Michael Martens

Turning heads, and also quite a few stomachs I reckon

Ah dit wist ik niet! Meer voer voor de Digitalis hypothese 😁

Harry Potter wist het antwoord niet, maar misschien jij wel?

Gisteren de eerste aflevering van het laatste seizoen gezien, ik vind het nog steeds leuk.

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Als het de bedoeling was om een strakke quiz te organiseren zou je kunnen zeggen dat ze de boot gemist hebben, maar daarin waren ze niet de enigen natuurlijk 😉 #StookSkeet

En zeker als de andere meerkeuzeopties wijnhart, wijnklaver en wijnschoppen waren 😬

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

Hier ook schuldig aan het hebben van een Sanseveria 😉. En ook een paar graslelies en lepelplanten, zijn die ook niet een beetje bomma? Die laatste hebben we zelfs van bomma gekregen!

Sanseveria, Kalanchoë, Bromelia's binnen.
Geraniums op de vensterbank.
Zo'n mottige Araucaria in de voortuin.

Leuk, ben benieuwd!

Antwerpen wordt weer gediscrimineerd 😡

Check deze 🔥

In een ideale wereld gaan ze dat ooit snappen bij Groen..

a man wearing a laurel wreath on his head is giving a thumbs up . ALT: a man wearing a laurel wreath on his head is giving a thumbs up .

Ideaal, er moet dan enkel nog een troon geïnstalleerd worden voor Weverianus

Breng ze niet op ideeën

We kunnen ons niet genoeg ervan bewust zijn hoe een privilege het is om in een land te leven waar we vrij onze oprechte mening kunnen verkondigen zonder bedreigd te worden met deportatie.

I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do. When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical. We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide. One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic. We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them.

Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions. The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA." What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted. The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen. I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs. Yours sincerely, A former employee who can't sleep at night.

Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.

"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."

theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

Zeit Online showing a black and white picture of Elon Musk giving the salute, with blue painter's tape covering his arm. The headline is "Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß" (A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute).

Die Zeit won't even show the salute.

I'm gonna share this cartoon again simply because Jeff Bezos' Washington Post tried to censor it.

You may not have a billion dollars but your dignity is all yours

Never thought I'd say this but strong start for DOGE actually: very good exercise in efficiency by cutting this dead weight.

Nu nog een Bjørn voor de drievuldigheid!

Something about "stopped clock" and "pot, meet kettle"

Bijna toch! Als ik de puntjes op de i, of in dit geval de e mag zetten: op die van mij staan er geen.
Aangenaam! 😉

Een meer verdienstelijke poging dan die van u, als ik zo vrij mag zijn ;).

Waarom De Morgen vanaf nu X verlaat Remy Amkreutz is hoofdredacteur van De Morgen. Hij geeft wekelijks een inkijk in wat er op de redactie leeft. Met deze week: waarom we X verlaten.

Waarom De Morgen vanaf nu X verlaat

Bouchez is een gigantische kwal, exhibit #279

Got it in 4. That's a higher number than my current streak though..

En zeggen dat ik van Twitter ben weggevlucht om geen shitposts meer te zien 🤦‍♂️