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TechAltar @techaltar.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

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Fidesz' massive defeat comes despite:
- multiple active Russian disinformation campaigns
- the US government actively supporting Fidesz
- Fidesz owning the majority of TV & radio stations + newspapers
- Fidesz having gerrymandered the crap out of the country
- many documented cases of voter […]

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at

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The autocratic right’s biggest plays are delivering perverse results: Brexit makes the case for the EU; Russia’s invasion is strengthening Ukraine & Europe; Trump’s aggression has accelerated decarbonisation and European autonomy; Trump’s interference has weakened nationalist movements in Europe.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social

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It won't entirely in the near term, but it will over time. As with the British in the second half of the last century, Americans on all sides of the political spectrum will struggle for much longer with being less relevant to the rest of the world than they are accustomed to being

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social

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www.eib.org/en/press/all/2025-380-eib-and-european-commission-join-forces-with-biontech-to-build-a-sustainable-vaccine-ecosystem-in-africa

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social

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It is saddening to watch foundations of US scientific research fall apart. But Europeans are not going to sit in a corner and bemoan fate. They and the rest of the world have no choice but to develop the capacity needed to compensate for the erosion of American state capacity

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social

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This won't kill this technology, it just makes pharma a sector dominated by European, Chinese and Indian corporations

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kravietz 🦇 @kravietz.agora.echelon.pl.ap.brid.gy

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Journalaist Aleksandar Brezar compared statements from Yanis #Varoufakis article “Why I went to Moscow” with #Russia narratives. Not surprisingly, he found almost 100% compliance (the quoted block is Varoufakis, then Brezar’s comment):

> Russia also has the right to seek security by demanding […]

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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social

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Stop whatever you’re doing - essential reading for understanding AI 😂😂😂

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SamuelJohnson @samueljohnson.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

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Worthwhile

www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-removal-impeachment-25th-amendment-20260409.html

Regrettable that more world leaders haven't spoken out forcefully against Trump's threat of civilizational erasure.

Millions of Americans planning a large protest on 1st of May should be […]

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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"Among the president’s initial war goals—preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon; eliminating its ballistic-missile capabilities; ...overthrow of the regime; and eradicating Iranian proxies in the Persian Gulf—none have been met."
from Nancy Yousseff

www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/iran-strait-hormuz-us-trump-nuclear-weapons/686726/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3yUGpvoPLsvI9eI93eNRvuY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy

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"On the acceptance of GenAI"
smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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Just after Israel's attack on Hezbollah in 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government offered issistance to Iran, the key sponsor of Hezbollah. And now Vance is in Budapest, supporting Orban.
From Catherine Belton
wapo.st/41RvEFd

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Alberto Cottica @alberto-cottica.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy

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If you are a European Union citizen, there is a concrete way you can support a peaceful resolution in Iran and Gaza: you can demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights.

#peace
#palestine
#iran

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SamuelJohnson @samueljohnson.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

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I don't watch much live TV but I do record things, more than I get around to watching. It beats paying for Netflix, especially now.

But, boy, am I weary of seeing films listed with pictures of a CIA agent, gun in hand, on a mission, supposedly to save the world.

The CIA and its masters are […]

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kravietz 🦇 @kravietz.agora.echelon.pl.ap.brid.gy

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Yanis #Varoufakis posted a long apology of his trip to #Russia this month. The full article is paywalled but the freely available fragment demonstrates clearly the scale of Varoufakis corruption - he’s repeating Moscow talking points, verbatim:

> Since the invasion of Ukraine, Europe has had […]

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social

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Some more reminders.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social

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Reminder.

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy

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How Brexit reduced the City of London’s financial clout – new research
theconversation.com/how-brexit-reduced-the-city-of-londons-financial-clout-new-research-277107
The whole point of Brexit was to change the UK’s relationship with Europe. And one of the less visible shifts has occurred […]

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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In honor of Vance's visit to Hungary, where he will campaign for Viktor Orban, I am reposting my article from last year. I argued that Orban's Hungary is one of the poorest countries, and certainly the most corrupt and least free country, in the entire EU.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/viktor-orban-hungary-maga-corruption/682111/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK32uPZaoE7Ct1Y4eO32UmAHo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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kravietz 🦇 @kravietz.agora.echelon.pl.ap.brid.gy

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For the last few days there’s a massive “let me explain slowly” dick contest unrolling on Twitter with hundreds of “patriotic Americans” making categorical statements like “don’t even expect we will help you when you need us” because, apparently, “Europe refused to help USA in Iran”. One expert […]

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Andy Wingo @wingo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

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via an excellent essay making the rounds on bluesky ergosphere.blog/posts/the-machines-are-fine/

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social

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The parable of the fish that does not understand it needs water until it is plucked out of the sea is a good analogy for a US pro- as well as anti-Trump elite that over generations came to so take America's position as a global power for granted that it no longer understands what makes it possible

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Tim Bray @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy

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1. GenAI is probably going to impact us but how? Nobody knows.
2. The worst thing about GenAI isn't the technology, it's the shitty people: karlbode.com/the-problem-with-ai-is-shitty-human-beings [<must-read]
3. We can’t have a grown-up conversation on the subject because the […]

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Brian Vastag @brianvastag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

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Good news!

Data centers are being cancelled.

futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-construction-supply

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SamuelJohnson @samueljohnson.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

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Interesting straw in the wind? Friend sent a link to an (Occupy Democrats) YouTube video about Iran targeting an Amazon data center in Bahrain, saying "Check the comments".

I doubt that all of the MANY Americans applauding were sockpuppets astroturfing for Iran as people unloaded on the […]

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SamuelJohnson @samueljohnson.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

10d

Late posting this, but.. Saw #TheHailMaryProject recently.

Bottom line, as a famous English writer once said ungenerously about Scotland

"Worth seeing, but not worth going to see" (YMMV)

Entertaining but long and... Meh.

I had expectations. Enjoyed Andy Weir's book The Martian which had some […]

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at

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Swapping out USA for Ukraine wouldn’t be the worst future for NATO

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy

11d

i’ve been enjoying posts about self hosting recently, I appreciate people writing about what’s possible even if it’s not something I want to do right now or maybe ever

tarakiyee.com/the-inventory-i-should-have-done-years-ago/ […]

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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finally

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