Sabine Oertelt-Prigione
@smoertelt.bsky.social
she/her • prof. of sex- and gender-sensitive medicine @radboudumc and @unibielefeld • mother • feminist • lifelong migrant • posts without typos are not mine
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Als der Bundeskanzler am Ende seines Wahlkampfs gegen Demonstrant*innen, die gegen seine Zusammenarbeit mit der rechtsextremen AfD protestierten, kritisierte, in dem er ihnen bescheinigte, nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank zu haben, wurde dies von vielen entschuldigt, es sei nunmal Wahlkampf. 1/7
Proteste gegen AfD-Jugend: Friedrich Merz kritisiert Auseinandersetzungen bei Protesten in Gießen
Bundeskanzler Merz und Bundesinnenminister Dobrindt haben die Auseinandersetzungen bei Protesten gegen die AfD-Jugend in Gießen kritisiert. Dobrindt sprach von "Chaoten".
www.zeit.de
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Als der Bundeskanzler am Ende seines Wahlkampfs gegen Demonstrant*innen, die gegen seine Zusammenarbeit mit der rechtsextremen AfD protestierten, kritisierte, in dem er ihnen bescheinigte, nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank zu haben, wurde dies von vielen entschuldigt, es sei nunmal Wahlkampf. 1/7
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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As a supervising attorney, I am here to tell young lawyers that AI is absolutely a threat to your career. I do not mean that it will replace you. I mean that if you use it, you increase the risk that another attorney will replace you when you are fired. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
As a supervising attorney, I am here to tell young lawyers that AI is absolutely a threat to your career. I do not mean that it will replace you. I mean that if you use it, you increase the risk that another attorney will replace you when you are fired. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Hab mal dem Bundeskanzler gemailt:)
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hab mal dem Bundeskanzler gemailt:)
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
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What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
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“Deloitte “misused AI and used it very inappropriately: misquoted a judge, used references that are non-existent,” Pocock told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “I mean, the kinds of things that a first-year university student would be in deep trouble for.””
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Deloitte was caught using AI in $290,000 report to help the Australian government crack down on welfare after a researcher flagged hallucinations | Fortune
The updates “in no way impact” the report’s findings and recommendations, the Big Four firm said.
fortune.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“Deloitte “misused AI and used it very inappropriately: misquoted a judge, used references that are non-existent,” Pocock told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “I mean, the kinds of things that a first-year university student would be in deep trouble for.””
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The simple fact that a physician thinks you need a cognitive test could be taken as a hint…
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The simple fact that a physician thinks you need a cognitive test could be taken as a hint…
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NEW: The BMJ Collection on Women’s Health Innovation, developed w/ @gatesfoundation.bsky.social is now live
www.bmj.com/collections/...
@jocalynclark.bsky.social is in Berlin this week for the Gates Foundation Innovation Equity Forum & #WHS2025 to highlight the Collection’s insights #GlobalHealth
www.bmj.com/collections/...
@jocalynclark.bsky.social is in Berlin this week for the Gates Foundation Innovation Equity Forum & #WHS2025 to highlight the Collection’s insights #GlobalHealth
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: The BMJ Collection on Women’s Health Innovation, developed w/ @gatesfoundation.bsky.social is now live
www.bmj.com/collections/...
@jocalynclark.bsky.social is in Berlin this week for the Gates Foundation Innovation Equity Forum & #WHS2025 to highlight the Collection’s insights #GlobalHealth
www.bmj.com/collections/...
@jocalynclark.bsky.social is in Berlin this week for the Gates Foundation Innovation Equity Forum & #WHS2025 to highlight the Collection’s insights #GlobalHealth
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Warum Donald Trumps aggressive Fossilpolitik auch eine Art bewusste Wirtschaftspolitik gegen China ist – mit dramatischen Folgen für die Welt. Hochinteressante Lektüre:
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/wir...
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/wir...
Trumps Klimakrieg
Die USA opfern den Planeten, um Chinas Vormachtstellung bei grünen Technologien zu bekämpfen.
www.ipg-journal.de
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Warum Donald Trumps aggressive Fossilpolitik auch eine Art bewusste Wirtschaftspolitik gegen China ist – mit dramatischen Folgen für die Welt. Hochinteressante Lektüre:
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/wir...
www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/wir...
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The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous:
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous:
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
climate change
green
decarbonization
emissions
energy transition
sustainability
sustainable
clean energy
dirty energy
carbon footprint
CO₂ footprint
tax breaks
tax credits
subsidies
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Effect of tariffs I've seen
— Higher clothing prices overall
— Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer
— US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty
— Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers
— Higher clothing prices overall
— Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer
— US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty
— Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Effect of tariffs I've seen
— Higher clothing prices overall
— Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer
— US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty
— Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers
— Higher clothing prices overall
— Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer
— US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty
— Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers
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Here's what the new co-owner of TikTok US and existing co-owner of the Tony Blair Institute (the 'let's do digital ID' guys) had to say this time last year.
This is who's dictating and planning to profit from mandatory government digital ID, starting with immigrants and expanding to everyone else.
This is who's dictating and planning to profit from mandatory government digital ID, starting with immigrants and expanding to everyone else.
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Here's what the new co-owner of TikTok US and existing co-owner of the Tony Blair Institute (the 'let's do digital ID' guys) had to say this time last year.
This is who's dictating and planning to profit from mandatory government digital ID, starting with immigrants and expanding to everyone else.
This is who's dictating and planning to profit from mandatory government digital ID, starting with immigrants and expanding to everyone else.
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We're starting small but we have big ambitions.
Because if there's anything that the last few years have shown us, it's that we desperately need diverse, fearless INDEPENDENT media.
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Because if there's anything that the last few years have shown us, it's that we desperately need diverse, fearless INDEPENDENT media.
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Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the anti-abortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.
RFK Jr. Opens Investigation Into the Safety of the Abortion Pill
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the antiabortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.
bloom.bg
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Soviel zu einseitiger Förderung der Regierung: „Dass ein Verein direkt eine institutionelle Förderung erhält, gilt als ungewöhnlich. Üblicherweise beantragt er zunächst eine Projektförderung.“
Auch sind 250.000/Jahr richtig viel bei Förderung ThinkTank.
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/staa...
Auch sind 250.000/Jahr richtig viel bei Förderung ThinkTank.
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/staa...
Staat fördert umstrittene Denkfabrik: Kristina Schröders Verein „Republik21“ erhält eine Viertelmillion Euro
Schon dieses Jahr wird die Denkfabrik „Republik21“ mit bis zu 250.000 Euro gefördert. Kritiker schlagen Alarm und fragen: Wie konnte das passieren?
www.tagesspiegel.de
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Soviel zu einseitiger Förderung der Regierung: „Dass ein Verein direkt eine institutionelle Förderung erhält, gilt als ungewöhnlich. Üblicherweise beantragt er zunächst eine Projektförderung.“
Auch sind 250.000/Jahr richtig viel bei Förderung ThinkTank.
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/staa...
Auch sind 250.000/Jahr richtig viel bei Förderung ThinkTank.
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/staa...