Dimitri Barua
@dimitrieu.bsky.social
Mostly harmless. Working on EU related matters
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As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed".
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
September 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed".
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.
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Reminder again that the President of the United States has no idea what a trade deficit is — a concept taught in high school econ.
He thinks that if the US buys $500 of goods and services from Canada, and Canada buys $400 of goods and services from the US, we have “lost” $100.
He thinks that if the US buys $500 of goods and services from Canada, and Canada buys $400 of goods and services from the US, we have “lost” $100.
Trump: “If we stopped Trading with every country that we have a Deficit with, which is most of them, we would make, at least, 1.5 Trillion Dollars a year. The word ‘Deficit’ is nothing more than a fancy word for LOSS.”
September 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Reminder again that the President of the United States has no idea what a trade deficit is — a concept taught in high school econ.
He thinks that if the US buys $500 of goods and services from Canada, and Canada buys $400 of goods and services from the US, we have “lost” $100.
He thinks that if the US buys $500 of goods and services from Canada, and Canada buys $400 of goods and services from the US, we have “lost” $100.
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This report by @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social (via @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) is grim enough on its own. Keep in mind, though, the US still has military forces committed to the fight against Islamist terrorist groups in Somalia. Those groups are why Somalis sought asylum here in the first place.
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
September 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This report by @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social (via @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) is grim enough on its own. Keep in mind, though, the US still has military forces committed to the fight against Islamist terrorist groups in Somalia. Those groups are why Somalis sought asylum here in the first place.
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New: The era of AI warfare has arrived.
Our latest visual investigation explores how autonomous systems are being integrated on the battlefield, as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict.
www.ft.com/content/6864...
Our latest visual investigation explores how autonomous systems are being integrated on the battlefield, as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict.
www.ft.com/content/6864...
The era of AI warfare has arrived
Autonomous systems are being rapidly integrated on the battlefield, as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict
www.ft.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
New: The era of AI warfare has arrived.
Our latest visual investigation explores how autonomous systems are being integrated on the battlefield, as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict.
www.ft.com/content/6864...
Our latest visual investigation explores how autonomous systems are being integrated on the battlefield, as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict.
www.ft.com/content/6864...
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The electoral farce in occupied Ukraine is so absurdly sinister it reads like evil satire
September 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The electoral farce in occupied Ukraine is so absurdly sinister it reads like evil satire
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I remember the absolute garbage people who fell hook, line and sinker for Assadists propaganda on this, and attacked those of us who called that out - Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Austin Tice: Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM
I remember the absolute garbage people who fell hook, line and sinker for Assadists propaganda on this, and attacked those of us who called that out - Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ukrainians have proven countless times that their spirit cannot be broken.
And this summer, Sasha has shown the whole world the true essence of this ↓
And this summer, Sasha has shown the whole world the true essence of this ↓
September 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Ukrainians have proven countless times that their spirit cannot be broken.
And this summer, Sasha has shown the whole world the true essence of this ↓
And this summer, Sasha has shown the whole world the true essence of this ↓
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The US president’s eldest son and his wife Bettina Anderson posted on Instagram that they had a private wedding and confirmed that Umar Kremlev, who is reportedly close to Vladimir Putin, paid for part of the celebration. ft.trib.al/Irw4Nbh
September 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
The US president’s eldest son and his wife Bettina Anderson posted on Instagram that they had a private wedding and confirmed that Umar Kremlev, who is reportedly close to Vladimir Putin, paid for part of the celebration. ft.trib.al/Irw4Nbh
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All these people are in heaven????? Really?????
September 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
All these people are in heaven????? Really?????
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I bought this sign a few years later at the going out of business sale of a locally owned restaurant in, I think, North Haven CT.
September 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I bought this sign a few years later at the going out of business sale of a locally owned restaurant in, I think, North Haven CT.
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Tired: Piracy is a crime
Wired: Piracy is a $1000 billion business idea
Wired: Piracy is a $1000 billion business idea
September 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Tired: Piracy is a crime
Wired: Piracy is a $1000 billion business idea
Wired: Piracy is a $1000 billion business idea
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Hold on, I am going to need to do a historical deep-dive into researching the people that men of Ancient Greece liked to have sex with.
sorry for screenshotting some twitter rando but you guys need to see this
September 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Hold on, I am going to need to do a historical deep-dive into researching the people that men of Ancient Greece liked to have sex with.
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For a sign of how absurd this is, *Theodor Herzl* did not observe dietary laws particularly closely, did not keep Shabbat, and was not in any way religious!
Ed Miliband’s parents survived the Holocaust, Ed Miliband is Jewish - that is immutable
Questioning his Jewishness like this tells you all you need to know about people like this, and what their values are - and what they truly think about Jewish people that don’t behave how they want them to
Questioning his Jewishness like this tells you all you need to know about people like this, and what their values are - and what they truly think about Jewish people that don’t behave how they want them to
September 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
For a sign of how absurd this is, *Theodor Herzl* did not observe dietary laws particularly closely, did not keep Shabbat, and was not in any way religious!
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I don't even think the issue is of 'skewed perceptions of balance'.
On any policy issue, the frame, post-Brexit, is 'let's just cover this as a horse race', and on race and identity, 'let's have a heated debate between two poles!' is the default approach.
On any policy issue, the frame, post-Brexit, is 'let's just cover this as a horse race', and on race and identity, 'let's have a heated debate between two poles!' is the default approach.
Media presenters in UK may have skewed perceptions of balamce of Jewish opinion towards Israeli govt. Centre of gravity aligns with Miliband (attached to Israel & critical of Netanyahu). Varies by faith/denomination & politics: many cons & mainstream orthodox disapprove Netanyahu govt too. See IJPR
Jewish views by denom+ politics
Strictly orthodox are pro-Netanyahu outliers. Prog disapproval universal.
Most right-leaning/Cons Jews in Britain disapprove of Netanyahu. A quarter approve.
Voters for Cons/Reform x20 more likely to approve than left voters. But most on right disapprove too
IJPR
Strictly orthodox are pro-Netanyahu outliers. Prog disapproval universal.
Most right-leaning/Cons Jews in Britain disapprove of Netanyahu. A quarter approve.
Voters for Cons/Reform x20 more likely to approve than left voters. But most on right disapprove too
IJPR
September 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I don't even think the issue is of 'skewed perceptions of balance'.
On any policy issue, the frame, post-Brexit, is 'let's just cover this as a horse race', and on race and identity, 'let's have a heated debate between two poles!' is the default approach.
On any policy issue, the frame, post-Brexit, is 'let's just cover this as a horse race', and on race and identity, 'let's have a heated debate between two poles!' is the default approach.
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@edwardluce.bsky.social on the two money-obsessed buffoons Trump used to negotiate war vs peace www.ft.com/content/bc02... Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism
Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism
The misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran
www.ft.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
@edwardluce.bsky.social on the two money-obsessed buffoons Trump used to negotiate war vs peace www.ft.com/content/bc02... Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism
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September 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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huh you’d think he’d have mentioned this during the phone interview he did that day with a local news station, when he said he watched the towers fall from trump tower and then bragged like a fucking psycho that another building of his was now the tallest building in the manhattan skyline
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
September 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
huh you’d think he’d have mentioned this during the phone interview he did that day with a local news station, when he said he watched the towers fall from trump tower and then bragged like a fucking psycho that another building of his was now the tallest building in the manhattan skyline
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I am teaching my baby this semester:
INTL 4660: Film, Politics and Literature
It is a course about non-democracies, which uses academic literature to teach about the characteristics of the non-democratic systems and movies and (graphic) novels to teach about life under non-democratic regimes.
INTL 4660: Film, Politics and Literature
It is a course about non-democracies, which uses academic literature to teach about the characteristics of the non-democratic systems and movies and (graphic) novels to teach about life under non-democratic regimes.
August 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I am teaching my baby this semester:
INTL 4660: Film, Politics and Literature
It is a course about non-democracies, which uses academic literature to teach about the characteristics of the non-democratic systems and movies and (graphic) novels to teach about life under non-democratic regimes.
INTL 4660: Film, Politics and Literature
It is a course about non-democracies, which uses academic literature to teach about the characteristics of the non-democratic systems and movies and (graphic) novels to teach about life under non-democratic regimes.
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AI and the new age of mass toe-treading at work. Really thought-provoking from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
as.ft.com/r/f1f2cd59-7...
as.ft.com/r/f1f2cd59-7...
AI is ushering in an era of mass toe-treading at work
Boundaries between different occupations are blurring at the cost of a collaborative company culture
as.ft.com
September 8, 2026 at 7:16 AM
AI and the new age of mass toe-treading at work. Really thought-provoking from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
as.ft.com/r/f1f2cd59-7...
as.ft.com/r/f1f2cd59-7...
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Our thoughts are with all the victims of the crimes committed in the countries of former Yugoslavia.
September 8, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Our thoughts are with all the victims of the crimes committed in the countries of former Yugoslavia.
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The elements of official support and the presence of some senior Serbian officials at the funeral are deeply regrettable.
They demonstrate a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe’s recent history and contradict the values underpinning Serbia’s path towards the European Union.
They demonstrate a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe’s recent history and contradict the values underpinning Serbia’s path towards the European Union.
September 8, 2026 at 7:18 AM
The elements of official support and the presence of some senior Serbian officials at the funeral are deeply regrettable.
They demonstrate a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe’s recent history and contradict the values underpinning Serbia’s path towards the European Union.
They demonstrate a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe’s recent history and contradict the values underpinning Serbia’s path towards the European Union.
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The images from Ratko Mladić’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking.
Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal.
He was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
He died while serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide and other crimes.
Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal.
He was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
He died while serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide and other crimes.
September 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The images from Ratko Mladić’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking.
Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal.
He was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
He died while serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide and other crimes.
Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal.
He was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
He died while serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide and other crimes.
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This is 19-year-old Sofia and her 11-year-old brother, Svyatoslav. Russia killed them and their father on September 5, when a drone struck their family home in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region 💔🕯
September 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
This is 19-year-old Sofia and her 11-year-old brother, Svyatoslav. Russia killed them and their father on September 5, when a drone struck their family home in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region 💔🕯