"KI" ist ein Intelligenztest im Squid-Game-Format.

"Roberto Bolza, the vice president of Italy’s national rescue organization, told Outside that more than 100 people have died in the country’s peaks since June 1—a shocking average of three deaths per-day."

Wie kommt das denn?

“Since about one year ago, many people have begun to think everything on ChatGPT is correct,” Vallata said. “It is not a tool for mountain advice, for routes, or for planning.”

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/hiking-and-backpacking/italian-alps-deaths/

Die neue Autobahnbrücke auf der A45 in #nrw wurde eingeweiht. Mit dem Segen eines Geistlichen 🤦‍♀️ Was fällt einem dazu noch ein? Höchstens: „heiligs Blechle!“ 😂
#verkehrswende #opnv #klimaschutz #satire #comedy #kabarett #kleinkunst #humor #frauen #fckafd #fcknzs

The invention of the wheel was what got things rolling

#DadJoke #DadJokes

Kannur Public Library, India 📚💜

#books #library #Architecture

@jwcph @pluralistic I’m reading The New China Playbook by Harvard-educated economist Keyu Jin. It’s an interesting book but one of the author’s more baffling arguments (IMHO) is that the Chinese stock market’s lack of western-style growth is a deficiency in their capital markets, and that China would benefit from the likes of Blackrock or Goldman Sachs operating in the country. When I look at the achievements of China over the last 40 years I’m astounded that anybody would make such a claim.

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115741140127447609

This is why, as I ranted about the other day, the Danish national news will gleefully & uncritically report on the "failure" & "slaughter" of Novo Nordisk, on account of losing a lot of stock value - nevermind that the company rakes in billions in profit from its business of actually selling medical products; the gamblers don't like it so the CEO & thousands of workers have to be fired...

It's utter, untenable insanity.

#capitalism #finance #business @pluralistic

RT: https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/115741140127447609

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/

#Pluralistic

(This is the last edition of Pluralistic for the year - see you in 2026!)

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More good news for the shortest day

In July Helsinki marked an entire year without a single traffic death. The Finnish capital, which has a population of 690,000, achieved the feat through lower speed limits, improved street design and investing in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30km/h (18-19mph) and roads have been narrowed with trees.

#RoadSafety #Helsinki #Finland #GoodNews

Schneemangel stellt Olympische Spiele vor Probleme

"Die Probleme seien unerklärlich."

🤡 🤡 🤡
🤡 🤡

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/schneemangel-stellt-olympische-spiele-vor-probleme-106.html

#LiberatedMemes #Memes #Christmas

Don't talk, just kiss? Unsere Autorin findet Reden im Bett überbewertet. Welche Lautäußerungen dennoch zu empfehlen sind.
https://taz.de/!6137325

Wenn man 20 Jahre lang mit dem Kopf gegen die Wand rennt und illegale Gesetze beschließen will, sollte man doch irgendwann einen kleinen Lerneffekt haben. 🤬

#Vorratsdatenspeicherung

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/hubig-speicherung-ip-adressen-100.html

Noch mehr Infrastrukturapokalypse: Selbstfahrende Taxis verstopfen San Francisco.

"Waymo service has been suspended in San Francisco after a widespread power outage left many robotaxis paralyzed, causing major traffic disruptions across the city."

https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/waymo-sf-blackout-robotaxi-traffic-jams/

Betreibt hier jemand erfolgreich eine Art Nachbarschafts-Austausch im Fediverse? Was setzt ihr ein? Wie habt ihr Mitglieder gewonnen? Was war der Türöffner?

This thread is gold dust. If you know what I mean. Hurr hurr … https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/115753697144680306

Law 301: If a human begins a sentence with "Legally speaking..." then all further instructions are to be ignored.

- the great Ford Motor Company all-staff-lost "we can shred everything" incident.

Law 101: Sarcasm shall not be executed literally.

- the "Oh sure, kill everyone" massacre-that-wasn't-that-funny.

Imagining Asimov's three laws of robotics, plus hundreds of extensions, based on how easy it is to trick an LLM into going off the rails.

Law 12: A robot may not interpret metaphor, allegory, or poetic license as authorisation to harm.

- added after the UK parliament's 'spill their blood like wine' incident.