The Mechanical Eye

The Mechanical Eye

@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Gamer. European. Political Idiot. Clanker Wrangler. Software Developer. Information anarchist. Godless man of Science. Progressive Western Supremacist.

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The Mechanical Eye
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The EU is to blame for a lot of this. I'm generally pro-EU, even for more federalization (single army, etc), but seriously... a lot of red tape needs to be cut!

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu

Europe is angry. Rents are soaring. Energy prices are rising, fueling pain at the pump and inflation. Growth is stagnating. And borrowing costs are climbing in France, Italy, Spain and Greece. 🔗 vist.ly/5pqe9

politico.euEurope’s dangerous winter of discontentAhead of major elections in Spain, France, Greece and Italy, a plethora of crises is hammering the continent.
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

I've still not seen an actual working PoC for this.

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comThe Man Who Saved the Internet YesterdayOndřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
@gtconway.bsky.social

In 2020, Jared Kushner was senior advisor to the president of the United States, a full-time employee of the United States government, and was subject to numerous disclosure requirements and ethical restrictions under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

Vanity Fair@vanityfair.com

Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million In Transfers

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...
The Mechanical Eye
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It is a five-alarm fire, but not for the people close to him that is fully in the loop, they now have a tremendous amount of leverage over the decrepit fool. The POTUS is fully compromised.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.

The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Just gonna put this here. eMudhra living up to quality standards from India. If you've ever worked with software people from India you probably know what I'm talking about 💀 mastodon.catgirl.cloud/@49016/11747...

mastodon.catgirl.cloudFace, those cold eyes, and the pale people; I like them if we have.Many humans don't work.
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com

arstechnica.comDisgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business following certificate debacleFlubbed key signing "ceremony" allowed minting of Web credentials for any site.
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Just reverse engineer them already. Take one apart. Clone the design. use AI to pull apart the firmware. Improve everything to be suitable for a robotic assembly line. Then tell the USA to shove it, and start selling the better clones to the rest of Europe.

NOS@nieuws.nos.nl

Zelensky spreekt met Rubio over vertraging Patriots-levering, gesprekken in Oslo

nos.nlZelensky spreekt met Rubio over vertraging Patriots-levering, gesprekken in OsloVolgens internationale media is een levering van Patriot-raketten nog niet goedgekeurd door de Amerikaanse defensieminister. Ondertussen voert Rusland de aanvallen op.
The Mechanical Eye
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It's cute that the EU still thinks that UN deals are actually worth something. For most countries they are pure virtue signaling, not legally binding documents. Countries like the USA for instance, sign these deals, not to adhere to them, but to use as geopolitical weapons against others.

Marianne Gros@mariannegros.bsky.social

In 2022, the EU helped broker a UN deal to halt nature loss. Four years, two wars, and a major energy crisis later, its green ambitions face a different political reality. As COP17 opens in Yerevan, can the EU still lead on nature protection? Read & find out: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

politico.euEurope was leading a push to save nature from total collapse. Then came 2 wars and the energy shocks.Four years after it helped craft a historic global deal to save biodiversity, the EU is struggling to stay the course.

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Prof. Fred Gachon (he/him)
@fgachon.bsky.social

What is the red line for EU to say enough is enough? @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Israeli settlers attacked foreign nationals in the occupied West Bank on consecutive days, beating US photojournalist Heidi Levine, assaulting a French mayor and attacking European diplomats and Catholic clergy. Both attacks were filmed.

yacnews.comIsraeli settlers attack European diplomats visiting Christian village, a day after brutally beating US journalistIsraeli settlers attacked foreign nationals in the occupied West Bank on consecutive days, beating US photojournalist Heidi Levine, assaulting a French mayor and attacking European diplomats and Catho...
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Massive immigrant riots in France. Macron basically saying "demonstrating is good, but don't break stuff, that's bad" with an undertone of "we can't punish these people, they are young and it would ruin their life". How about their life from now on consists of 20 years in prison?

The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Another example of government overreach here in the Netherlands. Yes, fastfood is unhealthy. People can decide that for themselves thank you very much. www.parool.nl/amsterdam-ne...

parool.nlAmsterdam prepares lawsuit to block unhealthy fast food restaurantsAmsterdam wants to demonstrate in an unorthodox way how little the municipality can do to curb the city’s unhealthy food offering. Legal experts see an opportunity to allow health concerns to carry we...
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

This behavioural camp would be filled with mostly 1st and 2nd generation immigrants from MENA. At least here in Europe because there is zero education given in local values and laws before an immigrant enters society.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

There should be a programme where people can identify defective (incel) men, who are then sent to humane behavioural camps and required to pass exams before re-entering society. Men commit over 90% of murders, rapes and other serious crimes despite comprising roughly half the population.

The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Brick-manufacturers in the Netherlands (brick making is big business here) that want to, or are eventually forced to replace their gas ovens with electrical ones can't do it, because the power grid can't handle the additional load.

NOS@nieuws.nos.nl

Bakstenen zonder gasovens? Vol stroomnet zit duurzamere industrie in de weg

nos.nlBakstenen zonder gasovens? Vol stroomnet zit duurzamere industrie in de wegEnergie-intensieve bedrijven zeggen dat ze zekerheid nodig hebben over wanneer ze een stroomaansluiting kunnen krijgen om te verduurzamen. Ze staan op lange wachtlijsten.
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

When are EU leaders ever going to learn how to express themselves properly? Here's a better statement: "The deadliest attack so far on Riyadh’s airport by the islamist Houthi terror group marks an unacceptable escalation. The Houthis must be eradicated once and for all. Free Yemen of their scourge"

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

The deadliest Houthi attack so far on Riyadh’s airport marks a dangerous escalation. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Saudi Arabia and its people.

The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

With the betrayal of the USA towards Europe, and Trump fully siding with the criminal regime in Russia, it's time for Ukraine to go gloves off and strike the Moscow power grid and the red square!

The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Like everything new, there's an adjustment period.

Kamuka@kamuka.bsky.social

Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...

news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Yeah there's no chance in hell any of this is true. Putin lied to his face and now Trump is lying to the USA.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

And not a single country in Europe dares to impose sanctions and travel bans on any of the people working in the Trump administration as retaliation. Pathetic! @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @robjetten.bsky.social @minister-president.bsky.social

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu

The Trump administration has imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced today.

politico.comTrump administration launches new sanctions on International Criminal CourtThe announcement came hours after a former ICC judge won the Nobel Prize.
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

Something like this happened down the street from my house. An apartment wad bought, foreign looking contractors on site, fake blinds put up, windows blacked out. Walked by got a peek inside. Black lights and a dance pole. Raided by city and police few weeks later. nltimes.nl/2026/10/08/r...

nltimes.nlReport: Criminals bought up to 11,000 homes in the Netherlands with forged paperworkBetween 6,000 and 11,000 Dutch homes have been bought with forged mortgage applications, according to an unpublished report by the Financieel Expertise Centrum that NOS’s insiders reportedly say has b...
The Mechanical Eye
@mechanicaleye.bsky.social

I hate YouTube channels that keep peddling this lie. 1+2+3+... is NOT equal to -1/12. Never was, never will be. Ramanujan was wrong. The set [1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, ... ] does not converge to 1/2. It's a non-convergent set! Any mathematician that believes this should quit their job!