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Alessio Bragadini

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Fractional CIO and IT generalist based in Milan, Italy. Old-timer internet nerd focused on privacy, data, and the web. #FriendFeed lover. Opinions are not only mine; they are weak and subject to change.

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The new NYT poll finds Trump 17 points underwater on immigration, and the nonwhite and young voters who went to Trump in 2024 have snapped back to Dems

It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary

22.01.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 1055 πŸ” 298 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 26

Iran is under an internet blackout. Iranian protestors aren’t seeing Trump’s posts (who knows how many usually would, but they aren’t now). This message isn’t for them.

A show of pretend toughness for Iran regime change advocates, and pretend concern while violently repressing protestors at home.

13.01.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 876 πŸ” 206 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 7
Time person of the year cover for 2025

Time person of the year cover for 2025

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

12.12.2025 04:00 πŸ‘ 24042 πŸ” 4384 πŸ’¬ 876 πŸ“Œ 668

In hindsight, it’s been the story of the last election, much more than Sleepy Joe, economic woes or plain racism.

13.12.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What to know about Trump's executive order to curtail state AI regulations President Donald Trump is pressuring states to stop regulating artificial intelligence in a new executive order.

There’s not much to know: Big Tech literally bought this administration, and now it is making sure that no rules β€” or rights β€” will be getting in their way.

What to know about Trump's executive order to curtail state AI regulations

apnews.com/article/trum...

13.12.2025 08:46 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

Sacks "has 708 tech investments, including at least 449 stakes in companies with ties to artificial intelligence that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies, according to a New York Times analysis"

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

30.11.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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29.11.2025 05:50 πŸ‘ 20277 πŸ” 5189 πŸ’¬ 896 πŸ“Œ 237
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europeβ€”while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"

Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

29.11.2025 05:33 πŸ‘ 1498 πŸ” 714 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 87

Frankie, you’re a legend

15.11.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As another weekend of Barclay’s Premier League football gets underway, and a massacre is still unfolding in El Fasher, we cannot lose sight of the fact that the same people who are funding the slaughter in Sudan also own Manchester City Football Club.

It is a national disgrace.

01.11.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 242 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
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Arte italiana a Parigi in autunno | Robb Report Italia L'arte italiana protagonista a Parigi durante Art Basel Paris con la collezione Grassi e opere di Schifano, De Dominicis, Paladino e Boetti

#Arte italiana a Parigi in autunno | Robb Report Italia #arte-contemporanea #asta #collezione-darte

21.10.2025 06:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OpenAI expects to be profitable in 2029-2030. Some 15 years after starting.

If we consider it the next wave of bit techs, then think of this:

* Google was profitable in year 3
* Facebook (seemingly starting with no monetization idea) was so in year 6

OpenAI? Year 15. Probably. Maybe.

23.09.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl DΓΆnitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

22.09.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 6879 πŸ” 2562 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 76

iOS 26 is out now and I recommend updating immediately. If it bricks your device you don't have to work today

15.09.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD in 1939 Nazi Germany & USSR exchanged telegrams. USSR wanted info on the Polish army ahead of plans to invade Poland 17th Sep, which were related to Hitler.

The sort of things allies do.

13.09.2025 08:30 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

Leningrado 1952, probabile proprio, diciamo

12.09.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not the first person to make this observation, but this being the biggest story in the world at present really speaks to how much Twitter still serves as a universal assignments editor for English-language journalists.

12.09.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 6253 πŸ” 1274 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 63
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β€œClassiche posizioni conservatrici americane”

Incredibile

12.09.2025 06:05 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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I was expecting the Reichstag Fire parallel to be made, but I did not expect it to come from the right.

12.09.2025 06:39 πŸ‘ 3777 πŸ” 730 πŸ’¬ 205 πŸ“Œ 127

i cannot believe they are expecting us to play along with this "might not be his signature" farce and that a lot of people actually are, i feel like ive lost my goddam mind

09.09.2025 23:40 πŸ‘ 14911 πŸ” 2027 πŸ’¬ 479 πŸ“Œ 158

This is a fundamental truth that they really really really don’t want to listen to.

03.09.2025 07:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember, when Sam Altman says shit like "future iterations of GPT will require fusion power" or "we will need to build data centers on the moon" he's not revealing an ambitious roadmap.

He's doing marketing. Putting "OpenAI" and "moon base" in the same sentence is the only goal.

02.09.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 5

CalendaGPT?

02.09.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

non-zero chance X and TikTok swung the 2024 election; zero chance Bluesky did

01.09.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

OTD in 1939 Nazi Germany staged the Gleiwitz incident. After accusing Poland of ethnic cleansing against his countrymen, Hitler staged a false flag to justify invasion & genocide.

Imagine such bullshit being tolerated today....

31.08.2025 06:46 πŸ‘ 1093 πŸ” 240 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7

How did America lose its democracy? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.

28.08.2025 02:45 πŸ‘ 906 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3
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Puoi dire e fare la qualunque, ma se osi irretire i no vax o difendere la distinzione tra scienza e complotto, allora sei fuori da questo governo

20.08.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not

09.08.2025 06:15 πŸ‘ 11848 πŸ” 2229 πŸ’¬ 155 πŸ“Œ 121

Yeah, AI is a tool. It can be extremely useful if used correctly. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people don’t know how to use it correctly, and never will given how it’s being marketed.

08.08.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 330 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2