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Birgit Hartoft 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇬🇱🇪🇺
@bhartoft.bsky.social
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Retired IT nerd, M.A. English lang/lit, nerdy about literature & history, animal welfare, patient safety. I detest -isms, and do not tolerate discriminating behaviour justified by them.
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emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
AI till støtte for poppulisterne
stejormur.bsky.social Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 8d
A friend told me that her American dad got in touch to talk about some news he'd seen on Facebook: there are riots in England over DEI, and the King dramatically burst into parliament to tell Starmer off, and then Prince William did the same to Sadiq Khan. AI really is inventing bold new universes
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
This
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Humor 😂
scientits.bsky.social Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 18d
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
Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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jb-digriz.bsky.social
Think vaccines are not important?

Famous Individuals Who Had Polio: A Historical and Modern List

www.disabled-world.com/disability/a...
Famous Individuals Who Had Polio: A Historical and Modern List
Comprehensive list of famous people who had polio, highlighting their achievements and the disease’s historical impact on society.
www.disabled-world.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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riotlinguist.bsky.social
"i use it for research" congratulations your research is now measurably worse and slower. all the parts you think are getting faster are just parts where you don't know what's being eluded and misconstrued.
cityofangelle.bsky.social Angelle Haney Gullett @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 22d
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

🎁link
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
USA er på røven. Kan de mere ansvarsbevidste, demokratiske kræfter vente på næste valg, eller vil deres tålmodighed blot gøre ondt værre?
barbmcquade.bsky.social Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · Oct 5
This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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davidandress.bsky.social
They were kidnapped in international waters in an act of blatant piracy…
doctorvive.bsky.social Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · Oct 5
The Times of Israel reports that Greta Thunberg & her fellow Flotilla crew are being held in a special "terrorist" section of Ketziot prison—or in "terrorist conditions," as Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's Minister of National Security put it.

www.timesofisrael.com/thunberg-sai...
On Friday, the ultranationalist minister suggested that Israel would be better off throwing the flotilla participants in prison for several months rather than immediately deporting them back to their home countries. Security prisoners - those incarcerated for offenses that intentionally harm national security - are housed separately from criminal prisoners and are not eligible for many of the benefits available to the general prison population. The term is a catch-all term applied to detainees, convicted prisoners and terrorists, and administrative detainees who are held without charges for extended periods, without trial. "We are in Ketziot prison, and as I promised, those flotilla members, supporters of terrorism, are here in a security prison," Channel 14 reported Ben Gir as saying. "They receive conditions for terrorists here, for everything, terrorist sweatpants, terrorist conditions. This means, there is a minimum of the minimum, that's what I promised and that's how we are fulfilling it."
October 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
True
philplait.bsky.social Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Oct 4
Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.
richardkadrey.bsky.social Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · Oct 3
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
ICE = brownshirts
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · Sep 27
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Sort på hvidt
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 27
It’s a fact. Data from three decades of political violence reveals that right-wing terror attacks outnumber attacks from the left.

And it’s not even close!
September 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
USA i dag. 😭
billwearsties.bsky.social Bill Wolkoff @billwearsties.bsky.social · Sep 28
Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Horst Wessel, meet Charlie Kork; Charlie Kirk, mert Horst Wessel.
headacheofsmurf.bsky.social Misjø Smeulf @headacheofsmurf.bsky.social · Sep 27
Der er nogle ting, der lyder alt, alt for nutidigt.
magnusbe.bsky.social magnusbe @magnusbe.bsky.social · Sep 27
Godt boktips i Morgenbladet.
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Den undersøgelse bør danske politikere kigge på og lægge sig konklusionerne på sinde.
maxvonthun.bsky.social Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social · Sep 27
“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”
tabouchadi.bsky.social Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Sep 26
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
My irregular reminder #NeverForget
auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Sep 27
27 September 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Myriam Bloch, was born in Metz.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 505 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
--

Children at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
A vintage photo of a young gile standing and holding a toy. The girl is smiling and dressed in a light-colored outfit with curly hair.
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Lillebitte Malta tør. Danmark tør ikke. Jeg skammer mig som dansker. 😖
ibrahimdk.bsky.social Ibrahim El-Khatib 🦋 @ibrahimdk.bsky.social · Sep 26
Maltas premierminister Robert Abela:

“Jeg skammer mig ikke over at indrømme, at jeg græd efter mit sidste besøg hos de børn, vi bragte fra Gaza. De har mistet lemmer, familier og livets bedste ting, men vi vil ikke lade dem miste håbet om en bedre fremtid – vi vil beskytte dem.”
September 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Hjææææælp!
yabamena.bsky.social Aisha - COMMS OPEN🔎⁷🍷⁸ @yabamena.bsky.social · Sep 22
*clears throat*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
A screaming llama standing in a green field in front of some Peruvian ruins.
September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Sådan føler jeg det også for tiden.
yabamena.bsky.social Aisha - COMMS OPEN🔎⁷🍷⁸ @yabamena.bsky.social · Sep 22
*clears throat*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
A screaming llama standing in a green field in front of some Peruvian ruins.
September 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
bhartoft.bsky.social
It certainly looks like it.
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
Note how we’ve moved from concerns about people arriving irregularly in small boats to wrecking the lives of people who are by definition here entirely lawfully
jdportes.bsky.social Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Sep 21
Should really say "Farage plans to tear up the Brexit deal he supported" since it would requiring reneging on the Withdrawal Agreement (most "foreign nationals" claiming benefits are EU citizens with settled status)

://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111398/nigel-farage-welfare-foreign-nationals
Nigel Farage to ban all foreign nationals from claiming benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK leader to make announcement at press conference on Monday
www.express.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Vi skulle skamme os, skulle vi. Det fremmedhad, der her lægges til grund for jagten på de udenlandske studerende ved RUC, er så langt under lavmålet, at det kun kan betragtes som institutionaliseret racisme. Ingen tanker om andre faktorer, bare hænge ‘de andre’ ud. Føj.
louisoncf.bsky.social Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · Sep 17
Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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September 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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didichanoch.bsky.social
An actual quote, translated by me: "we paid a lot of money for the war, now we gotta split the percentages of the land. We already did the teardown, the first step in urban renewal."

This is Israel's minister of the treasury.

I feel sick. Physically sick.
September 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller.

Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch.

No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2
🗃️🧪
Meme. Painting of St. Hildegard, from the shoulders up. She is dressed up in her nunnish finery. Her wimple is white and very creased, so that she looks a bit like a mummy and her veil is the dusky black of that suggests it's been through the wash many times. She has something like a crown on her head, with little spikes that look for all the world like duck feet. The saint's eyebrows are hard lines like windshield wipers, & her nose is ski-jump smooth. Her head is surrounded by a nimbus of blue with a white outline, set against an orange background. She is looking up and towards your right, as if she's watching a possum that's about to drop onto the person sitting next to you. Her mouth is set in a tight smile. She's likely thinking about sex again. And maybe not just eel sex. Hildegard provided us with the first written description of the female orgasm, so it's quite possible that she's got that on her mind. Meme text reads: "Medieval Eel Truth: It's all about the Bingen's, baby!"
September 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
bhartoft.bsky.social
Den klassiske måde at ‘vinde’ en ny befolkning på. 😖😡
davidandress.bsky.social Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · Sep 16
This, too, is genocide.
snellarthur.bsky.social Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · Sep 16
on.ft.com/4nqr2P2 Moscow holds Ukrainian children at hundreds of sites across Russia
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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jlazarus.bsky.social
Selectively revoking constitutional rights for vulnerable minority groups is a GIGANTIC red flag. The reddest possible flag.
anthonylfisher.bsky.social Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · Sep 4
The "from my cold dead hands" crowd wants to ban people from owning guns
September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM