawatt. edataloket.odnzkg.nl/?q={%22search%22:%22OD2025-0043382%22}
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Voor wie nog motivatie nodig heeft voor een goed voornemen. 😁
December 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Voor wie nog motivatie nodig heeft voor een goed voornemen. 😁
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De sneeuwuil uitgestorven in Zweden 🇸🇪
Hoofdoorzaak: de sterke opwarming
“Rapid Arctic warming – occurring at more than twice the global average rate – has destabilised traditional prey cycles, particularly lemming populations, reducing food availability during critical breeding seasons.”
Hoofdoorzaak: de sterke opwarming
“Rapid Arctic warming – occurring at more than twice the global average rate – has destabilised traditional prey cycles, particularly lemming populations, reducing food availability during critical breeding seasons.”
'Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades...' signalling 'a significant shift at the southern edge of its range.'
Such sad news. #birds
www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...
Such sad news. #birds
www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...
Snowy Owl declared extinct in Sweden after decade without breeding
Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct after no breeding records since 2015. Climate change, declining prey and shifting ecosystems are believed to have driven the iconic Arctic owl from the...
www.birdguides.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
De sneeuwuil uitgestorven in Zweden 🇸🇪
Hoofdoorzaak: de sterke opwarming
“Rapid Arctic warming – occurring at more than twice the global average rate – has destabilised traditional prey cycles, particularly lemming populations, reducing food availability during critical breeding seasons.”
Hoofdoorzaak: de sterke opwarming
“Rapid Arctic warming – occurring at more than twice the global average rate – has destabilised traditional prey cycles, particularly lemming populations, reducing food availability during critical breeding seasons.”
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The Russian government is presumably trying to derail US-Ukraine talks and make Ukraine look like the bad guys, but what it has also done is to show Ukraine and non-US NATO that they cannot rely on the Trump-era US for security; they will need to work together, without the US.
December 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Russian government is presumably trying to derail US-Ukraine talks and make Ukraine look like the bad guys, but what it has also done is to show Ukraine and non-US NATO that they cannot rely on the Trump-era US for security; they will need to work together, without the US.
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Articles about Brigitte Bardot after her death on Sunday have referred to her far right sympathies, which supposedly emerged later in the film star's life. Here she is, though, in 1958 with Jean-Marie Le Pen and Pierre Lagaillarde, future founder of the extremist OAS terror group
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Articles about Brigitte Bardot after her death on Sunday have referred to her far right sympathies, which supposedly emerged later in the film star's life. Here she is, though, in 1958 with Jean-Marie Le Pen and Pierre Lagaillarde, future founder of the extremist OAS terror group
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Das wird noch interessant am Wochenende. Das neue ECMWF hat keine Luftmassengrenze und dafür winterliche Schneeschauer-Geschichten im Nordwesten. Zum Vergleich das GFS Modell.
Hier die laufend neuen Modelle:
kachelmannwetter.com/de/modellkar...
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Hier die laufend neuen Modelle:
kachelmannwetter.com/de/modellkar...
/FR
December 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Das wird noch interessant am Wochenende. Das neue ECMWF hat keine Luftmassengrenze und dafür winterliche Schneeschauer-Geschichten im Nordwesten. Zum Vergleich das GFS Modell.
Hier die laufend neuen Modelle:
kachelmannwetter.com/de/modellkar...
/FR
Hier die laufend neuen Modelle:
kachelmannwetter.com/de/modellkar...
/FR
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In Nederland ligt de verhouding dit jaar op ongeveer 4500 hectare aan zonneparken en 11.000 hectare aan golfbanen.
Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power #CBarchive
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December 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
In Nederland ligt de verhouding dit jaar op ongeveer 4500 hectare aan zonneparken en 11.000 hectare aan golfbanen.
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Quick timelapse showing guard vessel activity as work on the Celtic Interconnector progressed in the second half of 2025.
www.eirgrid.ie/celticinterc...
www.eirgrid.ie/celticinterc...
December 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Quick timelapse showing guard vessel activity as work on the Celtic Interconnector progressed in the second half of 2025.
www.eirgrid.ie/celticinterc...
www.eirgrid.ie/celticinterc...
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map work 👨🍳💋
Quick timelapse showing guard vessel activity as work on the Celtic Interconnector progressed in the second half of 2025.
www.eirgrid.ie/celticinterc...
www.eirgrid.ie/celticinterc...
December 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
map work 👨🍳💋
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Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow ft.trib.al/V1KUH2e | opinion
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow
Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
ft.trib.al
December 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow ft.trib.al/V1KUH2e | opinion
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Compensatie? Nee. Legitiem belang en ondernemersrisico.
De rechter oordeelt dat er ook geen compensatie van €1,5 mld nodig is voor de verplichte sluiting van de kolencentrales.
Het gaat om: "een redelijk evenwicht tussen het algemeen belang dat wordt gediend en de bescherming van eigendomsrecht."
De rechter oordeelt dat er ook geen compensatie van €1,5 mld nodig is voor de verplichte sluiting van de kolencentrales.
Het gaat om: "een redelijk evenwicht tussen het algemeen belang dat wordt gediend en de bescherming van eigendomsrecht."
Geen compensatie voor uitbaters kolencentrales ondanks gedwongen sluiting
Energiebedrijven RWE en Uniper krijgen geen schadevergoeding voor het feit dat hun kolencentrales per 2030 moeten worden gesloten. Tot die conclusie is het gerechtshof in Den Haag dinsdag gekomen. Daa...
www.nu.nl
December 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Compensatie? Nee. Legitiem belang en ondernemersrisico.
De rechter oordeelt dat er ook geen compensatie van €1,5 mld nodig is voor de verplichte sluiting van de kolencentrales.
Het gaat om: "een redelijk evenwicht tussen het algemeen belang dat wordt gediend en de bescherming van eigendomsrecht."
De rechter oordeelt dat er ook geen compensatie van €1,5 mld nodig is voor de verplichte sluiting van de kolencentrales.
Het gaat om: "een redelijk evenwicht tussen het algemeen belang dat wordt gediend en de bescherming van eigendomsrecht."