Maarten Boudry

The author said they were Belgian, had some North African ancestry and were not Jewish, but described themselves as a proud Zionist. They argued that Zionism had historically been among the world’s most benign, inclusive and progressive nationalisms, and added that a people had earned a country. https://t.co/QArNi8tXFe #Zionism #Nationalism #BeliefSystem #BE #MA

The author said that during a trip to Ukraine the previous month, they had repeatedly wondered whether they would enlist to defend their country if it were invaded. They wrote that their convictions, like those of most Europeans, had not been tested, and said they had addressed the question in a new essay for Quillette. #Freedom #Ukraine #Essay #UA

The author argued that whether genocide was occurring in Gaza was not merely a matter of semantics, and said people who had previously made confident assertions were now quietly retreating from them. They rejected describing it as a borderline case, a matter of interpretation or an issue on which reasonable people could disagree.

In a new essay for Quillette about a visit to Ukraine, the author urged others to support the country, which they described as fighting to join “our civilisation”. They questioned the purpose of that civilisation if people did not support Ukraine. https://t.co/GSPERLS6Q1 #Ukraine #Civilisation #Support #UA

The author wrote that they had spent a week in Ukraine visiting drone labs, speaking with trauma therapists and foreign fighters, seeing soldiers’ graves and watching *Faust* at the Lviv opera. They said the trip left them wondering whether they would enlist if their own country were invaded. #Ukraine #War #PersonalReflection #UA

The author wrote that French writer Dora Moutot had been criminally convicted and could face prison time for describing a trans woman as a man and as transfeminine. The author also said that Nathan Cofnas, an American academic living in Belgium, was being taken to court by Belgium’s official equality agency. https://t.co/SgT9ICetvY #LibertéDExpression #TransIdentité #DroitsHumains #FR #US #BE

The author wrote that Hitler had purged Jews from German universities in 1933, costing the country a generation of Jewish scientists, and had nearly destroyed what the author described as the world’s leading academic system. The post then contrasted this with 2026, saying there were no direct expulsions of Jewish people. https://t.co/Ld2uFgpvmY #Historia #Holocausto #Educación #DE

There is an "incident" at a youth camp on the island of Utøya, where "irregularities" have reportedly broken out among different young people. The camp has been canceled for the time being. Some extremist individuals spoke very early and very prematurely and very irresponsibly about. https://t.co/icmsMB3KyI #Utøya #jeugdkamp #incident #NO (translated)

To know whether “superintelligent” AIs are about to kill us all, you need more than technical expertise in AI. You also need a sophisticated understanding of concepts like “intelligence,” “intentionality,” and “goals.” Better still, you need an evolutionary understanding of how #AI #Superintelligence #Philosophy #Therearenospecificcountryreferencesinthetweetprovided.Therefore #theansweris:

The strategy of disguising fighters as journalists—and thereby endangering the lives of genuine journalists—is not simply a matter of Hamas’s depravity. The terrorist group is just responding rationally to incentives and encouragement from deluded Westerners: “If you wear a press #Journalism #Hamas #Terrorism #IL #PS #US

"Humanity allowed Gaza to happen because it wouldn't take Hamas at its word. Humanity allowed Gaza to happen because it lied to itself for decades about the nature of the Islamic currents that motivate Hamas and "Palestinianism" more broadly. Humanity allowed Gaza to happen #Gaza #Hamas #PalestinianRights #Therearenospecificcountrycodesmentionedinthetweetprovided.

The canonization of Jason Arday proceeds apace. By burying evidence of its own deeply racist hiring practices and evading all accountability, @Cambridge_Uni is already laying the groundwork for the next Jason Arday. This decision also creates a profoundly perverse incentive: if https://t.co/UUQRGLosv8 #CambridgeUni #RacismInAcademia #Accountability #GB

Here's the video clip of philosopher Freddy Mortier being booed by students after making some remarks about the Cofnas affair, preventing him from continuing his speech. The dean then takes the stage to condemn Mortier’s remarks as “completely inappropriate” and apologize to the #Philosophy #FreedomOfSpeech #UniversityDebate #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #theresultis:

Race Realist Rattles Rector Confessions of a Disillusioned Academic (Part II) "The moment I heard that 'race realist' Nathan Cofnas had been hired by Ghent University, I knew shit was about to hit the fan." "My academic colleagues claim that discredited 'pseudosciences' like https://t.co/xDNORJEOpi #RaceRealism #AcademicFreedom #Disillusionment #BE

So you have to read 4,000 words into OpenAI’s post-mortem of the Hugging Face incident to find this rather crucial admission: Oh, by the way, did we tell you all the safeguards were switched off during this test? In their words: “Aside from misalignment, another factor for #OpenAI #HuggingFace #AIethics #Therearenospecificcountryreferencesintheprovidedtweet.Therefore #theresponseisempty.

Anti-Zionism is really melting people's brains. Apparently nobody pauses to reflect on the obvious contradiction here: if Israel intends to indiscriminately kill every single Gazan (which is what "genocide" means), why on earth would it pour resources into sophisticated AI #AntiZionism #Genocide #Israel #IL #PS

Een artikel over groeiende homohaat. Even doorzoeken op "islam", "moslims", "Koran", "imam"? NUL zoekresultaten. "Religie" dan? Eén resultaat, in een zin over "ultraconservatieve katholieke groepen". Oké, en nu even zoeken op "manosfeer" en "online desinformatie"? BINGO. Ja, want https://t.co/GO3yocpHaa #homohaat #islam #desinformatie #NL

"One new element in the forecasts of AI-enabled doom is AI companies disclaiming responsibility for their own products. “I didn’t do it; my out-of-control agent did!” There’s a balance to be struck between the responsibility of the tool maker and the tool user, but when something #AI #Responsibility #TechEthics #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.