Balint Szilakszi 🇪🇺
@szbalint.eu
🇭🇺🇦🇹 helps run the online marketplace where “was letzte preis?” is a common phrase
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Wie ernst es einer Stadt mit „Vorrang fürs Gehen und für Öffis“ ist, ist auch an den Ampelschaltungen zu erkennen. Lange Rotphasen bei Fußgängerampeln am Weg vom Bus zur U-Bahn oder umgekehrt, verlängern auch die gesamte Fahrzeit für Öffi-Fahrgäste. #waszuändernist
December 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Wie ernst es einer Stadt mit „Vorrang fürs Gehen und für Öffis“ ist, ist auch an den Ampelschaltungen zu erkennen. Lange Rotphasen bei Fußgängerampeln am Weg vom Bus zur U-Bahn oder umgekehrt, verlängern auch die gesamte Fahrzeit für Öffi-Fahrgäste. #waszuändernist
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It SHOULD happen again.
We don't want this kind of creeper surveilance in our lives.
We don't want this kind of creeper surveilance in our lives.
Glassholes were driven from polite society. It could happen again.
Google unveils plans to try again with smart glasses in 2026
It is a significant turnaround for the tech giant after its first attempt - Google Glass - was pulled in 2015.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It SHOULD happen again.
We don't want this kind of creeper surveilance in our lives.
We don't want this kind of creeper surveilance in our lives.
Sometimes I wish for a reporter to ask F1 drivers who reside in Monaco (more than half of the 2025 roster) a simple question: “Do you need to know where the closest food bank is? I assume you pay zero personal income tax because you are in severe financial difficulty”
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sometimes I wish for a reporter to ask F1 drivers who reside in Monaco (more than half of the 2025 roster) a simple question: “Do you need to know where the closest food bank is? I assume you pay zero personal income tax because you are in severe financial difficulty”
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the other thing I find "funny" about media merger coverage is in addition to NO mention of the well-documented massive harms from pointless media consolidation (creatives, labor, consumers), mainstream journalists don't mention the fact our regulators have been lobotomized by corruption
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
the other thing I find "funny" about media merger coverage is in addition to NO mention of the well-documented massive harms from pointless media consolidation (creatives, labor, consumers), mainstream journalists don't mention the fact our regulators have been lobotomized by corruption
Fucking finally
EU agrees full ban on all Russian gas imports by 2027 on.ft.com/4pMAoGf
EU agrees full ban on all Russian gas imports by 2027
Earlier phaseout dates to be set for liquefied natural gas and short-term supply contracts
on.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fucking finally
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Stoppard are dead
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies on.ft.com/4onl1CU
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies
Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Stoppard are dead
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Is this platform still against wearing giant clown shoes or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Is this platform still against wearing giant clown shoes or has it moved more towards acceptance?
When the AI bubble pops it’ll have a direct and major negative impact on a significant percentage of the population of the western world.
With maybe two dozen companies and CEOs to blame.
Banks and bankers engaged in the subprime mortgage crisis would win a popularity contest compared to them
With maybe two dozen companies and CEOs to blame.
Banks and bankers engaged in the subprime mortgage crisis would win a popularity contest compared to them
plenty of things things could certainly happen that change the story: mass unemployment, stock crash, propaganda campaigns, electricity prices rising
I just don’t think you can confidently predict both that those things will happen and that tech will be widely blamed for them
I just don’t think you can confidently predict both that those things will happen and that tech will be widely blamed for them
totally agree, predictions beyond a few months are very tough
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When the AI bubble pops it’ll have a direct and major negative impact on a significant percentage of the population of the western world.
With maybe two dozen companies and CEOs to blame.
Banks and bankers engaged in the subprime mortgage crisis would win a popularity contest compared to them
With maybe two dozen companies and CEOs to blame.
Banks and bankers engaged in the subprime mortgage crisis would win a popularity contest compared to them
Is this platform still massively against blockchains or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Is this platform still massively against blockchains or has it moved more towards acceptance?
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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Cops killed about the same number of Black people in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. 2019 was slightly more.
There was another jump in 2021, setting a new record.
2022 higher than 2021. New record.
2023 higher than 2022. New record.
2024 higher than 2023. All time high.
2025 is back down to 2016.
There was another jump in 2021, setting a new record.
2022 higher than 2021. New record.
2023 higher than 2022. New record.
2024 higher than 2023. All time high.
2025 is back down to 2016.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Cops killed about the same number of Black people in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. 2019 was slightly more.
There was another jump in 2021, setting a new record.
2022 higher than 2021. New record.
2023 higher than 2022. New record.
2024 higher than 2023. All time high.
2025 is back down to 2016.
There was another jump in 2021, setting a new record.
2022 higher than 2021. New record.
2023 higher than 2022. New record.
2024 higher than 2023. All time high.
2025 is back down to 2016.
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„Wieder zu Gast bei Freunden“ - so wie 1936, oder was?
Das kann doch unmöglich
dein Ernst sein, CDU Berlin.
Das kann doch unmöglich
dein Ernst sein, CDU Berlin.
In diesem Fall ist das schon exakt der Plan der CDU Berlin:
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
„Wieder zu Gast bei Freunden“ - so wie 1936, oder was?
Das kann doch unmöglich
dein Ernst sein, CDU Berlin.
Das kann doch unmöglich
dein Ernst sein, CDU Berlin.
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“Don’t cite the Adversarial Poetry vs AI paper — it’s chatbot-made marketing ‘science’ – Pivot to AI”
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/24/dont-cite-the-adversarial-poetry-vs-ai-paper-its-chatbot-made-marketing-science/
> They wrote a good headline, and then they faked the scientific process bit.
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/24/dont-cite-the-adversarial-poetry-vs-ai-paper-its-chatbot-made-marketing-science/
> They wrote a good headline, and then they faked the scientific process bit.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“Don’t cite the Adversarial Poetry vs AI paper — it’s chatbot-made marketing ‘science’ – Pivot to AI”
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/24/dont-cite-the-adversarial-poetry-vs-ai-paper-its-chatbot-made-marketing-science/
> They wrote a good headline, and then they faked the scientific process bit.
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/24/dont-cite-the-adversarial-poetry-vs-ai-paper-its-chatbot-made-marketing-science/
> They wrote a good headline, and then they faked the scientific process bit.
Last week my wife, our one year old son, and me were in the middle of a pedestrian crossing when a driver of a car changed directions (red line on the map), didn’t look around and almost hit us.
I had made a split-second decision and pulled my wife back, otherwise she would have gotten hit.
I had made a split-second decision and pulled my wife back, otherwise she would have gotten hit.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Last week my wife, our one year old son, and me were in the middle of a pedestrian crossing when a driver of a car changed directions (red line on the map), didn’t look around and almost hit us.
I had made a split-second decision and pulled my wife back, otherwise she would have gotten hit.
I had made a split-second decision and pulled my wife back, otherwise she would have gotten hit.
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It’s wild how hard it seems for Austrian journalists to clearly describe road violence. A driver ran over a cyclist and killed her. She didn’t “collide” with a car. The car didn’t move on its own. A driver killed her while she was waiting to turn — high-viz, helmet, lights on.
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It’s wild how hard it seems for Austrian journalists to clearly describe road violence. A driver ran over a cyclist and killed her. She didn’t “collide” with a car. The car didn’t move on its own. A driver killed her while she was waiting to turn — high-viz, helmet, lights on.
Sanctions and Ukrainian efforts to blow up oil refineries are working.
In Russia, there was a large protest in Novosibirsk — but not against the war. Russians are protesting against increased taxes and corruption. They are being urged not to tolerate this "horrible robbery," since ‘it was better in the Soviet Union’ and there were no such enormous taxes.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sanctions and Ukrainian efforts to blow up oil refineries are working.
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i stopped generally using the term “journalist” to describe what reporters & columnists & editors & anchors & correspondents & producers do some time ago… bc some people will call anyone a journalist who claims to be one when they just don’t operate with any of the expected or necessary standards.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i stopped generally using the term “journalist” to describe what reporters & columnists & editors & anchors & correspondents & producers do some time ago… bc some people will call anyone a journalist who claims to be one when they just don’t operate with any of the expected or necessary standards.
The swiss have a long experience in dealing with nazis.
Trump bestechen, mit Schweizer Präzision.
„Besser als Apple“:
Goldene Rolex-Tischuhr + 1kg-Goldbarren = Zollsenkung 🇨🇭
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
„Besser als Apple“:
Goldene Rolex-Tischuhr + 1kg-Goldbarren = Zollsenkung 🇨🇭
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The swiss have a long experience in dealing with nazis.
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I find the lack of conversation about these border checks, which have become ubiquitous across the EU since 2015, incredibly chilling. At most you get dismissive comments that they are security theater and that they "don't work", and meanwhile new border infrastructure keeps going up.
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I find the lack of conversation about these border checks, which have become ubiquitous across the EU since 2015, incredibly chilling. At most you get dismissive comments that they are security theater and that they "don't work", and meanwhile new border infrastructure keeps going up.
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CHANUR’S BREAKOUT (1991)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30” X 22”
An opportunity to paint C.J. Cherryh’s catlike Hani was always welcome. I was fortunate to have done several covers for this popular series, yet for CHANUR’S LEGACY I came up with more new concepts than ever before. 1/5
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30” X 22”
An opportunity to paint C.J. Cherryh’s catlike Hani was always welcome. I was fortunate to have done several covers for this popular series, yet for CHANUR’S LEGACY I came up with more new concepts than ever before. 1/5
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
CHANUR’S BREAKOUT (1991)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30” X 22”
An opportunity to paint C.J. Cherryh’s catlike Hani was always welcome. I was fortunate to have done several covers for this popular series, yet for CHANUR’S LEGACY I came up with more new concepts than ever before. 1/5
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30” X 22”
An opportunity to paint C.J. Cherryh’s catlike Hani was always welcome. I was fortunate to have done several covers for this popular series, yet for CHANUR’S LEGACY I came up with more new concepts than ever before. 1/5
Ukraine has better processes in place today to prosecute corruption than the US.
⚡️Cabinet suspends Ukrainian minister implicated in Energoatom corruption scandal.
Herman Halushchenko, who is implicated in a corruption scandal at state nuclear power company Energoatom, has been suspended from the job of justice minister.
kyivindependent.com/minister-imp...
Herman Halushchenko, who is implicated in a corruption scandal at state nuclear power company Energoatom, has been suspended from the job of justice minister.
kyivindependent.com/minister-imp...
Cabinet suspends Ukrainian minister implicated in Energoatom corruption scandal
Halushchenko is being investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) as part of a large-scale corruption case into Energoatom involving Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volody...
kyivindependent.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ukraine has better processes in place today to prosecute corruption than the US.
Wish I could dream of EU-wide train/local transport timetable tool, also integrated into most map tools with live status info including route changes.
Where is the future I've been promised.
Where is the future I've been promised.
And when will we even get all Renfe-run trains in one simple to search online timetable tool? 🤔
🚄 Renfe se suma a la declaración conjunta @cer-railways.bsky.social y @eurocities.eu para
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Wish I could dream of EU-wide train/local transport timetable tool, also integrated into most map tools with live status info including route changes.
Where is the future I've been promised.
Where is the future I've been promised.
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I really wish these stupid posts about how "Spotify CEO invested in AI drones to kill" would stop.
No, he invested in a drone startup with machine learning, which supplies NATO/Ukraine.
I support that.
No, he invested in a drone startup with machine learning, which supplies NATO/Ukraine.
I support that.
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I really wish these stupid posts about how "Spotify CEO invested in AI drones to kill" would stop.
No, he invested in a drone startup with machine learning, which supplies NATO/Ukraine.
I support that.
No, he invested in a drone startup with machine learning, which supplies NATO/Ukraine.
I support that.