Such a joy @colsonwhitehead.com

The polls have closed in Hungary - and it appears that turnout will approach 80%, a post-communist record.

Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up?

My theory is that Anthropic is way, way, way more like OpenAI than its legion of fans would like to admit. They're already in the "OH MY GOD THIS IS SO POWEFUL WE CAN'T SHARE IT WITH YOU" (and subsequent write-ups) phase of marketing tactics and I reckon it's going to get worse for them

thanks for being there!

No Kings Rally at Bebelplatz

#NoKings in Berlin with @indivisible.org

@constance-bln.bsky.social

Me at our Berlin #NoKings telling the crowd we need them to do all the daily stuff too 😬

EU parliament gave nod to the EU-US framework agreement this morning. Just now Politico published info from a FOIAR showing texts between Šefčovič and Luntick/Greer indicating the US wasn’t living up to its end of the bargain & the EU was mistrustful. And yet, MSs urged passing the deal today…

You know, once a jury has made its decision you are extremely justified in dropping the "allegedly"

The U.S. Ambassador to the EU said today he’ll take up EU digital policy, falsely claiming EU is discriminating against US tech, AFTER the EU passes the trade agreement. EU signed the deal expressly saying digital can not be a focus of it. Don’t sign the damn deal👇is what discrimination looks like.

Giving away the game here that ICE is his own mob he will deploy if his demands aren't met.

Iran is winning the war, we proved to them and the whole world that the IRGC's plans and weaponry are far more effective than ours in causing pain to their opponent.

We also neutered the growing opposition to the IRGC, so that's another plus.

I just remembered NFTs for second and laughed out loud.

What are we even doing?
None of this should be legal.

Reminder to avoid the Thiel distraction. A point we’ve been hitting on tour is the temptation to apply intellectual history methods to a regime of accumulation (digital capitalism) is misguided. You won’t understand the Tech Right by reading books (they don’t read). Look at how they run their firms.

NO KINGS Berlin, Germany · No Kings **We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

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Just got from the FEX platform to my BER gate in 16 minutes. I’m not one to stan BER, ever, but I’ll take it.
Also, I walk really fast.

in-ter-o-per-a-bi-li-ty

It may be an unseemly long word, but it's beautiful to watch at work.

February Podcast Gems I love podcasts. I'm sharing the best episodes I listened to in February with you.

February podcast recs

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I think I’ve shared this quote almost every international women’s day for the last 10 years. It makes me morose that in those 10 years I haven’t become more hopeful - although I always stay hopeful - sharing it.

A majority of Harris voters lived in Trump states.

A majority of Trump voters in 2020 lived in Biden states.

Democrats have won 42-46% of the vote in the South in every presidential election over the past three decades.

States and regions of the country aren’t monoliths

Inbox worth a thousand words
#EuropeanSovereignty

“While the Regulation should contribute to strengthening Europe’s strategic autonomy, it must also take into account existing industrial interdependencies and cooperation with like-minded partners." - Right-wing MEP Elena Donazzan

Jesus

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Sick of waking up on a Saturday and thinking, is this WWIII? What is happening? Why? STOP

Statement by President von der Leyen on the EU-Mercosur agreement Yesterday, Uruguay and Argentina became the first countries to ratify the EU-Mercosur Agreement. Brazil and Paraguay are expected to follow soon. And it is such good news. Because it shows the trust a

It's done. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has emailed staff urging those wishing to leave the country to depart "today”. He warns of likely high demand for flights from Ben Gurion Airport and stresses the importance of a rapid exit. NYT has seen the email.

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

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#NoKings #ICEOut

Thank you, I will look into Ghost, have also heard about Steady.