Eckhard Schwarzat
hilakata.bsky.social
Eckhard Schwarzat
@hilakata.bsky.social
All things open
Cerner sell off will be fun to watch.
Looking forward to the statements in the Healthcare IT space.
Especially the mind gymnastics of a lot of Healthcare orgs CIOs.
Going against open source solutions looks even more stupid now.
TD Cowen had a data center themed analyst letter today that said that Oracle may lay off 20-30,000 people or sell Cerner to keep up with the debt on the data centers it’s building for OpenAI.
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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Kant: “Women can’t think deeply.”

Émilie du Châtelet: [Translates Newton, invents half of modern physics, gets plagiarized by two men.]

Set your reminder for Tuesday. Let’s talk receipts. #womeninstem #physics #newton #womenshistory
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Sunday Teaser: Kant, Voltaire, and the Woman Who Out-Thought Them Both
Immanuel Kant wrote:
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January 25, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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If truth is important to you than take 17 minutes out of your day to watch the interview below between @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Robert Kagan. The world has changed and there is no going back
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social interviews historian Robert Kagan about the end of American hegemony, the EU's need to individuate from the US immediately, and the prospects for MAGA's and America's future. Our crisis is well advanced. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0goG...
Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan
YouTube video by The Nerve
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January 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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how far is Davos from Dignitas
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Importé de X ⤵️

Merci, @souverainetech.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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“Stanford researchers would create a transparency tracker to score AI companies on whether they revealed even basic information about their large deep learning models…whether there had been any independent verification of their capabilities. All…received an F”

Karen Hao, Empire of AI.
#Books #AI 🧪
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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The "sanctions" against heads of European NGOs for simply doing there job under the law on #HateSpeech (where much was outsourced by the industry to "trusted flagers" and alike) is another level and is obviously very close to home @noyb.eu. It's urgent to support your local Digital Rights NGOs.
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.

In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.

www.iza.org/publications...

🧵 thread—>
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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🎉 Some important #CrossBorderRail news! 🎉

After thinking about the idea for more than a decade (yeah, this is later than a DB train!) I am finally starting to plan building a railway organisation for lobbying work. We're soft launching the idea today

Details 👇
jonworth.eu/european-rai...
European Rail Passengers Union: lobbying for passengers, cross border
It has been something in the back of my mind for more than a decade: how could railway passengers be better represented to campaign for improvements in international rail? Here's a piece I wrote in 20...
jonworth.eu
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Depuis ce matin, les femmes travaillent officiellement gratuitement en France… jusqu’à la fin de l’année.

Gratuitement, car elles gagnent encore 14,2 % de moins que les hommes à temps de travail équivalent.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Hi everyone, I am still raising money for the Ukrainian army.

We already have more than we expected (thanks everyone!), but there is no harm in trying to raise even more money. So if you can, donate, if you can't, or already did so, please help by spreading the message:

4fund.com/rbjyg4
Give power to Ukrainian soldiers – Donate on 4fund.com
In August this year I was rear-ended by a drunk driver as I was driving my car through Poland - but bear with me, this is not a fundraiser for me, this was just the event that started it all. As the i...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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They're pushing so hard for AI because (when hypothetically fully functional) it allows wealthy access to skill while restricting those with skill from accruing wealth. It uses theft of the past to steal the future from humanity and give its riches to the already rich
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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The rules of SNCF

1️⃣ We dislike running any train that goes at less than 300km/h

2️⃣ We dislike it *even more* if someone else would like to run trains instead of us

(See reactions to RATP winning a contract for TERs in Normandie, today’s argument about Paris NightJet cancellation)
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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"based on its database, the market leader for metrics, Clarivate Inc., calculated in 2019 that the university with the most world-class researchers in mathematics is a university in Taiwan—where mathematics is not even offered as a subject."
@philipcball.bsky.social @matthewcobb.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Writing at 3am, having woken from nightmares based on memories this video brought back. I've lived it all before.

The thing is, the English side with these confidently wicked people. Either/or, when it comes time to choose, they're for it.

Take it from a shy & ineffectual Brexit protester, 2016-19
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Day 0 of my new #NoFly journey from Italy to Papua New Guinea. Just collected my visa to Russia. I'll cut my CO2 emissions by ~10 & will travel with the hidden majority of the world,those who remain stuck to the ground. I'll complete my research on social cohesion+adaptation to climate change.
August 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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BREAKING: Der historische Ernstfall ist da. Eine gesichert rechtsextreme Partei ist zum ersten Mal seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wieder stärkste Partei in Deurschland (Forsa-Umfrage)! Die AfD bedankt sich bei der CDU für die gute Zusammenarbeit.
August 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Faszinierend, mit welcher Dünnhäutigkeit die FAZ auf die berechtigte Kritik von Brosius-Gersdorf reagiert - und mit welcher Selbstgerechtigkeit da (bisher ausschließlich von Männern) nochmals nachgetreten wird.
August 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Groove is in the heart is 35 years old this week.

Remember to stretch before trying to stand up from a sitting position.
a woman in a colorful outfit is dancing
Alt: a woman in a colorful outfit is dancing
media.tenor.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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A few years ago, I aggregated all my writing on the Online Safety Act into one post, based on fighting it at various jobs from 2019-2022. You’ll find the post here. I wrote it whilst living off of £430 a month in employment benefit after two layoffs in 12 months.
heatherburns.tech/2023/04/17/g...
Greatest hits, b-sides, and unfinished demo tracks: or, all my blogging on the Online Safety Bill – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
July 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Restitution: historic agreement between Cameroon & German Federal government
dekolonial-erinnern.de/historic-bre...
Historic breakthrough for German restitution policy on colonial contexts – Dekolonial Erinnern/decolonial memories
dekolonial-erinnern.de
July 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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"Bougainville is not just a remote spot on the Pacific map, but a powerful lens through which to observe changes in the contemporary world."🙏Francesca Puddu for recounting my 10 years of research in Bougainville,PNG,in an interview @LaMilano_it 👉lamilano.it/cultura/...
July 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM