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John Burnside's last poem for the @LRB:
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"It is impossible to know what ideas never came into the world because someone couldn’t or wouldn’t accept an hourly rate that barely covers the babysitter." yalereview.org/article/chris…
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Paul Graham wrote an essay in 2010 about how the best founders are naughty because they break the rules
Then he has an interesting anecdote about Sam Altman...
Interesting lens through which to view why OpenAI keeps showing up in the news for doing obviously bad things
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"Ukraine has made its European choice. Now Europe must make its Ukrainian choice. We need to decide and act fast, or face disastrous consequences for decades to come." Sobering analysis by @fromTGA prospectmagazine.co.uk/world…
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🎥 The Economist’s film on the Russians fighting back against Putin has won Silver, and the People’s Lovie, in the News and Politics category at the @lovieawards!
Watch the film here econ.st/3sxCsd1 ⬇️
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Raids on Crimea and oil/gas platforms to eliminate radar, then a complex drone/missile strike against Sevastopol. This is a very sophisticated approach to making Crimea untenable for the Russians.
The Ukrainian General Staff is running rings around the Russian General Staff.
Russian authorities confirm the Minsk landing ship and and Rostov-on-Don submarine were "completely destroyed" in last nights attack on the RusNavy base in occupied Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. In addition, the city of Sevastopol devolved into complete chaos last night resulting in the friendly-fire deaths of local police and military personnel.
<<Two ships have been lost forever, many dead and fire on their own. What really happened at night in Sevastopol?
We learned about the consequences of the enemy's attack on the Sevmorzavod (dry dock/shipyard) in Sevastopol tonight. Sources in the Black Sea Fleet, in the General Staff and in the Sevastopol government told us the following:
First, unfortunately, as a result of the missile strike, 11 people were killed - factory workers and the military. 31 people, according to the latest data, were injured.
Secondly, the missiles completely destroyed two of our vessels – the large landing ship Minsk and the submarine Rostov-on-Don. Both vessels that were here for repair are not subject to restoration. In addition, two more vessels have been damaged at the Sevmorzavod, and it may be possible to restore them. The interlocutors refused to say the names of these ships, "so that the enemy would not receive valuable information about the result of his terrorist attack."
Thirdly, according to updated data, eight enemy missiles and two naval drones were fired at Sevastopol. The drones were destroyed, and only two of the missiles were shot down, so the damage from the impact is so serious. Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has already demanded to strengthen the city's air defense.
By the way, we wrote a week ago that the shelling of Sevastopol would be intensified, the head of the city also knew about this. And he "does not understand how it was possible not to strengthen the defense of the city, despite all the warnings."
Fourthly, due to a missile strike at night, a panic began in Sevastopol. The police received information that saboteurs were operating in the city, and sent several outfits to search for them. One of them mistook an armed military patrol for saboteurs and opened fire on his own. As a result of the shootout, four people were killed - three soldiers and one policeman.">>
Images below of fire in Sevastopol and current NASA FIRMS satellite imagery of the fires there.
#OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar️ #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Counteroffensive #PutinIsNotRussia
This feels like a clear-eyed look at the Ukrainian counter-offensive to date, well worth a read: warontherocks.com/2023/09/pe…
This has thoroughly distracted me this morning. thelampmagazine.com/issues/i…
Super interesting thread on Ukraine's use of drones
Super interesting.
“We left grey areas on the map 15 years ago which Putin took advantage of, and now we need to make sure there is no more grey. It is about making crystal clear where the lines are.”
A deep dive inside the existential question of Ukraine’s Nato membership
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Thought I would try to pull together what I remember of the sequencing of the disaster that Musk has wrought on himself. None of this is really original. Probably a lot of it is contentious but maybe it helps just to tell a single linear story so you can fashion your own.
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M2 Ultra Mac Studio review is live and one insane test result I found after posting:
Transcoding 4k videos in Compressor
M2 Max - 3 min 25 sec
M2 Ultra - 0 min 47 sec


































