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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"The Trump admin is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a UN draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action.
In guidance issued this week to all U.S. embassies and consulates abroad, the State Department said it “strongly objects” to the proposal being discussed and that its adoption “could pose a major threat to US industry.”"
https://www.courant.com/2026/02/13/trump-un-climate-proposal/
@sarahtaber
Outrage and Optimism about climate negotiations and climate change at large: https://pca.st/podcast/0b7e2ba0-49de-0137-f266-1d245fc5f9cf
History of philosophy without any gaps, what it says on the tin: https://pca.st/podcast/399753f0-0424-012e-f9a0-00163e1b201c
The negotiators, case studies of international negotiations basically https://pca.st/podcast/19e83c80-0772-013a-d558-0acc26574db2
@Mabande
Det värst hyckleriet är att det kommando-detonerade minor är undantagna från förbudet!
Det är bara minor som kan explodera på eget initiativ, dvs de som angriper urskiljningslöst, som är förbjudna. Om fältet verkligen skulle vara "kontrollerade" av en enhet duger kommandominor gott, men det han menar är att en enhet ska få uppdrag att sätta upp nåra skyltar och sen dra vidare, kanske att de kommer tillbaka för att kolla att skylten inte blåst omkull någon gång per år.
tobychev
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Finland: fega kräk.
"Utrikesminister Elina Valtonen (Saml) understryker på presskonferensen att Finland förbinder sig till det humanitära ansvaret kring minor och till ansvarsfullt bruk av dem och också till internationella avtal.
– Men nu är det tyvärr så att vi har en granne som inte respekterar internationella avtal."
När propagandan från Putinryssland går ut på att "väst är hycklare" ska man kanske inte bekräfta det genom att bryta avtal när det är jobbigt?
https://www.dn.se/varlden/finland-lamnar-ottawa-fordraget-hojer-forsvarsutgifterna-till-tre-procent/
@fesshole
I mean, people name their genitals without any expectation that they are sentient, it's not really that unexpected that they would name a program that responds with words.
tobychev
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När andra politiska aktörer rättar sig efter lagstiftningen fortsätter en ensam, välfinansierad tankesmedja som vanligt och kringgår reglerna. Det är ett demokratiskt problem, skriver Kent Vihelmsson
https://www.etc.se/ledarkolumn/varfoer-struntar-timbro-i-eu-s-regler?utm_source=mastodon
tobychev
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Hypersonica has emerged from stealth, announcing a €23.3 million Series A funding round and the successful completion of a hypersonic missile test.
https://europeanspaceflight.com/hypersonic-systems-startup-emerges-from-stealth-with-series-a-and-test-launch/
tobychev
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Vänta lite...
Så 18-20 TWh är vad regeringens kärnkraft i BÄSTA FALL ger 2035.
Fantasier om TIO REAKTORER till 2045 skulle då ge fem gånger så mycket, 90-100 TWh/år.
Är det vad vi pratar om?
För jag minns när regeringen 4 nov 2024 avslog planerad 130-140TWh havsbaserad vindkraft i Östersjön.
Fler åtgärder för ny kärnkraft
@grimalkina
Sorry of it came across as offensive, it genuinely the first woman that came to mind making "wild" tech statements.
Ultimately I think I just disagree with your point: women shouldn't be present at these visionary gatherings because they can be as "wild" as men; women should be present because they represent a good half of humanity and that's just too large a perspective to not be presented.
Frankly I think the biggest practical benefit from wider representation is that it brings in _new_ perspectives, so I just don't like "women can do this just as well as men" arguments because they seem suspiciously like "women can become functionally male-codes, and then their presence is ok".
@grimalkina
Yeah, Marjorie Taylor Greene said some wildfires are caused by space lasers, clearly someone qualified to share stage with a tech sage like Elon Musk or Peter "antichrist is here" Thiel!
Maybe more in line with what you had in mind, I have a vague recollection that Katherine Freese suggested you could have smartphones all over the world take pictures at night, and by correlating the noise in these pictures it was possible to detect dark matter. Sadly that lady puts out waay to many papers with more reasonable ideas for me to be able to find this suggestion again.
tobychev
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The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
tobychev
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Intressant att Forssell nämner gymnasielagen. Tidöpolitiker smög ut ur den debatten för några år sedan. Så, vad anser migrationsministern att Sverige borde ha gjort 2018. Utvisat ungdomarna så att de i dag fått leva i talibanernas Afghanistan? Och gymnasielagen blev en integrationssuccé.
Forssell om tonårsutvisningar:...
@skinnylatte
Here's a song to keep you company in your Spanish studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LjDe4sLER0
Buena suerte!
tobychev
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Really interesting thread on French nuclear power.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zp4zay62b64a763vo3mlwnge/post/3medqp3q4n226
Great news everyone, Beyonce's "Single Ladies" turns 18 this year!
@nullagent
Maybe wait until you don't have to post "get your anti-kidnapping whistle here" every day before you completely dismiss the governance systems of other countries?
tobychev
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In 2025, Big Tech—just ten major companies—spent €49 million lobbying Brussels. That’s more than pharma, finance, and automotive combined.
Google funds all sixteen major European think tanks shaping EU policy. Not *some* of them. All of them. Amazon and Meta fund most of the rest.
This is no longer “poor old me, I need a bit of help,” this is full regulatory capture. With a view to becoming even more embedded into businesses and governments, and getting whatever favorable legislation passed or diluted to suit them.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/big-tech-lobby-budgets-hit-record-levels
tobychev
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You're absolutely right – this actually *isn't* a place of honor.
* I thought esteemed deeds were commemorated here, but that was wrong.
* The message wasn't about treasure, it was about danger. That's on me.
* I won't sugarcoat it – the danger is still present, and now it's in your body.
tobychev
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We will always face questions about cognitive scaffolding and human problem-solving, and so understanding the basics of our own minds is a tremendous advantage no matter what intersection of technology and human behavior you are working in.
@hehemrin
Trenchcoat och fedora är min gissning
https://mastodon.nu/@erikdelareguera/113477011270828065
@erikdelareguera
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
