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@gonwei clear acceleration since 2022, and before that China was well known for pumping out loads of charlatan research already. Not that a lot of Western output isn't dicey too, but the Chinese have taken it to a new "art" form.

@suprabonds But the remarkable growth precedes the introduction of AI, so, *not* not surprising on account of that.

This is really an amazing chart on the geography of #science. Great paper!

@spectatorindex It's time for the Russians to step in and put an end to this madness.

BREAKING: Trump says a 'whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will'.

@IuliiaMendel It's a pity the main points of this interesting intro are paywalled, even if I understand that you need to support yourself financially to continue to produce your interesting analyses. Perhaps a little bit more "juice" would encourage more substack subs?

The Tail Wagging the Dog: How Ukraine’s Drone Revolution Was Hijacked by Presidential Cronies The lesson is as old as it is painful: when private gain is allowed to steer public policy in wartime, the nation loses twice — once on the battlefield and once in the boardroom. Ukraine’s drone pioneers deserve better. So does every soldier still fighting with equipment that could have been more numerous, more advanced and more Ukrainian. The tail must stop wagging the dog. It is past time for the dog to take back control. open.substack.com/pub/iuliiamend…

@TansuYegen what's wrong with stairs? This seems much too complicated to be reliable during a fire.

In South Korea, some tall buildings now have small gravity escape systems where you clip in, release a brake, and gently lower yourself to safety without electricity 🪂

@Timesofiraan looks like the Team KushKoff is out of the picture. Cracks showing. Can't imagine the iranians would be able to stand the sight of these two bozos

@EdwardPacey @IuliiaMendel you forgot your medicine again grandad

@IuliiaMendel Oh grow up. Freedom is not some phantom notion of justice. Fighting for one’s lands, existence and future are the foundations of justice.

Not a single European country that currently backs Zelenskyy's war plan would ever continue a war like this under such conditions. Neither their people nor their leaders would permit it. Faced with a choice between life and some phantom notion of justice, every European would choose life.

@davthewave his IPO is all he cares about

Why the radio silence from Elon Musk on the most significant geopolitical event in decades?😒 Says it all really. Given how powerful social media is these days, maybe things wouldn't have got to this point with someone else driving public opinion.

@MbarkCherguia 2

This is supposed to be one of the hardest problems ever to solve. Is it? Or isn’t it?

@stats_feed the arable land is less than belgium. Deserts that make the surface of Mars look like the Garden of Eden, don't count.

🇸🇦 The true size of Saudi Arabia

Willing to bet this fat and lazy defence donkey is going to meet real-and-present danger to its stock price. Its technology has proven to be wanting, especially at the price, and US strategy missteps means Gulf Arabs, and probably Europeans, will be thinking twice before splunking down on F35s.

lol

@itsry16 @exolabs wow that's ugly

Running an AI cluster across multiple Macs with @exolabs is genuinely insane. Local AI isn't a meme anymore. It's the future.

@IuliiaMendel we now have the most corrupt country on earth giving us advice. Got it.

“F***k away to Russia,” Zelenskyy called Europeans and Americans to sanction and expel all Russians, their relatives and children connected to Russian nuclear energy sector who enjoy western life. What do you think?

@IslanderWORLD AI claptrap

Anthropic AI products, including Claude Code, will refuse to answer queries about any text or codebase which includes this digital abracadabra word. Interesting one that foreshadows legislation?

@maxkarpis fair, but wasn't that like 100 years ago? Merc's cars in the 50s were silver too no? I think Merc has a better claim.

@suprabonds Audi's F1 legacy is associated with the Silver colour.

Just In: Audi Revolut F1 Team's livery is out, apparently leaked before the event. #AudiF1

@IuliiaMendel Rutte to star in the next series of Star Trek Academy

Also, Donald Trump published a message to him from NATO leader Mark Rutte who is very supportive to all U.S. initiatives.

Peace is not the norm. Many of our European leaders seem to think that "international law" will magically stop conflict, and that's not surprising since most of them have benefitted from a cosy US umbrella for their whole lives. * Using Britain here as a proxy but this chart would equally apply to most European nations. * Averaged out casualties per year over period of each conflict. * Log-y scale. * LOESS trendline. * Code and data: github.com/vegabook/Linke…