Lars Westergren

I'm type A for cRPGs. Everyone says the evil quest lines are amazing in Kotor2, Planescape, etc and I want to experience them. But the first time a kid says "Please Mr Darkbad my puppy is missing :(" I click the "oh no! Let's look for him together" response without thinking

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First of all, rude,

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Must: Allvarligt och konkret ryskt hot mot Nato och Sverige Det militära hotet från Ryssland ökar – och tröskeln för ryska angrepp är låg. Det slår Militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten Must fast. – Säkerhetsläget har försämrats ytterligare. De hot som...

New Swedish Military Intelligence (MUST) yearly report:

- Russian threat is now even greater and more concrete.

- Capability for larger attack to control limited areas of NATO territory within 3-5 years.

- Even if Putin is no longer in power, confrontation with West will likely continue.

The MAGA-friendly European think tanks Trump wants to fund The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing.

🚨🚨 "Surprise, surprise": The U.S. is reorienting its foreign funding program to export #MAGA ideology to Europe — and a growing set of far-right and conservative think tanks and political groups are lining up to take Washington’s money. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/maga...

Exactly!

"Swedes are conflict averse and consensus oriented". Unless we are arguing over if biscuits are pronounced "kex" or "cheks", in which case hide the sharp kitchen knives. (The correct answer is "kex" btw)

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This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...

Expensive, but tempting. peterszucsy.com

Concerned about AI use = anti progress = anti trans = literal nazi, is an argument I've seen several times on here.

Talk about skill issue

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

China bankrolling Putin’s war to gain advantage over West, MPs told Beijing’s huge support for Russian aggression against Ukraine part of larger threatening posture, air marshal tells Commons committee

China is now “bankrolling” Russia’s war in Ukraine providing “60 per cent” of the funds needed by Moscow to continue fighting.

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Hello Bjorn!
#EpsteinFiles #BjornLomborg
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The Royal Danish Defence College invites applications for Associate Professor in Military Operations or Assistant Professor We are looking for expertise in the study of warfare and military operations, including (but not limited to) intelligence, military theory, country- or region-s

Our team at Centre for Joint Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College is looking for new Assistant/Associate Professors

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Uppsala in late autumn

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Forskningsassistent i Växtekologi Forskningsassistent Är du intresserad av att arbeta med bipollinerade växter och robotar i bistorlek? Vi söker nu en forskningsassistent till Programmet för växtekologi och evolution vid Institut

I am looking for someone interested in a 6-month post as research assistant, ideally to start at the beginning of March. The job is to conduct an experiment with flowers and robotic actuators to study buzz pollination. Job description and application here:
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The British Museum posted Al slop and quietly deleted it. Here's what it was and why it matters.

#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history

Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

#BillGates Gave $3.5M to #ThinkTank Run by Climate Crisis Denier #BjornLomborg -according to U.S. tax records reviewed by @DeSmog
The donations made between 2017 & 2022, were listed on IRS 990 Forms filed by the #GatesFoundation. Those donations went to the Copenhagen Consensus Center, which […]

Vague memory from school that Lenin handwaved away the complexity of centrally planning the world's economy. It should take a week or two for a handful of smart guys with a mechanical calculator at most.

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.

Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.

Ubiquiti: The U.S. Tech Enabling Russia's Drone War Based on Hunterbrook Media’s reporting, Hunterbrook Capital is short $UI and long a basket of comparable securities at the time of publication. Positions may change at any time. See full disclosures b...

That's an enormous disappointment. I like Ubiquiti's stuff. Any alternatives anyone can recommend?

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South Dakota Governor Doubles Down On Her Anti-Native Reputation By Targeting Tribes’ COVID-19 Checkpoints Governor Kristi Noem’s threat to sue two South Dakota tribes shows the callousness of her coronavirus plan, which seems to encourage exposure and prioritize the economy over the lives of at-risk Nativ...

One actually not entirely subtle bit of racism is that Kristi Noem is more infamous for shooting a dog for clout (which 100% deserves that infamy) and not for trying 21st Century smallpox blankets in South Dakota.

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Weird statement by Rutte. First, it is obviously wrong. Given time and the necessary investments, Europe can of course defend itself without U.S.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.

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"You should delete this. Now."

"Wdym I'm posting anonymously?"

"It takes 5 minutes to find heaps of identifying info from your posting history. Allied and adversarial agencies can figure out who you are, and your superiors will be informed. Good luck man, you'll need it."

*Account deleted*

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Oh! Didn't know that. 👍 Certainly won't police how someone talks about their own group. But from some responses I got, perhaps you can see why I reacted

Did you see the guy posting pics from the inside of a nuclear sub this weekend, of his private laptop connected to the onboard network? So he could play, I think it was Europa Universalis online? Glorious stuff. "Up there with War Thunder in quality if not quantity"

Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers

So glad this is being used in schools and universities.