Heidi Schall
@heidisound.bsky.social
Communications pro with a knack for tech, and an interest in science, language, music, people, and humour (yes, the British kind)
Also: @heidiS@mstdn.social
Also: @heidiS@mstdn.social
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YouTube wird seit Monaten mit Tausenden KI-generierten Desinformationsvideos geflutet: gegen Bundesregierung und EU, für die AfD und Russland. Die Videos haben viele Millionen Menschen erreicht. Spuren führen u.a. nach Österreich und zu einem deutschen Gaming-YouTuber. Meine Recherche (RND+).
Lügen in Großbuchstaben: Wie Youtube mit KI-generierter Propaganda geflutet wird
Sie verbreiten Lügen über die Bundesregierung und unterstützen die AfD und Russland: Tausende KI-generierte Propagandavideos fluten seit Monaten die Plattform Youtube und erreichen Millionen. Eine Spu...
www.rnd.de
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
YouTube wird seit Monaten mit Tausenden KI-generierten Desinformationsvideos geflutet: gegen Bundesregierung und EU, für die AfD und Russland. Die Videos haben viele Millionen Menschen erreicht. Spuren führen u.a. nach Österreich und zu einem deutschen Gaming-YouTuber. Meine Recherche (RND+).
Just when you are about to lose faith in humanity this happens youtu.be/rfUEstWJUkA?...
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just when you are about to lose faith in humanity this happens youtu.be/rfUEstWJUkA?...
Such a wholesome thread.
As a German I am glad to see the world is finally adopting Brussels Sprout!
As a German I am glad to see the world is finally adopting Brussels Sprout!
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Such a wholesome thread.
As a German I am glad to see the world is finally adopting Brussels Sprout!
As a German I am glad to see the world is finally adopting Brussels Sprout!
How about an episode on Dr. Gaillard? @lostwomenofsci.bsky.social
I would thoroughly enjoy that!
I would thoroughly enjoy that!
"A singularly unfeminine profession" (the title of her memoir, a reference to something she was told by a boy about becoming a physicist) is a killer title.
I took quantum field theory from Prof. Gaillard, and while I can't say I remember much from the course, I'm grateful for the opportunity.
I took quantum field theory from Prof. Gaillard, and while I can't say I remember much from the course, I'm grateful for the opportunity.
Mary K Gaillard, a theorist who had a knack for telling experimental physicists where to look, died in her home on May 23 at 86.
Dr. Gaillard was an unpaid scientist at CERN for more than a decade, & the first woman physicist hired & tenured at Berkeley:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
Dr. Gaillard was an unpaid scientist at CERN for more than a decade, & the first woman physicist hired & tenured at Berkeley:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
August 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
How about an episode on Dr. Gaillard? @lostwomenofsci.bsky.social
I would thoroughly enjoy that!
I would thoroughly enjoy that!
The same goes for governments, I guess…
Political & cultural disinformation movements tend to be insatiably aggressive: companies with passive strategies are unlikely to escape significant damage.
Business & financial leaders really need to lean heavily into harms mitigation influence.
execinsights.jbs.cam.ac.uk/view/9844596...
Business & financial leaders really need to lean heavily into harms mitigation influence.
execinsights.jbs.cam.ac.uk/view/9844596...
Cambridge Executive Business Insights - Summer 2025
Cambridge Executive Business Insights is a quarterly publication delivering cutting-edge perspectives on the key issues shaping executive leadership and business strategy. Each edition explores a crit...
execinsights.jbs.cam.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The same goes for governments, I guess…
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This thread is truly something that must be seen. It is amazing. Especially the way he ends his ”Day 8 of vibe coding” thread 😂
July 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This thread is truly something that must be seen. It is amazing. Especially the way he ends his ”Day 8 of vibe coding” thread 😂
CumCum: Jetzt bewegt sich Finanzminister Klingbeil endlich, um das Geld zurückzufordern. Aber das Geld ist noch längst nicht zurück: Dafür braucht es den Einsatz von mehr Personal. Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ und teilen! weact.campact.de/petitions/cu...
CumCum-Milliarden: Zeit ist Steuergeld
Wusstest Du, dass dem Staat 28,5 Milliarden Euro durch illegale CumCum-Geschäften entzogen wurden? Jetzt bewegt sich Finanzminister Klingbeil endlich, um das Geld zurückzufordern. Aber das Geld ist n...
weact.campact.de
July 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
CumCum: Jetzt bewegt sich Finanzminister Klingbeil endlich, um das Geld zurückzufordern. Aber das Geld ist noch längst nicht zurück: Dafür braucht es den Einsatz von mehr Personal. Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ und teilen! weact.campact.de/petitions/cu...
Mass psychosis incoming…
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social offers an outstanding report on how AI appears to be analyzing and exploiting human social-psychological vulnerabilities to create deep attachment.
Very sobering and a must-watch.
Very sobering and a must-watch.
I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...
July 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Mass psychosis incoming…
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The return to pen and paper has been a common response to A.I. among professors, with sales of blue books rising significantly at certain universities. Some instructors are even considering oral exams. “Maybe we go all the way back to 450 B.C.,” one said.
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The return to pen and paper has been a common response to A.I. among professors, with sales of blue books rising significantly at certain universities. Some instructors are even considering oral exams. “Maybe we go all the way back to 450 B.C.,” one said.
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Weil ihr es seid - und weil ich wirklich gerne will, dass ihr nicht abgehört werdet: Hier ein Geschenklink zu meinem Artikel über die Millionen Bluetooth-Kopfhörer, die sich in Wanzen verwandelt haben. Problem zudem: Viele werden für immer angreifbar bleiben, weil sie ein Fix nicht erreichen kann.
Sicherheitslücke: Millionen Kopfhörer sind abhörbar
Die Schwachstelle liegt bei einem unbekannten Chiphersteller. Angreifer können mithören und Smartphones übernehmen. Betroffen sind auch Modelle von Sony, Bose und JBL.
www.zeit.de
July 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Weil ihr es seid - und weil ich wirklich gerne will, dass ihr nicht abgehört werdet: Hier ein Geschenklink zu meinem Artikel über die Millionen Bluetooth-Kopfhörer, die sich in Wanzen verwandelt haben. Problem zudem: Viele werden für immer angreifbar bleiben, weil sie ein Fix nicht erreichen kann.
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„Glaube nicht, es muss so sein, weil es nie anders war. Unmöglichkeiten sind Ausflüchte steriler Gehirne.
Schaffe Möglichkeiten!"
Hedwig Dohm, die ihr Leben lang für die Frauenrechte kämpfte , gestorben am 1. Juni 1919

Schaffe Möglichkeiten!"
Hedwig Dohm, die ihr Leben lang für die Frauenrechte kämpfte , gestorben am 1. Juni 1919

June 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
„Glaube nicht, es muss so sein, weil es nie anders war. Unmöglichkeiten sind Ausflüchte steriler Gehirne.
Schaffe Möglichkeiten!"
Hedwig Dohm, die ihr Leben lang für die Frauenrechte kämpfte , gestorben am 1. Juni 1919

Schaffe Möglichkeiten!"
Hedwig Dohm, die ihr Leben lang für die Frauenrechte kämpfte , gestorben am 1. Juni 1919

Wer weiß auf welchem Buch #BladeRunner basiert?
May 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wer weiß auf welchem Buch #BladeRunner basiert?
Gemeinsam SciFi schauen und danach mit Wissenschaftlern den Realitätscheck machen. Eines meiner Lieblingseventformate! Heute: BladeRunner -das Original.
May 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Gemeinsam SciFi schauen und danach mit Wissenschaftlern den Realitätscheck machen. Eines meiner Lieblingseventformate! Heute: BladeRunner -das Original.
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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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In the age of deepfakes, some are using tactics like asking rapid-fire questions or sharing code words with each other to verify identity online (Lauren Goode/Wired)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
May 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In the age of deepfakes, some are using tactics like asking rapid-fire questions or sharing code words with each other to verify identity online (Lauren Goode/Wired)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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This technology is basically an endless rabbit hole of confirmation bias. The drug is YOU, and it's entirely possible to overdose on yourself.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This technology is basically an endless rabbit hole of confirmation bias. The drug is YOU, and it's entirely possible to overdose on yourself.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Weil es so schön zu der News-Meldung passt, die seit gestern die dt. Nachrichten beherrscht, grabe ich zum Abschluss nochmal kurzentschlossen ein ganz altes Thema und Pet project von mir aus:
Apokalyptik.
Apokalyptische Vorstellungen, vom Untergang der Welt, sind im Feld der Religion...
Apokalyptik.
Apokalyptische Vorstellungen, vom Untergang der Welt, sind im Feld der Religion...
May 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Weil es so schön zu der News-Meldung passt, die seit gestern die dt. Nachrichten beherrscht, grabe ich zum Abschluss nochmal kurzentschlossen ein ganz altes Thema und Pet project von mir aus:
Apokalyptik.
Apokalyptische Vorstellungen, vom Untergang der Welt, sind im Feld der Religion...
Apokalyptik.
Apokalyptische Vorstellungen, vom Untergang der Welt, sind im Feld der Religion...
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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Lesson 2: Clean-Up Your Life. Authoritarians use minor scandals to discredit opponents. You can make it harder for them by:
✔️Deleting Old Social Media Posts.
✔️Using Encrypted and Disappearing Messaging.
✔️Removing your Data from Data Brokers.
cyd.social
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
✔️Deleting Old Social Media Posts.
✔️Using Encrypted and Disappearing Messaging.
✔️Removing your Data from Data Brokers.
cyd.social
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
Cyd - Claw back your data from Big Tech
Automatically delete your data from tech platforms, except for what you want to keep
cyd.social
April 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lesson 2: Clean-Up Your Life. Authoritarians use minor scandals to discredit opponents. You can make it harder for them by:
✔️Deleting Old Social Media Posts.
✔️Using Encrypted and Disappearing Messaging.
✔️Removing your Data from Data Brokers.
cyd.social
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
✔️Deleting Old Social Media Posts.
✔️Using Encrypted and Disappearing Messaging.
✔️Removing your Data from Data Brokers.
cyd.social
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
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Reposted by Heidi Schall
Das Innenministerium hat unserer Redaktion mitgeteilt, dass Ahmed Mohamed Odowaa in Deutschland bleiben darf.
Das ist Ahmed Mohamed Odowaa. Er ist einer der beiden Männer, die den Täter von Aschaffenburg verfolgt haben, bis die Polizei ihn festnehmen konnte. Dafür bekam er Dankesschreiben, von Söder und vom Innenministerium.
Er muss Deutschland bis zum 8. Juli verlassen, sonst wird er abgeschoben.
Er muss Deutschland bis zum 8. Juli verlassen, sonst wird er abgeschoben.
April 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Das Innenministerium hat unserer Redaktion mitgeteilt, dass Ahmed Mohamed Odowaa in Deutschland bleiben darf.
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We now know what government by AI looks like. It sure as hell ain't no superintelligence.
'Vibe Governing': Trump's Tariff Formula Eerily Similar to ChatGPT Suggestions, Experts Say
decrypt.co/313213/trump...
'Vibe Governing': Trump's Tariff Formula Eerily Similar to ChatGPT Suggestions, Experts Say
decrypt.co/313213/trump...
'Vibe Governing': Trump's Tariff Formula Eerily Similar to ChatGPT Suggestions, Experts Say - Decrypt
Did the White House “vibe code” the trade-deficit ratio with AI to generate a formula to crash stock markets? The evidence is compelling.
decrypt.co
April 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We now know what government by AI looks like. It sure as hell ain't no superintelligence.
'Vibe Governing': Trump's Tariff Formula Eerily Similar to ChatGPT Suggestions, Experts Say
decrypt.co/313213/trump...
'Vibe Governing': Trump's Tariff Formula Eerily Similar to ChatGPT Suggestions, Experts Say
decrypt.co/313213/trump...