Nicolas Holzschuch
@nholzschuch.bsky.social
Secrétaire fédéral CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques, Research Director at Inria. Author of ios_system, a-Shell and Carnets-Jupyter. 56 y.o. He/Him
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Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia and current de-facto ruler of that kingdom, whose word is law and power is unquestioned, is visibly like “whoah dude, dial down the authoritarian thing a bit”
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia and current de-facto ruler of that kingdom, whose word is law and power is unquestioned, is visibly like “whoah dude, dial down the authoritarian thing a bit”
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Um so that is very bad. For many reasons, but perhaps the most obvious end-game of this new development is if you people are just reading AI summaries of original content, but that kills how we fund original content... eventually you won't have original content for AI summaries to draw on.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Um so that is very bad. For many reasons, but perhaps the most obvious end-game of this new development is if you people are just reading AI summaries of original content, but that kills how we fund original content... eventually you won't have original content for AI summaries to draw on.
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It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
one factor in the Harris loss was the Democratic party bragging about the great economy when it was actually complete garbage outside the artificially juiced stock market, and I don't expect that tactic to work any better for Trump esp with a much worse economy
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
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i am enough of an SRE and data scientist to know that some of the problems are Hard and i also have functional working memory and know that widespread outages were relatively common not so long ago, but we did get better as an industry for a few years and it feels like we're regressing
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
i am enough of an SRE and data scientist to know that some of the problems are Hard and i also have functional working memory and know that widespread outages were relatively common not so long ago, but we did get better as an industry for a few years and it feels like we're regressing
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i dunno man it sure does seem like all these global core internet backbone services outages coming in the wake of major layoffs and public announcements of shifting to AI for development work is something that feels like could be related
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i dunno man it sure does seem like all these global core internet backbone services outages coming in the wake of major layoffs and public announcements of shifting to AI for development work is something that feels like could be related
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/4 Anyway, the notion we should be surprised when big corporations do overtly corrupt things is quaint, because megacorps do not acknowledge or understand things like moral or civic responsibility or good citizenship.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
/4 Anyway, the notion we should be surprised when big corporations do overtly corrupt things is quaint, because megacorps do not acknowledge or understand things like moral or civic responsibility or good citizenship.
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Trump bent on making the 2026 World Cup a showcase for the new America, determined to outdo Italy 1934, Argentina 1978, and Russia 2018
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trump bent on making the 2026 World Cup a showcase for the new America, determined to outdo Italy 1934, Argentina 1978, and Russia 2018
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Près de Kasserine,des archéologues italiens et tunisiens ont découvert le 2e plus grand complexe de production d’huile d’olive de tout l’Empire romain (IIIe-VIe siècles),confirmant que cette région était l’un des principaux greniers à huile d’olive de Rome www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/s...
Second-Largest Olive Oil Production Complex in the Roman Empire Discovered in Tunisia
Excavations led by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in ancient Roman Cillium, a border area of Tunisia near present-day Algeria, are uncovering imposing structures linked to olive oil production, amon...
www.labrujulaverde.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Près de Kasserine,des archéologues italiens et tunisiens ont découvert le 2e plus grand complexe de production d’huile d’olive de tout l’Empire romain (IIIe-VIe siècles),confirmant que cette région était l’un des principaux greniers à huile d’olive de Rome www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/s...
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
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Comme cela était prévisible, le PLF est devenu si incohérent au gré des amendements adoptés par des majorités fluctuantes qu'il devient invotable pour tout le monde. Un texte Frankenstein.
www.bfmtv.com/politique/pa...
www.bfmtv.com/politique/pa...
Budget 2026: les groupes du socle commun ne voteront pas le volet recettes "en l'état"
L'entourage du Premier ministre a indiqué que les groupes du socle commun ne voteront pas la partie recette du projet de loi de finances de 2026 "en l'état", "en raison de l'insincérité de certaines m...
www.bfmtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Comme cela était prévisible, le PLF est devenu si incohérent au gré des amendements adoptés par des majorités fluctuantes qu'il devient invotable pour tout le monde. Un texte Frankenstein.
www.bfmtv.com/politique/pa...
www.bfmtv.com/politique/pa...
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"Les candidates locales ont 9,5 fois (champ large) à 10,7 fois (champ étroit) plus de chances d’être recrutées que les extérieures."
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Les candidates locales ont 9,5 fois (champ large) à 10,7 fois (champ étroit) plus de chances d’être recrutées que les extérieures."
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Roses are red
End times are near
Bitcoin's erased
All it's gains from this year
End times are near
Bitcoin's erased
All it's gains from this year
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Roses are red
End times are near
Bitcoin's erased
All it's gains from this year
End times are near
Bitcoin's erased
All it's gains from this year
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Ma vie quotidienne. J'ai beau bloquer les numéros en masse, ils reviennent toujours.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ma vie quotidienne. J'ai beau bloquer les numéros en masse, ils reviennent toujours.
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Because they considered politics something they could do to other people, not something that could be done to them.
I can't fathom how these people could vote for him (probably multiple times) considering his history and his conviction in court.
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Because they considered politics something they could do to other people, not something that could be done to them.
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"I'll be fine no matter what, because this isn't about ME" is a dangerous delusion.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"I'll be fine no matter what, because this isn't about ME" is a dangerous delusion.
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Une constante. A chaque fois que l'Etat-stratège se met en tête de monter un Airbus du Numérique car c'est stratégique, cela débouche sur une catastrophe industrielle. Illustration avec Gaia-X
www.politico.eu/article/anat...
www.politico.eu/article/anat...
Anatomy of a Franco-German tech misfire
As Europe debates how far to go in pivoting away from US Big Tech, a cloud initiative provides a cautionary tale.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Une constante. A chaque fois que l'Etat-stratège se met en tête de monter un Airbus du Numérique car c'est stratégique, cela débouche sur une catastrophe industrielle. Illustration avec Gaia-X
www.politico.eu/article/anat...
www.politico.eu/article/anat...
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S'ils arrivent à aller au bout de la première partie, les députés voteront le budget en scrutin public ordinaire projetarcadie.com/vo...
#DirectAN #PLF2026
#DirectAN #PLF2026
Vote du budget 2026 en scrutin public - Projet Arcadie
S’ils arrivent à en finir l’examen cette semaine, les députés feront un vote par scrutin public sur la première partie du budget pour 2026.
projetarcadie.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
S'ils arrivent à aller au bout de la première partie, les députés voteront le budget en scrutin public ordinaire projetarcadie.com/vo...
#DirectAN #PLF2026
#DirectAN #PLF2026
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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A machine built to eat people will eat people.
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A machine built to eat people will eat people.
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Math doesn’t care about your reputation.
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Math doesn’t care about your reputation.