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Florin Hasler
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Institute for Public Sector Transformation, BFH #OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource | 💙 #rstats | he/him
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correctiv.org
In der #Schweiz wehrt sich eine Allianz aus Bürgerlichen und Wirtschaftsverbänden gegen höhere Steuern für Reiche – mit dem Vorwand, #Familienunternehmen zu schützen. Recherchen von CORRECTIV.Schweiz und der WOZ zeigen: Sie zahlen ohnehin kaum #Steuern.
Viel Vermögen – wenig Steuern: So profitieren Super-Reiche
Milliardäre drohen mit Wegzug wegen höheren Steuern. Recherchen von CORRECTIV.Schweiz und der WOZ zeigen, wie wenig sie heute schon zahlen.
correctiv.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
florihas.bsky.social
#Stablecoins sind stabil – bis sie es nicht mehr sind. 🫠 Das ist weder "sicher" noch "vetrauenswürdig" und hat schon gar nichts mit "#digitaleSouveränität" zu tun.

@marcel@waldvogel.family @adfichter.bsky.social @maemst.bsky.social

www.finews.ch/news/banken/...
Twint öffnet Plattform für Stablecoins und E-ID
Die Bezahl-App Twint will sich zu einer zentralen Infrastruktur für digitale Währungen und Identitätslösungen in der Schweiz entwickeln.
www.finews.ch
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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rfrbrghs.bsky.social
Even though Switzerland has one of the most elect. successful far-right parties, I often hear ppl say: “The SVP is different”

I’m not sure many realize the radicalization of its youth wing, which has close links to the i//dentit. mov which just held a pan-European meeting here to discuss “re//mig"
October 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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polenz.bsky.social
Ähnlichkeiten mit historischen Vorgängern sind nicht rein zufällig, sondern beabsichtigt.
October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
florihas.bsky.social
Donald Trump, the AI slop of US presidents 💩
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
florihas.bsky.social
(Wieder mal) aus gegebenem Anlass 💖 youtu.be/Uz-htW9DTus...
Team Scheisse – "FA" | ZDF Magazin Royale
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September 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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olivia.science
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece, we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to relevant work to further inform our colleagues. Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI (black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf. Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al. 2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA). Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe. Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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digitale-gesellschaft.ch
2021 haben wir die privatisierte E-ID gestoppt – nun haben wir das E-ID-Gesetz 2.0 mitgeprägt: privatsphäre-freundlich, datensparsam & sicher, basierend auf digitaler Selbstbestimmung. Warum wir überzeugt Ja sagen & trotzdem kritisch bleiben:

www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/2025/08/27/d...
Digitale Gesellschaft sagt Ja zum neuen E-ID-Gesetz - Digitale Gesellschaft
www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch
August 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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florihas.bsky.social
If you are a journalist, political scientist, developer or someone interested in #data on political affairs, parliamentary proceedings, political actors, decrees, etc., please test our #OpenAPI and give us feedback on your observations, any issues or missing options! ❤️opendata.ch/news/test-ou...
Test Our Open Parl Data API – Opendata.ch
46 cities. 26 cantons. 2 countries (🇨🇭🇱🇮). For a year, we have been collaboratively building our open API for harmonized parliamentary data to promote transparency, innovation and participation in Swiss politics. Our data infrastructure imports data from 74 national, cantonal and municipal parliaments (some APIs, mostly websites) and partially* cleans, harmonizes and publishes them openly
opendata.ch
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
August 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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cedricwermuth.bsky.social
Zollkrise - der Sonderfall ist tot. 3 Illusionen müssen weg:
1) Die Schweiz braucht keine Freunde in Europa
2) Die Schweiz kann mit allen Business machen, aber keine Verantwortung tragen
3) Die Schweiz fährt am besten als Verrichtungsbox für das globale Kapital
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zollkrieg-mi...
Zollkrieg von Donald Trump: Die Schweiz muss sich von Illusionen lösen
Brauchen wir neue Steuer­privilegien für Gross­konzerne? Die Antwort des Bundesrats auf Trumps Zollhammer ist leider die falsche.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
August 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
florihas.bsky.social
If you are a journalist, political scientist, developer or someone interested in #data on political affairs, parliamentary proceedings, political actors, decrees, etc., please test our #OpenAPI and give us feedback on your observations, any issues or missing options! ❤️opendata.ch/news/test-ou...
Test Our Open Parl Data API – Opendata.ch
46 cities. 26 cantons. 2 countries (🇨🇭🇱🇮). For a year, we have been collaboratively building our open API for harmonized parliamentary data to promote transparency, innovation and participation in Swiss politics. Our data infrastructure imports data from 74 national, cantonal and municipal parliaments (some APIs, mostly websites) and partially* cleans, harmonizes and publishes them openly
opendata.ch
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This is very good.

www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it, that they must become more productive, and that becoming an AI-first company is the strategy that will save them from the old failed strategy, which itself was the new strategy after other failed business models. The only journalism business strategy that works, and that will ever work in a sustainable way, is if you create something of value that people (human beings, not bots) want to read or watch or listen to, and that they cannot find anywhere else.
July 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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jackscarab.bsky.social
"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"

Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
June 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
florihas.bsky.social
Der Bundesrat will Ausweispflicht & Vorratsdaten im Netz – ein Angriff auf digitale Freiheit & KMU wie Threema. Stoppen wir die Überwachungsverordnung! @digitale-gesellschaft.ch ✍️👇 act.campax.org/petitions/de...
Demokratie statt Überwachungsstaat! | ACT by Campax
🔍 Der Bundesrat will Schweizer Nutzer*innen im Netz zur Identifikation zwingen – per Ausweiskopie oder Handynummer. Alle Daten sollen 6 Monate gespeichert werden. Ein Angriff auf Privatsphäre und digitale Freiheit! 😠 🇨🇭 Während Konzerne wie Meta & Google verschont bleiben, trifft die Verordnung Schweizer Dienste wie Threema oder Proton. KMU werden überlastet, Datenschutz gefährdet. 🛑 Stoppen wir die geplante Überwachungsverordnung (VÜPF) jetzt! ✍️ Jetzt unterschreiben!
act.campax.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
florihas.bsky.social
Join us for our next OpenParlData.ch public meeting on 11 June (11.00), when we will present the latest update on our open API and standard for Swiss parliamentary data. We look forward to hearing your input and feedback! Register here: opendata.ch/events/open-...
Open Parl Data: Public Meeting #5 – Opendata.ch
Here you can find all events organised by Opendata.ch. On our Save-the-Dates list, you can find further interesting events by other organisations in Switzerland. If you don’t want to miss any events or Hackdays, sign up for our Opendata.ch or Hackdays Newsletter.
opendata.ch
June 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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stephanmaus.bsky.social
"Man bekommt den Eindruck, dass die #ARD -Chefs versuchen, ihre Karriere abzusichern für den Fall, dass die #noAfD an die Macht kommt. So haben Weidel und Höcke dann weniger Arbeit beim Gleichschalten." Kommentar zum Rechtsruck in der ARD.
www.stern.de/kultur/ard--...
Kommentar: Wie rechtspopulistisch will die ARD eigentlich noch werden?
Es geht ein Schreckgespenst in den Fluren der ARD, und das Gespenst heißt:
www.stern.de
April 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
florihas.bsky.social
Nach über 4 Jahren habe ich mich entschlossen, @OpendataCH.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy im Sommer zu verlassen. Es war eine bereichernde, lehrreiche und intensive Zeit. Ich möchte mich bei allen bedanken, die mich auf diesem Weg begleitet und unterstützt haben und freue mich auf was noch kommt. ❤️
April 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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opendatach.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
We are looking for a committed, digital and data-savvy person with management experience to head our office! Become part of an agile non-profit organization, a great team, with an important mission: We want to empower people with open knowledge and make our society more open, innovative and fair […]
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mastodon.social
April 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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georgrestle.bsky.social
Fünf Jahre Hanau. Die Opfer nicht vergessen. Dem Rassismus und Rechtsextremismus weiter die Stirn bieten.
Zeigt die Gesichter der in Hanau vor fünf Jahren Ermordeten. Zeigt den Anstieg rechtsextremer Straftaten insbesondere im letzten Jahr auf 41.406.
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
florihas.bsky.social
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tante.cc tante @tante.cc · Feb 17
Die Tatsache, dass konservative Steuersenkungspläne nicht gegenfinanziert sind ist nicht aus Versehen: Den Staat explizit unterzufinanzieren um dann aus scheinbarer "Notwendigkeit" heraus Sozialleistungen und Investitionen ins Gemeinwohl zu kürzen, ist der Kern neoliberaler Strategie.
February 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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georgrestle.bsky.social
Vielleicht besteht bei den Bedrohungen aus Ost und West auch eine große Chance für Europa: Sich als pluralistische, demokratische und liberale Wertegemeinschaft gegen den Neo-Autoritarismus der Welt neu zu (er)finden.
February 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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anildash.com
The infrastructure of the Internet would run longer without electricity than without trans folks tbh
evacide.bsky.social evacide @evacide.bsky.social · Feb 16
If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants
The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
www.motherjones.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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timhenke.bsky.social
I appreciate that he just distilled all conspiracies into one single sentiment
Scott Adams tweets Complexity is always a cover for fraud. In every domain.
February 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM