Michael Miener
@boredbede.bsky.social
Cognitive Psychologist (Bremen) with an MBA (Henley). Left a career in management. Graduate student of Medieval Englishes at UoN. Father of four. Cats. Chickens.
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Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack
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Fliegen wird billiger, Zugfahrten teurer.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Fliegen wird billiger, Zugfahrten teurer.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
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A Barred Owl in care at Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research with notably large black eyes is photographed prior to being released. Want to donate to Tri-State? tristatebird.org/donate/ Source: fb.com/102322002983... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A Barred Owl in care at Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research with notably large black eyes is photographed prior to being released. Want to donate to Tri-State? tristatebird.org/donate/ Source: fb.com/102322002983... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Ignorance is the parent of fear
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Ignorance is the parent of fear
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bei der bürgergeld-diskussion hat schwarz-rot die ganze zeit auf einsparungen gedrängt und jetzt schenkt die privatjet-regierung der luftverkehrslobby 350 millionen euro.
da gibt es nichts zu entschuldigen. was für ein dreck
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
da gibt es nichts zu entschuldigen. was für ein dreck
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Schwarz-Rot verständigt sich auf Industriestrompreis, Kraftwerkstrategie und Senkung der Luftverkehrsteuer
Union und SPD haben sich in ihrem Koalitionsausschuss auf die Einführung eines Industriestrompreises geeinigt. Außerdem soll Fliegen wieder günstiger werden.
www.spiegel.de
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
bei der bürgergeld-diskussion hat schwarz-rot die ganze zeit auf einsparungen gedrängt und jetzt schenkt die privatjet-regierung der luftverkehrslobby 350 millionen euro.
da gibt es nichts zu entschuldigen. was für ein dreck
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
da gibt es nichts zu entschuldigen. was für ein dreck
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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@autoschmidt.bsky.social:
"🇨🇳 🚘 🇪🇺 Hyper-competition sees new market entrants on track to strip away up to one million units from incumbent OEMs across Western Europe, according to new study"
#alwaysbecharging
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
"🇨🇳 🚘 🇪🇺 Hyper-competition sees new market entrants on track to strip away up to one million units from incumbent OEMs across Western Europe, according to new study"
#alwaysbecharging
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@autoschmidt.bsky.social:
"🇨🇳 🚘 🇪🇺 Hyper-competition sees new market entrants on track to strip away up to one million units from incumbent OEMs across Western Europe, according to new study"
#alwaysbecharging
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
"🇨🇳 🚘 🇪🇺 Hyper-competition sees new market entrants on track to strip away up to one million units from incumbent OEMs across Western Europe, according to new study"
#alwaysbecharging
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
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@davidfickling.bsky.social:
The Whole World Is Switching to EVs Faster Than You:
"BloombergNEF forecasts EVs will be displacing about 5.3 million barrels of oil a day, equivalent to about a 10th of all road fuel consumed globally at present."
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
The Whole World Is Switching to EVs Faster Than You:
"BloombergNEF forecasts EVs will be displacing about 5.3 million barrels of oil a day, equivalent to about a 10th of all road fuel consumed globally at present."
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
August 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
@davidfickling.bsky.social:
The Whole World Is Switching to EVs Faster Than You:
"BloombergNEF forecasts EVs will be displacing about 5.3 million barrels of oil a day, equivalent to about a 10th of all road fuel consumed globally at present."
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
The Whole World Is Switching to EVs Faster Than You:
"BloombergNEF forecasts EVs will be displacing about 5.3 million barrels of oil a day, equivalent to about a 10th of all road fuel consumed globally at present."
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
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Highly personalised and personable, Advanced AI Assistants may soon become the primary way that most people access the internet.
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
The dilemmas of delegation
An analysis of policy challenges posed by Advanced AI Assistants and natural-language AI agents.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Highly personalised and personable, Advanced AI Assistants may soon become the primary way that most people access the internet.
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals by William H. Janeway @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jdf3oHO
In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals
William H. Janeway explains why the sector might be better off if the reckoning comes sooner rather than after leverage piles up.
prosyn.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals by William H. Janeway @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jdf3oHO
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Eine sehr sinnvolle Veröffentlichung des @dimr.bsky.social, so dass sich Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten gut selbst ihre Meinung bilden können.
In Leichter Sprache:
Sie können die Broschüre "Warum ist die AfD gefährlich?"
jetzt wieder auf unserer Webseite bestellen.
Oder Sie können den Text kostenlos
von unserer Webseite herunter laden.
Zu der Broschüre:
www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/publikatione...
Sie können die Broschüre "Warum ist die AfD gefährlich?"
jetzt wieder auf unserer Webseite bestellen.
Oder Sie können den Text kostenlos
von unserer Webseite herunter laden.
Zu der Broschüre:
www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/publikatione...
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Eine sehr sinnvolle Veröffentlichung des @dimr.bsky.social, so dass sich Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten gut selbst ihre Meinung bilden können.
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...and preferably read The Economist. It will improve your writing.
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
Unsolicited writing advice, no.976:
Read. Read for pleasure. Read out of curiosity. Read both in and outside your comfort zone. Read in order to a get a thorough understanding of the industry you’re getting into. No time? Find time. Writing without reading is like cooking without food.
Read. Read for pleasure. Read out of curiosity. Read both in and outside your comfort zone. Read in order to a get a thorough understanding of the industry you’re getting into. No time? Find time. Writing without reading is like cooking without food.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
...and preferably read The Economist. It will improve your writing.
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
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"Jin Tang arbeitet seit 30 Jahren in der Phootovoltaik-Industrie. Studiert hat er in Oldenburg. Er hat erlebt, wie das Know how vom ehemaligen Weltmarktführer Deutschland schrittweise nach China abgewandert ist. Jetzt dominiert die Volksrepublik den Weltmarkt."
Tja.
Tja.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Jin Tang arbeitet seit 30 Jahren in der Phootovoltaik-Industrie. Studiert hat er in Oldenburg. Er hat erlebt, wie das Know how vom ehemaligen Weltmarktführer Deutschland schrittweise nach China abgewandert ist. Jetzt dominiert die Volksrepublik den Weltmarkt."
Tja.
Tja.
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Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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CEMA
cemasorbonne.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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Helmut Schmidt 1988 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Helmut Schmidt 1988 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
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Wie ich mich auf die dunklen Monate des Jahres vorbereite.
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wie ich mich auf die dunklen Monate des Jahres vorbereite.
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Frau Brorhilker ist eine absolute HELDIN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
Steuerskandal Cum-Ex: Chefermittlerin kündigt und übt Kritik
Ihre Ermittlungen führten zu ersten Urteilen im Steuerskandal Cum-Ex und brachten Kanzler Scholz in Erklärungsnot: Anne Brorhilker verlässt nach WDR-Informationen die Justiz, um an anderer Stelle gege...
www.tagesschau.de
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Frau Brorhilker ist eine absolute HELDIN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
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When it comes to 1066*, he has form.
* And everything else.
* And everything else.
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When it comes to 1066*, he has form.
* And everything else.
* And everything else.
Question to the experts from @skaldic.org: stanza 8 of the Haraldskvæði mentions the famous berserkir – but is this referring to Haraldr's or Kjǫtvi's troops? The foreign/Frankish swords are mentioned just before, so... Not mission critical, but this question is vexing me for some time. Thx.
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Question to the experts from @skaldic.org: stanza 8 of the Haraldskvæði mentions the famous berserkir – but is this referring to Haraldr's or Kjǫtvi's troops? The foreign/Frankish swords are mentioned just before, so... Not mission critical, but this question is vexing me for some time. Thx.
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yrfe, n.n: cattle. (UER-vuh / ˈyr-və)
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
yrfe, n.n: cattle. (UER-vuh / ˈyr-və)
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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Ēadmēdu & Æðelsceadu the oak seedlings together
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ēadmēdu & Æðelsceadu the oak seedlings together