jplindstrom.bsky.social

Of course. Why would you invest in soft power?

It just helps in the kind of warfare that:

a) Russia has shown it's actually good at;
b) Russia is waging on the West already;
c) The UK/NATO nuclear deterrent is useless in preventing;
d) Costs a fraction to fund compared to military hardware.

Kharkiv At War: A Photo Essay A city out of fucks to give going on with life as abnormal

A city out of fucks to give and going on with life as abnormal.
A letter from Kharkiv.

www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/kharkiv-at...

If you speed up from 10 miles-per-hour to 40, you save 45 minutes on that 10-mile trip. If you speed up from 70 to 100, you save less than 3 minutes.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/whaddaya-mea...

Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example.

inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen Trump's obsession with Greenland

Succinct analysis. Spot on by @anderspucknielsen.dk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRs...

De Speld (a Dutch satire site) has been on top of this: "Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that the Arctic island will henceforth be called Epstein Island, so that Trump will stop talking about it."
speld.nl/2026/01/08/d...

Which ancient Egyptian was most modest about their views?

Imho tep

I can't tell you how many times I've signed an NDA.

Every one is a banger.

Today in 1983 Stanislav Petrov saved the human race.

On duty at the Soviet early warning command centre, he refused to warn superiors of radar reports of an incoming US strike. It proved to be a false alarm. If the Soviets had responded it would have been all out nuclear war.

It's almost like he's gone... off the rails!

3X Explore/Expand/Extract observation--criticism as a resource. I tried to use a tool yesterday & was angry when it didn't (yet) work for me.

If you're Exploring & a user gets mad, that's such a gift. Just yesterday you a) didn't know quite what to do & b) weren't sure anyone cared what you did.

UK online safety law in practice.

archive.is/9uDrR

If it were not for the metric system, this would be an Astronomer Quarter-pounder.

Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

So they found a 125,000 yr old Neanderthal fat rendering plant & I have thoughts.

Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible?

Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

C'est du génie

Amazing!

I can only remember one which expected the original IBM PC 4.77Mhz clock speed and which you had to use the turbo button to play. But after that everyone realized this and dealt with variable clock speeds.

The New Cue #505: Dorian's Adventures in Glastonbury, 2025 'It’s the best place I’ve ever known.'

Superb by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social esp on Rod Stewart:

"Rod’s stage aesthetic is midway between Saturday night telly and an oligarch’s wedding. I don’t know if he’s about to announce the lottery numbers or dedicate You Wear It Well to the CEO of Gazprom."

thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Has the alt text AND the red button been there forever??

That's a banger of a red-button punch line!

Remarks on AI from NZ Last week I participated in a panel discussion on AI as part of a private event in New Zealand.

Typically interesting thoughts about AI from Neal Stephenson. “I see parallels between these and the hydrogen bomb tests that were conducted in your back yard during the 1950s.” (via @charlescmann.bsky.social) [nealstephenson.substack.com]

Also, waaay too much garlic.

Celebrating the Timeless Allure of Tintin’s Aesthetics The Adventures of Tintin officially entered the public domain in 2025. We now all own the alluring aesthetics of this timeless classic.

“The Adventures of Tintin officially entered the public domain in 2025. We now all own the alluring aesthetics of this timeless classic.” [collegetowns.org]

Abduction, arbitrary detention, and torture: Life for Ukrainian patriots under a Russian occupation. This is why Ukraine will not simply hand its territory to an aggressor. And why the US will be unable to force it to do so.

See also: Putin v Europe.

Francois Chollet - ARC reflections - NeurIPS 2024 - Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) Welcome! We engage in fascinating discussions with pre-eminent figures in the AI field. Our flagship show covers current affairs in AI, cognitive science, neuroscience and philosophy of mind with in-d...

pca.st/episode/93e3...

Oxide and Friends Oxide hosts a weekly Discord show where we discuss a wide range of topics: computer history, startups, Oxide hardware bringup, and other topics du jour. These are the recordings in podcast form. Join ...

Assuming it will show up here soon pca.st/podcast/0e6f...