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Alexander Hogrebe, PhD

@alexhgo.bsky.social
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Data Scientist 🪄 Phospho-proteomics and MS tech 🔬 He/him 🏳️‍🌈 Tooting privately on Mastodon @AlexHgO@fediscience.org 🐘 Opinions are my own

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Fridays for Future Germany @fridaysforfuture.de · 02/10/2026
Am 13.11. gehen wir wieder auf die Straße. Deutschland ist gefordert, seine Versprechen endlich einzuhalten. Es braucht massive finanzielle Unterstützung für die Länder, die am wenigsten zur Klimakrise beigetragen haben, aber am meisten darunter leiden.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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ypic.bsky.social @ypic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The YPIC Student Proteomics Fund (SPF) is now open for applications! 🎉 The SPF is a student-focused grant designed to support students in bringing their proteomics experiments to life! 💶 Funding: €5,000 📅 Application deadline: 30th November 2026
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YPIC Student Proteomics Fund - EuPA
YPIC Student Proteomics Fund, coming soon...
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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tech people like this have always had a deep-rooted disdain for artists and musicians. 20 years ago many of my coworkers at Google had no qualms about pirating indie games, and seperately I remember one of them saying (regarding game dev) "if your algorithms are good enough you don't need artists"
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Danke @bertpsch.bsky.social - es ist z.T. wirklich ein irres Schauspiel und bei Vielen sind die Doppelstandards zu sichtbar, um die Debattenbeiträge ernst nehmen zu können. In Deutschland wird z.B. regelmäßig enteignet für Straßen und Kohleabbau. Geht noch sachlich-kritisch-konstruktiv? Das hilft.
Zu langer Zeitungstext, tut mir leid! Ich habe einen ganzen Artikel zu den überzogenen Reaktionen auf die Wahl der Linken in Berlin auf dem Titel der ZEIT fotografiert, weil er sonst hinter der Paywall bleibt.
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Scientists for Future Berlin-Brandenburg @s4f-bebb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fakten zur #Berlin Wahl. So stehen die Parteien zum Weiterbau der Stadtautobahn #A100. Der Weiterbau der A100 soll mit Kosten über 1 Mrd. Euro die teuerste Autobahn Deutschlands werden. Dafür sollen Wohngebäude und Clubs abgerissen werden. Quelle der Partei-Positionen: Wahl-O-Mat von @bpb.de.
Fakten zur Berlin-Wahl.

So stehen die Parteien zum Weiterbau der Stadtautobahn A100. Der Weiterbau der A100 soll mit Kosten über 1 Mrd. Euro die teuerste Autobahn Deutschlands werden.

Dafür sollen Wohngebäude und Orte der Berliner Club-Kultur abgerissen werden.

Dabei ist bewiesen: mehr Straßen führen zu mehr Verkehr, eine Entlastung der Wohngebiete ist fraglich.

CDU, AfD, FDP, BSW: Ja
SPD, Grüne, Linke, Tierschutzpartei: Nein
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sommer 2026: 16.000 Hitzetote 🥵 alleine in 🇩🇪. Dürre. Brände. 🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯 Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz.
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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just once I would love for one of these Silicon Valley fart hot boxing mfers who says AI is going to kill us all to explain the mechanism by which it will do so. And please don’t say nukes – you guys do not begin to understand how analog that shit is.
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 17/09/2026
‘I don’t know how they’ll rebuild trust. I hope there will be some lawsuit, I’m not a fan of suing people in general but this is a big scandal,’ says Elisabeth Bik. #ChemSky @elisabethbik.bsky.social @reeserichardson.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/antibod...
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Antibody data manipulation extends to thousands of images across 15 suppliers
Sleuths discover widespread, systematic alteration of Western blots and other antibody data
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“AI will kill us all” is how the tech industry, especially rich people in it, avoid talking about real world problems—ones they’re causing, exacerbating, or neglecting—while still thinking themselves good. “I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
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Freiheitsfonds @freiheitsfonds.de · 16/09/2026
DANKE an alle, die gestern mit uns 130 Menschen aus dem Gefängnis freigekauft haben!! Wir konnten damit 14 Haftjahre verhindern und rund 1 Million Euro Steuergeld sparen, die sonst in Haftkosten geflossen wären. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1202...
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Am »Freedom-Day« zurück aus dem Knast
130 freigekaufte Gefangene – wer sich kein Ticket leisten kann, landet oft im Gefängnis. Ein Aktionstag zeigt, wie teuer und sinnlos diese Praxis ist
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NEU DENKEN mit Maja Göpel @neudenken-podcast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In der letzten Folge von Staffel VI sprechen Maja Göpel und Sebastian Conrad darüber, wie die Idee "des Westens" entstanden ist und warum sie bis heute so wirkmächtig geblieben ist.
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Yasset Perez-Riverol @ypriverol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Astral & TimsTOF Ultra are challenging @pride-ebi.bsky.social infrastructure.
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Alexander Hogrebe, PhD @alexhgo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"AI might destroy the internet in less than a year" - HOW?!? Can we PLEASE ground our worries in reality and not boost the AI companies' IPOs for them?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This "going rogue" framing is nonsense. These are still just text analysis models. It's openAI that is "going rogue" by giving a computer program complete autonomy to make decisions without human oversight. That's a danger whether it's a fancy new LLM or an old-fashioned SQL database.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yep. People aren't ready for AI videos which are not "AI videos" as we've come to understand them; they are videos produced using commercial editing software that is being *piloted* by an LLM.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/09/2026
"...solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight. Forgetting this in the world of AI may turn the tool against the primary goal."
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Scientists for Future 🇩🇪 (S4F) @de.scientists4future.org · 11/09/2026
Die Bilanz des Sommers: Mehr als 14.000 hitzebedingte Todesfälle, laut @greenpeace.de-Studie 36 Mrd. Euro Schaden durch Dürre u.a. in Landwirtschaft und Binnenschifffahrt sowie geringere Arbeitsproduktivität. Doch die Bundesregierung reagiert nicht auf die #Klimakrise.
Bilanz des Sommers: Über 14.000 Hitzetote.Was die Bundesregierung tut: Gebremst.Was die Bundesregierung tut: Gekürzt.
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Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Danke. Allein wie die Umgangsformen gegenüber „Anderen“ nun eskalieren, ist doch Zeichen genug. „Die Scham ist verschwunden.“ Dieser Satz bringt es auf den Punkt. www.zeit.de/politik/2026...
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Kommentar zum AfD-Sieg: Der Ernstfall ist jetzt
Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik greift die radikale Rechte nach der Macht. Und im Moment ihres größten Erfolgs lässt sie die Maske fallen.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Cool, cool, you do you" "Yeah and we're worried we might kill everyone" "With data centers." "Yes." "How?" "Not sure but we're working on alignment don't you worry. But also worry and give us money." I'm tired.
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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Something to cling to and promote the hell out of: leveraging POSITIVE TIPPING POINTS www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
Looks like OpenAI may have stolen another mathematicians work.
Screenshot of an X post by user Valerio Capraro (@ValerioCapraro) featuring text followed by an embedded photo of a man in glasses and a dark sweater against a forested outdoor background.
The post text reads:
"BREAKING: OpenAI might have stolen another major proof.
In a detailed Mastodon post, which I report in full in the comments, Andreas Thom presents several pieces of evidence suggesting that OpenAI may have trained Astra on conversations in which he and Gábor Kun were working on Gromov's soficity conjecture, one of the ten problems OpenAI later announced Astra had solved.
I know Andreas. We met several times early in our careers. He is an exceptional mathematician, a leading expert on sofic and hyperlinear groups, and one of the most respected scholars in the field. He has spent two decades working on this problem.
If his account is correct, this is not a minor dispute over attribution. It would mean that unpublished human work was absorbed into a model and then presented to the world as a breakthrough by the model itself.
And if the allegations raised by Levent Alpöge, Tristan Buckmaster, and now Andreas Thom are all substantiated, we are no longer looking at isolated incidents.
We may be looking at one of the greatest intellectual scandals in the history of science.
AI is not discovering new mathematics.
AI is stealing human discovery."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Imagine if the media took the words of climate scientists as seriously as it does that rando from Anthropic… Air pollution and climate change from fossil fuel use are literally killing millions of people every year, but sure, let’s focus on the idiocy that “AI is going to kill everyone in 10”.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dancing very very VERY close to saying “OpenAI stole our almost-complete proof of Navier-Stokes from internal access to our ChatGPT sessions because they were desperate to scoop Anthropic” which is absolutely 100% a believable thing OpenAI would do right now cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st...
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Pedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This interaction between OpenAI and mathematicians working on what seems to be an important discovery looks to be pretty bad cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st...
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My naive expectations for the 21st century didn’t involve nearly as many Nazi parties garnering popular support, careful parsings of whether this or that policy or group was really Nazi, or powerful figures in this country exhibiting Nazi sympathies.
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Wonder Why🦆Ducky🦆 @duck-flying.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation
Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.
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ypic.bsky.social @ypic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Student Proteomics Fund is back for its 3rd edition!🎉🎉 Are you a student with a great proteomics idea? The SPF can help turn it into reality. Call opens in autumn — stay tuned for details! #SPF #proteomics #funding #ECR
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 30/08/2026
I'm really frustrated by the constant fear-mongering about AI-designed superviruses. Can we focus on the things that should actually worry us, such as measles? blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-y...
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I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus
God save us from economists who think they can competently talk about biology
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Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Hier noch mal Gründe für die verfassungsrechtliche Prüfung - was dem Ruf nach einer besseren Politik für die Menschen überhaupt nicht entgegensteht. Diese Entweder-Oderitis in vielen Diskussionen ist sehr ermüdend (z.B. Social Media Verbot vs. Bildung etc.) www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
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Zehn Gründe für ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren: Warum es jetzt sinnvoll ist
Es braucht eine Prüfung der AfD vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht. Um zu klären, welche Gefahr von der Partei ausgeht - und um sie zu verbieten, wenn sie so demokratiefeindlich ist, wie es scheint.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cory Doctorow offers an explanation of what happens when machines give orders to people verses when people give orders to machines. (7/29/26) @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Official monthly data is in today, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 20% compared to this time last year!
a graph of US monthly solar generation
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Alexander Hogrebe, PhD @alexhgo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Watched this one on Nebula, but now it's in YouTube - if you have ever enjoyed Dolly Parton's music at all, do yourself a favor, watch this
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Chrupalla (#AfD) heute: „Für mich war es ein ganz normaler Sommer“. Ist er so dumm oder hält er nur seine Wähler für derart dumm? Seit vielen Jahren verbreitet die AfD Propaganda der Öllobby, statt sich für unsere Heimat, für unsere Wälder & Felder, Küsten & Meere einzusetzen!
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I was reading an author recently talking about how we don't appreciate the way that email isn't siloed. That is, you don't have to be in gmail to talk to someone else in gmail. The norm is so powerful, it'd be unthinkable to change it. All email is interoperable. Social media could've been this way.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027: Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024 AI bubble bursting Continued rise of fascism
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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
nebula.tv/videos/linds... Asking the brave questions.
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Lindsay Ellis — Yeah, but is Dolly really THAT great?
Is her living saint status earned, or just good PR?
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/08/2026
Do you know how to spot covert automated license plate readers (ALPRs)? Here's what to look out for if you're on the U.S.-Mexico border. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/08/2026
“This custom, state-of-the-art service container is covered in beautiful 24-karat gold and outfitted with the latest security and antimissile technology,” Donald Trump said as he showed off the luxury catering truck, which reportedly cost U.S. taxpayers $900 million.
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Trump Unveils New 250-Foot Gilded Catering Container For Presidential Travel
WASHINGTON—Touting the new vessel as an investment that could discreetly transport the nation’s chief executive for years to come, President Donald Trump unveiled Tuesday a new 250-foot gilded caterin...
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
amazing article
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.
A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's honestly so crazy to me that we're facing a technological revolution that could displace millions of jobs in the middle of a housing affordability crisis and every day we talk about whether a trans woman is playing sports or if someone has a non-Anglo name.
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Alexander Hogrebe, PhD @alexhgo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I regret to inform the public that my dog engaged in super advanced hacking. This incident occurred within a low security test environment (I put a keyboard in front of his food bowl). I guarantee he is not allowed to hack anymore, and that me going public has nothing to do with his upcoming IPO
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Fridays for Future Germany @fridaysforfuture.de · 04/08/2026
Wir befinden uns mitten in einem Hitzesommer, wo die Verkehrsinfrastruktur massiv leidet und unser Verkehrsminister redet statt von Sanierung über den Neubau von Autobahnen 🤯 www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Verkehrsminister Steffen Bilger: Bilger will schnell 500 Milliarden Euro in Infrastruktur investieren
Der neue Bundesverkehrsminister Steffen Bilger will die 500 Milliarden Euro Sondervermögen zügig verbauen. Er hält es für sinnvoll, private Partner einzubeziehen.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026
…but they seem to miss that a very large part of learning how to ask the right questions, is asking & playing w/ & sorting through & grinding out the "WRONG" questions, & learning WHY. That happens in training, in play, in conversation with other people who can & will challenge your assumptions…
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