Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDFridays for Future Germany @fridaysforfuture.de · 02/10/2026Am 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. 8213100
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 4852261239
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDypic.bsky.social @ypic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The 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 2026eupa.orgYPIC Student Proteomics Fund - EuPAYPIC Student Proteomics Fund, coming soon... 164
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDBen Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tech 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" 4473
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The 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. 8146891173
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDMaja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Danke @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. 933598
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDScientists for Future Berlin-Brandenburg @s4f-bebb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Fakten 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. 13721
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Sommer 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. 832118933
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDLindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just 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. 58102984
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDChemistry 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...chemistryworld.comAntibody data manipulation extends to thousands of images across 15 suppliersSleuths discover widespread, systematic alteration of Western blots and other antibody data 24016
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDNicholas 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.” 251488271
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDFreiheitsfonds @freiheitsfonds.de · 16/09/2026DANKE 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...nd-aktuell.deAm »Freedom-Day« zurück aus dem Knast130 freigekaufte Gefangene – wer sich kein Ticket leisten kann, landet oft im Gefängnis. Ein Aktionstag zeigt, wie teuer und sinnlos diese Praxis ist 320763
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDNEU DENKEN mit Maja Göpel @neudenken-podcast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In 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. 57528
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDYasset Perez-Riverol @ypriverol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Astral & TimsTOF Ultra are challenging @pride-ebi.bsky.social infrastructure. 061
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? 100
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I 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). 4156781561
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I 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. 145136934892
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDRobert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This "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. 58617
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yep. 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. 1120142
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDCarl 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." 231788
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDScientists for Future 🇩🇪 (S4F) @de.scientists4future.org · 11/09/2026Die 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. 22911
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDMaja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Danke. 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...zeit.deKommentar zum AfD-Sieg: Der Ernstfall ist jetztZum 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. 23824265
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDTechnology 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. 26105339
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDRowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Something to cling to and promote the hell out of: leveraging POSITIVE TIPPING POINTS www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comClimate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientistsGlobal shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans 3823362
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026Looks like OpenAI may have stolen another mathematicians work. 20847287
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Imagine 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”. 6372100
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dancing 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... 381556449
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDPedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This interaction between OpenAI and mathematicians working on what seems to be an important discovery looks to be pretty bad cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st...cims.nyu.edu 061
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026My 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. 1422232
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDWonder Why🦆Ducky🦆 @duck-flying.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Australians 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...bbc.comAustralians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislationFirms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says. 20775342100
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDypic.bsky.social @ypic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The 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 077
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 30/08/2026I'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...blog.genesmindsmachines.comI'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirusGod save us from economists who think they can competently talk about biology 412557
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDMaja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hier 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...sueddeutsche.deZehn Gründe für ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren: Warum es jetzt sinnvoll istEs 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. 24840313
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDThe Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Cory 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 6261115
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDPieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We 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...forms.gleOpen letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent UniversityWe, 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... 421493642
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Official monthly data is in today, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 20% compared to this time last year! 161506293
Alexander Hogrebe, PhD @alexhgo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Watched 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 001
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Chrupalla (#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! 1861688410
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I 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. 4591099
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I 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 301077328
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDLindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026nebula.tv/videos/linds... Asking the brave questions.nebula.tvLindsay Ellis — Yeah, but is Dolly really THAT great?Is her living saint status earned, or just good PR? 4153365
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/08/2026Do 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... 4276139
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDThe 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.theonion.comTrump Unveils New 250-Foot Gilded Catering Container For Presidential TravelWASHINGTON—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... 231076156
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026amazing article 124102562485
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I 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. 653559954
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It'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. 179130442596
Alexander Hogrebe, PhD @alexhgo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I 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 150
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDFridays for Future Germany @fridaysforfuture.de · 04/08/2026Wir 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...zeit.deVerkehrsminister Steffen Bilger: Bilger will schnell 500 Milliarden Euro in Infrastruktur investierenDer neue Bundesverkehrsminister Steffen Bilger will die 500 Milliarden Euro Sondervermögen zügig verbauen. Er hält es für sinnvoll, private Partner einzubeziehen. 1714837
Reposted by Alexander Hogrebe, PhDDr. 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… 213826