Notices by Erik Jonker (erikjonker@mastodon.social)

I just have no words for this....

The cover of the Lancet says it all. The Trump administration is destroying healthcare and science.
#trump #kennedy #healthcare #science #politics

To avoid misunderstandings, EU says it will accept no increase in US tariffs after Supreme Court ruling: 'a deal is a deal' .
https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-says-it-will-accept-no-increase-us-tariffs-after-supreme-court-ruling-a-deal-2026-02-22/
#eu #usa #trade #geopolitics @geopolitics

How autocracy (Trump) in the US, destroys science and research, https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KduJi09Od0ycrpq8F0x0A?si=0VlWnNdoR9iSBr4cSHvIIA&t=973&pi=KD1EwB_UTMqhF
#trump #science #research #podcast #autocracy

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/116012822169761790

The "Cease-Fire" in Gaza.
#Gaza #ceasefire #israel #geopolitics

@dalias @GossiTheDog i know but my point is we will not prevent open weight models like Qwen and Kiwi being used in all kind of applications, without users even knowing it

@dalias @GossiTheDog sure, but opensource models are trained on those models trained with stolen data, you can not make them disappear, they are used in backends, for example powerful Chinese opensource models

@dalias @GossiTheDog ...true, but empirically we can establish that ship has sailed, looking at usage numbers. Then we would also have to stop using models trained on those models etcetera, impossible...

@GossiTheDog ...at the same time i spoke a retired friend who was very enthusiastic about the new AI features in Adobe Photoshop, it really made his hobby more interesting.

@dalias @GossiTheDog ...i see, you mean because of their training data, i agree, but that is hard to fix now...

@dalias @GossiTheDog ...wow, your are totally locked-up in your own thinking, the person i mentioned did nothing even close to what you just mentioned... he was editing his OWN work...., he is not on reddit or social media....

De inhumane aanpak van ICE is geen uitwas, maar doelbewust beleid: ‘Ze proberen mensen te breken’ #ICE #VS #Trump #NRC
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/02/01/de-inhumane-aanpak-van-ice-is-geen-uitwas-maar-doelbewust-beleid-ze-proberen-mensen-te-breken-a4919026?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bluesky&utm_term=20260201&gift_token=4919026~1770567257~Y_3FDp0IEeKfgABQVoV_mg~eEveb7WjVLkcwQyp7YUqbf7JDkYLpza1bAMnz2wWgB4

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/115983651663698761

Wow, great practical application of GenAI

Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-blocking-links-to-ice-list-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/
#ice #trump #socialmedia

Important blog about a threat few people understand.
"AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy. When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away""
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/ai-bot-swarms-threaten-to-undermine

Underlying paper (preprint), https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06299

#AI #Democracy

For the record
#pambondi #dhs #ice #alexpretti #votingrecordsp #minnesota #minneapolis #politics

Past the breaking point. The violent occupation of an American city is more than a warning.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-breaking-point
#trump #usa #politics #minnesota #minneapolis #ice

This is fascism. The immunity part is chilling.
source: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2011213308968538361
#Trump #DHS #ICE #immunity #fascism #geopolitics @geopolitics

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/115829841130722140

Xi and Putin can argue that it is perfectly logical they start their own wars and invade nearby countries... Trump has weakened the USA in an enormous way. No morals, no credibility ,no justice, no democracy , just autocracy and fascism.
#usa #venezuela #geopolitics #trump #autocracy @geopolitics

"How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it"
https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-allocates?utm_campaign=post
#googlemaps #restaurants #london