Daniele Florean
@daniflorean.bsky.social
He/Him - Researcher @Goethe University Frankfurt.
Bike mechanic @BLF Bamberg
https://drflorean.github.io/florean/
Interests: Gender inequalities, demography, (pro) cycling, black metal, life course research, mobility activism
Bike mechanic @BLF Bamberg
https://drflorean.github.io/florean/
Interests: Gender inequalities, demography, (pro) cycling, black metal, life course research, mobility activism
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In personal and professional news, i have a personal website! You can visit it here (drflorean.github.io/florean/), the same link you find in my bio.
It is still under developement in some sections, but I have great plans for it. Especially now that I am starting to look for a job.
It is still under developement in some sections, but I have great plans for it. Especially now that I am starting to look for a job.
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Every day they tell the world how scared they are of dying, of fading into the darkness which inevitably consumes all of us
They think they are Colossi straddling the world, but really, they are sad little boys whistling in the dark, self-radicalizing in group chats, and shitting bricks about aging
They think they are Colossi straddling the world, but really, they are sad little boys whistling in the dark, self-radicalizing in group chats, and shitting bricks about aging
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Every day they tell the world how scared they are of dying, of fading into the darkness which inevitably consumes all of us
They think they are Colossi straddling the world, but really, they are sad little boys whistling in the dark, self-radicalizing in group chats, and shitting bricks about aging
They think they are Colossi straddling the world, but really, they are sad little boys whistling in the dark, self-radicalizing in group chats, and shitting bricks about aging
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I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
3:10 to Yuma but Star wars would slap
ironically what makes star wars stuff best is when it is 'something else, but also star wars'
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
3:10 to Yuma but Star wars would slap
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what star wars really need is a HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER style submarine thriller
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
what star wars really need is a HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER style submarine thriller
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Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
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Hard not to come away with a sense that (however they might vote) many a university's leadership agrees with the Tr*mpist vision on some visceral level. They think they have erred in allowing *those people* access to any level of power, say or attention, and they're only too happy to course correct.
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hard not to come away with a sense that (however they might vote) many a university's leadership agrees with the Tr*mpist vision on some visceral level. They think they have erred in allowing *those people* access to any level of power, say or attention, and they're only too happy to course correct.
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This is what supposed "educationalists" are currently raking in money for suggesting we force-feed to millions of students at a stressful time in their young lives.
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is what supposed "educationalists" are currently raking in money for suggesting we force-feed to millions of students at a stressful time in their young lives.
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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i have a long essay in my drafts that i did over the last week or so about having covid and proceeding to, in a state of mental impairment, believe that i had 50 rare diseases and put like 10 million supplements in my body because of stuff i read online but i think it would get me skinned alive
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i have a long essay in my drafts that i did over the last week or so about having covid and proceeding to, in a state of mental impairment, believe that i had 50 rare diseases and put like 10 million supplements in my body because of stuff i read online but i think it would get me skinned alive
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Politik, die das Leben bezahlbar macht, ist nicht nur Sozialpolitik – sie ist Demokratieversicherung.Wenn das Garantieren von Grundgütern im Jahr 2025 radikal klingt, zeigt das nur, wie weit wir uns von den Versprechen der Demokratie entfernt haben. Märkte werden die Demokratie nicht retten.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Politik, die das Leben bezahlbar macht, ist nicht nur Sozialpolitik – sie ist Demokratieversicherung.Wenn das Garantieren von Grundgütern im Jahr 2025 radikal klingt, zeigt das nur, wie weit wir uns von den Versprechen der Demokratie entfernt haben. Märkte werden die Demokratie nicht retten.
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this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
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It's really pundit brain on steroids when people claim that Mamdani's win does not have more news or informational value than oder Democrat wins last night. The centrist narrative must live on no matter what.
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's really pundit brain on steroids when people claim that Mamdani's win does not have more news or informational value than oder Democrat wins last night. The centrist narrative must live on no matter what.
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13. Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
But also, long live Sodom and Gomarrah.
But also, long live Sodom and Gomarrah.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
13. Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
But also, long live Sodom and Gomarrah.
But also, long live Sodom and Gomarrah.
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People who live in cities shouldn’t have to apologize or run away from the idea that they love living in cities
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
People who live in cities shouldn’t have to apologize or run away from the idea that they love living in cities
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I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of polarization theory in lay discourse until we can find out what's going on
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of polarization theory in lay discourse until we can find out what's going on
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Good news is that there are always some humans amongst us. Gift link to latest from M. Gessen, essential reading these days. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Good news is that there are always some humans amongst us. Gift link to latest from M. Gessen, essential reading these days. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
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LOOK ON MY PUBLIC WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR.
Bike parking at South Shore Beach is A+ for capital investment and D- for upkeep.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
LOOK ON MY PUBLIC WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR.
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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A multi-day freakout about Mamdani's chances apparently happened because Millennials were waiting to vote until they could get the special Halloween-themed "I voted" stickers
A detailed analysis of who voted early, and where, from @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A multi-day freakout about Mamdani's chances apparently happened because Millennials were waiting to vote until they could get the special Halloween-themed "I voted" stickers
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching