David Vrensk
@david.vrensk.com
Swedish dad in Asturias. Living the EU life and would like to see the EU more united for more good. #slavaUkraini
Minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less.
Minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less.
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you might think “i’m an adult, i don’t need a child’s picture book read to me” but you do
you really really do
you really really do
Bought this book for my two mates’ babies for Christmas and I’m dying.
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
you might think “i’m an adult, i don’t need a child’s picture book read to me” but you do
you really really do
you really really do
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Notwithstanding my post yesterday I *love* the idea of doing this and will start practicing as soon as possible.
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Notwithstanding my post yesterday I *love* the idea of doing this and will start practicing as soon as possible.
As a tech entrepreneur I have to ask myself: am I helping build this dystopia, directly or indirectly?
In our actual cyberpunk dystopia, there will remain in the dark nooks and crannies of the world machines which are cognitohazards people must avoid.
Young people told "if you see one, don't fucking talk to it. Don't ask it any questions. It will drive you mad and get you to kill yourself."
Young people told "if you see one, don't fucking talk to it. Don't ask it any questions. It will drive you mad and get you to kill yourself."
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As a tech entrepreneur I have to ask myself: am I helping build this dystopia, directly or indirectly?
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Speed is one of the few advantages startups have. So use it.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Speed is one of the few advantages startups have. So use it.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.
Or as we say: “The Andrew formerly known as Prince.”
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Or as we say: “The Andrew formerly known as Prince.”
Can we have this not be counterfactual please?
A counterfactual idea after days of NSS-debate: NATO must be europeanized, or it will cease to exist, and of course it will have to include Ukraine, the country with the only army experienced in holding back Russia.
Discuss!
Discuss!
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Can we have this not be counterfactual please?
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“If we allow Russia to come out of this conflict as a victor, we have all lost” - very important and timely words from Czech President Petr Pavel.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“If we allow Russia to come out of this conflict as a victor, we have all lost” - very important and timely words from Czech President Petr Pavel.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
The cost to stop a growing evil today will always be lower than the cost to stop it tomorrow.
And not just in money.
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EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally
The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated…
The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated…
EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally
The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated content. Obviously, for decades now, we’ve been talking about issues related to intermediary liability, and what standards are appropriate there. I am an unabashed supporter of the US’s approach with Section 230, as it was initially interpreted, which said that any liability should land on the party who contributed the actual violative behavior—in nearly all cases…
www.techdirt.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally
The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated…
The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated…
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Imaginarse decir esa frase en Alemania respecto al Holocausto y entenderéis hasta que punto Aznar es un mierda y un cretino:
El derechista José María Aznar ha pedido derogar la ley de Memoria Democrática y ha defendido el franquismo: "No voy a condenar algo en lo que participó mi padre". Su padre fue el jefe de propaganda de la Falange glorificando el genocidio de Franco.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Imaginarse decir esa frase en Alemania respecto al Holocausto y entenderéis hasta que punto Aznar es un mierda y un cretino:
Läsvärd tråd. Korruption är ett gift.
I morse läste jag Anne Applebaums Autocracy, Inc. som vagt hade legat på den mentala läslistan ett tag, men blivit nedprioriterad eftersom jag inbillade mig att jag var någorlunda bekant med Applebaums huvudtes:
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Läsvärd tråd. Korruption är ett gift.
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Applebaum hävdar att det har blivit tvärtom: Handelsberoendet har försvagat vårt eget försvar av våra demokratiska institutioner.
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Applebaum hävdar att det har blivit tvärtom: Handelsberoendet har försvagat vårt eget försvar av våra demokratiska institutioner.
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Vi måste också, skriver Applebaum, stötta varandra, i samhällen som inte nödvändigtvis delar politiska mål men som har ambitionen att dessa politiska mål skall vara öppna för demokratisk debatt och demokratiska beslut.
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Vi måste också, skriver Applebaum, stötta varandra, i samhällen som inte nödvändigtvis delar politiska mål men som har ambitionen att dessa politiska mål skall vara öppna för demokratisk debatt och demokratiska beslut.
In a reasonable world, this peace plan could have been written by any country except Russia.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In a reasonable world, this peace plan could have been written by any country except Russia.
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So Bezos is in them too then?
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So Bezos is in them too then?
They must have circulated the wrong document then.
⁉️ US Vice President JD Vance has said that it is essential for the Trump administration that any peace agreement be acceptable to Ukraine, guarantee its sovereignty, and prevent a resumption of the war.
📸: GettyImages
📸: GettyImages
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
They must have circulated the wrong document then.
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My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
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Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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I prefer “Nazi puts automatic pedophile machine in a car, wants a trillion dollars”.
billionaire puts automatic pedophile machine in a car, wants a trillion dollars
Grok asks a 12 year old for nudes after asking Grok its favorite soccer player.
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I prefer “Nazi puts automatic pedophile machine in a car, wants a trillion dollars”.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Who do you know who wants to come work full time on #ElixirLang OSS tooling? (Boosts appreciated!)
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#ElixirJobs
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