Nele Scholz
@tanzformation.bsky.social
Graduate Student MSc. Politics & Technology @ TU Munich | Research on Protest in Autocracies
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YES! So many structures and words that have been classed as AI giveaways are what speakers of English as a second language have been taught and encouraged to do.
I try to avoid linking to Substacks but this essay is FASCINATING
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
YES! So many structures and words that have been classed as AI giveaways are what speakers of English as a second language have been taught and encouraged to do.
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Liebe Innenpolitik-Journalist*innen: Hier ist ein Elfmeter ohne Torwart für Euch: Die Schweiz hat die Palantir-Software überprüft und das Risiko für zu hoch befunden. Warum sind Dobrindt und mehrere Landesinnenminister anderer Meinung?
netzpolitik.org/2025/schweiz...
netzpolitik.org/2025/schweiz...
Schweiz: Palantir-Software hat verheerende Risiken
Nach Risikoprüfung des Einsatzes von Palantir-Software in der Schweiz bekam der US-Konzern eine Absage, trotz jahrelanger Hofierung von Behörden und Armee. Den Eidgenossen sind die Risiken zu groß. Da...
netzpolitik.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Liebe Innenpolitik-Journalist*innen: Hier ist ein Elfmeter ohne Torwart für Euch: Die Schweiz hat die Palantir-Software überprüft und das Risiko für zu hoch befunden. Warum sind Dobrindt und mehrere Landesinnenminister anderer Meinung?
netzpolitik.org/2025/schweiz...
netzpolitik.org/2025/schweiz...
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The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Mallorca rule applies here too: if you can't function outside of Bödefeld-Schmallenberg, just stay in fucking Bödefeld-Schmallenberg. Not like the rest of the world is jonesing for a visit from some of the least fun people on the planet.
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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"Es ist empörend und ein Skandal, dass sich in der Hauptstadt des Deutschen Reiches 78.000 Juden [...] herumtreiben können. Sie verderben nicht nur das Straßenbild, sondern auch die Stimmung. [...] Ganz abstellen wird man das erst dadurch, dass man sie beseitigt." Goebbels, Tagebücher, 20.08.1941.
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Es ist empörend und ein Skandal, dass sich in der Hauptstadt des Deutschen Reiches 78.000 Juden [...] herumtreiben können. Sie verderben nicht nur das Straßenbild, sondern auch die Stimmung. [...] Ganz abstellen wird man das erst dadurch, dass man sie beseitigt." Goebbels, Tagebücher, 20.08.1941.
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And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
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🚨 Why do people protest against authoritarian regimes even when facing extreme danger? 🚨
In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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September 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🚨 Why do people protest against authoritarian regimes even when facing extreme danger? 🚨
In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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In our new paper on Romania's 1989 Revolution, we find that communities exposed to the communist Gulag showed 5x higher dissent levels.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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So many echoes from this article for US politics....
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So many echoes from this article for US politics....
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“All opposing forces seem as though vanished from the face of the earth. It is this utter collapse of powers only recently present, no, their complete disappearance … that I find so staggering.”
Victor Klemperer, 1933
Victor Klemperer, 1933
September 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“All opposing forces seem as though vanished from the face of the earth. It is this utter collapse of powers only recently present, no, their complete disappearance … that I find so staggering.”
Victor Klemperer, 1933
Victor Klemperer, 1933
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Wenn man den Autoverkehr in den Städten reduziert, lässt sich auch das Wohnungsproblem lösen: Man macht aus Parkhäusern Wohnhäuser.
The left’s radical plan to fix housing in Paris
Authorities are using an arsenal of interventionist tools to make city homes affordable. Critics call it an attack on property rights
on.ft.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Wenn man den Autoverkehr in den Städten reduziert, lässt sich auch das Wohnungsproblem lösen: Man macht aus Parkhäusern Wohnhäuser.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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Someone please kill me right now.
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Someone please kill me right now.
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Serious question:
What is the one specific thing that would convince you that you’re living in an authoritarian state?
What is the one specific thing that would convince you that you’re living in an authoritarian state?
There Is No Such Thing As Fascism. Everything Is Fine.
America's capital is now occupied by a few hundred highly trained, armed killers. I'm sure it'll work out well.
dlvr.it
August 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Serious question:
What is the one specific thing that would convince you that you’re living in an authoritarian state?
What is the one specific thing that would convince you that you’re living in an authoritarian state?
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Oh great, now Duolingo is reading my papers
August 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Oh great, now Duolingo is reading my papers
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New paper with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New paper with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Aber dass die CDU lieber den Eindruck ihrer eigenen Regierungsunfähigkeit in Kauf nimmt als diesen ekligen Happen aus der knallrechten Kulturkampf-Themenproliferation zu verschmähen, sollte ein wichtiger Datenpunkt für künftige strategische Erwägungen sein.
July 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Aber dass die CDU lieber den Eindruck ihrer eigenen Regierungsunfähigkeit in Kauf nimmt als diesen ekligen Happen aus der knallrechten Kulturkampf-Themenproliferation zu verschmähen, sollte ein wichtiger Datenpunkt für künftige strategische Erwägungen sein.
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Die Politisierung der Justiz ist ein zentraler Baustein der Machtergreifung von Rechtsextremen. Wie willfährig Konservative dabei aktuell den Steigbügel halten, ist wirklich erschütternd. Ich weiß nicht, ob das an Naivität oder einem radikalisierten Bauchgefühl liegt, aber es ist gefährlich.
July 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Die Politisierung der Justiz ist ein zentraler Baustein der Machtergreifung von Rechtsextremen. Wie willfährig Konservative dabei aktuell den Steigbügel halten, ist wirklich erschütternd. Ich weiß nicht, ob das an Naivität oder einem radikalisierten Bauchgefühl liegt, aber es ist gefährlich.
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"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
The Most Overlooked Value of Political Protest
Small acts of staying quiet may seem merely polite or indifferent, but they can easily spiral.
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
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Anne Hildagos Begrünung von Paris "zeigt in der aktuellen Hitzewelle erste, teils spektakuläre Resultate", schreibt der Standard: In den renaturierten Straßen und Vierteln ist es um bis zu vier Grad weniger heiß, auf den begrünten Dächern sind die Dachtemperaturen von 67,5 auf 35,7 Grad gesunken.
July 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Anne Hildagos Begrünung von Paris "zeigt in der aktuellen Hitzewelle erste, teils spektakuläre Resultate", schreibt der Standard: In den renaturierten Straßen und Vierteln ist es um bis zu vier Grad weniger heiß, auf den begrünten Dächern sind die Dachtemperaturen von 67,5 auf 35,7 Grad gesunken.
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Vielleicht, also nur ganz vielleicht, ist es nach "Kleine Paschas", "Drecksarbeit" und "Zirkuszelt" ja auch einfach so, dass das gar keine sprachlichen Ausrutscher sind, sondern Friedrich Merz einfach so drauf ist?
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Vielleicht, also nur ganz vielleicht, ist es nach "Kleine Paschas", "Drecksarbeit" und "Zirkuszelt" ja auch einfach so, dass das gar keine sprachlichen Ausrutscher sind, sondern Friedrich Merz einfach so drauf ist?