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Human maximalist. Researching parallel societies. Working on @awatar_net. Coined the term “Whig Accelerationism”.

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

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[Ben Reinhardt @Ben_Reinhardt]

I wonder if 50 years from now we're going to look back at how we've redesigned our world around computers with the same regret that people look back at how we redesigned cities around cars. 🤔

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

@dustinpwalsh https://t.co/kblz3pd3EY

[Emmanuel Rincón @EmmaRincon]

🚨 El alcalde demócrata de la ciudad de Nueva York, el comunista Mamdani, anuncia que trabaja en acciones legales para quitarle la propiedad a los dueños de edificios y transferirla a los inquilinos o a organizaciones comunitarias.

Son literalmente las políticas de Chávez.

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

@dustinpwalsh They can start with those fat cats that own multiple apartment buildings, lol. As for nationalization, that's what they did with Obamacare: attribute consequences of past regulations to market failing -> add new regulations to fix it -> it fails -> see, markets can't work at all!

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

Labor legislation will have to change, and polygraph will have to become a key tool for every mission-critical business operation. Thus, a major use-case for AI will have to be about the control and prevention of the use of AI at work. Dialectics! 🥲

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

2025 plays 🎶

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

@vladcostea Do you mean the new US tariffs? Information materials are supposed to be exempt from all duties, the best I know (I run a business that ships vinyl records from 🇯🇵)

AFAIK the problem is with FedEx/DHL over-collecting despite the exemption. Have tou tried regular govt-run mail?

[Gridpunk @thegridpunk]

That feeling you get, looking at beautiful old human places, is not in your head.

That feeling you get, looking at brutal new liminal places, is not in your head.

If I could improve the conditions of everyone suffering from anxiety in New York and LA, and it requires absolutely no change to their own lives, my only question would be how much?

The answer is trillions, and worth every penny.

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

Dinesh is hitting the podcast circuit with a "policing our own side" spiel. Warns about trading eternal values for the cheap high of Schmittean friend-enemy battles that wreck you long-term.

Dana lambasts "cancer within the right" and "anti-intellectual" tendencies.

If only...

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

@vasilkov О, Васильков! 👋 Лучи добра! Полистал твой блог, рад что у тебя всё, вроде, хорошо.

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

If you’ve been receiving telepathic messages from me lately, feel free to reach out. Always happy to chat in a more verbal fashion.

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

The people on X who post memes about Europoors refusing to use AC and spin dryers, and the people on X who think "Japan is living in 2050", are the same people.

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

@AGHamilton29 Historically it's how Lukashnko gets a "clean slate" from the West every time. Takes high-profile hostages, spends a few years excommunicado, then signals to the West "let's play ball". Frees prisoners, the West lifts sanctions, shakes his hands & memoryholes his torture chambers

[Dmitriy Molla @DmitriyMolla]

Léon Krier 1946-2025

His diagrams were an excellent tool that helped me understand what’s wrong with our modern built environment - and what we must do to improve it.

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

If something made software dev 10x easier, wouldn’t outsourcing prices be in free fall?

More productivity → lower barriers → more competition → lower rates.

Mkay. If Cursor is so good, why’s my Flutter app from Bangalore still $30k, late, and crashes when I rotate the phone?

[Dalton (Analyze & Optimize) @Outdoctrination]

Signs you have mold toxicity:

Cognitive & Neurological

⇨ Brain fog / poor memory
⇨ Difficulty concentrating
⇨ Word-finding issues
⇨ Headaches / migraines
⇨ Light sensitivity
⇨ Mood swings, anxiety, or depression

Respiratory

⇨ Sinus congestion
⇨ Chronic cough
⇨ Shortness of breath
⇨ Wheezing or chest tightness
⇨ Recurrent infections (sinus, bronchial)

Fatigue & Pain

⇨ Chronic fatigue
⇨ Muscle aches
⇨ Joint pain (without swelling)
⇨ Weakness
⇨ Exercise intolerance

Skin & Mucous Membranes

⇨ Itchy skin or rashes
⇨ Red eyes or blurred vision
⇨ Dry eyes, dry mouth
⇨ Increased static shocks

Gut & Immune

⇨ Nausea / abdominal pain
⇨ Diarrhea or constipation
⇨ Food sensitivities
⇨ Histamine intolerance
⇨ Low-grade fevers or immune suppression

Other Common Signs

⇨ Sensitivity to chemicals or smells
⇨ Frequent urination (especially at night)
⇨ Temperature dysregulation (feeling hot/cold)
⇨ Dizziness / balance issues
⇨ Metallic taste in mouth

All of this - especially if you get better when you go outside or away from certain buildings.

[Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon]

“Urbanism works when it creates a journey as desirable as the destination.”
— Paul Goldberger

[Nick Whitaker 🇺🇸 @ns_whit]

My pet theory is that this was the price of crypto/web3, a lost generation of founders

[Devon ☀️ @devonzuegel]

People are often willing to pay more to live in walkable, mixed-use communities

I knew this intuitively, but I wanted to understand:
1. Just how big is this premium?
2. How quickly does it set in?

So I dove into the data, & what I found blew me away

https://t.co/QfGKNEpbje

[ניקיטה לברוב @vakrolme]

To set ”regulatory compliance” as your goal is to admit being a sellout, a doormat to the rotten system, a decay-enabler.

A punk startup strives to evade regulations, not comply with them. The “C” in CCO should instead stand for Circumvention. Same thing, but opposite direction.

[BowTiedMara @BowTiedMara]

Sovereign Individual thesis playing out just as predicted

[L’anglais, c’est rien que le français, malprononcé @lefoudubaron]

“The endpoint of the UK’s current trajectory is a nuclear-armed jihadi state in the heart of the American Atlantic lake. This outcome must be prevented before it materializes."

[Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon]

Neurourbanism: scanning the brains of people looking at photos of cities finds easy correlation to how visited the places in the photos are in real life. Good urbanism, like beauty, is objective.
https://t.co/NSWtH2tQC9