Shevek 🌹 🇺🇦 ⚖️
@justshevek.bsky.social
Big on history, philosophy, ecology, agronomy.
I am wherever my VPN says I am.
I am wherever my VPN says I am.
It might actually be easier to get minerals from imaginary kingdoms than it is to mine them in Greenland.
In off the cuff remarks, President Trump suggests a desire to invade Wakanda to access its vibranium rare earth mineral.
January 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It might actually be easier to get minerals from imaginary kingdoms than it is to mine them in Greenland.
Everyone who thinks Venezuela is a distraction from the Epstein files should really take a moment to consider whether it's the other way around (and not necessarily choreographed by the Trump faction).
Less than 1% of the Epstein files have been released.
Trump’s DOJ is still sitting on more than 2 million documents and the legal deadline to release these files was 21 DAYS AGO.
What else are they hiding and who are they protecting?
This is a cover-up.
Trump’s DOJ is still sitting on more than 2 million documents and the legal deadline to release these files was 21 DAYS AGO.
What else are they hiding and who are they protecting?
This is a cover-up.
DOJ says it has released less than 1% of its Epstein files and is still reviewing more than 2 million documents | CNN Politics
The Justice Department on Monday said it has released 12,285 documents – less than 1% – of its Jeffrey Epstein-related files, with more than 2 million documents still being reviewed.
www.cnn.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Everyone who thinks Venezuela is a distraction from the Epstein files should really take a moment to consider whether it's the other way around (and not necessarily choreographed by the Trump faction).
From Jaythan on the 2025 in review episode of Tech Won't Save Us:
Musk is the ultimate sin eater for Trump and the Silicon Valley wackos. And he's well paid for it.
Musk is the ultimate sin eater for Trump and the Silicon Valley wackos. And he's well paid for it.
January 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
From Jaythan on the 2025 in review episode of Tech Won't Save Us:
Musk is the ultimate sin eater for Trump and the Silicon Valley wackos. And he's well paid for it.
Musk is the ultimate sin eater for Trump and the Silicon Valley wackos. And he's well paid for it.
It took thousands of years to adapt wolves into the dogs that we trust with our kids.
So yeah, maybe don't have kids interacting with AI just yet.
So yeah, maybe don't have kids interacting with AI just yet.
a little girl standing next to a dog with the website faith restoring.com visible
Alt: a little girl standing next to a dog with the website faith restoring.com visible
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It took thousands of years to adapt wolves into the dogs that we trust with our kids.
So yeah, maybe don't have kids interacting with AI just yet.
So yeah, maybe don't have kids interacting with AI just yet.
Looks like trumping now includes word coining.
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Looks like trumping now includes word coining.
Wars sell subscriptions. Why help prevent them?
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Wars sell subscriptions. Why help prevent them?
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A mutual posted this earlier and I can't decide whether to laugh or sigh.
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
A mutual posted this earlier and I can't decide whether to laugh or sigh.
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You can't win with Trump. If Denmark militarise Greenland, Trump will paint it as agression and therefore a reason to invade. USA has the mightiest army in the world, Denmark can't win. Denmark needs to use the UN and NATO diplomatically.
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM
You can't win with Trump. If Denmark militarise Greenland, Trump will paint it as agression and therefore a reason to invade. USA has the mightiest army in the world, Denmark can't win. Denmark needs to use the UN and NATO diplomatically.
If we're going to break Venezuela, we should at least offer to make them a state. Manifest destiny and all that.
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
If we're going to break Venezuela, we should at least offer to make them a state. Manifest destiny and all that.
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Also, ideologically-driven political theorists like this guy.
January 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Also, ideologically-driven political theorists like this guy.
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“In response to the post, Hiroshi Nagai, a 78-year old Japanese graphic designer known for his city pop and dreamscape artwork, said on X: “This image is being used without permission from the US department of homeland security. What should I do about this?”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US homeland security condemned for using Japanese artist’s work without consent
Hiroshi Nagai, in a post on X, has objected to his artwork being used by the agency to promote its deportation agenda
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
“In response to the post, Hiroshi Nagai, a 78-year old Japanese graphic designer known for his city pop and dreamscape artwork, said on X: “This image is being used without permission from the US department of homeland security. What should I do about this?”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
What this guy said. Also, a machine isn't going to develop an understanding of the emotions and instinctive reactions to sexuality and sexual violation.
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
What this guy said. Also, a machine isn't going to develop an understanding of the emotions and instinctive reactions to sexuality and sexual violation.
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If your economy is dependent on repurchasing essentially the same device again and again because they are deliberately designed to fail quickly, you have a problem with the incentives in your economy.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If your economy is dependent on repurchasing essentially the same device again and again because they are deliberately designed to fail quickly, you have a problem with the incentives in your economy.
Imagine if cities in the the US were getting little 9/11s several days a week.
🤬 Russia hit a high-rise building in the center of Kharkiv. There are casualties and significant damage, - the mayor
January 2, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Imagine if cities in the the US were getting little 9/11s several days a week.
Elon Musk is gross. X is a shithole.
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Elon Musk is gross. X is a shithole.
Need an actual rubber stamp with this on it, with a whole crate of ink pads.
See also: Sam Vimes boots theory.
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Need an actual rubber stamp with this on it, with a whole crate of ink pads.
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Sarah Cooper is back. 👏
December 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sarah Cooper is back. 👏
You can learn all about the latest developments in cybersecurity with a subscription to Wired.
Wait.
Wait.
December 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
You can learn all about the latest developments in cybersecurity with a subscription to Wired.
Wait.
Wait.
Everyone went bananas when Deepseek did well on cheaper chips, but the real cannonball was the choice of making it open-source. Zuck's probably never making that $2bn back.
Oh so they sold to Meta for $2bn when they were raising at that valuation? Sounds like a company that had a future to me
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Everyone went bananas when Deepseek did well on cheaper chips, but the real cannonball was the choice of making it open-source. Zuck's probably never making that $2bn back.
The whole "country of individuals and laws" thing just doesn't compute with MAGA's "philosophers".
For someone who occasionally claims to be a Dworkinian of a sort---and who hence has presumably heard of the idea of internal critique---it's actually a little shocking to see that Adrian Vermeule completely fails to understand that criticism can be a form of love and loyalty
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The whole "country of individuals and laws" thing just doesn't compute with MAGA's "philosophers".
This has been going on since the Clinton administration.
"Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority"
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
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Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
edition.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This has been going on since the Clinton administration.
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Shrink-flation is getting pretty bad in Gomorrah.
December 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Shrink-flation is getting pretty bad in Gomorrah.