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Raphael Wimmer
@raphaelwimmer.bsky.social
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Tinkering with atoms, bits, and pixels at the University of Regensburg, Germany.

Yak shaver and award-winning procrastinator.
Also on https://hci.social/@RaphaelWimmer and Twitter
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booch.com
Do you like genAI slop?

I do not like them, Google: stop!

I do not like genAI slop.

Would you like them here or there?

I would not like them here or there.

I would not like them anywhere.

I do not like genAI slop.

I do not like them, Google: stop!
January 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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klimafakten.bsky.social
100 Jahre #Lufthansa - ein Anlass, der Frage nachzugehen, ob ein klimaverträglicher #Flugverkehr möglich ist. Unser Faktencheck zeigt:
Ein realistischer Weg zur Klimaneutralität beim Fliegen ist bislang nicht erkennbar.
www.klimafakten.de/klimawissen/...
Infografik, die die verschiedenen Wirkungsketten von Flugzeugabgasen auf das Klima visualisiert. Die Informationen sind inhaltsgleich auch im Text wiedergegeben.
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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hatr.bsky.social
I really do love|hate RegExes. This week, a short walkthrough on how to use them to find DPRK hackers.

buttondown.com/readwrite/ar...
Edition 6 – Using RegEx to catch state-sponsored hackers
Hi, Hakan here. This one is going to be straightforward. Both Jan and I are using RegEx quite regularly, so this is a how to: using RegEx to find out more...
buttondown.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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walterolson.bsky.social
Five years ago.
Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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klonick.bsky.social
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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jbgruber.bsky.social
After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!

Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered

jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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misterabk.bsky.social
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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michaelfogleman.com
This is about 100 minutes worth of bird migration paths directly over my house, played back in just under one minute. Captured in infrared around 1am last night (October 2nd). Approximately 10 degree field of view, looking straight up. The occasional bat too! Most birds heading southwest. #birds
October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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jenchristiansen.com
We used @sciam.bsky.social's 180th anniversary as an excuse to revisit an old favorite. Familiar with the efficiency of locomotion chart from the March 1973 issue? Here it is again, reimagined for 2025 by DTAN Studio, w/text by @parshallison.bsky.social 📊 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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terliwetter.bsky.social
1.5 Grad Marke bis 2100 einhalten?

Pariser Abkommen?

Vergisst es - die Staaten haben versagt, Politiker, Medien und die gesamte Gesellschaft. Neueste Projektionen zeigen 2029 ist die Marke endgültig verloren.

Ist übrigens nicht umkehrbar. Dankt der #Milliardenlobby. #Klimakatastrophe
October 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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rv-enigma.bsky.social
Der Anstieg der Covid-Zahlen (auch in den Krankenhäusern) geht jetzt sehr schnell. Einer von 100 ist mit SARS-2 infiziert.

Wer sich in diesem Jahr noch nicht hat impfen lassen, sollte das jetzt so bald wie möglich nachholen.

Deshalb ausnahmsweise eine Bitte:
Bitte teilt diese Information‼️
rv-enigma.bsky.social RV @rv-enigma.bsky.social · Oct 10
Covid-19 am 10.10.25: R↗️1,15-1,17

R_Berichte (FT-korr) 1,15
R_Meldungen (adj, ohne FT-Korr.) 1,17
R_Hospitalisierung: 1,17

Inkl. DZF ↘️105‼️:
Fälle (7T-M, korr): 84.000
Inzidenz: 700 (540)

Verdopplungszeit: 18-20 Tage
Infiziert: 1 von ~100
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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umweltministerium.de
Verwechslungsgefahr beim Schnitzel?

Bezeichnungen wie Soja-Schnitzel oder Veggie-Burger könnten bald Vergangenheit sein: Das EU-Parlament sprach sich für ein Verbot dieser Bezeichnungen aus.

Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider hat kein Problem, Fleisch von Tofu zu unterscheiden.
Zitat Carsten Schneider: „Ich bin Thüringer, ich verwechsle da nichts und ich kenne sich sonst niemanden, der Wurst und Tofu verwechselt. Diesen Kulturkampf sollten wir uns sparen. Es gibt Wichtigeres.“
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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yjeanrenaud.bsky.social
when my students open the reader I upload for them, to - you know, read - they see this:
Alle Texte zum Seminar. Darunter eine Schaltfläche: * KI-Features. Öffnet ein Drop-Down-Menü: Zusammenfassen, Erklären All texts for the seminar. Below that, a button: * AI features. Opens a drop-down menu: Summarise, Explain
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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kakape.bsky.social
Over on X you can see how the Trump administration is using every channel of communication to frame the shutdown as the fault of Democrats.

Using such official communication channels for partisan politics obviously erodes trust. As with many things we are witnessing, this will have lasting effects
October 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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do.minik.us
This page implements Borges' Library of Babel: containing everything that could ever be written on 410 pages, all possible 10⁴⁶⁷⁷ books. And the craziest thing: it has a search function.

libraryofbabel.info
Library of Babel
A project towards a universal library. By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters.
libraryofbabel.info
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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3r1ng.bsky.social
I would LOVE to make a proper network graph for those 18,000 emails from Epstein’s personal Yahoo account obtained by Bloomberg News. If anyone from Bloomberg News would like to share… I mean you can’t just call it “The Network” without a network graph 🤓 archive.is/2025.09.25-2...
Photo of headline from Bloomberg News story linked in post.
September 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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gidmk.bsky.social
Tylenol/acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy probably doesn't give babies autism.

Now unlocked for all to read

gidmk.substack.com/p/tylenol-us...
Tylenol Use In Pregnancy Probably Doesn't Give Babies Autism
Why acetaminophen/paracetamol probably isn't causing the autism epidemic.
gidmk.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
raphaelwimmer.bsky.social
@mpoessel.de - warum hast Du denn bsky.app/profile/oyst... repostet?

Soweit ich das sehe, ist das wieder einer der "Haha, ich habe einen Bot auf Twitter enttarnt"-Posts, die letztendlich bloß einem Troll auf den Leim gingen. Fake News, IMHO.

Siehe auch bsky.app/profile/dave...
dave.9000ish.uk Dave @dave.9000ish.uk · Sep 21
I think he was joking
September 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
raphaelwimmer.bsky.social
Huch, jetzt gibt's in #Regensburg morgen doch eine #Klimademo.
Wegen der kurzfristigen Ankündigung vermutlich etwas kleiner als sonst.

Bis dann, Domplatz West, 15:30 Uhr

futureforregensburg.de

#fff #KlimaKrise #klimastreik #fridaysforfuture #scientists4future
September 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
raphaelwimmer.bsky.social
Oops, I thought I had already opted out of LinkedIn using my data for AI training. Turns out I did not. Maybe I confused it with one of the other platforms trying to recycle my data for other purposes. Thanks for the reminder!
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
September 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Look who came with
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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helgethomas.bsky.social
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …

#EMobility
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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dekoder.org
10 Jahre gibt es dekoder nun schon!
Du willst, dass wir auch weiterhin so arbeiten können wie bisher?

Dann kannst du dekoder jetzt mit einer Geburtstagsspende Zukunft schenken:
👉 specials.dekoder.org/geburtstagss... 🎁❤️
September 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM