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Stories about Ukrainians that the world should see | Brave Hearts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/23/stories-about-ukrainians-that-the.html

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https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/creative-neglect-what-about-the-apps-in-apple/

Creative neglect: What about the apps in Apple?
One of the things that I think about from time to time is Apple’s collection of apps. Some are the crown jewels, like Apple’s pro apps, and others help an everyday consumer to tackle th…

Nvidia has agreed to buy AI chip startup Groq for $20B in cash, according to Alex Davis, CEO of Disruptive, which led Groq's latest financing round in September (David Faber/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-c…

Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20 billion in its largest acquisition on record
Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.

#SQL Anti-Patterns You Should Avoid
https://datamethods.substack.com/p/sql-anti-patterns-you-should-avoid

Die AfD träumt vom „Volkswillen“, aber bei Wahlen klappt’s oft nicht mal mit dem Dorfwillen. @Volksverpetzer legt offen: je höher die Beteiligung, desto kleiner die AfD-Freude. Offenbar ist ihr Erfolgsgeheimnis: hoffen, dass möglichst viele zu Hause bleiben. Demokratie ist ihr Partycrasher Nummer eins. #FckAfD #Demokratie

Warum kaum jemand über die vielen AfD-Wahlniederlagen spricht
Die AfD verliert gerade eine Wahl nach der anderen, am Sonntag allein 5 in Brandenburg. Das geht medial aber etwas unter, auch in den Wochen zuvor: Niederlage nach Niederlage. Warum wir mehr darüber sprechen sollten.

🪞 What we've learned about narcissism over the past 30 years
https://theconversation.com/what-weve-learned-about-narcissism-over-the-past-30-years-258505

What we’ve learned about narcissism over the past 30 years
Narcissism is a picture that includes insecurity, emotional sensitivity and surprising fragility.

I was interviewed by Kim for her @… Website about my criticism/approach. It was neat to think about how I approach things, maybe it's interesting to you, I enjoyed thinking about the questions a lot.
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Stop Gen AI (@stopgenai@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 1 image For my latest interview for Stop Gen AI's Anti Gen AI Heroes, I interviewed @tante@tldr.nettime.org a hacker, a luddite, and a communist. We have so much in common! But he definitely codes way better than I can. Anti Gen AI Heroes: tante moves slow and fixes stuff https://stopgenai.com/anti-gen-ai-heroes-tante-moves-slow-and-fixes-stuff/ Share, share! #AntiAI #GenAI

"But but we also thought animals were pure machines and didn't have sentience!!!!"
This is like a set of nested dolls of logical fallacies:
0. (Preamble) Being wrong before doesn't mean other people are wrong right now.
1. Just because you were wrong about animals not being machines doesn't mean machines aren't being machines.
2. You're actually not talking about machines, but about algorithms (who happen to be running on a machine, but could just as well be calculated manually by a human).
3. LLM models themselves aren't even an algorithm—they're literally just a large number of large numbers.
So what you're really asking is "Can many llarge numbers be concious and sentient?"
This answers itself.

About 100 Russian troops enter Hrabovske in surprise assault as fighting rages in Ukraine’s Sumy region, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/about-russian-troops-enter-hrabovske.html

⛏️ Behind our screens: The truth about ‘artisanal’ mining and ‘natural’ technology
https://globalvoices.org/2025/10/05/behind-our-screens-the-truth-about-artisanal-mining-and-natural-technology/

Behind our screens: The truth about ‘artisanal’ mining and ‘natural’ technology
“It would be disingenuous to attempt to disentangle the human rights abuses connected to creating technologies from their environmental impacts.”