Nicola Efflandrin

“Being too far ahead of your time is indistinguishable from being wrong.”
Howard Marks

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor.

It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. https://t.co/OVVPJO7VQx

[Nicola Efflandrin @effla]

https://t.co/xcVYf5HlIr

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

2/ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 30, 2025: https://t.co/sHKscKgLw0

[Nicola Efflandrin @effla]

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

OBAMA: “What if I sent the National Guard into Texas and said I don’t care what Governor Abbott says… and just kind of took over?”

Imagine that.

Fox News would’ve held a 96-hour emergency broadcast with 18 split screens and a countdown to “Tyranny Day.”

But when it’s Trump doing it? Crickets.

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that it is impossible to conclude a peace agreement with the current Ukrainian government, effectively eliminating the possibility of serious peace negotiations. More ⬇️

Putin said on September 5 at the Eastern Economic Forum that he "do[es] not see much point" in negotiating with Ukraine as it will be "impossible" to reach an agreement with Ukraine.

Putin falsely claimed that even if Russia and Ukraine conclude a peace agreement, Ukraine must lift martial law and hold presidential elections ahead of a national referendum to codify the agreement, and that the Ukrainian Constitutional Court must then make a decision on the referendum.

Putin claimed that Ukraine lacks the "political will" to make an agreement at all, however, and that the Ukrainian Constitutional Court is non-functional as Zelensky is still in power, effectively reiterating his false claims that Zelensky and the current Ukrainian government are illegitimate. Putin and other Kremlin officials have repeatedly rejected the legitimacy of Zelensky and his government, deliberately misreading the Ukrainian constitution.

Putin’s statement is part of his continued effort to portray Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials as partners with whom Russia cannot negotiate or sign a final peace agreement.

ISW has long assessed that Putin is not interested in meaningful negotiations to end the war and instead sought to delay or prolong negotiations, and his September 5 statements are now attempting to justify Russia's refusal to negotiate at all.

non-functional

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Radical Leftist Ronald Reagan on tariffs in 1987:

We are there.

[Sebastian Raschka @rasbt]

Kimi K2 is basically DeepSeek V3 but with fewer heads and more experts:

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

Not sure LAPD knew they were being watched here……

[Brett Adcock @adcock_brett]

On Friday, Figure completed a 20-hour run of back-to-back shifts on the BMW X3 production line!

We’ve been running 10-hour shifts for several weeks now and as far as we know, Figure and BMW are the first in the world to do this with humanoid robots

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

I am getting SO tired of these posts from influencers:

“We literally cloned an N billion-dollar company in 20 minutes with {vibe coding tool}. This changes the game forever.”

No, you didn’t “clone” a billion-dollar business. You created a landing page similar to it. That’s all.

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

OTD in 1989 absolutely nothing happened at #Tiananmen Square.

Anyone who says otherwise will disappear.

[Igor Kulakov (MicroFactory) @ihorbeaver]

Introducing MicroFactory

A robot that automates repetitive manual work — starting with electronics assembly.

[jpa @josephpalbanese]

new project: cleo (kindle + llm) 📚

cleo is an ios app that pairs whatever book you're reading on kindle with an llm (o3) — ask questions, get recaps/summaries, or listen/discuss (think audiobooks but interactive). the llm has context on exactly where you are + the book contents.

best part? no complex setup needed. just link your kindle account and that's it. it just works.

reply / rt for testflight invite 👇

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

MORE: Russian forces appear to be reducing their use of cruise missiles, indicating that increased Russian drone production and innovations to long-range drones and related strike tactics are providing Russian forces with a cheaper alternative to cruise missiles.⬇️

Ukrainian Air Force Spokesperson Colonel Yurii Ihnat stated on May 24 that Ukrainian forces are struggling to use Patriot air defense systems to down modified Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles due to recent Russian improvements, including enhancements that enable the missile to change trajectory and perform maneuvers rather than flying in a straight line.

Ukrainian aviation expert Anatoliy Khrapchynskyi reported on February 11 that Russian forces had reduced their use of Kh-101 and Kh-555 cruise missiles and were increasingly using Kh-59 and Kh-69 cruise missiles.

ISW has observed Russian forces rarely using Kh-101, Kh-55, and Kh-555 cruise missiles against Ukraine since February 2025 and infrequently using Kh-59 and Kh-69 cruise missiles since March 2025.

Russian forces most recently used almost 60 cruise missiles against Ukraine on April 24, but Russia typically uses large numbers of Shahed and decoy drones to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses in nightly strikes and has recently relied on small numbers of ballistic missiles to conduct more targeted strikes against Ukrainian cities.

Russian forces appear to be increasing their use of long-range drones and decreasing their use of cruise missiles in strikes against Ukraine, possibly to conserve the fixed-wing airframes that Russian forces use to launch cruise missiles.

[piet @repiet]

You are here

[Riley Brown @rileybrown]

Anthropic just announced web search built into their API.

So without writing a line of code, let’s create a mobile app called Claudexity, that allows us to chat with Claude that can search the web.

1. Prototype @v_computer (Claude API built into app you don’t need to bring your own)
2. Export to Cursor, paste docs and add search step.

Note: make sure web search is enabled in your Anthropic Console.

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

We have two types of Dangers in world.

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

Who can reply to Carl Sagan's this question?

[Nicola Efflandrin @effla]

@SnazzyLabs Engagement bait? Well played. Just curious—does paying X every month to a company owned by your good friend Elon Musk make you feel like a winner?