Sven Fischer

@porhtnasim
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A new vector for spreading misinformation is simply to get your version of the story indexed by an AI chatbot where no fact check, Community Note or citation will point out that it’s a made up story.

This will be extremely difficult to combat effectively.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2025/04/17/russia-seeds-chatbots-with-lies-any-bad-actor-could-game-ai-the-same-way/83137756007/#

Russia seeds chatbots with lies. Any bad actor could game AI the same way

In their race to push out new versions with more capability, AI companies leave users vulnerable to “LLM grooming” efforts that promote bogus information.

The Detroit News
Crypto markets are crashing and analysts expect pre-market stock trading to be a masssive sell off. As I’ve said, last week’s market drop was a blip and the real drop will occur when it’s clear tariffs aren’t being repealed.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/lanz-steinbrueck-trump-europa-russland-china-li.3229729
Der erste Deutsche Politiker der verstanden hat was die Stunde geschlagen hat.
#Steinbrück #Lanz
Steinbrück bei Lanz: Eine Sendung zum Fürchten

Am Abend, als Donald Trump seine neuen Zölle verkündet, zeichnet Per Steinbrück bei Lanz ein dystopisches Bild der Welt.

Süddeutsche Zeitung
People are mad at big law firms for folding but I think they see clearly the reality we now live in — no one can protect you if the government is intent on harming you and is willing to ignore the courts to do so.

... https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/managing-flood-risk/?nab=2

Most efforts focus on flood prevention with only some of the efforts trying to increase terrestrial water retention. Efforts are fragmented and delegated to unequipped and underfunded local councils. I remember an exhibition about the intended implementation of water management measures in the meadows when I visited Hadrian's Wall. The Film and illustrations appeared 15+ years old and nothing has been implemented in the surrounding area...

Managing flood risk - NAO report

This report evaluates whether government’s approach to managing the risks of flooding and coastal erosion is achieving value for money.

National Audit Office (NAO)
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq6529
Multiple evidence that terrestrial water storage is drastically declining. A vicious cycle of increased evapotranspiration that creates dry soil unable to store water, what causes less surface water and therefore less evaporation and cloud formation resulting in less precipitation. #Desertification of many and large ecosystem across the globe likely. From what I could find, England and Wales are apparently unprepared....

@robparsons @wood5y @HarriettMB @pennine It's not a good idea to assume that someone claiming to be a successful multi-millionaire businessman either is as rich as claimed or that it as a result of any intelligence or merit of any kind. Statistically some morons get lucky. It's that simple.

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219525918500145

See also Fooled by Randomness by Nicholas Taleb, an entire book on the subject.

TALENT VERSUS LUCK: THE ROLE OF RANDOMNESS IN SUCCESS AND FAILURE | Advances in Complex Systems

$1.6B in crypto stolen in the first 3 months of the year which is a 4.7x increase from last year.

From the future of banking to the future of bank robbery.

https://www.theblock.co/post/348440/crypto-industry-worst-quarter-hacks-in-history-1-6-billion-usd-losses-immunefi

Just in case a you missed it. #HSS just proudly held a press conference in front of inmates of a concentration #camp (CC) , a camp her administration already sent people from the #US without due process. They are also building their own CC, far away from US jurisdiction. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/guantanamo-trump-migrants.html?smid=nytcore-android-share __1/2
Guantánamo Bay Prepares for President Trump’s Migrant Surge

About 300 servicemembers have arrived in recent days as the base faces its most drastic changes since the Pentagon opened a prison there after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The New York Times

https://open.substack.com/pub/phillipspobrien/p/ukraine-was-just-knifed-in-the-back?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5cgv8h

No need to sugar coat it, "The #US just knifed Ukraine in the back." A deal that is of no use to #Ukraine hut essentially offers #Putin an effective end to sanctions. Given all the admiration expressed by this administration to autocrats around the world, is anyone surprised?
#Trump #Russia

Ukraine Was Just Knifed In The Back

And The Ukrainians Know It