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maxieq

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Photographer. Gothenburger. Thinking about embracing my other nationalities at this moment in history.

Part of the vague thing called "the pragmatic left". Whatever the hell that means. I don't post a lot about politics though. That Other site has mostly cured me of that. Sometimes I can't help myself, though. Apologies in advance.

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maxieq, to photography Swedish
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It's funny. Now RED is part of the Mitsubishi Keiretsu, under Nikon. The culture clash must be extraordinary - from wild west LA VC capitalism to Japanese technological conservation managerialism in one go.

davidallengreen, to random
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Once upon a time, pamphleteering was a big thing.

Having the means to print and publish your thoughts beyond your own immediate circle was radical and far-reaching.

So much so, that access to such means was the origin of the phrase "freedom of the press" - a phrase much older than, say, what we call "Fleet Street".

But.

Even though people could have this technology with this reach, they got bored.

I wonder if the same will happen with social media, once the relative novelty wears off.

maxieq,
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@davidallengreen I often ask myself "Does democracy have the right to defend itself against the 'free press'? I realise that this is a pandoras box type of question, but seeing the output of some of the press, that question is sometimes valid. I think. F.e.g what if a free press outlet outright lies and causes harm, such as with Fox and OAN?

maxieq,
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@davidallengreen True, but a large network like Fox could also under a long period intentionally claim a conspiracy against the electoral system. See the Dominion Voting machines. Those claims were intentionally made, and were false, and the claimers knew this, but were made anyway for a specific effect. The claim was only adressed in a civil suit by the aggrieved party. One could argue this was democracy defending itself, but it was not done directly.

I may have it wrong though, admittedly

Loukas, to random
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If you see a long German or Swedish word, first of all, don't panic. It's more scared of you than you are of it. Secondly, take a closer look and you'll see it's actually just three normal words in a trenchcoat, huddling together to deter predators (French and English).

maxieq,
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@Loukas Språkångestförklädnadsundvikandebeteende är ett nytt begrepp, förvisso.

anderspuck, to Ukraine
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This is weird. One would think a chief of defense would coordinate his messages with the presidential administration before publishing a historic article in an international magazine. #Ukraine

From: @KyivIndependent_official
https://genix.ink/

maxieq,
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@anderspuck @KyivIndependent_official Hopefully it's a dance move to get western capitals to get their thumbs out of their rears and provide Ukraine with what it lacks. Air power. Western leaders complain that the Ukrainians aren't moving quick enough, yet have refused until recently to give that which is needed for rapid combined arms maneuvers. Air power. That said, generals should always, always obey civilian leaderships. If this general is freelancing, he should be sacked.

anderspuck, to Ukraine
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Russia has a year's head start on the realization that the war in Ukraine will take a long time. In Ukraine and the West there were very big hopes invested in the summer offensive, and I largely see the current debate about war fatigue as an expression of the renegotiation that must take place in light of the disappointing results.
#Ukraine #Russia
https://youtu.be/jSwIAVelw9o

maxieq,
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@anderspuck @DeeGLloyd Someone much smarter that me once said that Putin was a decent tactician, but a lousy strategist. He could win a fight, but never win a war. I think about that sometimes when I read about Russia.

Loukas, to random
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Survey suggests the party of Sweden's prime minister took a sharp fall, and now the far-right is bigger than all its centre-right partners.

This fits with an existing trend, see image from Europe elects, but this poll seems to be even more sharp.

https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/sd-storre-an-de-tre-regeringspartierna-tillsammans

maxieq,
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@Loukas I don't think that in the case of Liberalerna that it is being cannibalised, in the sense that its supporters are going to SD. I think that its supporters are leaving for the sofa or to other centre-left parties. I also think that's true with KD because the party of Göran Hägglund and Alf Svensson doesn't strike me as having a base of nationalist conservatism.

9to5Mac, to random
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Musk may block X in Europe, to avoid having to fix disinformation problem https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/19/x-in-europe-ban/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

maxieq,
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@9to5Mac As the Brits say, "Don't threaten me with a good time!"

erikdelareguera, (edited ) to twitter Swedish
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En av poängerna – på gott och ont – med /#X har varit att det är en (påstådd!) spegling av det offentliga samtalet. Den "spegelbilden" blir som bekant alltmer falsk och förvrängd, men inläggen har iallafall kunnat läsas av icke-medlemmar.
känns hittills mer som en engelsk privatklubb.
är som ett mysigt kafé eller bar där folk från olika samhällsklasser möts. Men (än) är det inte stället där man får en bild av vad som sker "på gatan" innan det publiceras i stora medier.

maxieq,
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@Halfbeard @stadsplanering @sumos @erikdelareguera @iakonkret @LeoR1010 @Kjell @dunderbrallan @kallekn @Camillamalm @rkaj @ahltorp Jag har ingen åsikt om "re-toot" funktionen, men jag har också sett den diskussionen, och den diskussionen har framstått för mig som att diskutera UX element för att förklara ett fenomen. Som om man pratar om problemet med rundhörnade ikoner när en specifik app inte når någon publik. Jag tror det är nyttigare att försöka förstå motivationen hos folk som använder nåt

maxieq, to journalism Swedish
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If this doesn't break journalists' addiction to Twitter, I don't know what will. #journalism #media #twitter https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/musk-makes-news-links-on-twitter-aka-x-less-useful-by-removing-headlines/?comments=1&comments-page=1

maxieq,
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@markstoneman @anderspuck When headlines are removed, so is the searchability on the platform. When users search for something, no keywords in the posts make them invisible. Which means keyboard warriors who write conspiratorial screeds about a subject will score higher than newspapers.

Loukas, to random
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I think one of the intellectual fallacies that radicals have is they have a reading of history based on arguments leading to better political strategy.

Yes, Marx ruthlessly argued with everyone and got his rivals out of the First International, but that organisation went nowhere and it was only the messy and compromised Second International and the likwise fuzzy version of social democracy that became dominant.

maxieq,
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@Loukas It's part of the reason why I'm a social democrat, I suppose. There's no place for ice-picks in the brains of people who are negotiating working conditions and wages with the bosses of the world. If one has to look over one's shoulder for the adherents of the One True Socialism, not much gets done. :)

That said, the 18 year old me that still live somewhere inside my head now scoffes and accuses me of selling out to the capitalists.

arstechnica, to random
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Amazon’s generative-AI-powered Alexa is as big a privacy red flag as old Alexa

Amazon wants you to use Alexa more. But can you trust it?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/amazons-generative-ai-powered-alexa-is-as-big-a-privacy-red-flag-as-old-alexa/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

maxieq,
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@arstechnica They missed a beat by not calling it Shodan.

"Look at you hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating, as you run through my corridors".

jon, to random
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I spoke to Euronews 10 days ago. And now I’m quoted in TimeOut as a consequence. A little odd, but I’m happy. https://www.timeout.com/news/this-country-is-on-a-mission-to-end-super-cheap-flights-in-europe-090823

maxieq,
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@jon I agree with your quote. It's going to stop the lads who take Ryan Air once a year to Malaga. It's not going to stop the business executives' private jets from the office to their home every day.

maxieq,
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@jon I exaggerate, but I hope my point gets across.

anderspuck, to Russia
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To anyone wondering why the West is not making a big deal out of a drone hitting Romania, I have an explanation in this video. NATO believes they have a winning strategy toward Russia, and they don’t want to spoil that by getting distracted from winning.
https://youtu.be/EeP_ZZbBIl4
#Russia #Ukraine #NATO #Romania

maxieq,
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@anderspuck It's kind of like Nord Stream I suppose. I mean, after the war started Nord Stream was such a liability. I think nobody cares much who blew it up - and everyone is kind of relieved the "issue" is gone.

Loukas, to random
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Ok it's 0637 in Sweden and I've already seen more Trump mugshots than I wanted to.

maxieq,
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@Loukas Ärligt talat vill jag se honom i en orange overall en gång när han leds iväg i handbojor till fängelset, och sen aldrig se honom igen i hela mitt liv.

Loukas, to random
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🧵 Few accounts are signing up to Mastodon, despite the constant stream of apocalyptic announcements coming from Twitter.

I think this indicates that we're in a period of consolidating what we've built so far, rather than seeing lots of new people arrive.

Season One of Mastodon is over. The cast is established and most of the major plot lines are here. So where do we go?

maxieq,
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@Loukas I think Mastodon is a quite typically German creation. Well made, but it has quirks. Kind of like how Germany is a manufacturing behemoth at the forefront of technology, but just can't seem to do broadband right. Is that a problem? I'm not sure it is.

maxieq,
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@Loukas I think this DW spot from a year or so ago talked a lot about the underlying issues with Germany and the internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIUFdCkueA

timClicks, to random
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It's crazy to me that Bored Ape NFTs are still trading for 29 ETH / $50k USD https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/buyers-of-bored-ape-nfts-sue-after-digital-apes-turn-out-to-be-bad-investment/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned

maxieq,
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@timClicks Line goes up

Loukas, to random
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Now it's getting serious [satire]

maxieq,
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@Loukas Barbarer. Snart sätter de fyr på sådana ovärderliga verk som Gesammelte Schriften und Denkwürdigkeiten av von Moltke.

Loukas, to random
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I'm trying to escape the conclusion that I should write more. Bollocks.

maxieq,
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@Loukas Never stop writing. Even if what is written IS bollocks.

HeavenlyPossum, to random
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Tankies get really mad when you affirm the reality of the Bosnian genocide because, to them, the Yugoslav wars are a classic example of Western imperialism to dismantle “socialism” in Europe.

To them, the war began with and is exclusive to the NATO war against Milosevic’s forces. The idea that the war began with Milosevic’s invasions of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia, or that it involved the people of Yugoslavia fighting for their own goals and purposes, is utterly alien. The people of the former Yugoslavia aren’t really real to them; they’re fetish objects, background character’s in the tankie’s story.

https://kolektiva.social/

maxieq,
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@HeavenlyPossum In essence they're not talking to the people of the affected areas. They're trying to score brownie points with people on their own campus or in their own bubble. It's more important that Phil and Jane down the cubicle know that the speaker has the "right thought" than to interrogate the mothers of the men and boys of places like Srebrenica and Sarajevo about what actually happened.

OTOH, those people are probably "crisis actors" employed by the CIA /s

anderspuck, to Ukraine
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I have ventured into the genre of reaction videos. Military analyst Michael Kofman has argued that #Ukraine made a mistake when they decided to fight for Bakhmut, and that it undermined their preparations for the counteroffensive. Supposedly this is one of the reasons why the offensive has not delivered more results. Kofman is an influential figure, so I think it's important to point out that there are weaknesses in his argument. https://youtu.be/rNw4wkkibso

maxieq,
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@anderspuck Good video! My armchair generalship of course would object to a charge that Ukraine has not achieved with western tactics what was hoped, with a quiet query about whether that depended more on that which has not been provided to Ukraine - air power.

maxieq,
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@bluGill @anderspuck Ukraine have shown that they can use manouver warfare, like in the Kharkiv region. It's not like they can't use it. I just think that Moltke's law about battleplans, ie that no such thing survives the first contact with the enemy, is very true. Particularly if you spend months talking about the battle plan in the media.

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