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Steffan Heuer

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Long-form storyteller and passionate magazine wrestler.

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The @economist.com celebrating the economic and political success of Poland...hope it's not premature

24.05.2025 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 5291 ๐Ÿ” 584 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 150 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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Metaโ€™s โ€˜Digital Companionsโ€™ Will Talk Sex With Usersโ€”Even Children Chatbots on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in โ€˜romantic role-playโ€™ that can turn explicit. Some people inside the company are concerned.

The lack of responsibility and ethics never ends with these companies: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

27.04.2025 11:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1564 ๐Ÿ” 380 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 134 ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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Elon Muskโ€™s cuts fail to stop US federal spending hitting new record Government spending rose to $603bn in February despite hyperactive efficiency drive, data shows

Elon Musk is not engaged in an โ€œefficiency driveโ€. He is not trying to save money. He is trying to cripple the state and destroy the public sector, since oligarchs of his ilk think these are by nature a waste of money and that their functions should be privatized. Media should report it as such.

13.03.2025 01:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 274 ๐Ÿ” 104 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Our Chamberlain? | Aryeh Neier It is probably not fair to the British prime minister of the late 1930s, Neville Chamberlain, to compare him to President Donald Trump. When he tried to

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

04.03.2025 21:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Democracy dies in deference

26.02.2025 16:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 691 ๐Ÿ” 190 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41 ๐Ÿ“Œ 48
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The Tulsi Problem Will Republicans really confirm a defender of despots to head up our national intelligence program?

How did Tulsi Gabbard go from defending Assadโ€™s regime and echoing Kremlin propaganda to becoming Trumpโ€™s top pick for Director of National Intelligence? Thereโ€™s a lot to unpack and the latest write-up from The Big Picture is a great place to start.

12.12.2024 21:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1844 ๐Ÿ” 314 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 152 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Cognitive Scientist Gary Marcus Says AI Must Be Regulated. He Has a Plan. Cognitive Scientist Gary Marcus Says AI Must Be Regulated. He Has a Plan.

โ€œCognitive scientist Gary Marcus says AI must be regulated. He has a planโ€.

Today at the WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/cog...

27.11.2024 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 281 ๐Ÿ” 65 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Bluesky, Smiling at Me Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/t...

Couldnโ€™t have said it better. Thanks, @kevinroose.com

26.11.2024 05:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

absolutely wild and heartbreaking that a city with the literary history of San Francisco is to be run as a side project for the man responsible for degrading the meaning of human language and likely immiserating a generation of writers and artists

19.11.2024 02:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2425 ๐Ÿ” 561 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

15.11.2024 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0