Rob Gordon
@s-rob-gordon.bsky.social
Semi-retired software developer
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«The future of education has already arrived, as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter.»
Read this piece!
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«The more we rely on algorithms, the more we normalize their values: automation, prediction, standardization, and corporate dependency. Eventually these priorities fade from view and come to seem natural—“just the way things are.”»
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
«The future of education has already arrived, as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter.»
Read this piece!
Read this piece!
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Don't let anyone—not even the US Secretary of State—tell you that the European Commission's €120 million enforcement against Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Service Act is about censorship, writes Daphne Keller. It’s just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, she says.
The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’ | TechPolicy.Press
The €120 million fine under the Digital Services Act is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, writes Stanford's Daphne Keller.
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Don't let anyone—not even the US Secretary of State—tell you that the European Commission's €120 million enforcement against Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Service Act is about censorship, writes Daphne Keller. It’s just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, she says.
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For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
Unpacking the Politics of the EU's €120M Fine of Musk’s X | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam and part of the DSA Observatory.
www.techpolicy.press
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
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Ukrainian hackers wiped 165TB of data from Russian logistics giant Eltrans+, a key supplier of Chinese electronics to Russia’s missile factories. Over 700 servers were knocked out, all cargo declarations destroyed, and the firm’s websites defaced with pro-Ukraine messages.
December 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ukrainian hackers wiped 165TB of data from Russian logistics giant Eltrans+, a key supplier of Chinese electronics to Russia’s missile factories. Over 700 servers were knocked out, all cargo declarations destroyed, and the firm’s websites defaced with pro-Ukraine messages.
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The ceasefire was always a lie. A way for Israel to keep its genocide going with less international pressure.
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The ceasefire was always a lie. A way for Israel to keep its genocide going with less international pressure.
Making the case for US role in NATO: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19974...
Thread by @BiankaB12 on Thread Reader App
@BiankaB12: WARNING: LONG THREAD 🧵 Dear Americans, Your political and media class has sold you a very convenient fairy tale for decades - the tale of how your tax dollars pay to defend freeloading Eur...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Making the case for US role in NATO: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19974...
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Musk talking about fighting falsehoods on his platform. One hour before he'd amplified a falsehood to millions of people. Nobody died in that incident, caused by a drunk driver. No community note, no correction.
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Musk talking about fighting falsehoods on his platform. One hour before he'd amplified a falsehood to millions of people. Nobody died in that incident, caused by a drunk driver. No community note, no correction.
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That National Security Strategy document is the lowest point in American foreign policy. European leaders should be under no illusion: regulation of tech and AI is the best thing they can do to future proof their democracies.
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
That National Security Strategy document is the lowest point in American foreign policy. European leaders should be under no illusion: regulation of tech and AI is the best thing they can do to future proof their democracies.
"The cost of this, says Farid, is that it is almost impossible to know what’s actually going on in AI – for journalists, the public, and even experts in the field:" "Your signal-to-noise ratio is basically one." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"The cost of this, says Farid, is that it is almost impossible to know what’s actually going on in AI – for journalists, the public, and even experts in the field:" "Your signal-to-noise ratio is basically one." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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2025: Elon Musk wants the European Union to be abolished
2016: That time David Cameron reminded us of the benefits of being in the EU including the special op-out status the UK once had
The EU union setup is often considered "better" than the US state system in terms of sovereignty and flexibility
2016: That time David Cameron reminded us of the benefits of being in the EU including the special op-out status the UK once had
The EU union setup is often considered "better" than the US state system in terms of sovereignty and flexibility
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
2025: Elon Musk wants the European Union to be abolished
2016: That time David Cameron reminded us of the benefits of being in the EU including the special op-out status the UK once had
The EU union setup is often considered "better" than the US state system in terms of sovereignty and flexibility
2016: That time David Cameron reminded us of the benefits of being in the EU including the special op-out status the UK once had
The EU union setup is often considered "better" than the US state system in terms of sovereignty and flexibility
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❗️The 🇺🇦West Air Command showed the downing of two 🇷🇺Russian cruise missiles at once using the 🇩🇪German Iris-T air defense system this morning.
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
❗️The 🇺🇦West Air Command showed the downing of two 🇷🇺Russian cruise missiles at once using the 🇩🇪German Iris-T air defense system this morning.
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To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
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Eyeballing these two charts from the IEA and about 50% more people work in the global power sector than building ICE cars.
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Eyeballing these two charts from the IEA and about 50% more people work in the global power sector than building ICE cars.
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The heavily damaged Russian shadow fleet tanker „Kairos“, which was attacked by Ukrainian naval drones few days ago, was pulled away by Turkish vessel. It later ran aground in Bulgarian waters and was abandoned by the crew.
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The heavily damaged Russian shadow fleet tanker „Kairos“, which was attacked by Ukrainian naval drones few days ago, was pulled away by Turkish vessel. It later ran aground in Bulgarian waters and was abandoned by the crew.
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“The word #corruption can be used in two ways. In its legal sense,it can refer to dishonest conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. But it can also have a deeper meaning, referring to the corrosion of standards, the decline of norms+the removal of moral restraints”
#Trump
#Trump
On Hegseth, drug boats and the corrosion of legal and moral standards that has become the Trump administration’s hallmark. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland
These deadly US boat strikes are the latest example of a president corrupting both the law and morality, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“The word #corruption can be used in two ways. In its legal sense,it can refer to dishonest conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. But it can also have a deeper meaning, referring to the corrosion of standards, the decline of norms+the removal of moral restraints”
#Trump
#Trump
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Very good piece. A new debt market finding its feet and I think people trying to price the fact that most of the off balance sheet debt isn’t really off balance sheet. Also, another story where I come away thinking CoreWeave is *the name* in this cycle.
Until recently, the idea of Meta going bust seemed so fanciful that no CDS market really existed
But not any more, with banks now offering protection against Meta — and several other AI companies once considered bulletproof
Is this the new Big Short?
www.ifre.com/people-and-m...
But not any more, with banks now offering protection against Meta — and several other AI companies once considered bulletproof
Is this the new Big Short?
www.ifre.com/people-and-m...
Taking a position: AI debt frenzy gives birth to new CDS markets | IFR
People & Markets
Liquid markets for Meta, Nvidia and CoreWeave CDS have emerged in recent weeks
www.ifre.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Very good piece. A new debt market finding its feet and I think people trying to price the fact that most of the off balance sheet debt isn’t really off balance sheet. Also, another story where I come away thinking CoreWeave is *the name* in this cycle.
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‘Creeping catastrophe’:
"Climate change is driving global rise in infectious diseases, leading health experts warn"
via EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
"Climate change is driving global rise in infectious diseases, leading health experts warn"
via EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
‘Creeping catastrophe’: Climate change is driving global rise in infectious diseases, leading health experts warn
Infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose as great a challenge to global health as new or emerging pathogens, according to a major international study led by...
www.eurekalert.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
‘Creeping catastrophe’:
"Climate change is driving global rise in infectious diseases, leading health experts warn"
via EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
"Climate change is driving global rise in infectious diseases, leading health experts warn"
via EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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On left:
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
On left:
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
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Footage from Fastiv, Kyiv region... the city’s railway station was completely destroyed after a Russian strike.
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Footage from Fastiv, Kyiv region... the city’s railway station was completely destroyed after a Russian strike.
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Dear American Media. This is not that hard to do.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Dear American Media. This is not that hard to do.
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The protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced.
#R4Today
#R4Today
Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA
Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia blew hole in painstakingly erected €1.5bn shield meant to allow for final clean-up of 1986 meltdown site
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced.
#R4Today
#R4Today
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Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine
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Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine
A new tax reform approved by the Russian parliament in mid-November is intended to squeeze enough money out of the economy to keep the war going. The change provides for an increase in the VAT rate an...
theins.press
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine
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theins.press/en/economics...
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Wait, one bit of the government can't do its job because it has to transfer some money to another bit of the government if it does? Feels like there's an easy fix here.
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Wait, one bit of the government can't do its job because it has to transfer some money to another bit of the government if it does? Feels like there's an easy fix here.
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An apocalypse has begun in Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia🔥
(Reportedly, its a gas terminal, and keeps burning since last night)
(Reportedly, its a gas terminal, and keeps burning since last night)
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
An apocalypse has begun in Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia🔥
(Reportedly, its a gas terminal, and keeps burning since last night)
(Reportedly, its a gas terminal, and keeps burning since last night)
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🔥 The liquefied carbon gas transshipment complex on the territory of the Temryuk port is on fire, - Oko Gora
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🔥 The liquefied carbon gas transshipment complex on the territory of the Temryuk port is on fire, - Oko Gora