Mads Toftum
@q42.bsky.social
$dayjob is AWS / DevOps / infosec related
Apache Software Foundation Member (part of root@ many moons ago)
Free time spent on photography and cooking.
@quasi42 in the twitters
@q42 on Flickr.
Apache Software Foundation Member (part of root@ many moons ago)
Free time spent on photography and cooking.
@quasi42 in the twitters
@q42 on Flickr.
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Peace Talk Time 🛀
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Peace Talk Time 🛀
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Peace Strings & Russian Things.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Peace Strings & Russian Things.
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Smell the Incompetence.
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Smell the Incompetence.
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Clown Laureate. ⚽️🤡
December 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Clown Laureate. ⚽️🤡
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“can you explain the gaps in your resume” yeah, the gaps are because all the things i’m very good at are not valued by the wealthy reprobates who want to turn the entire world into their degenerate AI slave colony. hope this clears things up
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“can you explain the gaps in your resume” yeah, the gaps are because all the things i’m very good at are not valued by the wealthy reprobates who want to turn the entire world into their degenerate AI slave colony. hope this clears things up
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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Holy moly, do people still think the U.S. is an ally of Europe? It is now an officially stated foreign policy goal to undermine the EU and centrist European governments that don't ideologically align with MAGA.
Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Holy moly, do people still think the U.S. is an ally of Europe? It is now an officially stated foreign policy goal to undermine the EU and centrist European governments that don't ideologically align with MAGA.
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Business is booming. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...
#weapons #InternationalLaw #war #business
#weapons #InternationalLaw #war #business
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Business is booming. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...
#weapons #InternationalLaw #war #business
#weapons #InternationalLaw #war #business
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Why are energy prices on the rise? Ask AI, or just check out my latest cartoon for the Wisconsin State Journal.
madison.com/opinion/cart...
madison.com/opinion/cart...
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why are energy prices on the rise? Ask AI, or just check out my latest cartoon for the Wisconsin State Journal.
madison.com/opinion/cart...
madison.com/opinion/cart...
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Pete Hegseth gets a new job title in my latest cartoon for the Wisconsin State Journal. madison.com/opinion/cart...
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Pete Hegseth gets a new job title in my latest cartoon for the Wisconsin State Journal. madison.com/opinion/cart...
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Corporate CEOs' breathless predictions of generative AI-fueled work disruption ought always to be considered in light of the fact that their companies have billions invested in the tech that, statistically, few use or want.
As AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’ | Fortune
AI isn’t just coming for entry-level workers. Google CEO Sundar Pichai says no job, not even his own, is safe. But those who don’t adapt will be the first to fall.
fortune.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Corporate CEOs' breathless predictions of generative AI-fueled work disruption ought always to be considered in light of the fact that their companies have billions invested in the tech that, statistically, few use or want.
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motherfucker this is EXACTLY what I was worried about. Of course they wanted to get the data and get it into Grok. My guess is it has literally everyone's SSN in there as well.
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
motherfucker this is EXACTLY what I was worried about. Of course they wanted to get the data and get it into Grok. My guess is it has literally everyone's SSN in there as well.
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Trump administration hard at work helping their allies in Moscow.
I'd like to remind the administration that you are part of NATO, which purpose is to stop Russian agression. Not aiding it.
US should either leave NATO, or leave Kremlin.
You can't have both.
I'd like to remind the administration that you are part of NATO, which purpose is to stop Russian agression. Not aiding it.
US should either leave NATO, or leave Kremlin.
You can't have both.
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Trump administration hard at work helping their allies in Moscow.
I'd like to remind the administration that you are part of NATO, which purpose is to stop Russian agression. Not aiding it.
US should either leave NATO, or leave Kremlin.
You can't have both.
I'd like to remind the administration that you are part of NATO, which purpose is to stop Russian agression. Not aiding it.
US should either leave NATO, or leave Kremlin.
You can't have both.
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Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
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Big news this!!!
The Trump administration actually opposes a blatant 🇷🇺 war crime. How deep the 🇺🇸 has fallen when this actually makes the news🥶
The Trump administration actually opposes a blatant 🇷🇺 war crime. How deep the 🇺🇸 has fallen when this actually makes the news🥶
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The United States joined 90 other countries at the United Nations on Wednesday to demand #Russia "ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported" and urge Moscow to stop the practice.
www.reuters.com/world/us-bac...
www.reuters.com/world/us-bac...
US backs UN demand for Russia to return abducted Ukrainian children
The United States joined 90 other countries at the United Nations on Wednesday to demand Russia "ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly tr...
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Big news this!!!
The Trump administration actually opposes a blatant 🇷🇺 war crime. How deep the 🇺🇸 has fallen when this actually makes the news🥶
The Trump administration actually opposes a blatant 🇷🇺 war crime. How deep the 🇺🇸 has fallen when this actually makes the news🥶
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Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
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Putin in 2014: “Don’t believe those who claim that other regions will follow after Crimea. We don’t want Ukraine to be divided; we don’t need that.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Putin in 2014: “Don’t believe those who claim that other regions will follow after Crimea. We don’t want Ukraine to be divided; we don’t need that.”
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If Belgian PM de Wever believes this, just imagine how he’ll react when Russia attacks the EU:
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If Belgian PM de Wever believes this, just imagine how he’ll react when Russia attacks the EU:
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
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I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
one.no
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
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We need to come to terms with the fact that a lot of people fully support the principles behind eugenics.They might know the term "eugenics" refers to a bad thingTM. So they will never say they support "eugenics." But then will fully embrace all of the ideas and practices the term refers to.
His “it’s not a eugenics company” tee is raising questions already answered by his shirt. www.cbsnews.com/news/nucleus...
![Sadeghi says this "genetic optimization" allows parents to minimize disease while maximizing traits they prefer. However, critics have drawn comparisons to a different term: "eugenics."
"[It's not eugenics] by any stretch, because it's fundamentally about empowering people with information that they can use to give their child the best start in life," he said. "And yes, if you want 2 inches taller for your child, 3 inches taller, right, if you want a couple IQ-point difference, absolutely, by all means, do that. But I'm saying, you're really asking me here, you're asking me, what is life about? That's what you're really getting at when you talk about height and IQ, right, they're abstractions of life."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/bafkreifaqvbu6nccxgbeyhhxnijihbi33qd27xijof7fy4apsgbbnmbw64@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We need to come to terms with the fact that a lot of people fully support the principles behind eugenics.They might know the term "eugenics" refers to a bad thingTM. So they will never say they support "eugenics." But then will fully embrace all of the ideas and practices the term refers to.
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"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement".
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement".
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈
I'd say it's a historic achievement🙈