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Charlotte Clymer

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The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.

The #NobelPeacePrize medal.

It measures 6.6 cm in diameter, weighs 196 grams and is struck in gold. On its face, a portrait of Alfred Nobel and on its reverse, three naked men holding around each other’s shoulders as a sign of brotherhood. A design unchanged for 120 years.

Did you know that some Nobel Peace Prize medals have been passed on after the award was given? A well‑known case is Dmitry Muratov’s medal, which was auctioned for over USD 100 million to support refugees from the war in Ukraine.

And the medal displayed at the Nobel Peace Center is actually on loan and originally belonged to Christian Lous Lange, Norway’s first Peace Prize laureate.

But one truth remains. As the Norwegian Nobel Committee states: “Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.”

A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.

January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM

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Steve on Managing Products

@sjohnson717.bsky.social

Questions Every Product Leader Should Be Asking �¸ https://lttr.ai/AnKzm #productmanagement #no_chaos

January 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM

Neill 🇿🇦

@geniusboywonder.bsky.social

Is that really how fat tRUmp is now?
Wow! 😲

The Independent @the-independent.com · 29d

Trump tariffs were supposed to save manufacturing jobs – but they’re still declining

www.independent.co.uk

January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM

Neill 🇿🇦

@geniusboywonder.bsky.social

Like the true elite crack-squad they have trained to be . . .

Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 29d

ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.

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January 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM

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The Washington Post

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Column: Tech pioneers Christopher “Biz” Stone and Evan Sharp are developing Tangle, an AI-driven platform aimed at helping users find purpose and meaning in life. It seeks to counteract the negative effects of social media.

Column | A new approach to living a good life comes from a most unlikely place

A group of unexpected guides is asking whether digital life has pulled us off course — and whether there’s a way back

www.washingtonpost.com

January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM

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@blackpanther25.bsky.social

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits.
AI poses a grave threat to students' cognitive development.

www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says

A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

www.npr.org

January 14, 2026 at 11:09 PM

Neill 🇿🇦

@geniusboywonder.bsky.social

Replying "noted" to all emails received over the holidays.

January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM

Neill 🇿🇦

@geniusboywonder.bsky.social

Did he die though?

CBS News @cbsnews.com · Jan 14

BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.

ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say

Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.

cbsn.ws

January 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM

Neill 🇿🇦

@geniusboywonder.bsky.social

Yeah. Same goes for smart people.
Why do they always get to go on quizzes and answer all the questions in class ?

What about the dumb kids?!?

FAIRNESS!

Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · Jan 14

I don’t hate tall people, I just don’t think they should be allowed to play basketball. Think about the playing time they’re taking away from deserving smaller players. And it’s about safety, too. Do you want your son to get run over by some 6’8” testosterone-fueled monster? Not hate, just FAIRNESS.

January 14, 2026 at 6:20 AM

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Molly White

@molly.wiki

Hoskinson: "You've collapsed crypto from a public perception, to crypto equals Trump equals bad .... Crypto equals corruption. It's a wealth transfer mechanism for Trump and his friends."

www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...

“If you launch something and it's mostly an extractive venture, then what you've effectively done is you've collapsed crypto from a public perception, to crypto equals Trump equals bad, you know, amongst the left,” he said. “You can't alienate half the country and then expect them to show up.”

He said that his invitations to White House events were extended and withdrawn without explanation during the early days of the administration. Additionally, when ADA, Cardano’s token, was named part of the administration’s crypto reserve, he stated that he and his team weren't contacted at all. "When the president said ADA is in the reserve, XRP is in the reserve, and Solana is in the reserve, and I was just like, okay, well sh*t, I'm just gonna get subpoenaed now when the Democrats get back in power, and they're going to think I had something to do with it. We had nothing to do with it. We never discussed it with them."

“There's no accountability. There's no respect for the rule of law, and there's no respect for the balance of power,” he said.

The lack of leadership, Hoskinson argued, has left the crypto industry politically weaponized and without a path forward. “Crypto equals corruption. It's a wealth transfer mechanism for Trump and his friends. And that didn’t help any of us.”

January 14, 2026 at 3:52 AM

Neill 🇿🇦

@geniusboywonder.bsky.social

Its fine. They wear masks in public so no-one but their families will know how morally bankrupt they are.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · Jan 13

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.

Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...

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January 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM

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Bruce Lawson

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New Tesla feature to automatically create explicit images of pedestrians it passes on the street newsthump.com/2026/01/13/n...

New Tesla feature to automatically create explicit images of pedestrians it passes on the street

In a bold new step for innovation, disruption, and asking “has anyone actually thought this through?”, Tesla has unveiled a software update that automatically generates non-consensual explicit imag…

newsthump.com

January 13, 2026 at 11:08 AM

Neill 🇿🇦

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If users notice your AI, you're already a loser.

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · Jan 10

If users notice your software, you’re already a loser

Nobody wants a computer. They want what it does.

SPECIAL SATURDAY EXTRA (cos I missed yesterday)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=liFW... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260110-if-... - podcast

time: 7 min 08 sec