Loreno Heer
@lorenoheer.bsky.social
Scientist: PhD in mathematics. Working in hyperbolic geometry, analysis in metric spaces and mathematical physics (gravitational waves and general relativity), broad range of other scientific interests.
Here mostly to connect with researchers.
he/him
Here mostly to connect with researchers.
he/him
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Been in touch with a medical provider in Gaza who says “this ceasefire is even less of a ceasefire than the last ceasefire” — nothing’s getting in, no one’s getting out, people are still being killed and badly injured every day
“Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.”
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Been in touch with a medical provider in Gaza who says “this ceasefire is even less of a ceasefire than the last ceasefire” — nothing’s getting in, no one’s getting out, people are still being killed and badly injured every day
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🧪 This is not good. Cornell University recapitulated to Trump. This is at a time when scientists are considering leaving the US for brighter futures. The future of Higher Ed is precarious.
The midterms can't come soon enough.
The midterms can't come soon enough.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧪 This is not good. Cornell University recapitulated to Trump. This is at a time when scientists are considering leaving the US for brighter futures. The future of Higher Ed is precarious.
The midterms can't come soon enough.
The midterms can't come soon enough.
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Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
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NEW, by me: Researchers have discovered an Android spyware that specifically targeted Samsung Galaxy phones during a nearly year-long hacking campaign. The spyware relied on a zero-day bug triggered by sending a victim a malware-laced photo via a messaging app. Victims are likely in the Middle East.
'Landfall' spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones | TechCrunch
A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechCrunch.
techcrunch.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW, by me: Researchers have discovered an Android spyware that specifically targeted Samsung Galaxy phones during a nearly year-long hacking campaign. The spyware relied on a zero-day bug triggered by sending a victim a malware-laced photo via a messaging app. Victims are likely in the Middle East.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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Another international human rights organisation (this time UNOHCHR) criticises Germany for the criminalisation and police violence to which Palestine activists are subjected
UN experts urge Germany to halt criminalisation and police violence against Palestinian solidarity activism
GENEVA – UN experts* today urged Germany to stop criminalising, punishing, and suppressing legitimate Palestinian solidarity activism.“We are alarmed by the persistent pattern of police violence and a...
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/un-experts-urge-germany-halt-criminalisation-and-police-violence-against#:~:text=“We%20are%20alarmed%20by%20the,assembly%20for%20everyone%20without%20discrimination
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Another international human rights organisation (this time UNOHCHR) criticises Germany for the criminalisation and police violence to which Palestine activists are subjected
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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This will impact EVERYONE.
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This will impact EVERYONE.
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
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NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found.
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Covid jab less likely than virus to cause rare heart issue in children
Largest study of its kind shows health risks of refusing vaccination
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found.
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
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Präventive Wirkung der Impfung auf Long COVID bei Jugendlichen mit SARS-CoV-2-Infektion
Das Risiko für Long COVID (LC) war bei geimpften Teilnehmern um 36 % niedriger als bei ungeimpften. Unter den infizierten Teilnehmern betrug das Risiko für LC 20,7 % bei ungeimpften …
Das Risiko für Long COVID (LC) war bei geimpften Teilnehmern um 36 % niedriger als bei ungeimpften. Unter den infizierten Teilnehmern betrug das Risiko für LC 20,7 % bei ungeimpften …
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Präventive Wirkung der Impfung auf Long COVID bei Jugendlichen mit SARS-CoV-2-Infektion
Das Risiko für Long COVID (LC) war bei geimpften Teilnehmern um 36 % niedriger als bei ungeimpften. Unter den infizierten Teilnehmern betrug das Risiko für LC 20,7 % bei ungeimpften …
Das Risiko für Long COVID (LC) war bei geimpften Teilnehmern um 36 % niedriger als bei ungeimpften. Unter den infizierten Teilnehmern betrug das Risiko für LC 20,7 % bei ungeimpften …
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Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales is trying to use his name to convince Wikipedia editors to deny the Gaza Genocide, recognized by many human rights organizations.
Although he's not seizing control, this is an extreme attempt to sway Wikipedia content in violation of its founding principles.
Although he's not seizing control, this is an extreme attempt to sway Wikipedia content in violation of its founding principles.
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales is trying to use his name to convince Wikipedia editors to deny the Gaza Genocide, recognized by many human rights organizations.
Although he's not seizing control, this is an extreme attempt to sway Wikipedia content in violation of its founding principles.
Although he's not seizing control, this is an extreme attempt to sway Wikipedia content in violation of its founding principles.
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Diese Warnung ist unmissverständlich.
@francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert.
Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren.
Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.
@francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert.
Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren.
Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Diese Warnung ist unmissverständlich.
@francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert.
Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren.
Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.
@francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert.
Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren.
Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.
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I hate how in America a) there are Nazis roaming about and b) if one of them assaults you, you are suddenly in 30k of debt. Anyway, help out a comrade.
my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415
Donate to Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens, organized by Alexandra Lang
Hello,
My name is Grace Lang, and I am a 23 year old U… Alexandra Lang needs your support for Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I hate how in America a) there are Nazis roaming about and b) if one of them assaults you, you are suddenly in 30k of debt. Anyway, help out a comrade.
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When the DORA Report and other research say "increased coding speed but reduced stability," this is what they mean. It writes a lot of code, most of which is bad and breaks things.
It can write okay code -- if you spend more time fighting with it than if you'd just wrote the code yourself!
It can write okay code -- if you spend more time fighting with it than if you'd just wrote the code yourself!
I remember tech bros specifically saying that coding was a use case where actually AI worked well... About that:
"It's said that the AI keeps adding incorrect code to projects, which have to be fixed by the developers who don't want to work with the tool in the first place."
"It's said that the AI keeps adding incorrect code to projects, which have to be fixed by the developers who don't want to work with the tool in the first place."
EA's AI Game Development Tools Are Apparently So Bad That It's Costing More Money To Fix Their Mistakes
A new report suggests that EA's pivot to AI is just causing costly mistakes, and the developers hate it.
www.thegamer.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
When the DORA Report and other research say "increased coding speed but reduced stability," this is what they mean. It writes a lot of code, most of which is bad and breaks things.
It can write okay code -- if you spend more time fighting with it than if you'd just wrote the code yourself!
It can write okay code -- if you spend more time fighting with it than if you'd just wrote the code yourself!
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What a sick world.
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What a sick world.
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Zack Polanski has just confirmed that rejoining the EU is an aim for the Green Party.
The Green Party is the only party promising this.
The Green Party is the only party promising this.
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Zack Polanski has just confirmed that rejoining the EU is an aim for the Green Party.
The Green Party is the only party promising this.
The Green Party is the only party promising this.
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Those charged with terrorism for supporting Palestine Action will have no jury in trials limited to 36 minutes each, with prison sentences up to six months. These are the plans for Starmer Courts for mass trials of anti-Genocide protestors.
open.substack.com/pub/craigmur...
open.substack.com/pub/craigmur...
36 Minutes Trial and No Jury - Starmer's Fascist Mass Courts
Those charged with terrorism for supporting Palestine Action will have no jury in trials limited to 36 minutes each, with prison sentences up to six months.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Those charged with terrorism for supporting Palestine Action will have no jury in trials limited to 36 minutes each, with prison sentences up to six months. These are the plans for Starmer Courts for mass trials of anti-Genocide protestors.
open.substack.com/pub/craigmur...
open.substack.com/pub/craigmur...
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holy shit!
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
holy shit!
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I hate that I have read Asimov's wiki page.
![Sexual harassment
Asimov would often fondle, kiss and pinch women at conventions and elsewhere without regard for their consent. According to Alec Nevala-Lee, author of an Asimov biography[268] and writer on the history of science fiction, he often defended himself by saying that far from showing objections, these women cooperated.[269] In a 1971 satirical piece, The Sensuous Dirty Old Man, Asimov wrote: "The question then is not whether or not a girl should be touched. The question is merely where, when, and how she should be touched."[269]
According to Nevala-Lee, however, "many of these encounters were clearly nonconsensual."[269] He wrote that Asimov's behavior, as a leading science-fiction author and personality, contributed to an undesirable atmosphere for women in the male-dominated science fiction community. In support of this, he quoted some of Asimov's contemporary fellow-authors such as Judith Merril, Harlan Ellison and Frederik Pohl, as well as editors such as Timothy Seldes.[269] Additional specific incidents were reported by other people including Edward L. Ferman, long-time editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, who wrote "...instead of shaking my date's hand, he shook her left breast".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tobjstnxqmztpmjjcnaxpzzb/bafkreigwnpm2ioiyhq2j6dakppqpusmo7xhtwvd4mkiuulmt4rc7zrp5ca@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I hate that I have read Asimov's wiki page.