Kalin Fetvadjiev
@kfet.dev
Software Engineer, interested in AI/ML, modern languages, likes sailing, fan of Nintendo consoles and games (Metroid and Zelda in particular)
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Happy birthday to Anthony S. Fauci! He won a #LaskerAward in 2007 for his role as the principal architect of two major U.S. governmental programs — one aimed at #AIDS and the other at biodefense. 🧪 ow.ly/gYBZ30mlgJf #NIAIDNews
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy birthday to Anthony S. Fauci! He won a #LaskerAward in 2007 for his role as the principal architect of two major U.S. governmental programs — one aimed at #AIDS and the other at biodefense. 🧪 ow.ly/gYBZ30mlgJf #NIAIDNews
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I've felt starved for cool science news in 2025. Here's a small morsel! 🧪 www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
In the snow, these salamanders get supercool
Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold.
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I've felt starved for cool science news in 2025. Here's a small morsel! 🧪 www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
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Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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Пост на Bozhidar Bozhanov!
7 мин
Абсолютно безобразие. Току-що бюджетът, който взриви обществото, отново беше вкаран за гласуване. Пеевски и Борисов искат да си купят изборите и продължават с безкрайната арогантност. 20 млрд. дълг, корупционни касичко, всичко.
Утре, четвъртък, 18:00ч, отново протест
7 мин
Абсолютно безобразие. Току-що бюджетът, който взриви обществото, отново беше вкаран за гласуване. Пеевски и Борисов искат да си купят изборите и продължават с безкрайната арогантност. 20 млрд. дълг, корупционни касичко, всичко.
Утре, четвъртък, 18:00ч, отново протест
December 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Пост на Bozhidar Bozhanov!
7 мин
Абсолютно безобразие. Току-що бюджетът, който взриви обществото, отново беше вкаран за гласуване. Пеевски и Борисов искат да си купят изборите и продължават с безкрайната арогантност. 20 млрд. дълг, корупционни касичко, всичко.
Утре, четвъртък, 18:00ч, отново протест
7 мин
Абсолютно безобразие. Току-що бюджетът, който взриви обществото, отново беше вкаран за гласуване. Пеевски и Борисов искат да си купят изборите и продължават с безкрайната арогантност. 20 млрд. дълг, корупционни касичко, всичко.
Утре, четвъртък, 18:00ч, отново протест
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👀 BlackRock just lost another ~$6B mandate after backsliding on addressing climate risk to its clients’ portfolios.
NYC pension trustees meet this week and could approve the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendation to shift $42B for the same reason. 🍿
NYC pension trustees meet this week and could approve the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendation to shift $42B for the same reason. 🍿
PME, a Dutch pension fund overseeing about $70 billion, has severed ties with BlackRock based on an assessment that the world’s largest money manager no longer acts in its best interests on issues such as climate risk.
BlackRock Loses $5.9 Billion Mandate From Dutch Pension Fund PME
PME, a Dutch pension fund overseeing about $70 billion, has severed ties with BlackRock Inc. based on an assessment that the world’s largest money manager no longer acts in its best interests on issues such as climate risk.
bloom.bg
December 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
👀 BlackRock just lost another ~$6B mandate after backsliding on addressing climate risk to its clients’ portfolios.
NYC pension trustees meet this week and could approve the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendation to shift $42B for the same reason. 🍿
NYC pension trustees meet this week and could approve the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendation to shift $42B for the same reason. 🍿
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New: Anthropic API Compatibility. Use Claude Code with your Poe account to save up to 15% and have a single bill for all AI spend across providers.
You can learn more at: creator.poe.com/docs/externa....
You can learn more at: creator.poe.com/docs/externa....
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New: Anthropic API Compatibility. Use Claude Code with your Poe account to save up to 15% and have a single bill for all AI spend across providers.
You can learn more at: creator.poe.com/docs/externa....
You can learn more at: creator.poe.com/docs/externa....
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I am late to the game but I finally read the NeurIPS 2025 best paper on gating in LLMs, it is great.
Qiu et al.
Alibaba, U Edinburg, Stanford, MIT, Tsinghua U
arxiv.org/abs/2505.06708
1/3
Qiu et al.
Alibaba, U Edinburg, Stanford, MIT, Tsinghua U
arxiv.org/abs/2505.06708
1/3
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I am late to the game but I finally read the NeurIPS 2025 best paper on gating in LLMs, it is great.
Qiu et al.
Alibaba, U Edinburg, Stanford, MIT, Tsinghua U
arxiv.org/abs/2505.06708
1/3
Qiu et al.
Alibaba, U Edinburg, Stanford, MIT, Tsinghua U
arxiv.org/abs/2505.06708
1/3
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Can't believe a product called Nano Banana is what is going to take plucky underdog Google Gemini to finally beat the incumbent ChatGPT.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Can't believe a product called Nano Banana is what is going to take plucky underdog Google Gemini to finally beat the incumbent ChatGPT.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
Fast, precise image gen and editing is such a joy to use and surely mass market adoption is cranking.
More warranted to call a Code Red for that than Gemini 3.
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Auto-focus glasses would transform my life… I just found about this impressive bit of tech (and design)
🧪 #TechSky (does this tag exist?)
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
🧪 #TechSky (does this tag exist?)
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
"Auto-focus glasses" switch from reading to long-distance prescriptions
www.dezeen.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Auto-focus glasses would transform my life… I just found about this impressive bit of tech (and design)
🧪 #TechSky (does this tag exist?)
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
🧪 #TechSky (does this tag exist?)
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
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First day at sea on our expedition to Commonwealth Bay in east #Antarctica, and we've been joined by three species of albatross already! Such magnificent birds, cruising effortlessly on massive wingspans #auroraexpeditions #USyd #SAEF @stephgardner.bsky.social #marinescience 🧪🦑
December 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
First day at sea on our expedition to Commonwealth Bay in east #Antarctica, and we've been joined by three species of albatross already! Such magnificent birds, cruising effortlessly on massive wingspans #auroraexpeditions #USyd #SAEF @stephgardner.bsky.social #marinescience 🧪🦑
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Everyone is wagging their fingers at Disney for not being as tight-fisted and defensive as they expected. The thing is, y’all, Disney suspects a new market is emerging. That’s also why newspapers and music publishers are making deals. Possibly they’re all wrong.
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Everyone is wagging their fingers at Disney for not being as tight-fisted and defensive as they expected. The thing is, y’all, Disney suspects a new market is emerging. That’s also why newspapers and music publishers are making deals. Possibly they’re all wrong.
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In 2025, much of the financial sector backtracked on climate action — but one major pillar stepped up: public pensions that manage trillions in workers’ savings. 🫰
Here’s our @sierraclub.org campaign year-end review of key developments & what’s next 👇
www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...
Here’s our @sierraclub.org campaign year-end review of key developments & what’s next 👇
www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...
2025 in Review: Sustainable Finance Campaign Advances Investor Action on Climate Change
2025 has been a challenging year for climate action. In the U.S., the federal government rolled back climate protections and slashed support for clean energy, even as a wave of climate-fueled disaster...
www.sierraclub.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In 2025, much of the financial sector backtracked on climate action — but one major pillar stepped up: public pensions that manage trillions in workers’ savings. 🫰
Here’s our @sierraclub.org campaign year-end review of key developments & what’s next 👇
www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...
Here’s our @sierraclub.org campaign year-end review of key developments & what’s next 👇
www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...
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Catastrophic flooding in BC and WA is putting thousands at risk.
We’ve always had heavy rain and floods; but as the world warms, they’re becoming more frequent and severe. And it was a UVic research team that ID'd the human fingerprint in increasing extreme precip. www.nature.com/articles/nat...
We’ve always had heavy rain and floods; but as the world warms, they’re becoming more frequent and severe. And it was a UVic research team that ID'd the human fingerprint in increasing extreme precip. www.nature.com/articles/nat...
Washington State Flooding Intensifies, Prompting Rescues and Evacuations
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Catastrophic flooding in BC and WA is putting thousands at risk.
We’ve always had heavy rain and floods; but as the world warms, they’re becoming more frequent and severe. And it was a UVic research team that ID'd the human fingerprint in increasing extreme precip. www.nature.com/articles/nat...
We’ve always had heavy rain and floods; but as the world warms, they’re becoming more frequent and severe. And it was a UVic research team that ID'd the human fingerprint in increasing extreme precip. www.nature.com/articles/nat...
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It is simultaneously true that ML tools are incredibly useful and that many of their most intense adherents are selling snake oil
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It is simultaneously true that ML tools are incredibly useful and that many of their most intense adherents are selling snake oil
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🧪🌋⚒️ Beautiful Kilauea volcano in #eruption again, with an unusual very high mass flux, near-lateral #lava fountain, next to a vertical fountain in episode 38, now, 6 Dec 2025, as seen live on the K2 usgs webcam. See video clip of usgs livestream at ~10 am hst youtube.com/clip/Ugkx-lk... #hawaii
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🧪🌋⚒️ Beautiful Kilauea volcano in #eruption again, with an unusual very high mass flux, near-lateral #lava fountain, next to a vertical fountain in episode 38, now, 6 Dec 2025, as seen live on the K2 usgs webcam. See video clip of usgs livestream at ~10 am hst youtube.com/clip/Ugkx-lk... #hawaii
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The median academic opinion about AI has been
2017: quant methods are no use for qualitative problems
2021: these models are just parroting memorized phrases
2025: now that they do everything, higher ed is doomed
So, if you're depressed right now, remember: we're almost certainly wrong! +
2017: quant methods are no use for qualitative problems
2021: these models are just parroting memorized phrases
2025: now that they do everything, higher ed is doomed
So, if you're depressed right now, remember: we're almost certainly wrong! +
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The median academic opinion about AI has been
2017: quant methods are no use for qualitative problems
2021: these models are just parroting memorized phrases
2025: now that they do everything, higher ed is doomed
So, if you're depressed right now, remember: we're almost certainly wrong! +
2017: quant methods are no use for qualitative problems
2021: these models are just parroting memorized phrases
2025: now that they do everything, higher ed is doomed
So, if you're depressed right now, remember: we're almost certainly wrong! +
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“But Putin will not be around forever. He might not be around for much longer. He’s perched on the top of a powder keg of his own making and he can’t get off.”
The Putin Domino Theory
When one man goes, everything changes
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“But Putin will not be around forever. He might not be around for much longer. He’s perched on the top of a powder keg of his own making and he can’t get off.”
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След дърпането на ушите от Пеевски, Борисов пак е смекчил позицията. Вече бюджетът няма да се изтегля. Тече поредното замазване, което няма как да бъде позволено. Затова в понеделник отново протест.
www.facebook.com/events/14165...
www.facebook.com/events/14165...
НЯМА ДА ПОЗВОЛИМ ДА НИ ИЗЛЪЖАТ!
Event in Sofia, Bulgaria by Продължаваме Промяната and 4 others on Monday, December 1 2025 with 3.3K people interested and 1.7K people going. 18 posts in the discussion.
www.facebook.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
След дърпането на ушите от Пеевски, Борисов пак е смекчил позицията. Вече бюджетът няма да се изтегля. Тече поредното замазване, което няма как да бъде позволено. Затова в понеделник отново протест.
www.facebook.com/events/14165...
www.facebook.com/events/14165...
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‘Unusual timing’: Beloved grey whale is back feeding in B.C. instead of Mexico this winter #BritishColumbia
Little Patch is among the best-known grey whales in the Salish Sea, residents and whale watchers say
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Little Patch is among the best-known grey whales in the Salish Sea, residents and whale watchers say
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Well-known grey whale back feeding in B.C. waters this winter instead of Mexico | CBC News
A well-known grey whale is back feeding in British Columbia for the second time this year, with whale watchers saying its winter apperance marks a change in its normal migration pattern.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
‘Unusual timing’: Beloved grey whale is back feeding in B.C. instead of Mexico this winter #BritishColumbia
Little Patch is among the best-known grey whales in the Salish Sea, residents and whale watchers say
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Little Patch is among the best-known grey whales in the Salish Sea, residents and whale watchers say
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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My take on today's big announcement. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My take on today's big announcement. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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Injured bald eagle rescued #Ottawa
CTV’s Katelyn Wilson shares the story of an Ottawa Valley woman who helped rescue an injured bald eagle.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
CTV’s Katelyn Wilson shares the story of an Ottawa Valley woman who helped rescue an injured bald eagle.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
Injured bald eagle rescued
CTV’s Katelyn Wilson shares the story of an Ottawa Valley woman who helped rescue an injured bald eagle.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Injured bald eagle rescued #Ottawa
CTV’s Katelyn Wilson shares the story of an Ottawa Valley woman who helped rescue an injured bald eagle.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
CTV’s Katelyn Wilson shares the story of an Ottawa Valley woman who helped rescue an injured bald eagle.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
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Meanwhile, Mearsheimer unlocks new levels of unhinged Kremlin propaganda every day--now absurdly calling Ru's invasion of a non-NATO member "a NATO invasion of Ru". His newest gem is going on my undergraduate lecture entitled "5 reasons why Ru's invasion of Ukraine is NOT NATO's fault"
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Meanwhile, Mearsheimer unlocks new levels of unhinged Kremlin propaganda every day--now absurdly calling Ru's invasion of a non-NATO member "a NATO invasion of Ru". His newest gem is going on my undergraduate lecture entitled "5 reasons why Ru's invasion of Ukraine is NOT NATO's fault"
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“Thanks to immunization, a child born today is 40 per cent more likely to see their fifth birthday than a child born 50 years ago.”—@WHO
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
Vaccines save children’s lives
Vaccines save the lives of millions of children every year and also prevent needless suffering and permanent disability caused by some childhood diseases.
www.thewhig.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“Thanks to immunization, a child born today is 40 per cent more likely to see their fifth birthday than a child born 50 years ago.”—@WHO
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...