Duolingo deletes its TikTok and Instagram posts amid AI backlash

Duolingo scrubbed all of the posts from its TikTok and Instagram channels as the brand continues to face backlash for its CEO's announcement that it's going "AI-first."

Greek management culture sucks Time to change it

"If you work for a Greek company, there is a very good chance you hate your boss.

This is not a coincidence". By @greekanalyst.bsky.social

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The Story of Talos: The First AI Robot Machine in Greek Mythology - Eureka Courses Discover the story of Talos, the first AI robot machine in Greek mythology. Explore the lasting legacy of this ancient automaton in modern technology.

Talos, the first AI Robot Machine. Greek Mythology

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America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny That’s what’s scariest about Donald Trump.

Plato, Republic: analogies with Trump's rise to power and playbook

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US brands' reputation change after Trump's inauguration

The Stoic Capitalist 'An inspiring story of a life well lived.' MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg PhilanthropiesThe Stoic ideal of a well lived life has be…

The self-made US billionaire financier and philanthropist,R. Rosenkranz, is about to publish The Stoic Capitalist: Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious. (Don’t be put off by the title if you aren’t ambitious, exceptionally or otherwise.)

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The End of free trade is very hostile for small nations (via @data.ft.com )

Trump and Sopranos

France, the country of true justice

What are the expectations, by the cautiously optimistic @greekanalyst.bsky.social

Salaries in Greece (2025) How much do Greeks earn?

Salaries in Greece (2025)
How much do Greeks earn? by @greekanalyst.bsky.social

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Salaries in Greece (2025) How much do Greeks earn?

"Throughout the past year the Greek government has painted a very rosy picture of amazing improvements in salary levels while opposition have likened Greek salary conditions to the Middle Ages... Both are wrong", by @greekanalyst.bsky.social

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Gen Z is flocking to the one social media platform millennials didn't ruin Sick of Musk and Zuckerberg, Zoomers have found a new place to network: Tumblr.

Gen Z’s growing disapproval of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg is driving them to a platform owned by neither of them: Tumblr

www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-flocki...

Bluesky isn't just another Twitter/X competitor. It fixes what's wrong with social media. By Fred Vogelstein I joined Bluesky as soon as I could get my hands on an invite back in the summer of 2023. Twitter/X had become an increasingly unpleasant...

"Bluesky isn't just another Twitter/X competitor. It fixes what's wrong with social media".

By Fred Vogelstein

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Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.

Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

Athens' Most Important Woman Secret Mover of History

Athens' Most Important Woman
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Revealed: betting companies’ huge financial influence in European football 66% of clubs across 31 divisions have at least one betting deal and some are ‘getting around’ bans on front-of-shirt sponsors

Revealed: betting companies’ huge financial influence in European football

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Podyssey is great and funny

The meaning of life, sort of

5 economic myths about Greece ...and why they are wrong, with data

"5 economic myths about Greece
...and why they are wrong, with data" by @greekanalyst.bsky.social

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For Elon Musk’s Tesla, there is such a thing as bad publicity Tesla’s woes are a rare example of bad press that does harm the brand, because CEO Elon Musk’s public profile is so opposed to its environmentalist image.

For Elon Musk’s Tesla, there is such a thing as bad publicity

Tesla’s woes are a rare example of bad press that does harm the brand, because its CEO’s public profile is so opposed to its environmentalist image

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Want to climb the leadership ladder? Try debate training Research finds people who learn the basics of debate are more likely to advance to leadership roles in U.S. organizations. A key reason seems to be that debate training makes employees more comfortabl...

“Debate training can promote leadership emergence and advancement by fostering individuals’ assertiveness, which is a key, valued leadership characteristic in U.S. organizations,” says MIT Associate Professor Jackson Lu news.mit.edu/2025/climbin... #WorkLife #Leadership with @haikalis.bsky.social

Ο φοιτητής συνδιοργάνωσε συγκεντρώσεις διαμαρτυρίας στο πανεπιστήμιο Columbia για την Παλαιστίνη. Δεν έχει κατηγορηθεί για κανένα έγκλημα. Έχει πράσινη κάρτα, βρίσκεται νόμιμα στις ΗΠΑ. Μπήκαν στο σπίτι του και τον συνέλαβαν μπροστά στην (αμερικανίδα, έγκυο) σύζυγό του.
Το πανεπιστήμιο, κιχ.

AI is already doing our work. As of September 2024, 18% of financial consumer complaints, 24% of corporate press releases, and 15% of job postings showed signs of LLM writing. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09747

AI Will Upend a Basic Assumption About How Companies Are Organized The economy is built on the idea that expertise is scarce and expensive. AI is about to make it abundant and practically free.

AI Will Upend a Basic Assumption About How Companies Are Organized

The economy is built on the idea that expertise is scarce and expensive. AI is about to make it abundant and practically free

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After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Σε δήμο πέριξ της Αθήνας με μικροαστικό κόσμο και υπολογίσιμη αγορά, τα μαγαζιά κλειστά κατά 90%.
Με σημείωμα στην πόρτα περί συμπαράστασης.
Καποιοι ιδιοκτήτες λένε ότι έκλεισαν μήπως τους κάνουν ζημιές, αλλά μάλλον αυτοί είναι μικρή μειοψηφία #Τεμπη

The deep historical forces that explain Trump’s win Our research shows that political breakdown, from the Roman Empire to the Russian revolution, follows a clear pattern: workers’ wages stagnate, while elites multiply

Excellent piece by Peter Turchin who has been saying it for at least ten years--s it is not something made up right now.

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