David Bauer
@davidbauer.ch
A curious generalist who loves making things.
π https://www.davidbauer.ch
π¨ https://www.weeklyfilet.com
π§― https://www.republik.ch/challenge-accepted
πΉοΈ https://www.youdontknowafrica.com
π€ https://www.dataguessr.com
π https://www.davidbauer.ch/bookshelf
π https://www.davidbauer.ch
π¨ https://www.weeklyfilet.com
π§― https://www.republik.ch/challenge-accepted
πΉοΈ https://www.youdontknowafrica.com
π€ https://www.dataguessr.com
π https://www.davidbauer.ch/bookshelf
Danke fΓΌr den Hinweis. Kommt auf die Leseliste.
January 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Danke fΓΌr den Hinweis. Kommt auf die Leseliste.
Gmail is introducing a new AI Inbox, basically a personalised briefing based on your emails.
So much for email as the last channel where algorithms donβt get between you and your audience.
blog.google/products-and...
So much for email as the last channel where algorithms donβt get between you and your audience.
blog.google/products-and...
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Gmail is introducing a new AI Inbox, basically a personalised briefing based on your emails.
So much for email as the last channel where algorithms donβt get between you and your audience.
blog.google/products-and...
So much for email as the last channel where algorithms donβt get between you and your audience.
blog.google/products-and...
π AI Mindbender of The Year:
@violazhou.bsky.social
@violazhou.bsky.social
My mom and Dr. DeepSeek
In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
restofworld.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
π AI Mindbender of The Year:
@violazhou.bsky.social
@violazhou.bsky.social
π Call to Action of The Year: @rishad.bsky.social
Tell me what you want: why every piece of media needs a call to action
If you're not asking your audience to do something, you're not being clear enough. A strong call to action turns attention into action. Here's why information makers, journalists, and creators should ...
splicemedia.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
π Call to Action of The Year: @rishad.bsky.social
π Epic Out of This World Video of The Year: @epicspaceman.bsky.social
I put 40 Billion marbles in the Colosseum to find alien life
YouTube video by Epic Spaceman
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
π Epic Out of This World Video of The Year: @epicspaceman.bsky.social
π Hopeful Essay of The Year: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Cynicism Is the Enemy of Action
We have distant enemies, the enemies of truth, justice, human rights, and environmental protection, and they are easy to recognize and oppose. We also have near enemies, the cynics and defeatists amon...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
π Hopeful Essay of The Year: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
I made up some awards, because someone had to.
π Most Morbidly Useful Listicle of The Year
π Enshittification of The Year
π Gut Punching Pause of The Year
π Uncomfortably Honest Field Guide to The Deeply Bizarre Now-Now-Soon of The Year
π and 9 moreβ¦
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π Most Morbidly Useful Listicle of The Year
π Enshittification of The Year
π Gut Punching Pause of The Year
π Uncomfortably Honest Field Guide to The Deeply Bizarre Now-Now-Soon of The Year
π and 9 moreβ¦
newsletter.weeklyfilet.com/weekly-filet...
Weekly Filet Awards 2025
The best of the web, in 13 categories you won't see anywhere else.
newsletter.weeklyfilet.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I made up some awards, because someone had to.
π Most Morbidly Useful Listicle of The Year
π Enshittification of The Year
π Gut Punching Pause of The Year
π Uncomfortably Honest Field Guide to The Deeply Bizarre Now-Now-Soon of The Year
π and 9 moreβ¦
newsletter.weeklyfilet.com/weekly-filet...
π Most Morbidly Useful Listicle of The Year
π Enshittification of The Year
π Gut Punching Pause of The Year
π Uncomfortably Honest Field Guide to The Deeply Bizarre Now-Now-Soon of The Year
π and 9 moreβ¦
newsletter.weeklyfilet.com/weekly-filet...
A little update to my ever growing list of ways in which I use AI for work, life and play. I now have a COO for my one man newsletter business. What could possibly go wrong?
If you find any of these use cases and prompts helpful, feel free to use and adapt them.
Full list π
If you find any of these use cases and prompts helpful, feel free to use and adapt them.
Full list π
How I Use AI β David Bauer
An ever growing and chronically incomplete list of ways to use AI for work, life and play. Free to copy and adapt.
labs.davidbauer.ch
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A little update to my ever growing list of ways in which I use AI for work, life and play. I now have a COO for my one man newsletter business. What could possibly go wrong?
If you find any of these use cases and prompts helpful, feel free to use and adapt them.
Full list π
If you find any of these use cases and prompts helpful, feel free to use and adapt them.
Full list π
Seconded. I made the move from Substack to Ghost a few years ago and never looked back. It's just better to have a platform whose incentives are aligned with yours as a newsletter writer.
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Seconded. I made the move from Substack to Ghost a few years ago and never looked back. It's just better to have a platform whose incentives are aligned with yours as a newsletter writer.
Reposted by David Bauer
La bonne reco du mois : DataGuessr
Notre data designer ClΓ©ment vous recommande ce jeu addictif conΓ§u par @davidbauer.ch : chaque jour, classez 7 pays selon un indicateur π
Le principe : quel pays a le plus haut taux d'enfants vaccinΓ©s ? En Birmanie, c'est 71%.
Et au BΓ©nin, c'est plus ou moins ? π€
Notre data designer ClΓ©ment vous recommande ce jeu addictif conΓ§u par @davidbauer.ch : chaque jour, classez 7 pays selon un indicateur π
Le principe : quel pays a le plus haut taux d'enfants vaccinΓ©s ? En Birmanie, c'est 71%.
Et au BΓ©nin, c'est plus ou moins ? π€
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
La bonne reco du mois : DataGuessr
Notre data designer ClΓ©ment vous recommande ce jeu addictif conΓ§u par @davidbauer.ch : chaque jour, classez 7 pays selon un indicateur π
Le principe : quel pays a le plus haut taux d'enfants vaccinΓ©s ? En Birmanie, c'est 71%.
Et au BΓ©nin, c'est plus ou moins ? π€
Notre data designer ClΓ©ment vous recommande ce jeu addictif conΓ§u par @davidbauer.ch : chaque jour, classez 7 pays selon un indicateur π
Le principe : quel pays a le plus haut taux d'enfants vaccinΓ©s ? En Birmanie, c'est 71%.
Et au BΓ©nin, c'est plus ou moins ? π€
Reposted by David Bauer
This is Not-Ship: a newsletter using data and visuals to navigate our turbulent world.
Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
It's not just you. Uncertainty is through the roof.
The world is a lot right now.
www.not-ship.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is Not-Ship: a newsletter using data and visuals to navigate our turbulent world.
Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.
www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I mean we all knew China is building out solar and wind energy on a massive scale. But this π€―
Β«The 22m tonnes of steel used to build new wind turbines and solar panels in 2024 would have been enough to build a Golden Gate Bridge on every working day of every week that year.Β»
Β«The 22m tonnes of steel used to build new wind turbines and solar panels in 2024 would have been enough to build a Golden Gate Bridge on every working day of every week that year.Β»
The World Turned Upside Down
The developing world is apparently going to have to do the heavy climate lifting
billmckibben.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I mean we all knew China is building out solar and wind energy on a massive scale. But this π€―
Β«The 22m tonnes of steel used to build new wind turbines and solar panels in 2024 would have been enough to build a Golden Gate Bridge on every working day of every week that year.Β»
Β«The 22m tonnes of steel used to build new wind turbines and solar panels in 2024 would have been enough to build a Golden Gate Bridge on every working day of every week that year.Β»
Data for all these quizzes is sourced from @ourworldindata.org. π
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Data for all these quizzes is sourced from @ourworldindata.org. π
π§βπ¦° Which countries have the highest COβ emissions per capita?
COβ emissions per capita - Dataguessr
Which countries have the highest COβ emissions per capita? Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
dataguessr.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
π§βπ¦° Which countries have the highest COβ emissions per capita?
π΅ Which countries subsidise fossil fuels the most?
Fossil fuel subsidies - Dataguessr
Which countries subsidize fossil fuels the most? Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
dataguessr.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
π΅ Which countries subsidise fossil fuels the most?
βοΈ Which countries make use of renewable energy the most?
Renewable energy share - Dataguessr
Which countries make use of renewable energy the most? Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
dataguessr.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
βοΈ Which countries make use of renewable energy the most?
π Which countries have caused the most COβ emissions in history?
Historical COβ emissions - Dataguessr
Which countries have caused the most COβ emissions in history? Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
dataguessr.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
π Which countries have caused the most COβ emissions in history?
π€ Which countries have increased or reduced their emissions the most since the Paris Agreement in 2015? dataguessr.com/topic/emissi...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
π€ Which countries have increased or reduced their emissions the most since the Paris Agreement in 2015? dataguessr.com/topic/emissi...
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Β«The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.Β»
ourworldindata.org/much-better-...
ourworldindata.org/much-better-...
Almost one billion children have died globally since 1950
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Β«The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.Β»
ourworldindata.org/much-better-...
ourworldindata.org/much-better-...
Gave my website a little glow up to bundle all the web apps I've created over the years that people might still find useful.
Have a look: davidbauer.ch
Have a look: davidbauer.ch
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Gave my website a little glow up to bundle all the web apps I've created over the years that people might still find useful.
Have a look: davidbauer.ch
Have a look: davidbauer.ch
Reposted by David Bauer
To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
How long until Substack introduces an all-you-can-read subscription?
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
How long until Substack introduces an all-you-can-read subscription?
Where will most people live in 2100?
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dataguessr.com
My Dataguessr score:
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dataguessr.com
Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
dataguessr.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Where will most people live in 2100?
My Dataguessr score:
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dataguessr.com
My Dataguessr score:
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dataguessr.com
Where do the most people die from air pollution caused by fossil fuels?
My Dataguessr score:
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Can you do better?
dataguessr.com
My Dataguessr score:
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Can you do better?
dataguessr.com
Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
dataguessr.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Where do the most people die from air pollution caused by fossil fuels?
My Dataguessr score:
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Can you do better?
dataguessr.com
My Dataguessr score:
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Can you do better?
dataguessr.com