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Mike Tolhurst πŸ§πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸŒ

@miketolhurst.bsky.social

Illini, market liberal, history nerd, penguin enthusiast

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β€œif you won’t let us use your product to spy on Americans and kill without supervision we will single-handedly destroy your business by fiat” is the single most authoritarian anti-business action I can ever remember any administration taking

28.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3836    πŸ” 871    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 26
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This is Trump's former AI adviser

28.02.2026 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2856    πŸ” 904    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 50
a meme of "This man is your FRIEND He fights for FREEDOM" poster but with Claude

a meme of "This man is your FRIEND He fights for FREEDOM" poster but with Claude

28.02.2026 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 326    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

It would be insanely funny if Trimp triggers a general strike and a capital strike *at the same time*

28.02.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It would be insanely funny if Trimp triggers calls for a general strike and a capital strike *at the same time*

28.02.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just saying if there is a time to "go Galt" this is the time. The anthropic situation is like *literally the plot of the novel*

28.02.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This goes for the right, and left πŸ™ƒ

28.02.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Presumably this'll get tied up in court, and we'll see where it goes. But the scary potential precedent is that any company that wants to place any limits on the use of its stuff by the military can be wrecked, individually, by the executive branch.

28.02.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

Extraordinarily impressive but I am very concerned that the USG might just try to destroy Anthropic out of spite (and because bullies like Trump and Hegseth have exquisitely fragile egos and can’t tolerate anyone publicly standing up to them). www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

26.02.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Some day we'll all regret this & we'll hold hearings & rend garments & pledge "never again" & we'll be just as full of shit as we were last time.

22.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6272    πŸ” 2047    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 137
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Diese Personen stoppen Trumps ZΓΆlle Ein Juraprofessor, ein Staranwalt und ein Weinimporteur bilden das BΓΌndnis, das Trumps NotstandszΓΆlle zu Fall brachte. Ein solch zentrales Urteil gab es seit Jahrzehnten nicht mehr.

The tariff case and I got profiled in one of Germany's major newspapers, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

22.02.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Make the USA like the EU but with more political integration?

21.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean Ami Nakai had a good program too, but she didnt win gold. The Japan team was pretty stacked with talent.

21.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the Supreme Court Spared America The ruling against Trump’s tariffs is a major victory for the constitutional separation of powers, rule of law, and millions of American consumers and businesses.

My new @theatlantic.com article about our win in tariff case. Covers many issues, including major questions, nondelegation, implications for rule of law, and Trump's plan to use Section 122 to impose new tariffs (gift link): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

21.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
Mr. Beale Has Meddled With the Primal Forces of Nature (Clip) | Network (1976) | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies Mr. Beale Has Meddled With the Primal Forces of Nature (Clip) | Network (1976) | TCM

youtu.be/sOt-G2LVgfI?...

20.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you may also remember that the "board of peace" is structured so that donald trump, personally, has sole and absolute control over it. he's just stealing our fucking money. what i want from my dems? a commitment to take that shit back.

20.02.2026 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 671    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 3

Yeesh. Now GRRM isnt going to finish the series because he doesnt want to be appropriated by the ethnonationalists.

18.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems more amazing when I ask it about the stuff I am not good at compared to the stuff I am!

14.02.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really do like AI, but I wonder if a good part of the hype by SV types is that LLMs are good at generating outputs that exhibit inguistic nuance and emotional intelligence in a way that seems astounding to a community that is popularly thought...to be not that?

14.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What are the bets that we have a full on neolib AOC by 2028?

14.02.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is amazing. (Also - MAERSK and Lego are both Danish companies)

12.02.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a building at 215 N Racine that can be built given current zoning rules

screenshot of a building at 215 N Racine that can be built given current zoning rules

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10.02.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

The US Administration ordered her to seized off the street by masked agents, imprisoned incognito for weeks, all for thoughtfully expressing an opinion with zero advocacy of violence or harm to anyone.

Sickening, anti-Conservative, anti-constitutional, anti-American.

We are far better than this.

10.02.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I get that they feel the need to shovel money into capex and now desperately need some offsetting revenue source but even as a pure business decision this seems wrong to me, for the same reason shoving ads into Microsoft Word is wrong. are you building a Serious Work Product or not?

09.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 671    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

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"Media in friendly allied nation you like to vaction to reports your government is meeting seperatists in a secure military/intelligence facility"

09.02.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was really hoping that halftime show from a stellar Peurto Rican artist would have beem more political.

Bad Bunny should have looked at the camera and said loudly in English "End the Jones Act Now"

09.02.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What do these supposed super patriots think the patriot Committees of Correspondence and Committees of Safety were?

It was the 1775 version of a signal chat keeping eyes on the British to make sure they didnt do anything heinous.

08.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What do these supposed super patriots think the Committees of Correspondence and Committees of Safety were?

It was the 1775 version of a signal chat keeping eyes on the British.

08.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean the practical upshot of what he is saying - raise the retirement age - is something centrist European governments have tried as part of pension reform and it always seems to lead to massive protests in the streets. But it isnt some crazy unheard of idea.

03.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What's wrong with Bridgerton? It's like super popular.

03.02.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0