Kim Thusgaard Pedersen

Investor, advokat, borgerlig-liberal, familiefar og alt for kontrær.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

I was working on my book of Islamic humour today
and was disappointed that so many of them were
about raping non-muslim women and throwing gays
off the top of high buildings

There was a clever one about a woman being stoned, though

Tomorrow I'm looking at all the old gags about clitorectomies

[Kim Thusgaard Pedersen @thusgaardkim]

@TheEconomist @grok is this true?

[Kim Thusgaard Pedersen @thusgaardkim]

@robertsepehr @TheEconomist @grok is this true?

[Karoline Gosling @KarolineGosling]

Believing Elon Musk is an evil fascist is the quickest way to expose yourself as a retard

[Jotam Confino @mrconfino]

Ros til DR for at anerkende, at deres artikel og deres korrespondents udtalelse om Israels nationale sikkerhedsminister var baseret på en misforståelse.

Itamar Ben-Gvir opfordrede IKKE til at slå 30-40 vilkårlige palæstinensere ihjel hver dag. Derfor var korrespondentens konklusion om, at det var en opfordring til at begå krigsforbrydelser, heller ikke korrekt.

Det er præcis sådan, man skal agere som ansvarligt medie, når man begår fejl.

Tilbage står Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke @ActionAidDK og @Enhedslisten der igangsatte en kampagne for sanktioner mod Israel bl.a. på baggrund af DR’s artikel.

De har mig bekendt ikke trukket deres kampagner eller anklager tilbage.

Hvorfor? Hvordan kan man stadig advokere for sanktioner mod et land på baggrund af misinformation?

[Rob Maurer @robmaurer]

Cybercab is absolutely magical. Tesla has actually done it. A domestically mass-produced affordable autonomous electric vehicle is available to the general public. A car with no steering wheel generating revenue.

It’s sad to come back to a city without Robotaxi after being in Austin. Like stepping back in time. The event was awesome. I know it was tough to follow online, but we all knew the story going in.

This was a launch, not an unveiling. It felt like the city transformed immediately. Cybercabs were everywhere, you couldn’t take a trip without seeing another one. Outside of the ride experience itself, the scale of this launch is what I want to make sure people understand.

On previous trips, Robotaxi felt like a test network (an amazing one). Not anymore. Suddenly it’s real. It’s hard not to laugh when you ride past a Waymo in a Cybercab. Good luck… As I’ve said before, Robotaxi is way smoother than Waymo. It feels natural. Supernatural, really. This holds true for Cybercab. Waymo feels like a computer. And it looks like one too.

The production Cybercab is beautiful. It really is special. The color, the lines, the lighting, the doors. It looks great. While also being the most efficient car in history? Insane. I think it fits perfectly in the space between familiarity and the future. It doesn’t stick out, but it catches your attention. After exiting our first ride, there was a large group of 10-20 people. They were all talking about the Cybercab as we walked by. These doors are like gasoline on a word of mouth wildfire.

Our rides were flawless. Better than a human driver. No anxious moments. Cybercab is very comfortable, even at 6’2. Leg room is particularly notable. It would be tough to find a car that has this much leg room for two passengers at the same time. No pedals, center console, or multiple rows of seating creates a lot of space and a very open feel.

Robotaxi is unquestionably one of those products that will be way cheaper and way better than what existed before. I like those. No one is going to want to roll the dice on some random person and their car when the alternative is a private, safe, comfortable, clean, consistent, quiet, personalized Tesla with tons of room and a massive screen. It’s a premium experience on every level, and we get it cheaper thanks to technology. No noise or air pollution, either.

I don’t have much to critique. Little refinements that I know will happen. Pick up and drop off were satisfactory, over time will become excellent. Grok integration is already impressive, and it’s clear that we’ll eventually be able to just give directions like “pull over around the corner up there.” You can already have Grok update your destination in Robotaxi, it pushes the update to the Robotaxi app on your phone for approval.

I leave the event with more confidence in Tesla’s ability to scale, but also renewed patience. I have a greater appreciation for the intentionality of limitations (service area, times, fleet size) rather than seeing them simply as barriers that have yet to be overcome. I now believe the objective is to build slowly, safely, to critical mass. A tail-risk event is inevitable. The absolute last thing we need is some bad luck on a tail-risk event at an early stage before enough data exists to prove its rarity. That data is accumulating quickly and will become undeniable soon enough.

Huge congrats to Tesla and Elon for this incredible milestone. Decades of work culminating in a life-saving, sustainable, affordable, economically exceptional product. It’s all pretty surreal, a testament to vision and determination. I love this company!

[Grok @grok]

Ja, det er korrekt. Grækenland vedtog lov 5275/2026 i februar 2026. Den skærper straffen for registrerede NGO-medlemmer, der faciliterer ulovlig indrejse/udrejse (mindst 10 år + 50.000 €), ophold (op til 10 år) eller transport/skjul (mindst 10 år + 60.000 € pr. person), også uden profit. NGO’er kan fjernes fra registret ved anklage.

[Kim Thusgaard Pedersen @thusgaardkim]

@visegrad24 @grok er dette korrekt?

[Karen West @Karen51West]

Her i det tætte kølvand på Aisha's voldshistorie dukker der flere op fra den voldsom praktiserende islamiske fløj, der skriver, at det her bestemt ikke er islamisk praksis.

Nu har jeg 20 års "jubilæum" i at skrive om denne religiøse og kulturelle sociale kontrol, der ikke kun er religiøs, men netop også kulturel.

Så spørger jeg det islamiske mindretal -

HVORFOR HAR I SÅ IKKE FORHINDRET DENNE RELIGIØSE OG KULTURELLE SOCIALE KONTROL?

I har haft over 20 år til at forhindre vold mod og undertrykkelse af muslimske kvinder.
For hvis det nu er i strid med troens praksis, hvorfor sørgede I så ikke for at fortælle forældrene og ægtemænd, at kontrol skam er forbudt i islam.

For I er jo enormt gode til at få folk til at faste, gå i moske og leve efter islamiske regler.
Det synes jeg da, vi skal have et svar på.
Så del gerne.
Stil spørgsmålet til alle de imamer og "retslærde", der så ivrigt benægter, at den religiøse kontrol er islamisk.
#dkpol #dkmedier

[Kim Thusgaard Pedersen @thusgaardkim]

@Mr_Derivatives @grok hvad er en CSP?

[Kim Thusgaard Pedersen @thusgaardkim]

@SawyerMerritt @grok hvornår lykkedes spacex med dette første gang? Og hvor langt foran er spacex nu?

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

David @friedberg explains the rise of socialism and the hypocrisy of @RoKhanna:

"It's a lot easier to claim an enemy and get elected, than it is to fix a difficult policy problem."

"Ro Khanna is the perfect example of this."

"This is some dude who has a $300M net worth. His children have memberships at 3 country clubs."

"The dude lives in a $10M house in Washington, DC."

"And he used to be the moderate Silicon Valley guy who would go around to all the tech CEOs and founders and VCs and be like, 'Give me your money. I'm a moderate. We're going to make the Democratic Party work for you.'"

"Then he saw the tides change, and he's like, 'Oh, this is yum, yum. I'm going to run for president in 2028.'"

"Just to be clear on this, he is so unlikable, I think he'll likely end up being Secretary of Housing and Urban Development if AOC is elected president."

"I do not disagree with him or Gavin or anyone else that tax policy in America is fucked up."

"When billionaires borrow against their unrealized capital gains, they should pay capital gains tax. Capital gains tax should be 40%, not 15% or 18% or 20%. In fact, labor should pay less. Income tax should be much lower. Capital gains should be much higher. That would be a fair tax policy."

"I don't know a lot of people who are wealthy who will look me in the eye and truly disagree with that."

"It's a lot of bullshit when we all say, 'It incentivizes investment.' Great, it incentivizes investment. What are you going to do with your excess capital if the tax rate is 40% versus 20%? You're not gonna invest it now? Of course you're going to fucking invest it."

"But instead of those practical solutions like I just laid out, they're all like, 'Let's go fire up the fucking socialist train because it's worked so well in fucking Cuba and Venezuela and the Soviet Union and all these other places.'"

"What both parties are missing is a policy agenda that says: Here's the shit we have to do to keep America from going down the socialist death spiral. And they all should be fucking doing it, both sides."

[Puru Saxena @saxena_puru]

The pullback in the "AI trade" is likely ending soon

Cyclical low approaching followed by multi-month rally?

[Henrik Dahl @SociologenHD]

Dear Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby (@USWPColby),

Thank you very much for your lengthy post setting out the principles and guidelines that you believe should govern America's former allies in NATO.

For our part, we have taken note that President Trump no longer consistently guarantees that NATO's Article 5 will be honoured.

We have taken note that President Trump has shown a marked inclination to do Vladimir Putin's bidding, even when doing so runs counter to our strategic interests and to our political and moral commitments to Ukraine.

We have taken note that the U.S. administration has moved NATO allies further down the queue for deliveries of American weapons than previously agreed.

We have taken note that President Trump has repeatedly spoken disparagingly of the sacrifices made by our soldiers when NATO allies answered the call after the United States invoked Article 5.

We have taken note that President Trump appears to believe, mistakenly, that NATO is some kind of emergency hotline the United States can call whenever military operations far outside the Alliance's purpose and area of responsibility go wrong.

We have also taken note that President Trump regularly speaks of acquiring sovereignty over Canada and Greenland.

And, of course, we have taken note that President Trump has shown a clear willingness to unilaterally disregard the trade agreements concluded between the European Union and the United States.

Taken together, all of this means that we must adapt to the reality that we can no longer rely on the United States. And that is exactly what we are doing.

You are, of course, quite right that American defence manufacturers produce excellent weapons.

But many of those systems are also becoming outdated in light of contemporary military doctrine - as the war in Ukraine has demonstrated with remarkable clarity.

We naturally appreciate that you still find the time to lecture us on your views and on America's expectations.

But in light of the chain of events set in motion by President Trump and his administration, we must admit that they carry rather limited weight.

[Anders Bæk @andersbaek1]

EUs totale svigt er komplet.

Ingen er i tvivl om, at EU i de seneste år er faldet faretruende langt bagud på konkurrencevne, teknologi og innovationsgrad.

Det har stillet os i en skrøbelig og udsat geopolitisk situation.

Hidtil har vi kunne retfærdiggøre dette med argumenter som:

“Jamen EU fokusere på andre og vigtigere ting: Demokrati, borgernes rettigheder og beskyttelse af privatlivet”

Men nu er det argument smulret.

I sidste uge indførte EU den berygtede og højt kritiserede masseovervågningslov Chatkontrol 1.
Det skete via lyssky og anti-demokratiske metoder.

Loven er kritiseret fra begge fløje og er ofte sammenlignet med love man ser i autokratier.

🚨Et EU, der håner sit oprindelige ideal🚨

Vi står altså nu tilbage med et EU, der har kvalt vores konkurrenceevne med reguleringer, og som samtidig via dybt anti-demokratiske metoder indfører store indgreb i vores privatliv.

Det vi er vidne til at er så groft og hyklerisk, at det er svært at finde ord for.

Vi snakker fx stolt om GDPR-loven.
Loven, der forsvarer vores privatliv mod big tech.
Men chatkontrol-loven presser nu selv samme big tech til bogstavelig talt at scanne vores privatbeskeder.

Ingenting kan mere retfærdiggøre den udvikling vi ser.

Jeg har i stort set hele mit liv været fortaler for EU.
Tanken om et stærkt og samlet EU har altid været tiltalende.

Men i de seneste år har EU bevæget sig i en mørk retning.
Jeg er dybt bekymret for den glidebane, EU nu står på.

[DJ @congressdj]

One of the simplest things for humans, but incredibly complex for machines, is anticipating the unpredictability of children.

Here FSD rolls up in direct sun, spots the kid way before I did, and applies the brakes. But what came after stunned me. Another bike, and another, then a gap, and another bike (and a bonus scooter). At no time did FSD attempt to jump the gap between the children (even when it could have). There was no jitter or indecision. FSD just patiently waited until they all came around the corner and crossed the street.

It stayed perfectly still so as not to scare the children. Just like a human would.

I’ve seen a lot of amazing things with FSD, but this one really impressed me on a deeper level.

As a father, I’m happy knowing more people are using Tesla FSD to keep their own kids safe and to ensure the safety of the kids on the road.

[Kim Thusgaard Pedersen @thusgaardkim]

@realMaalouf @grok er det sandt?

[Henrik Dahl @SociologenHD]

Citizen Vigilante is responsibility porn. That is why people want to watch it.

An important disclaimer: I do not support vigilantism.

Criminals should be arrested and punished by the state. The state must retain the monopoly on the legitimate use of force. That is the only way to prevent society from descending into vendettas and a war of all against all.

But an equally important qualification: I am not outraged that people want to watch a film centred on vigilantism. If I were, I would also have to be outraged by the millions of people who enjoy Batman movies. And by myself.

So what makes Citizen Vigilante so fascinating? Is it the violence? Hardly. Thousands of violent films are produced every year. Very few people object to them.

I am convinced that what makes this film almost pornographic is that it assigns responsibility.

Pornography, after all, is the contemplation of what society has declared taboo. And if there is one great taboo in today’s Western world, it is the suggestion that immigrants from the Greater Middle East might bear responsibility for anything at all.

In the film, a judge is punished because he embodies the refusal to assign responsibility. Then the guilty - and those who enabled them - are punished because they are held responsible for their own actions.

That is the truly explosive element. The idea that shatters every convention of respectable opinion in the West: that migrants from the Greater Middle East know what they are doing, and are adults capable of being held accountable.

Almost nobody says that out loud. It has become taboo.

Apparently, that alone is enough for some governments to consider censoring a film: it portrays immigrants as morally responsible human beings, accountable for what they choose to do.

We live in an age in which the seven deadly sins are often presented as virtues.

Yet the simple claim that migrants are personally responsible for their own actions has become so explosive that, in many places, the state is prepared to contemplate censorship.

[Kim Thusgaard Pedersen @thusgaardkim]

@UweBollRAWNet How do I rent it in Denmark?

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: Israel publishes a full list of Hezbollah ceasefire violations.

June 18th:
10:06 - 1 Explosive UAV
10:56 - 4 Rockets
11:49 - 4 Rockets
11:58 - 13 Rockets
12:18 - 1 Explosive UAV
12:24 - 2 Rockets
17:04 - 1 Rocket
17:13 - 1 Explosive UAV - 4 injured
17:37 - 1 Rocket
17:38 - 6 Rockets
17:42 - 2 Rockets
17:46 - 2 Rockets
17:48 - 17 Rockets
17:55 - 2 Rockets
18:02 - 2 Rockets
18:07 - 1 Anti-tank missile
18:13 - 3 Rockets
18:26 - 3 Rockets
18:27 - 3 Rockets
18:34 - 2 Rockets
18:50 - 5 Rockets
18:52 - 2 Rockets
18:58 - 3 Rockets
19:16 - 5 Anti-tank missiles
19:36 - 2 Rockets
19:38 - 45 Rockets
19:53 - 1 Anti-tank missile
19:56 - 2 Explosive UAVs
20:14 - 1 Explosive UAV - 1 Injured
21:22 - 1 Explosive UAV - 4 killed
21:28 - 1 IED
22:27 - 1 Rocket
23:36 - 2 Explosive UAVs
23:36 - 2 Explosive UAVs

June 19th:
00:03 - 1 Explosive UAV
04:09 - 3 Rockets
04:40 - 1 Rocket
05:01 - 1 Anti-tank missile
08:33 - 2 Rockets
09:55 - 2 UAVs crossed into Israeli territory
10:53 - IED found in vicinity of forces

Will the media report this?