Norbert Preining
@npreining.bsky.social
Principal Software Engineer at arXiv.org
Mathematician, Logician, Computer Scientist, TeX Maniac, Linux Dev, Professional Mountain Guide
Mathematician, Logician, Computer Scientist, TeX Maniac, Linux Dev, Professional Mountain Guide
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Je suis très honoré de cette belle reconnaissance et de ce beau portrait, qui parle non seulement de mes convictions en logiciel libre et IA, mais aussi de l'humain derrière, et de comment les communs numériques s'inscrivent dans notre société
www.decideurs-magazine.com/digital-mark...
www.decideurs-magazine.com/digital-mark...
Personnalité de l’année 2025 : Gaël Varoquaux, architecte d’un commu...
Chercheur à l’Inria et fondateur de la bibliothèque algorithmique Scikit-learn et de la start-up Probabl, Gaël Varoquaux consacre son quotidien à la valorisation des données. Il contribue à bâtir des....
www.decideurs-magazine.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Je suis très honoré de cette belle reconnaissance et de ce beau portrait, qui parle non seulement de mes convictions en logiciel libre et IA, mais aussi de l'humain derrière, et de comment les communs numériques s'inscrivent dans notre société
www.decideurs-magazine.com/digital-mark...
www.decideurs-magazine.com/digital-mark...
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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First of all this ICE agent that murdered Renee Nicole Good is in perfect health since her vehicle never touched him as you can obviously see! The DOJ & Trump are lying to this Country! She was the mom of a 6 year old boy whose father passed away recently so now he’s an orphan!🤬
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 AM
First of all this ICE agent that murdered Renee Nicole Good is in perfect health since her vehicle never touched him as you can obviously see! The DOJ & Trump are lying to this Country! She was the mom of a 6 year old boy whose father passed away recently so now he’s an orphan!🤬
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Allow me to translate: “it’s okay to kill these people because they’re queers”
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Allow me to translate: “it’s okay to kill these people because they’re queers”
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This is how ICE agents responded after watching a mother of three bleed out in her car after they shot her multiple times in the head.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This is how ICE agents responded after watching a mother of three bleed out in her car after they shot her multiple times in the head.
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🇩🇪 Wenn "militärische Macht“ plötzlich als zulässige Möglichkeit zwischen Verbündeten ins Spiel gebracht wird, bedeutet das, dass bereits eine entscheidende Norm gebrochen wurde
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 AM
🇩🇪 Wenn "militärische Macht“ plötzlich als zulässige Möglichkeit zwischen Verbündeten ins Spiel gebracht wird, bedeutet das, dass bereits eine entscheidende Norm gebrochen wurde
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Elon Musk and his fascist friends in the administration never complain about censorship in countries that actually censor Americans.
They comply with regulations in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China.
They complain about Europe only because they hate liberal democracies
They comply with regulations in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China.
They complain about Europe only because they hate liberal democracies
December 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Elon Musk and his fascist friends in the administration never complain about censorship in countries that actually censor Americans.
They comply with regulations in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China.
They complain about Europe only because they hate liberal democracies
They comply with regulations in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China.
They complain about Europe only because they hate liberal democracies
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So the US administration considers hate speech and disinformation “American viewpoints“? 🙄
HateAid is an organization that also helps climate scientists to defend themselves against online abuse and threats.
Its founder was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 🇩🇪 this year.
HateAid is an organization that also helps climate scientists to defend themselves against online abuse and threats.
Its founder was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 🇩🇪 this year.
“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
apnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
So the US administration considers hate speech and disinformation “American viewpoints“? 🙄
HateAid is an organization that also helps climate scientists to defend themselves against online abuse and threats.
Its founder was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 🇩🇪 this year.
HateAid is an organization that also helps climate scientists to defend themselves against online abuse and threats.
Its founder was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 🇩🇪 this year.
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今年もTeX&LaTeXアドベントカレンダーの24日めを書けました。毎年ぎりぎりです zenn.dev/k16/articles...
TeXから始めるLean言語
zenn.dev
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
今年もTeX&LaTeXアドベントカレンダーの24日めを書けました。毎年ぎりぎりです zenn.dev/k16/articles...
Attention Authors: updated endorsement policy for arXiv Mathematics #arXiv
blog.arxiv.org/2025/12/10/u...
blog.arxiv.org/2025/12/10/u...
Attention Authors: updated endorsement policy for arXiv Mathematics – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Attention Authors: updated endorsement policy for arXiv Mathematics #arXiv
blog.arxiv.org/2025/12/10/u...
blog.arxiv.org/2025/12/10/u...
Good news: "We are pleased to announce that Schmidt Sciences and NASA have generously awarded arXiv $7 million in gifts and grants, respectively, to allow arXiv to complete its technology migration project and to explore ways to improve the arXiv experience ..."
blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/24/a...
#arXiv
blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/24/a...
#arXiv
arXiv receives $7 million in gifts and grants from Schmidt Sciences and NASA – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Good news: "We are pleased to announce that Schmidt Sciences and NASA have generously awarded arXiv $7 million in gifts and grants, respectively, to allow arXiv to complete its technology migration project and to explore ways to improve the arXiv experience ..."
blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/24/a...
#arXiv
blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/24/a...
#arXiv
Join arXiv! Want to make an impact on open science? Come help lead the team working on arxiv.org, one of the most integral websites for open scholarly communications and scientific discovery.
blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/24/w...
#arXiv
blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/24/w...
#arXiv
arXiv.org e-Print archive
arxiv.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Join arXiv! Want to make an impact on open science? Come help lead the team working on arxiv.org, one of the most integral websites for open scholarly communications and scientific discovery.
blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/24/w...
#arXiv
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#arXiv
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With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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October 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow
Picture this: A Slack channel for an open-source project that prominently displays "Be excellent to each other" in its community guidelines. Six month
kennethreitz.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
Why on earth are SMS between Austria and Japan so unreliable??? It is 2025. My wild guess is of course Japan. Sunday out of order ...
September 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why on earth are SMS between Austria and Japan so unreliable??? It is 2025. My wild guess is of course Japan. Sunday out of order ...
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And for now, the Supreme Court has signed off on such dubious practices without an explanation. Every American, including those who want tougher enforcement of our immigration laws, should demand that ICE does its job in a way that protects the rights of all Americans.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And for now, the Supreme Court has signed off on such dubious practices without an explanation. Every American, including those who want tougher enforcement of our immigration laws, should demand that ICE does its job in a way that protects the rights of all Americans.
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
Wow ... that reads like the " History of #debian " in recent years - only that it is Nix
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
The NixOS Conflict in Under 5 Minutes
This is my effort to create a short summary of what has caused the Nix community to currently be in conflict.
chrismcdonough.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wow ... that reads like the " History of #debian " in recent years - only that it is Nix
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
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🗓️ The August 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
🗓️ The July 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
🗓️ The June 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
September 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🗓️ The August 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
Germany and "Free Speech" - not a good combination lina.sh/blog/telefon...
A German ISP tampered with their DNS - specifically to sabotage my website
One of Germany's biggest ISPs changed how their DNS works, right after I exposed an organization that they’re part of.
lina.sh
August 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Germany and "Free Speech" - not a good combination lina.sh/blog/telefon...
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Exactly what a russian asset would do
August 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Exactly what a russian asset would do
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I wouldn’t say that open access has foundered. I think we’ll actually be very lucky if universities have the kind of success with language models that Cornell has had with the ArXiv. That’s arguably the most successful and influential publication venue in the world right now.
August 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I wouldn’t say that open access has foundered. I think we’ll actually be very lucky if universities have the kind of success with language models that Cornell has had with the ArXiv. That’s arguably the most successful and influential publication venue in the world right now.
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Uploaded (replaced) a paper to arXiv today for the first time in a while.. and discovered some new features! 🤩
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3
June 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Uploaded (replaced) a paper to arXiv today for the first time in a while.. and discovered some new features! 🤩
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3