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Mārtiņš Vaivars

@martinsvaivars.bsky.social

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Work on technology – co-founder of RivalSense.co. Care about music, friends, democracy, and books.

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · Nov 16

Priekšlikumi soc. tīklu regulācijai, lai nepamostamies autoritārismā:

(1) Visi lietotāji identificēti ar internetbanku, Smart ID u.c.. Nekādu botu un daudz dārgāk pirkt troļļus.
(2) Apskatāms newsfeed algoritms, spēja pašam pirkt/atnest algoritmus
(3) Garantēti 10% newsfeed sabiedriskajiem medijiem

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 2h

Really funny how the urge to make themselves great again tends to induce countries to kill off their world leading industries.

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 2h

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...

www.thecrimson.com

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 1d

Ignorē visas ziņas par krāpnieciskiem charges. Neatbild uz ziņām par chargebacks, pat tad, ka ir iesniegti visi pierādījumi. Jāpāriet uz citu banku.

Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 1d

Jāsaka, ka @swedbanklatvia.bsky.social biznesa klientu apkalpošanas līmenis ir tik nožēlojami slikts. Neiesaku nevienam pie viņiem taisīt biznesa kontu.

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Sanita Jemberga @jemberga.bsky.social · 1d

Šim stāstam ir par maz sabiedrības uzmanības. Vai jūs esat vēl kādu nozari redzējuši, kur pēc tam, kad PAŠI izsolē kaut ko nosola par summu X un cena vēlāk nokrīt, sponsoriem atliek aiziet pie valdības/ZM un atrisinās uz valsts budžeta (tātad visu citu) rēķina? tv3.lv/zinas/latvij...

Ar slepenu Siliņas valdības lēmumu panāk, ka atsevišķu kokrūpniecības uzņēmumu interesēs LVM neiegūst 30 miljonus eiro

Šonedēļ no amata atkāpies viena no vērtīgāko valsts uzņēmuma “Latvijas valsts meži” vadītājs Pēters Putniņš. “Nekā personīga” zināms, ka tas visticamāk noticis politiska spiediena dēļ. Atkāpšanās sais...

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I could say I was shocked, but unfortunately I thought this was the near certain outcome once Trump & Putin had had their phonecall. Trump's position on the war is not "capricious": he consistently parrots Putin's talking points on the inevitability of Russian victory & Ukrainian concessions.

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 2d

NEW:Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.

The meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy descended many times into a “shouting match” on.ft.com/3WMSQSu

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 3d

Nezinu, tikai redzēju Broka ierakstus Linkedin un FB.

Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 3d

Izskatās, ka Armands Broks ar Alvi Hermani, Pēteri Sproģi un Didzi Šmitu dibina partiju. Kas tāds jau bija gaidāms, vairāk pārsteidz, cik ļoti sliktas reputācijas cilvēki ir piesaistīti. Domāju, ka viņš varēja pacensties vairāk.

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Mārtiņš Hiršs @mhirss.bsky.social · 5d

Kā darbojas konservatīvo dezinformācijas kampaņa par Konvenciju?

- šķipsniņa bailes, šķipsniņa mītu, speciāli atlasītas pāris odziņas sazvērestību un nekonkrētības mērcē.

Mārtiņš Hiršs: Konservatīvo politiķu dezinformācijas kampaņa Latvijā

“Nekonkrētība ir spēcīga manipulācijas metode, jo nekonkrēti, nedefinēti draudi ir neatspēkojami”.

www.delfi.lv

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Mārtiņš Hiršs @mhirss.bsky.social · 7d

Krievvalodīgie nemaina savus uzskatus Rietumu virzienā.

Varbūt tas daļēji ir nacionālkonservatīvo politiķu rungas politiku rezultāts? 🔥🔥🔥

Mārtiņš Hiršs | Rungas neliks krieviem mīlēt Latviju

Varbūt krievvalodīgie nemaina savu attieksmi Latvijas un Rietumu virzienā, jo nacionāļi un konservatīvie pēc 2022. gada pret viņiem ieviesa rungas pieeju, kas rada pamatotu pretreakciju?

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 7d

Sen nekur nebiju redzējis Infogram grafikus :)

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 8d

presented without comment

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Nigel Farage tells crypto conference ‘I am your champion’

[FREE TO READ] Reform UK leader touts plans to create a state-owned bitcoin reserve

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 8d

Global autocrats stick together

Axios @axios.com · 8d

NEW: In a stunning intervention in Israel’s domestic politics, President Trump went off script during his address to the Israeli parliament and urged President Issac Herzog to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who is standing trial on three corruption charges.

Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset

"Cigars and champagne, who the hell cares about this?"

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11d

"Stalinism and Stephen Miller: Cause for concern"
(video)
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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 11d

Šis video demo izskatās tik iespaidīgi --
Introducing Figure 03 www.figure.ai/news/introdu...

Introducing Figure 03

www.figure.ai

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Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 12d

Lietuvā neiet labi. Varam tikai iztēloties kas notiks pie mums tuvojoties vēlēšanām. Bet parāk daudz iztēles tam nevajag, jo Stambulas konvecijas pseidoproblēmas radīšana liecina ka procesi jau ir sākušies.

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Why is Lithuania betraying Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya?

I now feel I cannot stay silent about my country’s radical changes in direction.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16d

This Trump administration policy of generating an artificial civil war on the basis of big lies is of course meant to be frightening but it is also anti-American, unlawful, stupid and pursued by wildly unpopular people.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 17d

the Trump admin just deported an award-winning journalist known for his reporting on ICE and got Apple to block ICE-spotter apps — all while churning out highly-produced social media content from violent ICE raids in Chicago. it’s their media or no media. www.techpolicy.press/amidst-viole...

Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press

Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.

www.techpolicy.press

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The Economist @economist.com · 20d

“Stablecoins may dazzle as the latest financial fad. But they risk destabilising finance while enriching a few.” In a guest essay, an economics professor outlines the drawbacks of these digital tokens

A Nobel laureate on why stablecoins may be nothing of the sort

Payments systems must be built on public infrastructure, not speculative tokens, writes Jean Tirole

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Kaspars Zellis @kasparszellis.bsky.social · 20d

No mūsu tradicionālajām vērtībām aizvien vairāk sāk nākt Krievijas gāzes un naftas smaka un tās kļūst tik trauslas kā porcelāns. 🫠

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 21d

Kāda ir reālistiska alternatīva? NA tiešām gatava iet kopā ar Šleseru?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 22d

"Democracy is an outdated software system"
Gil Duran on The Nerd Reich
youtu.be/z2W3tmCBEnE?...

Gil Duran on Trump, Tech, and “The Nerd Reich”

YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California

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Mārtiņš Vaivars @martinsvaivars.bsky.social · 23d

Tim-Berners Lee -- Why I gave the world wide web away for free www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"On many platforms, we are no longer the customers, but instead have become the product. [...] We have the technical capability to give that power back to the individual."

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee

My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

www.theguardian.com

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 25d

Bonus episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social with Gerald Knaus on why we should be really worried re rise of far right in Germany and how MAGA are fuelling it, which should make us more worried still

alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/453-...

453. Trump’s Far Right Allies in Germany: Is History Repeating Itself? - Alastair Campbell

Just how close is the far right to taking power in Europe and the UK? Why is Germany the perfect starting point for far-right agitators? Is Europe’s lacklustre response to an unfolding genocide in Gaz...

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