tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
tobychev
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Wie sieht eigentlich die aktuelle Altersstruktur der Menschen im #Fediverse aus? Wir hatten mal sehr viele 41-60. Ist das noch so?
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What is the current age structure of people in the #Fediverse? We used to have a lot of people aged 41-60. Is that still the case?
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tobychev
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Since posting this 2025 year-long keogram, there have been quite a few questions asking how it was created and what is visible. In this thread I'll try to explain how it all works.
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@mrundkvist
Gener är inte en så trolig plats att hitta något så komplicerat som rasism, våra genetoska system är mer på nivån att vi rycker undan handen när det gör ont och att känna igen ett ansikte på den där biten rostat bröd.
Se istället nedan:
> Empirically, we draw on nine panel data sets to test the stability question and use multiple approaches to account for measurement error. We find that immigration attitudes are remarkably stable over time and robust to major economic and political shocks. Overall, these findings provide more support for theories emphasizing socialization and stable predispositions rather than information or environmental factors.
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@carnage4life
Did you see what DOGE did to humanitarian aid? It's *entirely* believable techbro thinking.
@Charlesberkow
håller med om att skitifiering är en bättre variant.
@kallekn @leanderlindahl @kuprijanko
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🧵 My sense of justice was triggered by #Palantir corporate gaslighting two Swiss investigative journalists on LinkedIn.
This is something most people won’t even see, but I was angry, so I looked while my kid was still asleep.
Here’s what it looks like when tech bros attack journalists while you and I have too much food over Christmas.
Two Swiss journalists spent a year filing 59 #FOIA requests to document Palantir’s 7-year campaign to sell surveillance software to Swiss authorities (army and health services in particular).
📄: https://www.republik.ch/2025/12/09/warum-palantir-zum-risiko-fuer-die-schweiz-wird
The Swiss army’s internal report concluded they couldn’t rule out US intelligence accessing data through Palantir systems, despite reassurances.
Their story hit The Guardian, and #UK MPs are now questioning £825M in Palantir contracts.
The journalists were rejoicing on LinkedIn. It’s a big deal to have your story picked up by mainstream UK media, especially after a year of hard work.
This is where it gets ugly.
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More than 75 US cities have announced protests today.
Check for your local action here:
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There are a million things wrong with the Trump regime's attack on Venezuela. I'm helping to organize this:
🚨 U.S. Out of Venezuela. Emergency protest TONIGHT, 1/3, 6:30 Santa Fe Plaza. Sponsored by Indivisible Santa Fe. Please bring flashlights to hold up. We will have a banner.
tobychev
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I still can’t get used to Marjorie Taylor Greene being the person in Congress that’s most meeting the moment.
tobychev
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During the Iraq war I let people gaslight me into thinking I didn't know enough about "foreign policy" and "global politics" to say the war was a bad idea.
I would hesitate because, I'm not an expert on those things.
But I was right then and I'm right now.
You don't need to be an expert, it's not "so complex and best left to high level people." You know enough to see this makes no sense.
@httpster
Nu förstår jag inte vad du menar, du verkar vilja säga att en inte ska vara beredd att försvara vad som helst bara för att någon princip säger det, men det du faktiskt skriver slutar i uttalandet att principerna inte spelar roll och en kan klanderfritt göra som Pourmokhtari och säga sig värna om miljön och arbeta för dess förstörelse.
En för mig rimligare hållning är att inte insistera på att alltid sätta _samma_ princip först när det finns motsättningar mellan flera. Det är dock en ganska stor skillnad mellan att inte alltid välja samma princip och att inte konsekvent följa sina principer.
Med allt detta sagt, vad är det för princip som säger att ett militärt angrepp för att kidnappad eller döda ett lands ledare är bra?
@mortenfrisch @krm @samuel
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Very tricky spot for the EU. Foreign policy a national competence but Ukraine has forced a mostly united position in at least one direction. Hard to see how 27 navigates this with competing interests versus how involved EU as a body wants to be
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iriguxga3a3ngc4ezfk56knk/post/3mbj7wduyfc2b
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A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/post/3mbj3pcee2s27
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Je ne vois aucun précédent de ce type. Noriega a bien été capturé par les Etats-Unis en 1990 mais les deux pays étaient en guerre ouverte. Pinochet a été aidé par la CIA pour prendre le pouvoir et assassiner Allende au Chili mais les Etats-Unis ne sont pas intervenus directement. Là, c'est une opération unilatérale, sans aucune justification politique, judiciaire ou militaire. Aucune réaction des chancelleries européennes...
#Politique #Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Narcotrafic #Diplomatie
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
@grimalkina
Then I think you can preprint it with a clean conscience. Maybe add a note that the lit review is probably outdated?
Although I guess the important question is if you would preprint it because it's fun?
@grimalkina
Do you still have the data?
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Twitter’s Grok AI is now being used by people to undress women, as verified by the BBC. Twitter refused to reply, simply saying “legacy media lies”. It isn’t a lie.
In the UK it is illegal to create or share non-consensual intimate images, including via AI. The UK gov say they are investigating.
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
