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DominikWyss
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E-Partizipationsforschung, IT und Datenanalyse
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paolocrosetto.bsky.social
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.

It's *scientific publishing*.

We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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python.org
as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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bildoperationen.bsky.social
There’s a growing & deeply problematic tendency to use #genAI for political and historical education Take this example from Germany, which translates as: «Hey AI, who should I vote for.» What’s typical here is that AI is not only addressed as pseudo-person but also as a kind of impartial judge
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Landtagswahl.ai
KI-generierte Bilder aus den Wahlprogrammen der Parteien zur Landtagswahl - Ausstellung und Podiumsdiskussion; Materialien für Schulklassen
www.landtagswahl.ai
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data Sep. 3, 2025 Judge's house on fire
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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brodnig.bsky.social
Werte Politikerinnen, werte Politiker, warum sind Sie noch auf X?

Diese Frage stelle ich in meiner aktuellen Kolumne in @derstandard.at - und erkläre, wie radikal Elon Musk derzeit auftritt und welch problematische Kampagnen auf der Plattform ablaufen (zB zu @dunjahayali.de)
Werte Politikerinnen, werte Politiker: Warum sind Sie noch auf X?
Jetzt wäre ein guter Zeitpunkt für die Politik, die grässliche Plattform X von Milliardär Elon Musk zu verlassen
www.derstandard.at
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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signal.org
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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kattascha.bsky.social
Halloween gehe ich dann wohl als aktueller Zeitgeist. 🫤
October 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
When I was a little girl I wanted to be like Jane Goodall.
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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jacobmontgomery.bsky.social
Why would Democrats agree to any budget deal when all of it can be overturned by executive fiat?
mford.bsky.social Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · Sep 26
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
On September 3, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction directing the Executive to obligate roughly $10.5 billion of appropriated aid funding set to expire on September 30. Of that $10.5 billion, $4 billion was proposed to be rescinded in a “special message” transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act. See 2 U. S. C. §681 et seq. After the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied stays of that order, the Government filed this application to stay the District Court’s injunction. The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The Government, at this early stage, has made a sufficient showing that the Impoundment Control Act precludes respondents’ suit, brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, to enforce the appropriations at issue here. The Government has also made a sufficient showing that mandamus relief is unavailable to respondents. And, on the record before the Court, the asserted harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents. This order should not be read as a final determination on the merits. The relief granted by the Court today reflects our preliminary view, consistent with the standards for interim relief.
September 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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socialmedialab.ca
"Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’. The statement contradicts Google’s recent narrative about the health of the online ecosystem." www.theverge.com/news/773928/...
Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’
One Google exec recently said the web is “thriving.”
www.theverge.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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unibe.ch
Wissenschaft ist Austausch! 💫 Bei Fragen zögern Sie nicht, unsere Forschenden anzusprechen! #ndfunibern
Sie wollen etwas wissen? Sprechen Sie direkt unsere Forschenden an, gut erkennbar an den dunkelblauen Shirts!
September 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
Please provide your input on @blackskyweb.xyz Community Guidelines (use of the feed, moderation, app, as well as developer/network services).

Anyone using our feeds, subscribed to our mod service, on the PDS/relay

Provide input via the following link 🗳️: assembly.blacksky.community/6carwc4nzj
Blacksky People's Assembly
Blacksky People's Assembly – a space for public deliberation and collective decision-making.
assembly.blacksky.community
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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nohillside.ch
“E-ID explained, Teil 2: Wie funktioniert sie?“ #dnip https://dnip.ch/2025/08/28/e-id-explained-teil-2-wie-funktioniert-sie/
August 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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ugarles.bsky.social
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"Saying 'Thank you', 'Please' to ChatGPT? It's costing OpenAI 'millions of dollars', says Sam Altman" (headline on mint, by Ravi Hari There's a photo of Altman with the caption: Despite the massive expense types to polite ChatGPT conversations, Altman says it's "tens of millions of dollars well spent."
April 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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weuro2025bot.bsky.social
🇨🇭 A campaign to remember 🥰

#WEURO2025
July 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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theguardian.com
Young Europeans losing faith in democracy, poll finds
Young Europeans losing faith in democracy, poll finds
Support is lowest in France, Spain and Poland, while 21% back authoritarian rule under certain circumstances Only half of young people in France and Spain believe that democracy is the best form of government, with support even lower among their Polish counterparts, a study has found. A majority from Europe’s generation Z – 57% – prefer democracy to any other form of government. Rates of support varied significantly, however, reaching just 48% in Poland and only about 51-52% in Spain and France, with Germany highest at 71%. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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404media.co
ChatGPT May Be Linked to 'Cognitive Debt,' New Study Finds

🔗 www.404media.co/is-chatgpt-r...
ChatGPT May Be Linked to 'Cognitive Debt,' New Study Finds
A preprint study found that participants who used an LLM to write essays performed worse “at all levels” than those who didn’t.
www.404media.co
June 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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rfrbrghs.bsky.social
Traditionally, the far-right SVP & center-right parties have seen themselves as natural guardians of Switzerland’s key political institutions.

Now, they have preempted state & local govts from setting their own minimum wages, overturning democratic decisions made through referendums

My interview⬇️
rfrbrghs.bsky.social Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · Apr 10
Was passiert da gerade? Die Linke, die den #Föderalismus für sich entdeckt – und einige Bürgerliche, die ihn aushölen, indem sie die Kantone & Gemeinden übersteuern? Im Interview mit der @woz.ch durfte ich mit Ayse Turcan ausführlich über die Gegenwart und Zukunft des föderalen Bundesstaats sprechen
June 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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stadtbern.bsky.social
Die Stadt Bern kommuniziert neu auch über Bluesky. Damit bietet die Stadt neben demThreema-Feed eine weitere Alternative zu X. Die Präsenz auf X wird vorerst weitergeführt.

www.bern.ch/mediencenter/medienmitteilungen/aktuell_ptk/stadt-bern-kommuniziert-neu-auch-ueber-bluesky
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May 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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ardenthistorian.bsky.social
„When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy. By that measure, America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism.“
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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calbucci.com
I was inspired by the ATmosphere Conference over the weekend and I'm very excited about what's to come. Here's my article on @geekwire.com discussing Bluesky, ATproto, and the future of the open social Web.

/tip @techmeme.com

www.geekwire.com/2025/the-und...
The under-the-radar tech revolution that could change how the internet works
The ATmosphere Conference took place at the University of Washington this past weekend in Seattle. (Marcelo Calbucci Photo) There is something meaningful
www.geekwire.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM