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Joana Grah
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#ImageAnalysis Centre for #AI in #PublicHealth Research @rki.de • PhD in applied maths from @cam.ac.uk • co-founder @hermathsstory.bsky.social • #firstgen #scicomm • she/her
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rachelfurner.bsky.social
We've set up a community mailing list for the OceanPredict AI task team. If you're interested in machine learning & ocean prediction, and want to find out more about our upcoming events & seminars etc, put in a request at oceanpredict.org/contact/cont... asking to be added to the AI-TT mailing list.
Contact form - Ocean Predict
To be completed to send information to OceanPredict
oceanpredict.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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berlin-soapbox.bsky.social
📣 Call for Speakers!

Are you a woman or non-binary scientist ready to share your research with the public? Then, apply to be a speaker at Soapbox Science Berlin 🧪🌍🔭💻🦊🧠

📍 Holzmarkt | 🗓 June 28

⏰ Applications close Feb 23
👉 Apply now! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#WomeninSTEM #scicomm #wisskomm
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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cam.ac.uk
What does it take to succeed in science? Failure.

Cambridge scientists from @labliston.bsky.social share the self-doubt behind their careers.

Self-Doubt by Adrian Liston from @stcatharines.bsky.social and the Department of Pathology is Out tomorrow 👇

https://bit.ly/4a4tWUE
#Careers #Science
A group of Cambridge scientists stand together in a laboratory, smiling at the camera. One person holds a book titled ‘Self-Doubt’. A text banner reads: ‘Cambridge scientists share the truth behind their successes and reflect on the power of failure.’
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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hermathsstory.bsky.social
“I feel that many women (…), might not know what (…) a career in maths actually means (…). I believe it is important to tell them that this is an option.” - Nishu Kumari

➡️https://hermathsstory.eu/nishu-kumari/

#HerMathsStory #Academia #Combinatorics #Europe #Postdoc @randomstructures.bsky.social
Portrait of Nishu Kumari, postdoc researcher at the University of Vienna. She has black hair, wears glasses and a red patterned blouse, and sits under a tree against the backdrop of an entrance to a building. The image includes the Her Maths Story logo and her name and title.
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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janboehm.bsky.social
Die CDU/CSU-SPD-Bundesregierung könnte für 🇪🇺🇩🇪 ernsthaft die Probleme der Zeit angehen, stattdessen dackeln sie alle zusammen BRAV zu nem "WeLD"-Clownsevent über Springers Fickificki-Tiefgarage und hoffen auf ein Leckerli vom schwanzwedelnden Trump-Schoßhund Mathias, den sie für ein Herrchen halten.
janoschdahmenmdb.de Janosch Dahmen @janoschdahmenmdb.de · 8d
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Gestern fand der ,WELT-Wirtschaftsgipfel, im Axel-Springer-Hochhaus statt.

Fast die gesamte Bundesregierung bis hin zum Bundeskanzler nahm teil.

Auch mit dabei: Palantir-CEO Alex Karp, Trump-Vertrauter Steve Witkoff, der Bundeswehr Generalinspekteur & diverse Investoren. 🧵
Werbegrafik des „WELT-Wirtschaftsgipfels“ von Axel Springer. In der Mitte ein großer runder Konferenztisch mit Spitzenvertretern aus Politik und Wirtschaft. Umgeben von Schlagworten wie „Exklusiver Zugang zur Politik“, „Nur für CEOs“, „Speed-Dating der Top-Entscheider“, „Austausch auf Augenhöhe“ und „Wirtschaft + Politik im Dialog“. Überschrift: „Willkommen am Tisch der Zukunft“.
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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sixtus.net
Wichtigste Software des Jahres: cybernews.com/security/dev...
One developer’s tool strips AI and other junk from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
A developer released a free tool called “Just the Browser” that disabless AI features, ads, and other unwanted junk in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
cybernews.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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drkeichhorn.bsky.social
Dazu lesen sollte man auch (noch einmal) den alten Newsletter von @amreibahr.bsky.social in #ArbeitInDerWiss von 2024: arbeitinderwissenschaft.substack.com/p/i-like-to-...

5/5

#IchBinHanna
I Like to Move It: Für mehr Bewegungsfreiheit in der Wissenschaft
Wissenschaftler_innen bestehen nicht bloß aus Köpfen! Sie haben auch Körper -- und die brauchen Bewegungsfreiheit. Ein Plädoyer für weniger Sitzen, mehr Pausen und mehr Selbstbestimmung im wissenschaf...
arbeitinderwissenschaft.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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ichbinhamma.bsky.social
After 4 years of development, my game is out now!

Available on #Steam, #NintendoSwitch, #iOS and #Android!

#gamedev #indiegames

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gegr...
Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot - Official Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Ichbinhamma
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
joanagrah.bsky.social
Looking forward to being back in Cambridge next week & taking part in this exciting workshop! 😍
plusmaths.bsky.social plus.maths.org @plusmaths.bsky.social · 14d
Are you interested in communicating maths to non-expert audiences? Then you may be interested in our event at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge on Jan 29. We have a bunch of interesting speakers, including 2 Zeeman medal winners! Registration is still open gateway.newton.ac.uk/event/tgm156/
Listening and Responding to Public Interest: A Mathsci-comm Network Event - Newton Gateway to Mathematics
This one-day in-person workshop, organised on behalf of the Mathsci-comm Network, will explore how the communication of research in mathematics and data science...
gateway.newton.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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trappmartin.bsky.social
Accurate and thorough representation of prior and related work is one of the cornerstones of good research.

It is shocking to me that so many published NeurIPS papers, even from top institutions, have fabricated references.

I recommend reading the original report: gptzero.me/news/neurips/
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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plosbiology.org
#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN
Evolution of the median time under review of articles with female first authors, male first authors, female corresponding authors, and male corresponding authors.
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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hermathsstory.bsky.social
5 years ago today, Her Maths Story went live with our 1st story. What started as a small idea has grown into a global, supportive community celebrating #WomenInMaths. We’re deeply grateful to everyone who has shared, read, supported & believed in this journey. Here’s to the stories still to come 💛✨
A dark blue celebratory graphic marking the 5-year anniversary of Her Maths Story. The HMS logo appears at the top. Large white text reads “5 years” in the centre, surrounded by yellow star shapes. Additional text highlights milestones: 99 contributors, 200K website visitors, 194 countries reached via the website, and 4.9K followers across social media platforms.
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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jbakcoleman.bsky.social
Ever wonder what proportion of high profile social media research is tied to the tech industry?

New from me, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com.

Thread tomorrow.

arxiv.org/abs/2601.11507
Industry Influence in High-Profile Social Media Research
To what extent is social media research independent from industry influence? Leveraging openly available data, we show that half of the research published in top journals has disclosable ties to indus...
arxiv.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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olivia.science
For all those involved in drafting so-called AI guidelines, but being overwhelmed with nonsense, this is a lifesaver. Great work by Dagmar and Ariel!

Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
The list of most relevant themes we identified is: 1. Rhetoric of inevitability and technological determinism: presenting the adoption and use of (generative) AI as a fait accompli. 2. Exaggerated narratives: overstating the general capabilities of the technology, or leaving out that certain seemingly impressive capabilities can only be achieved under very specific experimental conditions. 3. Spurious comparison to human intelligence or Anthropomorphism: presenting AI as if it thinks or reason like a human. 4. Ethics and critical washing: presenting AI as being ethically or critically examined but doing so only superficially and inconsequentially. 5. Wishful thinking and uncertain feasibility: assuming desired outcomes or functionality despite lacking realistic evidence they can be achieved. 6. GenAI is presented as indispensable: portraying AI as essential even when simpler or non-AI solutions are sufficient. 7. Unrealistic and ill-defined conditions: formulating requirements for adoption and use that are functionally impossible or too demanding to be met, psychologically implausible to follow, or set unclear boundaries for acceptable and unacceptable behaviour, which could easily create inconsistencies. 8. Resources as propaganda: resources for students, faculty, and other stakeholders are made available but only for incentivizing different degrees of use of genAI. 9. AI Overkill: Substitution or replacement of tasks for which the technology was not designed; from tutoring to teaching to research, everything must be now with AI, even if it is not adequate. Due to space limitations, rather than discussing all of the themes superficially, this essay addresses only the first four, which, in our view, are the most critical and the most urgently in need of critical scrutiny. T
January 18, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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janboehm.bsky.social
"Wenn man die Lage Polens auf dem Globus anschaut, sind die vom Deutschen Reich gestellten Fragen übrigens nachvollziehbar."

Was für ein wahnsinnig gefährlicher Trottel!
January 18, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?

Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.

disinfoinstitute.org
Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
disinfoinstitute.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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irisvanrooij.bsky.social
☀️ Summer School 📚

“Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming"

Organisers and teachers:
👉 @marentierra.bsky.social
👉 @olivia.science
👉 myself

Deadline for application:
🐦 31 March 2026 (early bird fee)

1/🧵

www.ru.nl/en/education...
Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming | Radboud University
This course is designed to foster critical AI literacies in participants to empower them to develop ways of resisting or reclaiming AI in their own practices and social context.
www.ru.nl
January 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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thomasradlmaier.bsky.social
Mit KI erstellte Bilder, die vorgeben, Szenen aus Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagern zu zeigen, fluten seit Monaten die Nachrichtenfeeds in sozialen Medien. Jetzt wehren sich Gedenkstätten, Museen und Erinnerungsinitiativen aus ganz Deutschland gegen die massenhafte Geschichtsverzerrung.
KI-Bilder vom Holocaust in sozialen Medien: KZ-Gedenkstätten appellieren an Plattformbetreiber
Gedenkstätten, Museen und Erinnerungsinitiativen aus ganz Deutschland wehren sich gegen Geschichtsverfälschung durch KI-generierte Inhalte auf sozialen Medien.
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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anke.domscheit-berg.de
Brandenburgs Regierung feiert das "digital souveräne" #AWS #Rechenzentrum, das gestern vorgestellt wurde. Mit digitaler Souveränität hat das aber nichts zu tun, das ist #Souveränitätswashing.

meine Statements dazu gibts
u.a. in der MAZ, siehe Screenshots u Artikel ohne Paywall: archive.is/PLNyR
Märkische # Allgemeine Anke Domscheit-Berg: Updates aus den USA sind die Achillesverse Nicht überzeugt vom Souveränitätsversprechen der neuen Rechenzentren ist die Publizistin und Digitalisierungsexpertin Anke Domscheit- Berg. Die Achilles-Ferse der Zentren sei deren Abhängigkeit von Updates aus der Zentrale in den USA. Große Rechenzentren würden pro Woche bis zu 3000 Mal Updates erhalten, sagt die ehemalige Bundestagsabgeordnete, die Mitglied der Linken ist. Würde das Mutterunternehmen etwa auf Druck der Politik in den USA diese Aktualisierungen unterbinden, dann wäre das Rechenzentrum nach wenigen Wochen nicht mehr arbeitsfähig, sagt Domscheit-Berg. „Das ist dann wie eine Kill-Switch (Ausschalt-Taste - Anmerkung d. Red.) mit ein paar Wochen Verzögerung", warnte Domscheit-Berg. Märkische Allgemeine Ein solches Szenario sei gar nicht weit hergeholt. Wenn europäische Staaten etwa gegen US-amerikanische Plattformen wegen hierzulande strafbarer Inhalte vorgingen, könnte das in den USA als Angriff auf die Meinungsfreiheit verdreht werden. „Dann kann Trump diese Keule zur Hand nehmen", sagt die, sagt die Netzaktivistin. Märkische Allgemeine Die USA seien im Moment kein zuverlässiger Partner mehr. Wer Rechenzentren aus der Ferne abschalten kann, könne damit ganze Teile der Gesellschaft abschalten, dieses Risiko dürfe man nicht eingehen, sagte Domscheit-Berg. Deshalb bräuchte es Rechenzentren, die „tatsächlich digital souverän seien und nicht nur so hießen"
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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plusmaths.bsky.social
Clear, reliable information is increasingly scarce, so let's reward those who produce trustworthy sources of communication. Entries for the Harding Prizes for Trustworthy Communication are now open! hardingprize.com
The Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication
competition - communication that helps
Hardingprize.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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hermathsstory.bsky.social
“(...) It is possible to create an authentic picture of #mathematics and convey an impression of how mathematics forms its own world of well-ordered structures with a striking internal consistency (...)” - Lisa Hefendehl-Hebeker

➡️ hermathsstory.eu/lisa-hefende...

#HerMathsStory
Portrait of Lisa Hefendehl-Hebeker, a senior professor, smiling at the camera. She has short curly gray hair, wears glasses and a blue patterned blouse, and stands in front of a blue FAU backdrop. The image includes the Her Maths Story logo and her name and title.
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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scurry.bsky.social
If the @royalsociety.org won’t stand up for scientific values like truth, evidence & the importance of not spreading misinformation on an industrial scale, then who will?
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Royal Society president reignites Elon Musk row by defending lack of action
Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul Nurse
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM