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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · 9d

I now interpret the absence of "great idea!" from AI as a sign of poor thinking.

The dissonance of knowing you're being sycophanto-reinforced

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Sep 12

The US cannot return to a functioning democratic polity.

The muppets they send as ambassadors to Europe will affect domestic politics.

Europe has to change its treaty (including the way it elects Commission's president) to strengthen and immunise itself.

But it won't

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Sep 12

"Type the second verse of Knives Out to prove you are a real fan"

#Radiohead

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Aug 10

Nope. Apparently they see themselves as “wealth creators”, making everyone else *better* off, not worse.

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Can be a way out the whole Epsteine situation. #justsayin

Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old. www.rawstory.com/utah-republi...

GOP Senate chief changed consent law as relative faced rape charge involving 13-year-old

The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old. Newsweek reported a Salt Lake City Tribune piece that Senate President J....

www.rawstory.com

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hello @sarahoconnorft.ft.com

On today’s article:

Concert tickets have fixed supply + promoters have extensive demand data beforehand.

Wondering how is this supply/demand responding to unexpected market forces, rather than artificial scarcity.

on.ft.com/4lVk0BH

Dynamic wages make work a gamble

Ride-hailing and food-delivery companies’ new pay models use algorithms to decide bespoke fees

on.ft.com

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · Jul 31

Things you can do when your security doesn't depend on the US

Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · Jul 31

Brazil calls Trump’s bluff and he backs down

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lula’s Defiance Pays Off as Trump Blinks on Brazil Tariffs

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s defiant response to Donald Trump’s 50% tariff threat was validated Wednesday — at least in the short term — with markets and businesses breathing a collect...

www.bloomberg.com

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jul 8

My new Teams background.

Every time I’m in a pointless meeting I slide my chair backwards.

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jul 1

Σχετικό, σημερινό του Christakis

bsky.app/profile/nach...

Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · Jun 3

Our preprint “How Malicious AI Swarms Can Threaten Democracy” is now online.

We show how coordinated multi-agent LLM swarms can infiltrate communities, craft synthetic grassroots “consensus,” and erode institutional trust—and what we can do now to stop it.

osf.io/preprints/os...

OSF

osf.io

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jun 18

Sartre said “Hell is others” because he never tried PowerPoint

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jun 18

Heard about an old friend's intoxication problem and ended up spending the morning thinking again about neurochemistry, randomness and (lack of) agency and free will.

“Excuse me ma’am. Have you got a minute to hear about our lord and saviour Debilitating Determinism?”

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jun 15

Seems my wife really wants me to loose weight.

She just got me a
⬆️ my eyes are up here ⬆️
T-shirt

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jun 15

Αντίο τεράστιε!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SWI1...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · Jun 6

🚨Very interesting take last night about the Musk vs Trump skirmish.

Musk was the enforcer. Trump has lost his main grip over Republican politicians.

They are now able to fight his laws without the fear of being priced out come the next election...

A beautiful day to be progressive.

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wondering whether this attracts fewer or more pigeon suitors.

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jun 6

If you don’t feel that misanthropic, just consider the pitiful disgusting imbeciles our species surfaces to the top.

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Jun 5

#London Hackney and Tower Hamlets local communities saved The Bath House and turned a crumbling building into a thriving, self-sustaining community hub. I’ve had plenty of wonderful time.

Now the council wants to kick those communities out

Help save it: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Save The Bath House

Locals saved The Bath House. They turned a crumbling building into a thriving, self-sustaining community hub. Now the council wants to kick them out. Help fight back:

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · May 19

"How thou cut it doth matter indeed"

Salmon the Wise

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · May 19

The far right got nearly 50%

If only 4 in 100 people voted differently, Simion would have won.

I understand the need for good news, but that’s not “rejection”

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · May 18

Feels like Claude has started loosing its edge. Misses instructions and makes up information far more frequently than a few weeks ago

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · May 14

Πάντως εάν κάνουν κανένα ντου οι Τούρκοι, ούτε "προσοχή στους αμάχους" δε θα ακούσουν στην παρούσα συγκυρία.

Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · May 12

The “new sanctions” to Russia at this stage are just vague and therefore ineffective.

We should have given frozen Russian assets to Ukraine long ago.

Threatening to give them now for not coming to the negotiation table could be effective.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · May 11

Therefore,introducing new sanctions against Russia would be a logical step.Since Russia claims that active hostilities shouldn't interfere with the negotiation process, then sanctions shouldn't interfere with it either.

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · May 8

Οι ζουρνάδες είναι το βαλκανικό εξτατικό drone

Reposted by Yorgos Papadakis

Jonathan Clarke @jrlclarke.bsky.social · Apr 15

Seeing as some rich people went up in a rocket for a coffee break, I thought it was a good opportunity to repost William Shatner’s reflections on the experience; I genuinely think it is one of the most powerful pieces of environmental writing that I’ve read. variety.com/2022/tv/news...

William Shatner: My Trip to Space Filled Me With ‘Overwhelming Sadness’ (EXCLUSIVE)

In an excerpt from William Shatner's new book, 'Boldly Go,' the 'Star Trek' actor reflects on his voyage into space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space shuttle on Oct. 13, 2021.

variety.com

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Yorgos Papadakis @anthrohuman.bsky.social · Apr 8

@tgeorgakopoulos.bsky.social
That was quick

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