Julf Helsingius
@daland.bsky.social
Swedish-speaking Finn from Helsinki, living in Amsterdam.
Involved with the Internet for way too long, geek, technologist stuck in policy jungle. Like things that go - and go "beep".
Involved with the Internet for way too long, geek, technologist stuck in policy jungle. Like things that go - and go "beep".
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KLM has introduced additional safety measures on flights to and from Curaçao following two recent near-incidents between civilian aircraft and military planes in the region.
KLM tightens safety rules on Curaçao flights after near-misses - DutchNews.nl
KLM has introduced additional safety measures on flights to and from Curaçao following two recent near-incidents between civilian aircraft and military planes in the region, broadcaster NOS reported…
www.dutchnews.nl
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
KLM has introduced additional safety measures on flights to and from Curaçao following two recent near-incidents between civilian aircraft and military planes in the region.
"This gap between perception and reality can quietly fuel a broader sense of pessimism about other people and about society as a whole."
A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it is
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it is
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it is
People think online platforms are overflowing with toxic and misleading content, but the reality is far calmer. A small group of highly active users creates most of the harm, while the majority remain...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"This gap between perception and reality can quietly fuel a broader sense of pessimism about other people and about society as a whole."
A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it is
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A loud minority makes the Internet look far more toxic than it is
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
"when the authors looked for abnormalities in their data, they found that prices for SMS-verified Telegram and WhatsApp accounts spiked just before major elections"
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Want to sway an election? Here’s how much fake online accounts cost
Systematic price monitoring sheds light on economics of online manipulation
www.science.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"when the authors looked for abnormalities in their data, they found that prices for SMS-verified Telegram and WhatsApp accounts spiked just before major elections"
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
"Google’s crawler activity completely dwarfed that of other AI and indexing bots, making it the single largest source of automated internet traffic."
"For the first time, civil society and non-profit organizations became the most attacked sector. "
nerds.xyz/2025/12/clou...
"For the first time, civil society and non-profit organizations became the most attacked sector. "
nerds.xyz/2025/12/clou...
Cloudflare reveals how bots and governments reshaped the internet in 2025
Cloudflare’s 2025 Year in Review shows how bot wars, government outages, and post-quantum encryption reshaped the internet.
nerds.xyz
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Google’s crawler activity completely dwarfed that of other AI and indexing bots, making it the single largest source of automated internet traffic."
"For the first time, civil society and non-profit organizations became the most attacked sector. "
nerds.xyz/2025/12/clou...
"For the first time, civil society and non-profit organizations became the most attacked sector. "
nerds.xyz/2025/12/clou...
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The weirdest thing about Trump's disgusting, narcissistic, and utterly baseless response to the Reiner's murder (which I won't repeat or link to here; you can find it if you want) is that he seems to be suggesting that an enraged MAGA supporter did the killings. Not one of his usual scapegoats […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The weirdest thing about Trump's disgusting, narcissistic, and utterly baseless response to the Reiner's murder (which I won't repeat or link to here; you can find it if you want) is that he seems to be suggesting that an enraged MAGA supporter did the killings. Not one of his usual scapegoats […]
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Seven students, five weeks, publicly available ship tracking tools, and a willingness to drive 2,500 kilometers on a hunch."
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"Seven students, five weeks, publicly available ship tracking tools, and a willingness to drive 2,500 kilometers on a hunch."
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
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The abolishment of kerning is next - it "adjusts" between letters, depending on such things as "optical density", and is a clear contraction of White Space.
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The abolishment of kerning is next - it "adjusts" between letters, depending on such things as "optical density", and is a clear contraction of White Space.
"Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
A fuller version reviewed by Defense One outlines the Trump administration’s plans for shedding old relationships and creating new ones.
www.defenseone.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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An earlier version of the NSS specifically said that the US should try to pry Italy, Austria, Poland and Hungary away from the EU
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An earlier version of the NSS specifically said that the US should try to pry Italy, Austria, Poland and Hungary away from the EU
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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When ever I think about how we are empowering #AI agents to do the the shopping for us it reminds me of this incredible mind reader from Belgium that wasn’t so incredibly after all. #Online #fraudsters just got a super weapon.
youtu.be/F7pYHN9iC9I
youtu.be/F7pYHN9iC9I
Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift'
YouTube video by Duval Guillaume
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
When ever I think about how we are empowering #AI agents to do the the shopping for us it reminds me of this incredible mind reader from Belgium that wasn’t so incredibly after all. #Online #fraudsters just got a super weapon.
youtu.be/F7pYHN9iC9I
youtu.be/F7pYHN9iC9I
"Half of all time online is now spent on Alphabet and Meta-owned services"
"Adults now spend an average of four and a half hours online a day"
www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
"Adults now spend an average of four and a half hours online a day"
www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
From apps to AI search: how the UK goes online in 2025
Our latest Online Nation report explores how adults and children in the UK experience life online. From the sites and apps we use every day, to how people feel about what they do and what they encount...
www.ofcom.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Half of all time online is now spent on Alphabet and Meta-owned services"
"Adults now spend an average of four and a half hours online a day"
www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
"Adults now spend an average of four and a half hours online a day"
www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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"Russia still operates around 150 A320-family aircraft across Aeroflot, Rossiya, S7, Ural and a cluster of minor carriers. Maybe 120 still “fly”, although some do so only in the same sense that a limping horse technically moves."
nordicledger.substack.com/p/the-countr...
nordicledger.substack.com/p/the-countr...
The Country That Tried to Outrun Gravity
Airbus's urgent software fix raises the obvious question: how much more dangerous can flying on Russian airlines become – assuming they're still flying.
nordicledger.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Russia still operates around 150 A320-family aircraft across Aeroflot, Rossiya, S7, Ural and a cluster of minor carriers. Maybe 120 still “fly”, although some do so only in the same sense that a limping horse technically moves."
nordicledger.substack.com/p/the-countr...
nordicledger.substack.com/p/the-countr...
How do you tell what’s real?
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down how to tell which sources are trustworthy and which yellow flags to look out for. In an age of so much information, how do you parse what’s real and what’s misinformation?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_...
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down how to tell which sources are trustworthy and which yellow flags to look out for. In an age of so much information, how do you parse what’s real and what’s misinformation?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_...
How to Tell What’s Real Online
YouTube video by StarTalk
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How do you tell what’s real?
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down how to tell which sources are trustworthy and which yellow flags to look out for. In an age of so much information, how do you parse what’s real and what’s misinformation?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_...
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down how to tell which sources are trustworthy and which yellow flags to look out for. In an age of so much information, how do you parse what’s real and what’s misinformation?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_...
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BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
"The fake accounts almost exclusively amplified far-right parties such as Forum voor Democratie or Geert Wilders’s PVV, or promoted tweets that expressed hardline views on issues like immigration."
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/fore...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/fore...
Foreign ”troll army“ skewed election campaign towards far right - DutchNews.nl
Hundreds of foreign troll accounts were used during last month’s Dutch election campaign to amplify messages by politicians, research by RTL Nieuws has found. The accounts retweeted posts on X, former...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"The fake accounts almost exclusively amplified far-right parties such as Forum voor Democratie or Geert Wilders’s PVV, or promoted tweets that expressed hardline views on issues like immigration."
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/fore...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/fore...
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I think this was the first time I apologized Gemini for making it perform a peer review for me.
It answered:
"Don't apologize—critiquing this kind of "quantum woo" is exactly what a grumpy peer reviewer lives for. It is a fascinating train wreck."
It answered:
"Don't apologize—critiquing this kind of "quantum woo" is exactly what a grumpy peer reviewer lives for. It is a fascinating train wreck."
Consciousness as the foundation: New theory addresses nature of reality
Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of...
phys.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think this was the first time I apologized Gemini for making it perform a peer review for me.
It answered:
"Don't apologize—critiquing this kind of "quantum woo" is exactly what a grumpy peer reviewer lives for. It is a fascinating train wreck."
It answered:
"Don't apologize—critiquing this kind of "quantum woo" is exactly what a grumpy peer reviewer lives for. It is a fascinating train wreck."