Hellen
@hellenko.bsky.social
mom, founder, ex-Philips, ex-Forrester. international business, AI, LEDs, IoT, smart cities, sustainability. York Uni, Wharton, HBS, Erasmus.
https://www.ledlightened.com
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The results of Musk’s chainsaw.
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The results of Musk’s chainsaw.
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night brought missiles and drones.
Explosions still continue this morning.
Emergency power outages.
Heating problems.
Residential buildings hit.
where the night brought missiles and drones.
Explosions still continue this morning.
Emergency power outages.
Heating problems.
Residential buildings hit.
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night brought missiles and drones.
Explosions still continue this morning.
Emergency power outages.
Heating problems.
Residential buildings hit.
where the night brought missiles and drones.
Explosions still continue this morning.
Emergency power outages.
Heating problems.
Residential buildings hit.
Insane how institutions around the world let Trump bully them into submission even when they, like the #bbc don’t have any US dependency.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Insane how institutions around the world let Trump bully them into submission even when they, like the #bbc don’t have any US dependency.
Twitter was very entertaining this past weekend. Feels like a positive vibe shift after the swift and broad backlash when andreesen mocked the pope, to joyce carol Oates’s poetic tongue lashing of Musk basically stating he has no soul — which has him crashing out.
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Twitter was very entertaining this past weekend. Feels like a positive vibe shift after the swift and broad backlash when andreesen mocked the pope, to joyce carol Oates’s poetic tongue lashing of Musk basically stating he has no soul — which has him crashing out.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
I give Sam Altman A+ for how he has figured the Elon rage bait. hehe
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I give Sam Altman A+ for how he has figured the Elon rage bait. hehe
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
As usual, Europe is reactive instead of proactive. This acquisition should never have happened. + there are a few more semi con companies in Eindhoven that were sold to Chinese companies. But seizure of assets escalates everything. Should have bought back ownership. #nexperia #semiconductors
October 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
As usual, Europe is reactive instead of proactive. This acquisition should never have happened. + there are a few more semi con companies in Eindhoven that were sold to Chinese companies. But seizure of assets escalates everything. Should have bought back ownership. #nexperia #semiconductors
Interesting graphic. China is the only country where food prices have dropped since COVID.
October 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Interesting graphic. China is the only country where food prices have dropped since COVID.
China is doing the inevitable and is now flexing its super power muscles. #exportcontrols #tariffs
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
China is doing the inevitable and is now flexing its super power muscles. #exportcontrols #tariffs
Enjoyed Jane Goodall’s posthumous Famous Last Words interview on Netflix. What a legacy! Re: the witch doctor, as an African I got what she was saying — this part clearly went over B Falchuk’s Hollywood head hehe. #janegoodall
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Enjoyed Jane Goodall’s posthumous Famous Last Words interview on Netflix. What a legacy! Re: the witch doctor, as an African I got what she was saying — this part clearly went over B Falchuk’s Hollywood head hehe. #janegoodall
Odd this isn’t a bigger story. Means China has done (or close to) effective cost down engineering across the semiconductor stack needed for Ai. Huge implications.
September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Odd this isn’t a bigger story. Means China has done (or close to) effective cost down engineering across the semiconductor stack needed for Ai. Huge implications.
#Anthropic seems to be more compatible with EU values than its competitors.. but has low awareness. Dario should do an EU-wide relations tour targeting government bodies, academia, public research hospitals and some corporations.
September 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#Anthropic seems to be more compatible with EU values than its competitors.. but has low awareness. Dario should do an EU-wide relations tour targeting government bodies, academia, public research hospitals and some corporations.
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A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a critic of Trump and David Sacks' AI agenda, arguing its hands-off approach could steer AI down a dangerous path (Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
September 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a critic of Trump and David Sacks' AI agenda, arguing its hands-off approach could steer AI down a dangerous path (Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Interesting panel at #TechExEurope on boosting efficiency and greening #ai data centers. Most are at only 10% IT utilization and don’t measure emissions, water usage, harvest heat generated for reuse. Surprised these aren’t licensing requirements in the EU. Should be! esp for #hyperscalers.
September 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Interesting panel at #TechExEurope on boosting efficiency and greening #ai data centers. Most are at only 10% IT utilization and don’t measure emissions, water usage, harvest heat generated for reuse. Surprised these aren’t licensing requirements in the EU. Should be! esp for #hyperscalers.
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Free-market reformer needs a bailout.
Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4
September 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Free-market reformer needs a bailout.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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i love this. Cursor is anthropic's biggest compute customer, and sends 100% of their revenue to Anthropic so that Anthropic can buy ads to sell Claude Code, a competitor to Cursor, which they are going to make better by buying data off of Cursor created by Cursor using Anthropic's models
Deals for coding data could give model makers like OpenAI and Anthropic deeper insights into how developers respond to code produced by AI and the tasks for which engineers rely on AI the most. Read: https://bit.ly/47kz87j
OpenAI and XAI Show Interest in Cursor’s Coding Data
Startups that sell artificial intelligence–powered coding assistants such as Cursor have created some of the fastest-growing businesses in Silicon Valley, making them ripe acquisition targets for Open...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
i love this. Cursor is anthropic's biggest compute customer, and sends 100% of their revenue to Anthropic so that Anthropic can buy ads to sell Claude Code, a competitor to Cursor, which they are going to make better by buying data off of Cursor created by Cursor using Anthropic's models
Impressed by how knowledgeable insightful, articulate and .. free Hunter Biden is. Didn’t expect it. Hope he runs for the Senate. Great work by this journalist, Andrew Callaghan. youtu.be/XBbkt2vYC4M?...
Hunter Biden Interview
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Impressed by how knowledgeable insightful, articulate and .. free Hunter Biden is. Didn’t expect it. Hope he runs for the Senate. Great work by this journalist, Andrew Callaghan. youtu.be/XBbkt2vYC4M?...
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EU is demanding that every site use age verification technology, while insisting it do things it cannot do, and behave in a manner it cannot behave. This is not policy making. This is wishful thinking, with a side of "we'll just blame the tech companies for not waving their magic wand."
July 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
EU is demanding that every site use age verification technology, while insisting it do things it cannot do, and behave in a manner it cannot behave. This is not policy making. This is wishful thinking, with a side of "we'll just blame the tech companies for not waving their magic wand."
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Redstone joins Iger, Paul Weiss and others in enabling the mob politics that defines this administration.
When did the wealthiest become the weakest?
When did the wealthiest become the weakest?
July 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Redstone joins Iger, Paul Weiss and others in enabling the mob politics that defines this administration.
When did the wealthiest become the weakest?
When did the wealthiest become the weakest?
Almost 10.30pm CET, still light outside. Love it! #summersolstice
June 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Almost 10.30pm CET, still light outside. Love it! #summersolstice
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One of the most beautiful pictures of Jupiter ever taken.
Credits: NASA
Credits: NASA
June 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
One of the most beautiful pictures of Jupiter ever taken.
Credits: NASA
Credits: NASA