Ludditus ex-Béranger

« Après l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles. » — Jean de La Bruyère

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

@NicusorDanRO Moldova, cu Transnistria și Găgăuzia? Ucraina, care a degradat statutul limbii ruse, de parcă limba rusă ar fi atacat-o? Persecutarea unei minorități este în contradicție cu valorile UE! Cretini mai sunteți, și tu, și Ursula.

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

I'm sick of the millions of stupid accounts who post excessively praising shit about this and that AI thing. I visit X only so infrequently because of this X AI slop. Are those tweets even by humans? X has become pure garbage.

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

Wow, a true paradise!

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

In Transnistria, people are now living “a better life”: groceries are being given on installment plans.

The reason is that in the unrecognized republic (Moldovan territory occupied by Russia), every fifth resident asks for a loan until payday.

This is what the so-called “Russian world” looks like.

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

Even Stalin was a better liar.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Putin once again explained who had been “bombing Donbas for eight years”

The bald old man claimed that Russia did not start the war against Ukraine.

According to his version, after the Maidan, Kyiv itself launched hostilities, while Moscow was merely “defending” Crimea and trying to negotiate.

“This is war. They brought in artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems. They started hostilities in southeastern Ukraine. We tried to persuade them for eight years. Do you understand?” Putin said.

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

The main issue that needs to be negotiated is how to kill Putin.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Key takeaways from Putin’s statements today. “Let’s all get along”

🔵 It was not Russia that started the war, but NATO.

🔵 Russia’s satellite constellation will be better than Starlink.

🔵 Schools and streets should be named after participants in the war.

🔵 Russia is actively developing AI-powered drones.

🔵 The Russian army is advancing every day — “not as fast as we would like,” but still moving forward.

🔵 All issues should be resolved through negotiations, not ultimatums.

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

And how is this going to help?

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

❤️ LAW OF THE DAY

The Russian language is no longer protected in Ukraine.

It has been removed from the list of languages covered by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

At the same time, protection remains in place for other minority and indigenous languages and has been extended to Urum, Rumeika, Romani, Czech, Krymchak, Karaim, and Yiddish.

The law was signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

Money talks.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

BMW and Audi cars are being imported into Russia disguised as Chinese Changan vehicles

The sanctions-evasion scheme is simple: before crossing the border, Chinese brand logos are simply attached to the cars.

Once in Russia, they are removed, and the vehicles become German again.

[Ludditus ex-Béranger @ludditus]

WTF is this piece of fireworks shit?

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

A historic moment: the main tower of the Sagrada Família has finally been completed

The day before, it was consecrated by Pope Leo XIV, marking the 100th anniversary of the death of the great architect Antoni Gaudí.

The 172.5-meter Tower of Jesus Christ has become the tallest part of the church, and the Sagrada Família is now considered the tallest Christian structure in the world.

Construction of the basilica began in 1882. Gaudí died in 1926 without ever seeing his main masterpiece completed.

However, this is still not the final stage: interior work and the main entrance still remain. So the world’s most famous long-term construction project is officially not finished yet.

[Fengming Lu @FengmingLuPE]

Why did private firms, not state-owned enterprises (SOEs), come to dominate China’s EV sector?

My new @ChinaJournal article (co-authored with Xiao Ma @maxiaoalex) challenge the "top-down industrial policy" narrative.

The real engine? Strategic alliances between local governments and private capital. 🧵

Based on 3+ years of fieldwork, 60+ interviews (with officials, entrepreneurs, and engineers), and rich first-hand accounts, we show how strict central regulations inadvertently drove local states to bet big on private EV players.

Here is the story: (1/15)

[Utkarsh Sharma @techxutkarsh]

1. The Main Switch

This is the main setting Google shows you, but it's not the only one.

Gmail (Desktop):

⚙️ Settings → See all settings → Smart features and personalization → Uncheck "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet" → Save Changes.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.

The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.

Access to all other Claude models is not affected.

We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/bwn0sximKZ

[Stansaid Airport @StansaidAirport]

Airport logic.

[Stansaid Airport @StansaidAirport]

Marvellous. Picture just in from Betty, 74, on safari at Kruger National Park. Such majestic animals. Super.

[Stansaid Airport @StansaidAirport]

Hopefully we'll have no more bird strikes after today. Made great progess with their union rep this morning.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

World leaders: the flotilla is desperately trying to draw your attention to the plight of the Palestinians. Torture, rape, broken bones, beating to death, inflicted on men women children.
Their unbearable suffering is the consequence of (your?) complicity with Apartheid Israel.

[Chaofan Shou @Fried_rice]

Claude code source code has been leaked via a map file in their npm registry!

Code: https://t.co/jBiMoOzt8G

[Ziwen @ziwenxu_]

https://t.co/8eDDxgyJy2

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

If you don’t believe aliens are here and observing us, maybe you’re the conspiracy theorist.

[Stansaid Airport @StansaidAirport]

We've really lost the romance in flying. This was the typical configuration of an upper deck in a 747. Look how happy people were? No one on their phone, and no flip flops or joggers. Boeing really have lost their way.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I hang out with losers because it makes be feel better. I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success.